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I BIT BY -DOG. The Young- Son of Ml*. Geo. T. Bryan, of Greenville, Tat on to Atlanta for Treatment. The- many warm friends in No who r. ry of Mr. Geo. T. Bryan, of Greenville? will be pained by the followin.;, {alien from the Greenville News of Tnes(,Mr. Goo. T. Bryan left yesterday morning for Atlanta,' carrying with, h'im his little soy, who was bitten a tew days ago by a dog* which is believed ito have had hydrophobia. The trip was made in response to a telegram From tlie specialists of the Pasteur > Institute saying that this was the r wisest policy since an analysis of the dog's brain showed that it had in all probability h-vrlr<iniw>iwn [ "The stray bit the child sever al days ago and immediately after the accident .the animal was put in elosp confinement. After ahout three days it died and the head was prompt| lv sent to Atlanta. It is the hope <>f it'he many IV.icnds of the family. th:i* tre-poison did not effect upon I1k> little fellow's system and that '? ' will return heme well." I I - f 'CLEARED HIS CLIENT. Episode in the Legal Career of Ser ator Stewart. ''Everv tinif il!v\v'vi-n> will !? ? i W .. J VI .1.1.1 ?. IUV I V*t> <1 1 it) his client (above all .thini^s," .said former 'Scnuvtor Stewart of Nevada. "I (Mico hoard that ^roat lawyer, Senator Davis oC Minnesota, say, 'Wive.li ?a lu'aii places his life in my i bands there is swine danger that T i may to the penitentiary, hut there , is.no dano'or that lie will hanjr.' 1 "'Senator .Davis moaaiu1 to convey j the idva that he would resoirt to every ; conceivable iwans to save (lie* life of ; any client who placed that life in his < keepin<r. That was the principle which efneonipassvd me when T was | in criminal practice. Because I went I ?to extremes in saving a man from the i gallows I quit criminal practice. t "My las! criminal case w-as n sin tr- 1 nlair one. f was practicin.v l.:nv in < Nevada and had achieved quite a re- i putiatwn as uv erwniiual lawyer by i reason of several almost phenomenal \ successes, as luck would have it. The i rougher element seemed to have con- i fidenee in me and to fewl safy in plac- ;i in<r their in.toresls in my charge. Thus ji ij. happened 'that whem a man named i Ellis wns :i rrr>..f.n.l f?n* l.-llliiw .1 named O'Brian, on. a mining ela ton. a friend ?>f Ellis came to me and paid c me a retainer to defend Kllis. 1 1 accepted the retainer without in-akin^ j any in.|uriies as to details or parti- 1< (Millars. I was busy wi!h other mat- I t.MN. 11 "Jus! hefou'e'the ease came to trial e T looked into it mid Pound t.lvat the li case. against Ellis wa^ a slronir one. n In fact, 7 did not see how KMi.s was to o haw a 'illost of a show for his life. I >' could find no pilea on which to de- 1; fend him. The community was pre- :i jsnliccd against him, amd some of my y 'best fri'end.s came >to me amd befrsred " mo no.t to defend him. I had accept- s ed the retaineir, and T was Ellis' lawyer. It. was my duty to save, him, if ?' possible. OonfiequciiiMy T told mv S' friends that. I was E.Mis' lawyer-and o (liait I intended ito ckrair him. For the w life, of nvc, T didn't known how, a though. 'J' ""As tiri.nl day direw iviph, Ell,is ?