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-jf VOL, XLIV. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1888. NO. 45. f n'cnoi hooUh in nsar fulnre. ? - , A STRANGE WOMAJf. v { A PRE ? I Wonderful Fe&t^pof Strength Performed I Dr. Smoot E Without Help. J P (.From the Chicago Herald.) Bamtstoe Among the supernatural. manifests- ern Presb; 'Hons now eq&tZng attention among the spent all of * curious, to|^o-6ailed electric women of union rouse eiSkwflt th? least wonderful, heat, D. r* MV w For several daygpast one of these ladies, red-hot spee Mass Dixie Haygood, has been in Mem- mittee on o ^phia g^nng exhibitions of her power. A nnion iiapr reporter of the Avalanche, by invitation sidered and of the little lady, assembled -with several 88 to 40, th other gantlemenat the parlor of the impassioned Clarendon Hotel to test these remarks- Moderator ble manifestations, and discover, if pos- speakers to < sible, their source , and secret. Among Dr. Smoo the gentlemen present were Lawrence tion. He ft Lamb, Zeno Harris, Henry Walsh and almost ahou ' several oihess. It is needless to say "These N that it w&s the determination of the gen- ing about wj ilemea present to detect, if possible, any started out trickery or legerdemain that-might b^| would cons attempted. Church of C Haygcods is of small stature, country, wh Wmpactmmd,landappfi2antly:?Ria^u^ar nothing Byond most women, and weighs about X pay mjvtjt rwnnds. She has browa hair, bhi?-? the powers t II violet eyes, and a pleasant expression 11 don't meai I countenance, bat an air also of firm-1 strings of ps and decision of character. Hie first Talk about to tests, viz., drawing c, gentleman easily It is not. found tie room by applying her hand about unitin | a ehair or an umbrella held by Mm, publican paa | the third test of holding a billiard color line. T te in her open palms at an angle of "went to a m< xrat forty-live degrees with such firm- Texas and 368 that a strong man, or even two changed so i rong men, could not force the point to big, black, s e floor, were certainly remarkable in a that he was aman so small, bat might have been other man. eomplished by a woman of very great color, whicl lysical stresgth. Therefore the re- thing of aU. >rter felt disappointed to some extent, discourteous A argued with his companions that it not to seek is either a matter of sleight of hand or brethren ha^ ? a remarkable development of mus- of the North lar power. jit kindly CI But the next tests were different One want organic the gentlemen present was requested brethren are lift the lady by her elbows, held taut know is not the waist. This he did, but when The Rev. < Bid to try it again utterly failed to raise a precise xxt Bpr an inch. Two strong men then took the pla I Spsed her by holding, her elbows on in his hand i l Boh side with the greatest ease, but on ly under his j^HHHHffihempting it again they could not raise deal of amus wa^ht^iK^>artiole from the floor, that, howev< 8Hy |ri | -gi'iiia was a poser" aad was triad several suggestion t ^^^^BSjptanee, the party offeringmany explana- feet of him t f fions, bat none at all satisfactory. The on to it and[ : fact remained unexplained that she could self against :at will allow herself to be lifted as other union by fui ^ -people and immediately thereafter bring gerous. * Or onto play such a force, without apparent manded by uk effort, that two strong men could not GospeL I move her 100 pounds of weight, try they The Rev. Question of .< I ; tever so naru. ^ p * test was still more inexplica- our age. * I ible. A chair was brought?an ordinary Southern ar ctiixung-room chair?and a gentleman that I might weigJiing about 130 pounds was placed to the Nortl .rT* in it. istride of his knees another gen- Church of C tfaman of about 145 pounds' weight was mean to do 3 | placed, and between the two a third gen- separated us | tlemsn of at least 150 pounds was seated, the Church, QL .All raised their feet from the floor as the war there w< Hk chair was tilted back and held balanced. Thank God ? The little lady then aipproached the back we stay sepa of the chair and placed her open palms thai the Noi jjlB along the arms or staffs supporting the questions as BKfc . ahaiv'a ha/?fe-, pelagianism J "Dboarving the reporter narrowly ueve they in gp wsfeahing her, she requited him to place Mr. B. 1 his hand between her hand and the from the Sy . - chair to prove that no pressure was ex- unity is not Iw * exted. This was done, and only the tical let us a pr lady's thumbs touched the back of the our Synods r chair. Then, without an effort or the tionahsm. contraction of a muscle, or the slightest heartbumin pressure on the reporter's hand, die ward in the t - chair and its living^freight was raised Northern Aj . frtTTT+x?5T?- flnL from the floor, questions as >j]!h8 weicrht, inoiL^^^''^Sfih3ir, was at charged wit ?-yjc Sullivan sound on th ljH>' easily accomplished by the htafc*^ ^ questions hi Sm This test was convincing, bqt {Se ato| w become ggf- was no lees so. Miss Haygood stood on progreiiBij*: > one foot, and holding a billiard cue man? This K ; horizontally before her at halt-arm's confronts m HL. length, three strong men essayed in vain field of evar '-to push her, by throwing their com- aside all pre bined weight against the cue, from her It is alone < h balance on one foot or press her arms characterise B v back to her chest. The shapely, wo- years of pi In: manly hands lifted the three great you point tc H: strapping fellows from the floor by sim- done anythi Hiply touching with open palms his own A voice: ' B-hands placed upon the Chair back, and South Carol PBMM'he saw the dainty No. 2$ boot standing ' Mr. Simp I unmoved on the floor with the combined is all we iu weight of the same three Memphis gen- people who tlemen thrown powerfully * and peraist- years our tu ently against the .small figure of its Dr. Smoo owner. Explain it can. ' Northern pi Bat in one respect, at least, the would have modest little lady is like other mortals, The Mode ah6 has a woman's heart, and hist night Mr. Simp at 7.30 o'clock, in the parlor q? the Dr. Smoo Clarendon, gave her hand confidingiy/tp1 Texas. Yoi the man of her choice, Tnomas Jti.; Mr. Simp Emhry, of Cincinnati. The pair were- speak for Te quietly married fey Squire;J. J. Barry, things down without previous nc^e ^yen to the surprised a hotel clerk..and a ifewminutesl^ter went there. Ho to the theatre to give the regular per- thing with t f ormanee. {The bride was richly dreased side both jet in velvet costume, and wore an exquisite Most of ? Aawakj TmfVk-. I flfW tlla nn< IUUnjBgO JUULJUCIi l/l nuiw uwnuo nuu i o-?? out other ornament. The young hus- dropped. band has certainly a deal of temerity to place himself in the hands of one so J capable of enforcing conjugal obedience, Southern* bet seemed to be a very happy man. Gilmore Sit ^ i that Simms Why She Didn't "Holler." of his langu l/A ^onng woman from the_country was required gn nggk, hor ox-sweetheat Tarbreach of elaborate dif says the Texas Sittings, and iu an orator Hassyers were, as usual, makig ail tragic. He' aKof. inquiries. forth, a flood BBousay," remarked one, "that the meaning?h ffladant frequently sat very close to histoij Wa&_ sir." s?as the replv. with a hec- the^ actio h. *' into tne lc w dose?" occasionally ee enough mf s one c-eer was all ou^ a 3^ tin' room we ne?