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?? >. "C N . **> * "nl " - MR VANCE MAKES HIS REPLY A SERIES OP SWORN 8TATEV MENTS. Each Affidavit Concludes With Say< - log That Ouzts' Charges Are "Abi ,v solutelj False." Ex-Commissioner S. W. Yance, who -L. Wis the predecessor of Mr. Douthit, makes a contribution to the current ^ dispensary literature by refuting the > _ charges of Ouzts with affidavits from v'* r sundry persons, and to his card we - append the sworn statements without repeating captions and signatures: To the People of South Carolina. V Mr. Ouzts, in o.e of his chapters of revelations, has seen J5t to make charges against me. For two years I held the position of commissioner at the State dispensary. The first year Mr. Ouzts was the shipping clerk; the second year he was my confidential clerk and bookkeeper. My desk was never locked. As my confidential clerk Mr. Ouzts opened all my mail, and at all times had free access to all my pa pen. During the two years that we tAoutho. Wf Aiiy.ts A.tn.11 times treated me with the utmost courtesy and consideration, and I met him in the same spirit. I could submit othe affidavits, but think the following sufficient reply to Mr. Ouzts. Very respectfully, S. W. Vance. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 2b, 1899. D. M. Miles, being duly sworn, says that he is the chairman of the State board of control; that he has read in the papers in the statement of D. A. G. Ousts that Col. Vance, when commissioner, had paid to Mr. Earhardt the sum of $12 without his knowledge or consent, and pronounces the same to be absolutely false. i M. R. Cooper, being duly Bworn, says that he is secretary of State for ?p: South Carolina; that he has read ir the papers the statement of D. A. G. fOuzts In reference to the changing ol prices of certain liquors and wines bj - Col. Vance, the commissioner, and thai he h%d complained of the same tc other members of the board, and pro nounces the said statement to be abso _ luteiy false. > M.^H. Mobleyv being duly sworn says that he is one of the bookkeepers in the State dispensary; that he ha read in the papers the statement of B A. G. Ouzts in reference to the sale U him by Col. Vance, then commissioner \ of one gray horse; that he bought th< , " horse openly and fairly, after the othe ; bids haa been rejected, and that an; statement dy JX A. G. Ouzis to the coo trary is absolutely false. J. P. Easier, being dul^sworo, say that he is an employe at the State da pessary; that he worked there whil . Col. Vance was commissioner ; that h has read in the papers the statemeo of D. A. G. Ousts that last Christmas through some of the hands, Col. Vane gave to the railroad employees 92 worth of whiskey; that he was th - man who carried the whiskey to th depot; that to the best of his recollet don Col. Vance sent by him six bottle of X rye pints on the day before Chris1 35?p--: ' ..mas to the hands at the depot wh handled the dispensary shipment*; the said six bottles of X rye pints wei worth about $2; that the state mez of D. A. G. Ouzts that Col. Vance sex 920 worth- of whiskey to the railroa hands 1b absolutely false. H. B. Howie, being duly sworn, saj that he has read in the papers th statement of D. A. G. Ousts In refej enoe to the sale of some contraban i wine to himself and W. J. Hill b Commissioner Vance^Hhat at the tim of the sale of the wine Messrs. Wi Hams and Douthit were in the boar room; that CoL Vance took aeampi of the wine to them accompanied b himself and W. J. Hill; that William tatted the wine, and remarked that v tasted like pokeberry juice, and ws unfit to drinx." Mr. Douthit upo tasting it pronounced it worthiest that CoL 'Vance said he thought i pretty fair claret wine, and could se it -for 10 cents per gallon; that Messr Williams and Douthit told him to se it immediately; that the statement < P. A. G. Ouzts that Col. Vance sol tills wine on his own motion is aba lately false. ^ V. W. Collins, ?. B. Pettigrew, J. 1 > Earhardt, J. P. Easier and B.C. M< Cants, being duly sworn, say that the - are employes at the State dispensary that they were there while CoL Vane was commissioner; that they hav read the statement of D. A. G. Ouzt In the papers In reference to Co] Vance trying to compel the employe tOTpte for Sloan in the last municipa " , ejection; that Col. Vance never ii g; T timated to them that he had an; choice in the matter, nor do they knoi V oi CoL Vance having spoken to any g the employes about whom they shouL vote for, and that to the best of thel ^ belief and information the statemen <" " of D. A. G. Ouzts is absolutely false. John Black, being duly sworn, say that he Is the shipping clerk at thi State -dispensary; that he filled sail position 12 months while CoL Vano * was commissioner; that never at an} time did Commissioner Vance intimafc to him in the remotest degree that hi . would prefer any one brand oi whiskey shipped to another; that he has reat in the petpers the statement made bj " D. A. G. Ouzts that CoL Vance pressec jthe shipment of certain liquors; that tsc the beat of his belief and informal]oi B. C. Webb, being duly sworn, says, that he is the'clerk of the State board of oantrol; that he held same position while CoL Vance was commissioner; that he has read the statement as pub~ lished in the papers by D. A. G. Ouzts, in which he charges that Col. Vance loaned to Mr. W. McB. Sloan the coal . belonging to the State, and that Sloan did his Own weighing, returning some and paying for some; that some time in March Mr. Sloan delivered to the dispensary one car of coal, bat not 100 tons as charged by D. A. G. Ouzts; that ' the car, according to the railroad weight contained 58,700 pounds of coal; that Mr. Sloan got 14,140 pounds, as shown by the certificate of City . Weigher Griffin attached to the Toucher in the office of the State board of <- control; that on April 6 Mr. Sloan presented his bill ana was paid for 44,290 pounds, as shown by voucher in the office of the State board of control; that Mr. Sloan did borrow from Col. Vance 10,320 pounds of hard coal; that ' the coal borrowed and the coal refit turned was weighed by City Weigher -Griffin, as shown by his certificate of 0 iT- weights attached to the voucher in the office of the State board of control; that Mr. Sloan returned all the coal borrowed save 60 pounds, which he phid for at the rate of $7.50 per ton, as shown on voucher in the office of the State board of control; that the statement of D. A. G. Ouzts in reference te this transaction is absolutely false. ___ G. H. Charles, being duly sworn, says that he is one of the bookkeepers at the State dispensary ; that he has read in the papers the statement of D. A. G. Ouztg that Col. Vance invariably gave the orders for Lanahan & Son's wbiakles to be 8dipped out first, so ~. that the same could be bottled up and . Shipped out before the next meeting ? of the board of control; that Col. 1 Vance never gave verbal orders for the shipment of liquors purchased by the State board; that all orders were in writing; that he has examined the orders given by Col. Vance from April, 1898, to April, 1899, inclusive (during which period D. A. G. Ouzts served as bookkeeper to Cel. Vance; who was commissioner at that timeO that these orders, whichu are now oh die in the office of the ererk of the board of con-1 trod, by their dates show conclusively I that the statement of D. A. G. Ouzts