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FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL IX. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26,1900. NO. 28.
A GREAT READER.
That Is What Arp Says of Late Simon
Riclurdsor.
1US BEEN READING HIS BOOK
Bill Knew the Good Did Han and Admired
%Hlni ?Some of His Ciood
Work.
! Iioi < -.r?f fnnn -t mnro rm t ort n i n i n cr
reading in a long time than the
"Lights and Shadows of Itinerant
Life." being the autobiography of Dr.
Simon Peter Richardson. For fifty
yiars he was cu the go from the Blue
Ridge to Key West, front Dalton to
Hrunswick and all the intermediate
country. He knew more people and
was known by more than any man of
h--? oav. lie was original, unique,
feu'if s honest in his convictions and
ready at all times to maintain them.
He never complained, never shirked
a duty, traveled thousands of miles on
horseback and sometimes on foot,
cros-ed swamps and forded streams at
his peril was fr.l and sheltered by the
poor. What faith, what zeal, what
diligent' and all for what a sense of
duty and his love for tin* Master and
the Master's work. No earthly reward
was ganed or expected for he
and his family often suffered the pinchings
of poverty and even the calamity
cf having his house burned and all
its furniture and his wife and childr?
11 had to sleep in the barn upon the
cotton seed.
litu tie ncvt r laiicrrci ann was always
aggressive. He fought a good
fight and kept tlie faith, lie would
have succeeded in any of the 1 a mod
professions and acquired both fame
ajid fortune, for he had great mental
force, quick perceptions, personal magnetism
and was a holy terror to evil
doers.
Mr. laicicn Knight has reviewed the
little hook with charming and truthful
words. As he says, tlu re is not a
page hut shows the genius, the faith
and tlie .humility of the man Ho was
not bound through prejudice or earlv
training to any creed, hut made his
own and even dared to impugn the inconsistencies
of John Wesley. His an.
tipathy to Calvinism was intense. The
idea of mankind being responsible for
Adam's sin shocked him and lie would
have stricken the words "original
tin'" and "total depravity" from every
creed and prayer hook. The doctrine
of lost infants provoked his bitterest
sarcasm.
Hut these things are not in the hook
1nnv ? vnlifitie cvtniil tiliil if CfllltnilW
i>nt one Mi'inon, and that is in the appendix.
The charm of the hook is the
recital of his experience as an itinerant
-the liehts and shadows of a
busy lite and his mingling with the
great men and ministers of the olden
time, for he was side by side with such
>11 en as Judge I.ongstreet, Bishops
Pierce, Paine, Andrew, Capers, Soule
pnd Kavane.ugh, with Drs. Boring,
Means, Parks. E\ans, Anthony and
l lienn. with Leviek Pierre and Allan
fPniner and in natural mental powei
tin J pulpit force he was their peer,
frhe hook will make you weep and
Jnugh h> turns. Relating his tirst experience
in 1840, when he left Dublin
for his circuit, he says: "That night I
was sad as the grave, for 1 had just
? ilhl'U Uj' 1uiv i ruitviro ui ui j
tion ar.d felt conscious of my inability
to nut the expectation of the church.
After supper i went out in the dark to
pray, kneeling in the corner of the
fence. The dogs found me arm i was
forced to get on top of the fence.
Front there they chased me to the shed
that was built over the potato banks.
The barkng of the dogs aroused the
boys and they came running with a
torch, shouting "We've got hint. We've
got him" supposing that 1 was the
same n? gro who had been stealing
t'teir potatoes. They . soon escorted
me to the house, amid convulsions of
laughter, and the young lady thought
1 was intensely green."
lie refused-to administer the sacra,
ment to any one who sold or drank
whiskey. At a revival once a church
mcmlx r. who was well off but very
stingy, began to shout wit It great
vehemence, and Simon Peter stopped
his exhortation and peremptorily orrt?
cd him to stop or leave the church
for no m; n had any right to shout
who had not paid his quarterage. During
reconstruction days a federal captain
forbade him to preach unless ho
would pray for the president. "And so
i prayed that the Lord would take
out of him and his allies the heait of
beasts and put in them the hearts of
ineti or remove them from office. The
captain never asked me again to pray
for the president. I have never been
convinced that we did any wrong in
seceeding or lighting, am! I can sc<? no
good rea-on now why we should not
do it again." Speaking of original
sin. he .. iys: "Mr. Wesley declares
that all the c hildren are born under the
" - ? "< e?,i ..?,i ?,,i,t..
spiritual, natural and eternal death.
