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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
|Ths Plans For the
Twelfth Ggnsus.

All through the past six months
preparations haye been going busily
on in Washington for a great publish
ing enterprise, which will be launched
promptly on the first day of the COM
ing June. The results of the under
taking will begin to appear in finished
form two years from that date, and
will continue to be brought out at in
tervals for three or four years there
after. The publisher is the govern
ment;, the publication will be desig-
mated as the Twelfth Census of the
United States.
The twelfth census will differ in sew
eral particulars from any of the pre-
ceding ones. It will be conducted on
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
cATLINc'S AUTOMOBILE PLoW.
One Man to Do the Work OF Eight Mep
and Twelve Horses.

One Of the most novel machines that
have come from the brain OF DR.. r. J. Cat
ling Is an automobile plow. With 1t be e1'
poets to superseds the plow that IS now IN
general use for the preparation OF land for
cultivation. The machine will be butt on
the principle of the automobile, with disk
blows 80 arranged as to dv the work Oh the
implements now 10 use with greater faclli'
~ and rapIdlty and at great saving.
He proposes TO build the machine 80 It can
% operated by single man. It will do the
work OF eight men and twelve horses: The
o wsr will be either gasoline or oil. In ad'
iitiou to it's primary use in the fsld, the
machine can be used in driving thrasher,
shelllng corn, or for hauling purposes. AS
20 the cost and weight. DR.. Gatling pre-
,erred to withhold details for the present.
remarking, however. that what he pro.
posed was both feasible and practicable.
Another machine is for the cotton fields,
and Is designed for thinning OUT cotton
plants In their early growth. This ma
chine will do away with ,'the man with the
hoe" in chopping out the young cotton
plants. The implement consists OF bed
somewhat like wagon, with shovels that
are worked by the motion OF the machine.
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but one superintendent to each city,
although his territory may include sew
eral Congressional districts. dn Mas
sachusetts, where an efficient census
bureau exists under the direction of
The State authorities, there will be a
single superintendent.
ID. The enumerstors are expected to
;start on their rounds on June l, 1900.
They will be supplied beforehand with
portfolios containing blank schedules
7 on which to enter the name of each
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
Gootl and Evil Liyes.

The sun sets behind the western hills, but
the. trail OF light he leaves behind him
guides the pilgrim to bis distant home. The
tree falls In the forest, but in the lapse OF
ages It IS turned into coal, and our fires
burn now the brighter because 1t grew and
fell The coral insect dies. but the reef it
raises breaks the surge on the shores OF
great continents, or forms IN island in the
bosom OF the ocean to wave now the har-
vests for the good OF man and to be a gem
hereafter for the diadem Gf the great Re-
deemer. We live and we die. but thu good
or evil that we do lives after us, and "is not
buried with our bones. "-Cumming.
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Pointod Paragraphs.

A good character is more easily LOST
than gained.
Money talks--but it converses with
only the favored few.
Luck is blamed with lot OF mis-
fortunes of which it is ignorant.
The way of the wise man is to let 8
woman have her own way.
One is apt to strike happy vein in
the vicinity of the funny bone.
If you don't care for the things you
can't obtain you will be fairly happy.
Probably the most difficult man in
the world to please is the one who
doesn't know what he wants.-ChI.
cago News.
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'FRONT.' VIEW OF NEW CENSUS BUILDING.

typewriter. Experience has shown
that the average number of records
that one clerk can transfer from the
schedules to the cards is seven hun
dred per day. It is the intention of
the Census Bureau to put one thous-
and clerks at work with these ma
chimes as soon as the returns are in,
so that this branch of the work should
be completed in about hundred
days.
From the punchinR-machiue the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
Not Equal to tho Occasion.

Harold" murmured the beautiful
maiden, shyly, ''am the only girl
you ever told you loved?"
II will tell you the truth, dearest, I"
answered the manly youth, leaning
fondIy over her. "You are not
81 think you might have lied a
little, Harold-for me-" she said,
turning tesrfully away."-Chicago
Tribune.
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Absinthe in tho Tropics.