Is absolutely false. F. E. Young, being duly sworn, says that he is the receiving clerk at the State dispensary, and as such k:eps a record of all goods received; that prior to his appointment D. A. G. Ouzts kept this book; that the entries from April, 1898, to May, 1899, except when Mr. Collins was doing Mr. Ouzts' work, are in the handwriting of D. A. G. Ouzts; that he has read in the papers the statement of D. A. G. Ouzts that Col. Vance when commissioner would order the Lanahan purchases shipped first, so that their liquor would be first received at the dispensary, bottled up and shipped oat before the next meeting of the State board of control; that the receiving book shows when the whiskey purchases were received; that the record as kept by D. A. G. Ouzts himself proves conclusively that his charges as stated above against Col. Vance are absolutely false. BLACK IS ON THE WAR PATH. He Hits Ouzts in the Eye and Uses Ugly Language?When Will the End Come? Capt. Black, the shipping clerk at the State dispensary, comes back at ex-Bookkeeper Ouzts in the following communication: To the Editor of The State: Since X-Bookkeeper Ouzts has finished his book of revelations, I wish to call the attention of the public to the following facts: I have been connected with the State dispensary as shipping clerk since May, 1898. I served under Col. \ ance, the commissioner, till May of the present year. From the time I entered upon my duties in May, 1898, till Col. Vance left, in May, 1899, there was no reason for anybody to believe or suspect anj ? wrong doing; everything worked smoothly, with the exception of one 1 man; that was Ouzts. He was always r creating trouble of some kind in ever} ; way that he possibly could ; he wantec . to run everything; he always dislikec * me, and, for several reasons, when the ' board of control saw fit to displace hia as shipping clerk, I was put in hii _1 . tU(n T 1 1 11 ?VI_ pineo , mxib, j. nave uoeu rouauiy m formed, nearly killed him. He had i talk at the time with some of the em ' ployes about me, said that I was n< ' gentleman, etc., and that he wcruli , have rather had his salary reduce* * $25 than to have lost his place as ship ping clerk, getting, as I am told, s< ' much a case on certain brands g ? whiskey to ship them. All of thi passed on till in January, 1899, whe: ' the Legislature met; there had to b L" 'one member of the board of contrc elected to succeed now X-Commissione Douthit, then a member of the Stat board of control. His opponent wa ** Hon. T. C. Robinson of Pickens, S. C ? and from what I had seen of Mi ? Robinson I thought him the rigl ' man, and a better man than Douthii ' I went to work for Robinson; did a ,0 that was in my power for him; he ws elected; this added fuel to fire wit ? Ouzts and others. In May of this yea , Douthit was elected commissione: and Ouzts was as near heaven as b f wanted to be; he said that he woul * have a say when Douthit got in; th .? he has had, in the way of stealing, el " He at once set about to run the buil( ing?all of the departments. I four ^ that he was (every time my back wi } turned) going through my desk, lool ing at jny private papers, trying 1 give orders to my hands, etc. I to] my truck hands to tell me %when the caught him in my desk looking ove ' my papers, books, etc.; this they di ' on many occasions. At last, a fe 0 months ago, Mr. H. S. Thomas, one < J my hands at that time, reported to u f that Ouzts had been going thrcug 1 everything. I immediately went 1 a the. commissioner's office and to] 6 Ouzts that If I ever caught him in m y office again?a G?d d?n thievin 'J scoundrel?examining my prival papers, I would shoot the top of h * bead off. 1 told him then and thei n all I knew how, and the language cou] '' net be mistaken. I was so rough wit him Capf. Webb came down from u u stairs and asked me to stop; I told hii * i would stop as soon as Ouzts decide whether or not he was going to figh J I offered to fight him in any way t a wished, and, although he weigl > about 275 pounds and I weigh about pounds, the cowardly cur didn't dai , open his mouth. J* ' All of these dates that he has give in the papers- were stolen from our o y fices, but a large majority of them ai > lies. He says I was drunk and disoi ? derly. WelffI suppose he must ha-? 6 been a coward and badly scared whe f I cursed him for all the low ?? ? 's that I could, and told him the ? he was a thief. u Ouzts has taken all of the mistake of the dispensary and laid them at m y door; this, he knows, is a low, cowarc w ly act. I am free to admit that I d >f make mistakes, the daily shipment * running from 500 to 1,500 cases, bu r there are dozens of times when th t goods are put in the wrong stack, an very often marked wrong at the wire* 8 thi% is caused in a great measure b 8 putting new men to mark the cases 3 and this is in a great measure due to th 8 fact that Ouzts was too lazy to do hi r duty. Mr. Collins, at the last of eacl 3 month ever since I have been con ^ necied with the State dispensary, ha< to help Onzts with or straighten hi books. This would make it necessary for the superintendent to put a nev man to do the marking; then, o course, the errors would be heard.fron all pver the State. nothinj whatever to do with"the marking, an< _ therefore arm not responsible for errori i < therfc. L ___ L ; Letters from dispensers and others are given, and Black continues as fol i1 lows:' yjfr ' i "This is only some as this internal I liar knows. I have sent as many as five ; cases marked wrong back to the wires i to be remarked at one time. I admit, i as I said before, that I make mistakes, i and believatevery man does ; this, howi ever, is not stealing. When I make a mistake it is my duty to correct it, which I have always done; when a man steals he should not be allowed to go at large like this fellow Ouzts, but the penitentiary is the proper place for 8tfCh criminals." Statements from Capt. B. C. Webb and Mr. M. H. Mobley are printed to show that Ouzts also made mistakes, and then Black goes on to say that Ouzts has on several occasions sent cases of whiskey from the building; this he might say was sent to him, and no doubt some of it was, but too much went away. There is now locked up in the desk that he worked at, at the State dispensary, twenty or twenty-one bottles of whiskey?a regular " blind tiger." He is mean enough to say something about Mr. Earhardt getting a little over his regular wages in the absence of a superintendent, when I must I v,- ? -li : J - ?I say 11c uas uu an uwhbiuus iiiaue, wuen left in charge of the bottling department, as good & superintendent a9 ever saw the building; still Ouzts goes North, visits whiskey men, and stays three weeks and on his return draws his regular salary and Mr. Collins, who took his place, I am informed, only received $15.00 fo?