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TiE WAGES OF CRIME. JACK PRATER AND JASPER DAVIS HANGED FOR MURDER. Pratet Aawerts His Iamoence sad Dies Without a ftruggle-Davb Dies With a Heavy high ad a0 Aeoultlon to All Not to Follow dlb t0ears. ANDERSON, 8. C., April 27.-Special: - Jap Davis spent last night in sound sleep. resting better, he said, than any night since he bad been in jail. This morning the prisoner said he was prepared to meet his fate. His brothers-in-law Abner King and Leard Smith called on Davis this morning, theirs being the first visit from relatives since his incarceration. The legal wit p - nesses (all being physicians except two), the military guard, composed of a detach ment of the Palmetto Riflemen, constituted those present. The Rev. Messrs. Marshall, Frierson, Pack and Wightman ministered to the prisoner. The death warrant was read by the sheriff at 12.80. Shrouded in a black robe the prisoner assisted the officer, after which his hands were fastened behind his back. On the scaffold the Rev. Mr. Marshall read psalm ninety, and a prayer. The Rev. Mr. Frierson pronounced the benediction. The prisoner being asked if he had any thing to say, replied: "You all see what I have come to-take warning." A heavy sigh was the only sign of emotion. The trap was sprung at 12.50. The prisoner's neck was not broken, and he struggled con siderably. He was pronounced dead at 1.27. The body was delivered to his - brother-in law, Smith, for burial. About three hundred curious people, mostly negroes, gathered outside the en closure, but there was no excitement or disturbance. HISTORY OF THE CRIME. Jasper N. Davis, or Japp Davis, as he was commonly called, was 88 years old and his wife was about eight years young er. In the spring of 1885 Davis had an at tack of sickness which effected his mind and he was sent to the State Lunatic Asy lum where he was treated for six months and then turned out. He was not consid ered insane, but, his mind was uneven and it was believed that the regular diet of the Asylum wou,d cure him, and to all ap pearances it did. Previous to his going to the Asylum Davis had treated his wife in a very brutal manner, had often beaten her and turned her out of the house. During his stay in the insane institution Mrs. Davis had to provide for their live little children. She worked hard and managed to provide food and clothing for her helpless ianily. Up on the return of Davis te retused to do any work and continued to maltreat h+s wife. The little woman resolved to stand it no longer and proposed to Davis to take care of herself and children if he wou.d leave her. This Davis agreed to do, and he moved a few miles away and lived with a relative named Owens. Mrs. Davis, by the sweat of her brow, support.d her chil dren and was getting along very well vjhen her husband, In the summer of 1880, pro posed to her that they make friends and live together again. T his the plucky and spiried woman refused to do. -he re membered hier busoand's brutality and knew that it wot: i be repeatedi if an op portunity was offered. Finding his efforits in this direction iutile, Davis tflreatened to kill his wife. Knowing the nature of the man, andl feat ig that he might execute his threat under cover of darkness, the determninedi wuman would iockc her house ini the even ings, take her Live children aid go to her brotner's house, which was a quaiter of a mile distant, spend the night these and re turn to her Ititie larmi every morning. On Fridasy, Septemiber 24, 1b86, Davis stol, a gun tram Mr. Owens. concealed it in the woods arid that evening called at. Mr. Mloore's, the brother of his wife, una asked hun if he could not Induce Mrs. D)avis to ret,urn to bim. Moore told him that it was no use trying, that he had treated his wvife too ba :ly, but the. he couldl speak to het himself. Davia then asked M1rs. Davis to let him live with her, but she refused. Hie remained at the house all night, and( left, in the morning at day-light. Lft 'in houi- atterwards the young n * r with her five little children around her started ior her home, littledraming of the teriible fate that awaitedi her, or the fiendish purpol)tse of the villain who had so suienly iett her. It was a bright September morning, the sun had just useu ai.d peace anti h,ippiness seemed to reign thoughout the quIet coun try. Just as the mother and chil 2 -en reached a pot tion of the road where the woods iere thick on both sides the clear- report of a well loaded gun rang out upon the frosty air, and the next moment five little mother less children were standing in the lonely road cr-yinig over the body of the woman who had been taken from them by the hand of an assassin. The people in the county at once arose amid gave chase to the murderer. If he had not escaped to the swamps andl concealedl himself for two (lays he would have been l.ynched. At last Davis was caplttured and confessed his crime. On the 8th of October he was tried, con victed and sentenced to be hanged on No vember 5. HIe plead insanity and all the argument was made upon that ground, but It did not work. Is attorneys appealedI to the Supreme Court und that stayed the execution. The case was before i:- Su preme Court for fourteen months before its decision was rendered, and this decision sustained the lower court in every particu lar. Davis was on March 1st sentenced to be hanged on the 28d. He asked for further time, but It was not granted. The Gov ernor was petitioned for pardon or comu tation of sentence without avail. The ju ries in South Carolina are too free to allow the ordinary murderer to go unpunihed. The man who shoots down another in a street row Is seldom convicted, but the ju rIes draw the line at the murderers of women. The only two white men who have been hanged in this State for a number of years have been executed for the murder of women--Jasper D)avis for shooting his wife and six months ago a young man for shooting his stepmother. Hanging of Jack Pranter, ORBANGEBURG, S. C., April 27.