Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 13, 1904, Image 1

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THE* MPH 10?NAND, ?SAVINGS |BANK. J AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest- ' on Deposits. Accounts . ; . Solicited. ll. C. BLAYNE, President. CHAS. C. HOWABD,$ Cashier. VO'L". 69. KDGBF?ELD, S, C., W?>NESDAi\ JOLY J3,1904. THE NATIONAL BAM * OP AUGUSTA' J L. CSHATNE, FBANK G, FOBD, 5 President. Cashler.\ CAPITAL $250,000. 5 Surplus ) _?, _ _ _ \ Undivided Profits. $125,000 9 Oar New Vanlt contains 410 Safty-Lock 'Boxes, which we offer to oar patrons and the public at three to ten dollars per annnm. NO. 29. Chosen By The Demo tion At GREAT ENTHUSIASM MANIFESTED Eminent New York Jurist Wins the Nomination on First: Ballot Amid .Great Enthusiasm-Platform Adopt ed-Hearst nand Gray . St Louis, Special.--Judge Alton B. Parker was nominated for President by the National Democratic Convention .on Saturday morning at 5:40, central time. On the first ballot he received 667 ballots-more than the two-thirds necessary to ? choice. There was unbounded enthusiasm among the delegates when the result of the vote was announced. ALTON B Thc Democratic National Convention which assembled in St. Louis on July 6t>. was one of the largest representa- j ti ve bodies that ever graced a conven- j tien hall since the begining of the re public. John Sharp Williams was temporary MEETING PLAC-j (Chairman, and made a vigorous speech, .Arraigning tho Republican position on ?H questions. Tho committee on permanent or ganization nominated Champ Clark, of Missouri, for ^permanent chairman. The platform was adopted on Friday night, and Parker, Bryan and Gray .were each placed in nomination. . The following is taken from the nomination speech of Mr. Littleton who nlaced Judge Parker's name before the Boy Shoots Four Children. Roanoke, Va., Special.-A special to The Times from Graham, ' Tazeweli . county, says: "A triple tragedy occur red Tuesday morning at Bluestone Creek, when the eleven-year-old son of Henry Gill, a fan ?r, accidentally shot and instantly killed his brother, aged five years; fatally v/dunde? another brother, aged seven years; seriously wounded his sister, aged three years, and- mortally shot a boy by the name of Holbrooks, aged ll years. Over 1,000 Killed. Amsterdam,' By Cable.-A dispatch from Batavia (capital of the Dutch Eas?t Indies) says that the commander of the expedition to North Achin (Northern Sumatra) attacked Likat on June 20th. The.Ach?nese losses,were 432 killed, including 281 women and 88 children, and 54 wounded. Seventeen prisoners were taken. The Dutch cas ualtks included the commander, a lieu tenant, two sergeants and 13. soldiers grounded. ratic National Conven* St. Louis ; con veb. don: "Mn Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: "We do not.expect aere that, stupid peace which smells of chloroform; We do not wish that unctuous unaniutty which springs from the uaconflicting emotions of.a.solitary man. We would not have our harmony in a single har ness. We, too, love the stir "of ? strenu-. ous life; but we believe in equal strenu ousness for all and special strenuous ness for none. Wo do not derive our power from the seats of the mighty, but from th? souls of the hi?mble.- We do Uot ask for insane .agreement springing from faithless fire; but rather out bursts of dissension, issuing from rp . PARKER. bust freedom. We are not in executive session, but rather in the committee of the whole. We were sent here by the people to select a candidate. We were not sent here by the candidate to notify the people. Our adversaries, by dwell ing tenderly on tho simplicity of the la ST. LOUIS COLISEUM. E OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONJ I mented McKinley, managed to endure for three days the strenuoslty of Roose velt. By recounting in affectionate terms the achievements of the one, they evoked an enthusiasm which they immediately credited to the other. Through tears that were shed for the noble dead, they saw a larger outline of the living. Driven by lash and lured by luck, they called on all the sacred dust to kep their spirits up. Set to run for Highwayman Captured. ' Helena, Mont., Special.-C. C. Moser, lone of the highwaymen who shot Poljce I Sergeant Hanna, after having robbed !thc Owl Saloon, at Billings, of $2,000, I was captured near the Shoshone river. J He was unarmed and made no resist ance. It is said that Ed. Grady, his j accomplice was. seen in Billings Sat j urday night, but no trace of him has 1 been found. ? -'? White House Closed Up. ? Washington, Special.