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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
Energy of Coal.

If Mr.. Edison should succeed
in perfecting his device for utili-
zing all the energy stored in coal
he will have solved a problem
that has occupied the study of
scientists the world over, the
ultimate effect Of which will be
a revolution in the industrial
world second only to that brought
about by the discovery of the
moter energy stored in steam.
1t is well known that at least
so per cent of the energy that is
stored in coal is lost in the pro-
cess of combustion. The CON-,
bustion itself is imperfect and in .
complete, large quantities of the
fuel passing off in the form of
gases and smoke-which is mere
ly unconsumed particles of car.
bon. The problem of economic
combustion has been to invent
some process by which all of
these gases and clouds of carbon
would be completely consumed
and converted into energy instead
of being allowed to escape through
chimneys.
While the details of Mr.. Edi-
sons device are not yet revealed,
it is known that it utilizes the
well known principle that com
pressed air heated to a tempera-
ture of $50 degrees Fahrenheit
has twice it's original power. Com
pressed air with a force of 100
pounds to the square inch exerted
at the point of application with
out the addition Of heat is made
to heat itself. This air not only
becomes a giant driving power
but a portion Of it is used to feed
the combustion Of coal, making it
gradual and complete. 1t is
claimed that the invention will
cut down the cost of motive
power to figures undreamed Of by
the most optimistic economists.
The Edison invention, if per.
fected, not only means revolu
ton in motive power on land and
sea, but it means smokeless cities.
The time will come when smoke
will be regarded as the most
criminal waste of the energies
stored up by nature for the use
of man.-Chicago Times Herald.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
Only a Measly Theory.

1--WE heard you whipping your
boy in the woodshed last night"
said the spokesman of the party,
according to the Albany Post.
YES" replied the indignant
parent, 1.-The youngster played
hockey from school, ate up two
jars of his mothers jam, tum-
bled his little sister out of her
high chair and tried to build a
bonfire in the barn"
"No matter" returned the
spokesman; cit Is government
without the consent of the gov.
erned, we can not permit it,"
"Besides, that" went on the
indignant parent, "be broke three
windows in your basement"
What y CRIED the spokesman ;
sis no the boy who did that
Why he ought to be licked with
in an inch of his life ! I'd like to
have the handling of him for a
day or 30, and I'd teach him to
behave himself"
"But government without the
consent "
"Is theory, nothing but a the
ory--a measly little impossible
theory"
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
Parents of Murdered Child Talk
About Burning of Brute Who
Broke Their Hearts.

Denver, Colorado, Nov. H.
Well, no other parents will
suffer from that brute's crimes"
These were the words of Mrs.
Frost today when asked for ar
expression on the punishment
of the negro who confessed that
he was the murderer of her
child. "Of course I was not
consulted as to the punishment
to be meted out, and / did not
know what fate awaited him"
She continued, Il do not care
Just so he was removed from
the face Of the earth. Nothing
can atone for the death of my
baby, and I did not have the
feeling Of revenge which so
many people said ought to pos
sess me. My thought was to
saYe others the pain we suffer
ed. Whatever was done with
that brute was right, no matter
what. Certainly he did not suf-
fer what Louise did, end she
was innocent, while he was
guilty. Perhaps l would have
some pity we're I not her moth
er. No one but parent of an
outraged and murdered child
can know just how / feel"
The murdered child's father,
Robert w. Frost, returned to
Denver today from the scene of
the lynching.
ga great load has been lifted
off us, said he, land as for
me, | don't care who condemns
me for starting the blaze. No
other father will have to do
what | did on account Of that
niger, and as / said before, if
the brute had been lynched for
his first offense in Kansas my
baby would be alive today and
our hearts would not be
broken. "
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
Card Of Thanks.

Mr.. Editor Please give us
space in your paper to extend to
the good ladies of Lancaster and
our friends generally our heart
felt gratitude for their many
kindnesses and attentions to our
niece, Miss Lily Porter. during
her long illness at our home and
for their many acts of kindness
to us in our sore distress.
Very Respectfully,
Mr., AND MRS. A. MCMANUs.
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Murdered and Robbed,

Charlotte, N. c., Nov. H.
Attracted by an odor which en-
anated from the home of Levi
Travis, an old man, who lived
alone near Newton, neighbors
yesterday broke open the door
and found that the old man had
been murdered several days ago.
His body was found on the bed ,
with the covers carefully
tucked in" all around it. The
covers being removed, it was
found that old man Travis
head had been battered in with
some heavy weapon. The body
was badly decomposed. He
had been robbed of $50 which
he was known to have had in
his house.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
A HORROR IN PEKIN.
Private Houses and Yards of the
Chinese Full of Dead Bodies
And Refuse.

