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THE :PLANWS LOAN AND SAYINGS 'BANK. [AUGUSTA, GA.| Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. BAYSE, President. CH?S.C. HOWARD,< Cashier. ! THE NATIONAL BANK k , OF AUGUSTA' K i L. C."HAYNK, President. CAPITAL $250,000. Surplus ) A4nH A>.A Undivided Profits. $125,000 Our New Vault contain- 410 Safty-Lock Boxes, which we offer to our patrons aid the public at three to ten dollars per annum. FRANK G. FORD, Cashier.' VOL. ?9. EDGE FIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1904. if rr r . .m -.--. .-._._ ,... NO. 14. Easier in Jerusalem. HE holy of holies, Jerusalem, is a shrine, hot a cHyK" said Dr. James Bu chanan Nies. "The eyes of Moslem, Christian and Jew j are turned upon, Jerusalem at East- j er, for there is the (feutre of their! most sacred asso- j dations. To the.?los- j lem the city is sanctified, not only as.? the holy place made sacred by having ' held David,. Solomon and Jesus, ail re vered by the followers cf Mahomet, but it -was from here, the site of the Temple of Solomon, where now stands the mosque, 'Dome of_tJie_Itock' that ?'"TAT?fcomeTrwiis-^ ascended lo_ *-iRAven. To the Christian it is sancti fied: by the recollection that in Jerusa lem Jesus passed the last week of His life, and that there Ile was crucified and rose from the dead. To the Jew it Is bojy because it was not only thc cap- j ital of the southern kingdom of Judal:, but there was the Temple of Solomon, thc- wonder of the ancient world, for the restoration of which the orthodox Jew prays, especially on the Passover.*' Thesenr? the reasons assigned by Dr. Nies for the overcrowding ol' Jerusa lem, which was forced upon his notice when ho was present in that city in Easter time. Dr. Nies, it will be re membered, is the Brooklyn clergyman Avho has been exploring Palestine for the purpose of excavating its historic sites. He kindly consented to teil the readers of the Herald his experiences while passing the festival of Easter in the Holy City. "To understand the crowds and fol low the clew of the various celebra tions taking place at this time," said Dr. Nies; "it is necessary to remember that the population of Jerusalem is heterogeneous. There are within Its walls Fellaheen, Arabs, Greeks, Rus sians, Jews, English, Germans, French and Americans. In Jerusalem are a number of Catholic churches preserv ing the organization of the apostolic succession. Besides the Catholics rep resented by the Franciscan monks and the Dominicans there are the Greek Catholics, Maronites, the Syrian, or Jacobite Church; the Coptic and Abys sinian, thc Armenian, the Russian Church aud the Greek Church proper, for though the Russian Church claims to be Greek the Greek Church proper is separate aud distinct therefrom. There are separate patriarchs, bishops and priests for each of these denomina tions, and tlie rivalry often runs high between them. "The ceremonies at Easter in the Catholic churches are more like those to which we are accustomed in Amer "THE MARYS AT THE TOMB CHRIST." Drawn by C. G. Pfannschmidt lea, and therefore Jack any special in terest for1 the visitor, but the Greeks observe Easter in the ancient, original fashion, refusing to accept the Catholic ritual. The Greek Church occupies a commsuding position ut Easter; the other churches, such as thc Armenian and Coptic, act in harmony with it, celebrating Easter at the time set by the Greek Church, not that of the Latin. "The predominance of the Greeks at Jerusalem is chiefly due, not merely to . the preservation of ancient traditions as to the ceremonials connected with Xenr and Easter, but to the actu.il pos. gpss?oa oi the Church of the Holy Stp j nlcl?re, th? central Christian shrine of j rill Jerusalem. It will bc remembered j that during thc Crusades Hie Catholic t ; Church gained possession of ?lib I j Church of tho Holy Sepulchre, cxpcll ; his the Greek Church, which lind KO ! j long held this shrine, but nftef Hie iirc ? : -which took place in this church in IS?S j the Creeks turned the tables on lue Western Church, and since Hint timo ihe Catholics have had few privilpges within the edifice. The Coptic Church lias secured thc right to use some pf the corners of thc building as chapels. (From au engraving by P. Ha behn a nu. "Coincident with the Easter fest!