Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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j THE SOUTHERN HONEr LOCUST.. Once in the city park, , Leaving the dust and heat and noise of tne citv,. Wandering through narrow byways, ; Sudden my senses thrilled to an odor afar off: An odor just wafted, delicate, subtle, elusive. Breath of "the Southland fanning the brow of the North. Dawn the narrow path. The perfume nearing, expanding, ever increasing, Engulfinc me now with billow on billow of fragrance, Uncertain I wandered. _ I thought 1 smelled the sweet-brier, The wild honeysuckle, but no, 'twas the * locust! the locust! Beautiful, shaking its millionfold sweets to the wind. OH locust ce of the South! Your blosso...s of honeyed snow full of tremulous motion! Were you gladdened to see me there in the fresh May morning, That you leaned to me so and beckoned with joyous insistence? Luminous, delicate plumes, I believe that you knew me, And were joyed to the heart to greet an old lover and friend. Down on the soft, cool earth, Down at the foot, 'ncath the boughs of the white honey-locust, Pensive there in the sunlight and shade ever changing. Mused I, dreaming again the dreams of my childhood. Musing and dreaming so lay I until the white locust Hushed its low murmur and curtained itself for the niaht. ?Lillian C. B. McAllister, in Lippincott's. immi WATERS and " ** riKLIRU DKUUKS. BY KATH ERIN E S. BROWN. TT r TTTTf ae)0j0(9i0j^KAVE you got a shovel i*;l handyV" asked Margaret 5 I?J $ Leslie, dropping down on *X ** tlie liar(1 6round- "I'd like JiblOieJGiGfc* to brush up my spinal cord; it's been so tbrilcd to smithereens, I haven't any backbone left. You know, Conny, they drill on Van Ness avenue, right in front of our house. Will power can keep you from the window, but they've been giving their orders by bugle, and the very sound simply makes me want to Jiowl!" "I know," chimed in Constance Brice, waving a gold-headed cane, to which hoon faetanarl n vwr cninlr nnrl span silk flag; "there's a squad down near us, too." "The other day," went on Margaret, "I had such an experience. As I was coming home the soldiers were , lying flat in the middle of Van Xess avenue, firing at the enemy over an embankment. It was perfectly stupendous! Of course, there wasn't really any firing, or embankment, or enemy, but seeing them gave me the war fever, I can tell you! Oh, if I -were only a man I wouldn't be sitting here, or standing with my hands in my pockets, either" (a withering glance at their thus employed escort). "I'd? goodness, Tom Scott, look at that thing right down there in front of us. I am .going to run this minute." "What is it?" asked Constance. "A great, big, horrid old cannon!" "Oh, hurry, Mailge! Of course they'll fire a salute. Let's go home and watch the transports from our back porch." "Haven't you had an object lesson in cannon at vour kindprernrfpn vot?" asked Tom, serenely; then, turning to Margaret: "Baby's little dog or war is muzzled; doggie can't bark at the little .durls," and he reassuringly pointed out to the cap upon it. "To change the subject," said Margaret, with a little cough, "did you ever see such an uninteresting looking mortal as that woman sitting by herself over there. Her face is absolutely expressionless. I'd just like to stick a pin in her to see if she'd take interest enough to squeal." "Your hat pin with its army button end," suggested Constance. 'I don't believe she has any patriotism, for she hasn't a ghost of a badge or button." "I don't see what she came for. If ehe wants to rend magazines such a day as this, she'd better stay at home." "The leaves turn over pretty fast. She's probably only looking at the pic luitrs?uuu t tare ior reauing, you know. How long have we been here now ?" "One hour and forty minutes," answered Tom; then added encouragingly: "It's my opinion the transports won't go till night, then steal out quietly." They went on chatting of trivialities. Then, towards 5 o'clock?they had come to Block Toint at 2?they began telling stories. "I heard such a r>mantic one yesterday," said Margaret. "Tbere was a girl of Spanish descent called AnitaAnita?oh, I can't remember her last name." "Jones,"' suggested Tom. "Her parents both came to this country when they were mere babies. They have never been back. They have made all their money here. The father, naturalized, has voted right along. And their children have been educated in our public schools. But, when this war brok* out, the one touch of Spanish blood in their veins made them akin to their unknown brothers in their unknown fatherland. Anita, a belle of Santa Clara County, was engaged to a promising young Californian. "The parental smile had all the