Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I Cili'SV GLAMOUR, w ?avk firs upon Windhover stood round roe ir. r. ring; 'The du.si: lay on tlie hillside, the dew lay on the iinir; \\ hen the fox-reJ beeches and the swarthy merry-tree. 'And i he wind across <lie heather threw their jlumoui* over ir.e! Tfc* grass around Windhover lies weatherswept and bare; Dy night I dream of a dark lass with the rough wind in her hair; > t!y day I follow wheel and hoof across the ' barren land. For the rain and lira a-rockir.g and fl rauni's tawnie hand. Ileu Jires beyond Windhover blaze round me on the moor: Wild faces rise to greet me by gt-ay kabitka door; [Now with the kettle swinging, the withy i and the knife, 'And the Romany rakkro on my lips I travel on for life! Cold gorse upon Windhover blooms round me in a ring; 'A kestrel skirts the hillside, the light lies or. the ling; And the honey-brown hazels and the rosestained merry-tree, And the wind across the heath have gained the heart and sovd of me! ?Alice E. Gillington. in Country Life. A PIONEER YELLOW JOURNALIST By EDGAR WHITE -nv- t TCaaVlv ^Ynrpc.9 had l Jit; uiuuviiic gone to press with a page of original editorial, three columns of church, society and personal on the local page and two outside pages of reprint, embracing foreign news, miscellany and matters pertaining to agriculture and stock raising. It was hard lines that forced Richard Vinton, an Oxford graduate, to seek a livelihood by pumping long primer wisdom into the quiet minds of the plain country folk in and about the Missouri hamlet, but he set his best energies to the task. Week after ' -week he filled up his editorial page with the product of a mind endowed to lead mankind, but never a word of recognition had he received for it, save from an occasional exchange that stole his stuff and ran it in as original. And that was hardly the sort of recognition the editor craved. Vinton had all the yearnings of the real journalist to do something to make people talk. But there wasn't "anything doing" in Linnville; there never had been. To Vinton's discouraged soul it looked as if there never would be. He remarked this bitterly to Jack Stice. his nrinter, who had blown in with the autumn winds, and stayed because he got thr^e meals a <Iay, a place to sleep and a few dollars per week for incidentals. Stice had seen all the world he wanted to, and more, and was content to settle down with Vinton, because Vinton let him talk all he wanted and never questioned the authenticity of his yarns. And if you were ever acquainted with the species you will know that their Paradise lies in the discovery of a willing listener. "What we want is a fresh news OwUi j > oaiu v.uv J^I jiuvvi. "Of course," said Vinton, "but how in the world are we going to get one if nothing ever happens?" "Make one." "I don't like fakes," remarked the editor, with dignity. "No more do I. Never could abide a pipe-dream. Nobody but goslings uses 'em when they commence making copy. I mean to get up something that's genuine." "You might fall in a well somewhere," said Vinton, dryly. "Before I met you I would as soon's not," said Stice, "but I'm too well satisfied with life now. Wish I'd struck you sooner." The s-abject was dropped and Stice went over and began washing the "forms." The overland stage from Glasgow, due at Linnville at midnight, was about to cross the Chariton River bridge when a masked man stepped from behind some timbers, and, lev eling a gun at the driver, commanded him to halt. The horses were stopped. The experience was a new A ..1 fA.. ? r* uuc lis tiiu uiivc., auu lit; atiru ao though he wasn't exactly clear as to what his obligations were in the premises. Pending the decision he rdid nothing. The passengers peered out the windows and asked what was the matter. It was a moonlight night and the highwayman and his gun stood out clear. The passengers were ordered to get out and line up on the roadside. A man in uniform got out of the opposite door of the vehicle and went around behind it. He held something in his hand that sparkled in the moonlight. The highwayman didn't see him. The other passengers obeyed instructions. The driver also got out of his box and stood in the line, with hands uplifted. The robber stepped back a little to insnect the lins-nn more critically. The man in uniform leveled his revolver and fired. The knight of the road