* doing Ouzts' work for three weeks. Why did he visit for three weeks whiskey men at the North? Who paid for the trip ? Of course, we all have an idea. He says, too, th t all of the members, 1 believe though that he onlv mentions three in number, have relatives in the dispensary. Suppose that they have, if they are competent and honest, whose business is it but theirs? The fact of the matter is, Ouzts has a nephew there himself, and while he didn't have the power to put him there it was his influence. One of the most cowardly things that I ever heard oi was when he tried to stab Mr. Miles in the back by slapping at Mr. ?. F. Young in the newspaper. Mr. Young is an orphan boy, working T hard to support his mother and aunt, everybody likes him in the building, he is as true as steel, the right kind of blood runs through his veins, he is T honest and upright in every respect; this Is the kind of boy Ouzts don't lite If he could be induced to steal he would be an angel. Ouzts says he is not competent and says that he made lots of mistakes ; I believe he does, like any c other man, make some. There was a g shipment from Tallapoosa, Ga., that s Ouzts says was checked up wrong by t r*r _ r Ai o Mr. i oung, do cases 01 empty Dowe?. The following will show what the glass t company had to say about it: Tallapoosa, Ga , Sept. 22, '99. 1 State Board of Control, Columbia, S. C. ? Dear Sirs : We have your telegram j ordering one car of half pints, also J letter confirming same and ordering one car of pints, which shall receive j our prompt attention. We are now loading a car, in which we will put one half pints and one-half half pints, so that you can have some of each, and 1 as soon as we can get another car set 1 in we will send another loaded one-half each. . We herewith enclose to you credit voucher for 65 cases, 27 112 gross error in shipment August 31st, and thanking you for favors shown, we remain, Yours very truly, (Signed,) Dixie Glass Co. By C. A. Norton, Treas. As to my doing my duty, whether I was drunk and disorderly or not is a matter with the State board of control, and not Ouzts; if it had been left 1 with Ouzts he would have displaced me with his lies long ago, and instead of my making the report that I did a month ago and showing these things up, and doing so without any fear of anybody they would have "had full swing and instead of their being out 1 of the State dispensary, the State disI mnnli^ Kava Kcan nilt ftf fliffht. pcusoi J VTVU1U uavo i/ow/u vu* w* ?. ' of the people of South Carolina, and ! it would have only taken a short time > for such men as Ouzts to sink it finan} cially, and forever. p He has something to say about my ! 1 working for Hon. M. R. Cooper at the I last election; lam no Judas, I did, I * worked night and day for him, and I 1 am indeed glad that he is electedj'snd 3 if I live till next summer will do so * again. This is my first and last com* munication to the newspapers. Ouzts ' is not my equal. I would not speak to such a cur on the streets, but slap his J dirty face? if he was to dare to speak * to me. I am still in the city of Colum" bia, work at the State dispensary and 0 live at the corner of Sumter and Taylor streets, and in conclusion wish * to say to the public, that Ouzts was Q turned out for dishonesty, and violat0 ing the orders of his superior officers, >1 and my opinion of him I have expressed r to him in the presence of witnesses e and have not hesitated to repeat it in * this article. ? * John Black. * ? THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION. ^ President McKinley Calls Upon Amh ericans, Cubans, Porto Ricans and kr Filipinos to Observe a Day ol r, '..Thanksgiving, e President McKinley has issued the d following thanksgiving proclamation: 18 A national custom dear to the hearts ? of the people calls for the setting apart of one day in each year as an oc1(1 casion of special thanksgiving to Al< 18 mighty God for the blessings of the preceding year. This honored obeervance acquires with time a tenderer a significance. It enriches domestic life. It summons under the family roof the absent children to glad reunion with L?l those they love. wf Seldom has this nation had greater _ cause for profound thanksgiving. Nc ? great pestilence nas invauea oar ** shores. Liberal employment waits J? upon labor. Abundant crops have rea warded the efforts of the husbandman, iy Increased comforts have come to the ? home. The national finances have 'e been strengthened, and public credit J? has been sustained and made firmer, i? In all branches of industry and trade L~ there ht>s been a steady gain in the >n moral and educational growth of o;r P national character. ^ Churches and schools have flourish!f* ed. American patriotism has been ex L alted. Those engaged In maintaining 16 the honor of the flag with such ff signal success have* been In a large , degree spared horn, disaster and >e disease. An honorable peace has been ratified with a foreign nation with 'f1 which we were at war, and we are now x" on friendly relations with every power 6 on earth. The trust which we have assumed ? for the people of Cuba has been faithn fully advanced. There is marked pro~ gress toward the restoration of healthy industrial conditions, and under wise sanitary regulations the island has en's joyed exemption from the scourge of J fever. The hurricane which swept l" over our new possession Qjf Porto Rico, 0 destroying the homes and property of J the inhabitants, called forth the in stant sympathy of the people of the ? United States, who were swift to re. spond with generous aid to the suffer^ ere. While the insurrection still cony tinues in the island of Luzon, business is resuming its activity, and confidence ? in the good purposes of the United * States is being rapidly established throughout the archipelago. J "For these reasons andpQiintiSSs" otherer l,, William MoKtiJley,Preai UOUb U1 tuo U11IWU WMtDO) UU uoiguj ' name Thursd^-tiler 30th day of No. vember^-srCTt, as a day of general /LThaUKsgiTing atd prayer, to be obJ served as such by all oar people .on this continent and in our newly acquired islands, as well as by those who may be at sea or sojourning in foreign lands; and 1 advise that on this day religious exercises shall be conducted 3 in the churches or meeting places of . all denominations, in order that in the social features of the day its real sign!* I ficance may not be lost sight of, but , fervent prayers may be offered to the , Most High for a continuance of the Divine guidance without which man's ' efforts are vain, and for Divine con1 solution to .those whoee kindred and , friends have sacrificed their lives for country. I recommend also that on this day, i so far as may be found practicable, , labor shall cease from its accustomed toil and charity abound toward the sick, the needy and the poor. In witness whereof, I have set my hand and eaused the seal of the United States to be affixed. (Signed) William McKinley. Under No Obligation.?On return- ing from the barn 9arly one morning the old man found his wife in tears. " Wha' cher crying about, Melissy?" he inquired. " 'Nother?one?uv our darters?was stole las' night," she sobbed. " The red-headed un ?" he asked laconicallv. " Yes?pore Mag?she was the best gal-" " Bob Scuttles ?* " Uv course; hasn't been no other feller waitin' on her. Ain't you goin to pursue after 'em an' arrest im ?" " Uv course not," he replied, sternly. I " I'm not under obligations to h6lp Bob Scuttles out of no difficulty. Let him I go ahead and work out his sentence, same's I've been doin' fur the las' 40 ; years." ? 