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" ISSUED SEMI-WEEKL^ t. m. gbist's sons, Pnbu.iier?. J % ^arnitj JJeirspaper: jfor lll( gromotion of the political, ?oeial, ^grirultural, and <JI<yntnet;ciRl Interests of the geople. {m rao^#ooiY* established 1855. yobkville. s. c., tde8day, september 6, 19q4. ~ no. 72. The ? Sirhstil Copyright. 1903, by H CHAPTER XX?Continued. "I had no reason to doubt it," retorted Bob, with a flash. "But I found out afterward that it was all true. I know a tobacco drummer from up that way. He gets all ray trade in that line. Me an' him are pretty friendly, an' I confided in him. He told me he knew all about the fumlly and substantiated everything Dora May had said an' added a lots more about Investments of hers that she didn't even know about." "But why were you in such a hurry?" asked Kenner, who seemed to be the only one in the group capable of ready expression. "Well," Bob hesitated, and a frank flush spread over his face, "there are some boys in this town that would run after a rich girl, and Dora May wfinlri have been entirely too popular to do her any good. Oh, you needn't I worry about me an' her! I tell you we | ' know what we are doing. She's business from head to foot an* knows I can manage her affairs all right. There ain't a bit of harm in a fellow marrying money if he loves his wife and has the ability to make some himself. I believe I'm a born money maker. I reckon I got it from father. I believe If he'd 'a* had a fair chance and not been afraid he'd 'a' been the richest man in this state. He married a poor woman and had no start, and yet he's done well?that is, pretty well?for his chances." "Ef he ever is about to starve you mought give 'im a job collectin' Dora May's rent," said Kenner, who was bubbling over with enjoyment. Then silence fell. They were all waiting for Hanks to speak, tut he bad nothing to say. He rose and went outdoors, his scrawny hands in the pockets of his trousers. "The Lord only knows what he'll do," said Bob. "But the die is cast, an' I feel sorter Independent of him. Look here, Mr. Kenner," turning back from the door, "you must get the idea out of your head that I did this thing Just because Dora May wus well Axed. I tell you she's just what I was looking for. She's pretty, not a bit lazy and thinks that what I don't know ain't wnrth learning. She's been so much Interested lately In my business that she wasn't studying good at school anyway. She's give me a great many pointers. I tell you. She helped me write all them ads. that folks said was so good, especially them with the poetry In 'em. I'm a bad speller, and she corrected all of 'em before they was printed." "Did you ever?" Kenner said when Bob had gone. "I'll swear I don't know whether to-kick or congratulate 'im." As George was going home to din:BC he saw old Hanks leaning on the -fence of a vacant lot waiting for hira. George paused. "That ground ud make :good turnips," said Hanks, spitting over the fence. "I believe I'll make 'Trotter an offer for it. I could pasture imy cow on it in the spring." George said nothing. He knew the Old man bad waited for him to speak jot Bcto's marriage. "Went up thar to see Mrs. Styles." Hanks nodded in the direction of the cchoolhouse. "Oh, you did?" "Yes. Found 'er with 'er head all tied up in rags an' smellln' like a drug store. At fust she kept up sech a screechln' she wouldn't let me say a ' word, but she quieted down after awhile, an* me 'n' her sorter come to a understandin'." "An understanding? That's good," aid Georee. "Yes. We both sorter come to the conclusion that if she'd write to that guardeen that Bob was an only child an' could naturally expect something at my demise that, maybe, he would not raise a row." "Then the girl really Is rich," said ^George. The old man spat over the fence again. He avoided George's glance. "Yes, she's pretty well heeled," he said, "an' not a fool by a long shot. She was up at Mrs. Styles' this mornln', the old lady said, with a long dress on. She talked pretty straight?didn't intend to have nobody meddliu' with her affairs?ef anybody had anything to say agin Bob Hanks to send 'em to her, an' so on. Blamed ef I hain't Borter curls to see 'er. Somehow I always wanted a gal in the family, an' one with plenty o' scads is about as acceptable as any other sort?safer in the long run." "When Mrs. Hillyer was told at the dinner table that day of the outcome of Bob's marriage, she said: "Well, I J XT 11 tiL'a to oo/?h a UUI1 I HUUH <19 UVU IXUUU^ owu M hurd cuse after all. The highest in the laud Is a-doln* Jest what he done?marryin' with the'r eyes open. The only difference