-The White House is as dark as pitch now. With the President's departure the orders were given to close the old mansion up -.ap much as possible until his return. The big electric light in the porch is no longer lighted, and there is not a gleam from any of the' windows. The executive offices, which", since they were first occupied, have been open i cay and night, are nearly as dark as j the mansion. taree full days, the pendaluni petered but, the hands stuck fast, aid only ? strenuous shake could make the wheels go round. Spiritless in the sullen task, they worked uphill the grain and grav ity of the hour, without the master whom they had learned tb love, they lingered under the whip Of one whom they have learned to fear. Stripped of premedi?tated pomp ?rid shorn bf soothing phrase; the occasion meant rid more or less than an era of boots arid Spurs. Take away the tribute to the dead and all that is left is a horseman on the slopes of San Juan. Remove the rev?re?d black that tells of a nation's grief, and underneath is a khaki uni form; Withold the record made by hands and hearts now still, and ail that ? ls left is usurpation's bold account; Pull off the mask that wears the kindly smile of peace and see the grlrJ and firm set teeth bf wai; it was the change from sure and certalri ways to the shifting, eddying currents Of.the wild unknown. It was a leap In the darkness of Republican eclipse, and four years hence will find them vainly looking for the light; It marks the place where a party, in ? year's time, forsook the beaten path and went on a winding way of untraveled roads, ?t makes the gap between the era of the conservative and the radical. It looks good now because they do not see where the old force ends and the new begins. ....... j ? ? "Wo appeal to every Democrat from everywhere to forget the bitter war fare of the past; forget the strife and anger of the older, other days; abandon all the grudge and rancor of party dis content, and, recalling with ever-in creasing pride, the triumphs of our fif ty years of a constitutional government of liberty and peace-here and now re solve tb make the future record thaf re splendent reach of time in which liber ty and peace went up and down the na tions, of the earth, building their king dom in the hearts of men. and gathering the harvest of genius and toil; In which reason struck from the hand ot force the sword of hate and plucked from the heart of war the germ of greed; in .which conscience smote the thoughts of wrong and filled the mind with mer cy's sweet restraint; in which power grew in the human brain, but refused the shelter of a glittering crowd; in which the people of all lands and ton gues, awakened to hope by the inspira tion of our example, followed with the march of years the luminous pathway leading to a destiny beyond the reach of vision and within the providence of God. In this spirit, New York nomi nates for President of the United States Alton B. Parker." _ . Mr. Littleton^ speech dealt at length BjUgmaBM* his peroration in which he named the New York jurist for the standard bearer. He was liberally ap plauded. The nominations OL oth Hearst and Gray were well received and liberally applauded. The platform adopted deals with a number of public questions. The money question, however, was omitted as a compromise. VJJ CONVENTION. Rumor of Naval Battle. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-It is re ported in special dispatches from Liao-Yang under Saturday's date that a persistent rumor to tho effect that a a' naval engagement has occurred at Port Arthur, in which 21 Japanese v/arships participated, resulting in a Russian victory. A similar report was current at Liao-Yang July 5th, the lo cation of the engagement being given aa northward. Killed by Mob. ! Charleston, S. C., Special.-John Ty . 1er, a negro laborer on the Seaboard ' Air Line work train, was taken from the train at Middendorf, a station 20 ? miles south of Cheraw, at G o'clock I Tuesday morning by a mob of over 25. | [ men. He was carried about half mile . away where he was to be shot but j broke away from his captors and ran 300 yards, and there he was literally i shot to pieces. No. 97 Wrecked Again. Greensboro, Special.