This to mo is a horrible doctrine."
Speaking of revivals, ho says: "A revival
is a solemn farce that does not
produce a radical reformation. Faith
without works is a low form of Calvin,
ism that has quietly stolen into Methodism
and paralyzed her power."
When the earthquake of 1886 came
the dot tor was preaching at a camp
meeting and says: "The people became
much alarmed and we had no
trouble in getting mourners to dock to
the altar."
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A Camphelllte preacher got into a
doctrinal controversy with Simon
Peter, in Augusta, and Dr. Landrum
took it up. Simon Peter says: "Brother
Landrum is a very lovable man and
a very popular preacher, but in his
sermon lie is like a pig in a china shop.
He used invectives and personalities
and took in atholics. Episcopalians,
Presbyterians and Jews and stirred up
the town. He sent me a note and two
of his sermons. I replied that I was
running lire down at St. James and
had no timo tn lnnk after hi< water
works, but when my revival closed 1 I
would take him in out of the wet and
hang him on the fence to dry. then set
him afire and take him into the Methodist
church."
But this is enough of the book.
Those who expect to read it would not
like for me to anticipate too much.
We had the good doctor stationed
here for two years and it was always
a pleasure to iheet him and converse
with him. for ho was great of i'eart
and great of mind. I never heard him
say a foolish thing, and hardly ever
.make a commonplace remark. He was
a profound thinker and his terse, vigorous
expressions reminded me of
Boswclls Johnson.
I see that Dr. Robins has edited the
book and that it is published at Nashville
by the Methodist house, but I do
not know the price. It .<> good reading
from the preface to the end.
Two Mississi-ppi girls have challenged
those Alabajna gi"Is to answer
the following Bible enigma. It is a
good one and kept me pondering for a
day or two. I can't neglect the children
and this enigma wl.. perplex the
nrr:ii>liBr: 1 hnvo lost or mislaid
the verge sent to me, but the following
Is In substance the same:
uoa made Adam out of dust.
Hut in His wisdom made me first";
He made my body all complete.
Hut save me neither hands nor feet.
No living soul in me did dwell,
.Nor was I doomed to heaven or hell;
But Inter on old Adam came
And gave rne what is still my name.
And later still God chose to give
A living soul in me to live.
In course of time He did reclaim
That soul and left me just the same
As when first made?without a soul,
And now I roam from pole to pole,
A boon to man. though out of sight,
For in my death 1 leave him light.?
aiill Ary in Atlanta Constitution.
Hour)' Hitler Sliooln ?# Kdllor.
William A. Bell, of Hell Itnphls. who
was the only South Dakotan in Colo
IH'1 Roosevelt's Rough Hlrters, sl?Mt |
and wounded Kditor O'Heron, of the
Flnmlrenu Herald. who had criticised
n speech llell made at Flnndreaii,
while accouiunuylng his old command
er through the t'tate.
Ftliil Ki ploainii lii ii llotieiulnn Mint*.
All explosion occurred at the Friseli
(ilueck Mine at l>ux. llohewia. Thirty-flve
persons were killed anil flfteet
i injured.
I'roniliimit l'eople.
.lolin Brishen Walker, of New York
t'ity. recently ascended Hike's Pohk to
i height of 11,000 feet in an auiomo<
bile.
Frank Stockton, who began life as
an engraver, and abandoned his trade
for literature, is now a feeble old man.
It is hard to believe that he is sixty
six years of age.
rriw? Pi'iii/Mi ill' Wulnc lino Sue?#
built for himself 1111 automobile fot
use at shoot ill}; parties. It is elevorl.v
arranged for the earryip^ of guns ami
ammunition.
Kolirton Arrive* From lMiili|i|iint>ii,
l.ietiteiiant llohson. of Merriinnc
fame, arrived at Vancouver, B.
from the Philippines by the steamship
Kmpress of Iudln, where hi4 has been
inspecting the recjonstru -tion of the
Spanish warships sunk at Manila Bay.
Must Arbitrate For All Miners,
Officers of the United Mine Workera
say they will not consent to arbitration
in the anthracite region In
Pennsylvania unless the differences in
all tU? gj[nes are considered together.
I.nbor Worlit.
The mines of the Yukon district,
Alaska, employ filiKO men who receive
tin average wage of .51 an hour.
