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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1902-11-26
CREDULITY OF GREAT
MINDS
Superstition by No Means Con-
fined to the Ignorant.

United Service.
1t is a mistake to imagine that
superstition is weakness con-
fined to seamen or people of
feeble and uncultured minds.
Men possessing the strongest in
tellects have been swayed by al
most childish credulity with
repard to the supernatural. The
great Napoleon was a firm belle
yer in presentiments. Once, when
he was anxiously awaiting news
from Egypt, he heard that a Nile
boat had run ashore and that the
crew had been put to death. This
boat bore the name of LItahe.
Napoleon was much concerned
when he hoard this last piece Of
news. He looked upon it as an
omen that his hopes of annexinc
Italy to France were to ke shat
tered. Nothing would induce
him 70 believe the contrary. "My
presentiWents never decelve me"
he saJu "ail is rUiued am str-
lehed that my conquest ls luet. "
me pTeaeuument ia TINS case
certainly became true.
4 famous writer lss said o.
Napoleon. 10 was all star and
DESTINY - Certaln - j. NAPOLEON
had faith in his etar. and it ap.
pearea jo be Cne ruuug omen Of
his entire career. Gen. Rapp,who
for a long period was NNDOleou's
%jde-Ge camp, refers 10 the sub.
J"ct IN his interesting memoirs.
kapp has Just returned from the
siege Of DauliuE, and, seeking
Naps.eoh.a presence, found him
gazing intently through the win
dow, bis eyes fXod upon the
haaveOg. II was sometime before
the emperor noticed the presence
Of RaPp, when, suddenly siczing
him by the arm, he exclaimed,
"Loch'therc; up there ~ II see
nothing but the pale twiukling
stars" remarked the astute aide
de camp quietly. "Whatw ex.
claimed the emperor oxcitedly,
rs it possible that you do not see
my starr The fiery red one al
most as large as the moonl 1t
Is before you now, and, ah ! how
brilliant" Then warming up at
the sight he fairly shriekSd as he
cried out: ut has never aban-
donod ne for single instant. !
zee it on all great occasions; il
commando ne TO go forward it iR
my sign of good fortune, and
where it leads | will follow"
The Roman Admiral Appius
Claudius, on being Informed by
the auguIs ON the eve VI an Ell.
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Setting u Prisoner Free.

man with rheumatism Is prisoner. His
fc't"rs ar" mono the less calling because they
are invisible. To him Perry Davis Painkiilcr
comes as a llbcrstor. Rubbed well into the
swollen. S!.Gcred Joints II not merely drives
away the pnin, i makes the muscles p!iable
20 that the prisoner becomes free nan.
There Is but one PauEIncr, Perry Davis rs
and 50 cents.
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Sher!!!'s Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
In Common Pleas.

COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
In Common Pleas
WILLIAM B. PLYLER and GEO.
w. PLYLER, as Executors. ETC.,
Plaintiffs,
against
JAMES w. WILLIAMS, Defendant.
DURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF
Il the Court, made in the above en-
tltied cause, by his Honor James AL
orlch, bearing date November 1lth,
i9O2, | will sell at public out cry, be-
lore the Court House door, at Lancas-
ter, 5. c., on the first Monday in De-
cember next, during the legal hours
OF sale the following described real
estate, to wit: "All that piece or par
Gel OF land situated in the County and
State aforesaid, on the waters of
South Wild Cat Creek, bounded on
the North by lands of c.. T. knight
and X. A. Laney; on the East (by)
Erwin Knight; on South by lands of
John Fraser; West by lands of Erwin
Knight, and containing FIFTY
ACRES, more or less; being a por-
tion of land James w. Williams
bought from Erwin Knight"
Terms OF sale, CASH. Purchassr
to pay for papers.
j. p. HUNTER.
Sheriff l.. G. 5. G.
Il. Y. WILLIAMS. Atty.
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SdRSueut JndU the sacred CnlcK-
ems would not eat, said: LET
them drink, them" and ordered
them thrown overheard, after
which he attacked the Carthage,
man fleet and got a thrashlng.
The astute Bismark was super
stitious, the number 13 haying
very deep meaning to him. He
would never sit down to table
when he made the thirteenth.
Count Bismark Bohlen states that
one day in 1870 at Rheims, when
the chancellor gave a dinner, one
of the invitations had to be
countermanded, because other
wise there would have been 13 at
the table. Gen. Boyer, Bazaine's
envoy, arrived at the German
headquarters at Versailles on
Friday, Oct. 1, but Bismarck
would not see him till the next
day, saying he would never do
anything of Importance on FRI
day, much less on q Friday the
date of which coincided with the
anniversary Of Horchkirk, Jena
and Auerstadt. He was talking
one day of 4 defeat the Germans
had experienced in the course of
the campaign of 1870. 81 beg to
observe, gentlemen" he said,
that that happened on Friday"
Bismarck did not believe in
lucky or unlucky day but he be.
lieved that his life WAS seriously
influenced by a mystic number.
The prosaic DIR. Johnes always
counted his steps before entering
any place, so as to arrange that
his right foot should always pre-
cede his left; or, again, touched
every post which he palled along
certain route, fearing that if
he missed one some misfortune
would befall him.
Lord Woleseley writes: IL
not only believe in many sup
erstitions, but l hug them with
the warmest affection. They link
me, if not with spiritual world
of which l know nothing, at
least with glorious and artistic
and picturesque past of which
oistory has told me much. l
believe in ghosts and in amulets.
| have worn out the rims of several
hats nee | have been in Dublin
tnrough my salutations of single
magpies. That mystic bird abounds
in Ireland and | would not on
any account walk under ladder,
etc. In fact, | am prone to adopt
any superstition | am told of
which others believe in."
The Shah of Persia is super.
uuous. He always carries with
him when he travels circle of
amber which is said to have fall
en- from heaven III Mohammed's
time and which renders the
wearer invulnerable a casket of
gold which makes him invisible
at will, and a jewellod star which
Is potent to make conspirators
confess their crimes IS always
worn upon his person.
Abraham Lincoln, lew days
before MS death, had vivid
dream IN which he Dene.a h.,
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Stops SAe Cough and Works off
the Gold.

