The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, July 04, 1894, Image 4
INFANT HANDS.
Fair beacon lights at dusky eve,
la cottage door and palace hall;
They beckon man from busy marts,
Those dimpled hands outstretched and
small.
Herculean powers within them lie,
Wee finger tips with rosy palm;
One magic touch on cheek or brow
Will quell an angry rising storm.
Of (times they vanish from the sight,
Those darling hands more prized than
gold;
Passive in death's chill hand they lie
T Kliae rvnro
JUiJtvC i uao u i V wuv* WiVt.
God says: "A little child shall lead,"
And clear-eyed faith discerns afar
Those gleaming hands at close of day
Are beckoning home through gates
ajar.
save the sabbath.
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Brooklyn. June 24.?For today
Itev. Dr. Talmase has chooser: a subject
of world wide interest &3 the theme cf
his sermon thronsh the press ?v'z the
necessity of guarding the christian Sabbath
against invasions that aim at its
destruction. The text selected was
Exodus xxxi, 13, ''Veriiy my Sabbaths
ye shall keep."
The wisdom ofcessatioo from bard labor
one day cut of the seven is almoat
universally acknowledged. The world
has found out that it can do less work in
seven days than in six, and that the 52
davs of the Tear devoted to rest are an
addition rather than a subtraction.
Experiments have fcfeen made
in all departments. The great Lord
Castlereagh thought he could work his
brain 365 day3 m the year, butafrer
awhile broke down and commited suicide
and Wikeforce said ol him: 'T'oor
Castlereagt! Thir is the result of the
nonobservance ot the Sabbath!"
A celebrated merchant declared, "I
shouid have been a maniac long aec but
for the Sabbath." The nerves, the brain,
the muscles, the bones, the entire physic
al, intellectual and moral nature cry cut
for the Sabbath resi. What is true ot
man is for the most part Irue.cf the brute.
Travelers have found out that they come
to their places of destination sooner
when they let their horses rest oy the
way on the Sabbath. What is the matter
with those forlorn creatures harnessed
to some of the city cars? Why do they
stumble and stagger and fall? It is Or
the lack ot the Sabbatic rest.
In other words, when the herdsmen
drove their sheep and cattle from the far
west down to the seaboard, it was found
oat by experiment that those herdsmen
and drovers who halted over the seventh
day got down sooner to the seaboard
than those who passed on without the j
observance of the holy Sabbath. The i
fishermen off the coast of Newfoundland i
declare that those men during the year ;
catch tbemo8t fish who stop curing the 1
Lord's day. J
When I asked the Rocky mountain
engineer why he changed locomotives 1
when it seemed to be a straight route, ]
be said, 4,We have to let the locomotive !
stop and cool cfi or the machinerv would i
soon break down." ftleu who made :
large quantities of salt were told that if !
they allowed their kettles to cool over
Sunday they would submit themselves
to a geart deal of damage. The experi- i
ment wa3 made, seme observirg the :
Sabbath and some not observing the Sab i
bath. Those who allowed the fires to ]
go down and the kettles to cool once a 1
week were compelled to spend only a j
lew pennies in the way of repairs, while ;
in the cases where no Sabbath was observed
many dollars were demanded for j
repairs. i
In other words, intelligent man, dumb
beast and dead machinery cry oui lor the
* Lord's day. Bnt while the attempt to
kill the Sabbath by the stroke of ax and .
flail and yardstick has beautifully failed i
it is proposed in our day to drown the i
Sabbath by flooding it with secular <
amusements. They would fcury it very
decently under the wreath ol the target :
company and to the music of all brszen
instruments. i
There are today id the different cities
10,000 hands and 10,000 pens bu3y in at- <
A- AT 4 - A i . U _ .
lempung iu cui. uu; iuc ucaii uui ;
Christian Sabbath and leave it a bleed- :
ins skeleton of what it once was. The i
eflort is organized and tremendous, and :
unless the friends of Christ and the lovers
of good order shall rouse up right ;
speedily their sermons and protests will
be uttered after the castle is taken.
There are cities in the land were the Sabbath
has almost perished, and it is becoming
a practical question whether we
who received a pure Sabbath from the
hands of our fathers shall have piety and
pluck enough to give to our children the
same blesssd inheritance. The eternal
God helping us we will!
I protest against this invasion of the
holy Sabbath in the first place because
it is a war on divine enactment. God
say8 in Isaiah, "It thcu turn away thy
foot from doing thy pleasure on my holy
day. thou shalt walk upon the high
places," What did he mean by "domg
thy pleasure?" He referred to secular
and worldly amusements. A man told
me he was never somuch frightened as
in the midst of au earthquake, when the
beasts of the field bellowed in fear and
even the barnyard fowls screamed in terror.
Well it was when the earth was
shaking and the sky was all lull of fire
that God made the great announcement,
"Remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy."
Go through the streets where the
theaters are open on a Sabbath night;
go up on the steps; enter the hexes of
inose places 01 entertainment, ana ten
me if that is keeping the Sabbath holy.
"Oh," says some one. "God won't be
displeased with a graDd sacred eoccsrt."
A gentleman who was present at a
grand sacred concert" one Sabbath night
in one ot the theaters of our great cities
said that daring the exercises there were
comic and sentimental songs interspersed
with coarse jokes, and there were dances,
and a tarce, and tight rope waiklDg,
and a trapeze performance. I suppose
it was a holy dance and a consecrated
tight rope. This is what they call a
"grand sacred concert."
We hear a great deal of talk about
"the rights of the people" to have ju3t
such amusements on Sunday as they
want to have. I wonder if the Lord
has any rights. You rule your family;
the governor rules tho state; the pre3i^
dent rules the whole land. I wonder if
the Lsrd has a right to rule the nations
and make the enactment, "Kemem'cer
the Sabbath day to keep it holy," and if
there is any appeal to a higher court
from that decision, and if the men who
are warring against that enactment are
not guilty of high treason against the
W#Vm r>f heaven and earth. Thev have
in our cit:e3 put God on trial. It has
been the theaters and the opera
houses, plaintiffs, versus the Lord Almighty,
defendant, The suit has been
begun, and who shall come cut ahead
you know. Whether it be popular or
unpopular, 1 now announce it as my
opinion that the people have no rights
save those which the great Jehoah gives
them. He has never given the right to
break his holy Sabbath, &Dd as long as
his throne stands he never will give that
rigni.
The prophet asks a question which I
can easily answer, "Will a man rob
God?" Yes. They robbed him last Sunday
night at the theaters and the opera
houses, and I charge upon them the infamous
and high handed larceny, I hold
the same high handed larceny. I hold
the same opinion as a sailor I have heard
of. The crew had been discharged from
the vessel because they would not work
Ottaap?juowi , nin.i?ifjj?iimiiim m??Kga?
while they were in p">rton the Lord's dnv.