Laborers tire so scarce in Switzerland
that they have to lie imported not
only from Italy, but from Bohemia
and Silesia.
The United Brotherhood of Leather
Workers on Ilorse Hoods lias Issued
a union label, which is placed on all
work done by them.
The number of operatives in the
Irani coal Industry of Prussia, during
the tlrst half of the year was .'UH.U&O,
or 27.-177 more than in 18P0.
TWENTY PERISH IN COLLISION.
I'.rltltli mid (Ixrmnii Slmmti'i Collide
unit Itoth Sink.
Liverpool (By Cable).?The British
steamer Cordon Castle ami the Cerman
steamer Stormarn collided in
Cardigan l'.ay and both vessels sank.
Twenty of the persons on board the
Cordon Castle were lost.
The Stormarn out the Cordon Castle
in twain in a dense fog. The Cordon
Castle sank immediately, her boilers
exploding.
A cnotee.
He? So you won't marry me?
ShA No; let us remain friends.?Boston
Clobe. ?. -
BOER ARMY IS SCATTERED
Goneral Roberts Reports That Onlr
Marauding' Bands Remain.'
Government HocpIvci Offer* For !MI??
I iic liiclit* Wl?iol? Will l*ny
t.ni'ijo Fart of Con! of War.
London (Ity Cable).- (leneral R<>li
ens <iilt!?s from Nolspruit. on the
I'retoria-Ilolacoa lhiy Railroad, not
in mini iKiiiiiii: i uui i, i in* iruioicr
still ion. sis follows:
"Of ill" .'KMMi Moor; who retreated
from Konmti Poor! boforo tlio British
ml vatic: from Maehadodorp Too have
entered Portuguese territory, others
linvo deserted ill various directions,
ami the hsilaneo are reported to have
crossed the Koin.iti Biver and to be
occupying spurs of t In* Lchoinliu
Mouniiiin. south of the railway.
"A general tumult seems to have occurred
when they recognized the hopelessness
of their cause. Their I.one
Touis end tiehl guns have been destroyed.
and nothing is left of the
floor army but a few marauding
bands. Kelly Kenny is dealing with
one of these, which occupies a position
at Dnornberg."
The manifesto of Joseph f'haniber.11
In. Secretary of State for the ('(doilies
and Member of Parliament for
West Birmingham, has bei n issued to
his constituent:. lie says:
"Our opponents assert that we delili
rratcly provoked a war for which we
tiad ao preparation. The tirst stateinettt
is untrue and the second is greatly
exaggerated. The war was forced
on us l?y a sudden invasion, while I lie
pegotintions, conducted with tlie greatest
moderation on our part, were proceeding."
Mr. Chiitnherhiin then reviews the
causes of the war briefly. and the "immense
and successful exertions of the
War OMicc." at eonslderable length.
In ending. hi* says that to return tin*
t iiinnists to power would moan to
preserve the fruits of victory, winch
otherwise would la* thrown away.
Arthur .1. Balfour. First I.ord of the
Treasury and tlovcruutent leader in
the House of < 'oniiucms. in the course
f>f his niatiife: to to the* electors of
Tatsl I.otliian and K.issliire. says that
the Boers ha so a hope that the war in
South Africa may he fruitless to the
victors coi the possible advent of the
home* rulers to power.
The Standard says It understands
that the British tloverntnent has already
received offers for underground
iniuin?r rights in the Transvaal which
will iro a Ioiik way toward inccfiu? the
cost of the war.
HOSTILITIES RESUMED IN LUZON.
Uenrrnl Viiiiiik XI el Willi Urolntnncc :m<l
Culled for Heliiforermoiit*.
"Washington. It. (Speciali.?A re
port on the situation in the Philip
pines was reirncn i?y 1110 ;ir i ?? partmont
from Kenornl MaoArlhur.
He says ihat llio Filipinos linve renewed
active operations in many parts
of the island of Iaixoti and that in Koran
Proviso*" t.enoral Yminu has mot
with snoli resistance that ho has oaileal
einphat icAlly for additional troops.
This denn tnl has boon oompliod with,
hut t ho Kb turhatioo oontinnos.
It uppers from (leneral MacArthnr's
dispatch that the greatest notivliy
prevails in tho Lagumt Province,
where a lionvy engagement has occurred
between the troops of the Fifteenth
Infantry and the insurgents.
