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BANDIT'S DEVOTION TO A HAUY Nemartatblo Incident In tho Lifo of Angel Bill, a Tex?? Bud Mun. (Kansas City Star.) Angel Bill, that's what they called j hixn in the early days, has been dead for more than thirty years and the probabilities are that you nevor have heard of him. Those few per sons who stroll into Marshall, Texas, after missing train connections, and walt lor the New Orleans Limited on the Texas and Pacific, have tho op portunity to visit that old-fashioned cemetery in Marshall and see there a crude slab, marking the grave of Angel Bill, one of the most desper ate and likewise one of the most humane bandits of the frontier days of the Southwest. Bill was a train robber, a bank robber, a stage robber. He was reared in Marshall, where bis family represented good stock of the Southern aristocracy kind, but Bill went astray early in his career and after starting the bandit game he played it to the limit. Bill's depredations over in West Texas became so numerous and so great, and the inability of tho ofil cers to kill or capture him was so manifest, that finally the sheriffs in all those counties in the vicinity of Fort Wortli sent him a note, telling him that if he would go back homo and quit tho bandit game no war rant would be issued for him, and no attempt over would be made to arrest him. This note reached Angel Bill at the psychological moment, and to the surprise of bis petitioners Bill packed up and went back to Ma rsball. Bill lived opposite a cemetery in Marshall. They used to see him go over there every morning and walk among the dowers; study the epi taphs on the grave stones and talk with the birds. He had been doing that thing for three or four months when one day be chanced to pass by a house, where, on the front porch, one of the roundest, happiest looking babies that he ever had seen was bouncing about on a blanket, which a careful mother had turned up at the ends and which presented a sort of an amphitheater effect to the admiring eyes of the outlaw. The mother was working in the kitchen ani ~>f n Budden she waa startled hy the appearance pf Angel Bill Ile wore that chnvaotprlstb ?Ahiie hat with tar broad brin;; Ith trousers we.ro crumpled down Into his high buots auu front either ouck pocket there protruded a wicked looking six-shooter, which was load ed in every chamber. "Madam, I don't want to startle 'on," Angel Bill said. "You know me, of'course. They say in the pa pers that I'm the most desperate man In all Texas. But whether I am that or not 1 always have respected women and I like babies and I want to ask you if you won't let me come down here each morning and play with your baby?" No unfearlng woman c< ubi deny this plain-spoken request. The mo ther, now calm, said: ' Why, I guess that will be all right, Bill. Play with the baby all you like, but don't take him away and let no barm be fall him." Bill was happy and be went di rectly to the blanket where the baby was chattering its meaningless talk. And when Bill extended his arms the baby smiled more than ever and put his dimpled chubby bands Into those of Bill, and they were fast friends from that hour. Every morning Bill made bis call. He was of a mechanical turn and wishing to reciprocate in some way for the favor of tho baby's society be went to the mother and said: "You know, 1 can make chairs and benches and I don't mind making a few for you if you like. The baby can watch me doing lt, see?" "All right," the motlier said, "you [ make nie a chair or a bench when you have time, Bill, and every time you make me a chair or a bench I'll reciprocate-I'll make you a shirt." That contract was a happy ono. Bill got bis tools and proceeded to make enough chairs and benches to fill a house. And every time Bill made a bench or a chair tho motlier delivered a hickory shirt. And the baby, as ho watched Bill with lils saw and hammer convert pine sticks Into real furniture, showed lu lils dancing eyes that he thought Bill was the most wonderful man in tho world. You're wondering, aren't you, what thc climax, tho crisis of this plain story ls going to be? Well, I'll tell you. Tbe mother didn't know anything about lt on that fate ful May morning. She was doing MARION COUNTY, GA. The best Agricultural section of the State. Adjoining Sumter. Two auto .highways traversing thc county. Good farm lands, $5 to $20 acre. Send (or copy 'Ol "The On? Best Bet," teROY HIRSHBURG, lto.il Esta!? & Loans, BUENA VISTA, GA. her house-work about 10 o'clock; the baby waa playing oiit of doors .and the mockingbirds over in the cemetery were singing as if their throats would burnt. Angel Bill came to tho back door. There was just a bit of a blush in his cheek; just a suggestion of anxiety In his eyes. "1 want to ask a special favor -?f you this morning," Bill said. "I want to take the baby down the street-just for