bless-you-my-children serenity until the young man enlisted: then lie was forbidden the house and : 11 intercourse with the granddaughter of . Spain. Well, as you can easily guess, Cupid managed a private correspondence, but one sad day a telltale feather dropped from his wing, and the Spanish temper that hadn't been naturalized when papa got out his papers, flew into a rage that bade Anita choose once and forever between home ties and heart ties. It didn't take long. With only enough money to last a month, she pluckily came to San Francisco to earn her own living. As soon ns her son of Mars heard it he insisted upon an immediate marriage. The wedding tool< place exactly a week ago, ar.d to-day he goes to Manila." ? \ "The poor little thing!" exclaimed . Constance. "I expect she is just cry- j in? lier eyes out now." _ . "Listen!" cried M.\rgaret. j ?. There was a far away whistle; a i JV bell; a spontaneous burst of many j whistles; the deep tone applause of j a cannon. The transports had started. J The patriotic city of San Francisco { was giving its cheer to the departing vessels. Then, amid the universal J 'pj thrill of brave, hopeful excitement, j j came the intruding possibility of ' death and disaster, and the siren moaned its low, irrepressible sob. The crowd at Block Point eagerly j ? pressed forward to catch the first | glimpse of the fleet. I is Final'v, around an obtruding point j j||jj of land, came the Peking, majestic, > llill beautiful, awful. Hugging her side, in parting embrace, ste v-ed the Ukiah, chartered to accompany the ships to j ma the Heads for the benefit of the Red 2lin Cross Society. At a short interval J Avjj followed the large flagship, the City 0f of Australia; then, at a greater dis- j jias tance, and more slowly, glided the smaller City of Sydney?and around jlc* about them ail, the group of friends js . to see them off, all sorts and conditions of craft, from the 'rivolous small fry ? of a tug to the dignified old stern- F wheeler. Suddenly there was a lurid flash, a j terrible blast, a tottering of the ground under their feet?a cannon, unseen by i the girls, directly around the corner i from them, had wished the Peking godspeed. As each of the transports passed the i Point, the cannon saluted, while the j military island of Aliatraz bestowed her blessing in one long series of thirteen guns. Slowly, but too surely, our dear first fleet, with its priceless cargo of precious souls, passed from us out of the Golden Gate. But long after our poor earthly tatters of waving flags ! were lost to their view there rested about them the radiant glory of a j glowing sun, etheral clouds of soft i fog, the deep, intense azure of the sky? J the heavens had unfurled their red, i white and blue. The tears fell unchecked down Con- | stance's face. Margaret shivered with i a nervous chill. "Now is your hat pin rhance," whis- j pered the sacrilegious Tom, pointing j to a solitary figure right in front of them. It was the "uninteresting mortal." She stood motionless, looking out at j sea. Then, a moment later, she turned her expressionless face upon their agitated oues. "You havQ friends on hoard?" she j aslced, in a sweet, sympathetic voice. "No," sniffed back Constance. "Have i you 7" "One," fell the soft answer?"my j husband." "Your husband?" repeated Margaret, I for, now that she saw her close, the j woman was remarkably young and girlish in appearance. The wear}-, motionless face awoke in- ' to its natural beauty. An exquisite Sat flush vivified the dull, olive cheeks. ! wa: The heavy brown e.ves flashed with j the pride and joy and love. "Yes, my j Cor husband," she repeated rapturously; day "we have been married just a week its to-day."?New York News. Yai ~ the Fivo Popes. poiThere are five Popes on the face of tjje the globe. They are the Pope of the ma Latin Church, the schismatic, or ortho- on dox, Pope; the Father of the Faithful, ^ja ruling in Constantinople; the Pope of tjje Tibet, who has 500,000,000 subjects, I 6ta and the schismatic Pope of the Mo- . tw( hammedan world, who reigns at Mor- j ? occo. All five are threatened with it i hard times; 1904 has been unpropiti- j nes tious to them. He of Morocco takes his situation with the lightest heart, and rati goes on amusing himself with scien- aloi tific toys. He is an amiable being, and jr the son of an English mother, who bar- mai gained in her marriage articles to be trei buried in British soil at Gibraltar or as i elsewhere. Since the signing of the j an0 Anglo-French accord German agents j d have given him no peace. He is glad | oftf of this. It opens to him a prospect of j anil the Emperor William following toward j abn France, civilly but firmly, a dog in the 1 tnu: mo r?nror r\n11nv Tim finncf no otnrnc in l. _ J/VilV. J X Lit. AA 11 J U 1'UOIUI VC AAA I JJ^l Africa are in Morocco, and the Ger- exp mans hunger for them. Of the five j mai Topes, Tins X. is the most venerable, J he Nicholas the most feared, the Sultan mis the most terror haunted and terrorist, nnd and Dalai Lama the most mysterious, , $20 and the head of the Muslim schismat- ns ies the best fellow. "We may see a ! tivc few of them here some day taking the jiff places of Daudet's ''Hois en Exil."