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GEN. R. E. LEE. The Intimate life of tho Groat Com mander Mude Public SOME MOOTED POINTS SETTLED. Iiottcra Produced Giving Glimpses of His Greatness That Even Bis Comrades lu Arma Never Understood. ?n "?tecollect?ons and Letters of General Robert E. Lee," by his sou, Robert "E. Lee, which has Just been c Issued from the press of Doubleday, 1 Page & Co., New York, an Interesting I volumoTias been added to the litera- * ture of the civil war, and tho most intimate picture, yet drawn of the ? southern commander in his private i and uffloial life is given. The author 1 does not attempt to cuter the ?eld of j the historian us far as the war itself * is concerned. As the titile of the work implies it is largely composed of his father's letters, most uf them to his Immediate family, and he makes 1 , no addition of value to the military ' history of the late war. The chief 1 Interest of the hook lies in its person- 1 al phase, as relating to the daily life, 1 the mental attitude and characteris- 1 tics of General Lee. This correspondence, most of it of ! the most Intimate character, in a ( measure serves to reflect General Lee'.s views on the great questions with which lils career is so closely bound. "Writing with all the freedom of a husband and father to wife and chll 1 dren, or to intimate friends, "leeters ? which he probably never dreamed ' would see print, the man himself ? stands revealed. Thioughout his cor respondence is a devoutly religious j tone. Hardly a letter is given but 1 which evidences the deep faith of the ' man. Writing from camp and from battlefield? he seldom failed to ac knowledge or Invoke divine help for < bis cause, his family, and himself. | Therp is a, notable absence of military i ^'-rviirmation io these letters. "Wherever i it i?; brought in it ls incidental aud ] tbos\ who anticipated light on the ] military problems of the great struggle ( will uS disappointed. I STOOD TO HIS STATIC. < The author condenses into one '' chapter the perokl prier to his father's ' resignation from thc United States . army, and contiues himself to General ' Lee's own utterances in letters to his j .atoily and friends as to the motives which actuated him In ids decision. Writing to his sister, Mrs. Ann Mar shall, on the day he tendered his resignation, General Lee said: "Now , we arc in a state of war which will yield to tothing. The whole south is in a state of revolution, Into which , Virginia, after a long struggle, has , been drawn; and though 1 recognise * \ no necessity Tor this state of tilings, j and would have forborne and pleaded to the end Tor redress of grievances, leal or supposed, yet in my own per.-on I had to answer the question whether I thould take pait against my native state. With all my devotion to the union and the feelings of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, 1 have not been able bo make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have, therefore, resigned my commission in the army and save in defense of my native state, with the sincere Hr>"? .that-my pcor services may needed, I hope I may never L jailed on to draw a sword." On the same day he wrote inlHmllar strain to his brother, Captain Sydney Smith Lee of the United States navy. DID NOT "WANT COMMAND. In 1868 General Lee wrote to Senator Iteverdy Johnson In regard to a debate itt toe senate in whicb Senator Simon Cameron had made certain state ments. In this letter General Lee said: "I never intimated to any one that I desired the command of the United States army; uor did I ever have a conversation with but one gentlemen, Mr. Francis Preston Blair, on this subject, which was at his invitation and as 1 understood, at the instance of President Lincoln. After listening to his remarks 1 de clined the oller he made me-, to take command of the army that was to bc brought into the lieid, stating as courteously as 1 could that though opposed to secession and deprecating war, I could take uo part in an inva sion of the .southern states." General Lee adds that he went directly to General Scott, told him cf the proposi tion that had been made him, aud two days later, concluding that he ought no longer retain Iiis commission, resigned from the army. Two dais latter on invitation of Hie governor cf Virginia, he went to llichumond, found that the convention liad passeel the secession ordinance and accepted the position of commander in chief of the state forces. There follows many letters Witten in the spring and sum mer of 1801 to his wife at Arlington, counseling lier on family matters and the homely duties of bis estate and household. On May 2? bc was trans ferred with his command to the con federate states army. Ina letter he said: "I do not know what my posi tion will be. 1 should like to retire to private life if 1 could be with you and the children, but if 1 can be of any sei vice to the state or ber cause, I must continue." Soon aft-, r the bist battle of Manass?s General Lee was sent into West Virginia, and la the numerous letters to his family he interestingly describes the country, his raw soldiers and the ditllculties lie faced. DKKl'I.Y ItBLIQOUS. Theco letters were continued with great regularity after he was sent to South Carolina in the winter of 1861. Many of these are deeply religious. "Writing his wife on Christmas day he said: ''If we can only become sen sible of our transgression, so as to be fully penitent and forgiven, that thiB heavy punishment ui.der which we labor may with justice be removed from us and thc whole nation, what a gracious consummation of all that we ha,\e endured it will be." In the same letter he voices his forebodings for his old home and says if it is des troyed he would like to purchase Stratford (on the lower Potomac), "lt is a poor place," he adds, "but we could make enough corn bread and bacon