The use of absinthe under the equatorial
sun OF Africa would account for the sud-
len freak OF insanity which led the Beers
II the voulet. .Chsnoine expedition to hre
IN q column under their own nag. Abb
iInthe In any climate Is TdahRerous drink
,ut in the tropics II saps tho intellectual
!oroes faster than opium. That 1t has
Iurned French officers into msdmen ana
Iet them running amuck In the African
,ush is not at all surprising, but as It VIII
credited with a certain amount OF com.
pensat ory good in the way OF warning to
others.
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Her Curiou, Application Denied.

The Board OF Health o. the District OIL
Columbia hus received curious applica'
tioa from Mrs. Thomas T. Ryan, OF New
York City, who says that she is about tc
erect residence In V street In Washington
and desires permission to Construct IN the
cellar vault Tor the burial OF the bodies
OF herself, her husband aud two children
who died some time ago In Baltimore. The
application was denied.
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Temperance Pays.

Young men and women may still believe
chat. with trusts or without them; with
combination or competition, with depart
menr stores or individual enterprises, buai.
ness cannot 40 on without workers who
are accurate, honest and capable. In
business these gifts are Indispensable; and
those who need them must pay those who
have them, whether they will or not!
More and more, also. they may hs sure
that steady nerves and unclouded brains
are the most valuable commodities In the
market. Temperance pays now as 1t never
paid before. ... - &c..
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God Of JOY and of grief. do with me what
Thou wilt; grief is good and Joy is good also.
Thou art leading me- through Joy. l take it
from Thy hands, and 1 give Thee thanks
for it.-Ami-l.
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Meat Supply For arsAter Now Yorkers
It requires 10, 800 900 POUNDS Of meat /,
week to feed the inhabisRnts In Munhsttan
Brooklyn and Jersey CITY.
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symbols, each of which is an alb
breviation representing some fact
within the range of the census enum-
Grafton. They are punched by means
of an electric machine.
In recording the statistics clerk
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Father at the Arc OF Eiehty-Thrse.

Father at the A2e OF EtHuty-1Hroe'
The birth OF an heir to a veteran OF lhi
Florida war OF 1885 is the social sensation
at Saluda, 8. G. DR.. Jacob Trotter, wealthy
and eIghty-thrse, having married young
vile, has become the father OF q bouncing
boy.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER,
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE. 1

The Man Behind tho Bar-Americsa
Workmen Are Better Artisans Thar
tlie English Because OF Thoir Compafs
atively Abstemious Habits.
They talk OF the man behind the gun,
And the deadly work that he has done;
But much more deadly work, by far,
Is done by the fellow, behind the bar. !
They talk. Of the man behind the gun.
Yet only In battle his work Is done;
But never ceases, In peace or war,
The work OF the man behind the bar. J,
Sacred Heart Review.
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world. The postmistress and Der son
are seen standing outside. Virginia
PostoAice is not money order post
office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13

For the last ten years there has
been an increase of 1000 annually in
the number of Great Britain's insane.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13

reads from the schedules the informa-
tion entered opposite certain name
to an operator seated at the keyboard
of the punching machine. With a
little practice this punehing-machine
cen be operated as fast as an ordinary
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13

The transcript of the orig
inal returns of the enumera-
tor to the punched card will
be done with small machines,
something like a typewriter,
called keyboard punches.
About one thousand of these
keyboard punches will be
used, and the entire work oi
transcribing the $4,000, 600
or more individual records
will be done in abcnt 100
working days, or nearly foui
months after the first reports
are in.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-05-04
BrGaklngS County.
Land il rapidly advancing i'll price ant
now Is the time to- invest. Big profits arr
sure to lie gained by investing.