-Special: Jack Prater was hung here today for the assassination of Andrew Jackson. The execution took place privately In the jail, only the witnesses allowed by law being present. The drop fell at 12.25 P. M. and 4 after hanging for eighteen minutes the body was cut down, lie died without laA stuge, ble nock having boon broken by ~ .The doomed man protested his the last ,.ant and asked Imeta in ha been instru. tr r Just before goindPatr0 aang thehymn, "Jes d Pate an~d prayed aoud. u - lected all throghb and impressed U) otton that he hich he W a . Mr. Beatty and a colored minister named Oar roll. He claimed that God had forgiven his sins and that he was going to Heaven. HISTORY OF THE ORIME. On the 14th of July, 1885, shortly after dark, Andrew Jackson, a negro, was in his cabin in Orangeburg county, preparingto go to bed, when suddenly the report of a gun was heard from outside. His wife was in the adjoining room, and her little child came running in and said "Somebodt's killed papa, and shot me in the leg!' On going to her husband the wife found him dying from woundi in the breast and neek. The physician, who soon came, found eight buckshot in the body of the dead man. There was a hole in the house, where the ohinne joined the weather-boarding, and througl this the assassin had thrust his gun to dc ni deadly work. Jackson died a feu minutes after the shot. ?le killing of Jackson caused some excitement. Three negroes-Jack Pra ter, Bill Gordon and Titus Ferguson were arrested on suspicion, and broughi to trial in May, 1886. There was some evidence against all three. As to Jaol Prater, there was strong proof of guilt. It was shown that he had said on the evening of the murder that he was "go" ing to Jones's plantation to put Andrew Jackson through." It was further sworn to by one Robert Tyler that on the even ing of the killing Pi ' requested him to stay that evening a his (Prator's] house, Prater saying that he "was going to do some devilment." Prater told Ty ler he must swear that he (Prater) was there all the evening. Tyler further tes tifled that when Prater came home he said to his own wife: "Yes, I have killed him dead as hell." Prater, in his defence, set up an alibi -as did also his co-dJefendants. The motive for the crime was shown in Jackson's having sworn adversely tc Prater in a trial held the day before the murder. All three of the accused were con victed. But the verdict was set aside, and a new trial granted, as to Bill Gor don and Titus Ferguson. These twe have never been tried again. In Prater's case an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, but the verdict below was affirmed. Prater was then resentenced to be hung. A petition for commutation of sen tence to life imprisonment was gotten up. The Judge who tried the case sug gested commutation, but the State's at torney opposed it. A petition contain ing nearly twelve hundred names was sent to the iovernor, urging him to let the law take its course. After mature consideration the Governor refused the pardon. The hot +pring. Uonventton. The S 'uthern Immigrati " Conventior at lot Springs, N. ., Wednesday fini-he its work and adjourned the same day. Be low will be foundl the resolutions passed: ltesolved, That an imnigration associa don be established, withb headquarters it the city of New York, to be styled the Southern Iwnmigration Association. Resolved, That this assoclatihn be place under the charge of a board of dliret,ir: composed of one member of each Southm t railroad or other corporation, trade, indus trial or other c.rganization in State, couny city or town, situated east of the Mish sippi river, that will contribute the sum c 5L.000 tow, a h, axl,c-use of said asoci tion on or h,,o Tue Juy I next, and that o the s< cond Tuesda.y of July, 1888 the h3onri so c:onst itute-d hbaillm-et ini New York an< p)rocee:d to organtize.. and adopt such by -haws rules and reguhations as may be niecessar' for its government. R1eel ved, Tlhat until said organization i. perfected Major .John D.. Kelly, .Jr , be con tltitutedl chiet of the a5sociation with po we to call the board toigether- whjenever sai( (contribut111ions from~ railroads or oither cor porin s , tradie, industrial or oilher organ izat ions of S:ates or counties and1 town:i shall reach the aggregate sum of $20),0r0 and( when such caba has been maile th<i h)oard of directors shall proc.eed immnedi ately to perfect a p rmannent organizatiol as provided for in the second resolutiou herew~'ith subit tIer. Resolved, Tlhat immedialtely utoni th adoptioni of thiese resol)utionsa ie tlecretar' of the convention shall give notice of th samte to the Ga verno,r of each ot the Sou3th ern States, to the p)residt nt of each of th Southern railroads, and to the Mayoro every city and to every town in the South era States east of the Mississippi Rive having a p)opulation of 5,0)00 or miore, arll to solicit the co-operation of said (illicers i, furthering the objects of this conventioni A Letter to the Board of Agricentture. Thue South Carolina flelegation to th Hot Spring-i Immigr-ation Convention hel, a