1 I ?A boy, on starting to church one s Sunday, was given, by his father, a ? nickel and a twenty-five cents piece, t and told that he could put either the s one or the other into the contribution d box. On the boy's return he was asked n which coin he had contributed. He t thereupon explained that the preacher a had said that the Lord loveth*a cheer- h ful giver, and added, " I knew I could give the nickel a good deal more cheer- p fully than I could give the quarter, 60 S I threw in the nickel and kept the v quarter." G * RUTH REVEALED IN DREAM I v A STORY OP ACTUAL LIFE. I t be Innocent Wife Has the Real v Murderer Shown to Her By Her C Slain Husband in a Vision of the * Night. j The Thornton murder, which ocurred at the McK'nley mines, in Vir- i inia, has developed into one of the j trangest sensations of the times and i he profound mystery which developd the bloody deed has been revealed >y a dream. j The innocent wife of the murdered j nan, who was incarcerated in jail, charged with the crime, seemed to ( la-tTA ho/1 anmp, strange visitation dur ng her sleep Id her prison cell, and the unknown murderer was revealed x> her in a dream, in which her dead busband told her that her cousin, aeorge Ray, was his murderer. John Thornton, who was so mysteriously assassinated on the morning of July 30th, was a popular mining man who had many friends at Prosperity, where he resided, and also at Webb City, his former home. He was thirtyfour years of age when killed. About eight years ago he married a girl, and for several months they lived happily together. She was insanely jealous, and he seemed to often delight in trifling with her jealous feelings and to amuse himself by exciting her suspicions, especially when she chanced to provoke or irritate him. On one occasion he had aroused her jealous fury to such an extent that she got a pistol and attempted to kill him, | on the streets of Webb City, but the bullet missed its mark. Two years later $he again tried to kill him, but he seized the pistol and in the scuffle for it Mrs. Thornton was shot in the stomach, but soon recovered. After that they lived more peaceably together, and seemed happy and devoted to each other, except for occasional little family tilts, when she would become infuriated with anger, almost always the result of jealousy. Once in her life she vowed that she would never be happy until she had drunk John Thornton's hearts blood, but when her anger passed sWay she was the same loving and affectionate, 1 . mlfn Ulib SUD^iuiuud naoi On Saturday night, July 29th, John Thornton went to his usual work as night engineer and watchman at the Bulldog mine, one of the McKinley group, just west of Prosperity. It wag his custom to remain there all night when the mine was not running a night shift. About midnight he received a visit from a friend, E. D. Hawkins, the night watchman of the Good Enough mine, close by. During their conver setion Hawkins noticed a new ring or Thornton's finger and spoke of it ad miringly. Thornton said: "Yes, ] paid $9 for it on the installment plai at 25 cents a week." Saying this, he took off the ring and handed it tc Hawkins who examined it and then re turned it to Thornton. The two mei chatted pleasantly together until aftei 1 o'clock, when Hawkins took his de > parture. He was the last person, ex cept the assassin, who ever saw Johi Thornton alive. ' Next morning about 8 o'clock J. R Cornett^an employee of the Victoi mine, was passing, and glancing int< the engine room saw Thornton lying down, apparently asleep. He callet to him, but receiving no responsi shook him, and then discovered tha the man was dead, with his throat cu from ear to ear and an immense gap ing wound and mass of clotted blcxx presenting a ghastly spectacle. Thorn ton had been lying face downward in*; pool of blood and a mass of cinder from the boiler, and his face wa covered with cinders and ashes and hi own life's blood. Cornett soon spread the alarm am the coroner appeared. When the mur dered man's face was washed a bulle i hole was found in the right temple i The coroner's jury returned a verdic i to the effect that John Thornton ha< come to his death at the hands of somi i person or persons to toe jury unknown > It was a mystery to which no clev could be fQund until Hawkins, the mai who had last seen Thornton alive, ap peared. He told about his visit u Thornton and his chat about the ring ; It was then noticed that the ring wa gone, and robbery was supposed V i have been the motive of the murder. While the mystified miners and vil lagers discussed the strange "kill in j and advanced various theories as to it cause and as to the assassin, a curiom coincidence happened at the Thorn toi homer" The wife of the murdered mai handed her mother a gold ring anc told her to put in on John's finger that she wanted'him buried with thi ring on the finger where he had wori it. Those who heard of this incideni and had heard dawkins tell of seeing this same ring on Thornton's finger the night before coupled the two incident together and thought they had found a solution of the mystery and had die "covered the assassin. Mrs. Thornton was asked where she got the ring. <(I shook it out of John's clothes,'1 she answered, unconscious of the pari the ring was to play in leading to her accusation of the murder. There was talk on every side. The . yrife of the dead man was believed to be the assassin or an accomplice. Her several attempts to kill her husband were recalled, as also her assertion that she would -never be happy until she had drunk John Thornton^ heart's blood. The gossips told of Mrs. Thornton's past, and the dark spots in her career were magnified until she was made a fiend in human shape. The more, they talked the more firmly convinced were they of the woman's guilt, and no other theory was considered and no other clew was sought. Her guilt was fully established, according to all accepted theories, and on Monday a warrant was issued for the arrest o 1 Mrs. Thornton on the charge of murder in the first degree. In some respects the case resembled the great Maybrick murder sensation, but a merciful and mysterious spirit or power revealed the truth and saved Mrs. Thornton from the awful fate of Mrs. Maybrick. In jail charged with her husband's murder, Mrs. Thornton seemed astounded and unable to realize the situation or to understand why she should be accused of murder. But her protestations of innocence and expressions of astonishment were all accepted as a part of the tragedy which a fiendish woman had committed. Her guilt was regarded as certain and the unfortunate woman had no defenders. She soon found that her only hope was in higher power than man, and that in order to prove her innocence she must find the murderer. In her adversity she had lost her friends. She felt as if all the world had deserted her, and in her wretchedness she sought relief in prayer. Imploring Almighty God to be merciful and reveal to her the murderer of her husband and free her from the charge of guilt and open her prison door, the Rejected woman feel asleep and dream3d .that her dead husband had returned &o hbr. When he appeared before her )he asked him if he could not tell her ffho killed him. He bowed his head tnd told her to send for her cousin, jfeorge Bay, and accuse him. The dream seemed so real to the im)risoned woman that when she awoke he could not control her emotion. She was sure that what her husband i old her was true, and whether what < he had seen was a spirit or only the ? ream of a disordered mind, she could 1 tot tell, but she was so fully convinced < hat George Bay was her husband's t ssassin that she could not rest until s te was brought before her. " Day finally dawned, and the anxious 1 risoner told her jailer her dream, s o firmly was he