The captain wrnt cut to get pallors, lie
fouud cue man and he sa;ci to him "Will
ycu serve u~e ontbf Sabbaths' "Xo."
' Why lo'?*' '-Wf'!," replied the old
sailor, "a man who will rob God Almighty
of his Sabbath would rob me of
mv wages if he got a chance."
Suppose \ou were poor, and sou
came to a dry needs merchant and
asked him for seme cloth for garments,
and he should say, "I'd give you six
yard?," and while Le was c ft'from the
counter binding up the six yards ycu
should go behind the cuioier and steal
one addition? 1 yard That 13 what
every man dees when Le brsaks the
Lord's Sabbath. God gives us sdxdavs
cut of seveu, reserving one for himself,
x aim Vi 1 r?> hfaXTA if IT 1C
?UU 11 JUU ?V w; uvv iUi utut u?T W *.w Amean
beyond uii computation.
A'^aiu. I am opposed to this desecration
ot the Sabbath bv secu'ar cniertianmeats
because it is a war cn the statutes
of most of the states. The law in New
York state say 3:
"It shall not be lawful to exhibit on
the first day of the week, commoaly
called Sunday, to the public, in any
building, garden, grounds, concert room
or other rcom cr p'see within the city
and county ot New York, any interlude,
tragedy, comedy, opera, balie*, play,
farce, negro minstrelsy, negro or other
dancing, or any other entertainment of
the stage,or any part or parts therein, or
any equestrian, circus or drematic per
formance. or any performance of jug
gltrs, acrobats cr rope dancing."
Was there ever a plainer enactment
than that? Who made the Jaw?
You who at the ballot boxes ds
cided who should go to Albany and sit
;n the legislature; you who iu any region
exercise the right cf suffrage. They
made the law far you and for your fami
lies, and now I sav that any man who
attempts to override the law insults you
and me and every man who has the
right of suffrage.
c?;n T (v/itintjf fh.*! in
O'-lil JUULU, JL ..
vasioa of the Sabbath because it is a
foreign war. Now, if you heard at this
moment tbe booming cf a gun in the
harbor, or if a shell from some foreign
frigate should drop into your street,
wculd you keep jour seats in church?
l'cu would want to face the toe, and
every gun that could be managed would
be brought into use, and every ship that
could bejbrought out of the navy yard
would swing from her anchorage, and
the question would be decided. Ycu do
not want a foreign war, and yet I have
to tell you that this invasion of God's
holy day i* a foreign war.
As amoDg cu: own Dative born population
there are two classes?the good
and the bad?so it is with tbe people
who come from other shores--there are
the law abiding and the lawless. The
former are welcome here. The more of
them tbe better we like it. But let not
the lawless come from other shores ex
pecting to break down our Sabbath and
institute in the place of it a foreign
Sabbath.
How do, you feel, ye who have been
brcugbt up amid tbe hills of New England,
about giving up the American
Sabbath; ye who spent your childhood
under the shadow of the Adtrondacks or
the Catskills; ye who were born on the
baDks of the Savannah or Ohio or
Oregon, how do you feel about giving up
the American Sabbath? You saj: "We
shall not give it up. We mean to defend
it as long as there is left any
strength in our arm or blood in our
heart! Do notbriDg your Spanish Sabbath
here. Do not bring your Italian
Sabbath here. Do not bring your
French Sabbaib here. Do not bring
vour foreign Sabbath here. It shall be
for us and our children forever a pure,
oousecialed, Christian, American Sabbath."
I will maxea comparison between the
American Sabbath, as some of you have
known :t, and the Parisian Sabbath. I
speak from observation. On a Sabbath
morning I was a-Gused in Paris by a
great sound m tbe street. I said,
"What is that?" "Oil," they said, "this
Is Sunday." An unusual rattle of
vehicles of all sorts. The voices seemed
more boisteroua than on other days.
People running to and fro, with baskets
or bundles, to get to the rail trains or
gardens. It seemed as if all the vehicles
tn Paris, of whatever soit. had turned
out for tho holiday. The Champ3 Elysees
one great mob of pleasure seeking
people. Balloons flying. Parrots chattering,
Footballs rolling. Peddlers hawking
their knickknacks through the streets.
Punch and Judy shows in a acore o
places, each oue with a shouting audi
ence. Hand organs, cymbals and every
kind of racket, musical and unmusical.
When the evening came down, all the
theaters were in lull blsze of music and
full blaze of light. The wine 3tore3 and
saloons were thronged with an unusual
number of customers. At eventide I
stood and watched the excursionists
coming home, fagged out men, women
and children, a gulf stream of fatigued
irritability and wretchedness, Or I
should thiuK it would take three or four
days to get over that miserable way of
SuodayiDg. It seemed more like an
American Fourth of July than a Chris
tian Sabbath.
Now, in contrast, I pre3emone of the
Sabbaths in one of our best American
cities. Holy silence coming down with
the day dawn. Business men more
deliberately looking into the faces of
their children and talking to them about
their present and future welfare. Men
sit longer at the tible in the morning
because the stores are not to be opened,
and the mechanical tools are not to be
taken up. A hymn is sung:. There are
congratulations and good cheer all
through the house. The street silent
until 10 o.clock, when there is a regular,
orderly tramp churchward. Houses of
God, vccal with thanksgiving for mercies
received with prayers tor comfort,
with charities for the poor, liest for
the scul. The nerves quieted, the
temples cooled, the miud cleared, the
scul strengthened and our entire population
iurned out on Monday morning 10
yeare younger, better prepared for the
duties of this life, better prepared for
the life that is to come.
Which do you like best?the American
Sabbath or the Parisian Sabbatb?
I)o you know in what boat the Sabbath
came across the seas and landed on
our shores? It was in the Mayflower.
Do yea know in what boat the Sabbath
will leave U3 if it ever goes? It will be
in tbe ark that floats over a deluge of
national destruction.
Still further, I protest against the
invasion of the Lord's daybecsureit
wroD^s a vast multitude of employees
of their rest. The play actors and actresses
can have their rest between their
engagements, but bow about toe scene
s'nitters, the ballet dancers, the caliboy3,
the innumerable attendants and supernumeraries
of the American theater?
Where ie their Sunday to come from?
They are paid small salaries at the be3t.