- s val," continued Dr; Kies, "thc Mobarn- ' niedaus also celebrate a feast called .' Neby Mousa, the Prophet Moses. It is 1 claimed That this feast was devised al '. the close of the Crusades and has been 1 observed for 500 or UUO years only, as s an offset to the Christian Easter. The i Arabs saw that the Christian pilgrims crowded Jerusalem at Easter and they ] feared some anti-Moslem outbreak, so ? the feast Noby Mousa was devised. It ? is a pilgrimage and festival in honor ' of Moses, which starts in Hie shape of < a procession which leaves the mosque. ? .Dome of the Hock,' on the site of the : ancient temple, and proceeds to a Mos lem shrine on the edge of the Jordan, < where thc body of Moses is supposed ; to rest. This is near the Dead Sea, oj)- < posite Mount Nebo, where Mosts died, 1 according to the Biblical narrative. 1 "There is no historical basis for tho i suggestion that the tomb of Moses, is i covered by tho Moslem shrine, for cu- : riously enough the Mohammedans I themselves state that their authority j for the selection of this spot as the I tomb of Moses rests upon the vision of I a Greok monk, who claimed that in * his dream he saw the angels boar the | body of Moses from its hidden tomb on j Mount Nebo to this spot on the western .' side of the Jordan, where thc Mobarn- j < medan mosque now stands. j . "The fact of the slight historical ba- < sis for this shrine does not. however. ' influence the observance of the festival ( Neby Mousa, which is observed with ! great solemnity by the Axabs. Lcav- f ing Jerusalem, they march to the ( shrine, about a day's journey, aud a ? week is spent in the festivities con- 1 nected with thc pilgrimage. The sight i of thc procession as it sturts from Je rusalem is strange, if not impressive. ? "There is no semblance of order in | the indiscriminate mob that comes : Lhrough the streets to tlie strains of all ; kinds of ancient primitive instruments. ? played lu all kinds of time and tune, t The Mohammedan pilgrims who have . t come from a distance- bring their 11 flocks of sheep, for they have wo j - money, and they must perforce camp outside the city until they have sold their sheep for the money to offer at the shrine* and their tents and flocks add to the picturesque oddity of the scene* As the procession passes 'along some Indian dervish in it may bo going through his antics, swaying from side to side as he works himself into a frenzy, or another passes along with a dagger thrust through both cheeks, skewerwisei There is the green ban ner of Mahomet and the military band of (thc Jerusalem garrison, ali mixed up with the rabble that forms this pro I cession, which is iieithei' imposing nor impressive; but all the moro curious ou lhat account: "While the feast Neby Monsa is movable like Easter; it often coincides therewith, and Good Friday is the day for all kinds of processions lu jerusa lem. In fact, all Holy Week might be called procession week in tho City of Shrines. What with the 15,000 td 20,009 Russian Christian pilgrims that ?-.uno to Jerusalem at this season, the 20,000 to ir>,0!)0 Christians of other na tionalities, tho thousands of Moslems come for Noby M o usn, ?iud lijo huh* drecis of Jews from all over tho world '..orne to celebrate the Passover, .Jeni-, salem is overflowing with people and the excitement is constant and wide spread; .'While there;" Rttdad Dr. &es, "Mrs! >.'ics and i were invited by a Jew to he prescrit {it (lie ei^brniidii of HID civ ?rauct? of the Feast Uf Passover in the house of another poor Jew. Il was in teresting iii many ways, but 1 could r.ot help noticing the half a dozen fowls roosting on ii stick just al my el how iii the chief room of the-house. The ceremonial was simple? but much like that td be seen ibo worid Over. The poverty of Ihc mau was so great that he told lise i:;< had beeii trying to save enough mo:: y to plaster Hie ln sh'c-of his ,hnu.-:j for the hist four years, and when, upon learning that il would cost Hie large sum of $12, thal amount was furnished him, the poor fellow could not get over it. Of course the ceremonies for which we bael chiefly com.