impressed by its c ividness that he consented to send for c reorgeBay. A deputy sheriff visited b * fey and told him Mrs. Thornton ranted to see him at the Cartage jail, le went with the officer, and together hey entered the woman's quarters, rhere she met them. After a few iommonplace remarks were passed beween them, Mrs. Thornton turned to fey with a look that seemed to pene;rate his very soul, and said: " George, I'm in prison, charged vith a terrible crime, and if you have my idea who murdered John Thornton for God's sake tell me, for I don't want to suffer for this crime." Ray sat motionless and almost dumfounded. The woman's earnest and Impressive manner completely unnerved him and the abruptness of the M.?AAfinn fhwam KJm rvfF Kia TTai* ljucsurm wuion mm vu uio ? uui u* * several minutes he was silent, but the woman's eyes were riveted upon him, and he seemed powerless to turn his eyes away from her penetrating gaze. He looked at her pleadingly and piteously, and then broke down and began crying. " I done it," were the only words he said, until the deputy sheriff began to question him, when he made a clean breast of it and told all. He said he went to the engine room and found Thornton asleep in a chair: then he shot him. When the bullet struck Thornton he opened his eyes and seemed to recognize hi9 assassin as he fell from the chair. Then Ray drew a razor, and, to make sure of the job, cut the dying man's throat from ear tc ear, almost severing the head Iron the body. He then took Thornton'i money, a roll of bills, and his ring, anc returned to Thornton's house, arriving at 3:10 o'clock. Ray gave as his motive for killing Thornton the hatred he bore th< latter for repeatedly cursing and abus ing him for loafing about the hous< and living off him instead of going t work. Ray is a consumptive in a ver; feeble condition.?His feet are swolle: with rheumatism, and he felt unabl to work. On the day preceding th night of the killing, Thornton ha been very abusive to Ray, and the cdz snmotive bo v. driven to desDeratioi determined to kill him. He took th money and ring to give the idea th; Tnomton had been murdered an robbed by tramps. Bay told where the roll-of bills wt concealed in an old stove, and whei .the razor had been driven into tb ground, in the stable. The mone was found as he described it, It beir a roll of bills amounting to $75, ar > the razor was dug up in the stabl > Ray showed the officers an old minir > shaft, into which he had thrown tl pistol, but as it contained several fe i of water, and they were convinced > -the accuracy of his confession tl t officers deemed further search unnecc sary. i Ray was committed to prison a] - Mrs. Thornton was released, her 1 T nocence having been proved by tl t discovery of the murderer of her hi i band, as revealed to her in a dream. * ITEMS OF GENERAL IN TERES ' Quaint and Curious Paragrap Gathered from Various Sources i ?Lieut. Brumby, of the Olympia, said to be the greatest smoker in t i. navy. Except when eating, sleep! r or on duty, he always has a cigar 3 his mouth. ! ?The construction of a cigar b 1 may seem a very simple matter to t 3 novice, but the box passes through t different processes before it is re% t to receive the cigars. ~ ?The movement for tho erection 1 a monument in San Francisco to co memorate Admiral Dewey's victory 1 Manila is already assured of a succe; 8 ful outcome, the fund having reach 8 $36,000. s ?Instead of issuing return checks I persons leaving a theatre during t . performance, the Japanese mark t t departing spectator On the hand wl an India rubber stamp, tbe mark vai I ing each evening in form and color. 1 -?Of the 140 cities in the Unit a States having a population df 30,000 l( over, all save 41 own and operate t v municipal water supply. Only fc i have municipal gas works?Dulul - Richmond, Wheeling and Toled :> while 13 own and operate electric lig . plants. 9 ?Cooperage woods have advanc v 20 per cent, largely caused by the t ormous demand from the whisky co - bine. Experimenters are trying I make cloth and soap out of wood pu b Sawdust and wood waste have alm< 9 as great a value as the plank ten yes i ago. ?The Illinois Supreme Court b } ruled that the shade trees in the stre J. in front of a man's property belong ' him and cannot be cut down or mut 5 ated without hie consent. The si 1 was one in which a property own t sued a telephone company for cuttii > off the limbs of his trees in order ' make room for its wires. [ ?A few years ago a Western ra . road ..planted 600 acres of land wi trees with the idea of growing timb s -for railway tiss and telegraph pole The trees have made good growth, b , are not quite ready for. use as pole and some of the trees are now beii ' cut out and made into fence posts, order to thin the forem. \ ! ?A paper published in Lima, Pert ( tells of an artillery soldier who w: sentenced to be .flogged, and as the r gulation cat-o'-nine-lails was not I hand was put In prison to await its a rival-r-the officer in charge being stickler for discipline. It was about year before the requisite scourge wi supplied by the authorities, and t that time the soldier had been dea several months. * ?The Lincoln League of Californii * . . ? A 1 V wtoicn is to erect a statute 01 Auranai Liccolnjin San Francisco, has about d( cided to accept the design submitted b John Gelert, of New York. The desig represents the martyred Presides seated in a large arm chair. The figur will be of bronze and the pedestal c granite, with decorative panels c marble. ?The next great celebration in Nei York is likely to be held in Septembei 1909, and it will be the 300th annivez sary of the discovery of the Island c Manhattan by Henry Hudson. Th 200th anniversary, in September, 1805 was modestly celebrated by a dinner held under the auspices of the Net York Historical Society. There is al ready talk that the anniversary mai be celebrated by a World's Fair. ?To designate a minister as " Rev erend Brown " is a vulgarism that vio lates correct form and good taste, anc yet not only is the phrase used by news paper reporters, but it is heard even iz presbyteries, in reports and minutes, and, worst of all, sometimes minister! themselves are guilty of this illiterate solecism. The correct form is " Rev, Mr. Brown," or "Rev. John Brown, or the most dignified form is "The Rev. John Brown." ?It is said that the bo olinks which rear their young on the shores^of Lake Winnipeg, Canada, and go to Cuba and Porto Rico to spend the winter, twice traverse a distance exceeding 2,800 miles or more than a fifth of the circumference of our earth, each year. The kingbird lays its eggs as far north as the 57th degree of latitude, and is found in the winter in South America. The biennial pilgrimages of the little redatar exceed -3f000 miles, and the tiny hummingbird 2,000. ?The eity of Copenhagen, Denmark, Ls overrun with rats, and is trying to sxterminate tbe pests by offering a small bounty on each rat killed. In ;he first week 0,094 rodents were offiiially recorded as having been slaughtered ; the number grew to 6,616 in the lecond week, and to 6,780 in the third, ^hen the number shall have reached 0,000 per week it is thought that ome impression will have' been made in the army of rats. Meanwhile rat etching is a popular and lucrative port with the youth of the town; ????I?? OUSTS FIRES ANOTHER GUN. n 81 JUST SHELLING THE WOODS. ^ a His Correspondents in Marlon County Tell an Interesting Tale About p Ex-Chairman Haselden. Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts has begun a new * series of revelations, and promises to j open with heavier guns hereafter. Fe writes as follows : ? To the Editor of The State: i So far there have been two and a J quarter attempts to answer my " revelations." I do not think any impres- * sion has been made on the public by ) the two and a quarter attempts, which are only an effort to muddy the waters ' bv calling me names so as to divert at- j tention from the clear out issues 1 have * made. The public does not care what ' ii thought of me by the men against ; whom 1 have made charges?but the public is anxious to know if those ( charges are true. If no Setter defense can be made than has been pre- 1 sented, they had better keep silent. They try to weaken my charges by attacking my character, but while they call me names and make a few charges, they simply make the charges and do | not attempt to prove them as 1 proved P what I charged. The quarter attempt was made by J. ! St. Julien Yates, who simply exempilt tied the truth of the saying that* fools 3 rush in where angels fear to tread." [ There is no use wasting time on such . a poor, pitiful dispensary pimp. He * used to hang around Columbia, beg. ging for orders. He got several large * orders for glass, but his bottles were of such inferior quality that he could B sell no more, and4iad to find fresh 0 fields to work. Then he secured a ? beer privilege in Chaileston, which he q farmed out, getting 975 a month for Q the use of his privilege. The tenant g holders of the privilege nnauy waa d closed out, owing the State several hundred dollars for royalty. Yates } now rushes into print and bootlicks g the majority faction, probably in the it hope that his zeal will be rewarded d with some of the crumbs from the dispensary table, at which he has feasted .a in the past, ,e The replies of Saselden and Black lQ have already been sized up by the ,v papers of the State at their true value. * They are generally regarded as a transparent attempt to draw attention e away from my charges by blackguard' ing me. But even were all they say about me true?and it is cot, nor have et they attempted to give proof?it would 0f not weaken the force of my charges, ie which I backed up with proof, g. Some papers say I should not have waited until I lost my position before making charges. At the outset of my Q. revelations as to unworthy officials kg who made public office a private snap, 1S. I stated that many matters of which I would write I had reported to the members of the State board of oontrol. If in their judgment it was not wise T. then to turn on the light and have an investigation, it is not my fault and 119 should net be charged up to me. The complaints I made pf irregularities ia drew down upon me the wrath of those he against whom charges were'made. J Qg was accused of being a mischiefmakei and I was in danger of losing my position. My friends on the board advised me to make no more complaints until they. had a majority of the board, bul , n unfortunately they have remained in t minority. 4 ay When I was first elected book keeper to Commissioner Vance, Mr of Haselden, then chairman, asked me m- tn keen him posted. I did so foi at awhile, until I saw he would do noth 88- ing on my reports. He was not s< ed strong on investigations then as he h now. , to Mr. Haselden in his card says he re be plies to articles " appearing over _mj he name." I would like for hiiq to infora 1th the public who wrote the messages tc ry- the board of control he signed anc read to it while chairman. He got ed the credit for them, but who wrote or them ? One of the messages ended bj be praising my work as bookkeeper ant iar saying I was well qualified and com ;b potent. I did not f^rite that part, Joi '0; I am too modest to praise myself. Bui that praise of me made the othei clerks jealous, and a paragraph had tc , be aaded giving them the praise of the 6(1 chairman. I am responsible for all 5n" articles signed by me, and if Mr. Hasel den does not like them he can easily ,to find me. 'P* Will Mr. Haselden tell the public who wrote his statement in regard tc krs Mr. McDanlel of Chester, who was removed by the board ? By the way, as docs he write what he now signs? iet Judging by the past I would say that to he gets somebody else to do so. 11- In those days Mr. Haselden did not dt think me incompetent. Nor does he er believe now that I am either inoompeag tent or dishonest. Ir he did, he would to have had me removed*on such charges, instead of a trumped up charge for il- violation of an alleged order of the th board?a charge they did not dare er giye me a hearing on, though .they promised it at But Mr. Haielden is good at making ?, false charges, such as he preferred ig against Mr. Douthit, and he now insinln nates against me. He started at that game early in life. I have gone back . and traced up his rectfrd. I would not ? <''??? Kl* Knt tha foak that OQ UDIO UVUO IUIB..W1?> ?w? ?HW x - ?M>a e. the child is lather to the man and the further fact that as the twig is inclined r. so is the tree bent. I will show how a he is now fulflliing the promise of his a youth. As a preface to that story, *g which will be published in the future, (v I will publish two ietters from citizens i of Marion, Mr. Haselden's home county, showing how my " revelations" are appreciated by his neighbors. A *> man's standing at home is the surest 11 criterion of his real wocth?if he have 3" any* , * , 'J The first is dated Oct. 17,1899, and is as follows: e Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts, Columbia, S. C. >f Dear Sir: I have been reading with if much interest your revelations in reference to the mismanagement of the j _ dispensary, as they have appeared from day today in the public prints. It ,1 strikes me that while your charges are well sustained, tbey do not go down e deep enough in the matter and many I things are as yet unrevealed and will only be known when there is a thor' ough legislative investigation as there . was in the penitentiary matter. * * There are some things in reference to 1 ex-Chairman Haselden as a public of-. fleer that ought to be known. Since ' his connection with the board of con* trol hundreds of bottles of all kinds of 1 liquors and wines and lager beer by ' the barrel have been shipped to Sellers 1 to him by various liquor houses for his * own personal use. In every instance 1 the freight is prepaid and he has noth! ing to do but take it out. Of course it ; is a physical impossibility to drink it all Klmaalf vVlllo ho hifl IovaI Oil UAIUOVU) W MV WVW M*V ?? f v* 1 best to do so, aad the balance is distributed about free, where it will do the most good. I am told that he has , a room in .his house fixed up for the the display of his goods and has large : bottles on which appear, in large gilt , letters, such labels as the following: ( "Haselden's Night Cap," Haselden's j Private Stock, "Haselden's Dew j Drop," etc. All this is received from 1 liquor houses and is sent to him abso- j lutelyfree. Many young men have been j offered liquor in his house and often ? come away in all stages of intoxication ? and I, myself, have seen older men, q men with families, come from his Louse r as drunk as the proverbial fiddler's 8 bitch. The books of the express com- ? pany at