Land il rapidly advancing i'll price and
now Is the time to invest. Big profits are
sure to lie gained by investing.
The county of which Brookings is the
county seat Is the best adapted to diversified
farming of any in South Dakota. Situated in
the center of the renowned Big Sioux Valley
and watered by the Big Sioux river and in
Vulnerable lakes. The soil is of n rich, black
loan and is unsurpassed for fertility. The
best of water is found near the surface, and
numerous small streams water the rich farm
lands in all directions. IL contains % town.
ships and J0s,5Si.43 acres of gently rolling
land, fully IS per cent of which is under culti-
walton. Has l0i good schoolhouses valued at
about 100000 In round numbers. Good rail-
road facilities. Assessed valuation, 1898,
S3,Si5 900. Tax levy, 1898, 10 mills forrgeneral
purposes. Average crop for the past twenty
years, Is bushels per acre, Fine herds Of
blooded stock and rich grazing lands. No
government land-all occupied by actual
settlers. Decided land can be.purchased at
from SIP To $50 per acre, accordingito location.
Good railroads convenient for marketing
stock and grain.
Long distance telephone connects every
town with the county seat and extends 10
many points in the state as well as into Min
nesota and Iowa
The country neighborhoods throughout the
county have their churches where the people
worship every sunday.
During the past year a large number of peo-
pie from the east have brought their. families
TO Brookings county and located perma-
nently. In every instance they'are contented
with their choice of location and are prosper
ing There are still opportunities for people OF
all classes 10 come here and be independent
No state ia the union offers better advantages
than can he found right here in the Sioux
Valley region.
Farmers i'm the east who contemplate COM
ing west can find no better soil, no better 10
cation and no better markets in the whole
northwest than Brookmgs county presents
Come out and see for yourselves the banner
county of South Dakota
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-05-04
PEARSON.
WIKOFF.

wIKoFF. LIscUM
the rush up the rocky slope of the spur
known as Kettle Hill. In that rush he
was wounded and disabled.
Charles A. Wikoff. the first brigade
commander to go down at the bloody
crossing and the only one killed at San
tiago. was one Of the 70. 900 minute
men who responded to Lincoln's call In
April. 1851. He enlisted as a private
and two months later was commissioned
lieutenant in the regulars. While hold
ing the rank of lieutenant he won the
prevets Of captain and major for gall
lantry at Shiloh. Chickamauga and
Mission Ridge
When the press was ringing with
and Wikoff for their charge at San Juan
Hill, the officers Of these commands
themselves put in protest in favor of
Pearson's brigade, the last to get
through the crowded roadway to San
Juan river Reaching there it plunged
into waters waist deep, lined up ON the
bank and charged to the crest nearest
by General E. p. Pearson, at his own
discretion. This soldier was also vol
unteer private of April, 1851. He won
brevets at Charlottesville and Atlanta.
The third commander of Wikoff's
brigade to fall within 10 minutes was
Colonel Liscum of the Twenty-fourth
infantry. Liscum was hero in the eyes
of comrades before the Mausers made
martyr Of him. Originally volunteer
private of 1861. he served two years In
the ranks of the regular army. In the
charge up San Juan hill he was SUR
rounded by younger men. but the feet
est of them couldn't pass him until he
lay stretched out in the tall grass by
bullet General s. b. NJ Young, leader
of the cavalry at Las Guasimas. had his
hour cut short by an attack Of fever.
which sent his pulse to 106 before the
battle opened at San Juan. Young was
an April volunteer in 1861 and served
all through the war with the Fourth
Pennsylvania cavalry. Four brevets
We're given him for gallantry. the last
that Of brigadier general, to reward
brilliant services in the Appomattox
campaign. He joined the army in 1866
with the rank of second lieutenant.
General Young is another soldier who
calls to mind one Of Napoleon mastery
fellows. hammered out Of good material
by the rough blows of constant warfare.
He is a type Of what long war brings
out in the volunteer as Chaffee is Of the
warrior trained in the exacting school
set for the enlisted man in the regulars
Differing in many ways even to the
principles of their profession. and at
extremes in size, Young being OF power
full build. these two men have been
noted sor the close friendship which
sprung up during their service on the
plains Starting even in 1851 as private
soldiers, the year 1898 found Young
colonel of the Third cavalry and Chaffee
lieutenant colonel of the same regiment
GEORGE L. KIIMER
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-05-04

