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r' ' ? ? A HUNDRED YEARS ACO. TThcrc arc r.Ii the birds thai sang A hundred years ago? The flowers ti: ; ail in beauty sprang A hundred vears ago? Tb.e lips that - tiled. t!ie eyes that wild In Hashes shone -oft eyes upon. Where, where. where are lips and eyes, The maidens* -aides, the lovers' sighs. That lived so long ago? _ _ - Who people 1 ill the eitv streets A hundred years ago? Y\ ho filled the eimroh with faces meek A hundred years ago? hue sneering ta'e of fister frail. The plot that worked a brother's hurt, Where, where, oil, where are plots and sneers. The poor man's hopes, the rich man's fears That lived so long ago? Where are the graves where dead men slept A hundred years ago? 'And who. when they were living, wept, A hundred years ago? Bv other men that know not them Their lands are tilled, their graves are filled. Yet nature then was just as gay. And bright the sun shone as to-day, A hundred years ago. pied For Another's Crime | * J Tale of a Man Who ItUbelicvcs ^ ^ Circumstantial Evidence. ^ tfr* ?????>9 $ ^ i? HEY were talking in the hotel ; J office ami the conversation ,v I turned into a discussion of the value of circumstantial evidence. The sporting man couldn't see how on the evidence given against a dentist in a famous case then on trial, any sane person could have voted for his acquittal of the murder, and said stroug things about what he would have done to the jurymen who differed with him had be been in the jury room at the recent trial. Most of the others were inclined to agree with him* "Gentlemen." said the drummer from the S-'O.th. who had boeu shifting uneasily i:t his chair during these remarks without having had a chance to break into the discussion. "1 should rvew v/ncuus m- nus muc&ui ?uu yellow fever and lay for weeks at the poiut of death. At the hospital In which he was confined was a certain Dr. Sanderson. The doctor took a fancy to young Hamilton and polled him through the fever. "Hamilton on his part seemed to take an equal liking to Sanderson. They were thrown much together aud a warm friendship sprang up between them. Saudersoa bad money aud when the time came for Hamilton to leave the hospital, the Kentucklau invited his friend to return with him and try a venture in the slave market in Kentucky. Sanderson was only too willing. He resigned his post In the hospital and the two men started our. together on horseback through the then almost untraveled wilderness between Louisiana and the Blue Grass State. jLiioy arriveu saieiy ai xue xiaiuuton homestead and Sanderson was hospitably entertained for two weeks. He had brought with him $1(^000 for investment in slave dealing, and he was anxious to go on further to a part of Kentucky where it could be readily invested. The $10,000 was in bonds of the Louisiana State Bank. One summer morning the doctor took his departure for the slave market at Glasgow, and young Hamilton rode with him for a mile or two to get him en his way and wish him good luck. "Hamilton returned in an hour or two and went about his work. Several days passed and nothing was heard of the doctor. Then one morn ing. the horse on which he had ridden away from the Hamilton homestead was found riderless in the road a few miles outside of Glasgo^-. The saddle was stained with blood. In the grass by the roadsfde not far away there was picked up a bra>3 barrelled flint-lock-pistol. It was recognized as belouging to Hamilton. The lock was broken 'and a fragment of it was missing. "Further search revealed in a shallow hole only about 300 f?et from where the pistol.was found a decaying body which was readily identified as Dr. Sanderson's. The $10,000 worth of bonds which he had carried away Vhb liirn were missing. I "Sow all this was discovered before Hamilton was informed that hi* friend was dead. As soon as the body was found, lie was placed under arrest accused of the murder. One of the tirst things he did was to produce from the lining of his hat the nhukio worth of Louisiana State bonds which l>r. Sanderson had brought to Kentucky, lie did so. protesting that the doctor had given them to him in exchange for cash and that lie was innocent of the murder, but nobody believed him. "Then a pair of blood-stained overalls that had been worn by Hamilton were found in a corn crib and the evi deuce seemed complete. The young man was placed on trial at the next term of court. Till then he had had the best of reputation, and his friends had been legion, lie hadn't many friends left when lie went on trial. One of the ablest lawyers of the Kentucky bar of that day defended him, but it was a hopeless case. "Hamilton took the stand on his own behalf and lie was an excellent witness. according to the stories they've handed down in Kentucky. He swore that lie had accompanied Dr. Sanderson a mile or two on his way, had given him the pistol because the doctor had none and also had persuaded Sanderson to exchange his bonds for United States currency because lie thought the doctor might have difficulty In cashing the bonds. He had bidden Sanderson God-speed at last, he said, ami had left him riding away toward Glasgow. "A negro was ready to testify that he had stained the overalls with blood himself, having stolen them from his master, to wear to a party. Hut liewas a slave and his testimony was inadmissible. Few of those who heard it regarded Hamilton's story as any thine hut a clovcrlv concocted tale to account for circumstances so clearly against him. The jury certainly did not believe it. and as I thought before hearing of the outcome I would have done as those jurymen did. "In spite of the many efforts to save him Hamilton was adjudged guilty, lie was condemned to death and executed. protesting his innocence even 011 the scaffold. Only one person believed in the probability of the man's story being true, lie was the Judge. " 'I believe John Hamilton was innocent of the murder of Dr. Sanderson.' they say lie told Hamilton's friends, after the execution. 