turned two startled eyes in that direction, whirled around and fell to the ground. The man in uniform \ wefit to the body, revolver in hand. V "Close call for you tenderfcet," lie said. "Lucky I was along." All voiced approval. The highwayman was not dead, and they put him on top of the stage, none too gently, and proceeded. The man in uniform was congratulated by everybody, and took the homage with dignity, as becomes a man above the common run. The wounded outlaw wa3 taken to a doctor's house, and a curious crowd followed in. When the block mask was removed from his eyes there k were cries of astonishment by the town people, it was Vinton's printer. There would have been talk of a lynching had not the death bullet done its work. Execrating language fell from the lips of the excited spectators. It was a case of the viper warmed in the kind man's bosom, they said. His evil looks had been mentally noted, some remarked, but they said they had never liked to mention it, owiiis to respect for Vinton's feeliccs. Wfccn Vinton arrived, the dying tuan turned to him and whispered?1 "Good story." 'Great heavens!" exclaimed Vin- { ton. "you didn't do that to get a j story!" A smile flitted over the agonized face. "I didn't think about a soldier being along. Tell hira I don't hold it agin him. Was just going to scare j 'em a bit. and send 'em back their j property after paper came out. You'll j find 'head' already 'set'?have to j change it some?didn't think about j this. Better yet. Will make 'em j talk. Good-bye, old man?you was ! good to me. Glad to help you," and the weary spirit flitted into the beyond. Vinton stood holding the dead man's hand. The man in uniform touched him. "It's the queerest thing I ever heard of in all of my life." "What?" asked Vinton, instinctive-* ly moving off. "The gun that fellow had wasn't loaded. Say, what sort of guff was he handing out to you?" "He said he would forgive you," said Vinton, as he folded the chilling hands, pulled the sheet over the dead face and turned away.?rne household Ledger. MISTAKES OF REPORTERS. Some Ridiculous Transpositions of Famous Sayings. T. L. De Vinne, New York, in hia book, "The Practice of Typography," gives some funny mistakes of reporters. A speaker made this statement: "In these days clergymen are expected to have the wisdom and learn- j ing of Jeremy Taylor." The reporter wrote and the com- J positor repeated, "* * * the wisdom : and learningof a journeyman tailor." Another speaker quoted these j uues. "Oh, come, thou goddess fair and * free. In heaven yclept Euphrosyne." They were printed as the reporter understood the speaker: 'Oh, come, thou goddess fair and free, In heaven she crept and froze her knee." Another orator -quoted this line from Tennyson's "Locksley Hall:" "Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay." But the quotation was written and printed: "Better fifty years of Europe than a circus 111 uuutua). One of the worst perversions of a hackneyed quotation ? incorrectly given by the speaker?is this, which seems to be the joint work of the zealous reporter and the equally reckless printer: "Amicus Plato, amicus Socrates, sed major Veritas." " 'I may cuss Plato, I may cuss Socrates,' said Major Veritas." How to Save Coal. In addressing the Glasgow Univer- | sity Engineering society the other day the president, G. T. Beilby, said I that there are in Great Britain steam engines and boilers with a yearly output of at least 5,000,000 horse power. The coal consumed by these is not 1 less than five pounds per indicated i horse power hour, or, the whole 40,- ! 000,000. By the use of gas engines i and steam turbines the coal con- i sumption might be reduced to one and one-half pounds per indicated horse power hour, cr on the whole to 12,000,000 tons. The saving in coal, therefore}' would be equal to 28,000,000 tons, valued at 9,s00,000 pounds. The cost of making the change need not exeeed 50,000,000 pounds, or, if the power is to be delivered as electricity, 60,000,000 pounds, or respectively $250,000,000 and $200,000,000. Theoretical economies of this kind, he added, were often disregarded, but in the present instance they would amoun to over sixteen per cent, on the capital expenditure, and still more would result if one takes credit for more efficient plant reducing working costs. Sveaborg a Strong Fort. Svoahnrff ia a strnnfi-lv fnrtiflcd town of Russian Finland, situated on seven islands in the Gulf of Finland, immediately southeastof Helsingfors. Tlie islands, which are connected by pontoons, form the site of a fsrtress which defends the harbor of Helsingfors and consists of numerous military works and batteries and a military arsenal. Sveaborg also has an excellent harbor. The fortress was constructed in 1749, was betrayed tothe Russians May 3, IS OS, and was bombarded by an Anglo-French fleet} August 9. 