Laxative BrOmo-Quinine Tablets cure
Cc.d onpday No Cure. no pay
Price 81 jents.
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DR.: NJ A. Simmons Liver Medicine Clears
the complexion, gives Bouyancv TO .the Mind
cures Headache, Regula' ee Stouosch, Bowe!
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Take two cups of hot water
half an hour before each meal
and just before going to bed, siso
a drink Of water, hot or cold,
about two hours after each meal.
Take lots OF outdoor exercise-
walk, ride, drive. Make a regu-
lar habit of this and in many
cases chronic constipation may
be cured without the use Of any
medicine. When a purgative is
required take something mild
and gentle like Cham berlain's
Stomach and Liver re blets. For
sale by j. +. MacAey d 90.
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GET A
NEW YORK LIFE
POLICY

The new business wait
ten by the NEW YORK
LIFE during the first six
months of this year was
more than $I5o,ooo,ooo
paid-(or business. This
surpasses the record of
anything ever done by
any company except the
New York Life.
A, J. CLARK, Agt.
Lancaster, s. G.
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So says Mrs. Josie Irwin, of
32S So. College ST., Nashville,
Tenn, of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

vegetable Compound.
Never in the history Of medicine has
the demand for one PasticulAr remedy
for female Diseases equalled that at
tanned by Lydia L. Pfnkham's
Vegetable Compound. and never
daring tho lifetime Of this wonderful
medicine has the demand for it been
so great as IL Is to-day.
From the Atlantic 70 tho Pacific,
and throughout the length and breadth
of this great continent come the glad
tidings OF woman's sufferiHSs relieved
by 1t, and thousands upon thousands
OF letters are pouring In from grateful
women saying that It will and posi-
lively does cure the worst forms Of
female complaints
Mrs. Pinkham invites all wo-
men who are puzzled about
their health to write her at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Such CORE
spondence Is seen by women only,
and no charge is made,
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ASPHALT TRUST lNSoLvENT.
Pledged to Pay s2 900, ,oeo Annually Upo,
91.OoO,o0O Income.

New York City. - Cumulative evil
dence indicates that the so-called AS
phalt Trust Is seriously wrecked. De-
spite the National Asphalt CompanX's
capitalization of S22,OOO,09O and the
authorized capitalization of $30,0OO,.
900 enjoyed by the Asphalt Company
of America, which Is row merged IN
the common trust, both concerns are
in the hands Of receivers, forced into
that position by inability to meet in
terest charges. due. or about to fall
due, amounting to something like ST.
100000.
From the papers submitted In the
application for a receivership 1t ap-
pears that the company is confronted
at present with no better prospect than
that Of an annual deficit Of about ST.
100000. It stands pledged to pay an
nually $2,500000 in interest and sink
ing fund charges, whereas it processes
to be able to count upon receiving
from the earnings, interest and other
payments of its subsidiary operating
companies not more than $1,000,000
yearly.
The loss will undoubtedly fall heav-
lest on Philadelphia stockholders,
where, it is estimated, the stockhold-
ers will be out Of pocket at least $780,
100000.
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sa,eo7,5as,2oo IN TRUSTS.
Census Report on the Condition Of 1SS
industrial Combinations.