< grew more latnd mo.ro neirvous. He n se'ivt. for nve airftin and ajya.in to come ei awl s<w. him, but T jyersistMntlv refus- a ?a/| In /1A OA T Pnlf 1? l r" ... >n.? j ion 111 <11 iiv? '<u~i ji'u-ri- sv ty. I boiliovcd itha.t he would He to ifme an<l confuse me. T s.t>ayed awav from him and swnt word thai T ri wouJd b'e on hand to defend him. lie hi was obliged tio ho satisfied. No other h lawyer would1 take- Jus ease. But I H made a bluff of telling all over town o that T was going to clean* Ellis. M-ean- li *imo I had .been making desperate al plams for my eli/ent. M "Omily one yeair previous to the w triial of Ellis a popular young Irish- O man named Barney had Wen convicted <if murder on circumstantial evi- ai dvMice. (Subsequently the irend m?ur- II derer w-as found -and lynched. flitf I).' ease of poor unfortunate Barney was f1! fresh in t?he minds of all. -and (lie man who had been his attorney -and had ,v< ean'ne.stily plea'dwd for his life, was tr now .the presiding judge. Moreover, w the principal witness against my main tr Ellis had been t.he principal witness against poor Barney. di '"There was lanother witness, w!io Tl was afflicted with 'an impediment in sN his speech. 'When excited lie would at stu titer and go Mnwigh such eontor- tli it (ions .that .liobody could understand tii anything -that ho said, wild his ges- le; lures wwre the writ.hings of an in- re sane man. T had no witness for lira dePemso and had d?o dear my man re with tdio witnesses for the prosecu- if tion. '"V "There luad bwni a row on tlva m mountain side, and the evidence to showed Mva.t Wilis hud murdered a man named 0 Milieu without provocation exeopt that O'llrkiu had churned prior riuht to tJie mi'irct of whie'a K-LIis had t'akeni po.-'"ess ion. OMi.rien had g'ono iivto the mountain to assert his claim, wild Rllia ImkI killed him in the presence, of two witnesses. 4' WeM, wihem the tiine 'came for trial I'M lis sent ward to me that lie wanted to talk to me in 'the court-! room, hut I sent 'back word for him to keep his mouth shut iinwl see nie immediately afl<er the t>ria.l was over. The poor devil sat in the dock and eyed me wistfully. I could see t.hait lie had confidence in me as a criminal .lawyer who had mnvir lost a ease, hut his life was ait stake, and he was ji'uessin?,shard. 1 allowed the prosecution to make out its ease with it.-? wi (messes amd offered no objection ?f amy kind. J told1 .tht<m that 1 was husv jinvd wanted to jrcit thtrouirii with the tria'l 'as soon as possible and as soon as my client wa> ac(|iiit<tod must lake up another case, involving ? .meat deal of property. It wa-~ a liluff, of course. !mt a hlulV sometimes hi'a l s a t*n 11-ha imI. "W.hi-n : ?v t'Uiii ia:no 1 took 1.1 ie principal witness i\,r 111prosi-i-ii?' hi. a.id I wci.;t aft;r hurt in this . ii. i mi is'j'i* inc ii'MU swniv j away fclie life of poor Barney last year, llis hhiod cri'.-s a?loud let- veulivance. We aiil know, everybody here know.-, .jud.^e ami jury ami ail the people know, that you swore -away the life of thait poor hoy wlvau lie was hiaiocent. You seem to make it your hu4im\ss to testify in sui'h cases. You cvids?n.tily like to place yourself in a po.-.itkm where you can swear nw-ay hum van lives. Everybody knows t.lia.t poor lVainwy was here in Nevalu, and liis ayed 'inoither weepim^ in Ireland, wlien you swore against him, fund lie- was h.?vn?vd alto^'eitllivr On four testimony. T don't know what von 'have against Kllis iiere. hut nf' 'our.