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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-24
A SPEEDY TRICYCLE..
HENRY FouRNlER HAS SUCCEEDED IN
 MAKING 45 MILES AN HOUR.

The Machine is Light, Easy to Manage and
 Powerful, But the Speed Is Dangerous
 and No One Else Cares to Try It-Future
 Improvements.
 Like the question of reducing to three days the time it takes b cross the Atlantic, the increase of the bicy- cle's speed to d point where the rider can travel as speedily and as safely as on railroad train, is one of the things that seems bound to be attained. It is as surely a coming achievement that awaits us in the future as is the per- fecting of the machinery of the ocean greyhound so that the present speed of the marine flyers can be doubled. h the days when bicycles run at speed of forty-fve miles an hour clear track will be absolutely necessary, so that with Locomotive engine pace will have to come a special track for the wheel men, desirable improvement that will be welcomed by all lovers of the wheel. The attainment of the speed named by the bicycle seems to be in tie hands Of Henri Fournier, who has become known as the king of automobilists. What Fournier does not know about the petroleum tricycle. may as well be omitted from the wheelman's educa- tion.
 At present he uses the petroleum tri- cycle of the Dion-Bouton kind, with 11a horse power machine, averaging forty kilometres an hour The machine is comparatively light, easy of manip- ulatfon and powerful. It is fitted with motor of from one to three horse power, it's hill climbing and speed ea- pabilities being gaUged thereby.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-24

injeco ike magic Pr It's Healing Power Almost Miraculous 50 Cent Bottle contains 100 DO Two Weeks Treatment for Ch
 EQUALS THREE soc BOTTLES
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-24
HENRY FoURNIER AND HIS TRIeYLE.

HENRY F0BRSIER AND HIS TRICYLE.
 Fournier is in deadly earnest in his determination to attain a speed of for ty-fye miles an hour. To see him on one of his test trips is a sight never to be forgotten. He flies along with bulging eyes fixed on the ground over which he is flying. hair streaming in the wind and the puffng motor work ing at such a speed as to make one tremble to think of the fate of the rider should any untoward accident cause a spill. He seems to know no fear when going like the wind on these risky trips. By constant practice he has become an expert in the manipu- lation of the petroleum tricycle., and will turn curve while going at dizzy speed Of forty-fve miles an hoar with all the reeklessness of boy.
 His performance suggests the grave danger that would accompany trips such as his on road where similar machines are dashing along. Fournier alone on a level, smooth road, with no ore to kill but himself, and no machine to smash but his own, is a sight suffi- ciently thrilling. Multiply the sight by ten, and imagine that number of Fourniers mounted on flying automatic tricycles, and the spectator cannot help thinking that this would make A navel and sure method of committing suicide.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-12
A Wonderful Blind Student.

John T.. Swearineen, Of Edgcfield,
who was made totally blind by an acci
dent when years old, has inst been
graduated from the South Carolina col
lego at the age Of 20, after having made
the highest record during the entire
four years of any man since the found
ing of the college in the first part of
this century, says a Columbia dispatch
to The New York Sun. He was first
honor man, delivering an oration en-
titled "Our Heritage
The faculty regard NIr. Swearingen
as wonder. Dr.J. w. Finn, D. d.,
said he had been a professor only ten
years; but had spent years in half
dozen colleges OF high standing, in
Guiding Heidelberg, "and,' SAID he, "I
have never met man to compare with
Swearingen. sincerely regret the
alumni has not fund to send him to
the best places in the world to thor
oughly develop his powers. His family
have not the means to do this.
sIn whatever he undertakes he must
stand at the top. Hc is uncertain
whether to study for the ministry or
the law. As "a lawyer he would make
Il great success even before jury, and
he would make Il mark as an author.
His imaginative powers of mind and
fine logical reasoning are astonishing.
His memory is such as few other men
have had: for instance, he can deliver
lecture complete that he has heard
once, but not in the same language.
If vital points have only been touched
upon by the professor he will bring
them ont and elaborate them.
'In such branches as mathematics
astronomy, psychology, as now taught,
where the sense OF sight would be cOn-
sidered so important, Swearingen never
faltered. He answered with less than
two minutes thought, a complex math-
ematical proposition that have never
had answered by another student. He
has a perfect conception OF relative
positions and distances Of heavenly
bodies, ana experienced no difficulty in
drawing correctly geometrical figures"
In further exemplitication Of the
mans extraordinary faculties, Dr.. Finn
said he had tested him in various ways
even to his own astonishment, when
one day he handed Swearingen wood
en- nutcracker. The cracking portion
was a finely carved head of Bismarck,
giving capital likeness. The young
man passed his finger over the face
and unhesitatingly said: "Why. that
is Bismarck
A class and room mate read aloud
his studies III Swearingen's hearing.
That is how he studied in college.
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BILL ARP'S LETTER.
His Heart is Sad Over the Recent
Death OF TIVE Good Friends.
AHaMtn Constitution.