Census Report on the Condition Of 1SS
industrial Combinations.
Washington, D. C.-Census statistics
made public on industrial combinations
show a total authorized capitalization
on May 81, 1900, for the 183 corpora
tions reported Of $3,607, ,539, 200, and
capital stock issued S3,0S5, 2O0,S6s.
The total value Of all the products
Of the combinations reported is 81, $751;
295,364, and subtracting the value Of
the products Of the hand trades, or
mechanical and neighborhood indus
tries, which amount to S1.216, 165, ,16O,
the products Of the industrial combi-
nations in 1900 are found equivalent
to more than twenty per cent. Of the
total gross products Of the manufac-
turing industries of the country as they
existed in 1890. The 1S3 corporations
reported employed an average Of $685.
1872 wage earners. receiving $194, ,534,-
515 in wages. Employment also was
granted to 24,5S5 salaried officials,
clerks, etc., receiving total Of $780,.
653, ,62S in salaries.
Miscellaneous expenses Of these COM
binations aggregated $151,s51, OF.
Total cost of material used was ST.
OS5. .O83, 1928. The gross value of prod
ucts, less the value Of material pur-
chased in partly manufactured form,
gives the net or true value Of products
of these combinations as $1,051, $751;
56S.
The 1s3 corporations reported control
2029 plants that were active in the
census year and 174 reported as idle
during that period.
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DOMESTIC.

while skating at Greenwich, Conn.,,
Leroy Mosher, eight years old, was
drowned.
The postoff1ce at Cold Water, Miss,
was robbed Of $500 in money and
stamps.
Theodore 'Duddleston, Jr., formerly
bookkeeper for the Stock Yards Bank
of East st. Louis, ILL.,, was arrested on
warrant charging him with embez-
cling $11,054.
Indictments for operating bucket
shops at Denver, Col, were returned
against three firms.
While skating at Livonia, N. T.,
Walter and Gerald Doble fell in an air
hole and were drowned.
Eight women prisoners in Jail at In
dianapolis, Ind, nutinied and had to
be subdued by turning stream Of
water on them.
Three children were burned to death
at Buffalo, N. Y, in tenement house
fire.
In train wreck at Malta, ILL.,, sever
al persons were killed and injured.
James Eads, a farmer, Of Mannheim,
N. Y, cut his throat with a razor while
respondent over a court case which
went against him.
Kansas grist mills must close be-
cause of the shortage Of wneat brought
about by the jump in price.
The Cannon Ball express train on
the Boston and Maine Railroad was
wrecked at Nashua, N. a., and two
men were killed.
Because his wife left him., August
Iceberg, a farmer, at Yates City, ILL.,,
killed her and himself, and shot their
stepson.
A terrific gale swept the foothills Of
the Rocky Mountains from Cheyenne
to Pixies Peak, doing considerable
damage to property. y
The revenue cutter Hamilton warned
Spanish squatters off Acosta Island, q
Government reservation near Char
lotte Harbor, off the coast Of Florida.
Nathan Eckman, keeper of the
Whale Rock light, was drowned by the
upsetting of his boat while returning
from Narragansett Pier, r. l., with his
mail and supplies. ;. =.
Freight Engineer McDivit was. killed
in a collision with an express at Thes-
ealon, Mich.
Nineteen-year-old Lottie L. Buchin-
ger, daughter Of farmer near Dalton,
N. Y, committed suicide by shooting
herself through the head.
Nicaragua and Venezuela accepted
invitations to participate in the ft.
Louis Worlds Fair Of 1908.
C. G. Bangs. the partner of Kit Car
son and veteran of the Mexican war,
died at Altoona, Boulder County, Cpl.
He was seventy-four years Of age.
Miss Lizzie Taylor was practicins
with a gun at Burkes Station, Va,
when a Southern Railway train passed.
behind the target. Frederick Marshall,
q brakeman, was shot and killed.
u detachment Of 453 recruits LETT
the barracks at Columbus, Ohio. fdr
the Philippines.
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.FILIPINOS ARE TORTURED
Insurgents Visit Awful Vengeance
Upon Natives in Our Servics.
Armed Outlaws Seized Three Policemen.
Hacked Them With Bolos, and
Flung Them Alive Into q Well.

