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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18

ment would say that our present action must
De IN harmony With these new conditions rather
man sne Ulu. Ihere is a law of self-preserva-
ton that should control the action Of communi-
ties no less than OF individuals
rrepealable statutes are not tolerated Even
the most soiemnly enacted legislations must give
way TO the demands of the latter generation
wnen II Is found that their provisions are harm
I1i 20 the public welfare. And we know OF no
TtIe. .o5ih OF enactment. having sanctity above
Ia anu constitution that the overwhelming
needs OF the people may not with consistency
ana morality demand the repeal OF.
RIGHT TO FORTIFY ASSERTED.
The report quotes Professor Lawrence in
PRINCIPLES Of International Law" where he dis
cusses the extent to which treaties are binding
and then proceeds:
But We think 1t safe tc say that neither the
United States nor Great Britain has continu-
ousiy regarded the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty as
IN force In 1868 the United States and Mica
rsgua exchanged notifications of a treaty of
friendship, commerce and navigation 1t gives
10 the United states the right to send it's forces
into Nicaragua TO defend the citizens Of the
United states and their property the property
IN contemplation being the Nicaragua Canal.
Inc use or military force always implies the
right TO establish Notifications for defensive
purposes.
Now. is it possible that the United States
would at that early day-only seventeen years
after the negotiation Of the Clayton-Bulw
convention-have secured from Nicaragua the
right thus to use her military forces if the au-
IlOrlueS nad not believed that the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty abrogated But, again. at
an earlier period-1S60-Great Britain herself
concluded a treaty with the State OF Nicaragua
in which there was an article almost Identical
with Article XVI above quoted. This was eight
years before our treaty with Nicaragua Will II
be contended that Great Britain had the right
to secure from Nicaragua agreement that
she might enter with her military forces the
territory Of Nicaragua and her military
forces for the defence Of her people and her
property. including the right to build such for
ti1cations might be needed for her military
forces and yet the provisions OF the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty be in force?
ENGLAND's POLICY CRITICISED.
Il is doubtless true that in 1850 Great Britain
and the United States contemplated the speedy
completion Of the Nicaragua Canal They pro-
posed TO have joint interests. by joint contribu-
tons. to IL. But the possibilities of a Suez
Canal, that followed years after 1850, dawned
upon the maritime world and changed the in
terests Of Great Britain She longer desired the
Nicaragua route for her own uses. She directed
her conduct with reference to the new cOndi-
ton yet still uses this ghost Of a dead treaty
frighten the people Of the United States from
securing the great advantages certain TO flow 10
US from the successful completion Of this great
undertaking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18

The Consolidated Motor Vehicle Company which
recorded articles O. Incorporation AT Newark Fri
dey formed. IL Is said for the purpose OF con-
sOlidatinG several Western motor vehicle Companies
A statement 70 this effect was made yesterday By
James B. Dill president OF the New-Iersey Regis
rration and Trust Company. who appears as counsel
for the Consolidated company The new concern
was Incorporated with a piraI s. fss1
II was intinated by Mr. DIil that the cOrpOrarors
OF the Consolidated company and those OF the
Shelby Steel Tubing Company which was Fncorpor-
ated a feU days ago. we're not entire strangers
each other He also intirnated that the manu-
raCture OF automobiles and Bicycles praCticaIly
controlled by the Shelby company. the latter
has almost a monopoly OF the manufacture OF tub
ing for these vehicles The Shelby company has
capital stock OF Sl5G00.0u0 AIr DilI denied Thar
the ConsOltda ted company the completion OF
project FOR The merging OF all the companies en-
gagged in the manufacture o. automobiles and
bicycles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18
SICK WOMAN BEATEN AND ROBBED.

sneak thief entered the apartments OF Mrs
Philip Smith. No. lB CanteHo-s'' mon HIM. n D.
,,.s,sr4a,, af,ernoon and attempted take a pair
OF earrings from her ears while she lying
ssiaen IN he'd Mrs Smith. who had been III for
several days. suddenly awoke and cried loudly for
help The thief struck her over the head win
the earrings from their fastenings and escaped:
Mrs. Smith discoVefeo nHISyttlselous oy NJ
oI,sIy hUri bat was TERRIBLY shocked There IL no
clew 10 the thief, VINO ranS"eu 'he ApaFlihN'
and stole sl2.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18