* to .ierusniem ht tins sea son were those connected directly with Easter, and we wore moro than repaid for all our trouble by what wc saw. .';0n the Creek Palm Sunday we se cured permission lo visit the Coptic Church, iusl outside thc walis uf Jeni* to Kis $5ofh.er." after thc painting by B. Plockhorst.) salem. Wo were informed that the ser rices would begin 'ton hours after sun set.' and. calculating, we -found that his would be about 4 o'clock a. m. Itising at this early hour, wo made our ivay to the church, and found it to bea strange building, modelled somewhat it'tcr that of the Holy Sepulchre, with i huge black dome overhead. The .lace was crowded willi worshipers, standing or crouching behind and imong the numerous lofty pillars ivhich formed an inner and an outer .irclo around the centra! shrine, corre sponding to tiie sepulchre in the church liter which it was modeled. "This altar was about twenty feet ;ube, and in front of it, facing the en trance to tiie church, stood a long row )f dark featured, white robed ligures, jearing loug staves surmounted by Egyptian crosses. One of the monks started a weird chant, in a deep, wali ng voice; then another took it up, and ts the echoes rolled back from the nuge dome and tho far corners of tho Structure the whole company of monks jroke out into the wild wail, striking their staves upon the ground and swaying their bodies and waving their inns in a wild ecstasy of devotion. "Tho musical accompaniment to this >'nging consisted ol' a double drum, ..ymbals and the chipping of hands. After a while four priests entered and celebrated the mass. They put off the u'bite robes and donnell gorgeous ones lecorated with almost barbaric profus ion, and I looked through a grating to ?ce tho ceremony, which consisted chiefly in walking about the interior of ?.lie shrine, around an altar within, but ivhon they noticed ino looking through he grating a curtain was drawn. "It was the ceremony of thc- blessing >f tho palms, and after tho space of icrhaps half an hour the four priests iga in emerged, having put aside their gorgeous robes and again donned the rh ile garments, bearing huge masses )f palms in their lui ml-. These were pilckiy distributed to tho assembled nultitilde, who sought them eagerly." -Now Yovli Ui'?nWu T?E COTTON MG?R?S F?ll Report for ioo? Given Out By the Department. ' Washington; Special.-Th? final r? port of the census bureau on cotton pinniug, showing the total cotton pro duction for 1903, gives the following: Number of commercial bales, includ1 lng linters, iO.399,558, against 11,275, 105 "for 1902? The following tabi? distributed the fcrop, exclusive of linters; id the United States 10,205,073 commercial bales. 9,359,472" square bales,- 770.3?S round bales. 75,393 Sea IslarJd bales. The total crop reduced to a common basis ?s to size of bales is an equival ent of 9.851.129 5U0-pourid bale's, as against 10,030,945 500-pound bales in ?902. The number of baies counting round as half bales; including^ linters, was 10,014,154, against 10.7S4.743; the equivalent bales of a 500-pound stand ard, including linters. were 10,405,010, against 10,2;7.163 in 1902. The square bales upland crop reported from gin neries which aggregated 9,359,472 shows a decrease of 033,193 from 1902; thc round bales, upland crop, reporte! from ginneries were 770,205, a de crease of 21?..05C; tho bales of Sea isi?hd totted reported from ginneries were 75.393, ? decrease Of 29,560. ?fld the bales cf lir?t?rs reported front cot ton seed oil mills were ?94.4S5, ? de crease of 1,736; Th?se statistics w?r? collected throiigli a canvass of the in dividual ginneries of the cott?ri States by 631 local special agents, who found that 3?.21S ginneries had been ope rated for the crop of ?903. compared I with 30,943 for 1902. in thc final can vass for this crop where glnners had not finished ginning they were re quested to prepare careful estimates of the quantity of cotton which re mained to bc ginued at their establish ments: theil estimates, amounting to 75.101 commercial bales, have been included ?ri the totals of the above table. The distribution of thc crop, ex clusivo of linters, by Stated and terri tories, giving the total commercial bales, follows: Alabama, 1,023,959; Arkansas, 741.236; Florida. 58.572; Georgia. 1.329.27S! Indian Territory, 312,776: kansas. 75? Kentucky, 644; Louisiana, 858,56$; Mississippi, 1,439, 294; Missouri. 39.233; Ncrth Carolina. 