for our suppoot and the girls co ld weave us ole -Ivn " Tue author, thc it at the Ualverslty of Virginia, aesorlbes his father's consent for bim to enter the army, which he did as a private in the Kr.ckbridge artillery. "I do not suppose," he says, 1 it evi r occurred to my father to think of giving me au ellice, which he could easily have done. 1 know it never occured to me." On the day following tho bat tle of Seven Pines General Lee assumed command of thc Army of Northern Trglnla, General Joseph E. Johnston laving been severely wounded. The uthor tells of one amusing encounter , rt th his father. It was at the second attie of Manassas, when all powder rimed and ragged and with sponge taff In band he saw General Lee and taff ride up and take position near tis battery. Young Lee spoke to a taff officer and told him who be was. Viten General Lee dropped bis glas* .nd turned to his staff the c Ulcer said: 'General bore is some ono who wants 0 speak to you." The general not ecognlzlng his s n said: "Well, my nan, what can I do for you?" WAS NEYKR IDLE. Capt lin Lee says that one marked diaracterlstio of bis father was bis lablt of attending to all business iromptly. "He was never idle," he lays, ' 'and what he had to do be per 'orraed with care and precision." The U ng series of letters to bis wife ind family, rarely more than a few weeks elapsing without one, evidence lot only of General Lee's cipaoity for lusiness In the direction of his private 1 (fa i rs, his devoutly religious mind, .ut a quaint humor that here and .here brightens the generally sad and mender correspondence. In the win ier of 1802 03., when he was in Camp Fredericksbu-g, be wrote his daugh ter Agnes: "General Hooker ls ibliged to do something. I do not (enow what It will be. He is playing the Chinese game, trying what frigh tening will do. Ile ruDS out his guns, itarts his wagons and troops up and down the river and creates au excite ment generally. Our men look on in wonder, give a cheer and all subsides." A. fortnight later In a letter to Mrs. Lee, describing the cold and discom forts of his army, he says: "1 owe Mr. F. J. Hooker no thanks h r keep lng me here." After Chancellorsville, when Jackson fell, he wrote Mrs. Lee: "Any victory would be dear at such a price. I know not how to rep'ace dm. God's will be doue. I trust He will raise up some one in his place." FELT A KM Y'S SUFFERINGS. lu nearly all of his private letter.-s luring this period mention Is made of he hardships and sufferings ot his nen, their lack of shoes, clothing and jlankets. "One can see from these etters," says the author, "how deep y he felt for the sufferings of his sol llers and how his plans were hindered jy inadequate supplies of foud and slothing. I heard bim constantly lllude to his troubles; indeed, they seemed never absent from his mind.' In the winter of 18i>:$ 04 Mrs. Let ind lier daughters removed to Rich mond and from Camp itappahanocl tie wrote Mrs. Lee: "I fear m] laughters have not taken to thc spin aing wheel and loom as I have recom mended. I shall not be able to recom mend them to the brave soldiers fo wives." In the spring of 1804 Fitzhugl Lee's brigade, to which the author who had won a commission and stal appointment, was then attached, la in camp near Charlottesville and th Officers gave a ball. An Invitatio! vas sent General Lee who thus com mentedon it in a letter: "This is a bad lime for such things We have too grave subjects on han to engage in such trivial amusements 1 would rather his olllcers should en tertain themselves In fattening thel horses, healing their men and recruit lng their reg ments. There are to many Lees on the committee. 1 Ilk all to be present at battles, but ca excuse them at balls." TIT* ....n.,,Ivr,0 SOUL. _ in the sprln of 1?04 reveal how closely General Le foresaw the storm that was soon t burst upon him. He wrote urgen tl for sur plies and In his private lettci he predicted Grant's move towar Richmond. Captain Lee does not go with deba Into the operations of the closing ye: 'j' ine war. The military phase subordinated to the personal, hut tb. letters, his personal recollcctior s an Incidents all make au intimate picfui if the confederate commander in tbs trying time. The surrender itself lightly touched upon. The autht first saw bis father after Appcmati it Richmond, where the general ha joined his family. "As well as 1 ca recall my father at this time," besa>i "he appeared tobe very well pbysica ly, though he looked older, graye more (pilot and reserved. Ile seemt very tired, and was always glad t i tal if any otlier subject than that of tb ?var or anything pertaining thereto. A FT EU WAU WAS OVEU. General Lee's life for the next fe months wits quiet and uneventful. 1 lune he went to "Derwent," a litt: I room house in Cumberland count1 vhlch was placed at his disposal fe Urs. Elizabeth Randolph Cock? There he awaited the decision ( f C.. ederal authorities in the indict met bund against him, Davis and other: vhlch never came to trial. In tl neanlime offers of homes, house; ands and money poured in upon bin .11 of which he declined. In Augui ie accepted the presidency of Wasl ngton college, now Washington an jce university. A pleasant picture ls given of tb lusy days that followed in establisl rig his new home. Says Captain Lee 'My father appeared bright and eve ay." Captain Lee says that lt wa is father's strong desire to write istory of his campaigns. Ile wen 3 far .ns to begin tu gather data, bu is falling strength and the magn ude of the task deterred him. Gei ral Lee's correspondence during th eriod was very extended and his lei srs to friends, old comrades in arir nd public men all express his s< citude for the south and rellect h eslre that patience be shown undt ll conditions and all controversies I voided. The following letter ls typical ( is replies to Inquiring correspoi ents: "I believe it to bc the duty of evei ne to unite in the restoration of tl ountry and the re-establishment < eace and harmony. These consider; ions governed me In the. counsels ave to others and induced me on tl 3th of.I uno to make application I e included in the terms of theamne y proclamation." The author had by this time sc lcd down upon his farm and he glv ?any letters from lils father, full dvice on agricultural and Qnancl latters, all of which show li borough grasp of affairs. The cn Qspondence covering the cl<,sit cars of General L:e's life is large f a family character, though lt ci raced many letters to strange] ither on public questions or in a nowledgment of courtesies. Her el ved very nattering business offei il of which he declined, pref err ii lie quietness and pleasures of his c, ige duties. Among these offers was the prod f a position as tho head of a propos immercial organization In New Yo ) finance southern enterpries and c ?lop the south. MORRISON OB GAMBLING. Source Cottcn Future Gambitos mia Ho y H It ls Bad as Crap Shooting. 1 We are Informed that the oratorical tilt of the Cotton. Planters' Conven tion recently held at St. Louis was ? made by Col. S. P. B. Morse. Col. Morse spoke at some length of the evil effects of speculation lu cotton futures, holding that for the. most part it was gambling, and that the men who are responsible for lt and participate In it are actuated by the silly superstitions which so largely control other gamesters. 1 'I regard, " said Col. Morse, "cotton speculation , or any form of speculation where a man buys what ho does not I want or sells what he does net intend to de liver as gambling, pure and simple. I realize and admit that the Cotton Exchange has its province. There must be such places as this where the world's business may be transacted on a broad scale and in an expeditious manner. But too often tbe legitl mute buying and Beliing ls over shadowed by the speculation craze. Here we have a great commodity, more important to tho world than any ither stap'e product, and what llxes the price when speculation is ac ti ve? Is it supply aud demand? Is it the amount ot cotton on hand and the requirements ot the mills? Is it the need of the world for cotton goods? No, I will tell you a few in fluences more powerful than these, more powerful than a killing frost 01 wet sea? on or the dreaded insect pests, from boll worm to boll weevil " Col. Morse then proceeds to give In detail the superstitions which control the operations of some of the prominent members of the Cotton Exchanges of the country. The gist of his conten tion ls that sp?culait n In cotton is gambling and that the men who en gage in it are gamblers as essentially as are those people who bet their money on a horse race or on the turn of a card. In commenting on what Col. Morse says above The News and Courier says "that this is true of speculators In cotton as well as of dealers In all other kinds of "futures" cannot he denied successfully. The inagniUide and the so-called legit! macy of their business has until now saved them from the reproach which attaches to the crapshootr r and the faro dealer, but lt cannot he doubted that lhere will sooner or later orne a time when the public will have to be protected against them just as the public is now protected against other men, who live by their wits, rallier than hy work, lt is a most anomal ous thing that the soc ety which con siders itself injured and offended by a game of 0;i.ps played for pennies up a blind alley by bootblacks, applauds thc operati ns of business men who manipulate the prices of commodities ri ck? ned necessaries of life by betting iii ir money on one side or the other of what the market will be tomorrow or next week. If crap playing is con trary to public morality what shall oue say of the game that is played ?vit h stocks and bonds and wheat and cot ton? As Col. Morse says, there ls no doubt that ct mmercial exchanges are necessary and that there is an important part for them to play in our industrial sysien, but it is equal ly true that they have been made the medium for practices which will sooner or later have to be regulated batter than they now are." ..Tho Gallant Hryan." Under the above caption the Augusta Chroncile says: The Com moner, Mr. Bryan's paper, is tilled with good, loyal, inspiring Democra tic literature. With pen and voice the eloquent, gifted and patriotic Ne braska statesman ls working wonders to help elect Judge Parker and defeat Mr. Rc o level t. Ile tuis~ 'his own opinions about reforra/and is true to them, but he dces^iot write snarlingly on the subj-ct or go about on the stump proclaiming himself the pro phet of Jeffersonian Democracy and that Judge Parker is the mere tool of Wall street. Mr. Bryan knows bit ter and he is as modest ns he ls gift ed. lie loves the Constitutional I'nlon more than his own aggrandize ment, and he knows that no greater calamity could befall this Republic than Ihe election of R ;Osevelt, the imperialist, Hie Big Stick, the unsafe magistrate. Ile ls content to await Hie time for the propagation of his re form and he prefers the calm that Par ker brings to the chaos that Rnose veil would pro vf dee. Very nobly and admirably has Mr. Bryan acted in this campaign and he has won the hearts of thou ands who once spoke unkindly of him. He is a great man and man of high princlplesand lofty aspiration. And Mr. Watson? Where does be stand for public admiration in the same light a.s Wm. J. Bryan?'' The Times an J Demecrat has always been a great admirer of Bryan, and we are glad to see that his worth ls b ginning to be appreciated by those who have misjudged him in the past. Killed iii;. Koo in-haw. At Dawson, Ga., .Jesse Wall sbo' ind killed Hill Oxford, his son-in-law Wednesday night in Oxford's yard. The coroner's jury Thursday decided thc killing was unjustifiable and Wall ?vas brought to Dawson Thursday light in custody of the sheriff. Wall's it ate ment at the inquest was to thc ..fleet that he was reprimanding Ox ford for neglecting his wife when Ox ford cursed him and advanced with an ipeii knife anti that he fireel lo save ils own life. A knife was founel by >xford's side unopened and this with die fact that he was shot in the back md test imony of eye witnesses led to die verdict rendered. Both parties ?ere well known wiiite men eif Ter vil county._ lOngino Crushed Caboose. At Charlotte, N. C., felghtConduc ,or Wise of the Southern railway, whose home is said tobe in Savannah, ind .lack Godhaul, a negro switch nan, and Walter Z.igler were killed in the outskirts of the city about lo /clock Wednesday night. The train, which was southbound Ne>. 