is Boh don't make no bones over it. He admits he's struck a good thing an' has too much business pride to underrate his investment." "Nevertheless, Martha," said Hillyer over his poised coffee cup, "I'd a little rather see Bob make more over the girl than he does." "Oh, I don't know why the boy should go about 'fore that gang down thar with his feelin's on exhibition, an' even ef it's jest a cut an' dried business deal on his part it will end a sight better, I bound you, than a lots o' slobberin* love uffulrs that run dry a mouth after the knot's tried. Bat I don't somehow think Bob an' his gal will r WILL N. HARBEN, Author of "Abner Daniel." "The tUnd of the Changing Sun." "The North Walk | Nyatery," Etc. IARPER ? BROTHERS | I ? T^ow'o a ounnv ohAPrfll enu up uau. iua& o a way o' lookin' out fer yourself, an them two young una may Jest laugl the'r way Into happiness an' tote li with 'em through a long, successfu life. I hope so. I don't begrudge 'en anything they've got or may accumu late. I met that gal once at the schoo exhibition an' tuck a likln' to her. Sb< looks like she's been well raised. ] drapped my handkerchief, and sh< scrambled to pick It up, an' when ] said, 'Thank you,' she said, 'Yo're wel come, ma'am,' an' didn't giggle llk< some do when they say anything un usual." CHAPTER XXI. 0EORGE was now Hillyer's part ner In business. The wlntei passed, and a bright Bpring dawned. The Cranstons hac spent the Christmas holidays In Vir glnia visiting relatives and were bach again at Darley that the major might superintend the planting on his farmc In the vicinity and recuperate his fail ing health. It was the first Sunday morning after their return. Hillyer was having a confidential talk with his wife In the sitting room; George was smoking on the veranda. "Yes, I seed he was bothered," the old man was saying, "an' havin' heard the governor was expected on the o'clock train this evenin', an' knowln1 George had an engagement to call on Miss I.ydia tonight, I put two an' twc together an' got at what ailed 'im. Me an' him talks pretty confidential sometimes, an' I axed 'im ef that wasn't what he was thinkin' about, an' he admitted that It was an' openly axed my advice as to what he ort to do undei the circumstances. I told 'lm I'd study over It an' let Mm know later." "Why, tell the hoy to go on, governor or no governor," said Mrs. Hillyer. "He's got as much right to call tonlghl as any night. Huh, I say!" "That's about the way I put it up," said the merchant in a tone expressiv? of considerable relief, and he went out to George. "I look at it this a-way. George," he began, leaning on the banisters and crossing his fat feet. "Thar railly hain't but one way a gentleman could net under them circumstances. You see, she hain't never released you from yore engagement, an' fer you to presume that you was out of the game Jest becu'se you'd beard from Mrs. Lmgan an' her kind that another feller was due would make you seem sorter green. No; as long as Miss Lydia hain't axed you to excuse 'er thar hain't but one thing fer you to do, an' that is to go. an' when you git thar don't you let Telfare root you out, nother. Ef he is the governor, I'd have my rights." "Oh, I had decided to go," George returned quietly, "but I feel that It may be unpleasant. I met him once since I was introduced to him, and he looked mad enough to bite my head off. I happened to be leaving the major's just as he was coming in, and we passed on the walk. He scarcely nodded." "Well, you bet I'd go," said Hillyer, and ht went to his room to prepare for church. The following evening was a pleasant one, and as George entered tne gate at the Cranstons' and started up the walk he saw Governor Telfare walking to and fro on the grass near the house smoking a cigar. Hearing the latch of the gate click as George closed It, Telfare paused, stared at George for an instant and then came toward him, meeting him when he was half way between the gate and the steps of the veranda. "I want to speak to you, Buckley," he said coldly. "Let's walk over to that summer house." "Very well," and George and he moved across the grass and entered the nearest compartment of the vine grown building. The governor seated himself on one of the benches and nervously puffed at his cigar, round flashes of red light showing intermittent glimpses of his dark, cruel face. George read it intuitively and was prepared for what was coming. His young blood was already at a boiling point. Indeed, the governor's insolent manner of addressing him had been in Itself an insult. "I simply want to say to you, Buckley," Telfare said, with a sneer, "that you and