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The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
VILLAGE POSTMASTER" RAIN.
the Way the Stage Rainmaker Brings II
and Disposes of 1t.

the Way the Stage Rainmaker Brings Il
and Dsposes of 1t.
Many who have witnessed the per-
'ormance OF 1.-THE Village Postmaster"
In the Great Northern theater have
wondered how it was possible to turn
real water on the stage in the first acr
without completely flooding the the
tter and the dressing rooms and all
the people who failed to run away in
time. says the Chicago Chronicle. The
rain storm is manufactured by a very
simple device and, while about ten
barrels OF water falls during the
storm, there is no flood, and every
thing is so well arranged that none OF
the performers gets even damp unless
some accident occurs.
Two perforated iron pipes reaching
entirely across the stage are concealed
In the flies, where they take up little
room, one about six feet behind the
other. When the signal is given for
the storm the water is turned on and
pours down upon the stage. From
the front 1t looks as though the entire
stage were deluged. Behind the
scenes. however, it can be seen that
the water is coming down in two
streams. Onlookers see Frank Nor
daunt, the village postmaster, standing
in the rain, and they wonder how he
dries his costume to use it for another
act. In reality Mr.. Mordaunt is stand
ing between two lines Of rain" and
does not get wet at all, although he
occasionally puts his umbrella under
the falling water in order to heighten
the realistic effect.
The water falls upon big rubber
blanket which is lying on the stage at
the opening of the act. In the center
of this blanket is a brass funnel lead
Ing through hole in the stage to an
outlet below. The moment the cur
tain falls a dozen stage hands seize the
blanket and lift up the corners, SO
that the water is drained off very
quickly. The stage is left perfectly
dry and it takes only about two min
utes longer to set the next scene than
It would under ordinary circumstances.
A rain storm was first successfully
initiated in this country when 1.-THE
Village Postmaster" was produced.
The effect had been obtained in Euro
pean theaters before, but only by de-
luging the stage and all the members
of the company, process that made
the stage rain storm both unpopular
and Improbable.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Choice and Curious Cats.

Choice ana CURIOUS SAtbs
q plastic charm of the household
In infancy and maturity. has made
favorite subject with sculptors
artists. With the possible excep-
of young kids, who compose"
betty, no animal is SO graceful,
kher in action or repose. Small
her, then, that with beautiful
s, exquisite freedom of movement,
as only a few housekeeping little
en- can rival, and an alluring,
bnt individuality, the cat is priced
pct now, and was worshiped as an
e in ancient Egypt. The true cat
may be an art connoisseur, also
heck far and wide for curio pussies.
is that delightful essayist, Miss
IS Repplier, who has at her home
biladelphia an interesting and val
collection of carved cats. Chief
hg her treasures, according to the
ldelphia Bulletin. is the goddess
ht" This is a rare antiquity,
ID in green metal, unearthed in
ruins at Cairo. Pasht has the
and arms of cat, and the body
woman; she sits in chair, and
bugh her ears are Cooked" she is
Perfection of repose. A bronze
el of cat made by Fremiet may
cen near Pasht. This is one of
most delightful of this great
ch sculptor's small figures of ami
all the imperturbable composure
e cat is in it. The Viennese mod
Ire nearly all characterized by
Illness rather than fine modelling,
come are only an inch long.
histopheles rides on the back Of
u them. The sedate and thought
German charmer is carved in the
Of jug; its head may be lifted,
the blue corn-Hower of the empire.
Tinted on its back. Holland is
scented by a stolid specimen in
and gray stone. A carved wooden
with sapphire eyes, comes from
Eerland. The Chinese cat is yell
the imperial color, which no one
Titled to wear except members of
highest class, unless decorated by
emperor,-and its head is as
b and round as the ball with
II is playing. One of the most
rkable pieces is group of three
nese kittens carved from one
of grayish white sandstone,
Jed in few brown blotches. Their
round heads have white eyes and
noses, and each cat has twelve
kers. They wear the conventional
dress for cats in Japan-a ruffle
the neck. But the gem OF the
tion is Lucky Merrick" coal
and alive! No curio cat, even if
Of fine gold with eyes of precious
9, could be handsomer than this
5 breathing, purring beauty. Nor
cky Merrick's superiority wholly
tic; in an emergency his royal
hess could catch mice.-Youth's
panion.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Sinking Into a Salt Lake.

