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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-04-07

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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-14

Punisnmeat Pronounced Worse IMAM
Lyuching by = Victim


There's something barbaric about
lynching. as most people will agree"
said the man with the broken nose
but / can easily name two worse
things. One Is rolling q man around
In a barrel. and the other Is a coat OF
tar and feathers. In my foolish young
days i arrived at q town in southern
Indiana TO n h people excited v c
several arrests for robbery. A family
named Black. consisting OF man and
wife and a grown up son, had been
caught and made to confess 20 many
thefss. Instead OF putting them on
trial the people had determined 10 ap-
ply tar and feathers and walk 'em out
OF town. / had no objections so far
as the me- were concerned. but when
Il came to the woman, / constituted
myself her champion. and declared that
they mus walk ovel ny c body
first For about five minutes | was a
hero. Then about a dozen men grab
bed me and hustled me into a roon.
and after the Blacks had been disposed
OF, according TO program. / was brought
out FOR punishment Plenty OF tar and
feathers were left but the crowd want
ed a change, and IL was decided that /
should have the barrellexercise. They
got out and unheaded a big cider a
rel, dropped me into It and replaced tho
head, and then all was ready l was
inclined 20 look upon the proceedings
with contempt l had never been
rolled in a barrel, and SO | had no idea
OF the sensations. They first kicked Il
along the wide unpaved street. and IL
had not rolled over more han twenty
times when was sick of my job. Al
ter they had enjoyed themselves for n
quarter OF an hour. / vas praying for
Ana+A - hss~-- NN lEH 49,
that after they got tired OF the foot
ball work in the streets, they rolled the
barrel up a long hill, and then let II 30
kiting Town. You talk OF seasickness;
but there Is no comparison. Aside
from the feeling OF nausea, / was Jared.
jolted and bruised from head TO heels.
and in one Of the bumps had my nose
broken. | was unconscious when they
finally took me out and for n week I
was little better than 4 dead man. II
was weeks and weeks before ] got the
revolving motion out OF my head and
could walk straight and TO this day
| can't see a grindstone revolving
without being affected by II. II would
have been far more merciful to hang
me up by the neck"
But about the tar and feathers?"
was asked.
We'll, I met the old man Black
about two years later. and he SIN
smelled of the tar. He told me that
ii took a weeks work with soap and
water to get the stuff started. and hat
spots were left which couldn't be god
off. ever when rubbed with a brick.
He didn't feel tbs degradation so much.
but what hurt his feelings was that he
had been obliged 10 put in more work
on that tar than in all his life before.
He had tried the barrel racket once.
- ~ e.
me. On the contrary. he said IL 7 hadn't
mixed in the three Of them would pro-
badly have got off with a ride on a
raiI."-Minneapolis Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-14

Pendtn. Decision of the Cal
tivtIy in British Military circles

Pretoria, September 11.-Excitement
prevails here, pending the decision OF
the cabinet. Secretary of State Reitz
has left this city for johannesburg and
Capetown- The likelihood Of "a is
much discussed. The coming Of Brit
ish troops is not regarded as meaning
certain war, but merely as making up
for the paucity Of troops in South At
RIGA so much commented upon IN the
last month.
The Durghers Of this place ire offer
ing the government gifts Of meal. The
town has a deserted appearance.
Capetown, September n.-Four trains
containing refugees from johannes
burg have arrived here. Four hundred
refugees have also arrived at Durham.
During the past week the relief com
mittee Of johannesburg assisted 1000
cases Of distress reported throughout
the T~ransvaal.
London, September 1.-The activity
in the war and admiralty offices con-
tinues today though there Is nothing
new regarding the Transvaal situation.
Il is said that orders have been sent
to America for light iron girders and
bridging sections for probable use IN
South Africa. Transports are moving
10 the docks, preparatory 10 embarkins
troops.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-14