I cannot visit under the same roof." "Ah. that's bad!" retorted the younger man. his fierce stare bearing down defiantly on his antagonist through the half darkness. "I'm sure I shall miss you. Going abroad?" Telfare looked at him In astonishment. It was as if he had not dreamed that Buckley would dare to make anything but the most civil, even a hum ble, reply, considering bis power and what lie intended to propose. "You know what I mean," said the governor, waxing more angry. "You know well enough why I will not sit as an equal in the same drawing room with you. You know what you are." "My knowledge also extends to some most contemptible creatures, Governor Telfare?to an occasional meeting. at least, with one man, whom i certainly would consider beneath notice if I did not uieet him under the roof of most respectable, if blind, people." 1 Telfare smothered an oath and stood r up. Lis short figure appearing dwarfed ] beside the athletic young giant. I "You say this to me?" he gasped. "To < me?" I "Oh, no; I didn't Intend It for you," ' said George. "How could I say such a thing to his excellency the governor of l Georgia ?" In the deep silence that followed 1 George could distinctly hear Telfare's 1 violent panting. i "I've cot a DroDosItlon to make to 1 you," the governor gasped In a final effort at calmness, as be sank to his seat. "I'm In the position to do you a favor?to grant something that any I man, situated as you are, would be I glad to accept. But we have begun , wrong. Perhaps I ought not to have been so outspoken, but seeing you here . suddenly provoked me. Sit down a . minute and let's plainly understand each otner." "I think, myself, that we have be gun wrong." said Buckley, who remained standing. He placed one of . his feet on the bench beside the governor and leaned over him. "At any rate, . I am wrong now, for I ought to slap your face. And I want to say to you ' I would do it but for the respect I have for the people you are Yisiting; that's all that saves you, sir. I've met contemptible, cowardly curs before, but you"? "You can say what you wish to me," Telfare panted. "I shall not resent it. Men of my class do not fight men of I yours. You can't Insult me, Buckley. ] I What you say does not affect me in the slightest. Men of honor"? : "You have 110 honor to lean on," burst ] t from Buckley's lips. "No man has bon- , 1 or who deliberately insults a man who , is us ueipiess iu restui u us i uiu iu this case. You would strike a woman. You are a cur. Telfare!" i Telfare was panting again, but his ! eyes fell beneath George's fierce stare, i It looked as If he were actually afraid Buckley might suddenly strike him In i the face. 1 "You have not heard what I intend I to propose," he faltered. "I have It in ' my power to pardon your father, who i is now at the coal mines. I can do this t simply by signing my name to a pai per. and If you"? "That Is what you want to propose?" ; George shrank back In bewilderment The awful significance of the proposal ' stunned him. drove his rage momenta ? ^^ ,- . oN. ??. >. > S' ' i l, -. . / ?.\ .? ; .< ; ...*' " .1 - , -. -y v _' " ' ; "Then yov shall wear this." i ly from bis brain, set him quivering Irom bead to foot. lie silt down on the j bench opposite Tel fa re and lowered bis face to bis bands. His father's liberty was within bis reach. \ Telfare chuckled contemptuously, i "Ah, I see I hit you between the eyes! j I reckon you are sorry now imu you didn't wait till I bad finished before you dared to?but tbnt may pass. I simply will not degrade myself, Buckley, by visiting a lady who is receiving a man of your standing?even if she is led only by her sympathies, and If you > will give up all claim to her and agree never to approach her on an equal foot- 1 lng again, I will liberate your father, i Of course, you understand, I'd want some sort of petition to come to me? i only a few names of his neighbors will i i do?but"? 1 "And your object?" George asked. ' looking up. 1 "Well, that's a private matter," an- 1 Bwered Telfnre, "but I may as well ad- 1 1 mit that my object is to marry Miss < Cranston, and. as she evidently is actu- ( ated by a sort of pity, admirable in a 1 woman, for you in your misfortune, I i simply want to remove you from fur- i tlier contact with her without having i openly to request the step of her or her t pareuts. God knows I'm not Jealous of c you! It is not that. It is only the Idea 1 of our visiting here as social equals." t George stood up. He had something ^ to say, and It rang in Tel fa re's ears e long after the words were spoken. i i "My father. Telfare," he began, "was 1 i convicted for