+ Pennsylvania coal region is not
Pnly part of the world in which
are being undermined and
I houses topple from their founda-
and disappear from sight as If
Iowed up by an earthquake. Eng
has at least one parallel, for
Awich, the center of the salt in
\ Of the country, is slowly, but
sinking beneath the surface of
arth. The product of the salt
Of Northwich is obtained by two
pds-quarrying and brine-pump-
In the former case which is the
Pd generally adopted, shaft is
about 300 feet and the salt rock
q and excavated in the usual
er The brine-pumping, although
till continued upon a large scale,
dually falling into disuse. When
ndustry was started 1t was con-
q that only one stratum of salt
and that was only few feet
the surface. Fresh water found
to this extensive salt deposit,
NE result that the salt dissolved
BOW. A huge subterranean lake
yer, charged with 26 per cent of
Fas thus formed. Pumping en-
We're then installed to convey
1ne to the surface to large evap-
pans, in which a heavy deposit
was left after the water had
Fated. The result of this extern
pumping is that Northwich now
as 1t were. upon a shell of earth.
at times proves insufficient to
the weight of the houses. with
evitable consequence that the
ass are constantly sliding and
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
NEW FAST TRAIN TO COLORADO
Via Missouri Pacific Railway.

Vh mBb0ufi FHciHo 1sHH"Hy'
The Missouri Pacific Railway is now
operating double daily service from st.
Louis and Kansas City to points in
Colorado, Utah and the Pacific coast.
Trains leave St. Louis 9 a. NJ, and
1910 p. m, Kansas City p. m. and 10
a. M, carrying through sleeping cars
between St. Louis and San Francisco
without change. Excursion tickets
now on sale. For further information
address Company's agents.
H. c. TOWNSEND,
G. P. & T. Agent. St, Louis. Mo.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

The summer school established several
years ago in Denver by Professor Dick
has steadily grown in numbers and rep
utation. Last year $50 teachers from Col
orado. Wyoming. Nebraska and other
western states availed themselves of it's
number will be greatly exceeded this
year. For students who desire to pre-
pare themselves better for fall examin-
feet themselves in some particular line
of study, no better school exists
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Only $40 Round Trip To California.

That's the f1rst-ciass rate. open to ev-
erybody. via the Santa Fe Route to San
Francisco and return. July 7th to 14th.
Tickets good via Los Angeles and re-
turn. until August 31st AS cool at San
Francisco in summer as in winter. Lus-
cious fruits and inexpensive living.
THAT home-lilSe feeling describes the
service on the Santa Fe Route.
Particulars upon application to ]. P.
HALL. Gen. Agent Pass. Dept. Santa
Fe Route, Denver, Colo.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Tho Now Bicycle.

Bicycle manufacturers state that the BIZ
cycle for this year will be practically the
same model as 1900, as improvement seems
to be impossible. Precisely the same is
true of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t
represents the limits of science, and 1t is
impossible to make a better medicine for
the stomach, liver. kidneys and blood. Try
It for dyspepsia, Indigestion, constipation.
hatulency or sour stomach, and you will
be convinced. Never take a substitute.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

The admirers of Eugene Field will be
interested in a new volume of verses by
him published by Tandy, Wheeler & Co..
printed in the Denver Tribune when M.
Field was on Its editorial staff. Many
OF the poems have local interest to
Coloradoans In addition to their literary
that sympathy and pathos which was
such marked characteristic of his later
work. We understand the advance sale
of this book has been very large, and it
will undoubtedly run through several
editions.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
lACCIDENTLY KILLED.