Simon Peter Richardson and Henry
B. Plant, two more of my friends, have
fallen asleep. They we're not my near
and dear friends, but they were friends
to humanity and am human. [ knew
them we'll and was always pleased with
their presence. 1t is good sign when
you are glad to meet even an acQuaint-
ance-a good sign for him and it is a
good one for you when your acquaint-
ances meet you gladly. Simon Peter
Richardson ministered here several
years and was always cheered with
his presence and learned something /
did not know. He was a walking edu-
Gator, a man of wit and wisdom and OF
great philanthropy. Sometimes he cut
to the quick, but his knife was sharp
and left no ragged edges. | recall an
incident that illustrated his earnest
readiness to reply to man who refused
a little charity to a very poor blind
woman who wished to go to Atlanta to
have Dr.. Calhoun remove a cataract
from her eye. Simon Peter very ear
nestly related her condition and her
extreme poverty and said, "Plcase give
me half dollar; only half a dollar"
The merchant replied, "No, | can't do
it. We merchants are bled to death by
these country people and we have got
to stop. tell you, Uncle Simon, we
are bled to death, you must excuse
me- Simon Peter looked at him as if
he were amazed. After Il brief silence
he said, "Bled are you. Let me show
you something. He took off his long
linen duster, then unbuttoned the
wristband on his left arm, rolled up
the sleeve and pointing to two little
scars near the elbow said, ga long time
ago fool doctor tried to bleed me and
made those scars. He missed the vein
and got no blood, but the scars are
there. am afraid that is the expert
ence Of a good many people who ask a
little charity for the poor. They get
no blood, but leave scar"
We who saw the point smiled audibly.
The merchants face Redeemed under
the sarcasm. He suddenly pulled out
the money drawer and handed dollar
to the old man, and said: "Give this to
her. I don't want any OF your scars
about me-
The last year Of his sojourn here
Uncle Simon took a vacation and visit
ed his old home OH the Peedee river, in
South Carolina. When he returned he
told me exultingly OF the good time he
had and about a wonderful revival
that occurred in his old home church
the greatest revival he said that he had
witnessed for many years. '.How
many converts did you take into the
church," saidI. "The firstweek," said
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he, eve never took in nary one. but we
turned seventeen out and purged the
church. After that the lord blessed us
and there is many a church in this part
of the country that needs the same
medicine"
Uncle Simon left his impression upon
the people Of every community in
which he lived. He was an earnest
man, a strong man, a man of cOnvic-
tions and was perfectly fearless in
maintaining them. Woe to the infdel
or sceptic or agnostic who encountered
him. Woe to the man who declined to
90 to church because he didn't feel the
need of religion. No doubt we have
as good men now, but the preachers
arc rare in any denomination who are
his equals in convincing and converting
force. With Paul he could say, 81
have fought a good fight. l have kept
the faith"
Mr.. Plants photograph is before me.
What broad, attractive, human-lille
face. There is nothing of awe or
solemnity in his features that would
intimidatc the approach OF the humblest
of his race. "Knowing that thou vast
an austere man" did not apply to him.
Always dignifed, always self-poised
and earnest, he seemed as rluch con-
ccrned for others as for himself. He
was frank but careful in speech, genial,
uncOmplaining and never worried over
business cares or disapp0intm ents. His
last letter to me, written in February,
was an autograph and is a model OF
good fashioned penmansh p. 1t is
a large, open, honest hand without a
blot or erasure, the is all dotted, the
where they should be; In speaking Of
his health, he says: 81 have been sui
fering, but am yet on deck and pre-
pared in a moderate way to attend to
my duties and in some measure be OF
benefit to the people.
have taken note OF him Tor nearly
half century and know OF no greater
man in the line of public progress and
public benefaction. Many millionaires
have acquired fortunes from specula-
transportation that robbed others.
Many have built on the foundation that
others laid and some have wrecked
railroads and private enterprises on
purpose for their own profit, but MI.
Plant made honest plans in early life
and has by slow and sure degrees eX-
panded and matured them. He has
added to values not only Of his own
property, but to that OF communities
and States. He has proved himself an
unselfish friend to the south and won
the love and admiration OF our people.
Shakespeare says, "The evil that men
do lives after them. The good is oft
inferred with their bones." That is
not always true. In fact, he might as
truly have said, "The good that men
do lives after them" Good deeds are
like the circling waves that gentlymovc
to the shore when stone is cast into
apoOl. They never lose their influence.
The good that Mr.. Plant has done for
the people has not been buried with
him, nor will he be forgotten for gene
rations to come.
But the command is to "Close up
Close up!" The old men die and others
step into their places-and the world
moves on. "Close up is heard all
along the line.
.'Friend after friend departs,
Who has not lost "a end?
There is no union here OF hearts
That has not here au end
RrtJ Arp
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-12
STTAE NEWS.