meeting on the train returning fromn th convention, Lieutenant Governor Mautldi: in the chair. Oin miotion of Mr. Becattie, of Greet: vylle, the delegation adop)ted a resolutio: ur-ging upon the cities, towns, railroads boards of traide r.ndi other induistrial o3 ganizations the implortantce of hohling earl meetIngs for the p)urp)ose of raising tht subhscription needied to entitle themn ti rep)resetation on the Board of D)irector oif the Southbern lmtmigration Association After a full discussion, the delegatiot unanimously united in the following lette to the Board of Agriculture, which I sign)ed by all of the dlelegates from . ' itl Carolina except two who hadh retur-ne, home and could not be communicatedt with on the suibject: l-T SPR INos, N. C., A pril 26, 1888. Hion. Johnson Hlagood, Chairman Board o Agricultture, Columnibia, S. C.: DEAR St a: The unditersigned, dlelegates representing the State of South Carolina a the imemig rationi convention held at Hol S prings, N. C., April 24-25 Inst., respect fully submit that it will be greatly to th' adivantage of the State to demonst rate, al the earliest possible day, Its symnpathiex with the pturp->ses of the convention and1( Itt determination to take an active part in making the Southern Immigration Associ ation entirely successftul. To tis end the undersigned respect fully request that your board will appropriate the sum of $1,000 to constitute the State of South Carolinta, through the Department of Agriculture, a member of the Association. TChis will show unmistakably the zeal of South Carolina in the cause, andl will give the State, in the person of the dlirector who shall be chosen, a voice in the organizntion and management of the Association fronm the vtry beginning. The tundersigned thin ak this a matter of the greatest implortance to the whole State, or they wotuld not address y'ot upon a1 sub ject which was sure to commnend itself to your earnest and early attenition. PIANOS AN oUNoaIs. We are prepared to se1i Pianos and )rgans of the best make at factor-y rices for Cash or easy Instalment,. 'Lanos from $210 up; Organs from $24 p. The verdict of the people is that eoy can save the Ireight and twenty-five r cent, by buying of us. Instruments ilivored to any deo on fifteen days' Lal. We pay friht both ways if not' tisfactory. Odrand test in your .W.BUMP,. Oolumabia, B. 0. ~suE WAS RECONCILUD. I will marry fot l'ucre," '"~ A!te~ma almost Ur; PLAINTIFF M'CRADY WINS. $,500 Is the Amous Awarded by the Jary After Five Hours Deliber.Uon-A Motion for a New Talal. (From the Columbia Daily Record, April 27.) The people of Columbia resolved them selves into a committee on guessing yester day, after Judge Kershaw had charged the jury in the McCrady-Roberteon case. Some thought the plaintiff would get $10,000; some thought it would be $1; some the de fendant would win, while a large number agreed that it would be a mistrial. But they all missed it. The jury retired at 1.45. A vote was taken separately on each of the charges, and on five of them it was the unanimous decision that they had not been proven by the defendant. On the first and fourth charges, the vote stood 11 to 1, on thn first ballot; but after some discussion the mninor ity joined the others. The stenographer was sent for and portions of the testimony was re-read to the jury. A deadlock then occurred on the ques tion as to the amount to be awarded. A majority were in favor of awarding $10, 000, construing such to be their luty, from the Judge's charge, upon finding that the charges had not been proven. One juror was in favor of awarding $25, another $50, and various amounts up to $10,000 were proposed. Considerable discussion was evoked as to the amount and it was finally decided that four numbers-$1.000, $1,500, $2,000 and $2,500 should be placed in a hat and a number drawn therefrom. This was done, the numbers shaken, and a juror, with his back to the hat, placed his hand in apd at sixteen minutes to 7 o'clock, drew out the number "$2,500.' The jurors filed into the court and Clerk Arthur read the following verdict, "We find for the plaintiff a verdict of $2,500. P. C. Lorick, foreman." Mr. Lyles, attorney for the defense arose and gave notice that he would on Monday or 1 ties day argue for a new trial. It was told a Rliconn reporter by some of the jurors, that had it not been for the refusal of one of the jurors, for some time, to agree to draw the amount by lot, the amount would have been $1,000 as that number was drawn the first time, this one juror not assenting. THE YACHT MARIA'S CRUISE. Mr. 'eek aald to Bie bearching for Treasure at 'i'uarnlffa. Just what caused the yacht Maria to make her celebrated voyage to the Island of Tuarniffa, and what Special Treasurer Agent Peck is about, was told yesterday to a Star reporter by Captain Charles J. Ward, the Maria's former master, and a fair type of the bluff, hearty ,bronzed-faced skipper. "I took charge of the yacht Maria in September last." he said. ''Mr. Peck, who hired me, said that he and a party of friends intended making a trip to the Caribean Sea to shoot and tish. Mr Peck's friends were Judge Davidson, Professor Barster, Mr. Horn and Mr. Richards. I had four men-a cook, mate and two boys-to help on the yacht. Well, we headed for Belize. A storm drove us to Jamaica, where Mr. Peck's friends left to go to Belize by another vessel "After leaving Samaica we went to New Orleans and from there to Old Providence, on the Mosquito coast; thence to Key West Fla. There I learned from Mr. Peek that he had a chart that would