Washington. D. C.-Many Filipinos
who accept service under American
rule are visited with vengeance by
their w-countrymen. The War
Department has received records of a
case in which three native policemen,
who had been sent from Laoag to San
Nicholas. Ilocos Norte, for duty at the
latter point, were seized and bound by
an armed band of outlaws, taken be-
fore q priest to be confessed, and then
flung alive into O well, after being
hacked with bolos. One Of the band.
Wenceslao Rosales. was sentenced tc
be hanged.
Another native policeman met his
death at the hands of an outlaw band
in the barrio Of San Antonia, Laguna
Province. The outlaws were lying in
ambush, awaiting the passing Of q pa
troi Of three policemen, upon whose
approach they sprang out and captured
one of the three A few days later his
body was found in a nelghboring river,
weighted with heavy rock and show.
ing wounds through his heart and
in his neck Two Of the outlaws were
caught and sentenced to be hanged.
Two Filipinos who took part in the
murder Of an unknown native, ac..
cused of being a native spy, beheaded
the body, and buried 1t in the city of
Manila. These were also sentenced.
Another band seized native man and
woman, for no apparent motive, and
killed them by striking them with
clubs on. the backs of their necks.
Mariana Zales, when brought to trial
for the crime, gave the following
vague explanations:
"They were relatives, uncle and
aunt, Of mine, and I had to do 1t to
save my life"
The military commission found him
guilty of murder, but the sentence
was confinement at hard labor for
twenty years. General Chaffee ap.
proved the sentence, but fully con-
Cured in the remark Of the Depart.
ment Commander, that it was made
Quate.
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addition two new States have been
added to the worlds community Of ma
tions. Upon the first day of the year
the Commonwealth OF Australasia
came into being, and upon the last
day of the year was held the election
which will call into existence the Gov
ernment of the Republic OF Cuba.
The years list Of the distinguished
dead Is remarkable for the many great
names which are recorded on it. The
roll includes President William Nc
Kinley, former President Benjamin
Harrison, Queen Victoria, Francesca
Crispi, former Premier of Italy; EN-
press Dowager of Germany, Ii Hung
Chang, the great Chinese statesman;
Abhui Rahman Kahn, the Ameer Oh
Afghanistan; Prince Won Hohenlohe,
former Chancellor Of Germany; Presi-
dent Errazuriz, Of Chile: former King
Milan, of Servia; Prince Henri de Or
leans, Hazen S. Pingree, former Gov
ernor Of Michigan; Baron Wilhelm
Won Rothschild, head Of the famous
banking house; Sir Walter Besant,
the novelist; Giuseppe Verdi, the Ital-
ian composer; William Maxwell Ev-
arts, former Secretary Of State; Kate
Greenaway, the child's illustrator;
Rear-Admiral Francis NJ. Bunce, U. s.
N, and Ignatius Donnelly, the poll
tician and author.
The great record of gifts and be-
quests made in 1899 to colleges, uni
yersities, libraries and art museums,
which reached $40, ,749,956, must give
way to 1901. The total Of its gifts
reaches $123,ssS,732. Of the total
amount there has been given to edu.
cational institutions $6S, ,S50,961, to
charities $22, PIT ,47O, to churches &c.
29S,4S9, to museums and art galleries
S11. .133, 1l2, and to libraries SIS, ,3SS, 49,.
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SHOT DOWN IN T. TRAIN
Rich Planter Led in the Killing OF
+ an Inoffensiye Passenger
Assailants Held Up tho Engineer and E>
capped on tho Locolnotive-Captureo
Near Home Of the Leader.

Memphis, Tenn.-Three men, headed
by Ashley Cooke, wealthy planter
from Cleveland, deliberately killed M.
Rhea, a passenger on a north-bound
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train.
Just out of Leland, Miss, and then
compelled the engine driver to un-
couple the locomotive and carry them
further up the road, where they hoped
to escape. All were captured several
hours later.
Cooke was accompanied by A. NJ.
Phipps, postmaster at Shelby, Miss;
Tom Lauderdale, relative OF Phipps,
and another man named Blackman.
Cooke had q revolver. Blackman and
Lauderdale carried rifles and Phipps
was unarmed.
When they boarded the train at LIE.
land to go to Shelby, ]. NJ. Rhea, rail-
road engine driver, of Vicksburg, was
on his way to Tutwiler to take an en-
gine.' He was asleep when Phipps
stumbled over him, :awaking him.
Afterca discussion the four men told
Rhea that he would have to get out OF
the car. Rhea saw that the men were
apparently intoxicated and started to
obey them. AS he reached the door
the three armed men fred on him and
he fell, pierced by three bullets. The
train then returned to Leland with
Rhea's body.
George Mclaughlin, a conductor,
went In search Of policemen, who ar
rived in time to arrest Phipps. Mean.
while Cooke and the other two men
went up to the engine driver, covered
him with their weapons, made him
uncouple his engine and carry them to
Shelby. There the three men took an
other train and went to Cleveland,
where they were all arrested. Indig-
nation is intense, especially against
Cooke, whose exploits have made him
notorious. He killed negro only
few days ago.
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Saassz.:o:..A..o:ssD