? o Taris Correspondent London Truth. I he i bea Sent Her "Yes" by Cable. j pri( It cost Hoke Simpson, of Santa Ma- I cje , ria, Ilieos Trovince, Thilippine Islands, onj, formerly of Kansas, $10 for an affirma- hov tive reply to his proposal of marriage hov to Misy Minnie Schungel, of Beloit, but had no doubt, remarks the Topeka State pay Journal, he thinks he got his money's the worth. rat] Simpson, who used to live at Law- sen rence, Kansas, and is a graduate of sm, the University of Kansas, is a teacher Th< in the Government schools in the Thil- gag lppines. .hiss senungei is a boioh he girl, who has been teaching for a few the years in the public schools of Hood !im River, Ore. Simpson has known Miss ren Schungel for several years. Recently n 1 he wrote proposing marriage and ask- anr ing her to send her answer, if faverable, "by cable, collect." am< Miss Schungel wired "Yes." Soldiers' SuperKtitions. Among the numerous superstitions ! of the Cossacks there is none stronger | than the belief that they will enter heaven in a better state if they are personally clean at the time they are killed. Consequently, before an ex- I pected battle they perform their toilets i with scrupulous care, dress themselves in clean garments and put on the best they have. This superstition is not confined to the Cossacks alone, but is widely prevalent, it is said, in all , branches of the Russian Army. How Very Strange! "I notice" barked The Scion, "that when the trees begin to leave, although , they have their trunks with them, they i remain right where they are." "And I'll be switched." chipped in the Leap Year Bud, "if that should ' prevent us from branching out." "Although that might be construed ; as a shady proceeding," rejoined The Scion, "I think 1'.- roes should not take umbrage : [ promises a tine [ umbrageous cilVci.'' a aiiaoHim nm J* r o n CBOBBBCBQBBRBBBQBa B B C 3 fl 8 IARSHAL OYAMA ?c* +3* le Japanese General a Fighter by Fate and Not From Choice. r AR from being a hard-eyed, I==)iTill sllilferfi:y browpd general, as F 0Iie imagine, the | jjlij! hero of so many difficult I==iSJ campaigns is the kindest, most amiable old gentlen it would be possible to meet. He iself declares that he has no liking atever for war, and that it is irony fate, not personal inclination, which \ made him the soldier he is toLike most of Japan's great men, is not rich in this world's goods. He Tar too liberal to amass a fortune, j IELD-MARSHAL . AND HIS MltlMtMMMII Field-Marshal Oyaraa is a liero of 1 suma Province, and was Coinmnnder i" of restoration, tie has oeen .miiusi war with ClUua he acted as Comrn ps. He landed at Takushau and fou s. He captured Port Arthur by assa walls. He is one of the Japanese I nagata, deserves the credit for the pre Japanese Army. At the outbreak c nted Chief of Staff; and, now that ir allotted positions in Manchuria, he nd of all the Mikado's forces in the the eve of his departure from Tokio. rcliioness Oyauia, who is a graduate first Japanese girls to come to Am nds his daughter, Lady Hisako Oyar ) sons. s told of him tnat during the Chie "War he bought provisions for his ii and horses out of his own pocket ler than pillage the wretched homes ig the route. 1 fact, charity got to be such a nia with him that his wife, an exnely* economical woman, had to act . treasurer and dole him out a small iwance daily. uring his residence in Paris ne was ;n greatly upset by the way dumb rnals, particularly horses, were ised. Once he got into a dreadful ic with n nnhhv. nnil hnth lin<1 to marched off to the police station to lain their conduct. Though the rshal could speak but little French stormed around the terrified comsaire until justice was given him 1 he saw the jehu condemned to a fine. Japanese merchants in Paris, well as cabmen, remember this ac1 military attache, though in quite a erent way. ne day, sitting in front of a cafe, noticed a Japanese offering some utiful fans at exceedingly low : ?es, lower even than the same artl- i could be purchased in Japan. Beckng the man to him, he asked him j v he could do it. The other told him i i\ owing to long illness, business < I dropped off. He was unable to . the rent, which would come due on following day, so he and his wife, lier than