make him rich, since it indiCated the exact spot where a lot of gold was buried. We took on machinery f and started for l elizo." Arriving there, Uaptain Ward said, Mr. Peck engt'el theittetiion of the Governoi Iof Iritish Ilonduras anmd several gentlemen, -who gave him uinlimiuted credit to push1 hiL treasure scheme. C ai Janua nry 10 the Maria arri vedi at Tiuarnitfa and found Mest.rs IIorn and Ricenards wailing for thema. Bright aLd early on the morning of January 13 Mr. Peck found the spot where the -doubloons were su~pposed~( to be buried. ''It was in a b)eii tiful cocennut gro)ve," said thle capt:minu, ''and about ani eighlthI ot a mite from shore. A ftcr digging several dlays he came on a piece of bone wvhichi proved to be fronm the arm of a human being. Several other hones were found, but no comp,lete skeleton. It a., said the skeleton of two men had bee-. exhumed there some Ibl teen years before. a~ fier digging thirteen feet Mr. Pev'k was obliged to step oin acconit of the seai, which flmvedi iiinf( niade work impossible. On Marchi 29 Peek made up his mind that lie would -have to employ more powerful aid than lit had, andl accordingly set off for New f Orleans, ordering~ Captain Ward to go te - Ne w York. Thin' 'a all I know," concluded r time captain, "'and I don,t't care to sa) whether I belIeve in~ Mr-. Peck's scheme ei not If he dloes strike treasure, he'll havt to (divide with the British Government any. way." Tlhe captain appears to cherish a tremen dous amount of respect for Mr. l'eek and itiumated that the people of llelize f illy believed in his ultimate snccess. in recover jug the $10,000,000 in treasure.-New~ York Star, 2Eth. - A MATRSIMONIAL RODIANCE. Resuming Weddedi Lif efter a Voluntar1 Parting of Thiry-two Years. (From t h- Troy Iiud(get) Forty yeoars ago Joseph Miles, ol Millorton, N. Y., married a neighbor's daughter and settled down to farming. lie got tired of this and told his wife that ho thought they'd better make a change. She ob)jected, and in fact refused to quit her old home, lHe said that she cotild do as she pleased, and that if over she decided to live with him she'd le welcome, but he wouldn't return to Millerton. So he left hier and their boy. She made her home with her parents on their farm. The husband fouight through the war, then went to Sidney, N. Y., and began to make money, lie acquired a snug little fortune, but had no one to share it with. A friend who knew his story went to Millerton, found Mrs. Miles living on the homestead with the boy, a man of 34 years, told her all about Joseph and mnduced her to consent to go to Sidney and join him. She didn't need much persuasion, and 'Joseph, too, wa'- glad when lie learne I of the negotiations. The neighbors heard of it, an dthe other night thronged to the railroad station to meet the train that brought Mrs. Miles. She didn't know him, but after the intro duction they seemed very happy, andl have taken ti we(dded life where they laid it dow trtw years ago. DUAlt Ma. Enrron:--Won't you please toll your male readers that $3 will buty a flue, strong andl serviceable p air of pants, made to order by the N. Y. Stan. dard Pants Co., of 66 University Place, Now York city? By sending 6 cents irn postage stamps to the above firm, they will send to any address 25 samples of cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape measutre, a full stet of scientific meoasture meat blanks and other valuiable informs,. tion. All goods are dlelivered by them through the U, 8. Mails. A novel and practical idea. Advise your readers to try the firm, They are thoroughly re Liable, Yours truly, * Wuurax VANDESRBIrur. The New Orleans Picaue boldly sy that Onlba naturally $1longs toth United States. It hass been for four centurlee thes camping-ground of foreIn soldiers and alien tax gatherers. T e island oould be made, under our free government, one of the moot prosperout Saeinhe world. Oaba isaatempting THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN CLUBS. The Young Lions of the Democracy will MiIr Thing. Up. The organization of a great chain of Democratic clubs throughout the country to work in unison for the advancement of Democratic principles and the success of the party's candidates at the polls is one of the most notable political events of the day. The auspicious beginning In this di rection, which was made by the congress of club representatives from various States held hero Saturday, is a general subject of comment among both Republicans and Democrats. Leding Democrats everywhere are jubi lant over the outlook and declare that the club league will prove a powerful factor !n tde approaching campaign. The selection of Baltimore as the place for holding the first club convention also meets with general approval within the party lines. The Monumental City, they all say, is the best place that could have been selected in view of the fact that the national nominating convention goes West to St. Louis. Capt. J. Rockwell Fay is an enthusiastic believer in the great good to be accon plished by the national formation. "We can go into the campaign with more clubs than our antagonists," he remarked yester day, "and I think we can give them points on hard work and no interference with the workings of the party machinery. Demo crats fight harder than Republicans any how, and we go into this canpain more earnestly and sincerely than ever before. I auticipate that the Baltimore convention will be a great occasion for the Democratic party." harry Willis lusk, of Baltimore, felt good to think that they had