stealing, and no doubt i Justly, but he was an unlettered, igno- I rant man. He was a thief, but you, Tel- f fare, are lower than he, for, with your 1 opportunities for knowing right from wrong, you degrade your office?the of flee given In trust to you by the stateto advance your own personal Inter- ( i ests. You are more unpardonable than ) i my father. As for my having any ' i 'claim' on the lady you mention, I have ^ none, and It would be dishonorable for ( me to trade In a commodity I don't . possess. But hold on; I am not through. I want to add that If my accepting ( your proposition meunt that I lent the weight of a straw toward making Miss Cranston your wife, I'd refuse with my f dying breath. I cuuld not live knowlng that the purest and noblest woman ^ God ever made was through an act of f, 1 mine living with a loathsome reptile v like you. If my father stooa on gallows condemned to death and could save him by allowing you touch Miss Cranston'* hand In law wedlock I should let him die." "You mean to refuse your fath< freedom?" gasped Tel fare. "Yes, I refuse. I am trying, Telfa to show the world by my life tha bave not Inherited ray parent's we aess. I shall not depart from that r by entering into a dishonorable cc pact with a man as base as you a egardless of what it means to me." "You'd better think this over, Bu ey," said the governor. "You are n low." "I have nothing else to say," repl Buckley, "and, to show you how 111 egard I have for your wishes, I st teep my engagement with Miss Cr iton this evening." And, turning, walked ahead of Telfare to the hoi ind Into the Hghted parlor. A servi took his hat and told him Miss Cr iton had gone Into the garden, 1 would return In a moment. While was waiting the governor entered room and sat down. He was pi lervous and had a desperate glare Ills eyes. Then Lydia came In. i was slightly hushed and had a tu ose In her hand. "I'm so glad you came," she said George. Telfare had risen and st< trying to appear at ease, but she i aot notice him. "Do you like tuberoses?" she as! Buckley. "Very much." he replied. "Then you shall wear this," she se tier voice quite unsteady. She giant it Telfare and finished: "It's the o ane I have. Governor Telfare, If yo like one you may ring and the girl v supply you." She leaned forward 8 with her white, deft fingers pinned flower on the lapel of Buckley's coa' "Mr.?er-ab?Buckley Is to be c gratuluted on getting his tdberoe the governor said, with a white sne "He.seems to be something of a fav Ite, Miss Lydla?at leaBt for the i ment." The girl laughed harshly. Geo: had never seen her so excited. I eyes* shone like diamonds In the llj af the chandelier. "Mr. Buckley and I are true friend she so id. "I respect him more tt any one olive, unless It Is my fath< "Ah, you do!" Telfare bit at short, black mustache which he tun inward with his trembling fingers. ,U1 gentleman?I mean Mr. Buckleyquite fortunate," he Bald. "I see yi father Is smoking on the veran With your permission I'll Join him." "Yes, do, Governor Telfare," the i said coldly. "I'm quite anxious speak to Mr. Buckley alone for a f moments." The governor stood up, his dark fi stamped with fury. "Your manner has changed wit! the last half hour," he said signifies ly. "At the supper table you w quite another little girl, but we st talk that over later." When the governor had left the nx Seorge fancied Lydla's face tun pvhlter. She clasped her hands tens In her lap and remained silent, evil thought took possession of h Seorge Buckley was very human. Ik fortune had Inclined his nature to a plclon, and the governor's high ? contrasted to his own bumble posit made lilm blind to the possibility t lie could be more favored on the pi ent occasion. It seemed as clear Jayllght to him that Lydla and 1 fare had quarreled and thut she \ simply using him as a tool tbroi tvhlch to strike at his distinguished ml. To her evident surprise, he a fOt up. "You are not going?" she said. "Yes," he returned frigidly. "I dr >ed in only for a moment." "You are going beeuuse, because""Because," he said, drawing hims lp to his full height, "much as I she ike to accommodate you. I find it qu mpossible to serve in the capac rou evidently wish to assign to me light." He took the flower from :oat and with steady fingers placed >n the piano. "I must decline too, iccept your offering. When -.he i nent comes for you and your honoi juest to make up your difference, p laps this little flag of truce may pr< jseful." "You say this to me," she exclain -'to me?" He bowed coldly. "God knows I < lot want to!" suddenly burst from lps. And he stalked from the room For severul minutes she stood