* <3." would chara 1 you say he pat his arm around but packed Simjjjs talki I didn't" to feel it to At did you say, then?" stand the isu ad he put both anus around me." ^OIls the m what?" dividnalityi hugged me." esteem. Hi y hard?" Se was not E ha AVI. Sn tinm hard that I As it was sa I. neaT out*" amodwito didnt yon holler?" a5^ ^hLst * and sometis ifa no reason. Be explicit please, temperamei 3 vhy?" methodical ael wasafeered he'd stop." ?* fonrt fell off the bench, and had the^commax ?rthe pnrpose of resuscitation. *^ew Leckie L. Kawson, the Chicago ij^toing sti 1 wife, created a decided seasation formed Chi fcurt room, ia that city yesterday though the 1 ?y shooting at Lawyer Whitney. was great da tnfnnofarl on/^ An Anf^r. -vt_. *r ii ui&a mimmuju, pi fired five shots at her intended an(j |t one bullet took effect, tbe day aftern(> WBm the leg. She was at once onira house K&ken to the sheriffs office. stSS m&sx rage was'caused by some Hillsbos rah Whitney in regard to 0f rain and Ba last night ai Hfc, i m Hon. John ] Kat Epirus. Funds have seriously inj |&?antinople and Athens Belfast pike Pfcers. over and Mi ACHER FROM TEXAS. THE CAMPAIGN DETE1 rives a Kail in the Coffin of A Serious Scandal on Cle resbyterian Union. Blaine's Private Payers e, Md., May 29.?TheSouth- (Special to the Baltimore rterian General Assembly New Yoek, May 28.?A to-day -wrangling. Organic Democratic politicians, who 1 the members to a fever selves on being anti-Clev< r. Smoot, of Texas, made a nave oeen noiamg secret eh. The report of the com- with some Blaine Republic vertures, declaring organic city within the past two or acticable, was further con- for the purpose of putting h finally adopted by a vote of form a "sensational stateme as killing the scheme. So tory to Mr. Cleveland, which were the speeches that the will be made public in time had frequently to. call the President's chances for a re order. - It is promised that a pampl t, of Texas,-created -a sena- issued on Thursday or Frida ourished his right arm and "startle the country." The L-:>- lonn -man Who in almftfit avp orthern brethren keep talk- are Hill partisans, talk glee bat we owe this country. "We affidavits yet to be produced on the principle that we convince the country that M erve the interests of the has violated social proprie rod at the expense of the Whitj House in such a wt ether it 6tands or falls. I mere'telling of the story wi : under God to the country, the country that he is unl ses, abide by the lais and President. These significant iHat be, and love my f? r-i "?.i i to tie myself to the apron were Ciioy"!Wi eSSBUUton any jjaanting government, dorsement of some of raff# the country being united! Blaine's supporters. The pc Ton might, as well talk tion made by some of these g the Democratic and Re- sworn statements will be laid a-?-_ rm O* T.n'nJo nnncAntinn " an !u6S? jlJLLOJT miL OWUU UIO k>v? jlivuio mm Thy, a white woman actually make Cleveland's candidacy jmber of the Legislature in bility, indicates that the B] asked to have the laws gers have brought themselve hat she could marry a great, that another campaign of i talwart negro, on the ground vituperation will help their flesh and blood like any The story that the anti-Cleve The only difference was in promise to give to the publi< 1 was the most superficial part of this week relates who They tell us that it will Be sonal matters, and it is a stoi i to the Northern Assembly either be substantiated by tt oiganic union. But these controvertible proofs, or il re forgotten all the wrongs whelm and disgrace forever: ern Assembly to us. I say New* York, May 28.?-i iristianly, bluntly, I don't (Me.) special to aa evening ; ! unioE. But the Northern "During a conversation with sharp. What they don't Blaine's personal and polit worth-knowing." last Saturday he gave our J. A. Waddell, of Virginia, piece of sews which has tie man with gray beard, made public. 'Did you kno^ fcform, with his manuscript the gentleman, 'that Mr. Bli md his umbrella held close- was broken into some time a arm. This created a great and his family were absent ement. He did not mind political and business con ir, and, undisturbed by a and private papers, involvii hat came from within a few operations, whioli were in *> drop his umbrella, he held were overhauled and a portic proceeded to deliver him- abstracted? Well, such is tl organic union. Organic matter has always been kept don, he declared, was dan- the hope that the thief migb ganic' union was not com- ered, but he never has been, Christ or required by the never heard he was. Idon! anybody in particular was ev S. M. Neel said: "The great of "being the thief. The suj jhurch unity has fallen upon that the robbery was perpeti carried a musket in the expectation of obtaining cay for four years, and for among Mr. Blaine's private p i be supposed to be opposed might be used to his politic! t, but I "waiut" to do what the ever wanted. I never learne hrist wishes me to do, and I acter of the papers stolen, t. The first question that robbery was discovered the f ! was as to the spirituality of iibrary was found to be li but if there had been no letters and papers, which ha< auld be now no separation, been carefully examined. E the war over, and now shall ^as found to have been ran; sated? We have been told its contents either disturbed rthern Assembly dodged our upon the floor." to neiagianism and semi- <m . I don't beheveifc. I be- " what's ix a nai iefc"us squarSy like men/' _? \ Simpson, a ruling elder An Exciting Episode in the J nod of Alabama, said: "If General Assembly needed in matters eoclesias- Philadelphia, May 29.?] bandon our Presbyteries and by terian General Assembly and go back to Congrega- ing, the Rev. William Aikn It is time for ns hide oar of Atlantic City, offered a res gs of the past and go for- gave rise to an unexpected d