Alas for them! They appear on the
stage in tiDeel and tassel, with halberds,
or in sauze, whirling in too tortures,
and they might be mistaken for fairies
or queen3, but after 12 o'clock at night
you may see them trudging through the
m4m/\aL. Ir? ^ ? a ft/1 /I ? a d o a 3 oKurft^rrrf or\/l
OLICCLvS 1LI 11UCU UltCCW, OUIT^UL^ UUV4
tired, a bundle under their arms, seeking
their homes in the garret3 and cellars ot
the city. Now, ycu propose to take
from thousands ot these employees
throughout this country, not only all
opportunity oi moral culture, but all opportunity
of physical rest. For heaven's
sake, let the crushing juggernaut stop at
least one day in sever.
Again, I oppose this modern invasion
oi the Cbristiau Sabbath because it is a
war on the spiritual welfare of the people.
You have a body. Yes. You
have a mind? Yes. You have a sou"?
Ye*. Which of the secular halls oil the
Sabbath day will give that soul any culture?
X }w, admitting that a man has a
SDlritual and immortal nature, which
one of the t-lac^s of amusement will culture
i ? Which one of the Sabbath performances
will renrncl men of the fact
that unless they are born again they cannot
see the kingdom rf God? Will the
music of ihe k*Grand Duchess" help people
at last t < sing the song of the one
hundred and forty and four thousand?
Glides, i? you g-rmlercen < f the secular
entertainment have six days in the week
in wheh to exercise your alleged bene- i
Gc-il influence, ought you not to allow (
Pk.iciinn inofilnti.Vi J ilt hflVl 01 llllirs'i
V/?iI ;ucii UUV'iv I n;*? ? *. v*>/v*k?..
Is it unreasonable to dtnnnd that it ycu
have six days for ihe body and intellect
we should have one day at least tor cur
immortal sou'? Or, to put it m another
shape, do you not really think that our
imperishable soul is worth at least oneseventh
as much as cur perishable tod>?
Au artist has three gems- -acornelian,
an aonthyst and a diamond. lie has to
cut them and to set them. Which one is
he most particular about'? Now, the
cornelian is the bodthe amethyst 13
the intellect, the diamond is the soul.
For the two former you propose six days
of opportunity, while you cll'er no oppcrlunity
at all for the last, wh;ch is in
value S3 compared with the others like
$100,000,000,000 to one far lrng. liesides
you must not forget that ninetenthe
? aye, ninety-mine onehuodredths
?of all the Christian eflorls oi this couati
v are put forth on the Lord's day. Sunday
is the day on which the asylums and
hospitals ami the prisons are visited by
Christian men. That is the day when
tbe youth (f our country get their chief
religious lniormatiou in Sunday schools.
That is the day when the mo3t ot the
charities are collected. That is the day
when under that blast of 00,000 Americau
pu'pits, the sin of the lan- is as
sauked and men are summoned tore- i
pent. Wheu yiu make war upon any .
part of God's dav, you make war upon s
the asylums, and the reform associations, i
and the homes of the destitute, and the 1
church of the living God, which is the i
pillar and the ground of the tiu'.h. <
I am opposed to the iovasion of the 1
Sabbath because it is a war on ourpoii- i
ileal institutions. When the Sabbath
goes- down, the republic goes down, 1
Men who ate not willing to obey God's ?
law in regard to Sabbath observance are f
not lit to govern themselves. Sabbath t
breaking means dissoluteness, and dis? ?
soluteQess is incompatible with self gov- 1
ernment. They wanted a republic in (
Fiance After awhile they got a repub- j
lie, but one day Napoleon III, with his <
cavalry, rode "through the streets, and <
down went the republic under the clat- ]
tering hoofs. They have republic there i
? ?w..?. nOTTflf [Trill h Q TTP Q VIP P_ ,
d^aiu, uuu 1'iauto uc tu ?!?uumiv m
manent republic until she quits her rcis- !
tering Sabbaths and devotes one day in j
every week to the recognition of God s
and sacred institutions. Abolish the 1
Sabbath, and ycu abolish ycur religious j
privileges. Let the bad work go on, i
and you have "the commune," and you i
have "the revolu3ion," and you have ;
the sun of national prosperity going i
down in darkness and blood. From that i
reign of terror may the God of peace de- i
liver U3. <
Still farther, I am opposed to this inva- j
sion of the Sabbath because it is unfair, .
and it is partial. While pecular amuse- i
ments in different cities are allowed to I
be open on the Sabbath day, dry goods j
establishments mast be closed, and
plumbing establishments, aDd the butch- i
er's, and the baker's, and the shoemak- ]
er's, and the hardware stores. Xow, ?
tell me by what law of justice you com- <
pel a man to shut the door of his store (
while you keep open the door of your i
worldly establishment." May it please i
your honors, judges of the supreme court, <
if you give to secular, places the right <
to be open on the Sabbath day, ycu have j
to give, at the same time, the right to j
all commercial establishments to be open <
and to all mechanical establishments to i
be open. It it is right in the one case, <
it is right in all the cases. i
But we are told that they must get '
money on Sabbath nights in order to pay i
the deficits of the other nights of the i
week. Now, in answer to that I say i
that if men cannot manage their amuse- j
ments without breakiug the Lord's day ]
they had better all be into bankruptcy ]
together. We will never surrender ou j
Christian Sabbath for the purpose of
helping these violaters to pay their ex- 1
penses. Above all, my confidence i3 in <
the good hand of God that has been over <
our cities smce their foundation. But I <
call this day upon all those who befriend i
Christian principle, and those who love <
our political freedom, who stand in solid j
phalanx tn this Thermopylae of our <
American history, for I believe as certain '
ly as I stand here that the triumph or i
overthrow of American institutions de <
pends upon tnis baooauc corneal i
Bring your voices, your pens, your <
printing presses and your pulpits into i
the Lord's artillery corp3 for the defense i
of our holy day. Today in your families <
and in your Sabbath schools recite, * Re 3
member the Sabbath day to keep it i
holy." Decree before high heaven that I
this war on your religious rights and the 1
cradles of your children shall bring igao minious
defeat to the enemies cl God and ]
the public weal. For those who die in
the contest battling for the right we shall j
chisel the epitaph, "These are hey who ,
came cut of great tribulatiou and had ?