lose all their stock, were Ing what articles they could 1 iggle out on the streets of Paris. , \ n ttonlirt liorl ci\rofol imr\r\rf n nf on. ? :ements on hand that afternoon, bnt postponed all and hnrried off -with j merchant. After thoroughly exining into matters, he paid the t, suggested the man's moving into )etter quarter of the capital, and ing the rest of his stay there d|d at he could to work up a clientele ong his friends. From that day ; A PEASANT'S. CART I? the merchant's affairs flourished, hnd | two years ago he died worth a nice round sum.?By his will he left $20,000 of it to his benefactor.?Chicago Tribune. Pigmy Homeii. Three pigmy horses are now on view at the Jardin d'Acclimation, Paris. The j * smallest. Ideal, stands about two feet j 1 high (seventy-five centimeters), and i * weighs twenty-four kilogrammes. A 1 good St. Bernard dog is about eighty- 1 two centimeters high, and weighs 100 1 kilogrammes. Prince is eighty-three centimeters, and Bijou eighty-six centimeters high. The shoe of one is about | one and one-quarter inches across, not ; j much bigger than scarfpins of "horsey" t gents.?London Globe. j | 1 RELIC OF JOUSTING OAYS. ( Quintain Still Stands Before a House i In Kent. < A curious clause, taking one right ; j back to the Middle Ages, appears in the title deeds of a house in the village ' MARQUIS OYAMA , FAMILY. j ? i c ; t nany wars. He is a native of the -In-Chief of the Imperial army in the ter of War a number of times, and in ander-in-Cbief of the Second Army ght his way to Port Arthur in twenty ult the night after his arrival before ilder Statesmen, and, with Marquis sent development and efficiency of if the war with Russia, he was apthe various army corps have taken is ordered to the front to take cornfield. This photograph was taken On his right stand his wife, the of Vassar College. She was one of erica to be educated. On his left na, and in the background are his j of Offham, in Kent, England. This is that the owner of the house must keep i in good repair the village quintain, i which still swings on its stout oaken post before the house. ! One end of the swinging crossbar of i this quintain (said to be the only sur- I ;3fl%S? I I ^ J| I i'IHA * | AN OID-TIME QUINTAIN. viving specimen in England) is shaped like a square target pierced with a number of holes into which the point of the player's lance would enter. When struck it would swing around, and unless the player were nimble the sandbag hung on the other end of the : crossbar would swing around and unseat him. The Thames' Fish. The other day, Just as the tide in the Thames was turning from ebb to flow and the fish were coming up the river again, a very heavy rain, following several days of drought, suddenly flushed j the sewers of London, and the rush of J foul water killed the fishes by the mill- j ion, so that the dead bodies covered { the banks for miles. ' j Of the 1350 locomotives owned and : j operated by the Southern Pucilic, 780 ( are now using oil as fuel. j f _ i I 1 1 i j *! i : < i SOUTHERN RUSSIA.. I 4 Hoc Hints. The man who is feeding hogs on ifty and sixty-cent corn is bidding for ed ink on his side of the ledger. And he man who is keeping hogs without 'eeding them has the red ink already. Snrich the hog pastures. Encourage he clover, rape and stock peas. The Male Bird. When selecting male birds with a riew to propagating flesh and prolific aying, they should be moderately short-legged, unless the hens are very ow in stature, and even then short egs should be preferred for compactless and growth of flesh, for the cockerels from a sire having long legs are ipt to be stilted, nnd they do not put >n flesh kindly. The sire should have i broad, full and round breast, broad )ack, to secure plumpness and compactness of flesh in the offspring. Keep Tonln Clean. In no other way can good, thorough vork be done so quickly and easily is with tools kept in nice working irder. And after you are through with hem, store thtm away in a dry place, lave a place for every tool and put 4- <r> Ifo nln/^o TVlinn vnn lnv tlipm iway coat all steel parts with oil nixed with white load or lard and cerosene, the latter to prevent the nice and rats from eating off the rrease. Then in the spring when you iraw out the tools you will have no rouble in getting them to do good service.?E. L. Morris, in The Epitonist. Onions Versus Striped Beetle. Frequently persons inquire how to aise cucumbers, squashes or melons so is to avoid the ravages of the striped beetle (diabrotica vittata). During the ast ten years I have had no trouble vith the beetle. This is what I have )een doing: When I plant cucumbers, ivhlch are planted in hills five or six ieeds to the hill, I stick into each hill wo