Hin. This Is strange" said Mr. Packinham as
he glanced up and down the last page OF the paper.
What's wrong Lycurgus7' Mrs Packinham
asked.
I've looked al through this paper" he an
swered, ana can md anything IN u about Petit
Crews naVins mace a kind OF a calf OF him.
self yssteTdaS-'-(Ckieago Times Herald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18
NEW ARMY LEGISLATION.
PROPOSITION TO GIVE THE ADJUTANT-GEN-
ERAI- THE RANK OF MAJOR
GENERAL

Washington. Feb. 17-RepreseuJative Huh. chair
man of the House Committee On Military Affairs.
has introduced bill giving the Acknowledgement
of the Army the rank OF majOr-generaL II also
provides for one chaplain for each regiment Regu-
lar and volunteer. and for the appointment OF a
credit in the with Spain rot above the rank OF
brfgad ier-generai-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18
A POSITIVE CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS

cure for drunkenness that has been used ,,,iet-
Is for the past twelve wears with wonderful re-
suits. enecting more than 900 positive cures has
lust been plaCed upon the market The -ilra is
known Tottens Fleabane Remedy. and is guar
antsed 10 destroy the appetite for intoxicanfs In
from three 10 twenty days The effects ~ -
remedy are nOticea bic after only a Few hours apd
does not only destroy the appetite for IntOxiranTs
but controls the nerves. builds the system and
produces a natural appetite and perfect sIeap
The Totren Remedy Co. % W 18th 81 Nau,
York. the sole manufacturers OF this wonderfuI
Remedy. and upon application they will send ~
mail fun particulars OF Remedy IntAres,sS
parties IN New FORK or vicinity invited ~ all
their ofaceA Consultation free
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18
F4T4LLT INJURED on ELEVATED ROAD
MAN DRAGGED FOR a BLOCK CLING1Ns TO
ENGINE PILOT

ENGINE PILOT
Frank De Boer, tracknan employed on the
Lexng ton-ave branch OF the elevated railroad in
Brooklyn. while sweeping the tracks on the curvs
Grand and lexington aves- received fatal tn
juries last night by being struck by tram Thers
is station al Cfreene-ave, and De BOsr, cIingfaS
the pilot OF the locomotive. carried past a
number OF persons who were waiting for the train
They called 10 the engineer. 0ut not hearing hs
did stop until ne had taken his train entirely
into the station BY this time De BOer slipped
from the pilot under the ureb0X He carried
into the station where he became unconscious
De Boer had been working with MS hack toward
the OnComing train and did not hear IT, When
he struck ne insrinctively grasped the
po. OF the engine and dragged through
the snow over the tracks for a block The mans
groin was torn, his left broken and his
skull slightly fractured The hospital II
said that he could hardly live through tha
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04

merchant would no more think of fail
ing TO give a purchaser the exact
change-whether it be one, two or
three cents-than he would withhold
a nickel or a dime belonging to his
customer.
Indeed, the sharp competition that
exists in retail stores these days, in the
large cites, is evidenced by an agita.
ton among the department: stores OF
Philadelphia for the issue by the gov
ernment of a new coin of the denOmi
nation of half cent. A petition in
favor of it has been numerously signed
in Philadelphia, and an effort is being
made to arouse interest in other cities.
The merchants claim that in these
days of keen competition, when large
sales and small profits are the rule,
some such plan is necessary. Several
individual firms in Chicago have is
sued their own half.cent pieces, which,
of course, are only redeemabIe in their
own establishments. The use of a
half-cent coin might be of advantage
in small way to the small purchaser,
who now, has to surrender the half.
cent, when he buys one article which
sells two for quarter, two for fifteen
cents, and so on.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04

STARTING THE TURKEY CROP
Turkeys hatched in April and May are
the most profitable. The eggs are
very frequently placed under some
common domestic hens and the turkeys
hens are kept at laying. While this is
frequently done, it is not the best plan,
as the common hen makes poor
mother for the young turkeys, owing
TO their disposition being too active.
Turkeys were expressly designed to
take care of their offspring, and they
know how to do this part of their work
TO perfection.
1t requires % days of incubation to
bring out young turkeys. But the
first "a hours after they are hatched
they require no food ; but should then
be moved from the nest to clean,
roomy coop and given their first meal
of millet seed after that, feed them
for the first few weeks with stale
bread moistened with milk, and some
milk curd in connection with the mil.
let seed. Cooked rice and oatmeal is
also excellent food for them while
young; their feed should be seasoned
slightly with salt and pepper and a
little bone meal added twice a week
will be found beneficial G. Shoe
maker, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04
Mistellanepns 3eading.
In COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the News That Is Being Pub.
lIslhed Inv Exchanges,