'Put the very winds of heaven blew against me in that trial.' "And now conies the most astonishing part of the story. Many years after Hamilton's execution, there died in Western Kentucky an old halfwitted man named King. On his deathbed liis mind seemed to grow clear and bo sent for witnesses and told tbem what bo said was tbo true story of tbe murder of Dr. Sanderson. - -MVl' "One day while wandering 03 a lad in tbe woods near tbe road to Glasgow. he saw a stranger riding past alone. A minute later the Sheriff of Barren County, the man who afterward found Hamilton's broken pistol on the road, who was instrumental in finding Sanderson's body and who was Hamilton's bitterest prosecutor in the proceedings that followed, appeared from the opposite direction. The Sheriff rode past tbe stranger, turned and rode up to him. wrenched the pistol from his saddle and dealt him a blow that knocked him from bis horse. "me ciying man who told this swore that the Sheriff lcuelt beside the body nn,l searched it. Then, seeing the lad watching him from a little distance, he called him and made him help carry the body to the sand hole where it was afterward found. They covered it with leaves and then the Sheriff, after threatening the lad with instant death, should he ever tell what he had seen, remounted and rode away. Such was his fear of the murderer, the old mail said, that he had kept the secret, though keeping it had driven him half crazy. "One Caspar I). Craddock had been Sheriff of Barren County when the crime was committed, lie ^ived lor years afterward in a distant part of the State, but a short time before the old man's tale was told he had disappeared. Investigation showed that not long after Hamilton's execution, Craddock had deposited nearly $10,000 In United States currency in a bank in that part of Kentucky to which lie moved, and from his subsequent life no one who knew him doubted for a moment that he was really the murderer of Dr. Sauderson. "Iu his new home the ex-Sheriff gave iiimseir up to a life of crime and violence. The citizens who had lived near him linally warned him to leave the community if he valued his life, and a few days later he disappeared. He was recognized long afterward In Cuba, and the desperate ruse by which he got away from Kentucky was then revealed. They say It was characteristic of the man. "One night soon after ho had been warned to leave Kentucky, Craddock was called front his home by a stranger. The next day. In a hog pen a few yards from the house, was found a body clad in the remains of Cwiddoek's clothes, but so gnawed and mutilated by the hogs that it was unrecognizable. Every mark by which Craddock might have been recognized was obliterated. but from llio clotbos the body was supposed undoubtedly to be Cnuidoek's, though I believe his neighbors wondered how he could have fallen Into the hog pen. "It was realized when news came that Craddock was alive in Cuba that lie had cither murdered his caller and after exchanging clothes had thrown his body info the pen, knowing what the result would lie, or that he had disinterred and thrown into the pen some newly buried body for the purpose of concealing his llight. "There, gentlemen," concluded the drummer from the South. "This is in fairy tale. It is well known in Western Kentucky and when I heard it from the lips of men whose fathers well knew Hamilton and the circumstances attending his trial, 1 resolved never again to believe uncorroborated circumstantial evidence."?New York Sun. ENCOURAGING AMBIDEXTERITY. , The Objections to the Practice Illicit a Keply. The Tribune recently referred to a discussion by the Journal of Insanity, of the question whether or not children should be encouraged to use both hands with equal skill. The attitude adopted by that periodical was hostile to the practice. But its objections have not been permitted to go without a protest. "American Medicine" says: "Opposition to ambidexterity is based on the theory that, while coarse movements may be performed nearly as well by one-half of the body as by the other, accurate and expert movements require a higher organization of one-half of the brain than the other. Hence the more expert hand should be consciously still more and more specialized; making the ordinarily quies-! cent half of the brain assume control j tends, it is said, to impairment of men- j tal processes as well as inferiority of J physiologic speed and dexterity. "All of which we deny, both fact and ' theory being untrue. The writer, iu ; the Journal of Insanity, has doubtless been misled by observation of the ! function of speech, which is single j and in execution requires the control of a single centre. We have but one j voice, but we have two hands which in many cases at different instants may , Vie put iu action with the same (lex-1 terity. Many surgeons can operate equally well with either hand; many j artists paint with either hand, and we ; have seen men who could write as well with one hand as with the other. The i critic of ambidexterity may reply that : this is impossible with synchronous movements, forgetting