or three small onions. The beetles ilways give my cucumber or melon >atch a wide berth. There is no loss; he cucumbers grow just as well as f the onions were not there and when he cucumbers are done bearing I get leveral messes of good onions.?J. W. ?. Copenheaver, in The Epitomist. To BulUl Up Poultry. A correspondent writes that he has enough feed to carry 200 or more lens through the winter, some good louses to care for them in, and wants " ?? KncSnncct Vnfnr. uguimviui-ijuum, uuo.uwoa. illy lit- does not wish to buy liigb in >rice thoroughbreds nor to wait sevsral months to raise chickens from ;ggs. Under the conditions named the >est thing would be to go into the pen poultry market and buy hens that ire offered for sale alive; if one Is a air judge of poultry and will look iround carefully he will be able to tick up a number of year-old hens, nainly of the heavier breeds, that are )f pretty good stock and he can buy hem at a price which will be made food in the eggs they will lay under )roper care and rations. In the spring quite a number of these lens will want to sit, and then eggs of horoughbreds may be bought or an ncubator used and a fine flock of ligh-grade birds obtained for the secmd winter, the old hens furnishing he egg supply for the summer and nany of them will lay into the winter, thor stnn thpv cnn hp fattened md prepared for the holiday market. ( i^e do not know of any better or lulcker way to get a start in the poulry business than this, provided always hat one has some experience in the vork.?Indianapolis News. Dividing a Stall. In some barns the stalls are suffislently wide so that they may be dirided when occasion requires if some :emporary division can be easily made, iut in place and removed when desired. V. plan for doing this is shown in the llustration. A gate is made of proper material reaching from the manger to ie end of stall. The post of this gate is the end is made about a foot longer ;han the lower rail and a hole is made n the floor through which this post is ilipped when put in position and thus TT~T 4 ~ . . i ->s. itt i > ' u DIVISION FOB A STALL. nakes the gate or fence firm. At the nanger end the gate is fastened, by i pair of gate hinges. Two stiff sticks are fastened to the loist above with a bolt, one over the nanger end and one over the other ?nd. In the lower end of each of these sticks a notch is cut which comes over i staple and holds it, the fence, firm. tVhen the fence is not in nse it may )e lifted from the hinges and put away ind the sticks folded up against the ioists. The illustration shows the joints mentioned clearly. The cost )f such a contrivance will be small and t will be found exceedingly useful. Hot-tin Talk. The owner should study each horse ind know his requirements. There is 110 excuse for a horse being in poor :ondition. The first cause is always neglect or ibuse. It is 'money out of pocket to let a horse run down. A little coddling over small details ~.:n nil tim <iifTpvr>n(*n between Win uxmc ci ** i heartbroken nag anil one that you svill be proud to show in any company. The other day I was in the stable Df a man who evidently works on the plan that once a week is often enough to clean out the horse stable. The horses themselves looked as if they felt abused in the worst way. I believe it does take the pride out of a horse to be neglccted that way. Do not do it! Clean, the horses and theif stables every day, if you have to sit up at nights to do it. The surest way to raise colts that will match, is to breed to the same thoroughbred sire year after year. I heard a man get a good scolding j from his blacksmith the other day, I because he did not soak a horse's feet that "were tender. The blacksmith declared that the horse's feet -would pain him far less if he were permitted to stand in a tub of water every day for a while. Something iu that, too. Drive a nail in each side of the stall, j high enough up to be out of the horse's reach, and hang the lantern on this ! when cleaning him off in the morning : before daylight. Always hang the lan- j tern up; never set it down on the floor. Have a mane comb on your currycomb, and use it.?Tim, in the Farm Journal. Home-Made Water Fountain. "While any plan that will furnish fresh water for the poultry at all times is to be commended, the trouble is that most plans require the expenditure of more time than most men are willing to give the work. A few home-made fountains like that illustrated will save time and give the fowls the water they want. Take one or more tight kegs, according to the number of fowls to be supplied, and in the side of each A * ^ near the bottom bore a bole, into which set a common wooden faucet. ' Set the keg up off the ground high