-While No. 97 the fast mail train from Washington to Atlanta, was speeding southward Tuesday evening at the rate of 70 miles an hour, it ran into a work train near Ruffln, which was engaged in collect ing the debris of a freight wreck three days ago at that point. Five of the work train cars were demolished, the engine of 97 was thrown across the track, both being badly damaged. The j fireman and engineer of 97 are report ed to be badly injured. R?SS?ANS DISCOVERED - Success of japanese Flanking Op<s rations" Surprises them-H?atfy Fighting N?W Likelyj St Petersburg) By Cable.-With th? return bf three days' fine weather', drying the roads at the theatre of war; the military ??th?rities here ard once more inclined to beii?v? in th? probability cf h?avy fighting atid ?v?d in the possibility of ? general ?ngag? ment the japanese columns ?ppe?? ?gain to b? pushing forward at ail points but the strategic plans of the j Japanese, as weli as tho iocatlon d' their main force and tho plac? where their chief blow will be struck, whether at Kai-Chu, Hal Cheng, Lio Ifang ?f ev?n at M?kderi, are still puzzling the Russ??? authorities, in a general w?y, the japanese* seem to b? with drawing their pressure southwest ?? Kai-Chou and Liao-Yang, but to be maintaining it northeast, as if con templating a combined attack on Ta Tche-Kiao and L??o-Yang. .The suc cess of the Japanese flanking opera tions is disconcerting the Russians. One by Ode tho passes iii the moun tains, Which the Russians had forti fied In advance With infinite pains, have been attacked by the Japanese who have always managed, by trivals not marked on the maps, to circum vent the RuGsiahSi St. Petersburg, By Cable;-A divis ion of the Baltic Squdron will s?il from Cronstadt July 28th uttdei1 seai?d ci ders. Coniplete mystery enshrouds itt: destination. It 1B said, although nothing is certain ott this point, that the orders for the division will be opened <t five days interval. There are attending circumstances which make it seem unlikely that the di vision will start Oh its long journey to the far east until the other ships are ready. It is understood the divi sion will include the armored cruiser Admiral Nakhimoff, the battleship Os liabia, the protected cruiser Aurora and the battleship Alexandra III, and possibly the battleship NaV?ritt and the transport Kamtchatk?; The general naval situation, with the Port Arthur squadron ready for serties at will, and * Vladivostock squadron embarrass. the Japanese transport plans, compelling the con stant presence of Vice Admiral Kami mura in the Sea of Japan, is con sidered to have much improved, there1 is elation everywhere over the iatest supcessful cruise of the latter. Kaw River on Rampage, Kansas City, Mo." Special.-All of the west bottoms of the Missouri side, including the uniott de: pot and the great wholesale dis trjct_j)f_Kansas City, will haye".been. closed. A breakln^h^K?awTlver near Armourdale, Kan., late Friday night, sending a current of water Into the bottoms, that first inundated the outer railroad yards and finally crept north, flooded cellars in the whole sale houses and spread ?-out toward the union depot. The water rose slowly and while it will undoubtedly do great damage; it is not believed that the tremendous losses of last year will be duplicated. Friday morn ing a heavy rain storm started in Kansas City and west to Topeka, which will send the Kaw still higher. Negroes Confess Assault. Lancaster, Pa., Special.-Aaron Tim bers and Jonas Sims, two of the ne groes who assaulted Mrs. Elsie Biddle, whose home is near Burlington, N. J., were arrested in Columbia early Thurs day. After a few hours in a cell, the men confessed that they were impli cated in the aflair, but claimed that they had not taken part in the assault, which they assert was committed by William Austin, who was arrested last night in Philadelphia. The news of the arrest soon spread and created great excitement here. The prisoners were brought to Lancaster today and lodged in the county jail. Gen. Howard's Funeral. Washington, Special.-Brief funeral services were held here Friday over the remains of Brigadier General Thomas B. Hov ird, of the Confeder ate army. Mrs. Rankin Mason, a daughter-in-law of the deceased offi cer, left later with the body for Hous ton, Tex., wheie interment will fol low a Masonic funeral next Sunday. Wa.*ns Republicans. New York, Special.-The Wall Street Journal, the country's leading financial paper says the safe condition of the country's business is due to the abandonment of free silver and Populism by the Democrats. It will also congratulate the Democracy and sound a warning to the Republicans. Georgia Railroad Sold. Gainesville, Ga.,Special-The Gaines ville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad was sold in this city by Samuel C. Dun lap, special master. The road was first offered as a whole, but there were no bidders. The road was then sold bi sections, the first part put upon the block being 55 miles, running from Gainesville to Jefferson and from Bel mont to Monroe. Another Seaboard Train. Wilmington. Special.