le ng on the piano, and then she turi from the room to the veranda. S leard the click of the gute latch as dosed afcer Buckley and the low vol if the governor and her father throe ;he open wiudow of the sitting roc She wns culm, but white to the 11 She began to look for her handkerchl which she bad dropped. She returr :o the drawing room, looking carefu it the curpet near the spot where i lad sat. It was not there. She urned again to the veranda and tt went down the graveled walk to 1 lummer house, entering the coinpa nent adjoining the one in.which 1 !arc and Buckley had held their c< rersation. There on the bench lay 1 landkerchief. Grasping It In her tei lngers, she sat down and burled 1 'ace in her hands. TO BE) CONTINUED. ? Anderson special of Thursday he Columbia State: Lizzie Abercro lie, the six-year-old daughter .,e\vIs Abercronibie, a farmer w ives near the city, met a horri leath yesterday. Her father left ho n the morning with a load of wat nelons for the market here, and Ci led several c hildren part of the w o school. When tha children wi lismounting at the school the Ah romDle B>ri oy Hie suuueii aiai ting he mules was caught under I vheels. The wagon passed over 1 hest, Inflicting internal injuries fri vhieh she died in a short while. "i piscfUanrous Reading. to " ful BRAVEST FEAT IN THE WAR. *r#8 Heroism of the Japanese Sailors At . Port Arthur. 11V, t I Tokio, July 26.?The most sensa- * ajj. tlonal event of the war thus far was uje the triple attempt to bottle up the ,m. Russian fleet In the harbor of Port Arire< thur. The Japanese adopted what may be termed the Hobson plan, and sunk ck- no less than seventeen steamship ia(j hulks loaded with stone, railroad Iron and loose cement In and around the narrow channel. They were more ^je successful than Hobson at Santiago (an and the action of the water upon the an. cement and other materials was to 1j0 make the vessels practically solid use blocks ot concrete, which the Russlans have been trying for months to an_ clear away by the use of dynamite, jut The skill, coolness, perseverance and he daring displayed on the three dlfferthe ent occasions Is unsurpassed In the de, history of human warfare. The feat lu of our own brave fellows on the Merjke rimac was a trivial incident compared 5e. with theirs. The result of the first attempt was a failure, and the fate of to the men who participated in It made )0d the heroism of the second party even Hd more remarkable. And the fate of the second party made the officers and ted sailors who volunteered for the third almost without hope. They went at their task without the slightest hesdd itation. however, although, they resided Izec' iut u meant almost certain death Qjy and, as the London Times has remarked ed: "Their heroism was never sur eljj passed and rarely equalled in the anin(j nals of war. Out of the 158 officers the and men who volunteered for the fort. lorn hope only forty-one came back on- alive. But the lives of their gallant iei? comrades were not sacrlfied in vain. .>er. Happy indeed is the country where or- bravery and Intelligence are combined HO- In so Just a measure. Japan has lost sons whom any country in any age rge might have mourned with pride, and Jer It is their death which has enabled her gbt to develop a fresh stage in what bids to be the most momentous of modern la," campaigns." ian In the three attempts 179 lives were :r." sacrificed, and as I have already said his the men who volunteered knew that ied they were going to almost certain Che death, or at least that the chance was ?Is very small that they would return aur alive. The following is the record of <? da. attempts: s 1st 2nd 3rd total a flrl Killed 5 15 22 42 f to Died of wounds .. 3 3 6 12 Missing 12 24 89 125 ew Returned safely..11 17 41 fi9 * ace Total 31 59 15$ 248 c It is almost certain that most of j. bin the missing men were killed, because nt- reliable reports from Port Arthur give ere the total number of naval prisoners in s tall the hands of the Russians as only fif- v teen, and two of them have committed r >m. suicide since. Of the dead and miss- s ied ing twenty-four were officers. , ely The cost in money was also large, al- r An though insignificant compared with ^ lm. the loss of life. The following are the t lis- official figures: , IU8- No. Value t tnlj Vessels. In yen. Ion F,rst attempt 5 623,800 . . Second attempt 4 618,000 nai Third attempt 8 1,800,000 ea- ? aa Total 17 3,041,800 Tel- The vessels used were old mercanraa tile steamers, most of them built in lgh the 70's and 80's, and their tonnage rl* ranged from 1,250 to 2,978. Twelve lso belonged to the Nippon Yusen Kalsha