work that is before us. The was as follows: ssembly did not evade our Resolved, On th-3 near i to heresy, as they have been Decoration day, the day set h doing. They are just as National Government in : at snhiArtt as we are. These those who during tho war ive all been sifted until it bellion gave their lives that 5 ridiculous. We are told and the country should n tecieexnttEscNOTess. What General Assembly desires is a solemn question:'that inestimable servieee^i^^ 3 in the South. There is our death of those heroic and p igelization. We should lay diers, and our undying att ijudice and take up this duty, the great principles for our duty, who know their fought and died, and with th ics so welL After twenty titudeof our fellow-oitizeni rofessed evangelization can our prayerful sympathy 1 > a single Presbytery that has whom the day brings still t ng?" of immeasurable bereavemer 'Yes; in North Carolina and Dr. Aikman entered into ? ina." impassioned discussion of qi son, continuing: "Yes, that volved in the war. Be vras ive accomplished among a by several Commissioners wi have been for one htmdred "The war is over" and .-WIIa f telage." ~ tion. The Moderator put t) t, of Texas: ''Yes, and if the and the resolution was lost eachers had let us alone we Here ensued a scene of done more." . Dr. Stewart, of Penisylva: >rator: "Order!" that the Rev. Drs. Dickey, 3 son: "I deny it" Mcintosh be appointed a co t: "You can't deny as to draft a resolution expisssive i haven't seen it" . of the Assembly upon the n son: "I don't undertake to Dickey jumped upon fhe pis ixas. They have such funny after expressing his regret at t there that I would not be vote, moved as an aaendn t anything that happened special committee be app w can we accomplish any- which Dr. Crosby shoad be wo churches working side by man, to prepare a rtsolut ilous of each other?" subject the members say they are Drs? Johnson, of Chicago, ffition has now been finally of Cincinnati, and Lawienci Carolina, spoke with son? i ma i eating tne action just tafien, t Forgotten Man. bate was growing very lively ;r, who saw much of William Wallace moved a reconaxlere omsin his later years, says vote by which Dr. Aikyian't was "choice in the selection had been lest. '. age," and that "if the subject This was agreed to, and t ive thought and anything like stituto was offered by the jcussion, he delivered himself Falconer and carried." it p ic style, bordering upon the the appointment of a special would rise from his seat, pour to prepare a resolution. Th I ftf Wftrds StrftDC Mil? full of aniwintoil t.Kflfiar TIm Pwv ? ?? O ? vuv AfWTt VIVk .0 would quote alternately and Jolineon, and Elders J. r, philosophy and poetry, and and William Wade. od to the word and the word This quieted down a so: >n; not infrequently falling citing episode, and jus* befc iud declamatory tone, and ment the committee reporte< , like Thomas Carlyie, throw- resolution, word for word, ?ged sentance, such as you "civil war" was subafitutet cterize as rough and uncouth, Gf the rebellion," and it was with meaning. It would be an unanimous chorus of, ayes ng and no one else; he seems be so, and miuie yon under- Edmomu on his Dip ? He never dealt id abstrac- A Washington dispatch sa expense of his concrete inintellect, opinion and self- idmur t ? rm*?> resolution 01 the comruttee a was, therefore, ujgmatio. -potions reported fishp unlike Dr. Sam Johnson. , A ' re^?.rte<t tU3 *sll a^idLJ^L v;<, would have it in charge dun f^n^r TTpSlrr^ bat?> *** the *<* the h* S'i Sl w practically been taken 1 ^ i^W Sherman, and that ths voice aes diffuse. He had anardent . . Vermont ^ not h it ana a vivid imagmation a rabjecfc ^ whioh ^ mind and ail inexhaustible , . _ rife knowledge; and withal, tte ^ cIosed id of his yernacolar as to cor1 ele^nee, as well as force." gg^ Eamrads b(lieTCS , " De* and unwise, to use no strong rucivr"smoiu,? iu ouio. Senate when in the act ay 30.?At Fairfield yester<!>.y t!le President and especial! lick the parsonage of the Re- PP?1*"* matter of diploma itch, setting it oo fire, and mtoeprfflenoe of fie pub. lames were extinguished, there ?tner party to tne esse. Th( image dene. ing reluctantly to the -will of nxGTON, May 30.?A terrific and voting with his jarty for id storm occurred late yester- he is understood to prefer dd, blowing the roofs off the public part in the pioceedinj and the Catholic Church. The holds to be so irregilar. Academy was also unroofed. m m ,o, May 30.?A terrific storm _ , ... ? _ . _ o . i a. A T, IrftTiPra] StnnA'WTi! wicu set iu utre auout v u uic'cs. ? : , ??T id did a good deal of damage, 111 & short tunt, be re] ti. Hughes and his wife were P^ce called "Jackam Circle ured while driving along the hundred feet from the pre Their buggy was blown When this is done a" beaut . Hughes was fatally 'njurtd. monument will be greeted ov< LOPING. FROM POVERTY TO PURPLE. j veland, and A Beautiful American Girl Becomes a Strange and Stolen. Prussian Princess. an Animal i Sun.) Tiie embassadors of some of the powers (From . few local at the Court of Berlin act as if they had Jealousy j pride them- been instructed to make up to thePrmoess feeling, bu iland men, Noer, Countess von Waldersee. I general A conferences remember that lady as one of the galaxy the most exl ans in this of pretty Americans who were drawn work itself i three days here during the middle period of the seeing its m PrnTOws v>tr f.v>o AflQA with which access while the sei WW yU^/UTO ""?* t y fc/j 1 .?. . nt" deroga- was then obtained to the most amusing point is pro they declare court in Europe?that of the Tuileries. Siberia relal to kill the Some of those transatlantic charmers had We had fi nomination, varied destinies. the favorite ilet will be Eiiza Cook.got hold of the King of the a corner of y that will Netherlands asd the petroleum springs pleasure; sh anti-Cleve- on the Orange estate in New Jersey, she held ad ry instance She had such incomparable diamonds One day 3 fully abont that the Empress, to avoid seeming to hunting exci t which will oomplete with her at the Opera House, the dogs fell r. Cleveland used to go there unadorned with jewels, and when it ties in the A New Orleans beauty, small, sparkling, them one at ly that the and petulant as a humming bird, made a first C c ill convince conquest of the old Marquis de Chasse- custom, but itted to be loup Lonbat, when he came to propose call ! gave a * ' * - ^ 1- 3 Lisinuations for her in the name of nis nepnew, auu ne naa nnim r&le gossip at herfar famed fancy balls at the Marine started to di in- Ministry opened the official world to no* permit s ret