obtained the convention. "We will make it a great alfair," he remarked, "and the delegates who attend will discover what Maryland hospitality is." "This movement Is a pretty good-sized snowball now," said Frederick R. Coud-nt, ''but it will be an avalanche before the summer ends. I consider that we have inaugurated something that will be of last ing benefit to the Democratic party and the people of this country. All is harmonious and the expressions of the delegates present argue that the Democracy is ready for a noble and unselfish fight for principle." John G. Jenkins, of the Juneau club of Milwaukee, one of the pioneers, is deeply gratified with the preliminaries. "The national organization will be of incalcu lable benefit, especially in the Northwest. In Wisconsin we are prepared to make a vigorous fight, and there is some question whether the Republicans can hold the State." Josiah Quincy of Boston said: "A na tional league of the young men of the country will put new courage and strength into the party. We are willing and able to rede -:1 Massachusetts, aud, if we don't carry it, we will make some inroads in the lRepublican majority." "I am delighted with the idea of the league," said E. Ellery Anderson. ''There is no reason wky we shoull not honeycomb this country with clubs bent on the success of revenue reform and other honest Demo cratic principles." Police ustice Solon B. Smith (Republi can) was around the lloffman House whik while the conference was in session. ''You Democrats intend to make it lively for us, and no mistake," he remarked, ''but we will try to be ready for you when the tin for action comes." Colonel Tom Ochiltree, another Republi can, said: "I believe the Democrats meat business." Congressman McKinney of New Ilamp shire i: anrdent, believer in revenue re for'n and an enthusiast on the subjeet o h e League. "FVifty vigor-ous clubs in th< Granite Sttate,'" lie said, "'will give u: courage, aind even though we tire p)ittet against Senator Ch>'mdler and all the l?u. puballican resources, these clubis will tmuk< the State dloubtful, with the chances in ouw favor." Judatge William L. Muller said(: "I1 am b)eliever- in the regular meuthods of party machinery, but to every Democratic citt formedi I am a staunch fiend. We can'1 have to)o many of tihem, ad thbe Nationa~ League will be of gr-eat assistance.'" J1. WV Browning, representing the Ara puahio Cl ib of i)en ver, said: "I1 believa club !iflu mee will have a good elf:ct it Colorado. It w Al make eni t isiasiiC wortk ers of men who othlerwise miighit not fee any gr''ater- ier-est than to vote. Th<i D)emo'crats of Colorado will supnuort the presidentital nioinee of the party and w ii woark in unison when the camnpaigna is undl(e: MIr. Jatmes F. Tracey, chairman of th< dielegation fromn the Albhany club, said "Tihe procedings were more harmoniomi than those of any simiar- meceting withli amy knowledge. There was general agree ment, of course, at)ouit thea renormi natiot of Cleveland andl the leathng points of tin piat form; but there was no dhispositiou t( forestall tile Nationial Convention or pres: aiy hobbies on its considerationi. The conferees were all Dem'nocrauts aoxious t< find the best w'iy of helping the party ti victory' 1)y intelligent co-operation-espuee ially in brinagitig young v'oters to the sup port of the Demoncratic ticket. The mcet ing wvill offset the effect of the Rkpublicar Club League, andc will douibtless cause tin formation, of a large numbiner of youmng D)emocratic clubs, cxteniding till over tin country. I believe theu: Baltimore Con'avent tion will surprise every one by the anue of clubs repiesenitedi."-New York Star 23d. Forewarnedt it a I)r.iam. T1hero was to be a ball in Dallas City, Ill., a few days ago, aind a p)rominent young society lady of the place was preparing to attend. Uer es sort was to have been J. GI. Brown, a Santa Fe railroad coniducl tor. 'The night preed(ing the young lady dlreamedl that ahe saw a wagon dirawn by two horses, and in the vehicle lay the mangled body of a man whom she could not fully recognize, but who strongly resembled her intended escort. T1he hideous dream frightened her, and in the morning she communicated it to several friends, wvho laughed at wvhat wvas termed her foolieh fancies. Conductor Brown was fatally mangled by the cars that day at noon, and as the solemn p)roecasion, headed by the wagon hearing the man gledl romaine filed up the street, the ~oung woman cried:"That is my dream! fhativas my dream!" and swooned away. Thec Oldest Mauson in the, World. Colonel Edwin Sumner of San Fran cisco is visiting his dauaghter, Mrs. Ada E. Taylor, on Locust street. Colonel Sumner is the oldiest Free Mtason known to be living in the world, lie has been a Mats. - r seventy-one yearn. lie was b)orni in 1796. A renmarkaible fact is that lae can read wvithaout the aitd of glasses. In the war of 1812 ho was a member of a transportation comppany in Now York which was engaged in transporting munitions and troops. Hoe camne to California in 1850, b)ut returned to Wisconsin a low years after. Hie served in the Wisconsin L~egislatuire (hiring 1859-60. In 18(63 he ouce more came to California, where hie has since remained. Colonel Sumner is a decendant of the Sanmmers who came to America in the Mfayflower.