10, 1853, during the Crimean war. The Island of Skattulden lies close to the city of Helsingfors, with which ' it is connected by a short bridge. It; is half a mile long and about a quarter of a mile wide and is given overentirely to the fortress. The Gov-* eminent railway from St. Petersburg I encircles the city and terminate^ i upofl Skatudden Island. The Skat-' I udden fortress is about three miles' : frosi Sveaborg. Helsingfors is an important seaport town, capital of Finland, and", connected by rail with St. Petersburg, c ?New York Herald. ( Drawing the Line. We have followed the plow, wielded the hoe, served time on the pubjic roads under an austere wverseer. swept the back yard, worked the garden, churned the butter, washed the dishes, nursed the baby and performed other various and sundry disagreeable tasks in our time without a murmur, but when it comes to cleaning streets under three lady, bosses ? excuse us, please. Thrde women to boss 'you. Great Caesar's ghost! Just the thoughts of such a catastrophe is enough to give a man the "buck ague."?Minden (La.) Signal. In a recent address the Bishop of' Southwark said that the Scottish 1 schools showed better results than the English, because Scottish parents took more interest in the children's school work than Engli&h. THE MOST 33EAUTI] Selected by the King as LAP-BOARD. flas Features of Simplicity, Convenience and Efficiency. It i3 well known that lap-boards md sewing tables are ofteuused for 'cutting out" garments, and for aclurately performing the work the jloth must be maintained in an unwrinkled and comparatively taut conlition. An Ohio woman ha3 patentsd a lap-board which has features of simplicity which could also be applied to a table or any similar article. " - - I 1 . I wp I , _ _J Holds Down the Cloth. The lap-board shown here is of the ordinary kind, a marginal groove leing made in the sides. In this marginal groove is placed a strip of penetrable material, as felt, into which pins can be easily stuck. The groove and strip can extend part way or entirely around, as convenient. In a table it would be desirable to insert into all sides, while in a lan-board the side containing the :oncave recess will generally not require the strips. Such a lap-board would be useful in holding work while a seam is being basted or sewed. Even the clothes could be tteld in position on the table by the addition of such a groove, and when isec^ on library tables, ttte strip used is a pin-cushion. IN THE PUBLIC EYE. Photo of Young Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry, Her Consort. For the Hands. * A few drops of cider vinegar rubbed nto the bands after washing clothes ivill keep them smooth and take away the spongy feeling they always have lfter being in the water a good while. An Aid to the Housewife. Handling boiling clothes with an jrdinary pole was not considered an xp-to-date method oy an Iowa in ; To Handle Boiled Clotaos. f \ FUL HORSE IN SPAIN. i a Present For His Bride. The Chinese Bride's Veil. Doesn't it look like a latest in lampshades? There's the top in bead blossoms and the deep fringe. But it isn't. Rather not. It's the bridal veil of a blushing Chinese maiden who is about to promise to love, honor and obey her mother-in-law forever after. Portable Cot. "Take up thy# bed and walk." This is the Biblical quotation which inspired a North Carolina woman to design the portable cot shown here. It is especially suitable for travelers and others who have need of a bed or couch which can readily be moved from place to place. It is constructed to be particularly useful upon the ordinary "day coach" or railway trains, when it i3 impossible or un desirable to secure a sleeper. In MBBU ^ vi/uen M\l ^fbldeA Fits Into a Suit Case. addition it is equally well adapted for use as' an ordinary couch or bed in the home, upon the lawn or upon camping trips. The body portion is in two sections, hinged together. The