555(530; Oklahoma. 204,95?; South Carolina. SJ 1,351 ! Tennessee. 2"50,137; Texas. 2.502.63?; Virginia. 13,681." Thc complete annual report of cot ton ginned will he issued May 1. Caral Commission. Washington Special.-Two impor tant points has been developed tn connection with the work of the Is thmian Cali?i Commission; One i? thal the headquarters ^the commit of Panama, instead Vi ; though ah office probably will be maintained, and the other, that all of the time of at least five of the com missioners will hot. be devoted to the canal work. Their private interest will demand a part of their time. Leg islation now pending before Congress picvides for the appointment of a government of the American Nzone. in Panama. Should it be enacted In to law, it is quite probable that the President may designate General Davis as the governor of the canal strip. Tho President has practically determined that the Panama Canal Commission shall bo atached to the War Department. E. G. Aldis Dead. Wilmington. Special.-Mr. E. G. Mills, a well-known business man of Whiteville. and a brother of Messrs. F. T. and W. H. Mills, of this city, died at the James Walker Memorial Hos pital herc Tuesday morning and the re mains weie sent to his former homo for interment. Mr. Mills was brought tc the hospital Saturday l'or an opera tion for an abscess upon his lower in t. ?tines. The operation was performed Sunday afternoon but the sick man never rallied and his death came after several hours of unconsciousness. His wife was in Wilmington when he died, having accompanied him from White ville Saturday. An Expedient. Washington, Special.-A member of the House committee on the judiciary has prepared a bill looking to a con solidation of the Northern and South ern judicial districts of Florida. This expedient is proposed to legislate Judge Charles Swayne out of office and avoid the necessity for impeaching him. There is serious objections to this plan among many members of the House. It is stated in opposition to the plan that even if the district should be abolished Judge Swayne would still be entitled to his salary as judge and that it would simply work a hard ship on the people of the district and on the judge for the Southern district of the State. Cuban Treaty Ratifird. Washington, Special-The Senate, in executive session, ratified the treaty between the United States and Cuba, signed May 22, 1903, embodying tho Platt amendment defining the future relations of the United States with Cuba. The treaty recites the Platt amendmtnts and enacts them in treaty form comprising eight articles. The treaty is made public, together with a supplementary convention extending the period with which the ratifications may bc exchanged. Killed By Philippine. Williamstown, Mass., Special-The reports of the death of Leonidas Hub bard. Jr.. assistant editor of The "Out ing" magazine, while on an exploring expedition in Labrador, wcre confirmed by a letter received by relatives of Dil lon Wallace, a former Williamstown man. who is the surviving white man of the party. The letter was written hy Wallace at Northwest river, in De eemher, nearly two months after the death ot* Hubbard. Hubbard's strength gave out. and Wallace went after pro visions, but lost his way. Wallace had a narrow escape. ANew/leihod Suggested. Manila, By Cable.-Capt. De Wirt, with a detachment of constabulary ami Lieut. Pitney, with a detachment of scouts, have just encountered Mac Ario SnK:iy. thc so-called president of the Filipino republic. Pakay. with 15 ot hts followers, were ki'led and tho re ma! udor of thc band was captured. There were no casualties on the part of the americans. Afioto Attempt On Port Arthur Failed Signally JAPANESE MADF, BOLD ATTACK The Russian Gtfqs Repelled ifle Wflr Vessels From the Forts and the Harbor Remains ?pcrt? ..?t: Petersburg.By Cable-A? official dispatch frdrri Port Arthur to the Em peror says that at 1 o'clock Monday morning the Russian searchlights dis closed four large merchant ste???iers m?kiiig for ?he entrance to the harbor, supported by six torpedo boats. A heavy Are was opened or? them by the batteries and some warships. Thc torpedo beat Stilni, commanded by Lieutenant Krinizki, turned the merchant vessels from their course by hlowng ?p thp, nrnw of the first and then boldly attackwt.rfte enemy's.tor pedo boats. In the flefcS ??ght winch followed Chief Engineer Swyerc/f- np the Stilni, and six marines were killed ! and the commander and twelve men wore ^wounded. The Japanese plan to block the en trance to Port Arthur was frustrated, however", und the channel ls still clear Vice Admiral Makaroff, command- ; it?g tli? Russian riaval forces at Pert ! Arthur,- has sent the following tele gram to the Emperor: "I h?g most hHmbly to report that ?t 2 o'clock this moriiirig the enemy made ? second attempt td biefck the I entrance to the inner roadstead.