-Santa Cr'iz SentineJ. A quiet man, after a straight ten min ates' '.alk from a loquacious individual, te plied to his dlemandl to know Why he'dId not converse, thuus: "Some people taulk without thinking, others think without talking." Quiet has been restored at Bessemer, Ala bamna. BATTLE WITH AN ALLIQ4TOR. Terrible Experienoe a Mother While E Bescuing Her Baby Girl. (St. Louis GlObe-Demoorat.) A family named Lambert, living on Lake Charlie Apopka, or Tsala Lake, as 0 it in called, reported a very thrilling ex- aF perience at their place the other day. n The house is built about 200 yards from A the lake and is on a slight elevation, the rc land in front sloping down gradually to hi the water's edge. At the left, off some at little distance, is an immense saw-grass fa pond. in Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. Lambort H who was in the back part of the house, th was attracted by the screams of her little aY two-year old girl and her frantic cries of fo "Mammal Mamtnal" Snatching up an hi ax from the woodpile, she flew to the at water's edge, and as she rounded the p1 palmetto patch a sight burst upon her to that nearly drove her crazy. On the of edge of the bank, with its body half in ti the water, was a huge alligator, its fore- di paws outstretched, raising it from the p ground, while its tail lashed the water U into foam. Just in front of it and cling- in ing to a palmetto root with its tiny p hands for dear life, was the little girl, n her dress being held in the jaws of the ti alligator, who was slowly dragging the a: child to a terrible doom. The peril of her baby vanished all fear d from Mrs. Lambert, and she rushed up vi and struck the saurian over the head fr with the ax, and seizing the child with h both hands, tried the pull her away. h The sharp blade cut into the alligator's S eye, and, mad with the pain, he opened h his jaws and half spaung at the woman. rc This left the child free, and they both n fell backward. The alligator advanced fl as fast as it could and Mrs. Lambert n attempted to rise and escape. Her dress r< caught on a root and before she could t< get up and free herself the alligator d made a snap at her and missed, catching o hold of her dress instead. Finding that y it had secured something, it commenced d backing toward the water, dragging the s1 prostrate woman, who now fully realized w her peril, and filled the air with her cries it for help. She frantically clutched at the C roots as she was dragged over them, but her dress was of stout material, and the v 'gator's strength soon overcame her p feeble resistance. o Suddenly, with a heavy sinking of y the heart, she felt that her foot was in k the water and that, if no help came, she n was doomed to a terrible death. The 1 horror gave her strength for a moment S and she made another frantic effort to free ii herself from being drawn into the water. d Suddenly her hands, which were nerv ously clutching at any and everything that seemed to promise a support, passed aver the ax handle. With the swiftness of thought and with superhuman energy I she seized the helve and scrambled up, C how she cannot say. She managed to v deal the 'gator a heavy blow with the v blade. With rare good fortune it struck f: his other eye and crushed into the head. t< The ma htened and wounded animal tl opened his jaw with a roar of pain and ti rage, and Mrs. Lambert's dress slipped i off its huge teeth. Scrambling up she P seized her baby girl and fled wildly to 0 the house, and fell on the porch in a dead faint. Her husband, on returning c home at night found her there uncon scious, with the child patting her mother's cheeks and trying to arouse her. She 1 is now slowly recovering from her fever. lan,ging From a J3rldige 100 Feet filgh. J. 0. Cald well, who lives on Washing- U ton avenue, near Elliott street Wood- ~ side, N. .J., had a terrible adventure latst ' night on the Midland Bridge. Mr. I Cald well is a dirumimer for a New York house. lIn friends warned him of the I risk atte ding any attempt to cross the ~ bridge, which is over a hundred feet t high, hut he finally started to walk home. ~ Hie got as far as the centre of the bridge, when he heard the noise of an appros- ' ching freight ti'ain. It was evident to ' him that the engineer did not see him, ~ for the train did not slacken speed. Mr. Cald well was in a terrible plight. hiI1 remarkable presenece of mind anid btrenIgth saved him from the dleath that se-emed to await him. The bridge app)earcd to him t> be narrower, he says, than at any other time when he hadt crossed it, although he was alays aware that it was not intended to accommodate ~ foot passengers. He saw that there was not pace sufficient beyond the ties on the trestlework for him to stand whilea the train p)assed. He also realized that to lie down was not a means to escpe as the steps of the care wvould dash his brains out. He decided to depend on muscles to save him, and being an athlete, he hastily crawled to the side of the bridge, seizing a large tie with vice-like grip and swung in the air 100 feet above the wvater. TVhe few seconds occupied by the trainI in passing seemed to Caldwell like an age. After the train had p)assed liei found that his hands were numb, and his strength seemed to forsake him, yet with remarkable nerve and superhurnan ~ strength lie finially drow himself on the i bridge and proceeded homeward, coat- Y less and without a hat.