Nut Cake-One egg, three-fourths cup
Of thick sour cream, one cup Of sugar.
one and one-half cups flour, one-haf
teaspoon soda, one cup chopped Eng
lish walnuts. Bake nearly an hour In
a we'll creased Toured tin in moder-
ate oven. 3
flashed Brown Potatoes-For one and
one-half pints Of cold boiled potatoes,
cut in dice, add one-half 'teaspoonfut
salt, one-sixth teaspocnful pepper, and
about three-fourths of cup Of milk.
Melt one tablespoonful of, butter In
frying pan, pour in potatoes, mix well,
dredge with one tablespoonful OF four.
and stir for five minutes. Then pour
all In hot, well-buttered spider and
brown. Turn out like an omelet.
Banana Pudding-Four cups OF
water, one cup Of sugar. four table
spoonfuls of corn starch, whites OF
four eggs, three bananas, two oranges.
Put sugar with water and let come
to a boil. Wet the corn starch and
stir in. Add the well beaten egg whites
by spoonfuls, beating well all the time.
Do not let boil after this, as it burns
easily. Put in dish layer OF this
alternately with slices of banana and
orange. Serve cold with whipped
cream.
Fricassee of Eggs-Set two ounces of
butter into a stewpan, and when dis
solved add chopped parsley, a little
finely minced onion, with pepper and
salt to season. Stew this until the sea-
soning is cooked, then add a cupful
Of milk and a little -four to thicken the
whole. Boil four eggs until hard, peel
off the shells carefully, and cut into
slices; each egg should make four or
five slices. Set the eggs into the sauce,
let all come to the boil and set in an
entree dish at once. If preferred, SUBJ
stitute gravy for milk. .-~
Lamb Steaks with Oyster Sauce-Cut
steaks from u loin of lamb, dip them
into the well-beaten yolks OF two eggs,
season with a tablespoon Of parsley,
shopped fine, the grated peel Of half
a lemon. salt, pepper and a pinch of
nutmeg. Fry in butter until brown
on both sides. Thicker a large cup
of rich gravy with a tablespoonful OF
butter rubbed into q tablespoon of,
-four. add three tablespoonfuls of oys-
ter LIQUOR and one dozen oysters.
When the gravy has boiled a minute
put in the steaks and allow them to-
get thoroughly hot. Serve with the;
gravy poured over them. Garnish with
lemon points and parsley.
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FOREIGN.

Japan has begun to erect wlreless-
telegraph stations along the Korean
coast.
The Russian police said they had
discovered an anti-government plot ar
Odessa Of the most dangerous charaG
ter. s.
Belgian gambling houses proposeS
to establish a Monte Carlo at Samos
If the Sultan Of Turkey would consent
The Nicaraguan Congress organized
for a sixty-days' session. with Senor
Santiago Lopez as President.
The Dominion Government appointed
veterinary inspectors for shipping
ports between the United States and
Canada.
The Austrian Lord Chief Justice.
Chevalier Holzinger, committed sui
eide at Vienna. He was driven to the
act by the fear that he was going to-
tally blind.
An electric wire caused q loss Of
S25O,0O0 in a Victoria (B. c. depart
ment store.
The violence of the snowstorms
which have prevailed in Norway is al
most unprecedented.
Preparations are being made on the
Island Of Martinique for revolution.
ary expedition against President Cas-
tro. of Venezuela.
The British steamer Goth, arriving
at Island Of Ascencion, from South
Africa, surrendered Boer prisoner,
who was smuggled on board in q box
at st. Helena.
The Hebrew Zionist Congress Of 1000
delegates from all parts Of the world
opened at Basle, Switzerland.
Emperor William at the Gotha cele-
bration declared his great aim was to
promote evangelical union in Germany.
The River Arno overfowed its banks
and caused much damage at Florence
and Pisa, Italy.
A woman was killed, thirty-six per
sons were injured and many buildings
were wrecked by tornado at Naples.
Italy.
The Spanish Order of the Colder
Fleece was bestowed upon Duke Mich
ael Alexandrovitch. Of Russia.