Summary of the News That Is Being Pub
lIslled by Exchanges.
CHER0KEE-The Gafney Ledger,
March 30: J. B. Martin, prominent
business man of Hickory Grove, was
in the city Wednesday on business. ''''''
The Limestone Cotton Mill company OF
this place let the contract to build its
first mill Tuesday to Cecil & Curry. oi
this place. This first mill will be 100
feet long and two stories high, and is
to be ready for the machinery in Sep
tember. Messrs. Cecil & Curry are ex'
perienced mill builders and will begin
work at once. J. J. Whisonant, Caro-
lima Lumber company, Kershaw Lum'
ber company and Craw & company, Of
Kershaw, got the contract to furnish
the lumber for the mill.
CHESTER - The Lantern, March
30: Mrs. R. l.. Caldwell, sister of Mr.
J. D. Means and Miss Nora Means, oi
this city, died of paralysis at her home
in Charlotte, Wednesday afternoon
Mr.. J. G. Colvin and family left last
night for Guns Hill, Va, where Mrs
Colvin' will spend the summer. Mr.
Colvin does not know yet how long he
will remain. ."....".Senator Tillman has
secured two cannons from the govern
ment to be placed in Wylie park. Ap
plication was made for Spanish can
non, but as only one of these was
available for each state, two Others
were given. ......."The State now comes
to Chester on the extra, which runs or
the time of the so-called regular train
The latter arrives at no regular time
but generally not much before noon.
GASTON-Gastonia News, Marct
80: Mrs. J. Meek Smith, of Clover
stopped over Wednesday on her return
from a visit to relatives at Gaffney. '''''
Mr.. J. S. Clinton, one of Bowling
Green's progressive farmers, was il
town yesterday. Mr.. Clinton sold 81
bales of cotton to the McAden mills al
10 cents a pound. .'.'..'..Baseball season
is on US again. The first game of the
season was played at St. Mary's Wed
uesday afternoon between the college
team and the Philadelphia team
The game resulted in a score of II tt
6 in favor of Philadelphia. '.''''.Rev
R. P. Smith and family will leave mex
week for Asheville, where they expect
to make their future home. They hat
intended leaving this week but Mr.
Smith was taken sick. He is bette
today. Miss LYDIA Adams will teach
the remainder of the term of fre'
school which Miss Mabel Smith hal
been teaching. We are sorry to lost
Mr.. Smith and bis excellent family
but hope they will be we'll pleased will
their new home.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04
IN BEHALF OF THE HEATHEN.
What the women's Foreign Missionar.
Union Did Last Week.

What the women's Foreign Missionar,
Union Did Last Week.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday.
We reported in our last issue the
assembling of this body in the First
Presbyterian church last Tuesday af
ternoon, and the proceedings of thai
day.
Wednesday morning, after devotion
al exercises, an excellent paper, writ
ten by Mrs. E. M. Atkinson, of Lowrys
vile, on, "The Privilege of Working
for Missions" was well read by Miss
Guy, of Lowrysville. Miss Gist, o
Yorkville, read fine article on, "Oul
Obligations" Some items of busines:
were discussed and recess taken till the
afternoon. At the afternoon session
Miss Claude Moore, of Yorkville, read
an exceedingly interesting paper pre-
pared by herself on "The Work O
Miss Ella &. Davidson in China
Special prayer was then offered fol
Miss Davidson and her work in Hang
chow, China. The union adopted
resolution of thanks TO Miss Davidson
for her efficient aid in effectiDg the or
ganization of the union last fall, before
her return to China.
On account of sickness, Mrs. Sum
ter Lewis, of Chester, was detained
and in lieu of her paper on, "Our Cubar
Mission," Mrs. Paul Hemphill read
a very choice selection, which was
eminently appropriate.
The present officers of the union
were reelected for the coming year
They are: President, Mrs. j. Robert
Lindsay, Yorkville; first vice presi
dent, Miss S. J. Gibson, Rock Hill
second vice president, Mrs. J. J. Hun
ter, Yorkville; recording secretary
Mrs. J. I. Stringfellow, Chester; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. W. e.
Hutchison, Rock Hill.
Mrs. A. G. lizard and Miss Castor
were added to the executive commit
tee, which is made up of the officers Of
the union and these two ladies.
The next meeting will be held IN
Chester.
A reception was rendered the dele
gates and visitors by the ladies' foreign
missionary society and the mission
board of the First Presbyterian church,
at the manse. 1t was a highly delight
full affair and was much enjoyed by
those present.
Wednesday night, at public meet
ing, Rev. w. G. Neville delivered an
address of marked interest and power
upon the subject of foreign missions.
This was followed by solo from Miss
Souther, of Winthrop college.
Rev. D. N. Mclaughlin concluded
the exercises of the union in an ad-
dress which arrested and preserved
the interest of the congregation. His
effort was to encourage the members
of the union and inspire them with
greater zeal and prayer for the grand
work of missions.
The union was much enjoyed and
we believe will accomplish much last
ing good.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04