cushions are also hinged together, one of the cushions having draft guards at the top and sides. The entire cot folds neatly and compactly to form a package approximately the size of a suit case. A waterproof carrying case is provided to protect the cot from the weather, with means for conveniently carrying it a3 ordinary hand ba"~age. Apostle a::<l Epistle. A Philadelphian riding through r^/MinfoInc S\ P T/annOCOCO C11U lUUUUlUUlO WL. Atill WW[/^vu. one evening to water his horse before a littlo cabin, outside of which sat an old colored woman, watching the antics of a couple of colored boys playing near by. "Good evening, aunty," he called. "Cute pair of boys you've got. Your children?" "Laws a massy! Mah chillun! 'Deed dem's mah daughteh's chilluns. Como hyah, you boys," she called sharply, "an' speak to d' gemman!" As the boys obeyed the summons, the Philadelphian inquired their,, names. "Clah to goodness, sail, dem chilluns is right smaht named!" said the old woman. "Ye see, mah daughteh done got 'ligion long ago, an' named deso hyah boys right out de Bible, sah. Dis hyah one's named Apostle Paul, and de udder's called Epistle Peter."?Pittsburg Post. ventor. He therefore evolved the 1? ?5? nf ff\r?_ : appcircitus snow a iiere?n pau ul iui - \ ceps so shaped as to firmly and positively grip the clothes so that they can be handled without tearing. It resembles very much a pair of scissors, having two levers intermediately pivoted. One end of the levers Is shaped to form a handle and the other into spoons. These spoons are hollowed out to form a recess, the back being slotted, which reduces the weight and also affords a firm grip. Between the handles is a spring. It i3 the intention of the inventor to manufacture these forceps of aluminium. Bitter Cry in England. To cultivate a desirable, elevat lng una cnarmnig suuiui dul 10 aa much the province of parents as to teed and clothe their progeny. ' Nevertheless, the bitter cry of the British daughter is heard in the land* "We know no few people. We hardly ever see a man."?World and His Wife. - |*5&P ,&V| | wor^KB0Bi\ Weaving cotton in Africa i3 slow and difficult work. A skilled workman can weave about three yards a i day. Gramophones are. used in English theaters to give "stage shouts," thus saving expense* and insuring volume sound. A well recently bored in Canada produces sand instead of water. The sand comes up in a fine 3tream like a fountain. Robert Jones, a surgeon of Liverpool, advocates that in cases where the patient can not take other anaesthetics the spinal cord be treated with cocaine. Thus far the opium poppy is found to thrive better in Vermont than in: either Texas or California?the other States in which the Department of Agriculture is experimenting with it. In Germany the man must be eighteen years of age, but the age of the bride-elect is left to popular discretion. In France the man must be eighteen and the woman fifteen, while in Belgium the same standard prevails. Alexander Herrmann was of Ger man parentage, but Paris was bis birthplace. He made his professional debut as a magician.at the age of. eight years in St. Petersburg, Russia. He died in 1896. ! When Italian drivers wish to start their horses they ejaculate "Ah!" explosively. When they wish to stop they cry "E-e-e-e! "soothingly. When they warn foot passengers in the narrow ways they repeat, "A-y-a-a-a!" endlessly. A long continued diet, consisting largely of pickles and vinegar, in the hope of reducing weight, caused the ! sudden death of Miss Annie Gross, j A postmortem examination revealed I that the inner walls of her stomach ! were eaten away. * About 2400 Roman coins, inclosed j in an urn, have bep>n found near'the ancient Roman road between Evereux and Chartres, France. They bear the heads of Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, the Empress Faustina and others, and some are medals commemorative of battles. Lieutenant-Colonel Duff, of the Salvation Army, is a sister of the Duke of Fife and sister-in-law to the princess royal. Her position at the Salvation Army headquarters in London is that of editor of the Young Soldier and the Young People. She wrote some of the Salvation Army's r?Aof nnnn 1 ar rmVilipaHnnq A new product of the German chemists is "banana essence," a syrup whose taste is at first caustic and then bitter and then sweet. Dr. T. Gigli has found by analysis