their robes washed and made white in <
the blood of the lamb." But for that '
one who 1 shall prove in this moral crisis
recreant to God and the church there <
shall be no honorable epitaph. He shall ]
not be worthy eveu of a burial place is
ail this free land, but the appropriate in <
lerment lor sucti a one wouiu oe to car ]
ry out his remains and drop them into <
the sea, where the lawless wiads which
keep ho Sabbath may gallop over the <
Grave ol' him who lived and died a traitor <
to God, the church and the free mstitu <
tmns of America. Long live the Chris? (
tion Sabbath! Perish forever all attempts
to overthrow it! 1
i
Horrible Death. ;
Macon, June 22,?Mr. John Long, a i
well known citizen and farmer ol Craw- ]
ford county, met a horrible death at his 1
home. The facts as related by parties i
in Macon from Crawford being these: i
Mr. Long was at w'ork at bis jug factory
grinding mud. He lost his bcdance
and fell under the wheels. II13 head i
was mashed, one arm and a leg were s
ground clT, and his body was badly mu- 1
lilated. Mr. Long wa3 about 45 years 1
old and a highly esteemed citizen. lie <
icaves a wife auu seven children. I
i
Fell Dead. j
Paris, Jane 2d.?When the collin ,
containing the body of President Car- i
not was being taken from the vhearse j
at the Elysee Palace, it slipped' from ]
the grasp of the ground bearing the
men who still held oil with it. The
heavy casket fell. Among those who J
witnessed the arrival of the remains at '
the Elysee was the President's coach- 1
man, who was greatly attached to his \
master. When he saw the coilin he fell 1
insensible and died without recovering
consciousness.
I
A TrBgedy, |
Macon, June 21.?News was re- ;
ceived here today of a double tragedy j
in Crawford county yesterday. Wert ,
Dent, merchant, and O. I'. Wright, ;
lawyer, both of Roberts, had a di'liculty
in Dent's store, Wright cut Dent
across the abdomen. Friends inter- '
fered and Wright went across the 1
streetandwas followed by Dent, who 5
with entrails protruding out, plungeu (
a pitchfork into Wright's breast and i
broke the fork to pieces over his head. 1
Both men wil die. .1!
ME ASSASSIN'S DAGGER. \
PRESIDENT CARNOT, OF FRANCF,
STAB3ED TO THE HEART.
Hie I>sed Done by ?n It*l!oa Anarchist?
The Murde'cr Saved frcm the Fury ot
the Populace? Great Ilrcltement Prevails.
Lyons. June 25.?President Carnot
was assassinated on the streets of Lyons 1
lonigbl by Ce3are Giovanni Santo. lie
3ied at 12:45 Monday morning. To describe
the excitement in this city would 1
J t
he almost impossible. The President
was visiting Lyons in connection wiih e
Lhe International Exhibition. Upon bis 1
arrival here, he was tendered a reception i
it the Prefecture, after which he visited f
the exhibition. After spending some I
Lime at the exhibition, he proceeded to 1
the Palais Le Commerce,, where a ban* *
}uet was given in his honor.
At 0:25 tonight President Carnot
started fnr the theatre, where a gala r>er- !
formance was to be given because cf his j
presence in the city. Several carriages ^
were in the procession, the first one be- f
Dg occupied by the President. Carnot's J
carriage wa=> driven slowly along in front t
)f the Palace of Commerce, and then 2
lurned into Rue I)e La Republiaue still 1
oilowing the facade oi the palace. When s
ialf way down the street which was c
lined with enthusiustic crowds of people, !
who were loudly cheering a man rushed 1
)ul of the crowd and spraug upon the c
step oi the President's landau.
dust at this moment, Carnot was T
waiviog his right baud and saluting with
i'S hat in his left hand in response to >
.he ovation that was being given to g
lim by the crowd. The people close to c
.he carriage saw that the man stand- f
ng on the step had a kcite ia his hand. \
By the glare of the electric lights, they I
aw the bright blade gleaming in the air, ^
is the assassin's arm descended, and i
.hen President Carnot was seen to fall *
jack in his seat, his face deathly pale. *
3ne of his hands was pressed over his j
leart, where the steel had entered his
tody. c
M. Rivaud, prefect of Lyons, who ^
was seated beside Carnot, immediately [
struck the assassin a blow full in the i
ace and knocked him from the step,
.bus preventing the man from again t
stabbing the President, which it was s
jib evident intention to do. Instantly
iries of "Le Pre3icent Est Assassins <
Mort A La Assassin" were heard on t
j xi? j t_ it.. x_ f
jvery siae anu me crowu m me vicinity )f
the carriage swelled to enormous pro- 1
portions, every member of it seemingiv .
ntent upon killing the assassin. He
vas grasped by a dczen hands and his .
ife would have then and there paid the
iorieit of his crime, had it not been for (
several sergeants de ville, who secured j
nim and attempted to draw him away rc
:rom his captors. This was found to be t
mpos3ible, as the infuriated populace
vere determined to lynch the man 1
md the efforts of the sergeants averted ?
nothing beyond saving the men from 1
nstant death. Blows were aimed
it his face and head over the shoulders *
)f the police, who arrived by this time, *
ind manv of the blows landed fairly. ,
&t last the police succeeded m driving \
Lhe howling mob back a foot or so from
.heir prisoner, but to get the captive (
iway was a physical impossibility. c
In the meantime the news of the at- i
tempted murder spread with lightningike
rapidity and mounted guards were ?
sent to the aid of the policemen, who (
ivere still struggling to preserve the life *
3f the assassin. With drawn sabres in 1
;heir hands, the guards rode dcwn into .
the swirling crowd, which slow!} gave j
3ca\7 hAfmfi the horses and at last the
?T fc% J
center of the mob wa3 reached. Then
i cordon was formed around the then
ilmost exhausted policemen and their
japtive and marched to the police station.
Even thus surrounded, the prisoner
was not safe, as men in the crowd
rade frantic endeavors to reach him.
The guards repelled these atiracks with
:he flat sides of their swords, while at
the same time keeping: watchful eyes
npon the crowd to prevent the prisoner
from being shot. Maledictions were
poured upon the captive and never be- 1
:ore has such a wild indignation against .
i human being been seen in this city.
la the meantime, physicians were (
nastily summoned to attend the Presi- i
lent, who had almost immediatelv been t
conveyed to the Prefecture. A careful \
sxamtnation was made of the wound t
and the doctors declared that the con. \
liiion cf M. Caroot was hopeless. The 1
receipt ot the news of assassination 1
caused a great sensation at the Grand '
Phertre, which was filled to the vails by 1
1 ^/-vf 7 \irr\o All cetera tofiifinor
LUC CiltC CI J uw? AJLii. " v*v TV*-****.*.}
with impatience the arrival of the Presi
dent and all were unable to understand
the delay. Suddenly a
nun entered the theatre crying
it the Lop of his voice: "The President
has been assassinated." The most
intense excitement followed this abrupt
innouncement. In the midst of it, Prefect
Rivaud appeared in the President's
box and amid profound silence, said, in a
yoice broken with eol>3, "The President
has jii3t been assassinated."