Company, three to the Osaka Shosen Kalsha company, one to the governop ment and one to Nisaburo Hironi. The value of the cargoes of stone, cement and iron is placed at 400,000 lelf yen. aid There are two harbors at Port Arlite thur, an inner and an outer harbor. Ity The entrance to the outer harbor from to- the open sea is about a mile and a half bis wide, between two promontories known c [ it as Golden Hill and Man-tou-shan, on to both of which are formidable fortifino cations. The actual channel used by red vessels drawing twenty-two feet of ?er- water or more Is about 880 yards wide, )ve and as a matter of pratection, the Russians have anchored booms projecting led from either shore, leaving a very narrow passage. On both sides of the did booms mines are anchored so as to a iiiu nhotnif.1 tho onfmnee of an enemv I from the outside. The first attempt, an- as I have said, was a failure, and the led five vessels were scuttled and sunk >he outside of the passage. The second } It attempt was more successful, but still ces left a portion of the channel clear, igh The third attempt was completely suc>in. cessful. Three steamers, the Yedo ps. (1.724 tons,) the Odaru (2,574 tons) ief. and the Sagami (1,926 tons) were sunk led in such a way as to close the entrance illy entirely to vessels of heavy draft. Torihe pedo boats and destroyers drawing not re- more than twelve or fourteen feet have leu been able to pass in and out, but it the took three months of blasting to clear rt- a way for cruisers and battleships. Ev'el en then they had to be navigated with an- the greatest care along a channel ler marked with buoys, and could not pass c ise in the night. e ler The success of the third attempt was the more remarkable because It was c made in a gale of wind. The sea was v so heavy that an open boat could * scarcely survive, which Is doubtless g |n one reason for the large mortality, and v , the weather was so thick that the com- li nf . t " manders of the co-operating vessels could not communicate or even see f ? each other. t me er_ The Yedo, Odaru and Sagami lie v _ side by side, bows pointing in, at the ? very center of the channel, at the ex- t gre act place named In the instructions to t their commanders, where they were f sr~ t. I coolly scuttled by their own crews. ^ The Totami, which was leading the o squadron, passed in between the ier 0 Dm booms, struck a contact mine and v sunk broadside across the channel, just f oeyond the narrowest part. The Mlkawa went by her and was blown up ay her own crew, most of whom es?aped. She went down lengthwise almost In the center of the channel. The \sagao was disabled by the guns of he Russian fortifications and drifted lground before reaching the entrance, rhe Sakura struck an electric submarne mine before reaching the narrow dace and every soul on board?Comnander Shiralshl and nineteen men? vas lost. While the Yedo*was backing and fill ng in order to find the exact position vhere she was to be sunk, as indicated >n the chart, she was hit by a shell rom a fort on Golden Hill, which killid her commander, Lieut. Takayagi. 3ub Lieut. Nogata, a boy of twenty rears old, took command, and under a orrent of shot and shell from fortiicatlons on both sides of the channel le proceeded to carry out his orders is coolly as if he were manceuvering n a peaceful harbor. He held in his jand the chart which had fallen from he grasp of his superior officer, whose nangled body lay at his feet, and gave >rders to the helmsman and the engineer. When he had found his place le ordered the anchor to be dropped, icuttled his ship, took to his boats and nanaged to reach a torpedo boat which vas lying, for the purpose of rescue, in he darkness outside. He brought iway all of his men but two, one of hem being his commander, and twelve >f the eighteen were uninjured. It vas a miraculous escape. The Odaru and Sagami were sunk in he same way at the same time alongilde of the Yedo, but every man on >oard both of them was lost. Some >f them are supposed to have reached he land, and from rumors brought >ut by Chinese coolies from Port Arhur it is believed that they fought heir captors until they were themrelves killed. There have been several iccounts from Russian authorities and rom refugees, but they differ in 1mjortant particulars. The Alkoku, like the Sakura, struck i submarine mine before reaching the ihannel and went down. Eight of her nen were drowned, but her command>r,Lleut. Inutsuka, and sixteen of the wenty-four men in his crew were resued by a torpedo boat. In his official report, from which I lave obtained the greater part of this nformatlon, the commander