Tho officers hero consider the renewal
of hostilities the last ofort of
Acuinahlo to oppose American oe upation.
and the spreading in the Philippines
or file report that 111" Foiled
Stnies troops were l#el tg withdrawn,
which report is based on the sending
of troops to China.
new /ironiTTrn or uiiiBe.Ti
Tlie Jury Wan Nat Certain u* to C'?u *
ol ltl* KathorS Oratn<
Fresno, ('ill. (Speeiab. For two (lays
lie Criminal Court was o ? up??*d w??Ii
the trial for murder of yt r.ng T-'rM
Ilinos. thirteen years old. who poisoned
his father because ot the man's
cruelty to him and his 1 i 11 brother.'
The jury acquitted the boy.
. The father drank to exeeas. and after
the mother's death a .veer ago his
temper became unbo-.rnble. He beciunc
cruel to (lie boys and Fred determined
to be free iVom him. Ho with
the assistance of a cousin, about ids
own age, lie put poison in his father's
offee, causing severe illness. Vie t her
the mau died from this or from heart
disease was not established, i in' it
was this doubt, joined to the boy' .
arevious good character, i..r?* .vrvtl
hint from convietlou.
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vi f... ...... i r ."Iiw
Tin* people of fori Y.ayne, In dod
Men ted to the memory of tSeuers.l II "iy
W. I.awton a monument erov.ied
l?y a eanuoii captured by him. ntul
liristoned the principal city park in
honor of t!ie ?len?l hero. Th c. reinoit.V
icetirred under the auspice r. of the
I'liloit Veteran I.efjlon, and William
F. ! try an wm tie* p/inripil orator of
llie occasion. ] is nddtesa was iuml>a
rtisnn.
Connection l>ein?ernttu Tlckpl.
1 III' I M'llll-ITli I - II ' IJKIII'n IC.il llil\l
placed in nomination a State ticket,
mil selected Presidential electors. 1
flic ticket la as follows: For Covcrn
?r. Sniuuel .1. I'ronson. of New Haven;
LieutenanMlovernor. Cyrus
Iteckwitli, of New London; Secretary
;if State. .lames 1*. Woodruff, of Litehlleld;
Treasurer. Kdward C. IMnney. of
itafford; Controller. William L. .. at
tag, of But llartford.
FIRST RUSH IN STRIKE I
Two Persons Killed and Several Injured
in the Schuylkill Region.
STATE TROOPS ARE ORDERED OUT
Miin.v shot* A r?< Kxrlinncnl I'.l n-rf t
Deputy Sherltl* mill Miner* tn Mien
nntlonlt?Striker r.nil it 1 title Ctrl Art
K 11 le?l ?M 11111 it Sent In the Scene tit
DUturbnnrv? Mr. Mitchell** Manifest?
i
Shfiuimtuiih. I*<*1111. (Spffittli. The
Irajjotly I lint litis in>i%ti l<M'k?l ftir since
(lie coal milters* strike was iutitiiru
ruled mine suddenly nnd tinexpeetedl.v
hero Kridny. In n eonlliet between
deputy sheriffs nnd strikers two
persons wore killed. seven minors were
injured :md live ol* the posse, ineludin^
two mine ollieinls. wore woundod.
Sheriff Toole, of Seliuylkill County,
enl'od upon Coventor Stone to send
troops to aid liiin iu keeping th penee.
His rei|itost wits grunted.
Superiiitendent Aduin Hoyd. Inside
Poremun Foley nnd ltrenker Mosses
.Ininos nnd Willinm Mitehell. of lndinu
Uidiro Colliery, were returning
from work when they were int t nt the
Lehigh Vnllov slot ion l>v n inoh with
ytioks nod
; tie initio ou'ieinls drew revolvers
nnd tired. The limit heonine furious
d'ler one of its iiuuilior was shot, nnd
attempted t?> elose in on the ottieinls.
The lati run up I.loyd street to
O'llarn's stnhle. where they were itit
prisoned for two hours. The molt
threnteued to Intrit the stnhle. lint
SheritV Toole, with twenty deputies,
nrrlved nnd dispersed it. nnd the mine
ollieinls returned to their homes.
The Sheriff then took the posse to
ludinti Kid#' Colliery nnd esettrietl
some workmen tt|> Centre street. As
iim\\ a-aiu uearco me i.imiiuii \.llie\
station tin* tnoh of Poles, Slavs ami
hungarians, men. avoiiioii ami children.
hurled si onus at lliu deputies,
ami a shot was also liruil from a saloon.