-New York I Star, 26th. 1p A Dog that FIihts Fires. Mr. Ri. M. Jackson of Bluffton, (is., has a dog whose sagacity andl intelligence are something wonderful. It is a shep) herd. A few (lays ago Mr. Jackson was in a piece of wvoods, when lie had occasion ' to send the dog to the house for a match. Being unable to make Mrs. Jackson n understandI him, the dog went to the' 0 fire-place and picked up a chunk of fire. i wvith which he stairtedl to his master. a When he reached the edlge of the ~ woods5 the lire becamo so hot that lhe had to (drop it, which ignited the diry p)ine straw and set the woodls on fire. Thle (dog set up~ a barking that soon brought Mr. .Jackson to the rescue. Wheni lhe reached the dlog he was surp)rised to find that he had b roken a pine limb and was combating the fire as eflectually as if human. The following, signed by ten practic ing p)hysicians, has b)een received from Blartow, iFia., one of the places where yellow fever is alleged to exist according to Surgeon General lie mniltou's report: "We, the undi(ersignedl, enmbracinig overy practicing physician in this pilace, hereby certify that there is not now nor has there ever been within our knowledge or information a smngle case of yellow fever niithiin the town nor within Polk county, of which Bartow is the county seat. A young lady created quite a sonsa tion in a small Gherman town last week. She stood on the depot p)latformn, satu - rated herself with kerosene and set her dress on fire. When a railway trainL camie by the p)asengers were horrified to see a p)illar of flame on the p)latformi. A hose was turned on the conflagration, and( the spectators were astond(ed to _ hear a human voice asking irritably why they couldn't let her burn quietly.S At Manchester, N. 11., yesterday, great excitement was caused by a wholesale raid upon lliquor deallerS by a commnittee of 200 or the League for the Muppression of Liquor - Tratic. Twenty-eIght barrooms were closed and three proprIetors summoned to D Court. NEGBO HELP. perienoe of a Fresno Hotel Keeper with Imported Labor. (From the Fresno Republican.) Captain May, manager of the Grand sntral sent back to Georgia some weeks fo and imported to this city a dozen igro waiters from the Kimball House at tlanta, and placed them in the dining om of the Grand Central. The negroes id signed a contract by which the $50 lvanoed to each of them to pay their re and expenses out here was to be paid installments of a small sum each month. ardly had the darkeys got to work until e Fresno negroes began to talk to them, td m less than a week Captain May and that the waiters considered they d a sure thing on account of the $50 lvance, and proposed to do as they eased. Matters have gone from bad worse ever since the row between two the waiters in the dining room some ree weeks ago, in which one of them ew a revolver on the other, for which 3rformance he has been in jail ever since. n Saturday night the darkeys demanded oney of Captain May, who refused to iy them until pay day. The Fresno agroes kept telHing the new darkeys sit they ought to draw their money, &o, id finally they said it was money or no ork. On Sunday Captain May conclu 3d that forbearance had ceased to be a rturo, and when he recieved a "note" om the insolent negroes that they must we their money after lunch or quit, he c concluded to take them at their word. ummoning a constable Captain May id the darkeys' effects taken from the >oms they had been occupying, and otified them after lunch that they could ud something else to do, and that the Loney duo him from each was not entirely paid by their earnings to date. Yes irday they were not quito so indepen ort, and after consulting a lawyer one f them remarked to a Fresno negro: "If ouns had let us 'lone do whole ting would one been all right." Four of them Lipped out last night, and what the rest ill do is a matter of conjecture. Certain is they will not work at the Grand entral. This is the first experiment in Fresno ith imported colored help and the arties who have contracted for thirty r forty negroes to work in their vine nrds, &c., are beginning to wonder what ind of time they will X . a. The egroes contracted for are on their way, )0 of them having psSed St. Louis on unday. Certain it is that a Southern egro in Georgia or Louisiana is a very iferent )ersun when in California. The Catholic ninlerlty. Bishop Keane, of Richtmond, and Maes, f Covington, Ky., spent list week in ouisville receiving subscriptions to the atholie University of America. Louis lie's contribution is over $11,000, a result hihcl the Bishops consider very satisfac ictory. 1Bishop Kean is now i Washing mn superintendiug arrangements for laying ie corner-stone of the divinity building of le university, which is to take place on Ic afternoon of Thursday, May 24. Pre arntis are being made for a gathering n t' it occasion of representative men in 'hurch and State from all parts of the ountry. Cincinnati has subscribed more tha'n 1,000,000 for the exposition that is to be eld there this summer. It is expected tnt the explosition will be worth $2,000,000 : the city. J1ustus J. Smith and Thomas C. Drake, rebxitects, of New York. have filed their LhlueIIIs, showing liabilities of $182,529; ommial assets $10,500; actual assets 130,200. Tlhe Florida RepublIcan State Conven onf at Palaitka, aifter ai long and boisterous ~ssion, elected two white and two c-oloredl elegates to Chicago. The dlelegates were (it instructed. F. D). Blake & Co., of New York rootlen commlissioni merchants, have mladeC ni assignment. Liabilities es5tima1Zted ait 100,000 to .