active^ Tasiry"bTher countrywoman. w?n Apoo isitiveasser- Another beauteous American from away in an c men ''that Boston was all-powerful at the Home the disli for I before the Office in Persigny's time; and De Moray's woddnotes ch as will death robbed a pretty New Englander there was ar an impossi- of unbounded influence at the Palais So matter aine mana- Bourbon. except Jati< s to believe But- the American -girl (or rather young creature reft 3.1 3 i. J_ t? ??? ???.? rtan a nnftrtor nf T nffA-rAr) it. fc scanuai acu i?ujr buo nna uivie Ml - -4 candidate, a century in existence), "who was carried die relented (land people highest by ambition, resolution, audac- Not long i 5- the latter ity, style and beauty, was Mary Esther on the carpe >lly to per- Lea, who now, as Countess von Walder- ent^ed the 1 ry that must see, is about as bad a thorn as there is come and li ie most in- among the many thorns in the side of fancied that ; will over- the Empress Victoria. If trust were to dared to ent its authors, be placed in the favor of princess she out. Ln Augusta would be certain-to govern the German There stc paper says: Empire through William IL and Augusta scarcely rec< 1 one of Mr. Victoria when Frederick XL is called to onemass of ical friends another world. coat not a s; reporter a However, even should the favor :he stxxSu, wagg; never been enjoys cantinue, her reign may be cut impertinent r,' remarked short, owing to ill-health of the Crown I was angi aine's house Prince. In that event, Prince Henry "You dirty 1 tgo while he would be iiegent, and his future wife, here!" But and all his Irene, worships her Aunt Victoria. was off like 1 espondence I have not seen the Princess Noer aiuce outside of tl 1 g financial she used to be boarding around here, ovet the stej his library, Her father was a Wall street operator, Not r.mn >n of them who was unknown to the Astors and returned, 1c fa/.f Tho Van^Arbilts. and never grew to-be a 6ver;andhc a secret in millionaire by Ms operations. and took he: it be discov- At that time Miss. Lea was beautiful. i^aiaiataii at least I She still, I am told by a friend holding my horror o 't think that an upper function at the Court of Berlin, on purpose 1 Br suspected hasjoiiesrestes,andinaoountcyinwhich not waited I ^position is women of all ranks are heavy and grace- never before atedin the less is of exceptional elegance. coat, ftTKj s something She has brains, is resolute, independ- distance afte apers which ent, sees her way to the objects she has any where n< d iojory if in view, and is oounted one of the most ? d the char- ambitious women in Europe. When the Mary Esther Lea picked up here that -Theneyes loor of the Prince of Holstein who was among the crepe, i ttered with beaux who revolved around the Duohess As the crepe 3 ?a* "R^m* in widowhood and settled it m anihere LI CYlUOiiWJ UV ? ?? _ Ivery drawer down in life with a Danish heiress con- narroW- ;cor( sacked, and nected with the royal family. That handles are! or dumped heiress, I have been told, loft him her All gowns fortune. Se was bom in the year one suggestion a and was quite an old boy when David the Ponipad ee?" Lea's daughter bewitched him. The tl.- <* ? > last bewitchment took place as the stuggle slender won Presbyterian between North and South was going on whose outlii in America, and a marriage was the to be gracef [n the Pres- consequence. The "dim this morn- The old gentleman's hobby was Syria, in London, lan, D. D., where he was born. "Partant pour la which is son lolution that Syrie" was then the national air of evening coal iveraon. It France, and after Misss. Lea became having long Princess Noer she begged her illustrious of the stirt ipproach of husband to take her to the Holy Land, coming to tl Vtt T_ ?: Via ttoq from /?ha-r<j/?+.pr XL-} auam uj- vul xu KUU1K Ki moi?sw"? V T, memory of bia relatives, who naturally were hanger- "dress moi of the Be- me for J^fortane, and h? made a mil these few tli the Union to his bride. The tafl coateare ot die, this he lIHBtel11 were not great* Theskirtf to put on lightest ^bu fe&rf and thSBHB^^ffftokish Beys and roj^Lacade atriotic sol- Pashas aSSrEuropean consuls could beaQuruF M achment to procure. of cloth, sin which thev t Nevertheless, such as they are, they around the ie great mul- killed the poor old beau before the spring specific Tmm 3 to extend baA come round. As there is no such with a hint < to those to thing in Danish law as a morganatic this was a D ho TO-artt/vrrr "U? ? ~ ? *" >.V iuuuvij niHrruu^f, LUSL pUCUUlUll WttO ? OUU.U. UllO B11K. it. and the will was binding. She was Hayward, ; somewhat created Princess of Noer by the favor of makes also 1 lestions in the Emperor Franz Joseph, "who, at the dinner coats interrupted time of the marriage, wanted to -be (to makes the b th cries of defeat the plans of Bismarck) on the best tightly fittin 'or the ques- 0f terms with the Schleswig-Holstein- seamed cart tie question Sonderburg-Augustenburg family. thing like ti With her good looks, quick wits and ionable men confusion, immense fortune the Princess was not coat and his moved long in experiencing I'embarras de choix over which f dcCook and in regard to suitors. After Count von The elbow s mmittee to Waldersee had covered himself with glory cuffs of vel of the sense at Sadowa she preferred him to others. There is als< meter, jji. uut, as sne was not "Dorn" ner Austrian Hayward thj tforxn, and, title did not meet with any but sullen is made of ci the former recognition at the Berlin Court, The lovely mater lent that a Crown Princess (now Empress) was mis- front is ioo& Dinted, of trustful of her cleverness. - no fastening the chair- The Princess Noer's opportunity came the high poi ion on the after Prince William married the big The flow* Holstein Princess, Augusta Victoria, dresses are Heckman, The actual Crown Princess went to this year. 3, of South Berlin a tall, finely-built, country-bred dresses. So teat, depre- girl, lumbering in mind and body, edge like a r and the de- unattractive and incapable of improve- is made uj when Dr. ment. The mental superiority of her Mummy clol ttion of the mother-in-law humiliated her. She had having been j resolution no taste for study and good excuses for years. It i1 not studying, there being, since her first ci0th in whi hen a sub- child was born, pretty nearly always a werewrappe Bev. Dr. baby in the cradle. and does not rovided for Princess Noer undertook to reform dressmakers committee her, bought lovely frocks and charming Buch a fashi< e Moderator toys for the babies,gave life to the dinners tioii of the iby, Aidman and teas of her late husband's great-niece, mummv wra H. Baldwin and became indispensable to the Imperial broad i couple. ternating \ mewhat ex- It is irritating to the Empress to have color." One >re adjourn- her path blocked by the Noer-William- stripes in a 3 I the same Bismark combination, and to find that 0f creai except that the adroit Princess nee Lea is the rising ery m0unte< i for "war sun. She is to Prince "William (in point the bodice fi adopted by of moral influence) what John Brown embroidery, >. was to Queen Victoria, and what the doth drawi ? Battenbergsnoware. " to the side 0 iity. ? . The Mari< ys: It was Consular Service. mnAa of folc ids, who by Brown (to Robinson, returned from complete lij on loreign abr0ad:) "You say you were robbed in crepeline or snes treaty, street toilets tug the de- Robinson: "Yes, they took every cent cross the ulerahip has 1}lad." narrowed, as yJt &?