Tliu (lupin ins limn opened tiro. They
liaslnnnd toward Main struut, in the
inuanliinu tirinir over run shots, the
mob hurling niissilus of all kinds.
The Shenandoah Council held a
meeting ?ud passed resolutions calling
upon the Cmcruor to send miliiia. It
also decided to enforce martial law.
Specie 1 ollicers were sent out to order
saloon keepers to close their places
end to keep them closed until peace
was restored. It was also decided to
prohibit the sah> of tirearms and ammunition.
etc. The Council also swore
in the members of the lire companies
and other citizens to aid in restoring
order.
MILITIA OICOKICKD OIT.
iJ'?v??roor Stone Itt-npuioln tit llt? I'm nil
Mnllrtlnllnu of lli? Slierllt.
Ilarrisliurg. Pcnn. tSpcciali. Three
troop of ?nvalrv wore ordered out by
Coventor Stone to assist Sheriff
Toole in maiutaing order in the
Schuylkill mining region.
This action was taken after a cottfereneo
lielween tiie Covernor, Adjutnnt-Cmicral
Stewart and Crucial Cobin
on tlie urgent solicitation of the
Sheriff, the lioroufli Couneii of Slienandonli
and many prominent residents
of that locality, enteral Cohin has
'"Tii placed in coinmand of the provi:
ional brigade. lie lias established
ids headquarters at Shenandoah
The organizations* which have been
selected for strike duty are the Fourth.
Tihrhth and Twelfth regiments. Hat
tny <\ of lMioenixville; Coventor's
'i'roop, of llnrrlsburg. and the Third
Brigade Headquarters.
NIFKSTO It\ Mil. MITCH KM..
*"o ya tli? Stiucnln I* Urtwpeti
Mlnro unit Hullrnmla.
I In*/'."'on. I'enn. (Sneeiali. .ltdtu
Mitch dl, President of the Pnlted Mine
Workers of America ami leader of the
sirikl in eoal minors, in an open lot tor
to t'to i.ililio says that tlio inino workers
recognize as their real opponents
these nine railroads: Pennsylvania
Railroad Company,Lehigh Valley Railroad
sy t-in, Delaware and Iludaon
Railroad Company, Delaware. Larknwatina
ami Western Itailrond Coin
pany, CetPrel Kail road Company of
New .Jersey. Philadelphia and Head
inn Railway Company. Erie Railroad
and New York. Susquehanna and
Western Railroad. Delaware, Susquehanna
and Sehuylkill Company, ami
New York, Cn arlo and Western Railway.
Sprln); I.uke Hivepl by Klrr.
Swept by a northeast wind a lire hi
f'-pring Lake, N. ,1.. destroyed threq
hotels, inelmlinn the .Monmouth
'louse, eight eottages and eight stores.
The property loss, estimated at .f.'Cin.HKI.
will i>e swelled eonsiderahly win a
ilie x.tliie of personal eliecis destroyed
is eoinpiited by the owners. The insuram*e
011 Die buildings aggregates
lhu.lt NH?.
Corn Crop Sal* From Kro;l,
The coin crop in the Wc.it Is now out
>f (lunger from frost.
Falcon Inland, in the l'acitii*. which
wnn thrown up some years ago and
gradually washed away till in ISPS it
could not he seen, has been discovered
again by the British cruiser Porpoise.
It now looks like a whale's back and
stands nine feet out of water, with the
sea breaking over it so that It forms
a serious danger to navigation. y ,
THE NEWS. EPITOMIZED.
ftonrrnl Randall reported in the War
T?epnrtmeiit that ;reiieral health conditions
at Cape Xotne were much improved.
Former Secretary of State John
Sherman placed on record a deed convey
i up to his adooted daughter. Mrs.
Mary K. Mct'allum. his handsome
marble front l.otne and hi* adjoining
property in K street.
I'se of the Fnited States mails has
l'eca denied to th" promoters of end
less chain s, hemes.
The War !>epariment has completed
arrangements for tti r>ee transportation
to the T'nited S>ilt? of the hodics
t?f the soldiers and sailors who lost
their lives a ml wen1 buried in (lie I si :iii<l
possessions of tli IStates
ami in ?"liii:;:.