Sellers will show the many > shipments. The influence of a free bar in that community is worse than a dis! pensary or a blind tiger. * * * All b i the above facts and many more similar S can be substantiated by record and un- 0 impeached testimony. You might also * inquire who was it?Haselden or ft Cooper?who had the box of samples *1 shipped to Spartanburg for a certain ol candidate during the last State pri- ta lary and about which so much was lid at the time. The second is from another town in iarion under date of October 18,1899, nd is as follows: Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts?Dear Sir: The eople of this county have read with auch interest your chapter on the Ion. J. Dudley Haselden. What is terhaps a surprise and shock to other ections of the State only creates a mile down here, for the people have ong been talking that some people rere feathering their nests. In ad* lition to the many relatives of Mr. laselden whom you have mentioned is getting office under him, you might nention another cousin by marriage, n T D/*/ia cf iKla nln/^O A t Li JJi uaso, uiopguoei ?v umj |/*ww ;he time Got. McSweeney took office, i large part of the constabulary of the State hailed from this ci ant/. Through whose influence they were appointed [ do not know. Perhaps you do. They were Chief W. W. Sellers, Division Chief John G. Watson, Privates J. Rich Hayes, Game J. T. Doeier, being near neighbors of Mr. Haselden. At the time Mr. Haselden became a member of the board of control he owned a judgment against him of between $2,000 and $i,600. That judgment has been paid. It has been reported for months that packages of whiskey had been shipped to Mr. Haselden from various liquor houses, of the very fanciest kind put up in bottles marked " Haselden's Best," " Haselden's Pride," etc. It has also?been reported that Mr. Haselden has a college record equal to that of his dispensary record. * Messrs. Mobley and Webb join in the attempt to make it appear that I did not work hard and that I made mistakes. Mr. Mobley is one of the bookkeepers to the State board of control. His home is in Winnsboro and he goes there nearly every Saturday evening, losing time from his work. Sometime* he does not return until Monday even ine or Tuesday morning. Captaii Webb also pays visits to his home ii Charleston. When here he does no' hurt himself with work. He and Mob ley often get behind with their work and then an inspector is taken off thi road to help them. This soft sna] usually falls to Inspector Moody, oni of Mr. Haselden's cousins. He has no regular work in the Stat dispensary, but helps Messrs. Webi and Mobley. .They go to work at 81 m., and leave at 1 p. m., for dinnei often staying from one and a half t two and a half hours. On October 2 Capt. Webb went to dinner at 1 p. m and returned at 4:30 p. m. Mr. Mood seems really afraid they will catch ui or, at least, I suppose he has such fear, for I and others have seen hii enjoying a quiet nap in the dispensar In the afternoon. But as he is M: Haselden's cousin he can sleep on h 1 job. His nape conle high, for the Stat pays him $100 a month. ' Mr. Mobley talks of mistakes.. Hei 1 is one in which he figured. It is h ; duty to furnish inspectors the stat ments they use in checking up dispei sers' accounts. He furnished one to s inspector to check up the Allenda ; dispenser, but charged against thi J dispenser about S6.000 worth of liqut which had been sent to .the Abbevil dispensary. Naturally the Allenda I dispeifeer was scared nearly to deat I for he seemed to be badly in the hoi He refuted to accept any such inspe tion and another trip had to be jnad The State lost the expense of theWxti " trip to Allendale, besides the inspe ; tor s time. All the invoices I made out for ti , dispensers were verified by some Di , in the board of control office.. Tl reason for having such a verificatit AM/4 fknt . WM Ml UOWUt wiwi a nuu vwi i w> ?u?t r If in the rash of business I made mJ { mistakes the verification bj them w , to catch them, but they did not aiwa; I do this. Such errors, therefore, are i t much, .if not more, theirs than mine. > am willing to compare my record f< r correctness with any of them in U i dispensary and I am willing to go ' . the books for my proof. But this hi . no bearing on my case for 1 was m . fired for incompetency, but was doi ! up as " as a personal courtoay u to M . Miles in sustaining his act'^a as to n suspension, and this, too, when he Vol i Mr. Douthit he would not hare su . peuded me had he known at the tin , the facte in the case as he learm them afterward. Why did he not ai , before suspending ? > They are prating so about mistake . I will just say here that the board^la week admitted eome of my chargi > when it passed a isolation as to ma) i ing a change in the way of markir the boxes so as to prevent mistake ; But still this does, not atop them, i , will be seen from the following lette , which proves that mistakes oontinn in the shipping department: Vabnville, S. C.j Oct 9,1899. Dear Sir: I only ordered aix 1-gallc demijohns of X corn and six l gallo demijohns of 80 rye. Through soa mistake i received thirty-six 1-gallo demijohns of X corn and thirty-si 1-galion demijohns of. 80 rye, whic overstocks me considerably. B. A. Rice, Dispenser. I guess it does overstock him eoi sidsrably?nearly two whole barrel more than he ordered. Varnville is small place and this overstocking wi take him perhaps a year to sell. - As the other side seems to have ru out of ammunition, I fire the abov few rounds to show I have plenty o hand. They appear to want to 1c them die out, so 1 have written this t keep up interest. When they do al tempt to reply I will fire the "heav gvns I hold in reserve. - D. A. G. OUZTS. ? ? I The Color op Water.?Prof. Spring reports on his experiments of man; years to explain the color of water He has come to the conclusion that i pure blue is the natural color of water for when we look through a long tub .filled with distilled water against < brilliant white surface, a pure blue ii seen, such as is shown by the Lake o Geneva, in quiet weather, a color whict is not influenced by superficial or in< terior reflection. When pure water becomes slightly turbid by extreme]} finely divided white or oolorless particles floating therein, they refldcteven in the case of ground mountain crystal a yellqw light, which unites with the natural bine into a brilliant green color, such as is exhibited bwthe Neuen burg and Boden Lakes. The peculiar fact established by various observers, that th&> water of ordinarily green lakes turns perfectly colorless at times, is not due to a clarification, bat on the contrary, to an influx of a reddish mud, colored by ferric oxide, which completely neutralizes the green. Anptheb Cotton Mill.?The Spartanburg Evening Telegram says that Mr. A. B. Groce, of Duncan's, has secured an option on the famous Van Patton Shoals, about four miles above Woodruff, on Enoree river, and steps ?rill be taken to organize an immense j jotton mill at that point. This shoal 8 one of the finest water powers in the Piedmont region, a large body of water fith a shoal of over sixty feet in leight The power, if developed, will >e sufficient to turn a very large mll? >nd its location is highly desirable, teing only about three miles from the Charleston and Western Carolina raiload. The surrounding country is a plendld farming region, and