that it contains fifty-four per cent, of saccharine i-n a base like pyridine, but a aolution of saccharine in pyridine did not yield to the substance. The Bank of France, the largest hoarder of gold next to the United States Treasury, has in its vaults to day nearly $600,000,000 of the precious metal; two years ago it had $465,000,000, and in 1900, when Paris began slowly y? forge ahead of London as the centre of largest money supply, the institution held only $375,000,000.?Review of Reviews. i The African elephant has always been held to be inferior in intelligence to the Indian specie3, and incapable of being trained. The Congo authorities, after failing to acclimatize a herd of imported Indian elei phants, are experimenting with the indigenous stock. The experiment seems likely to prove unexpectedly successful. Twenty-eight young elephants are now being trained, and some of them have already been used i with success on railway works, though they have apparently none of them been yet educated for as long as twelve months. A Dissatisfied Subscriber. "I hereby offer my resignashum as a subscriber to yure papier, it being a pamphlet of such small knonsewuenc as 'not to beeflt my family by takin' it. What you need in youre sheet is brains, and some one to russell up^news and rite editorials on live tiopics. No menshun has been made in youre shete of me butchern' a polen china pig weighin' 369 pounds or the gapes in the chickens round here. You ignore that I bot a brr.n* new bob siea. ana that I traded my blind mule, and flay nothin' about it. Hi Simpkin's jersey calf breakin' his two frunt legs fallin' in a well, two important chiverees have been utterly ingoredby yure shete & a 3 column obitchuary notis rit by me on the death of grandpa Henory was left out of yure shete to say nothin' of the alfabetical poem beginning "A is for And and also for Ark" rit by me darter. This is the reason yure papier is so unpopular in town. If you kant rite eddytorials & ain't going to put no news in yure sheto we don't want sade shete. If you i print the obitchury in yure next I, may sine again for yure shete."? Hudson Republican. China For the Chinese. It W difficult to understand what could occasioned the issue of the Chinese customs decree. It is. perhaps, part of the growing China for the Chinese agitation. It will certainly strengthen the opinion of the pessimists that a period of unrest and agitation inimical to foreigners is imminent, and the decree makes it apparent that the agitation has the approval of the throne.? Shanghai Celestial Empire. I y RflCETRflCKGIBLIi" J MAV BE STOPFEO BY LAW Cassidy-Lansing Bill Advocated For New York. LID CLOSING AT' SARATOGA Governor Higgins, 01^ Record Against Betting, Declares That the Fence Makes No Difference in Favor of Track-Gambling. I WHAT IT WOULD "~~~ " MEAN TO WIPE OUT RACING Racing Plants in State. Tracks. Investment. Belmont Park. $1,500,000 Sheepshead Bay 1,000,000 Uravesend 1,006,001) Brighton Beach... 1,000,000 Saratoga 800,000 Jamaica 700,000 Aqueduct 600,000 Kenilworth (Buffalo) 500,000 Total investment in race tracks $7,100,000 Invested in thoroughbred racehorses 3,000,000 Grand Total Racing Investment *. .$10,100,000 Annual Disbursements by Race Tracks. For purses and expenses $3,000,000 State tax 200,000 I Total ' $3,200,000 Other Expenditures in Racing. . Annual salaries to jockeys $600,000 Kf Annual salaries to.trainers..:... 000,000 Horse feed, farriers' and veter, inary bills, saddles, bridles, boots, etc.. 275,000 Annual disbursements by bookmakers for salaries, etc.. 960,000 The public pays in admissions annually overJ}>4,000,000 New York City.?Inspired by the unexpected success of the crusade to close the gambling-houses in Saratoga, the anti-gambling element in the State has already begun an a:tive campaign tj stop betting on :ace tracks. The Cassidy-Lansing bill to prohibit race track betting, which was buried in committee in the last Leigr islature, will be introduced at the next session and a determined eltort will be made to pass it, regardless of what political party is successful at the polls next November. Governor Hi^gins is on record a-ainst race-track betti .g. At the time the Cassidy-Lansing bill was introduced he gave it his indorsement. "From a moral viewpoint," said the Governor., ?'it is impossible for me to understand how the act cf a man on one side of a fence