Tin* Mexican \mbassador eommutiioatt'tl
to Hi" Sinio I tepartnioiii nn expression
of Hi" <lo";> regret of President
T.'iit/. ami tin- Coveriiinent ami
neoplc of Mexico ovor llto disaster at
t Sail osloti.
Oiii* A?lo|tfo?l
Coventor tienernl Woo?l returned lo
Havana, t'nlia. from Santa Clara,
where h" foiiml iho country perfectly
?ini"i. The prospects for tl.o siiyrar crop
arc nia;:niticcnt.
Dttrinu the previous week forty Filipinos
were killed. One American was
killed, and three were wounded and
two were captured.
in the election of delegates to the
Culian Constitutional Convention the
fMitioitniisis. ami annexationists, tritlinphed
in the Province of Havana.
The recent storm destroyed the lighthouses
and lightships aloiu; the sontli
eoast of Cnita. They are to l?e rebuilt
fort hwith.
The Philippine Commission contentplates
spending .Sl.noo.tHMt to improve
Man'la llarhor.
I l<iin?mMr.
. In tin* burnim. i?l* Henry Rosen's junk
warehouse ;it Toledo. < fliia>. -Inlili :iI
higher. lli*?* captain. was Uil!? ?I. am!
t?mi ivi'iv injured. The ac. ideal w.n
caused li.v falling walls.
To protect (inhesion. Texas, against
a repetition of the recent disaster a
I dike arotnul lite ei!> is recommend* <1.
| (ienof.il .loltn Alexander MeOlcr!
nniul. one of tin* best known Northern
i (Jetiernls of the Civil War. died at his
I home in Springfield. 111., after a long
illness tine to a general breaking down
of the system front old age.
.lohn Mnrkle. representing the great
est eoaI minim: linn in the world, and
J'residenl Mitchell, of the Mine Workers'
ITlioll. debated the s'like issue lit
lla/leton. IVun.
The insane partner of llateh &
I'oote. Wall street brokers. Charles
ITenjatnin I'oote. died at his summer
cottage at Oceanic, N. .1. lie was
sixty-two years old. Mr. I'oote never
knew of the failure id' his linn, caused
by his own wild speculations.
Harry O. Hell, thirty-live years old.
a prol'i ssioaal forger, was arrested at
M ill brook. N. V.. and is said to be
wanted in twenty different places for
swindling banks.
11 was announced that the Swedish
4 .overnineut would plaee a loan of
$1o.inm>,inn> in tln? i uitod Stales.
Tin* presentation of tablets to the ,
battleships Kearsarge ami Alabama
l took place a I Portsmouth. .V 11.
Benjamin Cross. an insane man. sci '
lire to his frame house, at St. John:I
bury. Yi., and was burned to death
I in it.
Murder is believed to be the cause
of the death of <'hrislopher Kichele.
mi old jeweler, of New York City.
I lis wife is under arrest.
The transport Thomas sailed fr< in
San Francisco for Manila with It IS
enlisted men. in? cabin passengers
and tjtl.2fNt.tNN) in treasure.
Otto Klainin is under arrest at Newport
News. Ya.. eharged with being
implicated in the smuggling of a lot
of 1'rem h cognac, gin and cigars from
the tierman steamship Albano, from
Hamburg.
I'eter Hariiiiau. a farmer, of I'.ur
kett, 1ml.. was drag d into an alley
in Chicago and killed by thugs.
Willi the thernionieter at twenty dcgrecs
above zero snow fell at N'cgauIiee.
\Yis.
It was said in Philadelphia that the
short coal supply in Kurope would
cause the strike to be felt there.
Frank Maurer. a riveter who was
Working on the battleship Alabama, i.
Cramp's shipyard, in Philadelphia.was
instantly killwd by a heavy bar of Iron
l:iilinc on 1dm 'I'lm m-ciilniit n-.iu
caused l?y ;i derrick rope breaking.
Life Insurnnee experts estimate that
New York companies will have to pay
out for loss of life in Calveston alone
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.hula A. Fleeze, a girl of sixteen,
called hy artists for whom she posed
"I la- most heautiful hihl in New York
City," died from norpliiue poisoning.
lrnroii!ii.
A letter from the Transvaal printed
in (lie Kreitz /.fitting, of I'.erlin, warns
tiei'tnaiis against emigrating thither.
Forty of the passengers alal crew
of the Kgyptian mail steamer Charkieh,
wrecked on the island to' Atidros,
J v ere drowned.