that in the mu- j sician, and especially in the pianist, and organist, there is the most mar- , vcllous expertness of both hands, exe-! cuting most complicated aud entirely ' different functions and at the same in- j stant. The arguments against ambi- j dexterity appear not only inconclusive, ' but are squarely contradicted by facts. Surely, also, they are against a desir able freedom of the mind. Without . the musician's ambidexterity life ; would be deprived of much charm. We should encourage "divided attention' j and that large power of the mind over the body shown in the synchronous control of multiform activities." . A Tramp's Smart Trick. "I don't pretend to account for the iniquities of this world, but t do know that there are a great many shrewd men who are poor," said a merchant ; who was taking lunch with some acquaintances. "Here's a little incident that will give you some idea of what I mean. I'm something of a crank in the matter of shoes, and always have frrn-.i eix- tr\ o ilr.Tott nnlro flint fit'A partly well worn, but still available for j service. One morning last week a no- j bo called at the back door of ray , residence and succeeded in getting my j wife there to bear bis story. Hut the i fact that his feet were on the ground j pleaded more eloquently than any , words of his. and my big collection cf shoes was brought out for him to choose from. He took a couple, returned profuse thanks atd left. ' Toward evening my wife was cut and I was at home. Along came a hobo with liair through his hat and feet through his shoes. lie humbly asked me if I could help him in the ' matter of footwear, and I was in the midst of a refusal when lie said my wife had told bira in the morning {hat I had a pair of shoes that were net mates, and that I would probably be willing that be should have them. More with the idea of convincing the fellow that he was lying than anything else, I brought out the shoes. Sure enough, there were two of them fAt? thft Inf t f tt? IfVtAnt om? spending shoe for the right foot. I didn't sec how he could utilize then, but he said they would serve his purpose, and he departed with theuj,. My wife met him half way along the block and he quickened his pace. "In the morning that fellow had been quick enough to pick out the two shoes for the right foot, and then waited around till he could work lue for the other two. I suppose one pair went to some pal. There's not a man in ten thousand would have thought of turning the trick he did."?Washington Star. The death of an ostrich in the New York Zoo of consumption dispssos of the theory that an ostrich can consume anything wiib safety. t BUELL & ROBERTS' C.&S33E K III SI1L : I We continue offering inducements to dose out our Summer Goods. 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RIIS The author of " How the Other Half Lives " will give in The Outiook an intensely human and vivid account of hi-experiences as a child in Denmark, an immigrant in America, a workman, a traveller, a reporter, ami fmalW a student of Vmsment house problems, and <mi emcieut aid to Theodore Roosevelt ?n reorgsnmiflg the New York police. Mr. Riii writes with simplicity, humor and vigor. i LYMAN ABBOTT) will contibute a aeries of faapertast papers ob haada- P mental poMeal | MeMpUi as appdad to twentieth cmrury pmkiarai h aHS he ndad "Tee flaent or Man, and will da dpi P JaaktaC edecadepnl end religious, as well as potMeai, righto sod denies. ? i ?? i \ A Atlantic Coast Line. Condensed Schedule. Dated May ?G:ii, 1301. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No.35 No. 23 No.53 No.51 * * AM r M AM Lv. Florence 3 00 7 55 0 40 Lv. Kiugstree 8 54 10 50 Ar T.Aiirt4 ill all I'M li lfi Lv. Lanes 4 11 911 713 11 16 Ar. Charleston 6 40 10 53 8 50 1 00 A.M P.M. P.M. P.M. TRAINS GOING NORTH. 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Patents at our expense. 5 Special notice, without charge, in d widely circulated journal, consulted Idrcss, PANS & CO., \torncys,) WASH 2ft CTOtf, O. C. < r I [ Keadmg lor d Women, in jtlook r/rr: d Magazine in one. Tells the story f, clear-cut paragraphs. Lyman Abbott v, \ W. Mabie the Associate Editor. RALPH CONNOR Under this pseudonym were written two of the most striking of recent novels, " Elack Rock " end "The Sky Rtlot." A new novel of Canadian and \Ves?erri life by this author will appear in Thb OimooK during the year. In spirit, humor, pathos and strong character-drawing it is even superior to its predecessors. SPECIAL OFFER Outlook to new readen we will send it for two months' trial for 25 cents provided this pupcr i? mentioned. Address THE OUTLOOK, NEW YORK I have agreed with you about six months ago. in fact, before my last trip South; but now, should I over have the power, never would I condemn any human being to death on circumstantial evidence alone." There seemed to be a story coming and the other men waited. "On my last trip," said the drummer. "I passed through the western part of Kentucky and there I heard this story, which forever has destroyed my faith in uncorroborated circumstantial evidence. It was down in Barren County. I was struck by the appearance of a fine old mansion. They told me down there that it had belonged to a wealthy and aristocratic family named Hamilton, now extinct. and then I heard of the crime which for years put the Hamiltous under a cloud of disgrace. "Somewhere about 1S2J. when the family held their heads as high as any folk in Western Kentucky. John Hamilton, the young head of the house, took to Louisiana a drove of mules for the Southern market. Iu