enough to get a tin basin under it (one of the low in price agate basins would be better, for it will not rust), using a basin holding two quarts of water. Adjust the faucet so that' the water will drop slowly into the basin. The overflow will not be sufficient to make the ground muddy about the keg, for the fowls will keep the water pretty, well consumed. When placing the basin the first day fill it about half full before adjusting the faucet for dropping. If these kegs are placed out of doors locate them -where they will oe in the shade most of the day, place a board over the top, and on that a lot of grass to assist in keeping the water In the keg cool. This same appliance will work well during the winter.?Indianapolis News. * _____ The Labor on the Farm. It matters not whether the farmer buys his labor or performs it himself, j it must be paid for. He will not con- I sider himself satisfied unless he is re- | numerated fqr every hour's time he j devotes to the working of a crop, or on i any special plot of ground. But, as a < rule, farmers are prone to give more I work on some locations than is necessary under certain conditions. It i3 a waste of time and labor to cultivate two acres if a larger crop can be secured,-proportionately, on one. One acre may not support a farmer, but the rule is applicable to larger areas. He should not cultivate fifty acres if he can secure better results from twentyfive. It will pay him to realize seventy-five bushels of corn, or twenty-five bushels of wheat per acre, from twentyfive acres, while he may lose money if he secures fifty bushels of corn or twenty bushels of wheat per acre, from fifty acres. It is not the gross amount of produce he receives that pays, but the net. It requires more time to spread a given amount of manure upon two, acres than upon one, and, so far as cultivation is concerned, the cost is double. Now, all this extra work may be thrown away if the farmer can, hy lessening the area, devote more time and attention to a smaller space. There will be less hurry, more thorough' cultlvotinn crontor fnniHtv in harvesting. fewer laborers anil better condition of the working stock. It Is in the correct application of labor that the profits are derived. It may be wasted or misapplied, and thus cause bankruptcy instead of prosperity. ?i??-- ' Large Litters. There is a wide difference in the bank account of the breeder whose sows bring and raise him ten or twelve pigs at a litter and the one whose sows only average four or five pigs at a litter. Hence it is materially to the interest of the pig raiser to discard all sows that do not bring a good sized ' litter and raise them. It is true that this is not such an important consideration with the professional breeder who raises pigs to sell at fancy prices to others; because if his sow only brings four or five pigs they should be very fine at weaning time and possibly one or two of the litter command an extra fancy price as a show pig or herd header, but for the average breeder who looks to the pork barrel, the rock upon which the hog business is founded, for his dividends, then the amount of pigs raised is a very important item to him. If the brood sow be well fed while suckling, a litter of ten should at weaning time be just as large framed as a utter or nve, inou^u me smumrr litter may average more flesh. Figuring on ten at a litter and two litters a year and the pigs at slaughtering time to be worth say $10 each, then there would be a difference of l?100 in favor of the litter of ten ove,r the litter of five. And 011 a herd of five sows ?500. True, it takes more to rear and fatten the larger litter, but not twice as much, while the gross value is double. : The Druid says: "In truth, an aged boar should be buried with all the honors and turn, like 'Imperial Caesar,' to clay and not to bacon." Wages for common laborers in Ireland are almost double what they were twelve years ago. \ SCORES KILLED III WRECK j Two Passeneer Trains on tha Southern Railroad Collide. . . m OVER ONE HUNDRED INJURED Jjg Day anil Pullman Cars Are Telescoped Near Hodges, Tenn.?Wile of Governor Frazier Does Gallant Work of Rescue -Engine Driver Said to Have Dieobeyed Hi* Orders. Unoxville, Tenn.?Running on a roadbed In a supposedly high condition of maintenance, and having about them! every safeguard known to modem railroading, two trains on the Southern Railway, carrying many passengers, came together in a frightful headend collision near Hodges, Tenn., sending v over two score of people to death an<J injuring over 100. ' I ; The trains were an eastbound through passenger train from Chattanooga to Salisburg, N. C., leaving Knoxville at twenty-flve minutes to 9 a. m., and a westbound local