7.'l, on the Jharlotte, Columbia and Augusta llvision of the Southern, was being lushed by a switch engine when sud lenly all the brakes became set and ihe engine crushed into the rear of he caboose. Conductor Wise was In he rear of thc caboose and the either nen between the caboose and engine. Passerby Killed. At San Antanio, Texas, In a street iglit between J. M. Chittim, known is the "Texas Cattle King," and W. W. Jones, a cattleman and banker of [leeville, H. S. Elwell, a traveling nan of Milwaukee, Wis., chanced In .ange and was accidentally killed. The juliet, lt ls said, was fired from Chit jim's gun. Chittim was placid in jail ?barged with murder. RI well worked 'or the H. C. Miller ceimpany, station ;rs of Milwaukee. Prom letters in his possession it appears he has a brother n Sheboygan. Neither of the partici pants was injured. M KOME CJECLE COLUMN Brode -ThoughtB a? ? hey Fall From ' the Editorial Pen. PLEASANT EVENING REVEEIES. A. Column Dedicated to Tired Mothers as They Join the Homo Circulo at Kvou - Ins Tide. We are all of us too ready tc see our brother's weakness and meanness, to Judge him harshly, to despise bim fer what we view with leniency In cur own lives. We should despise nothing except our own deceit and cowardice. We cannot judge our neighbors. We cannot see their hearts, and often read their lives wrong, because we fall to understand their real motives. Let us covet our neighbor's kind ness of heart and gentleness of man ner, that we may grow wise and no ble and tender-hearted, that we may be helpful and comforting and inspir ion to those whom we meet as we journey onward through life. If we ara not by nature gracious and warm hearted and thoughtful, let us be so. If we have not learned to say the kind word to be obeery and charitable and to lend a hand to those who need assistance, we may be thankful for one thing-that it ls never too late to mend. What is the good uf dwelling upon slights or hostilities? Many of them are fancied. If we have enemies let us avoid them and refuse to think of il-, un. To consider the wrongs that wu bt lleve another bas put upon us tills us with anger and all uncharita bleness. Let us rather think of our friends, who are a source of peace and pleasure and encouragement, of Christ who said. "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do," and of his Apostle, who wrote to the Corin thians, "Charity suffereth long and is kind, seeketh not her own, is not eas ily provoked, thin kc th no edi." And lastly, especially to the women who are housebound by much work aud many little ones-spend as much time as you can in God's out-of-doors, Get the freshness and beauty of the trees and lhe Howers Into your souls. The fresh air will rcs* and revive you, will give you strength and patience and peace, will make you a nobler wife, a tenderer, wiser mother and a more helpful friend and neighbor. . * tr TUB FOOTPATH OF TEACE. Many men and women, whose lives are ab. orbed in work, have forgotten how tobe glad, as they have for gotten how to play. Labor has made them so hard and dull that they have almost forgotten how to love-and they have quite forgotten how to give expression to their love.' The children look to weary, t di-worn mothers for some demonstration of affection, and look in vain. WM ves appeal ineffectual ly to their husbands for the tender word ur caress t hat brightens life., It is only after some great sorrow comes and we lose those we love, thai we think In an anguish of regret: "How much I loved her! She was the world to me, and I let hei live through all those long years wi?hout telling her, and now she is beyond the reach of my words." Is it not wise to give express! (a to our devotion by word and." de- N to take time to play and to i r .t the stars, In order that wt je glad of life and make others gk- ? We must learn to give expression to our devotion by word and deed, to take time to play and to look up at the stais, in o d.-.r than we may be glad of life and make others glad? We must learn to be ccntent-so contented that we waste neither time nor strength in fretful repining. But contentment does not mean stagna tion. It means peace and happiness and that freedom from worry that leaves both mind and body untram meled in their efforts of development. A healthy contentment is the best possible condition for work. * * OOOIl ANO HAD TRAINING. Isn't it queer things that come to our minds oft times? Here we behold little girls dicked out in all the Intri cate labyrinth of tucks, rutiles, drawn work; shirring, smocking, piping, em broidery, with their soft nair tortured into bangs, frizzes, crimps, curls, waves, braids, pulled, rolled or pom padoured, as the ease may be, er as dame Fashion may decree. While under that stylish thatch the busy little brain ls teeming with the seeds of vanity, self-love, pride, envy, dis content, jealousy, as ignorant of the tender lessons taught by Him who said, "Suffer little ch'ldren to come unto me, for of such ls the Kingdom of heaven," as If they had been or phand in early infancy. Now, If all this