-e you liave some iprudive.' "lfere tlie prosecutiusr attorney M'opprly inl-erfered and demanded hat the witness he pmteeted from ihuK, but the jud^e ruled that llie >V1.M L'U'IU'.! 'OAl-n t. <1..* l.l1.. if - -? ....... ....... ...H.n- 11 t\ <l\ I I I (II I UK r barney deserved no protection. That leeisiton lvad an immediate effect upni l>ho jury and \ could s?o it. 1 was lot! defending Ellis directly, but I Vas suoccssful.lv prejudiciiiig t hv* muds of tJio jury wmiust (he witic.-v-i. I kept <Mii .abusing him and fini.l.ly compelled him to admit to judge rnd jury that ho had been mistaken n the Barney ca.se 'the preceding.' 'car. Then I rauMed .and shouted: "'How dare you come into this r-iirt to swear awav another huiuan ife? 11-ow dare you appear before a ury of itii'te.ll.i.u<'?it men. r> 11 of w.hum i'lmw of the Batrney ca-e? Von admit hat yoiu wi re mistake n in Mie l!aricy case ami your testimony lian_rd (bat unhappy -lad. I'ul yon e-in't ang 1** 11 is wilii your pi o.ju.iiei d ???: ? i iionv. I Hiank finuf that the people f Nevada did not mob you his;, ear, amd I hope. IIYat th.n- will not nich yon now, but you had be I '.or el out ? f this community as soo'i as <xi can or I" will not vouch for your -orthless life. Get- off the witness I am d an d got out of my sight.' "ITe disappeared,. lie was almost i-aovd to death, >aiiil~ the jury could oc that: too. While ho was getting u.i. of the room 1 called for the other iilnevs, ami lie came to the. stand in nervous, I reni.bling manner, which idic<iited that I already bad him ?ared alomst to dtavtih. II>e was very inch excited and evidently ex peet:1 me. to go after him as I had gone ft or the other witness. Hie could 'arccly s'tannmor his name, and 'Ibis ; what 1 did to liini: " ' You sot O 'Brian, the dead man, lise a shovel and t?ry to brain EH is ere. You saw BLlis mini away from iin. You saw O'Brien run after EI9 clear to the edpre of the pit. Your ivn eyes witnessed <tlio fact that Els I'd not. draw his j?un until he w^s l)out to he hraimed and knocked inito 10 pit. Now, toll I ho jury the truth ithoul anvy heftitaition or r|nibbliup:, ut wiiMi i-t!' "The po'or fellow 'hcuan to stutter ul stammier and s'liake his head. V stammered and finally put his inds |o his eves, tears of vexation owin!?\ and then T shouted: '' 'Tears will not avail you. Let >ur conscience work. You know the ut.li. and you know t>ha! this deed a. as (done Ln self defense. Tell the P nth or fret, off the stand.' . "Ho ffot. off -the stand. The jury d not know thai 'lie was a stutterer. C icv saw ondy tivat the witness was r rieken dnmh before a determined torney, and tih'ey saw from his teal's ? at lie was regrettiiifj; his direct tes- "J uvony. My case waw won. Tt took >r ss than five miinntes for I ho jury to ndon* a verdict. of not jruilty. f "As soon as the verdict had been y mlorrtd Ellis came to me and asked his life was saved, aind T replied: 'our life as safe for just ahont ten mutes. These pe-oplo are now ?oing it'lilo saloon, wml ias soon as -their THE HE j whiskey t-akos oiled pitoy will eon 11. :v /,::? v. a t;;> on a rope. Whi It!.cy are drinkin.v v.: u na-ist sr.iot u li'..o m uuita'.n !e ar.d disappear.