*>* Brown: "I suppose you went to the over the bu? tne oena- Amm'mTi consul for help?" each end be: eard upon a Robinson: "Yes and he wanted me to bow on thefamiliar in lendhim?5.? - finishtoay this after- line dress m There is a temporary scarcity of funds * it imnmwr i11 tiie New Jersey State treasury, and ]?' x ^ the authorities, in consequence find *c , - themselves greatly embarrassed in sev- Rengalined] of Mnog erai ^8grSe printeTthe laws bath these t cv "todo-Ko Pasee^ % the last Legislature in the DmcK wranc lie'and the ^ expenditure of anffh assent. ab?ut $<o>000, and Gov. Green hesitates the majority to Proceed ^ch the designation o? the tasfc open doors papers to do the printing. It is doubtful Cashmere to take no ow*ng to the same stringency, whether silks and bis ra rrinVh ho any encampment of the National Guard the new toil will be held this summer. tions and w< ? in greater fa Decoration Day was generally observed is trimmed e n's remains throughout the North, and also at some shade or -els moved to a points in .the South. fashioned gi about one There is a deadlock in the Democratic D^s.e and P* ?eat grave. Convention of Florida, on the nomination straight desi iful bronze for Governor. Twelve ballots have been they are bee bt the grave, taken without result full plump i i jealous dog. drapery about tbe hips. The "English _ , 77"",, ? . _ fashion very generally prevails, of wearUnmtatakable Development In ing a bl^"^ and a small bkck wrap, o a ommon umau ass.on gjjjjgj. mantle or jacket, with dresses of the Youth's Companion) any color no matter hotf light. The is not a distinctively human anglomaniacs take father pleasure in t is shared by animals in wearing small fur capes laie in late in the parrot will often manifest season with black lace dresses. treme discomfort, and even * A feature of new French dresses is an nto a downright passion, at attempt to do away with the high standistress playing with a canary, ing collars so long in favor, leaving the isitiveness of dogs upon tins throat bare as low as the collarbone and verbial. A lady traveling in finishing the neck of the dress with a. ies a lndicrous instance: turned-over knife plaiting of silk like ve dogs. Mme. Jatier was that of the dress, or else draping a lace and was allowed to sleep in barbe along the sides of the neck, arrangthe youth, or enter"it at "ing it in a fan-like plaited bow in back e was fed first; in one word, and front. This new departure will only Vvc fVinoo with a short, fair I istinguisned position. | WO OUU^VWU K/J VMVMW ? ?? _ 9 Mr. Atkinson was away on a and plump neck and throat, hence most irsioa and the task of feeding of the imported dresses brought over 1 to me. I had sonp made this season when cut in this way rtquire was brought I gave it- to a little guimpe of net or embroidery or a time. else kerchief like folds of India silk laid ailed Jatier, according to close against the otherwise uncovered as she did not answer the neck. portion to Appoleck. Before For misses, graduates and very young led Mme Jatier appeared^nd ladies are pretty dresses of white veiling " ~ ? -J- ?-AV ? _ A ive him away. This X would or 01 unina sits maut> a iuuuu ind we had a grand scnffle. gathered skirt, and round plain waist leek had dined, he walked buttoned behind and cut off even across >rderly manner and I filled jnst under the arms, to be fitted out at Jatier, but she was sulky and the top with a guimpe-of figured net or it. I called another dog, ana embroidery permanently set in. The iOther battle, but I was firm, sleeves, of mutton-leg shape, are of the 8 went oh till all had dined material of the guimpe without lining. jr. Even then the jealous lsed toiouch the soup uuti] a wonderful bank. o her in a clean plate. Then . Which Pays Dividends of 150 P*-r Cent afterwards, as I was seated ? p?r Annum it with my sewing, Jatier The Chemical Bank of New York city court; but as she d;d not is probably the strongest financial instii.u 68 I tution in this country, and ita prosperity one of the other dogs had an(j succesg have been a ruarvai in busier and turned to order it ness financial circles. A New York j r a- _l i -l. x letter gives the following interesting >od Jatier, certainly, but, poiats in reference to this wonderful jgmzable. She was literally ?oneyed institution: *" black m? r?h "Raiilr I T' . -V, ? ~~~ 1CU ouaico ui uumiv? , peck was visible, There she were the other day on the Stock Exmg her tail, and looking as change at S3,600 a share, without the as possible. bi-monthly dividend of 25 per cent. 7> sizing my whip said: ^hia the highest that this stock has creatnre, how dare you come y6t sold for, and it has long been noted before I could reach her she M commanding the highest premium i shot, and by the time X was 0f any stock in the world. First te tent she was racing far National Bank stock commands $2,000 ** * r* 1- AAAA , per share, the Jj'iltn avenue uanK $ow y, :n^n ^ afterwards she pgr B]iare) the Bank of Ireland $275 and oked as olean and glossy as the Bank of England 8350. ?w ahe came without a ^ word The dividends of the Chemical Bank r accustomed place. have for a long time been at the rate of 1 that she was fully aware of 5 ^ eentbi-monthiy, with an additional ,f an" ro^?d m the mud dividend of 10 per cent some time daring to.annoy me because I had the year or an even 100 per cent per t>r her co dine first. I Lad ammm, The dividend declared for the ?seen a speck of dirt on her first of ^ch acd to be continued therehe must have gone some after is 25 per cent bi-monthly, or 150 ir it, as there was no mud p^ cent per annum. Last year the bank . paid $3,000,000 in dividends, equal to the Fa^ion Notet amount of capital stock, and carried a surplus