be harsh and untrue our observa tion is at fault. Mothers, we appeal to you, to put more of your time Into the culture of character of your chil dren, and less time un their dress and mere outward appearance. "The soul ilone endures," and to you lt ls given more espcc'ally to train immortal ?nils for eternal happiness or misery. We see children often who have never jeen taught the principals of "doing unto others as they would wish to be lone by," nor simply trust and love , Him who tenderly placed his bauds on , bheir heads, nor their duty to their parents, to their elders and to the J poor, lt is in the early days of their poling lives that these lessons should I ie taught, while their hearts are ten- < 1er and their natures plastic, and lb 1 s the mother who should sow the I ieeds in the Infant minds which are < ,o spring up in after years, In the : ihape of linn principles of rectitude, .ruth, charity, courage, honesty, and I ill that makes a, man or woman ( vortby or beloved. 1 ? I ? ? TIIKN AND NOW. ' lt is supposed by many who do not ;lve the matter more than a passing ihought that the American people are icing carried away by fashion. That ( ve have wandered far from the exam- j iles set us by our forefathers. Ttiey ;ay jusi think of the pride of people ( n this go d year 15)04. .lust look at ' ,hi ladies' hat. Now as a mittorof : act there ls untiling in the la lies' t lats of today to equal the coal-scuttle | lats of a hundred >ears ago. They ( ?ay, just look at the way people dress i .heir hair. Do you know the most ex- i ,remc style of today will never equal i ibe top-knots which our great-grand ( nothers wore put up with high combs r. .hut we would have thought would i lave made our great-grandfathers die | if laughter. Their hair was lifted Into t i pyramid a foot high. On the top of t .bat tower lay a white rosebud. Shoes i if bespangled white kid and heels two j ir three Inches high. Grandfather ; vent out to meet her on the lloor ina ] :oat of sky bl ie silk and vest of white ?1 ?tin, embroidered with geld lace, lace ruffles arouod his wrist and bis bair falling in a queue. Marjy of the fane? drinks ot today were unknown bo them, but their hard cider, mint Julep, and hot toddy sometimes made lively work . for the broad-brimmed hats and silver knee buckles. Talk of dissipating parties of today and keep ing of late hours. Did not our great? grandparents have their bees and sausage-stuffings and tea parties and dances that for heartiness and uproar utterly eclipsed all the waltzes, lancers and breakdown known lu this good year of 1904. And they never went home 'till morning. And as to the old-time courtships. Washington Ir ving describes them better thou we eau. Talk about the dishonesties of today. Seventy years ago the governor of New York state had to disband the legislature became of its utser c r ruptlon. You see by comparison that we are not so bad after all when com pared with our forefathers. A Republican View. The value of Indiana as a campaign asset makes every political straw from that state highly important at this Juncture. The public eye is gradual ly turning towards the Ho isier voter for it ls becoming generally recognized that he is the man on whom hinges the success of the Democratic ticket. One of the latest indications cf In diana's attitude is distinctly shown in a recent editorial expression of tut Indianapolis News, the personal or gan of Senator Fairbanks. The Newt frankly admits that the situation h puzzling, and this admission is made after a member of Its stair has made personal canvass of the state with s view to s'zing up the situation. The News says: "There is nothing in th? political conditions, as they exist now in Indiana, that justlties thecxirava gant assertions made by the manager; of any of the parties. The Republi cans can justify their declaration tha? Indiana will go Republican, becausi lt has bten going Republican for al most ten years-and upon no othe basis as shown by existing conditions They say that the people are satisfied But the polls in numerous pUce show an unusually large number o voters who will not te 1 hov they in tend to vote-these are down on th books as "doubtful," and in Indian there is an Immense number of them There is another proposition the Re publican leaders must get away fru?! -the reported great dhsatisfaetlo a mom: the Democrats because o' th nomination of Parker. If the Ri public ms expect victory throng Democratic dissensions they might a well close headquarters and shut u shop, for these dissensions do not es 1st to the extent alleged by th Republicans. Despite reports t the contrary, the Democrats ar organizing and for that matte they are better organized than thc were at this time in the eau paign of l'.too. About as much di? sension exists in the Republican part as in the Democratic party. The di terence ls that It ls getting to be great deal harder to line up the Ri publicans for their ticket than it is t get the Democrats back. The rei son is simple. The Republicans fei that their votes are not needed, an] how, and as they do not like some t the things going on they will not vota Men who are familiar with the poljt cal conditions In Indiana, and wli can speak of them without bias, kno that if Senator Fairbanks was uoto the national ticket it would bj ti tossing of a copper as to how thc s',at would go." This is a Rep?blica view, and in it the Democrats ba\ certainly much to cheer them. The People Are Sot Blind. Walter Wellman writes a very pre ty story to the Chicago Record-Hera about the republican national con mittee being short of funds. Accor ing to Mr. Wellman certain tru: magnates were asked as individuals subscribe to the campaign fund, bi met as trust representatives and d manded to know what Mr. R lo-.evell policy would be toward their corpoi tions. When the president heard lt, says