Mr. Criscom, Fnited States Charge
d'AMaires at Constantinople, demand
id of tlie Forte the release tif an Ai|
ineiiian who is a naturalizeil American
I citizen.
i in- urn mi manoeuvres i>l i lie 1' rollCII
army were held at Chart i|es, StT.ixni
mi ii infantry, cavalry anil artillery ?
parading; la fore President lloubet.
| An Imperial edict appoints hi iluim
Chang. Prince Chlng and I Sheug as
peace negotiators for China.
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'V.
I
A TRAGEDY IN PIGEON LIFE.
Tl c Mother Bird Watched Over the Nest ia
Which Iter Younj Mad hurac-J.
"There was a tragedy cniiclcit nt the
recent l?earborn street fire where fouc
w >111011 lost their lives witnessed by
uO>tie of the thousands tliut stood horrctr-strleken
as they saw men and women
climbing to safety along narrow
ledges of the building front. In a recess
at one end of the large, overhangin,};
cornice was a pigeon home. Tim
father and mother birds were driven
frtom their posts liy the boat and
stitoke. out the tluve nestlings pori
allied.
After the firemen had stopped work
nhd the excitement hail died down,
tluo parent pigeons catne bark to seek
tlteir young. The heat had lapped up
t.lo straw and stleks of whieh the nest
was built, and their young were mere
ct'isps. Toward evening the tnothei
bird began flying over the ruins. She
circled for a time, and finally landed
on the roof of the wreekod building
Ssoon she was joined by Iter mate. Tliej
tsjoeined greatly pur.zled af the change
the fire had wrought. The heat liad
limited the joints of the galvanized
iron corniee. which liung in great
strips over the windows of the top
story. The pigeons looked over tin1
vvreeked eorniee, ducking their heads
and appearing to talk about their loss
The father bird Hew away, but 111?
fnother remained. Finally she pluckii><!
up courage enough to tly to the top
t>f the upper story window near het
fiest her nest. Then she sidled nion#
to tin* stone lodge at the bottom of tint
Wrecked ecrnlce. Site stretchetl Ftei
Iteatl toward iter litirued home, and
then, as if frightened at what site saw,
flew to the roof again. Soon the fathei
bird joined her. After a sorrowful
rouferonee tile mother bird again dropped
to the stone ledge. She was en
coiirngeil liy her mute, ami crept along
to the rei-ess in the corner of the cor
nice. Her niuto followed, and togeth
or they viewed their dead offspring
The niotlier Jdrd crept timidly into the
nest ??f embers. She even tried to <*over
her dead nestlings. The father bird
Boomed to tell her to come away. Here
another sad eonfereius* was hold, and,
after comforting his mate, the futbei
pigeon Hew away.
Not so with the mother. She kept
her vigil into the night, ami was still
at Iter post above her wrecked home
and dead nestlings when the day closed
on the scene of destruction.?Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Shirt-Sleeves Man and Others.
We have received from a Itussinn
lady In Dusseldorf an earnest entreatj
to touch a matter which lias dee pi j
stirred cosmopolitan society in thai
town, "(lertnan ladles," she writes,
"are rhocked when a gentleman roll*
up his sleeves when playing tennis. 01
If they have the top button of tliett
shirt uth'imtc." And then *I<e asks
what fe think of a "tJermnn lady sitting
at dinner who received a new
i"".'" of brown boots and immediately
dinne.* being finished sits on the lloor.
pulls off her old leathers, and pulls on
the newly pun-based goods?" We confess
to being shocked.? London (Jlobe.
It's the talkative barber who is apt
to make cutting remarks.
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I f sarsaparilla and the other
vegetable ingredients that go
into the best are good as a
medicine, then Ayer's Sarsaparilla
is good. If not, we are
humbugs.
Your doctor will tell you
which, because he can have the
formula of Ayer's Sarsaparilla
anv time for the askincr.
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If you are tired, half sick,
half well, if one day's work
causes :.i\ days' sickness, get a
bottle of the old Sarsaparilla.
Get Aycr's, and insist on Aycr's
wllPn Vr\ll .innt xi-n-c-.i - 11 ?
j nam i
J. C. Ayer Company,
Practical Chemiiti, Lo-.vell, Mm.
Ayer'i Saruparilla | Ayrr's Hair Vigor
Ayer'a Pillt Ayer'? CJ?erry Pectoral
Ayrr's Ague Cure Ayer'? Comatonc
Mo. SO*
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