of the floilla says that a storm sprang upsudlenly about the time the boats were itartlng?a southeasterly squall with ind rain and mist?and he signalled ill of the vessels to withdraw and wait or more favorable conditions; but the veather was so thick that the signals vere not seen, and, following their irlginal Instructions, the commanders if the eight hulks made a dash for the larbor. The search lights usually oprated from the fortifications soon Usclosed their presence to the Rusilans, and during the last thirty mlnites of their voyage they were under a aklng fire from the forts on both ildes and were constantly colliding vith mines In the water. It was a niracle that any of them reached Its lestlnatlon. But the Japanese on toard went on about their business as coolly as If they were at practice and 10 enemy were near. Even the stolid ind unsympathetic Russians were hrllled with admiration at their coolless and daring. The spirit which animated every nan in the expedition was expressed n a speech which Lieut.Yuasa of the Sagaml made to his men before startng: "Let every man set aside all thought >f making a name for himself," he laid, "and let us all work together for he attainment of our object. It is a nistaken idea of bravery to court leath unnecessarily. Death and fame ire not .our objects in this attempt. }ur only object is success, and we die n vain If we do not carry out our orlers. You all know what those orders ire and what is expected of us. If I im killed Lieut. Yamamoto will take lommand; if he is killed you will tuxe rour orders from the chief wariant ifflcer, and if he dies from the next in ank, and so on until the last man. Ceep cool. Do not be excited. Do lot hurry. And remember that the ast man may have to carry out our irders alone." No one knows what happened upon he Sagaml, except that the instrucions given to Lieut. Yuasa were carled out literally to the last. His hulk ies In the bottom of the channel, exictly where he was Instructed to place t, but every man on board was lost, file report of his simple little speech o his men was brought from the Salami by an aide-de-camp of the comnander of the flotilla, who was so leeply impressed by it that he wrote lown the words immediately after learing them. All of the men who participated in the ovnorl IHnna tho ripnri ns well as he living:, have been promoted and lecorated by order of the Emperor. It s an amiable custom of the Japanese 0 bestow decorations and other honors upon the dead. The Government tas also granted life pensions varying rom 300 to 500 yen ($150 to $250) a ear upon the wounded and the famlles of the dead. The official report if the admiral commanding was as ollows: "Of the eight blocking vessels, five rere sunk on entering the channel of he harbor, and from this I conclude hat the entrance has been completey blocked against the passage of ruisers and battleships"?which provd to be the case. "The expedition was an event of :reat tragedy and heroism, and the asualtles compared with the two preious occasions, were much heavier. Especially is it a matter of the deepest egret that we were unable to rescue 1 single man of the crews of four essels, even their last deedS of hero3m being unrecorded. But I believe hat the conduct of those loyal and rallant men will be speedily noted in he history of the empire. Tne torpeao oat flotillas and destroyer flotillas, rhich were ordered to rescue the men f the blocking expedition, carried out heir duties efficiently, fighting against he rough weather and the enemy unit the following morning. Special iraise is due to the torpedo boat flollla, which closely approached the arbor mouth and rescued the crews f the blocking vessels." This story ought to be known to ev- I ry sailor and to every soldier In the ,'orld.?Wm. E. Curtis in the Chicago I tecord-Herald. TILLMAN ON BRICE BILL. Makes Some Remarks While In 8par* tanburg. Senator B. R. Tillman, "the father of the dispensary law," arrived In the city this morning from Washington, enroute to Clemson college, to attend a meeting of the board of trustees, says the Spartanburg Journal. As soon as the train stopped the senator alighted from the train, and, seeking the shade of a box car, he called for a paper, and newsboys were soon crying New York and Atlanta papers, but the senator wanted a Columbia paper, and as these had not arrived he began to talk with the re porters who were at the depot. The senator delivered some hot shot into the movement now on foo^ throughout the state to have the Brice bill amended and restored to its original shape so that local option elections can be held in counties desiring them. "What do I think of the movement?" repeated the senator, as he was discussing several topics at the same time with the reporters. 