of twice the capital stock. It is ?t parasols are made of China yery seldom tViia valuable stock finds its throughout with China silk. to the market, and then only in the 1 will not admit c? stretching, settlement of some old estate, and when - J i. a lnio me sijci miu wj ? a sale ta&es pxace it attracts great ?ncui about the edge. The tion. John B. Manning wasthe purchaser long and of twisted silver at the sale. this season will show some jn 1343 or 1844 David Wolfe, the father t leastof one of these styles, 0f Catherine Wolfe, bought 200 shares of our, Dixectiore or Empire, Chemical Bank stock at par, or for $20, having the preference among Q00. To-day, that same stock, at the ien, the first among wdinen price commanded, would be worth $720, les are not sufficiently slim 000, and has paid more than $1,000,000 ul in clinging draperies. in dividends since the day it W3S purler coat is the latest fancy chased. It is the Directoire coat, lethingin-ahape like a man's t ?rrfe n-ff Bfervrr. in front and A Gorgeous Swell Dinner. tails reaching to the bottom The following details of a dinner which behind. . This is very be- was given the other day by a New York le few figures of thatpeculiar lady may be read with interest by people rich perfectly straight lines vrho want to know the latest thing in the e thair anything else. For ^av of Americ*n extravagance: :e severe Directoire swallow- The dinner table was arranged about a i made in the richest material, miniature lake, in which palms, lilies and j under these coats are of the ferns appeared to be growing, while bstances?lace, ribbon or tropical trees rose from the banks amid riking dress was worn at. the miniature parterres of flowers. Small my the .other day by the electric lights, with vari-colored globes, s. Drew. The skirts were were arranged about the lake, and eleclpij made and pinked out tricity was introduced under the water edge. The cojor has no 0f the improvised lake, and caused to fl ? of ft "R/YnMa'Tiflrar roil -3 imitatinn r\t V) " "V*" * UttllUC aUVUW iU XA4A4.WWVAVA4 V* ' *-** Vw-w?>f crushed strawberry. Over fj?y>. There was a fountain in the centre irectoire coat of black moire 0f the lake, and a colored glass ball, lighted by electricity, spurted up and the London dreeai 1^ -down a jet of crystal water. There was svhat she calls Pomp*a9Htt^nth on the table, and each of the . Th9 Pompadour brocad? ^^fc'courses served at the dinner was odice, which meets in front, p'iace?h^?Iore the guests on a natural g. Just in front is a many- rjj_2m leST^PfeSv7^ and room decorasfully shaped piece, some- tions?some of from Florida he waistcoat worn by fash- South America?generaIIyV2?5e l. The neck opens like a gmilft-r, ferns, ivy and palm, manoSsii^ Cpafc reveri of dark velvet, banana, orange, and other trees. Hangalls a full jabot of white ace. jjj? among them were hundreds of very leaves are of brocade, with Scolored electric lights.' vet and deep luce ruffles. The decorations of each plate cost > a "tea jacket ' made by thirty dollars, the favors siy.ty, and the it is immensely admired.. It menus were painted to order at ten ream colored satin plus.!-?a dollars apiece. The truffles came from ial?fits tight behind, but in France, and the strawberries cost seven b and crosses over, shoiviug dollars and five-cents per bunch of five s. It is braided in gold, and berries. Roman punch was served in iceman's collar is cold. v.o?^r.r? Inn r^Qfnrol fcooa I ? o - ViOUgM uaugiug vu UMU utfviuuu viw.u} >red foulards for summer th^ pulp of the fruit haying been deftly in most beautiful designs removed, so that the guest picked the Thej really mate flower oranges from the branches.?London me of them have a broad silk conrt Journal. ibbon, which when the dress m ? oorders all the drapery. "Great" Indian Doctor. th is being revived, after ^ ?5W weeks ago there appeared in the out of favor for ax or eigxit neighborhood of Shady Grove Church, mtates the texture of the Helton Township, an Indian, accomch the Egyptian, mummies lw v?_ AT)a ha cp. - tTi18 f iv 00^ cured a house on the plantation of wrinkle. One of the French juag0 w. F. Cox, and took up his abode is making costumes of it in there, In a very short time it was >n as to give a jape imita- noisel around that he was a medical straps ana bands of the ^octo^ who could cure all manner of -pgpgs. Some presses of it /3jgefU!e# Several darkeys who were stapes of Boulanger red al- consulted him, and he began Fith stapes of mummy treating them. In a few days they of these is mad6 up with the ciaim^ that they had been entirely redingote over an*imderaress 0f their diseases, and since then n-colorea English embroid- practice has daily increased. People, 1 on cream silk. On one side ^^te and black, who are afflicted .ts quite tight and,i5 made of ^th cancer, white swelling, rheumatism, the other side is of mummy dyspepsia, etc., etc., are flocking to him l across in folds atid fastened from around, some coming from 'fttie waL?t c^P3- both Greenville and Laurens counties, i Antoinette fichu is being and in nearly every case the persons * i _ j. i.T_ _ T * - i * J.I lb ui buo xiitouciiAia wj ciaun i-uau tilt) iTiiimn m ueiieiL&iiig uiem. a;ht dresses of .cashmere, On our trip into the eastern section of Bengaline, for carriage and the county last Sunday, we passed by i. Three or .four wide folds, the home of the "medicine man," and back and shoulders and we venture the assertion, from what we the waist tapers, th^n crossed saw and heard, that there were' no less tt and caixied to the back, than one hundred persons tio see him fog finished with a ribbon during that day. The Indian claims to fcoarnure.. This id a pretty be from Little Rock, Ark. He uses oung lady's pale ^ray crepe- herbs and plants, and manufactures his ade with full sieves tucked own medicines. Ee makes no charges Qie armholes, and! a plaited for his services, and is satisfied with atterfly wing points in front whatever a patient-gives him. He is said >r drapery. Sne<jle-cclored to be very illiterate.?Anderson Intelli rcf-ses are similarly ?naa?, ana gencer. oileta are worn ^rith large ? Is hats of Straw, \ Witll the A Fair of Pugoacloua Politician*. y covered with long stemmed Chicago, May 30.?A Herald special the brim capriciously bent to from Cape Girardeau, Mo.. says: "Judge a of the wearer, t David L. Hawkins. Assistant Secretary of , veiling, Bengalijne, India the Interior, and W. V. Leech, a promiick lace are the malterisJs for nent citizen of this city and Democratic ets worn at afternoon .recep- ^didate for the^ legislature, foughUa. a letter written by ^ucige Hawkins