grace Of Christ. finally 10 reach heaven.
Oh, what q multitude OF women In
heayen. Mary, Cnrist's mother. in
heaven; Elizabeth Fry in heaven. Char
iotte Elizabeth in heaven, the mother
Of Augustine in heaven, the Countess
Of Huntington. who sold her splendid
jewels 10 build chapels. in heaven.
while a great many others who have
" ben heard OF on earth or known
but little have gone into the rest and
peace OF heaven What a rest, What a.
change : was from the small room.
with no gre and n window (the glass
broken cut, and the aching side. and
wornout eyes. 10 the house Of many
mansions. No nor stitching until Il
O'Clock a. night, no more thrusting Of
the thumb by the employer through the
work to sno il was not done quite
right. Plenty Of bread to last. Heaven
for achirg heads, Heaven for broken
hearts, Heaven for anguish bitten
frames. No more sitting until midnight
for the coming OF staggering steps, No
more rough blows across the temple:
No more sharp, keen, bitter curses,
Some o. you will have no res in this
suffering all the way up. You will have
to stand at your door, fighting back the
wolf with your own hand, red with
carnage But God has a crown for you.
/ want you TO realize this morning thar
he is now making 1t, and whenever
you weep a tear he sets another gem in
that crown, whenever you have a pang
of body or soul he puts another gem in
that crown, until after awhile in all
the tiara there will be no room for an
other splendor, and God will say to His
angel, 1.-The crown is done; let her up.
hat she may wear 1T" And as the
Lord of righteousness puts the crown
upon your brow, angel Will cry to an
gel, Who IS she?" and Christ will say:
Il will tell you who she is. She is the
n that came up out of great tribula-
ton and had her robe washed and made
white in the blood of the Lamb" And
then God will spread a banquet. and He
will invite all the principalities Of
HEAVIER to sit at the feast, and the ia
bles will blush with the best clusters
from the vineyards of God and crimson
with the II manner of fruits from the
Tree Of Life, and waters from the
fountains of the rock will flash from
the golden tankards, and the old har-
pers of heaven will sit there, making
music with their harps, and Christ will
point you out, amid the celebrities OF
heaven, saying, She suffered with me
on earth; now we are goirg to be glori-
fed together" And the ~banqueters no
longer able to hold their peace, will
break forth with co~ngratulation, HALL
hall" And there will be handwritings
on the wall-not such as struck the
B~abylOnian nobleman with horror, but
fire tipped fingers. writing in blazing
capitals Of light and love, God hath
wiped away all tears from all faces!"
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why Dreyius Was Made Tue Ssape
Goat
New York Heraldl.

New York Herald
Why was Dreyfus selected as the
s~cape-goat?
How is ii he and not m others was
fixed upon as the victim by Henry and
du Patty de Clam?
These questions have been asked "A
thousand times, and at last an ans
wer is forthcoming.
1t is made by NJ. Coruely, the we'll
known leader writer OF the Figaro. who
tells h following story In the course
OF an article in a number OF that paper
just 10 hand:
"One day In 1894" writes NJ. Corueiy,
General de Boisdeffre, while making
an official inspection at Charmes, in
vited all the officers to dine with him.
"At table, Dreyfus, who was among
the guests, spoke of experiments made
at Calais and Bourges I'm such an in
teresting fashion that no other subject
had any chance during the rest OF the
repast. and on leaving the table Cen
eral de B~oisdeffre, who was then chief
OF the general star. took Dreyfus with
him n continued the conversation
with him as they walked together for
over an hour IN the bridge over the
Moselle.
The other officers, who had follow
ed General de Boisdeffre, thought that
the Jew was going too far. Alone
with the chief OF the general stan for
over an houri What an intrigueri He
knows more han his colleagues; he In
indiscreet; he puts his finger I'm every
pie.
"Dreyfus's fate was decided at thai
very moment by MY and Jealousy. He
became the scapegoat-"
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The Massachusetts Ploughman, which
has been studying up h Maine a In
dustry, learns that there were larger
shipments OF cats TOR Maine the past
year than for any season previous, over
$500 cats having been shipped out Of
the state to all parts OF the United
States and TO foreign countries One
concern alone, the Walnut Ridge Farm
Company, OF Boston, sent $50 Angoras;
Frederick D. Nudd, OF Waterville, 4s5;
Mr.. Emery, OF North Arson, 379; Mrs.
Mary II. Ranlett, OF Rockland. $50: E.
W. Palmer, of Rockland, ia; ]. w.
Dean, of Troy. 419; besides many others.
Besides this large shipment OF Ango-
ras. there are now over 1.s60 Angora
cats remaining in the hands OF dealers
in various sections OF Maine. II Is es-
timated that there are only 1880 An
CORA eats in all America, compared with
several million Of the common cats. The
number of Angora cats in Maine Is
gradually diminishing. there being at
least 1000 less each season. The de-
mand is so great for them that the
farmers annot keep up with a suf1i-
cient supply. Maine people made c
5000 last year on their cats. Just
hin Of this when tempted to throw a
b0otjack at serenading Tommy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-14