Inclosing a betting ring can be legal when on | the other side of the fence it is a crime." If race track patrons cannot bet on the track they will not go to the races. This has been established many times in various parts of this country. Immense sums invested in race tracks in New Jersey and Missouri were recently rendered profitless by the passage of a law prohibiting betting. New York capitalists started a running meeting up at' Salem, ,N. H., lapt month. The authorities stopped the'betting feature and the first meeting was a paralyz' : frost. The growth of racing in this State in the last few years has been phenomena^. From 7000 to 10,000 people attend the metropolitan tracks every racing day, a great majority of them paying ?3 apiece for a badge at tho gate. On big days the attendance runs up to 30,000 and 40,000. Within the limits of Gffeater New York or on its borders there are six great race-tracks, representing an investment of probably $6,000,000 at a conservative estimate. The other tracks in the State iare at Saratoga and Buffalo. During the season there are quartered around the Long Island tracks upward of 1000 racing horses, attended by an army of trainers, stable hands, jockeys, rub, bers and general hangers on. It is the contention of the reformers that the race tracks constitute i damaging drain, that they make thieves and forgers and broken homes?that they are, in short, an svil demanding eradication. j The Rev. A. S. Gregg, Field siecre.Sry of the National Reform Bureau, is at the head of the fight igainst the race tracks. He is one of :he busiest men that ever engineered i crusade. Ever since the opening of :he racing season he has been at ivork p^-sonally and through agents. He appears to have limitless sums of money and is tabulating evidence by ihe bale. He expects to show the Legislature chat betting on the race tracks is open and flagrant, that pool-rooms :annot be cut oJ l'rom the news of che race tracks and that the Jockey Dlub?indirectly but none the less :ertainly?promts by race track bet'.ing and could not maintain its exI AnfnUllnltmAnfo WflPfl if nrtf JCIISIVC catttuiiaumcm-o ?* **vw for the fact that gambling on the race tracks is allowed. National Assembly For Persia. The Persian Minister at WashingIon received official notice that the Persian Government had issued a decree granting to the poop'e of that ; country a national assembly. Chinese Laborers For Panama. The Panama Canal Commission, it was learned in Washington, is preparing to advertise for 2500 Chinese coolie laborers to perform work 'at the isthmus for which the Jamaican negroes appear unfitted. Treasury Buys Silver. The Treasury Department at Wash- I tngton, D. C., for the first time since October, IS93, entered t^c open marker as a regular buyer of silver for "ioinage. Sporting brevities. The Corinthian football team nailed irom England for this country. ' Record breaking crowds of turf enthusiasts are gathered in Saratoga for the races. Jarvis, of England, was victorious in the great French swimming race !or amateurs. Frank L. Kramer won the open ialf-mile cycle race at the Vailsburg IN. J.) track. Although twenty-fight years old, i lay Bird is the siro of forty-two foals i iropped th!s year. i ] KISSING BMP III mini 1 Hoosi^rs Laughing at Directions | to School Children. Board of-Health Declares Osculation ^ Spreads Disease?Silly Season Rules. Indianapolis, Ind. ?Indianapolis -jl and Indiana generally are laughing Vqj at and quizzing the State Board " ,$ Health. To block consumption, tufc?rculosis and incipient germ3 of the white plague the board thinks that '<% kissiing should be stopped. Kissing on the mouth is particu- . j *' larly objectionable, and in a set of "rules for school children" the.board speaks especially of the kissing habit. "Do not kiss any one on the month or anow anybody to do so to you," the rules say. In the opinion of the board th? germs of consumption may easily b? communicated in this way, and it is suggested that'not only children, but grown people, may well do away with the habit of kissing each other on tha mouth when they meet in the street or in the home. Among other suggestions to school $ children are the following: , "Do not put your fingers in your mouth; do not wet your fingers in your mouth when turning the leaves of books; do not put pencils in your ' -vjjl mouth or wet them with your