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May Need Jones's Prayers.

Greenwood Correspondence News and
Courier: "The Grand Lodge Knights of
Pythias, an extra term of Court and Sam
Jones, all three will happen here next
week. This concatenation promises to
enliven things more than anything else
we have had in long time."
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urine scalds the flesh or II, when the child
reaches an age when It should be able to
control the passage, II Is yet afflicted with
ted-wetting. depend upon It. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Rcot is soon realized. 1t Is sold
by druggists, In fifty ENk
cent and one dollar 6galIIssf16 161t 1s:.s,sSEh
sizes. You may have
sample bottle by mail s. nskslllsEE9o lE9
free, also pamphlet tell Homo of swampRoo.
ing all about 1t, including many Of the
thousands Of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper.
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Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons ambition: beauty. vipor
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M OTICE.-Notice is hereby given that
IN special election will be held at
Bounty Land School House on SATUR-
DAY, 3lst day of May, 1902, on the
question of voting an extra tax levy of
one mill on all taxable property, real
and personal, within Bounty Land School
District No. 20 said extra levy to be
used for school purposes in making re-
pairs and improvements on the school
house used for white children in said
district. At said election each elector
favoring said extra levy shall cast a ballot
containing the word eyes" printed or
written thereon, and each eiector op-
posed to said levy shall cast ballot con-
tanning the word "No" printed or written
thereon; that at said election such cleo
tors as return real or personal property
for taxation, and who exhibit their tax
receipts and registration certificates,
shall vote. Polls open at A. M. and
close at p. M.
May 18th, 1902
JOHN l.. SMITH,
j. B. PICKETT,
Y. G. LANGSTON,
Trustees Bounty Land School District,
No 20, and Ex-Officio Managers of
Election.
G. l.. CRAIG,
Superintendent of Education. 20-2
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FORTY THOUSAND Lost.

London, May 1o.--PriVate dispatches
received late this afternoon from the
West Indies say the eruption at Mar
Unique was decidedly worse than Mt first
reported, The French Cable Co. has re-
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Legal Advertisements.

pRIDGE TO REBUILD.-The County
est responsible bidder, at the bridge, on
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1902, at IL q. M,
the contract to rebnild the Kuhtmann
Bridge, on road leading from Walhalla
to Highlands. Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
S. M. POOL, Supervisor.
May IA, 1902. 2O-21
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pRIDGE TO REPAIR. County
I'D Boards of Commissioners of Oco-
nee and Pickens counties will let, to the
lowest responsible bidder, at the bridge,
on WEDNESDAY, JUNE a, 1902, at II
o'clock a. M, the contract to repair the
Lawrence Bridge, over Keowee river.
The Boards reserve the right to reject
any and all bids.
S. M. POOL, Supervisor.
May Id, 1902. 2O.22
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PRIDGE TO REBUILD.-The Board
I'D of County Commissioners will let,
to the lowest responsible bidder, at the
bridge site, on SATURDAY,, MAY 81,
1902, at II a. m., the contract to rebuild
the Erwin Bridge, over Whitewater river,
on Gen. w. f. Ervin's farm. Board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids. S. M. POOL. SUPERVISOR,
May ID, 1902. 2O-21
The sun., 1902-03-09

love simply confirms observations Of my
own at this tins. The cynical. BANTER
ing and ridiculIng Of that sentiment WHOM
mark so much OF the present humor OF the
newspaper wits, OF the West perhaps most
conspicuously. seem to me to represent the
contemporary tone In the treatment OF thas
subject by young men and young women
People generally must have noticed now
utterly unromantic. how dcbassd is the
spirit which enters into the relations Of the
young mep and women whose casually and
preoipitately established lntlmaoies are now
brought to view by legal exposures.
or course, those particular examples OF
the youthful feeling OF this day cannot be
taken off-hand as typical OF the general tone.
but neither can they be dismissed as alto
gether exceptional or belon sine to q single
social sphere. Putting them together with
other Manifestations OF the same spirit, such.
for instance, as those / hare suggested, they
seem TO DO significant Of a falling on !rom
the exaltatioa and purity OF the sentlm, 1t
attracting and impellinG the youth Of the
past. which extends widely throuEl ,ociety.
One other Indication OF the decline In
romantic sentiment which impresses me At
this time !. the greatly lsssened interest IN
temporary condition In the last number Of
Havper's 4onthlv. and Y must be apparent
g eSery one who has observed the vsadins
quaintanees find no taste Tor poetry as IL
1 sSucaos Sr yonaE gsS9' y
ing In the days OF my youth. They do not
read poetry at all The standard posts Of our
language are unknown TO them. can re-
member, everybody who has passed middle
life must remember. when the publication OF
q book OF poems by Tennyson. for example.
Everybody, young aad old, with any trace
OF cultivation, was familiar With II. The
poets coming down from an earlier period
their education and profoundly influenced
them, How many are there OF this genera
ton who know anything about our splendid
English anthology or care anything about IN
Is not this o very significant change and
Il IL not a change very much for the worse
society without idealism stiles IN the sordld
dust and s unable to rise from it
Az OLD NEW YoRKEh
NEW YoRH March T.
The sun., 1902-03-09
HOBBS and Tramps.