Pekin, Nov 1S.--Sanitary con.
ditions here are becoming serious.
Since the foreign occupation
many Chinese have died of small
pox and ether infectious diseases.
Fearing that their funerals would
be interiered with, they kept
most of the collins containing
their dead III their houses and in
court yards.
The question of removing gar
bage has become one of grave i'm.
portance. AS the natives are for.
bi9den to deposit refuse in the
streets, there is now an enormous
accumulation in their dwellings
and yards, which threatens
serious epidemic. In view of the
large number of troops in and
near the Capital, the consequent
ces of such an outbreak would be
frightful.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
YOrkvill's Graded School Build.
ing Burned.

Yorkville, Nov. 16.-Our
graded school building caught
on fire this morning about II
o'clock, caused by a burning
chimney. 1t is a total wreck
All the children got out safely,
but g number of them lost their
books and wraps. The furni-
ture was all lost by fire and
breakage. This building was
formerly the old female college.
1t was sold some years ago for
$6 900, but cost much more
than that. The insurance on it
was $4,000.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
HOW'S THIS ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case OF Catarrh that can
not be cured by HalPs Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last 10 years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and financi-
ally able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Trmar. Wholesale Drng-
gists, Toledo, ..
Walding, Kinnan b Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Price 75o. per bottle. Sold by ali drug
gists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills arc best
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
The Irl X. Hicks 1901 Almanac

Whatever may be said of the
scientific causes upon which the
Rev. Ira b. Hicks bases his year
ly forecasts of storm and weather,
1t ls a remarkable fact that spe
cl1c warnings of every great
storm, flood, cold wave and
drought, have been plainly prin =
ted IN his now famous Almanac
for many years. The latest start
ling proof of this fact was the de-
Struction of Galveston, Texas, on
the very day named by Professor
Hicks in his 1900 Almanac, as
one of disaster by storm along
TIC gulf coasts. The 1901 AL
manac, by far the finest, most
complete and beautiful yet pub
lished, is now ready. This re-
markable book Of near Two hun
dred pages, splendidly illustrated
with charts and half tone en-.
cravings, goes as. a premium to
every subscriber who pays one
dollar year for Professor Hicks
Journal, WORD AND Works. The
Almanac alone is sent prepaid
for only 25c. Order from Wu1D
AND Works Publishing Co. 22O1
Locust Street, st. Louis, Mo.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

The State.

The State.
Beaufort, Nov. 1S.--Perhaps
one of the finest hunting pre-
serves on our southern coast is
that owned at Hilton Head is
land, some Is miles from here,
by MIR. VIM. P. Clyde of New
YORK. Mr.. Clyde owns about
one-half of the entire island,
which has a frontage on the
Atlantic ocean of some 16 miles,
reaching from the entrance of
Savannah river, opposite Tybee
light house to Port Royal en-
trance. Occasionally during the
winter season the millionaire
steamship owner and q friend
or two sojourn for a fortnight
at Mr.. Clyde's comfortable and
unpretentious lodge. The pre-
serve which comprises q very
dense forest containing thous-
ands of palmetto trees, some of
which are over 70 feet in height
is we'll stocked with deer and
various other game MIR. Clyde
keeps number of valuable
hounds in charge of a dog
keeper on his place and the in
telligent animals exhibit I'M
feigned delight when their mas
ter comes for a hunt. Every
one of the dogs possess a pedi-
gree that is calculated to make
the everage canine turn green
with envy and every one of
them is thoroughly trained in
the art of hunting.
The millionaire is expected
on Hilton Head this season and
the negroes on the place, to
whom he is very charitable, are
jubilant over the prospect Of
again enjoying his philanthro-
py for a season. w. T, w,
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

You can't afford to risk your
life by allowing cough or a cold
to develop into pneumonia or
consumption. One Minute Cough
Cure will cure throat and lung
trdobles quicker than any other
preparation known. Many doc
tors use it as specific for grippe.
1t is an infallible remedy for
Group. Children like it and moth
ers endorse it. Crawford Bros.
d-w-s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
A village BIRcksmith Saved His
Little Sons Life,

Mr.. II. II. Black, the we'll known
village blacksmith at Grahamsville,
Sullivan county, N. Y, says: "Our lit
tie son, Ave years old, has always been
subject to Group, and so bad have the
attacks been that we have feared many
times that he would die.-We have had
the Doctor and used many medicines,
hut Chamberlaiu's Cough Remedy Is
now our sole reliance. 1t seems to
dissolve the tough muous and by Civ
ing frequent doses when the crOupy
symptoms appear we have found that
the dreaded Group Is cured before it
gets settled" There Is no danger in
giving this remedy for 10 contains no
opium or other injurious drug and
may be given as confidently to babe
as 10 an adult. For sale by J. r. Mack
ey & 90.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
AGAINST COTTON OIL MILLS,
Charged in Mississippi with
Being In Combine to Control
Prices.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 1O.-At
torney General McClurg to-day
filed declaration in the circuit
court charging 10 cotton oil mills
In the State with violating the
new antitrust law. The declar-
alton asks for forfeiture of char
ter and that the statutary penalty
be imposed. 1t also sets forth
that the mills violated the law
by entering into a combination to
control the price of cotton seed
and that this combination also
prevents competition among in.
surance companies for oil mills
and competition among railroads
for hauling the seed. During the
early part of the season the price
of the seed went as high as $40
per ton.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