Thi3 announcement was received with
i terrible explosion of fury( as the audience
when the lirst report of the as
3assination was received, had, though
greatly excited, generally discredited it.
The theatre resounded with shouts of
"A mort all assassin," and cries for vengeance
upon him. When 3ilence was in a
measure restored, M. Rivaud continued.
"Iu the Rue de la Republique a miscreant,
under the pretext of presenting a
petition, stabbed M. Carnot with a dagger."
Rivaud was again interrupted with
shouts of "death to the murderer, revenge,
revenge." Waiving his hand for
silence, Rivaud spoke again, saying:
l)o not make my mission more painful.
We left M. Carnot in the hands of doc- .
tors. You understand that under these
conditions our hearts are tilled with sorrow
and that the proposed performance
in the President's honor, cannot take *
place." The audience then left the t
Knil.iinor manv of Ihp.m nrooeedino' a.I r
once to the Prefecture, where they stood j
in the streets waiting lor reports.
Santo, the assassin, is a beardless
young man, 20 or 25, years old. When
arrested he wa3 arrayed in a broadcloth
:Uit and wore a peaked cap that matched
the suit in color. As he marched undea
bis police guard from the de la Republics
to the station he held his head down
but his eyes glanced furtively
ivround as though he was seeking
an opportunity to escape from his
raptors. To have made such an attempt
however, would have been the height of
Ebolhardiness unless he desired to commit
suicide, for there is not the slightest j
Joubt that had he got away from the f
protection afforded him by the police he j.
would have been torn limb from limb c
by the crowd, whose everv action .
showed that they were thirsting for his I
blocd.
Santo, who speaks French badly, t
when questioned by Prefect Lepine at e
the police station in Rue Moliere, said t
be had lived at Cette, department of j
Herault, for the past six months, and t
aad only come to Lyons today. He
*ave his age as 22 years. His replies
were given coolly, but without any
sign ot bravado. He refused, however,
Lo answer any of the many questions t
put to him legarding his motive for y
stabbing the president, declaring tbat rj
do this subject he would speak only bs- y
tore the tribunal. When he was searched v
the police a book was found in one of v
lis pockets in which it was written that 1
w
ie had been bom in a village in the produce
ot Milan, lla.y.
Santo helu a newspaper :u his hand i
is he pressed through the crowd and
sprang upon the steps of the cariiage
n which Carnot eat. lie snatched a
lagger Iremthe fold3 of the ncwespapci ]
ind plunged it into the Prosident's ablomen
near the liver. Carnot sank back
mconscious,
WHAT THE RAIN HAS DONE.
t
Enc-:nraglasr Weekly IJallstla of the t
St&t? Weather Seiv'ce. j
Columbia,S. C., June 27.?The fol- *
owiDg is Director Bauer's report for 1
.he week endiQg June 24th:
Xearly normal and sunshine prevail- jj
;d during the week with no excessively '
lot days or any very cool nights. The J
air?folI r\n th<i trrhnlp CrrP?tPr than 1
C4WAA C?il \JLX VUV ?T 4avr*v ^ ^ ?
'or any week for the previous month, J
jut yet far from enough, la some J
daces the drought was entirely relieved
n many places partially, while a large y
irea in the aggregate, though widely c
icattered, received at best only light ?
ihowers. Nineteen out of seventy-four 1
eports received indicate rains amount- 1
ng to more than the normal for the s
veek ending with June 21tb, coming 1
;rom the following counties: Abbeville i
ieaufort, Chesterfield, lfarnwell, Fairield,
Florence, Greenville, Laurens, 1
N'ewbsrry, Orangeburg, Pickens and 1
Jnion. Thirty-live report refreshing 1
ihowers, but not enough to break the <
irought; while twenty state that at i
jest but light showers occurred, com- *
ngfrom the following counties: An- 3
lerson, Charleston, Darlington, Green- *
rtlle, Georgetown, Horry,' Lancaster, f
^exington, Marlborough, -Spartanburg, 1
iVilliamburg and York.
In the remaing eleven counties ol the 1
>tate, and which come under the J
lecond condition, the rains were poorly 1
listributed, although the rainfall was ,
general enough to make a vast imirovement
in crop conditions and prosjects.Cotton
being essentially a hot dry
veather plant is doing well everywhere c
s small, but free from '-weed" and be- ?
finniDg to bloom: Its growth ha3 not ?
>een rapid enough to regain the loss
>f May and early June, and consequenty
remains from two to three weeks
mder seasonable size. Early planted
:orn is too far advanced to respond to '
he more favorable weather although c
t shows an improved color. It is be- ?
ng laid by.
Corn of later planting and which at- *
;ained a stand before the dry weather
let in remains promising but small. c
Rice is begining to feel adversely the *
iry weather and June rice in George- J
iowh county is liable to be greatly *
lamaged owing to the water in the I
'iver being too low to cover it. *
Planting of sweet potato slips his t
)een resumed where the ground is wet s
mougb, but a large acreage remains a
ret to be planted.
The sowing of pea3 is almost general
)n stubble land that was fit to be prejared,
and the acreage promises to be
ibovethe average if the weather con;inues
favorable.
Wheat and oa's threshing continues,
)ut the yield of both is disappointing,
?xcept for oats in a few localities
lotably Chesterfield county.
In some places th9 yield scarcely re,urns
the' seed, being true of both !
rrains.
A strange species of small bug has
ittacked the watermelon vines in Unon
county, but as yet is not numerous
:nough to do material damage. Mel>ns
are being marketed from the coa3t
:ounties and will be ripe generally by
r uly 1st.
G3rden3 are ruined beyond recovery,
ind must be replanted to produce any
quantity of the ordinary vegetables,
jorghum growing rapidly as also are
)inders.
Damage to corn and cotton occured
n portions of Abbeville, Greenville, :
Lancaster and Lexington counties.
The following places reported rains
)f one inch or more: Florence, 1.81;
lardeeville, 2.79; St. Matthews, 157;
1 lien dale, 2 57; Dlackwell, 1.22; Greenvood,
1.40; Little Mountain, 1.52; McVrmiolr
A. r\S- "ReiH 3 AO- Sant.uri 2 93: C
iVatts, 1.29; Chesterfield, 2.38; Cross
Jill, 3.19; Howe, 1.14; Hunters, 2.35;
Sffingham, 1.47; Eastly, 2.00; Flint Hill,
..60; Columbia, 1.37; Martins, 4.18.
Tarred and Feathered.