Spartanburg county is to have her
twcnty-fourth cotton mill.
-Spartanburg is arranging to have
baby show in the near future.
: Tobacco is now being marketed
in Darlington and Marion at good
prices.
= Mr.. T. NJ. Seigler, of Bradley,
owns a Stradivarius violin that is l57
years old.
- The movement to complete the
State Capitol is growing in favor all
over the State.
= Charleston shipped a great many
strawberries in the season just passed,
and the farmers are we'll pleased with
the returns.
= Henry T. Thompson, Of Darling
ton, has been appointed a Captain in
the new provisional army by the War
Department.
w. NJ. Lewis, State Secretary Of
the Y. NJ. C. A., has resigned to take
the same position in Texas. He will
be loss to the State
= Mr.. Andrew Woods, of Sumter
county, who died recently, willed his
estate. valued at about 50, 500 to the
Connie Maxwell 0rphanage.
= The second artesian we'll has
been dug at Camden 625 feet deep,
mostly through solid granite, and a
good supply of water obtained.
: TIE contracts have been given
out for the erection Of the buildings
for the oil mills at Mccormick and
Lowndesville. Both mills will have
about twenty tons capacity.
= John X. Stuckey, wealthy mer-
chant of Spartanburg, who killed his
bookkeeper last December, was con-
yicted of manslaughter last Saturday
and sentenced to ten years in the pen
itentiary.
= In the vicinity of Hardeville, S.
c., there are a number Of cases Of
smallpox, and the probability is that
the disease may become epidemic in
that section. 1t was brought there
from Savannah.
: Three negro boys in kershaw
County, S. c.. recently quarreled about
plate of food. One of them was
wounded in the face by spoon, and
he died from the injury. His COM
panions have been arrested.
There was an excursion from
Greenwood to Augusta on the fourth
inst, and as result two colored men
were killed outright, two more serious
ly wounded and young DR.. Tom Jen-
nings in all probability fatally woun-
! ded.
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Last Thursday night during
storm in the Harris Greek section,
l,dgefeld county, on Mr.. Samuel Mil
ler's place, Lucy Roper was killed by
Lightning. She lived alone and was
in the act Of cooking her evening meal
when struck by lightning.
= Possibly the oldest woman living
in South Carolina is Mrs. Jane Crane,
who has just celebrated her 103rd
birthday near Easley. She is quite
sprightly, her hearing is good, .mem
ory good and she converses we'll, and
has never been too sick to enjoy
meal.
= Mr.. n. j. r. Kennerly, living in
Greenwood conuty, is engaged to
considerable extent in the growing Of
celery. He cultivated celery last year
and this year has several hundred
plants growing nicely. The celery he
has grown is as fine as has ever been
seen in this section.
= The 6rst honor man Of the South
Carolina College this year is J. Il.
Swearingen, blind man and a nephew
of Senator Tillman. Mr. Swearingen
is totally blind and studied his les
sons by getting his college mates to
read to him. He is said to be pos
sessed of a wonderful mind. and he
proposes to become lawyer.
= The following rewards have been
offered by the governor One hun
dred dollars for the apprehension and
conviction Of the parties who burned
the barn and contents belonging to
Joe johnson, Of Edge6eld, and the
same amount for Joe Robertson, who,
in Greenwood County on June IL, is
supposed to have killed his wife: Cor
nelia.
i Mr.. James Neighbors, good cit
izen of Laurens County, was shot by a.
colored laborer and mortally wounded
The negro after shooting Mr.. Neigh
5ors was choking and beating him
when he was shot and killed by Edgar
Neighbors, young son Of Mr.. James
Neighbors. A jury Of inquest ex-
onerates the son. Mr.. Neighbors has
since died.
= An Edge6eld man, who has given
the matter some consideration, is op-
posed to the adoption Of the round
bale for Southern ginners. He thinks
that inasmuch as the round bale peo-
pie refuse to sell their machinery, but
only lease it temporarily, that in 8
few years they will have monopoly,
the square bale machinery being out
of the way, and will grind the cotton
grower more than he is ground at
present.
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There is more Ca: .rrh il this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was supposed to be incur
able. For great many years doctors pronounced
it local disease, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly falling to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it inenrable. Science has prov,
en- catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. J. Cheney Co.
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on
the market It Is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to teaspoonfu. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They
cure Send for circulars and testimonial. Ad-
dress. FJ. CHENEY & CO., Toledo 0.
a@- Sold by Drugeiats, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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When our competitors how well we are succeeding
ev often wish we were never born They blame for ruin
ing the Cohing business but we defy them to prove one IN
stance wherein broke word or our rules we sell
everybody but always for SPOT CASH. and that's the
reason our prices are little for good Goods When eighteen
months ago. we commenced Spot Cash business our compe
tors considered us huge Joke and claimed that the people
wouldn't pay Cash when they could get Goods Credit and
as for Prices they said the trade couldn't tell the difference
ws did sell cheaper We have proved that the trade
can tell the difference Prices and doing more bust
ness NOW than ever before and the Spot Cash for every
article sell.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-12