- Foi' this purpose they dispatched four large merchant steamers, convoyed by six torpedo beats to the ?ritranc?'. Thc enemy's ships were promptly discov ered {by the searchlights and were bombarded by the batteries and by the guardships. Fearing the enemy's ? ships might break through Lieut. Krinizki, commanding tin; guard tor pedo boat Stilni. attacked the enemy and destroyed the bow of the foremost Japanese steamer with a torpedo. This steamer turned to the right and was followed by two others, with thc result, that the three were stranded to the right of the entrance. A fourth steam er went to the right of tho enemy's ships and likewise sank to the side of the fairway. The Stilni then bat-j tied with the enemy's six torpedo boats. Engineer Artificer Sweyercff and six seamen were killed and the commander and twelve seamen were wounded, At daybreak the enemy's batteship find cruiser squadrons ap peared ,aud I proceeded with the fleet under!my charge to meet thc enemy. The second attempt of the Japanese to block the entrance to Port Arthur has failed, thanks to the energetic d? cence by thc sea and land forces, who acted tts th9y did during the first at -temj&L Tap..harbor remains perfectly -"' Tie ?o?T?wi?g'"?fiifci?? ^dl?patch"-ft?5 | - been received from Gen. Smirnoff: 1 "Port Arthur, March 27.-Last night, after moou-rlse, the Japanese attempted to block the entrance to the h?rhci*. Four fire ships were sent to ward the port convoyed by a torpedo flotilla. Toward 2:15 a. m. the ap proach-of the enemy's ships were per-j ceived by the guardships and'batteries | which simultaneously opened upon | them heavily. The fire ships were j preceded by torpedo boats, followed at i a considerable distance by larger ships, which opened on the forts sup porting thc action of the fire ships and the torpedo boats. . Owing to the heaviness of our artillery fire and the boldness of our torpedo boats, thc fire ships did not reach the entrance to the harbor. Two of them grounded on a reef under Golden Hill, another sank behind the first turn of land, struck by a torpedo from one of our boats, and the fourth sank, its bows touching a Japanese steamer sunk in the previous attempt off Majatchnaja Gorda. The entrance lo thc harbor re mains clear. "A Hctchklss one-inch calibre Quick- i firer was found aboard one of the sunken steamers from which a fire | had been kept on our torpedo boats. ! A boat left each af the sunken ships, carrying their crews. One of these is believed to have been picked up. To ward 4 oe'lock a. m. the enemy's tor pedo boats retired and the bombard-1 Preached on Mars Hill. Athens, By Cable.-Rev. John Potts, oi Toronto, Ontario, preached on the Hill of Mais Sunday to the delegates to the world's Sunday school Convention; The ministers and delegates repeated St. Paul's address to the Athenians. A?1 the members of the party from the United States are well and will proceed to Jerusalem, where the meet ing of .the convention will be held. May Last Two Years. Paris, Special.-The Matin's Harbin correspondent says a rumor is beiug circulated there to the effect that the ; war will last two years and that it will j not really begin before September, the j rains making July and August un favor- ? able for military operations. Despite j China's protestions of neutrality, the I correspondent continues, "General Ma j is advancing to Manchuria. If this | movement is combined with the .Tapa- ? ncse operations the Russians will be j obliged lo act against General Ma, who j continues to move northward, although the Pekin government, it is under- i cinr.? has orderer] him to retire." - Rumor Unfounded. Tien Tsin. By Cable.