Denver, J une 25.?Adj t Gen Tars
ley is safe at home not much the
vorse for his adventures with the
nasked men yesterday. He has some
blisters, caused by the too liberal use
)f coal oil to free him from the tar, but
le will suffer no serious harm. When
le was turned loose, after the tar and
leathers had been applied, his face was
;urned toward Palmer Lake and he
vas told never to show his face in Crip- )ie
Creek or Colorado Springs again,
[le walked fourteen miles before he
ipplied for aid at a ranch house. Help
vas promptly given him. After the tar
vas removed a man who had been one
)f the Cripple Creek deputies took him
;o Palmer Lake in his buggy, and
,hence he came by rail to Denver.
A mass meeting of about fifty thousand
people was held in Lincoln Park
;his afternoon to condemn the outrage
perpetrated upon Adjt Gen Tarsney
Saturday morning in Colorado Springs,
iovemor Waite* was received with
;umuitnous applause and when he hoty
spoke his views of the outrage the
irowd cheered wildly and cries of "Give
t to them!" were frequently heard.
Resolutions were adopted with a 1
jhout determining the punishment of
;he perpetrators and declaring that if
;he peace ofiicer3 of Colorado Springs
lid not act some means would be made
;o bring the miscreants to justice. J
iovernor Wait will issue a proclama- (
;ion to-morrow. Gen Tarsney wa3 very *
veak to-day and still suffers keenly ^
:rom his injuries. A story is current j
ihat five deputies went out of Denver 1
m the night of the assault on Tarsney, 1
md returned the following day from *
die south. A paper was picked up at 1
['aimer Lake containing a description J
)f the assault and that Governor Waite 1
vould come next.
A Tragedy in Cblc9?0.
Chicago, June 25.?Mrs. Carrie J
?,eed, a pretty brunette, 24, years of age, j
vas shot and killed at 12.30 this after- .
loon by an unknown man, who iramed;- \
itely turned his gun upon him^-'H with c
atal results. Mrs. Reed, who a 1
ypewriter for the lumber lirm ol George i
rhamer & Co, was sitting at her desk i
done at the lunch hour today, when a \
landsome man of about 30 years, six 1
eet tall and well built, entered the of- j
ice and began talking to her. All the j
Jerks were out, and as a teamster ap- *
iroached the door he saw the man lean- [
ng over Mrs. Reed talking excitedly, j
suddenly he drew a revolver and fired .
hree shoots, but owing to the nearness i
>f his victim none of them took eff ect.
rfr3. Reed screamed and ran cut of a
ear door to a lumber shed, where the
issassin, who had followed, knocked her
iown with his right hand. He knelt
[uickly on one knee at her side, and
without a word fired two more shots
fom his still smoking revolver into her
>reast, the woman dying instantly. The
nuiderer then arose, and placiog the
)istol to his right temple Gred one shot
md fell to the ground dead. The police t.
lave as yet tailed to establish the identiy
ot the murderer and suicide. Upon
xamination at the morgue it was found 2
hat he had cut the name trom all his c
inen, but on one of his socks was found f
he name "Hunt." t
A Terrible Accident,
Tugaloo, Oconee County, June 25. - J
[*wo day ago, the iive-year-old daugh- f
er of Mr. W. A. Bo ven, a substantial n
roung farmer of this county, living near 1
fownvill, toppled into the well in the [
rard and was killed by the fall. The E
vell 13 very deep and the child's head t
ras cleft asunder against the curbing, a
[*he mother is crazed with grief, t
HELP THIS OLD SOLDIER,
rhe Sul Fnt^ tli^t 3Je'e!3 ? C.>r.f il*rate
Sirlil'er.
1'ontotoc, Mis?., Dec. 27cb, 1893.
ro the United Confederate Veterans
and all charitably disposed persons
and friends.
My Dear Comrades: 1 was Captain of
Company G 45th Miss. Regt. Wood's
tnd M. i\ Dowry's Brigade, 1'at Clemrne's
Division in the late war between
the Spates. I was fearfully
vounded and disabitd in the great and
memorable battle of Chickamauga,
sept. 20,18G2. When in command of
ny company in front of the enemies'
ines and temporary works, and under
i heavy (ire of shot and shell, 1 had
he misfortune of having my under
aw, upper teeth, and part of my
ongue shot away, and my face terribly
outdated by the explosion oi a shell
rom the enemies' guns. Since which
,ime I haze had to lie on my back
vhen taking my meals and tVd by
)thers on iluids. 1 cannot masticate
my food whatever. Notwithstanding
ny unfortunate and irreparable condiion,
I managed so as to support myielf
and family for 25 years, but am
mable to do so longer without assisttnce.
Comrades, I dislike to beg. 1 had
ather that it were different, but I canlot
help it. [received this ugly and
infortunate wound in a just and honirable
cause. I did my duty in defendng
our beloved Sunny Southland
lomes, property, and firesides. Will
wu please see to it that myself ana
amily do not suffer for the necessaries
>f life V 1 have a wife and two daughers
dependent oq me for a snpport;
ind one of the daughters has been an
nvalid for the past eighteen years,
'iease contribute something to our re
ief, and I assure you that the amount
vill begreatfully appreciated by us.
Your comrade,
[.Signed, j John M. Sloan.
l fully endorse the within statement
>f Capt. J. N.Sloan. He is very poor,
i good moral man, law abiding citizen,
md merits all that can be done for him.
[Signed. | C. B. Mitchell.
Frank Sauter.
Summit, Miss., Jan. 4,1804.
I was the chaplain of the 4oth Miss,
iegt. - I saw Capt. Sioan on the Geld
>f Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1803. Four
urgeons pronounced his case hopeless,
fhe chin dangled in front of the breast,
,he shell made a gash from the outer
:dge of the right eye to the corner
>f the mouth. From Sunday noon un;il
Tuesday about 2 p. m. no relief was
jiven him?not a drop of water could
ie given him. I obtained private
jhysicians from Ringoid, Ga. They cut
iway the chin, and sewed the nose to
he face. An old physician who had
erved in the Mexican War, and who
:aw him said that he knew of. only one
nan similarly wounded on record.
Japt. Sloan was frightfully mutilated.
)ver 30 years, he lies down supinely
hree times a day on two chairs and is
i cnna.
I have made several efforts la his
)ehalf. To the last, the first response
:ame from Hon. G. P. Bowles, of
STatchez, a negro, a representative of
Vdams county. He sent 825. The
lext came from Mrs. Sarah E. Marihall,
from Bartow, on the sound,
Westchester county, X. Y. She sent
>10 to me through the Rev. Dr. Strat00,
of Xatchez, Miss., and 810 direct
,o me from her home. Dear Comrades
>f the Lost Cause! I know not how to
:ommena my friend to your generous
:onsideration. He is now an old man,
le has an ailiicted family, he is poor,
ind he himself is fearfully disfigured in
he face. I am sure as loDg as there
ire surviving Confederate soldiers,
ffho can aid Cant. Sloan ought not to
iuffer for material comforts. Shall we
lot let m a little sunshine into this
ireary home?