THE BORROWED NEWSPAPER
Here is the latest story of the man
who is too stingy to take his home
paper. A man who was too economi'
cal to take this paper, sent his little
boy to borrow the copy taken by his
neighbor. In his haste, the boy ran
over a 81 stand of bees, and in 10
minutes looked like warty summer
squash. His cries reached his father,
who ran to his assistance, and failing
to notice a barbed wire fence, rail
into that, breaking it down, cut
ting handful of flesh from bis ana.
tony, and running 81 pair of pants
The old cow took advantage of the
gap in the fence, and got into the
corn6eld, and killed herself eating
green corn. Hearing the racket, the
wife ran, upset a four-gallon churn full
of rich cream into a basket of kittens
drowning the whole flock. In the
hurry she dropped 81 set of false
teeth. The baby, left alone, crawled
through the spilled milk, and into the
parlor, running a brand new 500 car
pet. During the excitement the old
est daughter ran away with the hired
man; the dog broke up II setting
hens, and the calves got out and
chewed the tails off four fine shirts. ~
Kansas City Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04

THE WAY OF THE WoRLD.-Because
Senator McLaurin acknowledges Will
liam Mckinley as president of these
United States and respects and honors
him as such, he is called disloyal to his
state and traitor to his party. Senator
Tillman aids and abets in this sentiment;
but at the same time he says of Mr..
Mckinley: II am always willing to
trust William Mckinley. Il \ Left to
himself, I believe his aspirations and
his purposes are patriotic and noble. "
McLaurin has never bestowed greater
praise than that on the pl esident but
he has to be called traitor by little
whippersnappers, coat tail swingers,
political shadows and the like.-Spar-
tanburg Spartan.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04

OUT OF SIGHT.-An English cot
ton buyer in Memphis was talking
with the clerk of one of the hotels the
other day when a commercial traveller
came up. "How are you feeling,
Bill ?" said the clerk as he extended
his hand.
"Oh, I'm just out of sight," replied
the drummer.
After the commercial man had been
assigned to his room, the Englishman
turned to the clerk and inquired what
he meant by tout of sight" The
clerk explained that he meant he was
feeling fine, and the Euglishman re-
corded it in his little book.
The next morning when he came
down to breakfast, the clerk, following
his usual custom, asked him how he
felt. The Englishman thought it a
good time to try some of his newly
learned slang and, with the air of one
who had solved difficult problem
replied, "Oh, you kaun't see me at
all "-Memphis Scimitar.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

A MEETING of the Stockholders OF
n the CAROLINA AND NORTH
WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
is hereby called to he held AT CH HESTER, !,
s. c., ON THE OATH DAY OF APRIL,
1900, AT IL O'CLOCK, NJ, for the follow
ing purposes:
l.. To consider and adopt plans to change
the railroad to Standard Guage, and to
extend and equip the same.
2. To authorize a new issue of bonds
secured by mortgage upon the company's
railroad, to provide the means necessary
to change the railroad to Standard Guage
and extend, equip and improve the same,
and to refund its present mortgage debt.
3. To increase the capital stock of the
company 10 an amount not exceeding
two million dollars, and to alter and re-
wise its bylaws.
4. To transact any other business pro-
perly coming before the meeting.
A full attendance of stockholders is
requested.
WILLIAM A. BARBER, President.
J. J. MCLURE, Secretary.
March "a saw vt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04