To THE KpIroR OF THE spN--sir, IL was
with great interest that road your editorial
OF Saturday on the Hon Red Andrews. that
respected and well-known member Of the
genus hobo. After giving resume Of Mr.. An
drews vocation you ask First, II there are any
more like unto him: secondly. II he Is correct in
seeking to dignity the word hobo and differ
entiate II from tramp" third. the etymology
OF the word, and the meaning OF "rasaboo-
without offence. 1t seems TO me that, for the
editor OF great newspaper you show o
lsmentsble lack Of knowledge as to the oharso-
teristios Of certain class Of good Americans
hobo s a professional traveller OF philo-
sophie vein. and In no sense OF the word .
tramp. A hobo always rides on a train,
although never in history has he paid train
fare. He has. among his fellow travellers,
certain social standing For instance.
those who rido in freight cars. comfortably
snsconced away from wind and weather,
are OF the lower class, commonly called box
car stlns. They are scarcely recognized by
hos OF the higher strata The middle class
OF the profession when travelling ride the
end SsSssso Gsrs' TI n open freight cars and
New York would be members OF the 100
ride exclusively on brake rods underneath
are always comparatively clean. and always
Work when absolutely necessary. They are
A tramp walks when on the road. begs.
tteals, never works and ia always filthy.
II he IL not all Of these he is not a tramp. but
a base imitation.
There are hundreds OF men who dignity
the profession OF which the Hon Mr. An
drews u the dean. and nine-tenths OF them
would like Andrews. smash the man who
called them tramps. The profession prac-
tises almost exclusively in the West They
are there highly respected. although train
men are wofully lacking in appreciation Of
them.
The first real unadulterated hobo was Mr..
IKE Summers OF Hoboken. Ike was widely
known In Montana. Wyoming. In tho Dakotas.
where he was ayectionately yclept Hoboken
Ike. Owing 10 the different pronunciati ons
OF Hoboken, Ikes handle" was cut DOWN TO
Hoho--- an endearing term lka died In
IS. but portion Of his pet name remains and
is now tackled 10 the Western wanderer at
large A razlboo is simply an unusually
brilliant hobo, although now. the title hss
deterioratod so that II means but llttle more
than figure OF speech. Its origin Ia OBJ
ecure.
Among sll races class di.tinct!on IL the GER
tain earmark OF hirh or low state OF civiliza-
tlon II will be seen, therefore. that, owing
20 the distinct class differences among 'bos
they have attained a very hiRh state and are
deserving Of a better fate than to get them
mired Nh with common. ordinary tramps
The writer has never been n hobo. but has
always had secret yearninR for the life
Care free and minus the awful responsibility
placid. undisturbed and happy Sometimes
he is jailed for stealing rides, but what is ten
or twenty days Of confinement, when Offset
by q lifetime Of dreamy content1
Col. PIKE SULLIVAN.
EAST OnASoE, y. j.. March s.
The sun., 1902-03-09
WHl HE SOEBED.
Tni. Lad Caught the Trout and Lost II.
and Then An! How He Found H.