'Til tell you what I think about it," and the senator's voice bespoke the hidden feeling back of his statement. "I think it is like an underhanded attempt at assassination?that's what I think of it." "Why, the. idea of making the dispensary pay for running the thing and keeping down blind tigers, when the dispensary itself has been put out." "I believe," said the senator, "no, I will say it straight?no honest man could support such a measure, as far as I can figure it out." i?T 1.MAn. T A A IWIUW IIIUC A lUtXJT UC IIIIVIII5 tx hundred fellows in the legislature, but I can't help It. My opinion"?what are you talking about? It's not a mere opinion. I am the father of the dispensary law, I believe, and have had a little acquaintance with it and its origin. They would have the dispensary run out of a county and then make the dispensary system pay for keeping out their blind tigers and seeing that the law Is upheld." "No. sir; it Is not right" The senator holds that if a county wants the dispensary put out it should not look to the dispensary system for protection against the blind tigers, which Senator Tillman says would spring up and furthermore, he does not regard it as an honest business proposition, as he Intimates above, in saying that no honest man would support such a movement, as far as he can see it The senator's train pulled out while he was talking, and the reporter had no time to ask the senator what he would regard as a satisfactory arrangement for counties which might vote down the dispensary in order to have-.the prohibition law upheld and violations of it punished according to law. JAPANE8E BULLETS. Are Mild Missiles and Will Pierce the Brain Without Killing. An interesting account is given by the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Telegraph of remarkable recoveries of Russian soldiers from wounds made by what they term Japanese toy bullets. These bullets, say Russian surgeons, are If not perfectly harmless, at least the next best thing to that, forming the mildest kind of missile that has ever yet been flred from a rifle. ? -a I. ikrtt ft une 01 me cuiwei(ueiit-cg 10 uui > number of wounds, which formerly were mortal, are now healed and forgotten In a few days. "Up till now a bullet In the head," remarked a Russian physician who Is collecting data on the surgical aspect of the present war, "which pierced the brain was certain to cause death. But here we have a case In which a missile actually went through the medulla oblongata. yet the man who received the wound and cracked skull was smiling and complaining of a slight headache only on wet days. "All the men In the hospital have tiny wounds, smaller than a threepenny bit, a mere red stain, nothing more." A medical Investigator, Inquiring from Russian officers as to the character of the Japanese bullet was told: "Compared with ours the Japanese bullet is tiny, but Its velocity is considerably greater. Our magazine rifle takes a bullet of three lines and imparts to it an initial velocity of 620 meters, whereas the Japanese rifles have a 2.5 line bullet, with an initial velocity of 725 meters. The Japanese bullet only penetrates the tissue, but does not tear it. "When passing: through the abdomen it Inflicts the minimum of damage, Its chief effect being to expand the muscles of the peritoneum, which quickly contract, closing the orifice, thus saving the Injured man from peritonitis and death.?London Cor. New York Herald. Japanese Losses In Two Years.? According to the official figures given out long after the close of the war between Japan and China, the former country lost, all told, 4,110 men by death. Of these 3,148 died of disease and 231 from wounds. The number slain In battle was only 734. The Japanese lost about that number killed on the field, at Klnchou and Nanshan hill. They have had at least 1,200 or 1,400 soldiers killed or drowned at sea, besides as many seamen of their fighting ships. At the Yalu river and at Vafangow the Japanese casualties must have Included at least 500 men killed on the Held, and other engagements may have cost them 200 more soldiers slain. Altogether the losses by death In the present war, without taking account of disease, certainly equal the whole mortality of the war with China, Including the 3,148 deaths due to sickness. There Is really no comparison between the work the Japanese forces have been called on to do on sea and land in the present struggle and the easy tasks set before them In the one sided war with China.?New York Globe.