New York Commercially

'~F
An invention that bids fair TO revo-
~ltionize the entire system OF manufac-
turing tinplate has just been completed
and patented. The process. it is AZ
serted, reduces by so per cent. the cost
of maxi lg tinplate, and takes from
twelve to fourteen hours Off the time
that is now necessary to turn OUT the
finished article.
]. c. Devine & Co. OF Wheeling. w.
Va, who have the invention in charge
are being consulted by men represent
ing large interests. For two years VIII
liam Schafer ard his son. John Schafer,
worked hard on the project.
With the process now in universal use
three different departments are essen
ton to a tinplate factory. In the new
arrangement two OF them are done
away with entirely. In the old pro :ess
the sheets are picked, which rstuiies
about ~thirty-five minutes time. 1t is
then annealed for twelve hours n In
ter put through various costly treat
ments.
Under the new arrangement each
plate is reate individually and Is car
ried automatically through a series OF
furnaces, acid and water baths and
rolls just as fast as an ingenious de-
vice can force them. By means or an
endless chain the plates are carried into
a furnace n heated to a dark red,
then carried by a continuous process to
an acid bath, which removes the scales
n at the same time tempers them.
They then go into q water bath, which
move the acid. The drying furnace
is next entered and finally, by a sim
pie but interesting contrivance. the
plates are carried through a train Of
rolls. The plates are then ready for
the last a~nnealing and the timing
house.
Employees will be reduced rs per cent.
and one advantage claimed is tinplate
made by it Is OF better quality and more
lasting.
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How Truth, as Understood by the Anu
Dreyfuxffe.. L. Revealed

CFrom Paris Figaro,l
The president Ito the hundred ant
seventy-ffth witness who comes for.
ward 10 affirm the guilt 90 D~reyfus)-
Be so good as TO tell Us the reasons thai
have led o TO believe in the guilt o.
Dreyfus?
The Witness-The reasons? Certain
ly. mon Colonel: I will tel you them.
The President-I am listening.
The W!tnsss-I Will tell YOU them all
The President-Go on.
The Witness-AE. without a sgngle
exception. There are hundreds O.
them.
The Pres!dent-Begin with the first.
The Witness-YeS, mon Colonel. Won
are right: l will begin with the first.
But the others are perhaps more i'm
portant.
The President-The court will Judge
Of that
The Witness-It was in 1895. in the
month of-but mind the month.
IL doesn't matter-that / became GER
tain OF the guilt OF Dreyfus. and that
proofs OF il began 10 roll in upon me.
There were fresh one every day.
didn't know where TO put them. / had
10 u a wardrobe specially for them.
II specify.
The Witness-It would take me weeks
to even enumerate all the proofs.
VIII tell o the most important OF
them. To begin with. Dreyfus' confess
sion to-1 beg the courts pardon. / have
forgotten the name.
The President-Is it Lebrun-Renaud?
The Witness-Yes; Dreyfus' confes-
sion to Lebrun-Renaud. Captain Lee
brun-Renaud said to Dreyfus: IF I
gave documents"
The President-You probably want to
say quite the contrary. But that
doesn't matter. Let US have the other
proofs.
The Witness-The secret dossier. |
will demonstrate to the court tina only
Dreyfus was capable OF writing the Sc
cret dossier.
h President-You mean the border
eau?
The Witness-Yes, the bordereaus.
Where is my head? The technical ex-
animation of the b~ordereau, the Schnei-
der document. 1t has been said thai
the Schneider document was written by
~ESterhaZey. l assure you il was
written by Dreyfus. 1 had the infor-
nation from an honorable person. Be-
side, you can interrogate the scavenger.
You have only to question, beside,
Nine. d. and an Italian woman, whose
address l don't know, but who was the
mistress of an army doctor. AS for
E~sterhazey, how could he have obtain
ed information regarding the covering
troops. L refer o back to my first
deposition. And then there is the CON
fession, and the groom, German. (He
wipes the preparation from his fore
head.)
The President drowning for the first
time during the trial)-You may retire.
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she ekaL and the Hair