a little walk, you know." "Go ahead, but don't go far," the mother said. "1 won't, I promise," the outlaw replied. He took the baby in his arms and started down the street. They walk ed three blocks and stopped at the Magnolia saloon. There wero three armed men in one corner of the dram-shop. "Good morning, Bill," an affable barkeeper remarked.;, "Good morning to all of you," Bill replied. Then he set the big smiling baby on the bar and to right and left of him placed ono of the six-shooters. Turning to the men in the corner they wore a United States marshal and two of his deputies-he said: "Gentlemen, I am protected for the moment; you can't take a chance with the baby." Then to the bar-keeper: "Jack, give me a drink; maybe the last drink that you'll ever turn over to Angel Bill." The drink was served. Bill scorn ed to relish it. He put the six shooters back in bis pockets, picked up the baby and started out of tho saloon. "I thank, you, gentlemen," he said. "Two o'clock, I believe, is the time." "Two o'clock ls right, Bill," the marshal said. "And lt's to be according to the rules of thoroughbreds?" "Thoroughbreds, Bill. The gam est and luckiest will be standing last, that's our hope." Bill returned with the baby and put. him in his mother's arms. Ile went away without saying a word. He went home and loaded every re volver in the house. The marshal had a warrant for Bill. Ho had robbed a mail train. Bill's agree ment was with State and town offi cials. The United States govern ment made no such agreements. The marshal; according to the. ethics of \Vost Texas, bad notified his j mau that hi vVould come Cor him. J lt incant a fight. They all knew Hill, lie was?"-. :? nsw. to surrender without a battle. At exactly 2 o'clock the marshal and his two men stopped at tho home of Angel Bill. There was a rap on the door, then the ofllcers stepped back to the gate and Bill came forward. Ile had a six-shooter in either hand. He had two more in his pockets. "Let's start," the outlaw said. And Hie thing began. One deputy was killed outright, the marshal was shot, but not fa tally. But In tho melee they simply perforated the body of Angel Bill. He was taken Into his room, dying. The doctor who was called gave him thirty minutes. "Is there anything you want, Bill?" his sister said, as she stooped over him. "Yes, just one thing," the outlaw whispered. "Go up and get mo the baby." Within a few minutes the baby and its mother had reached Bill's home. Ho was dying surely then. There was just a slight gleam of rec ognition in his eye. He stretched forth his hands. Tho baby went to him and placed the chubby hands on Bill's face. Bill struggled to speak. He finally succeeded, but lt was hardly audible. "The baby, the baby. Ono friend I had, anyway." These were the last words. Cheapest accident insurance-Dr. Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil. Stops thc pain and heals the wound. All drug gists sell lt. - _ - Scalded Trees Recovering. (News and Courier, 7th.) Much comment is heard concern ing the killing of tho foliage of trees during the storm. A day or two after the storm il was noticed that all trees about the city appeared In "winter dress," with leaves crisp and brown. lt is claimed that tho salt wnloi from the sea was carried on tho wind during tbo heavy gale and that the leaves of trees were scalded with tho briny spray. This condi tion among tho trees extends for miles in every direction. It is re ported ns far as Summerville. All trees seem to bo affected. In many Instances buds aro swelling as in spring time, and within the next few days yoting leavos will bo putting forth on many trees and bushes. Foley Kidney Bills will reach your Individual case if you have any form of kidney and blad der trouble or urinary Irregularities. Try thom. Barton's Pharmacy, Wal halla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. 89 GLASSES OE BEEK FATAL. Baltimore Man Kills III m self lu Bf. ' fort to Dispose ol' loo Drinks. Baltimore, Sept. 8.-Entally mis taken In lils estimate of his capacity Morris Katz, aged 35, died here Wed nesday after drinking only 32 of the 100 glasses of heor which he had planned tb disposo of. Coroner Ab ercrombie rendered a verdict of death from alcoholism. Katz had won $5 on a wager. He was extremely fond of beer and de cided to spend tho whole amount ot his winnings on the amber fluid. He consumed twenty glasses of the bev erage, and his appetite was but lit tle diminished. Following his dis posal of the twelfth glass thereafter, he lurched out of iho saloon and fell dead at the corner of Eden mid Pratt streets. New Paper for Picketts. (Easlev Progress.) A new paper, "The Enterprise," has been launched at Plckens. The company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $3,000. At a meet ing of the stockholders on August 24, tho fololwlng officials were elect ed: Directors, C. E. Robinson. H. E. Bruce, E. H. Craig, J. McD. Bruce and M. C. Smith; president and treasurer, C. E. Robinson; secretary, M. C. Smith; editor and business manager, C. E. Robinson. The imper, which will be devoted to the building up of Plckens and Bickens county, will be Issued week ly at a subscription price ol* one dol lar per year. The company expects to Install a complete new outfit at an early date. The Progress extends to Tho Enterprise the hand of welcome, and wishes for lt much and contin ued success. Engineer Dead nt Throttle. Pittsburg, Penna., Sept. 7.