Did he leave his. family anything? II
badly h hurt or sick; are they provided
Western Life and Accident Co. writes
the best policy in the world-Life. Acct
dent. Health, separately or all combin-
ed. No man or woman can afford to
take chances. A policy for either sex
from eighteen to sixty. Send age and oc-
ccupatton for particulars. Agents wanted
Write to-day. WESTERN LIFE. AND
ACCIDENT CO.. Denver. Colo.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
THE ODD CORNER.
"a AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Of Curiously Carved Cats
.red by Woman in Philadelphia
t,a Winged Creatures Who Mend
H. Injuries with Surgical Precision
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

President Mckinley has left the Gold
en- Gate. but the papers don't say wheth-
er or not he left 1t atar.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
Germany's Formulation,

In the matter of population Germany
(53, 3,345, ,OO0) ranks after European Rus
sia QO6, ,159,0OO and the United States
06,30O,OOO).
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

FITS PermanentlyCure Nonts nervousness after
FIRST day of DR.. klines Grcat Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE S2.O0 trial bottle and Treatise
DR r. H. KLINE Ltd. 93l Arch ST.. Phladslphia, Pa
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections Of the throat snd lungs.-WM
O. EHDsLnY, vsnburen. Ind, Feb. 10. 1coo
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

Ibid you say that man never dyes
his hair till he Is about to die?" mo. l
said. till he is ready to dye"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

He-Your father ought to know what
!! have to say to him. I have been COM
ing here so long. Shell am afraid he
has given up all hope.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

Some Kansas statistician has figured
that every baby is worth $1,000 to the
state. 1t is safe to say he didn't accept
the parents figures.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

OF evil money Is the root,
And yet mankind won't stop.
We all turn farmers. and we try,
To raise another crop.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

Long Live the King! The King IL
Wizard Oil: pain his enemies. whom
he conQuers.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

It is not true that the irrigation con-
gress was postponed because there p no
Irrigation In Colorado Springs. 1here
are the drugstores.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

There can be no doubt that men get
bald sooner than women. because they
don't wear their hair so long.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

his bonnet. Little Sissiy-Papa. I don't
see how he could spell bonnet without
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

Ladies' who take pride in beautiful
clear white clothes should use Hust
Bleaching Blue, the modern bag blue.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

After a man gets ahead to the extent
of q million or two he throws away the
pocketpiece he carried for luck and
claims he won through sheer ability and
perseverance.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing SyruE.
dammation allays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

II you wish to have beautiful, clear
white clothes, use Russ Bleaching Blue.
the famous bag blue.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

A. lat the avern)-Why don't you have
another glass? B.-Oh. I daresn't! MY
wife makes me thread needle every
night when I get home to see II I'm 80
ber!
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02
G. P. & T. Agent. St. Louis. Mo.

The new member of the West Denver
examination says the board is not so
black as 1t has been painted Yet 1t is
said that the original board Of education
Is the blackboard
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

A wise man never questions the pri.
vate age Of woman.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

.Johnson-Do you mean to insinuate
that I can't tell the truth? Parkinson
BY no means 1t is impossible to say
what man can do till he tries.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

MY principal objection to water as a
beverage said Mr.. Treatem. 'is that 1t
removes thirst"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-02

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is q constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-20
CANDY carHARrto 4A
G.JA)0G 0G5&A)1QX}o
loe. <&Ss{2SMYST.YE,5Yy.15y. All
s5e zoe. A-AAAAAn10-AAAA Druggists
Genuine stamped c. c. c. Never sold In bulk.
Beware Of the dealer who tries to sell
something Just as good"
Texas has $4,000, 900 in Treasury.

Austin, Texas, March 13.-The
legislative committee to-day com
plcted its work of counting the
money in the State treasury vaults
and reported $3,440,378 in cash on
deposit in the treasury. The Sen
ate, after reducing the appropriation
from $l,000,000 to s600,O00, PASSED
finally the bill creating an industrial
school for girls. The Senate also
passed finally its bill making it a
felony for a candidate to hire any
person to work for him on election
day; also passed finally its bill do
mating to the counties in the storm
stricken districts along the gulf coast
onc-half Of the available school fund
tax for the ensuing two years with a
view of using the same in rebuilding
school houses.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-20
Magistrate Gilmer Resigns.

Anderson Special of March 10 to
the News and Courier Magistrate
j. j. Gilmer, who was ordered by
Judge Bcnct to show cause why he
should not be indicted for malfea-
sance in Office, sent in his resignation
to-day. Gilmcr figured in the Hull
Newell affair, and making its first
prcscntment the grand jury reported
that gross irregularities had been
found in his office. An investigation
was ordered. In the report of the
special committee submitted to the
Court on Thursday, it was shown
that Magistrate Gilmer had not made
proper account Of certain money
collected as fees, and more careful
investigation was ordered. Pending
this, however, Gilmer resigned. 1t
was printed in The News and Cou-
rier this morning from Columbia
that Governor McSwccney had said
he would revoke Gilmer's commits
sion, although this will not be ncces-
sary.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-20
Child Labor in Cotton Mills Compromised.