-President J. A. Taylor, of the Wilmington chamber oi commerce, is officially notified by Traffic Manager E. F. Cost, that a double daily passenger service on the Seaboard Air Line between this city and Charlotte will be inaugurated im mediately by the addition of another train, which will leave Charlotte Sun day at 3:30 p. m., arriving here about 11:30 p. m.. returning leave Wilming ton about 5 a. m., reaching Charlotte about noon. Tragedy Caused by Jealousy. St. Louis, Special.-After cutting the throat of Mrs. Marcella Kerr, with whom he had been living for a'year. Edgar L. Evans, 23 years old, slashed his wrist with a razor, and then cut his own throat. The tragedy was en acted in front of the house where they were stopping. Jealousy is as cribed by Evans as the cause foi' hh act. The woman died almost in stantly. Evans is at the City Hosp; ! tal. His condition ls serious, but he ? may recover. Ivis SECOND PLACE National D?mocratie Ticker Completed S?iufday MfM WIS NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATION -. Erii:!re Harmony Prevailed at the "Close of the Convention and All the Factions Wefe Satisfied . FOR PRESIDENT .I. ALTON BROOKS PARKER J of New York. For vice-President HENRY G. DAVIS I of West Virginia. $he above is the ticket nominated by thsv D?mocratie National Convention at StljLouis last week. The questions - wejre all gone over thoroughly and the standard-bearers were chosen after ma rnte deliberation and thorough diSCUS ?^?S* slob. . The Presidential nomination was made early Saturday morning, and it wa's expected that when the convention reassembled at 2 p. m. the vice-presi dential matter would be settled quick ly.'c?nd an adjournment reached. But in the interim a telegram had been re ceived from Judge Parker that threw tb^i mass of delegates into ?. tempo rary state of great excitement, The telegram follows! "Bon. W; F: Sheehan, Hotel Jefferson, ijt. Louis: . '? regard the gold standard as firm ly; and irrevocably established, and shall act accordingly if the action of th? convention of today shall be rati fied- by the people. As the platform ls silent on the subject; my view should be made kriowh to the convention, and if it is proved to be Unsatisfactory to the. majority, I request you to decline the nomination for me at once, so that another may be nominated before ad journment A. B. PARKER." The reading of this message and its explanation by John Sharp Williams put the delegates back into a satisfied state of mind, and the work of the body was then closed Up and an adjourn ment reached amid much cheering. Following was the detailed vote on tho: first ballot, which gave Parker the nomination: Alabama, Parker, 22; Ar kansas, Parker, 18; California, Hearst, 20; Colorado, Parker, 4; Hearst, 5: Mc Clellan, 1; Connecticut, Parker, 14; Delaware, Gray, 6; Florida, Parker, 6; He?nit, 4; Georgia, Parker, 26; Idaho, Hearst, 6; Illinois, Hearst, 54; Indiana, Parker, 30; Iowa, Hearst, 26; Kansas, Hej'rijt, 10; Parker. 7; Miles, 2; Cock ??Parker. 2?: Louisi iiou^iirker^l 16;'-Massachusetts, Olney, 32; Michigan, Parker, 28; Minnesota, Parker, 9; Hear3t, 9; Cockrell, 1; Towne, 2; Gray, 1; Mississippi, Parker, 20; Missouri, Cockrell, 36; Montana, Parker, 6; Ne braska, Cockrell, 4; Hearst, 4; Olney, 1; Gray, 1; Watt, 1; Patison, 1; Miles, 1; Nevada, Hearst, 6; New Hampshire, Parker, 8; New Jersey, Parker, 24; New York, Parker, 78; North Carolina, Par ker, 24; North Dakota, Williams, 8; Ohio, Parker, 46; Oregon, Parker, 4; Hearst, 2; McClelland, 1; Coler, 1; Pennsylvania, Parker, 66; Rhode Island, Hearst, 6 Parker, 2; South Caro lina, Parker, 18; South Dakota, Hearst, 8; Tennessee, Parker 24; Texas, Par ker, 36; Utah, Parker, 6; Vermont, Parker, 8; Virginia, Parker, 24; West Virginia, Parker, 10; Hearst, 2; Gor man, 2; Washington, Hearst, 10; Wis consin, Wall, 26; Wyoming, Hearst, 6; Alaska, Parker, G; Arizona, Hearst, 6; District, of Columbia, Parker. 6; Indian Territory, Parker, 5; Hearst, 1; Haw aii, Hearst, 6; New Mexico, Hearst, 6; Oklahoma, Parker.. 