Much Gold and Flat creeks. All Gold
Is the only one where they are finding
pay. and there isn't much there.
THE INDIAN RIVER DISTRICT.
Perhaps l had better inform you
what Is meant here by district. A
mining district in Canada means a
tributary Of the Yukon and all of its
branches.
The branches of the Indian river
that are known to carry gold are as
follows: Dominion, which is the right
fork of the river, heads nearly opposite
OF Bonanza, over the divide, and the
trail to it from Dawson goes up Bo-
nanza, over the divide and drops down
near its source. The pay stock has al
ready been located for about five miles
and it is generally believed that it
will prove to be one of the richest
creeks in the territory. There has al
so been good pay found on some Of its
benches and on two or three of its
small tributaries.
Next comes Sulphur, which was sup
posed to be very rich, but it is not
turning out as well as was expected,
and there are only twelve or fifteen
claims being worked successfully this
winter. Sulphur heads opposite of
| Eldorado, which accounts for the con-
| tidence that was placed in it last year.
Eureka comes in a few miles below
from the opposite side and where it is
well worked is turning out fairly well.
Quartz creek comes into the Indian
river about twenty miles below Eure-
ka, and heads in the same vicinity as
Sulphur and Eldorado, but like Sui
phur is not as good as was expected,
although there are probably half do
zen good claims being worked this
winter. And this is the sum and total
OF the famous Klondike and Indian
river districts as they appear to me.
On the opposite side of the Yukon
and about seven miles up from Daw-
son enters what is called Succeed
creek; 1T is about forty miles long and
is all staked, but so far as / have been
able to learn they are not finding any
gold. Sixty-mile is about fifty miles
up from Dawson and comes in from
the west side Of the Yukon. There
has been gold found on it in a number
of places, but nothing rich. 1t heads
in Alaska and the best gold has
been found near its source, and it is
not known for certain whether it is in
Canada or Alaska. There are few
people working there now.
ITO BE CoNTINUED.)
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-05-04

hostlers and plowboys won the baton
Of field marshal But it is something
surprising, in view of the small army
maintained since the war. the number
of West Point graduates and the tre-
mendous roll of volunteer officers of
high rank who sought regular appoint
ments at the end of the civil war, that
so many of the brilliant leaders in Cuba
originally took up arms as private sol
diers
So much has been told Of the career
of General II. w. Lawton in warfare
against the Indians that to the average
reader it will be news to learn that he
served throughout the West Virginia
campaigns Of 1861 as an enlisted man
in the Ninth Indiana three months vol
untcers- He was engaged at Philippi,
Laurel Hill and Carrick's Ford, and
when the three months men were reor-
ganized became commissioned officer
of the Thirtieth Indiana. In that regi-
ment he won several promotions and
was mustered out in 1865 with the ac-
tual rank of lieutenant colonel A few
months afterward he began all over
again as second lieutenant in the regu-
lar army. In the Santiago campaign
this able soldier. who up to that time
had never exercised command in ac-
tual warfare higher than that Of cap
tain, led division. duty properly be-
longing to a major general Twice re-
warded for that. first with the rank Of
major general then an appointment
to command the army of the Philippines.
he must be set down as born soldier
of the stamp Napoleon so quickly dis
covered and brought to the front
With Lawton at Ell Caney winning
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CHAFFEE. LAwToN.
Hawes' Shop. he said. II smashed the
Confederate post and thought I had
done big thing" 1t took Chaffee 9
year after that deed to reach the ranl
of second lieutenant. two years to get uI
another peg and two more to become
captain After that there was a wait
of 81 years for the leaf Of major and
nine more for that of lieutenant colonel,
the rank he held at the outbreak Of the
Spanish war. 1t is easy to trace in the
man Chaffee the evolution Of the majo,
general Of 1898 from the cavalry ser.
geant of 1862. His red foemen, the Co.
manches. struck the keynote when they
declared. 1.-THE little white chief is hon
est and fearless .
In the field Chaffee went in his shirt
sleeves. without mark Of his rank. A sol.
dier who didn't know him resented be.
ing ordered about by man Of Chaffee'
inches and finally said to his comrades,
who is that little cuss. anyway II
he attempts to boss me any more I'll
simply silash fGs jaw for him. Chaffee
got through with an unsmashed Jaw,
and the soldier threw his hat as high az
any over the news that the little cuss''
of Ell Caney had been promoted to ma
jor general.
Strange as ii may seem in man from
the ranks, Chaffee adheres tenaciously
TO what are known as ''old army
ideas, that is, the traditions founded by
blue blooded West Point men. In Cuba
Chaffee did his own scouting, alone,
without escort, just as he had done
while cavalry sergeant on the Chicka-
hominy. 1t is a common but a very err
roneous notion that men who work up
from the bottom round are invariably
conceited and boastful. Chaffee was un-
doubtedly the peer of any soldier in
Cuba, but he has steadily refused to
pass word of comment that could be
construed into criticism of anybody or
anything.
Chaffee won two regular army brevets
in the civil war, one for Gettysburg and
one for Dinwiddie Court House and two
for battles against the Indians.
So many men have been glorified for
their work in the cavalry rush up San
Juan ridge that there seems little room
for another hero. but the truth of his
tory demands that a word be spoken
for Henry Carroll, the only leader in
the division above a regimental COM
mand who was wounded In that desper-
ate encounter. Carroll commanded the
brigade composed of the Sixth, Third
and Ninth cavalry by virtue Of his
rank as lieutenant colonel Of the Sixth,
General Samuel Summers own regi-
ment II was doubtless because he was
the son of the distinguished Major Gen.
eral f. V. Sumner that Samuel was ap-
pointed second lieutenant in the regc-
lar army in 1851, two years after Car
roll enlisted as private in the regular
artillery and two years before he got
his commission. and that was after
passing through all grades from private
to first sergeant Carroll served -four
years in the ranks and 30 as line Off.
Ger and was commissioned major siz
years after Sumner reached that rank.
In 1898 they We're only one point apart.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-05-04