The mill troubles in North Caro-
lima appear to have been very intel
ligently handled, and consequently
in that State, as in South Carolina,
the Legislature decided, as noted in
telegram from Raleigh, not to
enact any legislation regulating work
in any of the cotton mills of the
State. 1t is stated that the opera
tives as we'll as the mill owners were
anxious to avoid any legislation, pre-
ferring to work out the problem in
their own way. An agreement,
signed by nearly all the mill owners
of the State, was submitted to the
Legislature, as we are informed, and
this agreement was accepted in lieu
of the proposed law regulating labor.
Following is the agreement entered
into by the mill owners of the State
l.. That one weeks work shall not
exceed 66 hours.
2. That no. child under IL years of
age shall work in a cotton mill dur.
ing the term of an available public
school: Provided, this shall not apply
to children of widows or physically
disabled parents: Provided, further,
that 10 years shall be the lowest limit
at which children may be worked
under any circumstances.
3. That we will corporate with
any feasible plan to promote the edu-
cation of the working people in the
State, and will checrfully submit to
our part of the burdens and labors to
advance the cause Of general educa-
ton.
4. On the basis of the above agree
ment Of cotton mill owners and man
ayers we hereby petition the Lcgis-
lature not to pass any labor laws at
this session of the Legislature.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-20
The State as a Morey.Lender.

1t will be news to many of our
readers that the State is a lender of
money. It's now q creditor to twenty
counties in the aggregate sum of
$180,879.49. The News and Courier
gives the reason for the loans as fol:
lows:
The State has considerable
amount of money on hand from vari-
GUS sources, which is held as sink
ing fund for the redemption of the
State bonds. 1t is hard to find a
desirable and safe investment for
this money, and good deal of it is
now being lent to the counties at s
per cent interest. The State takes
claim ON the collection of taxes and
requires payment of it's notes out of
the first taxes collected. 1t is bad
way of doing business, especially if
the loans pile up, and simple act
would wipe out the sinking fund,
although there is contract between
the bondholders and the State. Thus
far all loans have been returned, and
no new loans will be made until the
old loan has been settled.
Some idea of the volume of busi-
ness of the State lending to counties
may be had from the following sum
mary from the books
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-20
Bright Boys Started in Business.

The publishers of the famous big illus
tratcd weekly newspaper, Pennsylvania
Grit, arc now placing representatives at
every post office in South Carolina, and
they desire to secure tho services of
capable, hustling agents in each of the
following towns of Oconee county: Glenn
son College, Nowry, Oakway, Salem,
Seneca, West Union and in such other
towns as are not already supplied. The
work is profitable and pleasant A por-
ton of Saturday only is required. Over
5000 agents arc doing splendidly. No
money whatever is required. Every
thing is furnished FREQ. Stationery, rub
Der stamp, ink and pad, advertising mat
tor, sample copies, etc. Papers are
shipped to he paid for at tho end of each
month. Those not sold arc not charged
for. Write to Grit Publishing Co., Will
Transport, Pa, and mention The Keowce
Courier.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-20
Stamps in Great Demand.

Washington, March 13.-An evil
dence of the great commercial activity
prevailing in the country is manifest
in the enormous demand for postage
stamps. The demand is so heavy
that the reserve stock Of stamps has
become depleted. The law requires
that there shall bc kept constantly
OH hand at the bureau of engraving
and printing 100,O00,0O0 l and 20O,-
100000 2-ccnt stamps. Heretofore
there has never been any difficulty
in supplying the current demands
for stamps and at the same time III
maintaining the reserve.
The demand recently, however,
has increased so rapidly that the
number OF 2-ccnt stamps in the
reserve has been decreased to
15O,O00,00O and the number of
l-cent stamps to 100000, and now
the treasury department has decided
to increase the hours of work in the
postage stamp division Of the bureau
of engraving and printing to prevent
further cncroachment upon the
reserves.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-20