with but $1,000 insurance on buildings.
Chief Wilkie Of the secret service
says that there are a great number of
counterfeiters in the Philippine isl
ands. They are so numerous and sue
cessful that it will soon be necessary
to make provision for secret service
agents in the islands.
DR.. Mcintyre of Santa Rosa, Cal, a
retired physician, man of middle age,
hanged himself Sunday in a barn on
his ranch near Windsor. He was well
known throughout the county, was
prosperous and apparently healthy, and
no known cause existed for his rash
act
The supreme court martial in Madrid
before which Generals Toral and Par
Ella have been on trial charged with sur
rendering Santiago to the American
forces without having exhausted all
means of defense has acquitted both
officers, on the ground that they acted
upon the orders of their superiors and
only surrendered when it was impos-
sible to do otherwise.
During recent severe thunder
storm in Paris the lightning conductor
on the Eiffel tower was struck 10 times.
A thunder bolt set fire to the Jeannot
factory, the Ceinture railway was flood
ed, many buildings were slightly in
jured and thousands of fine trees were
destroyed. The day had been terribly
hot, the temperature registering 104
degrees. Many sunstrokes were report
ed, some of them fatal.
1t is stated that the Kansas corn crop
will be 99.63 with prospects for the
greatest yield ever known in the his
tory of the state. The acreage of corn
is 8,234,560, and the estimated yield
per acre Al bushels, which would give
the astonishing total of 362,000,000
bushels, or three times the yield of last
year and almost 1O0,0O0,000 greater
than the banner year of 1889.
1t is understood that the plan of OPP
erations for the fall campaign in the
Philippines contemplates a division of
the islands into several military de-
partments and General Lawton will
have command in which the cavalry
troops will operate. 1t is probable that
General Wheeler will be given COM
mand of a brigade of cavalry in Gener-
al Lawton's department.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-12
MONTANA.