Mr. Wellman, he refused consider the matter and (leeland th there would be neither "arrang ment" nor "understanding." Tl Wellman story makes iuterestii reading in view of all the well kn JV facts. The greatest trust magnat have openly declared for Roosevel and the idea that the trus's are afra of the administration will strike tl average thinker as ridiculous, in vie of all the facts. Before becoming prc identMr. Roosevelt talked very loud about "shackling cunning," but aft becoming president he said little ai has done less about "shackling cu nlng." A harmltss Injunction again the beef trust and a prosecution of tl merger case that in no wise atlVct the railroad situation insofar as t people are concerned make up the sn total of his promised "shackling." the meantime the chief weapon foi g for use against thc trusts-t. criminal clausa of the Sherman an trust law lies lusting in the bai ment of the government's legal d partment. Mr.. Wellman i-eeins eith to believe the people very credulous ls running short of subjects. Convict Ulm l'un. Hell Sheppard, the negro who killi loe Phillips, at a camp meeting bi months ago, was curled from Amci sus, Ga., to Webster county for ti h The case consumed the entire da the jury returning a verdict of gull tvith recommendation of Ren te rice Ufo imprisonment. W. S. Morga Lite white man whom Sheppard ti Mared hired bim to kill 1'hiHips, sv tlso carried from the .* mericus jail Webster for trial as accessory. A the trouble originated in the buruil )f the town of Preston In April lal Morgan's relatives are charged wi ihe incendiarism and the negro mi lered by Sheppard was an importa witness against the accused parties. An Appen I Poi Funds. George Foster Peabody, treasui jf the Democratic national comm iee, Thursday issued an apj. eal ? xmtrihutlous for Mic campaign fun The appeal says: "There are abo 14,000,000 legal voters In this oou iry, and to Intelligently present t ssues of the campaign and the recor )f the candidates to this vast eleet< tte requires a very large sum noney. The Democratic party Ii io industrial favorites from ?hoi ?ither by promise of by throats, san draw campaign subscriptions; b nust rely for necessary funds up patriotic citizens who believe In covernment of law under the eonstit j'.on honestly and economically n nlnlstered. From all such citizen! request such contributions as thev a mle and willing to make, for whi prompt personal acknowledgment w je sent." ? MARTYR TO SCIENCE. An EleotrfoM Kaglne'er . Viotlm of t sn Ray. Clarence M. Dally, an eleotrloal en gineer, ls dead at his home, No. 103 Clinton street, North, Eist Orange, N. J., a martyr to solence. His Ill ness was due to experimental work in connection with the Roentgen ray, says the New York Herald. He suf fered for years and underwent seven operations, which finally culminated In the amputation of both bis arms. Ho died Wednesday. During his experiment work with the X-ray Mr. Dally was Thomas A. Eiisoo's chief assistant. He worked at tlie laboratory in West Orange night and day. In bl3 work with the fluoroscope Mr. Dally was badly burned on his hands, ne suffered no pain but his bands looked as though they had been scalded. Six months after the first indications of scalding appeared the hands began to swell aud Mr. Dally suffered great pain for two years, when he went to Chicago and obtaiucd a position with an in candescent lamp company. It was thought the change of air would benefit him. Cancer finally developed on the left wrist and he came E ist for treat ment. In February, 1902, more than one hundred ard tlfty p eces of skin, taken from his legs, were grafted on to his hands The operation was un successful and the disease steadily spread. In August the arm was am putated four inches below the stu u' (ler. For a time an lmp-ovement was apparent, but the little Unger on the right hand became affected and in November this member wa3 taken off Mr. DaTy still m ilntalued his cour age and still believed he would re cover when three other lingers were removed in .l ire, 1903. The develop ment of asfotonthe wrist made it necessary to perform another opera tion in September and another .at tempt was made to graft skin. The next Indication of the continu ance of thc disease was a severe hem orrhage of the arm, as a result of which it was amputated in March. Despite the fact that he had lost both arms ard had suffered so keenly, Mr. Daily gained courage and appear ed to be recovering. Artificial arms were provided for him, but he used them only a wrck when he succumb ed, the disease having affected his eu tire system. Complications ensued, ami it was se. J on Saturday that lie could not liv?. During the seven years he had been unable to care for himself and all the time before his arms were amputated he was obliged to rest his hands in water during the night to allay the burning sensation. Mr. Dally was born in Woodbridge, N.J., thirty-nine years ago and served ive years in the United S^ate9 navy as chief gunner on the Eaterprlse. Ile had been connected with Mr. Edi sun for sixteen years. He Is survived hy a widow and two sons. A GU?D ?N?KK STORY. A Motlier Snako anti Forty-four Mule Ones Killed. J. II. Datson, who lives on the Sandy Flat road, not far from Green ville, came to town Wednesday with the champion snake story of the sea son, says The Daily News. While visiting his brother, J. F. liaison, tm Enoree river Sunday, he went Into the pasture witli several children where he found a highland moccasin as big as an ordinary man's thigh and measuring three and a half feet in length. Just as soon as he got sight of the reptile Mr. Datson struck lt a power ful blow with a rock, cutting a deep gash in its side. The moccasin was partly paralyzed by the blow, lt quirmeJ and hissed and while Mr. liaison was preparing to tlnlsh the execution, four small baby snakes 12 Inches long ran