$150,000, of which ai :onlsidI. rahle portion is said to be dute to the ainks. A dlispaleh from Jacksonville, Fla., says nie reports of yellowv fever- at Plaet City, wecnty miles north of Tamtpa, are exagrer ted. fThe dlisease undoniotedily exiitedl niere all la.st suimmer, but in a milld form The cnnmittee to select a pla,ce for the unuallil contvention of thle F'~neampmenltlt of hermian Baptists of the Uitedi Slates, hais cCideCd on IllarrisonlMrg, Va. Thle con enitioni ws" ' 0 on thle first TIuesday fler W'hitsunday in 18~0. TIhe Sehina Land anxd improvement and 'urnace Company has agreed to suibscribte '1,1500 to three rauilroadis proijectedl to Sel itt; to the C atawbha Vallecy I tail road $3i1 00; Selhia andit Atlanta Axir Linie, $30,000; elma and New Orleans lRailway, $30,000. Whcen the blizzard struck Ludllow, Mass., buried u nder the snowv foutr tturkeys be mlgimg to Johxn Haxy. They i re dog (out fler bemig without food for eighteen days, ndo were not only alive, lbut apparently uin ijuredl. The United States has respectfully sked Mexico to indemnify A. K. Cut ing for his unlawful imprisonment a ear or so ago. Mexico has repliedl in a )ig-winded document, courteously hrased, the purport of which is that nie wvill be blankety-blanked if she pays blank cent. Theo qtuestion is, what are 'e going to do about it? A Baltimore firm has a till tapper in 10 shape of a Maltese cat. When one fthe firm opened the money drawer on tuesday morning out jumped a cat be onging to him. Fromt the cashs were issimg a twenty-dol ar note and two se-dollar notes and other notes were imaged by the eat's teeth. Tabby is cutsed Of having appropriated the oney. 9DAN6ERY T IS A UNM5FT PECTrf UMRMLIESC.A MO 5HOU/.a RU UJS(D A LW MONT H ,EFORL CONPMVUMENF. H OW__ wALCAS ES. BKA OFFICE ENMITHRU AND FIXTURES. ThOUSANDS O THE H11~ _WAT CAD 3 A IN CVI 0-OPERATIVE CLUBS. This is the Best, Cheapest, Most Convenient And only co-operative System of selling watchs, The watchee are American Lover Stem Windeti, containing every saeutlal to accuracy and durabil ity, and have, in addition, numerous patented Im provemente found In no other watch. The are ab solutely the only Dust and Dam proojMoe meata made in the World, and are jeweled through out with GEN UINE It UB1E . The Patena Stem Wind and Bet is the strongest and simplst made. They are fwlty equae for appe anee, accuracy, durability and aeer to any $73 Watch. Our Cooperative Club System brings them withib the reach of every one. We want an aetive, res asible rep. resentative in EVERY CITY wnd TOWN. Heavy prots guaranteed on Lmited investonst. Write for full particular. The Keystone Watch Club Co. P.O. Box 928, Philadelph!a, Pa,. REFERENCES:-Keystowe National Bank, or any Coin = m iii mercial Agency. ue AGENCIEAr Nev Tk .. eilrQ, >s. Chiolo, e 11 Denn, Ool. PittebnrQb, Pa. Ialtiamre,Nd. P$ladel Ps. lests, i. Detreit,iio. to.ts WE DO WEAR THE N. Y. STANDARD $3.00 CMADM PANTS Built take .somtng more than low pie. theoake e eno.i sell asfast as wea rt ov(bornu. We only a . all woolt cloth c-fibo latestdeelgu and pattero.ltlareryatrons I saR, .r is O cw v in oand unyleldibr. l ot caue, b.caose of the. wiry, tIQQht twist of the wool. u w.a . aIk Ith.r. l IXT as to oltrlow prices. 'hatwom.. from onr 6 blling such eformaos. quash. ti," rand uktingsuch small ?,roJite. \Ya arnow i.akingth..nlr yiro"ie ducl. of three m.ills, anr thai har. ly satla ee oar damand. I No Yr Styles, PRIVAE B MITATes ON~A1 TH FIRS OFe OCOeR,dth }ti XT, so tnake is Wod sa u1 to order, ond by ar ec entiJe uban mnt blansena lt yos as werl T,hBul mleo away te can ates o tore. aV Gend "or gfouns y fee tom tonerse rac H I by uisl an n P~~a, a5ent bunyur's op i nXT, by eediog ns cente I h utinpe -on will bim e ly nenrn melt r ou ag. of twenty campt so of cIllth for 1"nusa, Olsita, an.d parercodat, and ited upction this psjtle-ith neuw fMteuro ande. Al o faul etftn.awr.. teblas. ry l anlconvine or.olf. OUR GAUARANTEL! ijot any cue to b" sorry hodlt wilth n, for we always have and always wll efun mon.v for sy cnn... ntEI'IRit ChC.-Amerlcan, rprmstC.,Nw l'MkC'ily , ri hh,~no .r do an .nuo,uio . rtoa Senaasfir ,tunpaleea and t!lua at onr Sthrel Act nope,abeingtoaahOueworkl lr aofyourclothing fur the +alaneof your l ZER. ai NATEN 8~NARPANTO,UALiAND W.ai NADPN O,,ty Pi;te, N. V. City, Near Union iq. PR IVAT'E BOAI DIN(j.G ON THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, the undersigned opened a FIRST CLASS BOARI)ING OUSE in Charleston, for the accommodation of both Transient and Permanent Boarders. The Bnil.:ug, located on the northeast corner of Wentworth and Glo Btreote, is conveniently near the business portion of King street, yet free from the noie of the thoroughfares. It is within easy roach from the Ac. of Mu.ic and Wrmiteun o siation. The houe ha Spee hroutendent. new furnitsrnant s Mantgrr. Termlder'onLiver The juChacleratesOn,THERN AECEMANYPL havin bEEen OR ED tat aruehold oratidngo thee pas,l tuIenlCtr,ingl the Souternand WtZErn WTTONADYENFUINUES,oe'fr thiredt upreaciy, sierplct ande PItllr n theb mark. Aftler onecialy Alo wil mil tharyforn ''IdboEs. hes UoeiniaSttsho inrte nowt forn ai your ehn as onotgo te Writ u5cns for estiasto' W..BAESERET, . TI{lt WELAUUSTE,GA P lALOT EAl INSTIUE The urrent ceebronofteid Intitute VEig EALEsionvn begn,wihen Jned aThahoseol esion fir te pst hemof centpurou, inal the hiostir aof We Istrn >tatesdfong h pupiroheht of theepi, 31 ioch, th:alarimmod alionss of bord LIVdEprtmen, and thei inyo t orpinof tehesrey unvuralle any horL-o the out. fte r one Januay yo very coinvtenin cimo for entLerg uils with charge trmlonl eopdae of sern 6cent nstmst Re. WA. R. ATIUN SO, -JharloUtU,SN.,C.A. 'ITTA R OFA LEMINTIVE'TI The currant reion ofotiso infatitt uos Jysnary iarrho1a, wherth Theu rsn an so i n of the ostc Ltoarant pupils. aTe byalt ofru h for in the byt. h rto JawA n uary s a eycnein tm o neia