passenger train from Bristol to Knoxville, due tof arrive here at lb a. m. The wreck was due to a failure of the crew of the westbound train to carry? out its order to meet the eastbound passengers at Hodges Station. Instead . of taking the siding at Hodges it proceeded toward Knoxville. Both trains were running on time and at a speed of about thirty miles an hour. The locomotives were demolished and the major portion of each; train was completely wrecked, witl* the exception of the sleeping cars, none of which left the track. The wrecked day cars were filled with dead ^ ' i and injured and the rescue work was accomplished with great difficulty. A wrecking and special relief train Ifeft this city as soon as possible after :JA '.he news of the disaster had been received here. Hundreds were attracted from Hodges Station, Newmarket and the many farmhouses in the vicinity of the wreck. The people thereabouts -yk rendered every possible assistance. The dead and injured were placed on the special train and brought to Knoxville.Five of the injured died while on the way to this city. Some were taken to the Knoxville General Hospital and others to their homes or the homes of friends. A -local [M undertaker had 150 cots in readiness at the Munson street crossing, where ? the dead and injured were removed from the train. ( Two day cars were crushed on the eastbound train between the baggage , car and the slepeers. In one coach onljj one person escaped with his life. Th? persons not injured, and the relief corps from Newmarket worked manfullv. res."uine iniured. waltintr UDOik 6! them, carrying water and placing pillows uncter their heads. The appalling loss of life resulted apparently from the disregarding of orders given to the two trains to meet at a station which has for a long time been their regular meeting point. The accident happened in broad daylight* and, according to the best information! obtainable, the engine driver of thee westbound train had the order in a little frame in front of him as hl? engine rushed by the station. Among the passengers in one of the sleeping cars on the eastbound train? was Mrs. J. B. Frazier, wife of the Governor of Tennessee. With her daughter, she was on her way to New? lYork City. Neither Mrs. Frazier nor /. tier daughter was hurt, and both rendered noble service in ministering to the injured, even to the extent of restuing maimed and dead bodies from beneath the wreckage and then binding up wounds and otherwise giving womanly service. .VESUVIUS AGAIN IN ERUPTION* Greater Violence Than Any Since 1872 ?Natives Run Away. ^ Naples, Italy.? With the constantly Increasing violence of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a large part of the population of the surrounding villages have left their homes and are camped! In the open air at a safer distance from the volcano. Several earthquake - * 1? J it.. ? shocks were ieit, uuu iue erupuvu reached an intensity far beyond that of any other outbreak since the destructive convulsions of 1872. I The unusual conditions have attracted large crowds of travelers, and int spite of official warnings of the danger * of the undertaking parties are constancy setting out with the intention / of getting a closer view of the disturbances. ??_____^ Duels in Paris. rr": On the Champ de Mars a gay crowd of Parisians from the Ferris wheel watched three duels in which &L Henry de Malroy wounded two opponents. , j Tried to Poison a Judge. A' negro who weakened in an attempt to poison Judge Mulligan, of Lexington, Ky., implicated a member of the family in his confession. ' Rear-Admiral Gllmore Dead. Rear-Admiral Gilmore, U. S. N. (re- \ tired), died from Bright's disease, contracted while serving in the Philippines. . I King Petgr Crowned. King Pete? of Servia was crowne:! at Belgrade; there were no hostile dcu? onstrations. New Church Law Effective. The report of a commission appointed by Archbishop Fnrley to carry out the instructions of Pius X. In regard ta Catholic Church music was made tba> law to govern the diocese. It prohibits singing by women and non-Catholics in the churches. , General Chadwick Drowned. General W. P. Chadwick, managing trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy, was dvowned while bathing at Harbor HcigDts, on Cape Cod. Labor World. There are about 000,000 people employed In Italy rearing silk -worms. Kangaroo farming is to become an established institution in Australia. An organization of steam engineers will shortly be perfected at Reading, Pa. The Woman's Label League, of Lynn, Mass., has a membership of over 100. j Six hundred miners in the Blaensyclian (Wales) colM- y have quit work because of th I of the owners t? carry them to : ! :n?:n *he mine bj; h-o i n