Are We approaching a hatless age?
Is the time coming when, like our for
bears who dwelt in the forests and
caves, We shall take Gods weather
Upon the natural thatch Of our crani-
ums? Reports from the summer re-
sorts say that nearly everybody haS
been going bareheaded this summer;
those who are plentifully supplied with
hair for the purpose Of preserving it,
and those of Scant locks for the pur-
pose Of inducing an increased growth.
And many OF the latter are quoted as
affirming, with many smiles of gratif-
cation, the acquisition Of a new crop
OF vigorous hair.
There is al old theory that the wear
ing of hats is conducive of badness,
owing to the lack of ventilation inside
the crown Of the nat, ami the retarda-
tion of the circulation Of the blood in
scalp by the Maitland. In connection
with this theory it IS claimed that
there are chemical properties in the
sunshine, the dew and the rain which
make the hair grow better than any
! proprietary tonic in the world can do.
The Indians and ether savage peoples
J are pointed to as proving the theory
| They are never baldheaded. And the
farmer who works in the sun and rain
| with sleeves rolled above elbows almost
invariably has arms that are. covered
| with a considerable growth Of hair.
During the present summer and the
| one preceding it, according to a cor
| temporary that has been looking into
!. the matter, the barehead fad has taken
| a strong hold upon those who frequent
the summer resorts, both mountain and
seaShore, and it is even predicted that
the fad will make it's appearance in
| town before a great while. Should the
latter part of this forecast prove cor
rect, it would necessitate a greater or
| less number of changes in wearing ap-
| parel. The frOck Goa would have TO
go. No man could walk bareheaded in
a dignifed manner down the street in
a frock coat. The abolition OF the hat.
furthermore, would efectually disguise
many types that are now known by
their headgear. Now it is pretty gen.
orally understood that the man with
! the silk derby hat tipped forward and
| to one side is a politician, the man with
the wide-rim black wool is from the
| rural districts, the man with the white
| sombrero is from the southwest and
| speaks Spanish, and so on And then
| there is so much character in the way
q hat is worn that a discerning obser-
| yer can often tell the temper OF his
| friend or the calibre Of a stranger from
| his headgear. The hat, indeed, has be-
| come a mode OF expression among US;
q part Of our language. To so great an
extent has the hat become a part OF
ourselves and our civilization that 1t
may be doubted il the total abolition
Of badness would compensate for its
loss. And then again IL badness were
abolished, what would the theatrical
managers do for spectators for the
front row.
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The DOseier

A former chief of a division in the
French secret service writes most in
terestingly in the September Cosmo-
politan concerning the spy system
which prevails in that republic. Ac-
cording to this writer this service is a
branch Of the police service, and has
been in existence since the First Ma
poleon.
The French government seems to re-
ly upon nothing so implicitly as it does
upon its system of spies. 1t is declar-
ed that this establishment is response
BILE to no one. It's members are kept
in Office by rigid civil service system
tht prevents them being interfered
with, Notwithstanding the change of
administrations in the republic.
Every man who presumes to take
part in politics is closely watched by
this crowd Of spies. There is a general
office in which they file every act and
every circumstance of his life, and this
is known Is a "dossier.'' Much has
| been heard of the dossier since the
Dreyfus trial has bee before the pub
lie. 1t seems that it is the record OF
his life, bit by bit, filed with the head
OF the department that has had to do
| with the army.
. If a man for any cause should desire
thN ANA IL LILY pol pCIooli, IL
would only he necessary for him to
properly tip an agent of the secret ser
vice and his "~dossier,'' or the record OF
his life could me babe to give NJ the
desired story at headquarters.
This. writer in the Cosmopolitan
gives this instance of the way in which
this system works:
LAS soon as a new president, a new
project of police or secretary is INSTALL
ed he calls for his dossier. Indeed, the
chief Of division who has charge of
these dOssierS always makes it a point
to bring it along at the first interview
with the new official. But the dos
sier at this important moment never
contains anything Of value. If, how
ever, h official is at any time re-
moved his dossier reappears in all it's
completeness"
1t is said that this political division
OF this secret service has no less than
800 spies in it's employ. They are made
up OF all classes Of men and women 1t
is their business to know every man
who has to do with French politics,
and not n Of the movements of q
man in their department goes without
their notice, whether he be in the salon
OF the rich and powerful or the lowest
dive of the canaille.
Not only does this system of espion-
age prevail in every department OF
the French government, but his writer
declares that leach newspaper has
its spies; there are spies in all secret
societies, among senators and depu-
ties also. And more than one secre-
tary has in former times drawn from
the fund
This would indicate that it not only
touches every avenue of life, but that
men from every known calling are en-
braced in it's membership. What Amer
lean would a to live mid sucx a
system?
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Crippled by
Rheumatism,