2; Hearst, 2; Mc Clelland, 1; Olney, 1; Porto Rico, Par- j ker, 2; Hearst, 4. The foregoing is a total of 658 votes for Parker. Idaho. Washington and West Virginia then changed to the Par ker column, giving him a clear plural ity and Governor Dockery moved to make the nomination unanimous. Judge Parker was notified of his nomination early Saturday morning, just as he was returning from his cus tomary swim in the river near his home. He took the news calmly and with his usual dignity. Sunday he attended church and listened to a sermon in which a thinly veiled com pliment was paid himself. The usual quiet still is noticeable in all his manners. ROLL. FOR V?CE PRESIDENT. The roll of States was called for the presentation of candidates for vice president. Even at this time, the gal leries wera less than half filled, and great areas cf vacant scats were visi ' ble. Alabama was called several times with no response, but finally Mr. Rus sell, of that State, announced that Alabama would give way tc Illinois. Samuel Alschuler, of Illinois, an nounced that Freeman B. Morris would speak for that State. Mr. Mor ris look the platform to name James R Williams, of Illinois. Cheers greet ed the mention of Mr. Williams' name, but they did not come in great measure from the delegates. Colorado yielded to Washington, and Chairman Clark recognized Frederick C. Robertson, of that State, who spoke for ex-Senator George Turner. Connecticut yielded to Indiana and Delegate Spencer, of that State, sec oned the nomination of Williams, of Illinois. By this time a report that a tele gram had been received from Judge Parker, declaring his position on the financial quostion, had become general. A crowd of delegates hurrldly gather ed around Sheehan, of New York, and Tillman, of South Carolina. Little conferences began to occur and th? orators did not reccivo much attention except from tho galleries and the smallfry, who did not know that a probable sensation was ripening all about them. Deleware gave her place in the call to West Virginia, and the Chair recognized John D. Alderson, of that State, who placed in nomination Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia. A vigorous round of applause came from the delegates when Mr. Davis' name was mentioned, but little from tho gal leries. Senator DuBois, of Idaho, seconded tho nomination of George Turner, of Washington. David Overmyer, of Kansas, placed former Senator William A. Harris, of that State, in nomination in a brief speech from the floor. Hearst Pledges Support. Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, secured recognition for A. M. LaWreUce, of that State to read a telegram from the platform. The telegram was from William R. Hearst. The reading was warmly applauded. Mr. Hearst's tele gram was as follows: "A. M. Lawrence, St. Louis: I wish to thank my friends for their unfalter ing support. I think I can. best ex press my appreciation of their loyalty b? continued devotion to the principles of true Democracy, for which we have fought, and by loyal support of the man chosen by the convention to lead the Democratic party. "WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST." Buzzard's Bay, Mass., Special. Former President Grover Cleveland, who is the guest of Joseph Jefferson, was advised of the nomination of Judge Parker for President as soon as he awoke Saturday morning. Later. Mr. Cleveland sent the following statement to the Associated Press: "Mr. Cleveland declines to see any reporter or representative of the press but sends thc following word from his room to the Associated Press: "I am in absolute ignorance of tne action of the St, Louis convention except in so far as lt has nom.'aated Mr. Parker as Presdential candidate. With this result I am abundantly grat ified, and I hope that the remainder of the work . of the convention will add to the encouraging prospects of Democratic success. This is all I can possibly say at this time. I do not know when I shall have an oppor tunity to read the platform adopted or to learn of the entire proceedings of the convention. In any event, it is absolutely certain that no further expression from me may be expected at present. I hope to be relieved of further importunity on this subject." I ? NEWS IN THE FAE EAST. ?j 5?55?!!r?jnpn?es?* fou'gift"TBcir-way to- - iXVithiU'Clgnfmlles of "Port "Artfia'tr undi j began to bombard the forts-.. Two Japanese spies disguised as itinerant organ grinders were arrested in Russian seaport of Narva. : Russians report that the Japanese have evacuated Serin-Chen, apparently to entice Kuropatkin south. Work of preparing the Russian Baltic squadron for service iii the far ?