Oio"O
main line trains.
"a" q. IN. "P'' p. IN. "M" noon. "N" night
Chesapeake Line Steamers in dcily service
between I'VE ~ NosfSlk Nor % and ..1% Baltimore
ern Limited" Solid Pullman train, being com.
posed exclusively Of finest Pullman equipment
and Msw
between New York and New Orleans, via
Washington, Atlanta aud Montgomery and al.
tngton, Atlanta and Birmingham. Elegant
Pullman Library observation cars between Ma.
meals enroute. Pullman sleeping cars Iatween on
Greensboro and Raleigh. No coach soryice on
this train. These trains will stop at Gaines.
vile, Lula, Toccoa. Seneca, Gaffney and Blacks
and from Washington and beyond and Tor and
from Greenville- Columbia and spartanburg.
Nos: 88 and s4-."Atlanta and Now York Ex-
press" Now train between Atlanta and Char.
lotte, connecting at Charlotte with trains Of
same numbers for and from Washing gton, Now
York and tho cast, carrying through Pullman
Charlotte and Richmond and Norfolk lori % Leav.. e v.
Ing Washington Mondays, Wednesdays and
ths sSSSs rn be
WITH seepsrss for Raesh No
and Charlotte Ample first and second ciass
coach accommodations for local and through
Nos. 85 and 99-"Unitcd States Fast DIail''runs
solid between Washington and New Orleans,
via Southern Railway, A. & W. r. r. II. and
through without change Tor passengers of ali
GLASSES. Pullman drawing room sleeping cars
between Now York and New Orleans. via At
lanta and Montgomery and between Bir-
mingham and Richmond. Dining cars serve
all meals on route
Nos. II and l2-Solid local train between
Richmond and Atlanta. Close connection Mt
Norfolk for OID POINT COMFoRT
Especial attention is called TO above schedule,
particularly the inauguratio ion OF trains Nos. 3B
and "a, also that Nos 81 and 81 are made al OK.
elusive Pullman train, without coach servico.
FRAMK RAM IS s. 6 SANMoN NO, S. e. aAbRDwiCk,. bsG
w. H. TAYLOE BROOKS MORGAN,
A. q. p. A., Atlanta d. p. a., Atlanta,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-20
The Fate OF the Brave Beers.

Now that Botha has surrendered
the world naturally turns its attcn-
tion to the question of terms. Tie
war in South Africa is over. There
may be little more bushwacking
and desultory fighting, but to all
official and practical purposes it is a
finished story. Even the rccalci-
trant DIR. Leyds throws up the
sponge and admits that it is now a
question Of terms to be agreed upon.
The settlement promises to be a
slow and difficult one and what
England will leave in the way of
liberty TO the Boer when the peace
conference is over will not be
enough to stir the soul of a patriotic
Republican. There are three posi-
ble solutions, say the best Informed
of the London correspondents, who
summarize them as follows:
First-To give the Transvaalers
and Free Staters practical indcpcnd-
encc, under the protection of the
the imperial power, coupled with
disarmament and safeguards for
equal rights among the white popu-
lation.
Second-The incorporation of the
republics in a fedcrative system
under the British flag, with com
plctc internal autonomy such as the
provinces of Canada and the States
of Australia enjoy.
Third-A crown colony govern
ment.
Neither Of these three gives assur.
ance of much to the brave Beers.
The first would be most agreeable
to the Dutch subjects of his majesty
in Cape Colony, but finds little favor
in London. The second plan the
Beers might be induced to submit
to, but there are many who think it
would still insure desultory warfare.
The crown colony plan could only
be carried out by the maintenance
Of large standing army in the
Transvaal. This is the plan to
which Chamberlain is committed,
and he has the undoubtcd support
of the Salisbury government. The
ministry has insisted, and will proba-
bly continue to insist, on uncondi-
tional surrender first and the right
to fix terms of peace later.
The government regards the clec.
tlOns Of last fall as a full vindication
Of its demands, and as the English
men at the Cape seem to entertain q
particularly cordial hatred for the
Cape Dutch and desire to see them
especially humblcd, it is altogether
probable that extreme humiliation
implied in the third suggestion Of
terms awaits the Beers.
News, March 18th.