.Irap,anber having Ind two good, genu-
inc .obbipg. breast -heaving. almost heart
h,rs,,ng cries in my life, said an old-tirne
nex,nsper man. Just two. The FIRST wa.
when I caught the big brook trout | had
b.en after nearly all one spring and lost IL
Tho ,econd was when | found il again. |
think I cried harder when I found IL thsn
when lost i.
"Wb.n I was 10 the folks who had the
marking out OF my destiny resolved that
tho future would be Of small use to me un-
l.ss wa. bound out 20 learn the printers a
trnde. and bound out | was. The print
inp of9ce Of which ! thus became an
aprurtenance vas In way back coun.
~ sea, town, where there were trout
streams; and pheasants as we called the
rufred grouse in those days: and rabbits
and In the spring and fall. pigeons So
many that a boy who couldn't fetch IN n
back load on the buckwheat stubble or out
of the beeohwoods any day during a fight
wasn't considered Of much account.
And If there was one thing liked better
than another II was trout fishing. There
was fun OF course, setting your rabbit enares
OF an evening, and sneaking up early in the
frosty November mornings. to No., whot
{ ne twitch-up on the box-trap had osugb,
and there was fun going out with the old
shot gun 10 catch pheasant ON a loo or
10 bark him up a tree by initiating dog or
fox. and then popping him over; or In
hiding on the edge of the old buokvh..,
field and waiting for the flock of rrtIS
pigeons. sitting on the dead limb q, ,h. oi,
pine or hemlock tree, tS drop down ard
huddle together AZ thei- feeding in g..
Nubole ana then raking them fore and 81,
The sun., 1902-03-09
Advice About BurfsIs.

To rHs EprroR OF THE srN-s": Recently
there was an article in THE Sun on the more
modern means used for the protection from
tn. weather OF mourners at the grave
At the close OF the article mention was
made Of the custom OF strewinS the onriai
ist r,th ev.reraens and afterwsrd laying
,hsr on the case 10 deaden the SOUND OF
,be falling earth. There Is also another Gus
to,n 81 Sor tSe sSrie good Intention
Theee evergreen boughs and TINS uphols-
,erin9 are very injurious 20 the urabllity
ovths caskct az they attract and retain the
yooisture of the earth and tho rains ard hasten
The decay OF the outside case. ms I'm
~ y,b ,hosa Who do not own large burial Its.
Ia 'Groenwood the earth is, hrst gently
,.rted about the sides and ends OF the case,
which measuraoly destroVs INC ursGued
sound oSh EA'hhN'hD'
BKOoKLrS, Feb. ~
The sun., 1902-03-09
CHEAP MONKEY LABOR IN PERU
Apes That Pick Nuts Under the Direction
Of Human Foremen.
From the Dsrrsr Post.

Perhaps the most interesting creatures
In Peru are the ap~s." said Dwight Daring
ton in the ONCE OF Philip Hitchcock Of the
Wabash railway yesterday. Mr. Daring
ton has an extensive plantation in eastern
Peru. He IL travelling for pleasure across
the continent.
For centuries past these remarkable
animal. have been performing work which
IL usually supposed 20 require human In
telllgence.- continued he "Saturalists
accredit the horse, dog and elephant with
possessing more intellect than all other dumb
animals. but / believe the Peruvian apes
surpass all brutes In tho huge nut forests
OF my adopted country the apes are Of in
estimsble value. With amazing celerity
they pick tho rich nuts from the dark trees
saving much time and expense. Men can
not do the work in thrice tho tiIne required
by the nimhl- I'm gered apes.
My plantation near tho Ucayan river
contains 100 acres. of which All even hundred
Is IN nut trees have forty apes 10 do the
picking for me Two native foremen have
charge OF the hairy bodied nut CATERERS
have a huge comfortable cage for the apes,
large enough 70 accommodate 100 Of them
Into this they march avery night Each
morning early. when tho paroquets and
scarlet hnches begin to scream. the fore
men open the doors Of tho cage and out troop
the apes, chattering merrily.
They nre permitted to eat and drink for
ten minutes and then led on TO the groye
selected for the day. -Four opes are sent
M each tree and every Quartette has big
basket AT the bottom.
while the torcmen sir & and play upon their
mouth organs strolling about from tree 70
tree. and noti1g progress, the arcs pluck the
nuts with great rapidity, After several
hours the donkey wagons appear with more
baskets and remove those hlrohdy loaded
wit nuts 70 the big bins IN the storehouse.
There Is then brief cessation OF work
Sometimes ! 90 out with 10y violin snd
play bit. Our apes IN Peru are exceptionally
fond OF music. as suppose all epes are on
ny approach they chatter eagerly and sloup
themselves around me I play tunes AZ nIl
kinds. but never fail TO close with something
lively aud spirited. | clap my hands point
20 the trees and depart on my mule Tho
apes take the hint and the empty baskets,
seek the unpcked trees and begin picking
with renewed vigor
we always treat them kindly Punish
mont for mischievous conduct is severe, but
rarely necessary. Sometimes the wild apes
attack the plantation In bands and do much
harm. The dogs give warning day or night
and We shoot the intruders mercilosslv
| After they have been renulsed ana some
killed we take our apes 70 the spot IN solemn
bloody bodies OF their friends Then We
iook them up for day or more. -
The lesson produces an indellhle inlpres.
| sion upon them. They learned long ago that
all animals must be subservient 70, man
They eyince rage at the sight Of a wild mon,
KEY; They are most valuable servants ana
enable the planters 20 make handsome N
comes. which would be Impossible win
solely human labor
The sun., 1902-03-09