An attempt was made recently tc
blow up the home of A. ]. Godske in
the rear of 404 Covert street, at Butte
with dynamite.
The Butte ice trust is now matter
of record, having filed it's articles of in.
corporation under the title of the Butte
Ice Company.
Thomas Holman, young employe OF
the Rarus mine at Butte received a
shock of $500 volts of electricity about
o'clock last night, and was instantly
killed.
II. o. Wareham, who sold his wool
this year at 1912 cents, recalls the fact
that in 1896 he sent $4,000 pounds east
on consignment of six cents, and later
check for $S2 to close the account.
The messenger boys of the World
Messenger Company of Butte struck
recently because one of their number
had been discharged.
Last week Michael Kelko, working
on the 60-foot level of the Michael Dav.
lit mine, was caught in a fall of
ground. He had a severe fracture of
the right leg and internal injuries.
The county jail which the commits
siOners authorized built at Libby is
well under way, and will be completed
in about one week. 1t will cost in the
neighborhood of $500.
Joseph Grill, saloon keeper on Wat
son avenue. Butte, went into the base
ment the other night to tap a keg of
beer. He caught hold of a live electric
wire, and in a few minutes was dead.
The state of Montana has $631, 571. AS
in bank. IN addition to the cash cred
its it has may thousands of dollars of
permanent 81 1ol fund and state uni
versity fund moneys invested in bonds
and other securities.
w. H. Adams of Bozeman, who set
the trap gun at his cabin window and
killed Rhoda, the Spara, Wis, man
touring the country on his bicycle, has
been bound over to appear at the dis
trict court by Judge Mcpherson.
Labor day is the day of the year in
Butte, the event of all events, and every
year an effort is made to Guido the
proceedings of the previous year. The
committees are appointed early in the
summer, so as to have ample time to
do their work we'll
The youngest man in America to
take out a 100000 life insurance pol
icy resides in Butte, Sellers Largely,
only 10 years old, taking out one for
that amount yesterday. Mr.. Largey is
the eldest son of Pat Largely, who was
murdered here some two years ago, and
who left valuable estate to his widow
and children. chiefly acquired in min
ing speculations.
Trainmen give an account of a pc
culiar accident that resulted in the
death of the fireman on a passenger
train east of Havre. The fireman put
his head out of the cab window in order
to get lie breeze and cool off. A stand
ard used to catch mail bags struck him
on the temple, killing him instantly.
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Otis Asks for MnnsInYers.

Washington, Aug. General Otis has
asked for number of Sims Dudley guns,
Gatlings and Hotchkiss l2-pounders for
use in the Philippines. All are rapid fir
ing guns and especially adapted for the
warfare that must be prosecuted there.
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In n Head End Collision.

Paris, Aug. 7.-Seventeen passengers
were killed and 81 injured in a collision
on the Orleans railway at Juvisay. The
disaster was the result of imperfect sig
mailing. The collision was between the Or
leans, Lyons, Paris & Nantes 9:40 train
and the Paris & Lyons Mediterranean
train, which left eight minutes late.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-12

A foul breath may be sweetened by
simple mouth wash Of chrystal perman-
ganate of potash, in tumblerful of wa
ter.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-12

At the present rate of increase the
United States will have In 1900 about
$4,000 physicians.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-12

The charge is made that the Brook
Ign and New York trolley strike was
forced as a stock-jobbing scheme.
What's more miserable than discon-
tent?-Shakespeare.
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British Columbia.

A rare metal known as nagyagite,
composed of tellurium, lead and gold,
has been found on a claim owned by
Robert Wood of Greenwood at Triple
Lake camp on Canyon creek. a tribu-
tary of the Kettle river. Assays give
values of $124.1S per ton.
Fahey Bros. and Jack Stewart have
a force of men at work on the Four
Hundred claim in wellington camp. A
100-foot shaft will be sunk on the prop
erty.
The work Of blasting out a site for
the new compressor plant on the st.
Elmo, at Rossland, is in progress and
the material for the new building is
being hauled up Red Mountain.
Strikes of good ore bodies are report
ed from the Elsemere, on the North
Fork, from the Midnight and Lucky
Star, on Bunker Hill creek; from the
Gertrude and Terrible, on Gamer creek.
One side Of the big compressor at the