from ither with ribbon of the same regarding the appointment of e there is silver gallon or old p^n^ter at this place. Friends inter mp on the waist. The polo- fgpg^ and separated them before either of incess style, as weul as all them was badiy hurt. The light created igns, are worn bv all,to whom quite an excitement, and friends of both oming, especially tftose with parties , fear that it will not end with this igures that do notf require little affair." V fjliJOlt UlJU? ARTICLE TWO. have"! Shelter for cattle in winter is de- ^ manded both by humanity and econo- ed an; my. The percentage of loss from cold . is heavier amo ng Southern stock than Northern, as is shown by government has statistics. The tood required to sup- in the ply auimal heat to a cow subjected to . The cold winds and rains would, if she HPe ' aliv li were comfortably housed, be tarBed seem i into fat or milk. currai The manure made in an open lot is made scarcely worth the expense of hauling. delici< The soluble matter is mostly leached The ont by the rains, and the litter placed g00(j: there might have been as well, or bet- tftan c ter, carried at -once to the fields. others In a word, unsheltered stock are create unprofitable stock, and indicates a cruel 13 Xbd and thriftless owner. chuna In selecting a breed of cattle to begrin with, each one mqfct-fce gnided by fu0n circumstances. If a milk maruet is The near, the Holsteins or Ayreshires cotton would, perhaps, be most profitable. If pastui*ageis very fine (a beef breed) Short Horns or Brahmiu grades might pay best. If one takes "no pride in cattle and intends to let them "rough " Son it," then the scrub (common) stock "is stoop best for him. I willingly admit there Mond; cnmo sttrnh sDecimens, bnt Some I think the superiorly of these due to take tl some chance cros9iug with a thorough bred, and they are not really scrubs The but grades. crat i: The plan I adopted was to grade up thene with scrub cows and a thoroughbred ijna {J Jersey bull. My reasons for this 1 thinks will give as briefly as possible: What, ohoser 1 wanted most of all was man are,'in select* order to pursue a more intensive, or Were I to use, I think, a better word, concen- this th trated system of farming. My pas- an eas turage was not ?ood enough for beef, vcrsit* and I could not sell milk in quantity from to pay, so the chief incidental product other < nf mr- tiia mnsthe butter, which is /n* easy to transport, arid for which, if it -is good, there id always a demand. , } Good butter is worth 25 ccnts per ^s,s pound, and if a man can't get that he lfah, either does not know how to make it or how to sell it. lne V4' The Jersey is par excellence the butter e breed. Not being able to pay the big ?? mc< prices asked for the full blood heifers, raY?.a I strained a point and got the best ball 10 I could. They are very prepotent, that is, able tu fix their characteristics The on the offspring, and in a few crosses the pi the grades will approximate very plovm closely the full bloods in batter ca- are" se pacity and appearance. Of course their 5 they are not the breed for beef, not world being built that way, any more than has a the race horse is a draft aniinal; but chemh it is acknowledged by those who ought the S< to know that the general purpose cow positic is as yet a myth, und we must be the Nf satisfied with one SGperior trait in a linjy p single cow. ..-r'andor The small size of many Jersey cows must a is, however, owing to__xbeir' breeding superi hpfnrp thpr arft .rtprcprfoDed. If not al ments. lowed to calve until three years of age they wtff make very fair sized animals, over 800 pounds in weight, and I've seen them go as high as 1100 or 1200. parther Before quitting the subject, which 1 must do through regard for your readers, I will state one fact, which Pr?T comes from the very best authority, w.hicni and ought to give a boom to cattle ?l?ia a raising if nothing else can. It is this: The mauure obtained from feeding one * ton of cotton seed, which can be footun bought for $10, is worth $27; the standard cf value being the present pe^om price of our commercial fertilizers, and Hi T' ototrtmnnf Kci trno ?nH r Mnnnt ?nn n J.A tuio siaigmuui i/v ti uvj * w**, v doubt it, and if it be properly appre- and thi ciatcd and acted upon, it will "do more particu to develop tbe new South than all the rents, cotton and iron factories and railroads NearE from which we are expectiug so much. Mrs. Y j. m. s. -1 ... Charle BJLLMETTO QUARRY SEWS. Bridge Messrs. Editors: Weiad a fine rain water in oar section last night, doing no harm two < but great deal of good. Everything At Be seems doubly fresh and vigorous this bright morning. Corn is doing finely, ^fcai 11 - tKoJr Uotton is generally cnuppeu uui, auu some -are throwiug dirt back to it. Those who ventured to sow fall oats feet in just hit it. The late gentle_rains have blown done much for spring oats.,' They will 5^^^^?nouffh to cut ever on land not eapesj in the h^itof^fiBiS?^ Gardens denbl _ qqU WftS pi are doing finely. Peas, beaus, es and Irish potatoes have got here at last. Blackberry pies are also in In B* vogue, and soon will become intensely d*1113# J hnt as 1 common, as the crop is unusually qq Cii heavy. Tbe W. market will no doubt was bk soon be glutted with the berries, and the bu the price go down to zero; but you alsosul must remember that when they "are of Plea gathered in the morning and put into a ^u; sugar (or sugar put into them) until The ve about 10 o'clock, a. m., they are in a ' condition to make much better pies j than afier being carried through the dHvine hot sun to W., drying all the flavor, r;ao.e | sweetness and nutritiousment out of Thro them. (I wonder if I didn't make a blown* word just now? Well, if 1 did, it may Aboi stay made.) Bntlmust inform you heavy, that our strawberries are ail g?ne, and represe what is worse, just here the other day as hen': we had our last currant pie for the badly, year of grace 1888. Messrs. Editors, tracks did you ever meet with the good for- kills, tune to eat a currant pie? Tf 50, I P?rtlcu have no doubt you will sympathise S10ns J with me in savins- thev are the best pies that ever did pie. " mSSb. Finally, in regard to the waste has- dollars. ket, I shall say to you, Messrs. Edi- cW tors', what the show man said to a Wester country lad who said to him, "Mr. tfcshai which is the leopard and which is the day die zebra?" The showman, putting on a fruit ei gracious smile, and with all suavity eral he of manner replied, "Jest which you Farm I please, just which yon please sir; you eiable paid your money and you have a right P^pes c to choice!" morris creek. chimne Bepc fail of blytbbwood yews. were p ?