novel bait carefully and artistically on nv
hook The pole | had was a stih peeled
chestnut and the line a stout horse haiI
| the hairs for which | had twitched out ~
| the editorial horses tail and braided mvself
with a wildly beating heart and trem-
bling hand l dropped that wiggling.. con-
tortinR bait lightly upon the tossing foam
Instantly that crest of foam was broken
into hundred bits that went flying in all
directions over the pool until it was ieckea
thick with them. The green snake had
beguied the wise old trout. and my hook
| was In his jaw AZ last.
wildly and without delay, 40 completely
had lost my head, gave a yank that would
have lifted sturgeon from the deep ThH
stiff pole and the stout line responded 70 ths
yank, and the trout, big as he was came
out Of the water with a swish and wen, sail
ing away through the air behind me- far
back in the meadow where the grass was
knee-deep and thick as the wool on a sleeps
back. The force Of my effort expended
itself on me, and | tunbled backward 10
the ground
Il was on my feet in a second and los;
no time in hurrying back TO secure my prize
80 long sought and mine at last. But
couldn't find Il. HUNTED everywhere about
in that lush grass. but the trout was lost.
1t was then gave up my heart 10 lamen.
tation. | lay down and cried and sobbed
and cried until every fount was dry, and /
wretched mortal that ever lived, | guess
"Bayonet points thrust into me a. pun.
ishment that day couldn't have hurt me.
i was past all hurting. But | told tho
editor what had caught and lost. and Mr.,
Editor gave me an extra warming for lying.
we never cut our hay in that part OF the
country until late IN the summer, sometimes
as late as the end Of August, and we went
at il unusually late that season. / was
toting the lug 70 a mower who had come
TO a bunch in tho meadow that was thicker
and taller and grccner than the grass was
anywhere else IA the field.
"He was wondering what could have
caused IL as ] came up with the pic AMI
he swung his -cythe through the noticeable
bunch Of grass, and there, al the roots
of II, lay a perfect skeleton Of fish a ~kele-
ton two feet long, and Of proportions 70
correspond
"Niy trout! The boss Of the brook had
tri ID 20 long for and at last captured only
30 lose, found al last. and nothing hut
skeleton ~ show for IL,
Then IL was that ] abandoned myself
20 despair again and poured forth my
inconsolable grief in that second q ~ q,
tears and burst 81 brcast-heavinC sobs
mentioned. And a. | lay there. over me
by sorrow, the editor came and saw the
skeleton Of that lost trout. BY and by
be said:
Well, YOU didn't lie about II, but whats
fool you were not 90 find IL I'd rather boa .
liar than q forl that couldn't find q fve-
pound trout a-aopping In the grass
- That was good many years ago, but
I'll never forget these two genuine. sobbing
breast -heaying, almost heart bursting
,ries OF mine. And nobody will ever -"
such trout or trout fishing again IA lons
~ this world goes round.
The sun., 1902-03-09
A. -soUrHERNER ON TIE MICRO.
rhs way to Solve the Negro Drooasm--
Homes Versus Lyuching.