-That death was at the throttle of Erle and Pittsburg passenger train 201, when lt crashed into a freight at Dock Junction last night, ls the firm belief of olficlals and the coroner after an Investigation to-day, and a talk with Fireman James Firman, who ls In a hospital fatally injured. According to the latter's story En gineer John S. Jones must have been dead long before the crash, for he ran past all signals for five miles that were sot against him, and con trary to all rules ran past Dock Junction with a full head of steam. Tho train crashed into tho freight with Mir thro'tie wide opon. Five Million for a Wlt<. New \"t>rk. Sept. I. - -Tho sum! which Coi. Jacob Astor settled upcuv lus fiancee, Miss Madejiuo, Force* wi the marriage agreement, signed at Newport last Monday, was $5,000,-' 000, according to the Herald to-day. In addition to $5,000,000, which will belong to the young woman the moment Bhe ls pronounced Mrs. As tor, a further agreement was made, lt ls said, providing thnt liberal pro vision shall be made for Miss Force in Col. Astor's will, which is to be drawn immediately after the wed ding, and deposited with the mar riage agreement with the United States Trust Company in this city. It is generally understood among the friends of Col. Astor and Miss Force that the wedding will not be delayed long. The ceremony proba bly will take iliaco at Beechwood, the Astor villa at Newport, and \vllV> be very simple. Brynn's Joke A liont Titles. William Jennings Bryan once joked about the American fondness for titles, says an exchange. "You all know of the colonel," ho said, "who got lils title by inherit ance, having married Col. Brown's widow. But I once met a general who got his title neither by inherit ance nor by service, nor by anything you could mention. " 'General,' I said to him, 'how do you come by this title of yours, any way?' " 'Why, slr,' said ho, 'I passed my youth in tho flour trade, and f >r twenty-seven years was a general mil ler.' "I know another titled man Judge Greene. " 'Aro you, slr,' 1 asked him, 'a United States judge or a circuit court judge?' " 'I ain't neither.' be replied; Tm a jedgo of hoss-racin'.' " Air Serpent Discovered. (New York Sun.) Frank Qoodale, who flies in his own airship nightly over Palisades Park, may go down Into history ns the discoverer of the air serpent. He came down last night with his hair on end an seared speechless. When he recovered he said that at a height of 2.000 feet, ho was at tacked by a long green thing that had two great wings and seemed to como out of a cloud. He was saved by tho searchlight that was trained on him, for tho creature seined it, fear tho light and retreated at once to his lair, wherever that was. NO OTHER STOVE DOES THIS Cole's Hot Ulam Heater mnlntnlnR ? con. tlnilOUl fire: niuo a ntendy, even lient. It will hold dre from Sntunlny night until Monday inoriiliiK (48 hound. if -wlit hold fire orer night with tess eonl thnn any other ?tove. Op?n the drafta In the morning and the rooina are quickly heated with the coal put In tho night before. Come In and examine Cole'a Original Mot lilnat Heater. Price $12.00 ami up, according to ulze, (lt. 11) FALLS FROM GREAT HEIGHTS. Somo Instances lu Which They Hara Not Proved Fatal? (London Lancet.) Falls from great helghtB, not neces sarily fatal In their results, are be coming so frequent in these days of aeroplaning that lt may prove of In terest to refer back to the classics of subjects, which however, are not as ample as might be expected. Writing In 1841 of a fall from an Immense altitude which did not re sult In death, a French observer, Mr. Manzlnl, declares that he had search ed in vain in the annals of science for a similar case. We can well believe lt. The victim or patient was a tap issier who had been engaged lu put ting up decorations on the occasion of the belated obsequies of Napoleon the Great In the lofty dome of the Church of the Invalides In Paris. When busy moving a ladder on the top of a high scaffolding he overbal anced himself and in obedience to some obscure instinct jumped clear of the ladder and the platform, cry ing to his fellow-workmen, as only a Frenchman would, "Tiens, me voila parti!" With these cheerful words on his lips ho fell eighty-two feet, bounding in one place oft the roof of a little dome, which caused him to