[S'gned] Ciias. H, Otken.
circular.
Headquarters 1
Mississippi Division United I
Confederate Veterans, f
Columbus, Miss., Jan. 18,1894 j
Jumrades of the Division and Unattached
Veterans:
The enclosed appeal of Comrade John
tf. Sloan, 45th Miss. Ilegt., M. P. Lowy's
Brigade. Cleburne's Division, Arny
of Tennessee, Is before you. His
errible wound was received at the
lattle of Chiekamauga, Sept. 20,1803.
le has done all he could, and supportid
himself for 25 years. Now, he calls
>n us for aid. Let those of us who
vere spared and were more fortunate
low come forward and share our scany
purses and means, as we did our
laversacks and canteens during the
var. He is now old and cannot help
limself. His is an exceptional case.
Probably 110 other such disiiguring and
iisqualifying wound was received on
(ither side during the war. "My unier
jaw, upper teeth, and part of my
ongue shot away, and my face terribly
nutilated by the explosion of a shell
Tom the enemies' guns, since which
ime I have had to lie on my back,
aking my meals and fed by others
vith lluids. 1 cannot masticate any
ood whatever."
Comrades of the War, and ail chariably
disposed persons: Let us contribute
of our means to this unfortunate
ioldier, so well vouched for. lie was
>nce a splendid soldier, who was disabled
lighting for our beloved Southand.
[Signed. | S. D. Lek,
Vlaj. (len. Commanding Miss. Division
IL C. V.
A Sid Tale
Columbia,s. C,.Jime 'a.?ah renumber
the famous Charles F. II.
Jates, the sailor detective, who came
,o South Carolina some years ago. The
itory of his thrilling experienceic the
^exington jail when the negro Leaplart
was snot to death is familiar.
\fter that, as all know, he came back
.0 Columbia and soon became a farmer
lear Columbia in the sand hills, marryng
a widow of some means. After
i while he crawled into Columbia one
light with his right arm shot olf, sayng
his wife's relatives had tried to
nurder him. Then he became a travelog
salesman, and about a year ago he
lisappeared altogether. It is another
emarkabie chapter now that has to be
idded to this stirring story, iiis wife
vas a Mrs. Doland. Her first husband
lied leaving her- a nice place about
our miles from the city andconsiderible
means. Gates soon managed to
nake way with all her available property
and skipped. The State represen;ative
is now told by reliable parties
hat the woman who seemed to be in
atuated with trie rase uas iur suais
ime been living alone in her house,
:aticg berries from the woods, etc.
ine ha3 evidontly lost her mind and
s trying to starve herself to death.
;he won't receive help from aDy one
ind locks herself up when any one
:omes about the place. There is nothng
in the house for her to sleep upon
)ut a pile of straw. She carries a
^ ohftiif hnr TTT 9 i Q f"
arge pisuui aua^cu auvuv
md every one is afraid to approach
ler. The State's informant says that
mless something can be done by the
ulicials to take control of her she will
;oon succeed in starving herself to
leath. The story reads like romance,
-i Xa 1 ~ A oaH An oVt An Irl
JUl lli lb iruo Ctuu auuic atviuu anuuiu
)e taken by the proper authorities.?
state.
The New York Times has published
istatement showing that Senator AlIrich,
of Rhode Island, who had as
nuch to do with making the McKinley
artfT act as any other man, and who is
he foremost opponent of tarilf reform
n the pre:ent Congress, is a partner of
dr. Searles the treasurer of the sugar
rust, In a street railway speculation
o which the trust has advanced $1,500,
00. This statement makes clear Mr.
Udrich's activry in seeking to pronote
the interest of the trust, and furushes
to the public a further proof of
he farreaching con options that have
rown up under the wing of protecion.
A YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER.
ltrmarkib'.e Weather Experience In the i
L'.itte<l Statf8 Daring; 1810. 1
Almost every one has heard of the *
terrible dark year in the early part of 1
the present century. While everyone C
is speaking of the present season as be- t
ing remarkable in its characteristics r
we have gathered for our readers some t
reliable facts of the year 1810, known as (
the "year without a summer." Few per- j
sons now living can recollect it; but it t
was the coldest ever known through- ^
out Europe and America. The follow- [
ins? is a brief abstract of the weather T
during the year: I
January was mild?so much as to c
render tires almost neealess in parlors. \
December previous was very cold. j
February was not very cold; with the <
exception of a few days it was mild j
like its predecessor.
March was cold and boisterous during i
the tirstpart of it; the remainder was 1
mild. A great freshet on the Ohio and
Kentucky rivers caused great loss of
property.
April began warm, and ended in snow
and ice with a temperature more like f
winter than spring.
May was more remarkable for frowns ?
than her smiles. Buds and llowers i
were frozen; ice formed half an inch !
thick; corn was killed, and the lieids i
were again and again planted until i
deemed too late. I
June was the coldest ever known ia i
this latitude. Frost, ice and snow were ,
common. Almost every green thing ,
was killed. Fruit was nearly all j
destroyed. Snow fell to the depth of
ten inches in Vermont, seven inches in
Maine and three inches in New York
and also in Massachusetts. Considerable
damage was done at New Orleans
in consequence of the rapid rise in the
river, the suburbs were covered with 1
water and the roads were only passable I
in boats. 1
July was accompanied /Vith frost and <
ice. On the Gth, ice was formed of the .
tnuccj nf mmmflT! window glass l
throughout New Eogland, New York
and some parts of Pennsylvania. Indian 1
com was nearly all destroyed. Same '
favorably situated ilelds escaped. 'This I
was true of some of the hill farms of I
Massachusetts.
August was more cheerless, 4f possible
than the summer months already
passed. Ice was formed half an inch
thick. Indian corn was so frc/.en that
the greater part of it was cut down
and cured for fodder. Almost every
green thing was destroyed, both in this
country and Europe, papers received
from Europe stated that it would be
remembered by the present generation
that the year of 1816 was a year in which
there was no summer. Very little corn
rippened in New England and the Middle
States farmers supplied themselves
from the corn produced in 1815 for the
seed of the spring of 1817. It sold at
from ?4 to 85 a bushel.
September furnished about two weeks
of the mildest weather of the season.
Soon after the middle it became very
cold and frosty, and ice formed a quarter
of an inch thick.