out of the wound. This called fer more fighting, as the baby snakes were maddened and terri lied and they began to attack the Datson children in their youthful way. While trying to put them out of business Mr. Datson saw things that would have driven a drinking man to the alcoholic ward. As the big mother-reptile was dying a regular ''covey" of little serpents shot through that wound and for 20 minutes he was kept in a sweat while trying to kill them. The babies fought Vicious ly. In appearance ev? ry 0112 was exactly the same, In size, color and meanness. "lt was enough to frighten a man," and Mr. Datson, "and 1 had to work hard to kill them. After the battle was ended ? counted 44 small reptiles, and I believe If it had not been for the help of the boys I would have been forced to take to the woods or leave the serpents alone in their glory. Old people tell me that after the young are hatched they are frequent ly swall -wed by the mother, and If her ladyship was anything like the whale that swallowed Jonah she must have been a bird. If it had been possible that day 1 would have bi ought them to the city. The little fellows swarmed around the pole which was used to kill them and made repeated attempts to get within striking distance of me. lt was not a pleasant experience for ree, and 1 ara not crazy about returning to that pasture on the Enoree." Ht?!iiiiii'r Struck lise I*. On Wednesday night the steam: r Bosco wi z struck a reef on Harbledown Island. Four children were drowned. The crew and IS,") other passengers were saved. The news of the disas ter was br tight hy the steamer Cas siar. The Duscowlz was running from Vancouver to northern British Colum bian ports and had on hoard nearly 200 Indian passengers bound for vari ous settlements up the coast. The passengers were taken ashore and the drowning of the four children occurred in connection with the launching of a small boat. The Boscowiz was an old h:at, owned in Victoria. drover to Speak. A Democratic mass meeting will be held in Madison Square Garden New fork city aiout tho middle of Octo ber, at which it is thc intention to have as speakers former President Grover Cleveland, and a number of thc foremost Democrats of the coun try. The date has not been fixed definitely beyond agreeing that tho meeting shall bo some time between October 15 and 20. If his health will Kleven Soldiers Hilled. At Antwerp, Delgim, three shells exploded in Fort Sa'nte Marie Wed nesday. Eleven soldiers were killed outright and many Injured. The ex plosion occurred willie the shells wero being placed in tho magazine, which was oumpletely destroyed. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CL^IIMTOrJ 3. o. BOARD, ROOM-RENT and TUITION for OoUotriate Year foi &117.50. Next Session begins Sept. 22, 1904.. ^ ^ * For Catalogue or information address "~ ?"??"*? .* 1 ?UMDERFUL RECORDT~~" Fourteen utudents of Osborne's B usine BB College have secured pssltloas within last few days. Several ladies as Stenograph?? sod typewriters Ia both Georgia and South Carolina, ?s4 as bookkeepers, shorthand writers and MACHINER Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Quarries and Ginneries, Belting, Packing, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, In jectors, Lubricators, etc. 10,000 it. of good 1 in. second hand black pipe for sale. Write COLUMBIA SUPPLY GO. Columbia, S. C. The machinery Supply house of the state. ARE LOOKING s FOR YOUR ORDERS COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFC,CO, COLUMBIA 5.C. Jf-W?r Wk \?/i .fr? Vi Don't think that every one who hangs out a aigp as a "watch f1W ii ICU maker" ia competent to repair your fine watch. Ra poi re ra who . . are fully oompetent are scarce. Wo do work only one way,-th? I\ PTl?? 11*1 Tl O' heat-weean make any part of a watch, or a complete watch. r*^r' . :. - {>* Our prioee are often no moro than yon pvy for inferior work. When'our charge (or work io $1.50 or over we will pay express charge one way. Sond aa your watch, P. H LiACHIOHOTTK & CO. Jewelers, 1424 Main St, Columbia, 8. 0. Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing '-'RUBEROID." Write for prices. All Drug and Tobacco Habits. Whiskey I Morphine Clgaret Habit, . Habit 1 Habit Cured by Keeley Instit irte, of S. C 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 16) Columbia, S. 0. Confidential correspond es solicited. Inline cement, Plaster, Terra Cotta Pipe, Rooting Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina. Portland-Cement Co., Charleston, 8. O. Women's Diseases, How I Cure Them HOOK SENT PUBK ON REQUEST, SPE ClAt MEDICAL LETTE lt ALSO Every sink woman who earnestly dod ros tc recover )ior health should write me, describing how she BU flo rs, und I will print out to bur t simple induna of permanent nure. At an)' raU Recognized as the oftlcst established and Most Reliable Special. t wilt not cost anything to lind out how I pro tose to cure your disease, so I urge that y?'l vrito mu without delny. Thousands of sick vomen huvo cured themselves up in this way. Jut of tho ripeness of twenty-five years ex >erienco ns ii siR'cialiat, I huvo doveloped an uitiroly n-w system of curing chronic di cas^s ind it adapts Itself especially well to tho euro if diseases of women, to which I huvo given ipecinl study nil my life, 1 will understand rour case, and understanding it, I will readily ind tho means ot' cure. If thu general run of loctors huvo fui lett, if patent medicines that teeni cheap, hut ure really costly in tho end nive done you no good, then 1 am moro than lortttin that I will euro you, for stubborn cases ire tho ones I want to near from, I will cure fou llity per cent quickor than hy tho old Method, and give you such a treatment us will iot only euro your disease, hut build you up thoroughly and niuko you feel bettor in every ,viiy. I want especially to hear from women who nive