describe a second parabola in the air, and lauding finally feet first on the slate roof of a small sacristy. Crashing through the slates, he landed astride a rafter, where he was found sitting, surprised but coherent, I for he was able to give his name and address when asked for them. He I had no recollection of tills and be came unconscious when put to bed shortly afterward under the care of the great Pasquier. His insensibility lasted a very short time, however, and ho made an extraordinarily rapid ! recovery, having sustained no appar ! ont injuries either external or inter nal. At thc end of a month Pasquier found him quite well. Mancini also records the case of his own fall from a great height when a child and describes the feel ings of blindness that came upon him due to the rapidity of his de scent, also the anguish of recovering his breath after it. Others, however, describe their sensations during a tremendous fall as being far from disagreeable. Thus some nine years ago Prof. Heirn, the geologist of Zurich, de I scribed "the flood of thought" that j traversed his mind during a typical Alpine .fall, which began on an in clined ,' plane. Ho saw beautiful scenes and visions of his past life as he fell and reflected rationally on his death or the chance of escape. He felt no pain on striking the ground, but he heard a thud, which was the Impact of his own head on a rock. Another Alpine faller thought about his Insurance and' his family. "Of the losing of my breath, of which people talk, there, was no sug gestion, and only tho heavy fall on Ihe snow covered ground caused mo io loue midd, np and painless)) .ill conselo?sh?ss. Both Diese Alpinists ?nsi' i ;.i ">n the absonce of anxiety ninds when fulling, while one certainly describes sensations similar to those felt by the drowning. Among classic English falls may be memiodeej that of a steeplejack who ia lo'Qtj foll from the top of tho church of St. George in Bolton-le nlo . io the ground, the whole dist ale. trAVeraed being some 120 feet. Tin man's skull struck some sheet, lead upon the earth and left Its I ni pa c I upon lt, but though this fall was quii unbroken as lu tho previous i ai e by scaffolding, rocks and so li, thc man was only slightly in and resumed work tn a few day.-.. Recently a man with bis boots on fell froin tho top of a cliff at Dover, t- height of which was afterwards found .to be 4 00 feet. no VM? picked up floating insensi ble In some five feet of water, but lils boots were off, which proves that he must have retained sufficient con sciousness on reaching the water to enable him to draw his boots from his feet. Both these cases are well attested. Wo wish we could be as sure of the truth of the story told of an ourrier who fell from a fourth floor window and who, as he passed a lower one, was beard to remark with groat rapidity and clearness, "Ca va bien jusqu'? present pourru quo Ca dure.-' THIN MILK * How can the baby grow strong if the nursing mother is pale and delicate? Scott's Emulsion makes the mother strong and well; increases and en riches the baby's food, Body Battered by Wheel. Plant City, Fla., Sept.Y-William Falkner, a prominent saw mill man of this section, was caught In a belt at a saw mill near here to-day and sustained injuries from which he died In a few seconds, lils body was battered to a pulp In tho big fly wheel where lt was carried by tho bolt. Ho ls prominently connected In South Florida. . To toad Colony to Liberia. Donison, Texas, Sept. 8.-Because ho believes that under present condi tions lt Is impossible for the negro to prosper in Southern Oklahoma sinco the recent race troubles there, Dovoy Costner, a negro farmer, has announced that he will bend a band of fifty negroes 111 an expedition to colonize Liberia. Costner says he has found negroes In Bryan county who aro willing to go with him. CASTOR? For Infanta and Children. 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Young Cunningham last night asked h's filth''-.* to let him uro it, but was refused Ho then managed to take it out unnoticed and went "Joy ritt? lug** with his friends dial;', is a descendant of Rebecca Grata, of "Philadelphia,' tim heroine of Sir Walter Scott's Tvanhoo. He is related to the wealthy Gratz fam- j Hy of St. Louis, Mo., the Clays and j other famous Southern families. Arrested After Twelve Years. Knoxvlllo, Tenn., Sept. 8.-While engaged aB a carpenter among a large forco remodeling a local church Lawson Dougherty was arrested hore yesterday charged with a murder committed twelve years ago near Asheville, N. C. Once in custody Dougherty acknowledged that ho had killed a man named Wilton Uamby, near Ashevillo, but added that he had been acquitted by a coroner's jury on the ground of self defense. Advised by friends to leave the vi cinity to evoid trouble with Bamby's friends. 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