PROMISED A GOOD ACCOUNT OF
HIMsELF.-Several years ago, Coloue
Jack Chinn visited Texas. He took
with him a Negro valet, Sam. This
Negro had been slave in the Chinr
family before the war, and idoized his
young master. One night, while il
Houston. the darky went to Chinr
and said
"Massa Jack, Use goin' out in cul
lud society in heah tonight an I'D like
to borrow dat ivory-handled six-shoot
er of yours to take along"
"Why, you black rascal" returned
the colonel, "some of these Houston
coons will take that gun away from
you and break it over your head"
The darky was Strengthened up
Like his master, he was u man of un
questioned nerve and there was a pc
culiar glitter in his eyes as he said
"Massa Jack, you let me had dat gun
an if l don't show up head wild it ir
de mawnin' you 60 down to de morgue
an throw down he sheet an say
'Lawd, don't he nook nacheral y"
Colonel Chinn's body servant wa!
that night armed in a manner that en-
titled him to move in the best Afro
American society in Houston.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04

THE GROWTH OF THE FINGER
NAILs.-"Not many people know that
the average growth of the finger nail
is 1.32d of an inch per week, or lit
tie more than II inches per year." OBJ
served Washington physician to a
Star reporter recently. "The growth,
however, depends to a great extent
upon the rate of nutrition, during sick
ness and abstinence from good nourish-
ing food it is retarded. Nails grow
faster in summer than in winter, and
the growth differs for different fingers,
being usually most rapid in the mid
die finger and slowest in the thumb.
"The average time taken for each
finger nail to grow its full length is
about four and half months, and at
this rate a man of 70 years of age,
would have renewed his nails 1S6
times. Taking the length of each
nail at half an inch, he would have
grown Z feet 9 inches Of nail on each
finger, and on all his fingers and
thumbs an aggregate length of II feet
inches"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04
farm and firesile.
TnMATnES ON Stills.

Set the plants three feet apart in the
row, and as they grow trim off all the
leaves up to the first fruit stem, and
then leave the next two suckers OF
prongs that come out above it.
Now get some stakes or poles about
eight feet long and sharpen the lower
ends and set them in the row-one al
each plant and one on each side of it
foot from it. Tie up the main stalk
to its stake, cutting out all suckers as
it grows, leaving only the leaves and
fruit stems. Take the aforesaid two
suckers that were left, and as they
grow, tie them up to the stake on each
side, and treat each of them as sep.
arate vine, tying it up to its stake and
pruning as it grows.
By this process we can get more
fruit and better than by any other we
have ever tried and the fruit is soon
up out of reach of predatory chickens
that come in (from your neighbors) o.
course. Some varieties do not stand
this treatment so well as Others.
find that we get our best results from
the acme and its kindred varieties.
In order to set the stakes so firm
that they will stand the winds and
rains, we use a piece of hard wooo
about two and one.half feet long, ia
pered to point at one end and having
a hole bored through near the other
in which we put cross stick for
handle. We call the thing a stud
We drive this into the ground where
we want our stakes, about one to one
and one-half feet, and then taking
hold of the handle, work it back and
forth little, and give it a twist and
pull. We have a nice hole into which
we force our stakes as firmly as we
can and tramp the soil around the
stake on the surface. Stakes thus pu
in will stand firm all season and holo
up your fruit nicely. BY this proces:
you keep your vines in a reasonable
space, aud when your fruit begins tc
ripen you have all kinds; from the
bunches of ripe fruit below up through
all grades to the bloom; and the vines
will bear until frost closes the scene
This process is intended for small
crops; of course, it is not adapted tt
field culture.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04
humorous department.
MIR. FACING EVERYWHICHWAY

From the Portland Oregonian, a leading Re
publican newspaper of the Pacific slope.
We've been huntin' you, Mckinley, but
we don't know where-you air;
When we clap our fingers on you, why
we find you're never there.
When we hunted through the tariff, ir
the place you'd ought to be,
Why you wasn't round there nowhere
least as far as we could see.
In this Puerto Rico thingumbob we
thought we'd find you sure;
When we got there you'd been trekking
like the smooth and willy Boer;
So we asked the gold supporters if they
thought we'd find you there,
And they said they guessed 80, some
place; but they didn't know just
where.
Alger said he hadn't seen you, and he
shed bitter tear
When he said you'd gone an left him
like q sinkin' ship Sast year.
When we visited Mark Hanna, who was
busy countin' pelf,
Why, he said he couldn't tell us, fer be
didn't know hisself.
So we've just KEEP on a huntin' till we're
nearly petered out,
And, although we thought we had you
now we find we're still in doubt,
If these lines should ever reach you, and
you'd write US where you be,
You'd confer a good sized favor on your
friends, the G. o. P.