-It is learned i upon reliable official authority that ! thc rumors of disaffection and mutiny j amongst the Chinese imperial troops ; on the border, which have been cur- ; rent for several days, are absolutely unfounded. Col. Muc-nthe. of Viceroy Yuan Chi Kai's staff, who was sent lo ; Port Arthur ten days ago to remove tho Chinese from that city, returned ; to Tien Tsin Saturday, having satis- j factorily terminated his refuge mis- . sion. Three Lives Lost. Marlon. Ind.. Special-Three lives have been lost in the hood between Gas City and Jonesboro. Theodore Mc Govern, Robert Howe and William Carter, in efforts to rescue the family j of Jamea Martin from a dwelling j caught in mid-stream, were drowned cr frozen to* death in the branches of j trees and in the driftwood. Willis Car ter, who was taken out of the floating house after more than twelve hours , spent In the flood, la dying from ex noBure. j meut ceased. Vice Admiral Makaroff I at once proceeded in a steam launch j io inspect the enemy's sunken steam er's. The enemy's torpedo boats re I appeared at ij o'clock this morning. ! They were sighted south cf Port Ar j thur, and the batteries ro.-opeued on them. Toward G o'clock the enemy's aquadron appeared on the horizon, and ours steamed out to meet it. At 6:30 the batteries opened fire. The ship's batteries soon ceased, the Japanese drawing off to tiie southeast, evidently declining an engagement At .10 o'clock they disappeared , below the horizon." A further telegram io the Emperor from Vice Admiral Makaroff says: "I respectfully report that the ene my having withdrawn ? returned to the harbor with the fleet. "The torpedo boat destroyer Stilni, which stranded on tile reef in conse Q?'?ne'T of damage caused Lo her en gines by ?fi?' of the enemy's sheila, was floated during Ehe course of the night and entered the harbor, thanks to the energies of her crew. Her com mander, Lieut. Krinizki, v/ho waa slightly wounded in thc arm, did not ??'?ifr his post. "On the ffr?ships were infernal ma chines, the wires' Connecting with which were cut by Lieut. jC?rfrpft and Ensign Pilsoudsky of the irregulars whom I dispatched on thc tack. They boarded one of tho steamers as soon as it stopped, cut the electric wire and extinguished thc fire which would have lit up the entrance of the harbor to the enemy in the roadstead. "lu the morning a fi sating mine was found hearing an infernal machiue, but the latter was successfully remov ed. ' Tho inspection made showed that the steamers utilized aa fire ships were lint oh!. They were each of about 2,000 tons ?ltd "hey were armed with light calibre guns.' The Japanese practically repeated the tactics cf February 24. by sending in f'ouT fir? edi i ps, preceded by a tor pedo beat flotilla, with thc exception that thc fire ships illh time were arm ed with Hotcbkiss guns for the pur pose of keeping off the Russian tor pedo boat destroyers. The enemy's attempt was discover ed by means of the shore searchlights and a heavy fire was opened from the batteries and from jtwo gunboats which were guarding the entrance to thc habor. The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Stilni was outside on scout ing duty, and to the dash and nerve cf her commander, Lieut. Krinizki, is chiefly due the complete defeat cf the plans cf the Japanese. He at once made straight for the oncoming ships under a hail of fire from the Hotcbkiss guns, and torpedoed the leading ship, which sheered Off, fol lowed by the others, three of them being piled up on the shore under ggaggt^jay nT,rt nnp und pr rh A light six torpedda boats ot the enem, ; com ing out from a terrific fight, with sev en killed and lier commander and twelve cf her complement wounded, but on the Japanese side only one beat's crew were saved. In addition, according tb unofficial reports, it is believed that Lhe Japanese lost two torpedo boats. The Japanese cruisers which sup ported the attack exchanged shots with the batterie? and then drew off, after which Vice Admiral Makaroff took a steam launch and examined the fire ships. An hour later tho Jap anese torpedo ilotiila. followed by Vice Admiral Togo's Hoot, sailed out to engage the enemy, but after the ships and batteries had fired a few long-distance shots, Vice Admiral To go decided to decline the issue, and disappeared to thc southward. Tho conviction continues to grow here that the Japanese may have con cluded that it would be inadvisable lo make a direct frontal attack on Manchuria from Korea against the whole Russian army, and that it will he necesary to land a flanking colaran in the Guif of Liao Tung to divide the attention cf the Russians, and If possible to seize the railroad and cut off Port Arthur. The ground above New Chwang is perfectly familiar to tho Japanese, who occupied it for a year during the Chino-Japanese war fin;. Davis lil. Atlantic City. N. J.. Special.-Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the Presi dent of thc Southern Confederacy, who came herc from New York after an ill ness, was last night stricken at her hotel with an attack of acute indiges tion. Through her remarkable vitality she rallied and no apprehension is now expressed for her rapid recovery. Somebody Yelled Fire. New Haven, Conn., Special.-A pan ic occurred at the morning service n St. Michael's Italian church Sunday, in which almost n score of persons were injured. Four of the most seriously in jured, two women and two children, were taken to the Haven Hospital. Some ono in the congregation shouted "Fire." during a prayer, and immedi ately the worshipers arose and rushed for (he door at the rear of the church, tho only exit. Thc police and members of the church have made an investiga tion, but no reason far anyone giving an alarm of fire has boen discovered. Cut His Thro.it. Buchanan. Ga., Special.-Immediate ly after telling his twelve-year-old j daughter to leave the room, S. J. Bry ant killed himself at. the house of S. !.. hand here Sunday by cutting his tl:ioat from ear to ear with a razor he had just sharpened for the purpose, depression over bad health is the i :u5-r* assigned for the deed. His daughter is the only child and his wife is dead. Rathbone Appeals. Washington. Spccial.-Senator Platt., of Connecticut!, chairman of ibo Sen ate committee on relations with Cuba, has received from Major 13. G. Rath bone an appeal for a review of his case by Congress. Major Rathbone bases his claim for an ivcstlgation upon his "righi to be h en rd ns an American cit izen." John Mahnkca. cf Chicago, confessed that i:e iric-d io get possession of bodies of Iroquoise Theatre victims for COW CLIMBS TO HAYLOFT. Animal Found Quietly Munching Hay After Ascending Stairs. A peculiar performance on the part of a cow is reported hy William G. Smith. When Smith went into his stable at Machias, Maine, the cow was missing. All the doors and other openings were found" to be securely fastened, leaving no way of escape for the animal, and the Smith family were puzzled. Finally the cow was found in the hay loft, having ascended a flight of narrow, winding stairs. When found the bovine was munching hay con tentedly, none the worse for her dar ing ascent. Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting the animal back down to the first floor, but it was finally accomplished by leading her out of a back window and over a number of planks to a knoll in the rear of the stable. Vigor of Acorns. < Two oak trees have just been plant sd in Colchester, Eng., which werj raised from acorns taken seven years agn from the crop of a wood pigeon. Choice of a House Cat. A good cat-the kind you want to have in the house, If any-will have a round, stubby pug nose, full, fat cheeks and upper lips, and a well-de veloped bump on the top of the head, between the ears, betokening good na ture. A sleepy cat. that purrs a good deal is apt to be playful and good natured. By all means to be avoided is a cat with thin sharp nose and twitching cars. It must be remembered, also, that a good mouser is not necessarily a gentle or desirable pet. Although any good cat will catch mice if she ls not overfed, quick, full, expressive eyes generally betoken a good mouser. The greatest mistake-and prob ably the most common one-In the care of domestic cats is overfeeding, particularly too much meat. In wild life the cat has exercise which en ables her to digest her food. In the lazy house life the same full feeding leads to stomach troubles and to fits. -Philadelphia Record. At the burial of a South London mun his six dogs, drbpeq In black, 'ollowed the corteee. 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