October produced more than its share
of cold weather?frost and ice abundantly.
November was cold and blustery.
Enough snow fell to make good sleigh
lDg.
December was quite, mild and comfortable.
The above is a brief summary of the
cold Summer of 1816 as it was called to
distinguish it from the cold seasons.
The winter was mild. Frost and ice
were common in every month of the
year.
Very little vegetation matured in
the Eastern and Middle States. The
sun's rays seemed to be. destitute of
heat through the summer; all nature
seemed to beclad in sable hue and men
were anxious concerning future life.
THE "I WIN COMMENCEMENTS.
Winner of the McMillan Medal?De ee?
Conferred?L.i?t of Gradaatep.
Gkeenville, S. C., June 21.?Yesterday
ihe annual commencement ct
Furman University was held in the
opera home and a large crowd was present
to witoess the young men carry off
their hard earned honors. The following
crftnilemen were selected from the
graduating class to deliver orations; 11.
J. Alderman. 'The Dignity ot Labor";
TV'tnas M. Xorris, "Architects of Modern
English Literature"; Joseph E. Edwards,
"Darkness and Dawn"; William
X. Jelieries, "Education of Woman."
Diplomas were awarded to eighteen
graduates with the following degrees:
Bachlors of Arts?George S. Andrews,
Edgefield; J, 13. Atkinson, Chester;
Paul T. Brcdie, Spartanburg; Bayii3 T.
Earle, Spartanburg; Aloczo Finch,
Spartanburg. Bachelors cf Philosophy
?Robert J. Alderman, Clarendon; J.
B. B03eman, Darlington; B. M. Cheatham,
Abbeville; Joseph E. E1 wards,
Chester; J. K. Hair. B rnw?.ll; William
N. Jelieries, Union; vV::iUm Lott, Jr.,
.TAmpq A. Meritt. Barnwell:
Thomas M. Xorris, Orangeburg; L. L.
Sams, Forth Carolica; E. G. Stuart,
Abbeville; G. li. Toole, Barnwell; J.
H. Walden, Spartanburg.
The McMillan medal for declamation
was awarded to It. K. Taylor and was
presented in a very graceful manner by
Mr. Joseph McCullough. The degree
of Doctor of Divinity was conferred
uoon Rev. R. T. Vann of Scotland Neck,
X. C., Rev. R. W. Sanders of Florence
and Rev. E. J. Forrester of Greenwood.
After the regular exercises were over
a memorial service was held in memory
of Dr. II. 1'. Grillith and Rev. John
Stout. Addresses were made bv Dr. T.
M. Bailey and Rev. E. J. Forrester.
The next session will begin September
2G. At night the opera house was tilled
to overflowing, the occasion being the
annual commencement of the Female
College. The salutatory was read by
Miss Bessie Bostick and the valedictory
by Miss Lillian Mattisou. The !
anniversary address oeiore ine -juoson i
Literary Society was delivered by R;v.
H. C. Buckholz cf Chester. Kis subject
was "Aspirations." The following
were the decrees conferred: Full Graduates?Misses
Lillian Mattison, Abbeville;
Autho 1'ope and Alice Watson,
Greenville. Bachelor of Art3?Miss
Lula Young. Bachelors or English?
Misses Eliza Beattie, Adele Kayne,
Nannie Mauldin, E'ien McPherson,
Be;sie Bo3tick, Eieonora Brown, May
Burgiss, Ilosa Eskew. Mary E. Hillhouse,
Enily Thackston, Margaret
Ware, Frances Whitmire, L:die Miller.
Bessie Mobley all ct Greenville; Misse3
Sallie Norwood, Kershaw; Anna Richardson,
Anderson; MyrtisSmart, Abbeville;
Sallie Trapp, Eigetield; Elizabeth
Zeigler, Orangeburg; Josephine Martin.
Graduates in piano, harmoy and theory
?Misse3 Eleanor Earle, Ro3tlle Waddill,
Octavia Williams. Grace WatsoD.
Greedville; andLuIa Young, Abbeville,
These young ladies have recently given
piano recitals which showed the degree
of culture to which they have atteained.
The college has had a very prosperous
vear.?Columbia Register.
Slaughtered Like Kits.
London. June 20? The further exploration
of the Point-Y-Peidd mine
which an explosion occurred yesterday,
has shown that the disaster was far
beyond anything imagined last night.
The number of dead is 251. The original
report that only 200 men were in
the mine at the time was due to a misunderstanding
on the part ot the manager,
who thought that a shaft of miners
had just come up. iiany of the
dead bodies were mangled beyond recognition.
Crowds of women, who
have not slept since the explosion, still
surround the pit, awaiting news from
husbands and brothers. Exploration
of the mine 13 slow and difficult, owing
to the blocking of the galleries with
dead horses.
Musical Homes are Happy Home*.
Have you ever noticed it? Call to
niLd the homes of your friends who
lave a good Piano or Organ in the
lou.-e. Are they not brighter and
nore attractive than those where the
livine art of music never enters? To
>e sure rt costs to buy a good instrunent,
but it lasts many years, and will
)ay its costs many a thousand times
)ver by interesting the young folks in
iheir homes. Don't make the mistake,
ihough, of investing haphazard. Post
rourself thoroughly by writiDg Ludden
fc Bates Southern Music House, ISavahlah,
Ga., the great music house of the
South, established la 1870. They have
ruppiied 50,000 instruments to South
srn homes, and have a reputation for
'air prices and honorable treatment of
mstomers; and they represent the lead.ng
pianos and organs of America
rhey take pleasure in corresponding
with you, sending free catalogues, etc
Write them.
Fourteen Saicldea.
New Yok, June 24.?A wave of suicide
swept over the city Tuesday. Mr.
lames F. Forshay killed his little Ooo,
md then killed himself. Constant brood
ng over the death oi his wife ia supposed
to ba the cau3e. William Alters
named a rich girl Saturday, quarreled
tbout money matters Sunday and cut
lis throat Monday morning. Seven women
and five men besides the two whose
lames are given here committed suicide
yesterday. Domestic trouble and hard
Limes are given as the causes, but it is
probable that the hot weather has something
to do with it.
Horrible Accident.
Spartanburg, S. C.,June 28.?The
friends of Mrs. Sallie Bryan Love will
De grieved to know that her three-yearold
son, Willie, met with a terrible acdient
at his home at Gastonia Thursday
An eld colored woman was engaged in
making old time soap in ;the yard.
While it was at a hard boll the little
fellow fell in, his whole body being entirely
submerged. He was horribly
burned and littie hope is entertained
for his recovery.?Spartanburg Herald.
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