TO remove troublesome corn or
buniOn: First soak the corn or bunion
in warm water to soften It, then pare
it down as closely as possible without
drawing blood and apply Chamber
lain's Pain Balm twice daily; rub
bing vigorously for five minutes at
each application A corn plaster
should be worn for few days, to pro-
tect 10 from the shoe. AS a general
linimeDt for sprsins, bruises, lame
ness and rheumatism, Pain Balm ia
unequaled, For sale by J. r. Maokey
Il Co.
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IL Saved HIS Leg.

p. A. Danforth, oi LaGrange, Ga,
suffered intensely for six months with
a frlghtfuI running sore on his leg,
bat writes that BUCklen's hrnica Salye
wholly cured il in ten days. For u
GERS, wounds, Burns, BOils, Pain or
Piles it's the best salve IN the world.
Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. Sold by
Crawford Bros. druggist. 8
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

If you have ever seen child
in the agony Of Group you can
realize how grateful mothers are
for One Minute Cough Cure which
gives relief as soon az it is admin
istered. II quickly cures coughs,
colds and all throat and lung
troubles. Crawford Bros. d.w-s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

When you want prompt acting
little pills that never gripe use
DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
Crawford Bros. d-w.s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

DeWitt's Little Early Risers
are the best liver pills ever made.
Easy to take and never gripe.
Crawford Bros. d-ws
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21
You Know What Yom Are Taking

When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that
II is simply Iron and Quinine in a
tasteless form. No cure, Il o pay. SOC.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

The best Prescription for Malaria
Chills and fever is a bottle OF Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. II is simply
iron and quinine in a tasteless form.
No cure, no pay. Price 30 cents
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

stops the Cough and Works off
the Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure
a cold in one day. No cure, no pay.
Price 25 cents.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

menstruQtiop made Regular and Painless
Apd Pains IN Sf1hos, Hips and Limbs cured by
Hun mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-11-21

You will often
save the cost of a
years srbscrip-
tiOn to t
ENTE' JE
by cons it's
advertlseLL, Is.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-08
GENERAL P. ). JoUBERr.

Is threatened. He wears no Uniform.
The same old SLOUGH hat which he
wears when he oversees the pasturing
of his herds he retains when he goes
into battle. His uniform consists of
a cartridge belt.
Only trained eye can distinguish a
Boer general from Boer farmer. By
the umbrella under his arm and the
ration bag over his back you know
that he intends to travel on the veldt.
By his rife and cartridge belt you
know that he expects to do some
shooting, but whether it is game he
seeks or the hated rooineks you may
not guess, not even by the way he
puffs at his pipe, for he would smoke
calmly in either event. Is
What would the British think II one
of their generals went to war with an
umbrella under his arm, rifle and car
fridge belt over his shoulder and pipe
in his mouth? Yet that is just the way
the Boer generals go to war, and it
must be admitted that their queer ac-
couterment does not prevent them
from winning victories.
Generally these Boer leaders go on
horseback, but sometimes they roll over
the veldt in rubber tired Spider bug
gies drawn by six or eight mules. Their
camp equipment is very simple. The
whole fighting outfit Of general and
his staff is often carried in one OK wag-
on. But the Boer army is very mobile,
as has been recently shown. 1t is not
numbered with heavy baggage trains.
Perhaps this is why the Beers are able
to move their heavy artillery about so
easily.
OF course the most prominent Of the
Boer leaders is Pietrus Jacobus Jou-
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THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

We listened to county superintend-
ent of schools not long since as he la
mented in long address the fact that
the nice girls would not remain as
teachers, hut would get married and
SO, from his standpoint, disarrange
the work of the schools. This super
intendent was q sort Of old fogy as
we look at it. Who wants our nice,
pretty girls to keep on teaching till
crows feet, gray hairs and false teeth
bear mute evidence that the bloom OF
their youth has departed and not even
the crooked matrimonial stick is to be
picked up by them? There is no sweet
er little comedy enacted on earth than
John blowing the long rows Of corn
and seeing the dimpled and pretty
schoolma'am trudging along to school
in the summer morning, and he think
ing about her all day long and watch
ing for her to return at the evening
time, he managing to be at the high
way end Of the field as she passes by
he dusty, dirty and bashful, she all
smiles and sweetness. Then come q
buggy ride and good deal Of swinging
in the hammock under the old trees,
while the moonlight filters down
through the rustling leaves like a sill
yer flood, and John soon is clean gone,
and Susie notifies the director that she
will not teach after the close Of the
summer term and-but why so on, for
you know all the rest? Make an old
maid teacher out OF Susie! Not much!
We would not if we could, and, what
is more, we could not if we would.
Let the old fogy superintendent keep
on growing, and all you pretty school
ma'ams keep your eye out for John in
the cornfeld.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-08
THE FARM INSTITUTES.