*ast is being pushed day and night. - An incendiary fire in the arsenal at Cronstadt exploded twenty Whitehead torpedoes, destroying a building. A cablegram to London says the Rus sian battleship sunk in a late engage ment at Port Arthur was the Poltava. Chinese arriving ht Chefoo said that the Japanese bombarded Port Arthur on June 2^, many shells falling in the town. H. J. Middleton, the Associated Press correspondent with the Russian headquarters near Liaoyang, died from dysentery. A special cable dispatch from St. Petersburg says that the rainy season has set in and no decisive battle is ex pected now. Admiral Togo, in his detailed report of his latest naval fight at Port Arthur, says tho torpedo flotillas made eight attacks on the Russian fleet. Chinese at Cheefoo from Port Arthur report a large vessel, presumably Rus sian, on the rocks ten miles southeast of Liao-Tie-Chan promontory. A torpedo boat which ran Togo's blockade reached Newchwang in bat tered condition with messages from Port Arthur for St. Petersburg. A dispatch from Ta-Tche-Kiao says a portion of the Russian army has assumed the offensive, and that troops marched in the field singing war songs. SPORTING BREVITIES. J. A. Janin. with a score of seventy nine, won the golf emblem at Fox Hills. The foreign naval attaches have giv en up the idea of entering Port Arthur and have returned to Vladivostok. George Leander, the cha...pion six day bicycle rider, is booked to meet the best of the foreign stars in Europe. Wylie C. Grant defeated Dr. W. N. Frazer in thc open lawn tennis tour nament of the Kings County L. T. C. H. L. Doherty again won the tennis championship at Wimbledon, England, defeating Frank L. Riseley by 6-1, 7-5, S-6. "Dick" Sheldon, formerly of Yale, was the principal prize winner at the Greater New York Irish Athletic Club games at Celtic Park. C. S. Titus won the senior single scull race at the Philadelphia regatta. New York oarsmen carried everything before them at the Troy regatta. The Interstate Hunters' Steeplechase, at the course of the Coney Island Jockey Club, -was won by H. S. Page, on his ?wu gelding Pure Pepper. Highball, who won the American Derby, had an easy task in the Spind rift Stake, which he won in 1.54 for the nine furlongs at Sheepshead Bay. Yale's 'varsity eight defeated Har vard on the Thames by seven and one half lengths. The Harvard four wou because of au accident to the Yale shell. In the first Saturday run of the Automobile Club of America to the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, at Port Washington, L. L, and return, thir teen machines were engaged. Thomas F. Kiely, of Ireland, won the all-around championship of the world from five other noted athletes in the games held under the auspices of the A A, V., at the World's Fair. Trained Tortoises. Japanese and Korean showmen, in addition to their skill as jugglers and acrobats, display a truly marvelous skill in teaching animals, tricks. They not only exhibit educated bears, span iels, monkeys and goats, but also trained birds, and, what is the more astonishing of all, trick fish. One of the most curious examples of patient training is an exhibit by an old Korean boatman of a dozen drilled tortoises. Directed by his songs and a small metal drum, they march in line, execute various evolutions, and conclude by climbing upon a low ta ble, the larger ones forming of their own accord a bridge for the smaller, to which the feat would otherwise be impossible. When they have all mounted they dispose themselves in three or four piles like so many plates. The average cost for carrying a passenger on the sweet railways o? the United States is 2.9 cents. Yearnings of Spring rays. Let us go into the woods and get away from the mass of humanity from the desperate life-drive; from the rush and crush of crowds; from the Babel of tongues that only wag to censure; from the blinding glare of the glittering Dollar, whose mimic Eagle's talons are at the throat of Life; from false loves, false friends and the Terror of the Toil of Cities whose thunder clouds hide God. Let us take a day off with the thrush and the song-thrilled mocking bird, in dreamy depths of daisies, by rippled rivers and inviolate vines; let us ded icate one day to the freedom of the wild-one day of bright, barbaric splendor, with echoes of "ancestral voices." In other words, let's go a fishing!-Atlanta Constitution. Culprit Was a "Sport."' On being sentenced to seven days' hard labor for being drunk, at the workhouse, a Lowestoft (England) man took a coin from his pocket and offered to toss the mayor whether it should be fourteen days or nothing. Farrand Organs The Bese in the world. 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