Those who have Rheumatism find
themselves growing steadily worse ali
the while. One reason of this is thai
the remedies prescribed by the doctors
contain mercury and potash, which ul.
timately intensity the disease by caus.
ing the joints to swell and stiffen,
producing a severe aching of the bones.
s. s. s. has been curing rheumatism
for twenty years-even the worst caset
which seemed almost incurable.
Capt. 0. E. Hughes, the popular railroad
conductor, OF Columbia, s. c., had an expert.
ence with rheumatism which convinced hin
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POWER FOR GOOD.

/ speak to women who have the
eternal salvation of their husbands in
their right hand. On the marriage day
o took an oath before men and angels
that you would be faithful and kind
until death did you part, and l believe
you are going to keep thai oath, but
after that parting at the grave will it
be an eternal separation? Is there any
such thing as an immoral marriage,
making the flowers that grow on the
top of the sepulcher brighter than the
garlands which at the marriage ban
Quet flooded the air with aroma? Yes.
l stand here as an ambassador of the
most high God to proclaim the banns
of an immortal union for all those who
join hands in the grace of Christ. o
woman, is your husband, your father,
your son, away from Cod? The Lord
demands their redemption at your
hands. There are prayers for you to
offer, there are examples for you to set
and l say now as Paul said to the Cor
inthian woman, "What knowest thou
but thou shalt save thy husband?" A
man was dying, and he said to his
wife, "Rebecca, you wouldn't let me
have family prayers, you laughed about
all that and you got me away into
worldliness, and now I'm going to die,
and my fate is sealed, and you are the
cause of my ruin. 20 woman, what
tIIO Oul tIIOG cdiSI uGSlTOy
thy husband?
Are there not some Of you who have
kindly influences at home? Are there
not some who have wandered far away
from God who a remember the Chris
tan influences in their early home? DC
not despise those influences, my broth
er. If you die without Christ, what
will you do with your mothers Y
with your wife's opportunities, with
your sisters e~ntreaties? What will you
do with the letters they used to write
to you, with the memory of those days
when they attended you so kindly in
times of sickness? Oh, if there be just
n strand holding You from floating
off from tina dark sea, 1 would just
like to talk hold OF hat strand now
and pull you to the beach,! For the sake
of your wife's God, for the sake of your
mothers God, for the SAX of your
daughters God, for the sake Of your
sisters God come this day and be
Saved-
CROWNED IN HEAVEN.
Lastly, I wish to say h a one Of the
specific rights of woman is, through the
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tn at there Is only one
cure for that painful dis
ease. He says: II was q
great sufferer from mus
Cular for
two years. I could get
no per q relief
from any medicine pre-
scribed by my physician.
took about q dozen bot
ties of your s. s. s., and
now / am as well as I
ever was inmy life. lam
sure that your medicine
cured me, and I would
recommended to any one
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S.S.S!FTfsss Blood

being Purely Vegetable, goes direct to
the very cause of the disease and a per.
manent cure always results. It is the
only blood remedy guaranteed to con-
tain nopotash, mercury or other dan.
gerousniinerals.
Books mailed free by Swift Specific
Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
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suffering from any blood disease"
Everybody knows that Rheumatism
is q diseased state of the blood, and
only a blood remedy is the only proper
treatment, but a remedy containing
potash and mercury only aggravatel
the trouble.
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Yellow Fever Among the Trosps m
Havana

Washington, September 1L-Surgeop
General Sternberg has received a dis
patch from Hayana saying thar Sec
ond Lieutenant Stanley D.. Emrick and
Private Bernhard Kramer, Bltts-v Y
Second artillery, are Ill with yellow fe,
yer.