The past few years have witnessed
the development Of an educational fac
tor In agriculture in the shape Of the
farm institute, which has been most
marked success. From somewhat
crude beginnings the farm institute has
evolved into one Of the most impor-
tant and well attended gatherings held
by the people of the several counties
Of the western states. So far as we
know in no other country do the farm
ers ever assemble for two or three
days session for the purpose Of dis
cusslng matters pertaining to their
business. The field covered by the pa
pers, addresses and discussions at
these Institutes covers a wide range
and touches not only the business side
of farm life, but includes the schools,
the home, the family, the social and
intellectual side of life on the farm.
These meetings also bring out not a
little musical and Evolutionary ability
which would otherwise remain seclud-
ed in country homes. The interest
taken in the meetings increases year
by year, and the work accomplished
so becomes more valuable as it reach
es wider field. It is perhaps still too
true that the class Of farmers who
would be most benefited by attending
these Institutes fail to attend them,
but the leaven is working, and they
will be on hand before long.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-08
paopUcE WHAT IS WANTED.

The farm should be run on the same
plan as the store in this, that the things
which the consumer wants should be
raised, and not the things which he
does not want. This is a most impor-
tant matter when the farm is turned
into a factory-when finished products
instead Of raw material are sold. If
the market calls for baby beef, raise it;
If for good road horses, don't breed
dromedary scrubs-a cross between a
Percheron and cayuse; if all white
eggs will bring more than half brown
and half white, change your breed Of
hens and get layers of white eggs; if
the public wants white oats, don't raise
black or yellow ones; II it will pay as
much for $50 pound veal calf as it
will for yearling, let 1t have the veal;
If it will pay you as much for your
good apples or potatoes sorted as it will
for big and little mixed, sort them and
feed the small ones to the hogs OF the
cows; If 1t insists upon an ounce Of salt
IN pound Of butter and June color,
salt and color it SO. You cannot con-
troll or shape the public taste. You can
only cater to it, and the man who most
closely wato hes the whims Of the pub
lie appetite and caters to them will be
the one who will make the most money
out Of his products,
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"A Reautiful system.

The Memphis Scimitar tells Of re.
cent bride whose husband noticed that
she was keeping an itemized account
Of the household expenses. In looking
1t over one day he noticed at the bot
tom of each page or two the letters
ID. K. W." This somewhat puzzled
him. He really found it very difficult
to keep from thinking about what
these letters could possibly mean. 1t
occurred to him that possibly his wife
was saving out some money to buy
something for him. But then he knew
that his initials were not I'D. X. W."
and this did not prove a satisfactory
solution to the matter.
So one day when his wife was in a
real good humor he took her in his
arms and asked what she meant by
I'd. X. w, so CENTS" I'd. x. W., 81"
and the like.
She replied: cd. K. W. stand for
don't know what Whenever went
to balance my account at the end OF
each page and found had spent mon
ey for which could not account, I
just put in sufficient amount, with
the item ID. 4. w. to make it balance
just exactly"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-08
WOMAN AND FLOWERS.

1t is natural for woman to love flow
ers, but not every woman who loves
them can grow them. We went by a
love for flowers appealed to us in a
most pathetic way. By the side of the
house where the soil was very poor a
little bed had been fenced in with some
brush and sticks stuck in the ground
to keep the pigs and hens which had
the free run of the home yard from
roofing and scratching up the flowers.
In the bed were growing few sickly
peoples, nasturtiums and sweet peas,
and as we looked at this pitiful effort
to satisfy craving for something re-
fined and beautiful we wished for the
moment that we could go and prepare
this dear woman nice flower bed and
were boss Of the ranch long enough to
shut up the beastly hogs, the dirty,
waddling ducks and the ever scratch
ing old hens. 1t is SO very easy to
grow an abundance Of beautiful flow
ers that every woman who loves them
should learn how, and If she has any
half way white sort Of q man for a
husband he will at least help her pre-
pare the ground and keep his hogs and
poultry out of the front yard. But
then there are whole lot of men who
are not half way white about such
things and think that woman had far
better be patching pants or darning
socks than fooling time away on flow
ers-fellows who are all corn and hogs.
Flowers cost SO little and mean so
much that they should have a chance
to work their beautiful mission in all
homes.