To TER EDITOR OF TIE suN-5tr: A.
Southern man permit me TO say Q word on
tho negro question at the South. There u
no question more generally mlsunderstood
by tho people az the North AL sorts oi
theories have been put before the public and
many. IL not most Of them. have caused wrons
conclusions TO DO drawn and wrong impress
sions TO be fixed In the mihd.
IL is unfortunate that a passing stranger.
travelling for pleasure or health. should un-
dertake. In an article TO his homo paper. to
describe the hAbte, condition. homo ana
life Of the negro at the South. His informa-
ton Is usually from unreliable sources and
the field Of his observations most limited Ho
writes as he Ia Informed and as rule mis-
represents the true condition, not knowing
that he docs 90. There are to bs seen In viii
laRes and towns and on city street corners
those who make bad impression on tho
mind Of stranger. but 1t is not fair to judge
whole raoe b. such examples: but most ar
hcies written on the subjCc have becn based
upon Information from such sources and OBJ
servations Of such individuals.
The true condition OF the negro 10 a sub
ject which deserves the attention Of tho most
thoushtful and appeals ~ the soundeet judy
ment for solution. The Southern man un-
derstsnds the nature and disposition OF the
negro thoroughly and rcco ognizes that he 10 tho
best lAborer known 20 the world. He. there
fore. readily sivee him employment and allows
him for bis labor all he can Afford 70 pay.
Agreeable relations exist and faithful service
10 rendered. But. whom the end Of the year
comes and the necessary expenses Of q large
family are paid thers Is but little. II any
thing. left to the1sbor~r. A contract for an
to follow. This is the general rule and the
ysne ner.I rs.ul, IN. ooun,rv ovo,
q therafore n rnisfake 10 spprosa hsx
.ausllv az sr.st a rnlstske 10 think the \. % .sro
ia robbed OF his Just earnings by the white
man.
Tho best Of feelings exist and justice. as .
receives full compsnsation Tor the serves
he rcnders, for such is not the case, but he
reoeiyss the ortomnry wa ses AZ the South
ana these are Thought 10 be ali that are Iusti-
Tsd nv The prod,Iotion and the pric~ of the
articles nroduced
The negro Ia n faithful and loyal lnborsr
and n,n Get along with less ciothee and onn
fact that no demands the hea West and coarsast
~ diet than nny other lsborsr IL foIlnw,
therefore. that he should IN tims accurnnlate
The Character and condition of the housec
he IA forced 10 live in cannot be ,,pbeid or
justI6sS NV sny fair-minded man. hut tbs
bonsss ara not al ~ the Hind plct,ired bv tbs
to,,rtsy or ~ ths koiak sort ''-'
Sontrary TO the general impression. tn.
negro L q erost homo lover. X matter. not not
to /, II wonderfui whsre he nos,esscs ons
her. are no ipdue.nn snis which, can draw
!. tai,chins II n nnfv Whsn hs ia hopssass
The sun., 1902-03-09
HAVE SENTIMENT AND IDEAL
ISM GOMEZ
An Observer Who Thinks Thcy Arc De
parting From Inis generation.

To THE EpITon or TIE suN-SW' Your
reference. the other day. to the absence OF
sentiment In young women revealed az a
recent performance OF Romeo and juliet
by their giggles and titters during the most
beautifully poetic expressions ei remsnoe
The sun., 1902-03-09

Brains were cudgeled and worked over
time in the effort TO get the required total
and the s.. Finally one wild-eye-d man In
tie crowd gave a gasp and forced his way
into the store.
Gimme the s2!' he cried. 'rve got II
lie seized a sheet OF paper and scrib-
bed down the following solution:
The sun., 1902-03-09

There's your six figures and the total
Is 81" he cried triumphantly.
The merchant admitted that this solu-
tion was clever; but said that the figures
must be used singly;. The man with the
solution went away disappointed.
A mathematical sharp consoled him by
saying that the result demanded cannot
te obtained because one cannot take an
even number OF odd figures and get an
odd result by adding them together.
The sun., 1902-03-09
THIS PUZZLE LOOKED EASY.
but Though 81 Was offered for the solu.
tton. No One Could DO II.

A puzzle in figures was displayed last
w,ck in the show window Of Schenectady
merchant, and men, women and children
fought for places from which they could
st udy it.
The puzzle was a column Of figures on
a large card, and prize Of 81 was offered
TO the person who should first succeed
In adding any six Of the figures in the col
umn to get a total Of twenty-ore. These
are the figures:
The sun., 1902-03-09
mako. m, fs.l un.peakaely sorry for my

make. me feel unspeakably sorry for my
own child. .,,,-
Ouery; Shall take her out Of our public
schools, greatly dislike that thought.
II IL admitted. believe. that we lay the
foundations OF both mental and physical
sort OF reserve force at that time. What
sort Of tired-out men and women are to be the
result, when In none OF their waxing honrs
are their poor little minds allowed 20 lie
fallow' EpNAH A BARNEY
NV YonK. March 6