- from t" Since our last report we have been and lai visited by fine rains, and, as a natural * result, secured good stands of cotton, iabie' which is looking remarkably well not- beaten withstanding the frost and cold weaih- eSQt^ er- a son a There is considerable sickness in teen r ,. - _!!.. -nri u Hrnwrii IDIS VICilLUy. ?* uwpillg wugu, _ measles and some fever has been rag- w|re \ ing for several months. up. 1 Mr. David Hays died cn Mondav, whi<~* ~ ? 7 fKa for ITTst May, at the advanced age of 87 years. Mr. Hays was a great sufferer years, for several days previous to his death. 10 fo^( The funeral services were conducted fri^bte by the Hev. Hartin. childre Mrs. J. D. Hogan has been seriously ill for several weeks. "We earnestly hope she will be folly restored to her were si / ;e the conventions politics seem to .lied .'i natural deatft down here. Idorn ever hear politics mention- \ p more. . \ S. C. Dake is visiting relatives the wood. ' v school of Miss Maggie Kennedy >en closed on accono'. of sickness neighborhood. early peaches are beginning to though the crop will be unusught. Apples Are abundant, and to be very fine. Strawberries, its and raspberries have also their appearance, and are very ;u?i small grain crop is generally and is about two wee?> earlier isu&l. Mr. J. W. Brown, among , has already harvested the E>rtioa of his wheat crop. was preaching at the new the 25th May., The R*v. . Arial delivered a masterly ser0 an attentive audience. weather is unusually fine for chopping. k. ? - OCR EXCHANGES. ; " . 5 : v.5ft.VC5i (Chester Reporter.) ie miscreant invaded the front of our humble dwelling last ay night and stde onr .umbrella. horrible fate will surely uvfer- ^ bat wretch. - ~. {Newberry Observer) Orangeburg Times and Dcmos displeased because -nearly all w professors of the Sooth Caroniversity are-non-residents, and the professors should have been i from home men. The trustees ;d such men as they- thought >est fitted for the positions. In iey did precisely right. It is not y matter to fill twenty-fire niiir chairs with eminent specialists South Carolina alone or any jne State. angeburg Times and Democrat.) Jnited States Court in Georgia scided that a postal clerk who ! open a decoy letter is aot pun i for the act. We agree with licago Times that it takes a very dicial mind to construe our laws ?ly in favor of thieves, but we , good deal of tnat sort oI talent country. - t (Laurens Advertiser.') University was not enlarged/or lrpose of giving additional tment to teachers, but the teachers Iected *vith special regard to itness, and selected too from the at large. If North Carolina man who fcnpws more about itry, botany or astronomy, than juth Carolinian who seeks the ?n, we thinkTt-right to in)port >rthJStatel3rother. SCH^h Caroj^fce best State in: the (bran, \ earth, as we think, but stillNjL illow that other States may or teachers for certain departHAIL AND HURRICANE. Report* from the Big Storm in the - sburg, Pa., Jlay 29.?Tbe storm ^9BR99H Bwept over Eastern Ohio, 'West Yirad Western Pennsylvania yesterday BEBExBBM on was of a very destructive char- bKhBHw ind the aggregate loss to buildings, nd railroad and telegraph lines will many thousands of dollars^ Several ere also sacrificed and a number of 3 were injured about Point Pleasant mtington, Wesf Virginia. At Can- jROHBS hi., Beaver county, Pennsylvania rouffh the oil regions the storm was larly severe, the hail falling in torwhile the "wind was very violent. iavenswood, West Virginia, Mr. and Tflliam Powell were filled by lightwhile sitting in their home. At ston, West Virginia, Mrs. Robert )n was killed by a falling tree. AC ' ?! port, Ohio, a six-year old son of / ; ' > ^^8 l Powell was caught by a rush of J in a narrow ravine and drowned. / ampanions made a narrow escape.^/ llaire. Ohio, a railroad brakemarf 3ostello was killed while endeavor-S^_. manage his train during the storm, lton, Ohio, houses were lifted from 5undations and the steeples of several tes were wrecked. The south wing i new Hamden Watch Works, 2C0 iengui unu mree ?ton<? uigu, wju .down aad is a total wreck* and the r Watch Case Works were~badl?_ ;ed. There were many narrow esfrom death by the fall of the Hamlflding. A workman named MilHr W robably fatally hurt and Jos. Myers, ;r employee, is seriously injured. gsfc^stimated art; $70,GOO. ^^j^^^toproperty by the storm, ^th* *T*'n"l^nn Hotel jj^| >wn off and the jSCoq Titusville ifl lildiDg panic-stricMLpk Burchfield-;-? lered severely. bridg^H santville, croising Pioffij ^ wat^, JB ggy, was blown overaH^^^^^rdXS hide was reduced to splmrerro^tfH se was luteu uouuy auu carneu out: ^bi d yards. (Burchfield was badly hurt. Jarlee and family, who were out , were also thrown from their carad slightly injured. ugh the oil regions derricks were down and much damage was done. it this city the storm was not so but specials from many other points nt the hail falling as falling 83 large 3 eggs. Telegraph lines are down and in many places the railroad are covered with debris from the The damage to orchards has'beeu larly heavy, many trees in the reisited by the hail beihg stripped of saf; and other crops suffered in a ending degree. The total loss will ly reach several hundred thousand . ago, May 29.?Dispatches from a and Northern Illinois report that . i I storm of Sunday night and yester1 considerable damage, especially to ops A great many horses and sev . ad of cattle were killed by lightning. juildiugs were damaged to a considextent and in Elgin thousands of >f window glass were broken and sys were destroyed. >rts from Iowa and Kansas say the hail was terrific. The hail stones lieu up ana aruiea in many places wo to four feet deep in the morning ge sections of country were covered sheet of-ice. The damage to gar- y . ruit trees and vegetation is inp^ST" Windows were broken, ve?fetabies into the ground,- and (rat and forjs stripped of foliage, ha. Neb., May 29.?Two children, md daughter of Hugh Beckett, fourniles southeast of Beatrice, were ed during the heavy rain on Sunday Mrs. Beckett and four children it home alone when the rain came 'he house stands near a stream, id the water rose rapidly. Fearing >use would be washed away, Mrs. it, taking two children, aged 4 and 5 and bidding an 18-year-old daughter )w with the baby, left the bous>e. In [g a siuau guncj uic uiuuuci med and fell, losing her hold of the :n, who were swept away into the below, where they met their d<*tth. ther daughter and the baby, after a struggle, reached the shore and aved. "''vis _ - --a i <1Mfl