L WAS to be ex-
pected that in a
war which caus-
ed a popular up
rising and in
ere a s e d the
army from 10,
600 to ov r
1000. 600. men
would see the
elevation of sol
diers from the
Il O W e st TO the
highest rank. In
France as a re-
suit of the revo-
lution and the
wars s11ccnnflino
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-05-04
all77777-77s77'7'77|7 -
REMoRSE.

Red lips that dumbly quiver for his kiss
And now but fondly touch his graveyard
stone
All, lips he loved of old. remember this,
He had not died IL he had only kpowni
Arthur j. Stringer in Harper's Magazine,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-05-04
UP FROM THE RANKS.
SANTIAGO GENERALS WHO WE'RE PRi'
yATE SOLDIERS IN 1861.
A Division Leader and Six BriEadiers
In the List-A Cavalry Hero Who
Has Been Overlooked - stories of
wisoG, YounE and Chnfree.
THE INDIAN RIVER DISTRICT.

copyright. 1859 by the Author. ]
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-05-04

honors for his chief. and sharing them,
too. was General Chaffee. a soldier
whom the correspondents and other
outsiders praise as "the noblest Roman
of them all Z" Army officers are chary
of very high tributes. but all Of them
who know Chaffee personally declare
that he is .every inch soldier, " a
phrase that comedies every military vir-
tue to the man in uniform aimed at.
Any one at all familiar with the his
tory of Napoleon's army who should be
in the presence of General Chaffee with
out calling up the image Of some of the
fighting marshals promoted on the field
by the Little Corporal would seem
deficient in imagination. His face is Sc
strongly of the military type that 1T is
un-American. except when compared
with classic types like "Mad An
thony" Wayne, Marion, 1.-THE Swamp
Fox. and "Old Hickory" Jack
son. And it cannot be said that
Chaffee was favored Of fortune when
winning his spurs in the ranks Of
the Sixth regular cavalry. He enlisted
July 90, 1861, the day after the disas-
ter at Bull Run, and he was two years
getting on shoulder straps. A few days
after he put on the second star. given
him for his work at Ell Caney, I made
his acquaintance at the headquarters Of
Lawton division. From first refusing
to talk to newspaper man. as had
been warned that he would do, he SO far
melted at the sight of my G.. A r. but
ton as to swap stories of the peninsular
campaign and with the lips of major
general praise the exploits of cavalry
sergeant on the Chickahominy. Speak
ing of an affair of the outposts at