lipg. I do not hold money in your mouth! do not put pins in your mouth; do ;;V^| not put anything in your month except food and drink; do not swap ' i, apple cores, candy, chewing gam, * half-eaten.food, whistles, bean blew-. ers or anything- that is- put In mouth; peel fruit or waah:it,bjef?ra eating it; never cough or in -a. person's face?turn your face to one side or hold a handkerchief before >^Jr your mouth; keep your face and hands and finger naUs clean; wash $ your hands with soap and water before each meal; when you don't feel well, have cut yourself or have been hurt by others, do not-be afraid to report to the teacher; learn to love fresh air and learn to breathe deeply,and do it often." Warning Against Drinking Soda. Chicago, ill.?Soda water haa come under the ban of the Health ,?|| Department, ana a warning was ? sued against, the too free use of this drink. The eminent experts of the Health Department say the fruit' juices used are too prone to ferment ^ unexpectedly with accompanying un- ^ pleasant results. No comfort given those vho prefer a cold steia, and the injunction is given to drink only water that has come off the ice, ,>*33 but has no ice in it. y STARVED TO CHEAT GALLOWS. v_ J|1 * Samuel Monich Hanged For Mo*der " of Mrs. Harriet Decker. Morristown, N. J.?Weak and ema- jJ?? elated, Samuel Monich', who shot and killed Irs. Harriet Decker, vJaS daughter of Wilbur Kayhart, f wealthy farmer of this city, on Jan- AtS uary 18, was led to the gallows ki' "'-Mr* the Morris County jail and hanged. ^ For two months Monich has refused to take any solid food and It '" * was necessary for the prison oUIt ?;' cials to force whisky and milk dowa his throat in order to keep life in- his body. . .St* weak did Monich become '.'1 that Sheriff'Shaw dispensed wlth*the /I /Msf I* Tir a f ^ . ?T . 'jlH I ucatu naiv.il. > ? . v , |Q? MoiUch was employed in the 'Cftp- ! stick Mills at Monville, and although /.i he had a wife and three children lir- '/'-I ing in Hungary, became infatuated. with Mrs. Decker. She was separated from her husband and lived on her father's tarm, a short distance from the boarding house of Monich. He went to the Kayhart farm and concealed himself behind . come . bushes. When Mrs. Decker, hearing v ' a peculiar noise, went from the house ^to investigate, Monich fired five shots 'at her, all of which took effect. He then reloaded the revolver and shot himself four times. Despite hie wou-ds he managed to 'i; reach his boarding house, where he ' was arrested later. GIRL NIHILIST A SUICIDE. ..Jig General's Daughter Drops Bomb Accidentally, Then Shoots Herself. Odessa, Russia. ? A well-dresse?l girl aDOUt eignceea years uiu, regir ? tered under the name of Potupkin at the Hotel St. Petersburg, adjoining the palace of the Governor-General. General Kaulbara. She inquired the ' " sitiation of tl?9 Governor-General'* { residence, and proceeded toward the O palace. ' When only a few yards from the entrance she dropped her reticule, . ' ' which contained a bomb. It ei- , ploded, but did not injure the girl, who rushed back to her hotel and .'A shot herself dead. It was learned later that the girl was a daughter of General Printz. Boy Arrested For Murder. -ii At New Haven, Conn., Alfred Nelson, aged eighteen, of New Britain, admits the murder of Maurice -Kent, also of New Britain, and was arrested. He said he killed Kent because the latter refused to give him a small sum of money'that he owed him. Dr. Crapsey's Views Endorsed. The Rev. George Clark Cox, of Cincinnati, came out strongly for Dr. Crapsey's views in a letter to his bishop. Standard Oil Indictments. Indictments were found by a Federal Grand Jury at Jamestown, N. Y., against the Standard Oil Company, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Vacuum Oil Company for rebating. Russian Peace Movement. Members of moderate partiea In Russia have started a movement t"> bring about a constitutional form ol government through peaceful means. The National Game. Jake Weimer is pitching fine ball for Cincinnati. Pitcbor Ames is rounding into form alter a long lay-off. Speaker Cannon was born in North Carolina, May 7, 1836. Bob Un;;laub is still' hitting the ball for ke.-iis in the outlaw league. President Hermann, of Cincinnati, announces that Joe Kelley will remain a Red. Patsy Donovan has done much to revive the baseball spirit in Brooklyn parts this year.