has a Teat deal of wealth. ?The supply of diamonds at Kimerly is so plentiful that diamond diging has almost ceased in other parts f ?he world. Two per cent, of the hole production is all that comes ' om any part but Kimberi> There, le mines pay a profit of ten millions ! dollars annually, on a nominal capid of twenty mimoHs, TO-DAY. "^1 There's a time to wake and a time to sleep, A time to labor, a time to rest; There's a time to give and a time to keep, Ere the hands at last fold over the breast, And the form is still on the still white bed: In the crowded streets, by the lonely shore, Make haste to lead where the weary tread? The good we do must be done before The stars are out?and the night is nigh, Wherein we never may husn a sign. Some day the hands so quick to caress Will clasp each other no more? some night The brow that the brown locks love to press Will lift its last in thelrar for right The lips that offer sweet words of hope rr- t i a j *11 ? xu uearuj o erDuiueneu win more iur none? No aid from these for the lost who grope Through the wind and rain, for their day is done. We may woond or heal, we may scoff or pray, Bat thai we would do moat be done today. THE GARDES OF EDS*. * . A Railroad to Ron Through the Valley of die Euphrates to the Persian Gulf. It Is said that an English syndicate has secured the concession from the Saltan of Turkey to build a railroad through the Euphrates Valley to the Persian Gulf. If the scheme materialises, the railroad will ran through the reputed site of the Garden of Eden. Biblical scholars hare reasoned-that ' this tract was In Mesopotamia, the disi t4ct lying between the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates, and if this is the ease the railroad will traverse it. The project of building a railroad from Constantinople to the Persian Gulf was broached many years agohy thfe late Ferdinand de Lease pe, hut his attempts , were in rain. England and Russia hare both tried to obtain a similar privilege. At last Germany received permission to build a railroad from a port opposite Constantinople to Angora, , and the Anatolian railroad ' was the re- * ^ suit. The extension of this railroad -w f?v?m T^rtniah. Brat to B&udad and thence 3 to Bassora on the Persian Golf, has been a pet scheme oi Emperor William, e and, acoording to the New York Herb aid. the move which the English syndik cat? i8 now about to undertake is a re. suit of the entente onrdiale between I the two countries, i 0 To Great Britain it means a new and *j shorter road to India, as lire days may be saved, and to Germany it means a ; new field for colonisation and a good 1 feeder for a rOad already in operation. |? u The first year the Anatolian railway y carried 300 carloads of wheat, the se- r oond year 700 carloads of oereaU. The k railroad has done muoh to alter the character of the country, to build up towns, to open factories and bring good \ European colonists to cultivate the j? soil. One.of the chief obstacles to t&e Is progress of the country hie been the . 8" shiftless Turkistuinhebitant*, who did a* not wish to use modern tools and have U not sufficient ambition to try to get rich. They will aot sit in the seats in " the railways cars, but squat, on the r floor, so that at last it was necessary to J? take out the seats and leave the pasJ? senger coaches almost like cattle oars. n' The sparse population of the district J through which the railroad runs is an advantage for the new eotaen from e- Europe, who have no diffienity in find** leg all the land they require. c' The climate of the. different parts of Asia Minor and Mesopotamia is so vaie ried that the greatest variatTOfpn?ie ducte be raised succeeslallv in difw ferest parts of this broad domain. S- A Senatorial Slander.?Two lass dies visiting in Washington during YB one of the sessions of Congress wpat to ss the Capitol to hear the proceedings In ^ I the United Staies Senate. Most of the galleries being filled, they approached ie the doorkeeper of the Senators* galto lery, where admission is by oard* As is they did not possess tills passport, the 01 aeor*oeper augg'mtou uu?n urej yrw ie care one from, any Senator they mitfht r. be acquainted Mth. ty "Bat ire do not know any Senator," Id they replied. ? * a- " Weil, It Is very much to your credie IV'^id the doorkeeper.. u Beep right ?The man who mar Aee lor 8? la a fool?unless he gete.it in advance^ ?, [J ?Manisa peculiar animal.When * he gets what he wants he doesn't want f ?A truly good wife-is one who lores her husband and her country,- bnt Pj doesn't want to run either. the food oMlove, but now the^menu consists mostly of bonbons aed foe n ?The French government is fostall16 ing a system of wireless telegraphy be,Q tween the light houses on theuois* of Jj h ?" Mamma," said Charlie, "f think I'll be a preacher when I grow up." ' " Very well, my son," replied the food i- mother; bnt what puMhe idea into 18 your head?" " Well," rented the ? litttle fellow, "Is'poee I've got tOg) "*""^3 11 to church all my life anyway, and ws ^ aheap more fun. to walk around and 1 n talk than it is to sit still." ? ?Rev. John L. Bcudder, of Jersey ? City, Ui the fourth of bis serfnoaa on * " Marriage Bells," said: "In the Oar? den of Eden there were two persons?a > ' man and his wife." ' The Boston Jour' nal says: "No, then were three.. The ^ serpent was. with them. Always the triangle that has inspired so many j novels, poems, plays." mt-_ i -' iri-vi __<* J ?XUB J?w? umioui^io pwiun wv . ir men to practice at the bar; bat the I . Supreme Court of the State has do- J i cided that a lawyer of that sex elected fl , prosecuting attorney in Qg&irr^flaaiL- A 3 ty can not legally hold the office he- ; i causa she 1a not a qualified elector. ^ ^ i There 1b ng prohibition in the lair to [ prevent a woman from acting as a prol secuting attorney, but it is held as a rule of common law that where the statutes are silent respecting qlalifica- ~ r tions to office it most be understood \nlj - that only electors are* eligible. It la t said that the case will be appealed to * the.Supreme Court. . Horses Ik Large Cities.?The " great, cities of (he world use up an enormous number of horses every, year, J ami these must constantly be restfppk- * * ed by horses from the country foreign parts. It is stated that in the j subnrbs of London alone there are 750,000 horses in use, and that 100,0W horses must every year be sent into these suburbs to take the place of Ihoae worn out The city of Beijin takes 100,000 new horses every year. A large number of the horses used in omnibuses and on tram-lines, both in" Engiand and on the Continent, an imported from the United States. The horses from the United States are shipped from the ports of Hew Tork and Boston to the ports of London, Liverpool and Glasgow, and quite a large number an transshipped at London for fkfl aaW. inhmm an/T TT.VM TIia VUV yvilO VI AUbfTViy AUU M?f4Vi ^ ocean rates on horses from New York and Boston are from fire pounds to six j pounds per head, including feed and 1 attendance, insurance, /or the Yoyage J and for ten days after landing, and doek \ charges.?Household Words. Pekin has a tower in which is hung a :t& large bell cast in the fifteenth century, .^Jgj ana another cower containing a huge J9 dram, which is intended to be beaten hi case a great danger BhouM threaten -M the city. No one is allowed to enter 39 these towers. , . </&&' ? SlH