trouble with ?io womb, ovaries or ner vous system, who sutler from loucorrhea iud menstrual difficult ?ea, disorders of Jio blood, weak heart, headache, noural?in rertigo, stomach trouble, rheumatism, skin ifTuctions, kidney troubles, any disease of tho liront, lutins or urinary organs. To such as .hese, 1 will guarantee speedy and complete ecovory by my new original method. At any ?ute, you should investigate this mattor fur ber, and if you will write mo regarding ynur olf, 1 will study your case and report to you ully how to be cured. All this will cost you louting. I will also inclose a booklet of my own vriting going into nil tho special disonscs of vonien with symptom?, cansos and effects, roe of churgo. Von aro at no expenso wliat iver, so if you really w>nt to be cured and iot l>e a weakling all your lifo, 1 expect to lear from von soon. My private address is I. Newton Hathaway, M. D.,88 luman bldg., !2A S. broad St., Atlanta, Ou. Try to write me today. foung Tanner in Stint Tu (loath by A dispatch to the At binti Journal ays early Tuesday munbun Ivm Gay, i young white farmer, living about our miles north of ll million, was hot and killed by Ashford Jenkins .nd Zan Mann, bt th nc^roe?. Jenkins and Manu left Hamilton iaturday night in a bunny which they dred from one of the livery stables tere, and it ls supposed they speut he night in the neighborhood in /idell young Gay lived. The two icgroes were seen at an early hour tuesday coming with their hired earn in the direction of Hamilton. Shortly afterward Gay, with a shot un on his shoulder, was seen coming fter them riding a mule at a lively .ace. He overtook them about a aile from Hamilton. Ibis said that thc negroes got out f buggy when they saw Gay and tarted across a cotton tl ld. Gay fol jwed them into the Held and the He roes opened, tire, using revolvers, loone except tho participants was irectly at the scene of the shooting, 'arties Hying nearby heard live plato bots in rapid succession and then a sport from tho shot gun. A man ving near went quickly to the scene nd found Gay dead, with a bullet ole in lils abdomen. Gay's clothing was considerably am and his shoes were pulled off. [ia mule was also shot. The wblto citizen wno came up Im lediately after the shooting says that lann was nowhere near tho mule. FRKH. A DEADLY FIGHT. Two Negroes 15 we ?eu g PIANOS AND ORGANS, ? -And Lots of Them J WE SEL THE BEST MAKES. . Our priers are about ten per J cent under Northern prices. i gg E wy I'mno ur Organ wo soil . is fully warranted hy tho makers, I ? illili hacked np by lill. Write Ol at . onco for catalogue, prices and I MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE,, g COLUMBIA, S. C. -Jg? A Private Sanitarium. Dr. L. G. Corbett, for so long afc the head of the Keeley Institute in South Carolina, and of late connected with the original Institute at Dwight, 111., has returned to South Carolina and es tablished at Greenville a Sanitarium for the treatment of nocyous diseases, and the drug and liquor habits. EUa friends and former patients know that his ability is unquestioned; and as he ls enabled to give this service at a more reasonable cost than ls usually paid, many afflicted with these maladies are availing themselves of the benefit to be derived there. CHARLES C. LESLIE WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH AND OYSTERS, 8 and 20 Market Street, Charleston, S. C. Consignments of Country Produce are Re Bpectlully Solic ited. Poultry, Eggs, Ac. Fish packed in harrels and boxes for country trade a specialty. GUARAN. / TEED 'JC BY A ?fcK AAA BANK LEPOSIT Kl7\Jm\?\?\? Railroad Tu.? Paid. 500 , FEBE Courses Offered. --J_J B:ardatCost. WrltoOuidc ( GEORGIA-ALABAMA BUSINESS COLLEGE.Macon,Ga. Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water I tish and oysters. If you are dealing in... Fresh Fish or intend to deal in them write for prices and send your ordrs to TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. C. or COLUMBIA FISH & ICE CO Columbia S. C. We ship only fresh caught tish and our prices are as low tliey can be sold at. Write us. Try i us and be convinced. Seven Aloa Lost. A dispatch from Oklahoma City, O. T , says seven men are missing of a party of eight who went down with the wagon bridge between Lexington and Purcell, after battling with the swift rush of waters for many hours in a vain alt: m pt to prevent the bridge from going oufc. The bridge was the only connection between the two towns. And all telegraph and telephone wires lu the south and southwest portions of Oklahoma and the southeastern part of the Indian Territory in the Hooded dlstrlots aro down, Information is hard to get, but that obtainable is to the effect ? hat tlie waters are receding. Killed by Gas, At New York Augustus Donoman and his wife and Richard Small were asphyxiated by Illuminating gas In a bedroom in a hotel kept by Salvatore Kappolla in Flushing. Donoman and Ms wife were formerly residents of Flushing, but had visited ia Philadel phia. Small was from Charleston, S. C., and is said to have been the woman's brother. The three were to have started for Charleston Tuesday. Kappolla, the proprietor of the hotel, was arrested and held in bail to an swer the charge that, he delayed In re porting the ease to the police. Twonty Drowned. A dispatch from Santa Fee, N. M., says reports received from different I points in the territory show that at least twenty persons perished in the Hoods that havo occurred in the past week. Ten Santa Fe passenger trains arc tied up at Santa Fe, but passen gers are being sent east and west over the Rock Island and Southern Pacific road3, connection being effected through the tanta Fe Central, which resumed operations Wednesday. lh8uoi' Nelson of Georg IA says there arc 200,000 divorces In the United States a year. We are glad to know that none of them cornea from South Carolina.