-No l i:ol out f:i-*t a< your le will eari I you.' "No iiiatii ever thinned up a mom tain sidi:> wit.li iiN'iv expedition tlm Ivllis ditd l.lva.'. wrniu'v. I'1 d:<v pt-ared. in llio hruoli. ami nobody ev< saw him aaain in (!i ?^-o iiiis. trot on my lu/rse ami itU? disuppen ed, as I did not kix>w what the m< miiht he UMnpU'd t > do wlum till* tVi.iled to fi'iwl 101 lis. Of emuse, aft< they down, uoiio of tho hlamod me 1W si-vinir my-elient. n though they weiv :i.!l satisfred that 1 was u'ui'lty. Kvci Wio jurymen tol mo afterward that they did not si how they even- acquit toil him. "That w is my i'ii ?.. c:r-e in erimii al practice. I dcchwed that I woul never a^a.ini kike t.lie ease of any ma eiharn'od wit'i murder. I felt that Jul* J d'(?:my defy r* a lawyer an had .wed the !if.' if :i client wli <! h.'.t !ilV ! me. 1 w: d-":>p!y iiu'iris ' 1 with belief t!i; ! n ;f ,! . it u:><!er an tii I'nin:v.i .s. Si i'lit eriii'.vi: praet.iee :!n*i wrnj in!" p; litie-. lb I 1-" I > > sr '!! J lie :.v ! K!Ji<. had di 'ii.i .'1 him fr.ur. my mind <! liroly. hul t-.11 or twelve ve;ws aftei ward I was i:i Salt Lake City part in pajiinu- 'in :< ?*!ili? nv ,'linjr. Late a ,,;..i.i i 11 ...-Jin. I u;i> \\;!.KM1 r 1?> my when a. man- 'u.-i'k;l mM <>f a li(lk> -a I 1 '.v. hamied mo a piwtf? nf mr.ney ami sui;l: 'Take il. It's y"n'y. Yo;i earn o-d mere, hnl lha( is : '! 1 -'"ive n<i\\ Y< a saved my li IV. I'm Kllis.' "Wi'lit thai lie ili-innest and have never se^n <t Iicjm:?l <>1 iiin siineo. All of Iho cireunrslances wer a^ain-si him, and \v! may'te he \va (5 B1FFI 3by stay ins lo th VIC >HoWER.S or .SHIRTs a '1/R.NI^HINfl GooPaS ARE VINDOW.S AND CA.SE.S-loLLAR.S; TIE.S CORREC. /NDERWE'AR PALATAB IO.SE so tasty THAT kovseks up. IT Will HINO.S TO HELP YOU RONT." AND A dOOD t IOW Do THE.SE THINGS ^ RE-SPECTf I UP-TO-T :rald and news. 1 * i ??> 1 io in hoc cm it-. A main who will go out of lo his way to pay a debt as lOllis did ip must have some good (qualities in him. \v in the purso 1 found the neat suiu of y $750, which muist >have -represented !iis savings for a 'long I inie. 1 pivn sumo that lie ha.d been watching my m movements -anul followed me on that ?- occasion in order .to pay for my ser r vice-! and let mo know that ho real-. 1 I izvd something of their value to him. r- Whcthotr lie was innoce.it or not I 'b dad my plain duty in dofenduing him. <y NTo other course would have saved >r him from hanging, ami it was well in t\>v i.im tiiat no got out of sight as 1- quickly as he did. Those ware strenio ti:?u? days in the minting regions. If Id 1011 is is alive, ho will not blame me for e tcllitnr* the story. If he was innocent, he wi'M be glad to hava it told." --'Smith D. Fry an Ijos Augvdes {\ Times. v " 10.000! (] Airents wanted at once, previous ,, experience is not essential, write soon ,Sjif you wish to make money faster ,! 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NOW ON ,5HOW IN Ol/R -THE PROPER C APERaS IN 1 TIN aSHAPE AND COLOR; , LE TO THE aSKIN, AND j 1 YOU WILL ROLL YOUR J L TAKE ALL Of THEaSE ( PUT ON THAT "600D 1 "RoNT WILL HELP YOU. , )TRIKE YOU? ^ULLY, CWART PERRY Co., HE-MINUTE DEALERS. co^ Friday, \Kg' 7 w\ '-y \?&i I M&y ' '5V.^V ^.v? jMjj5- ! !/ *&*iX'' fisifi:''" i?W( r i AgS^C^.. Si PsMcg^JH i i' e l* 'V * M V I' jbfst.- '~',-,.^^2!?a^r-j^'.:^ftr? and Great Trained Enlarged to Many Ti s,r ffif I? i** JJ ||^||ji|^ /j| ^ IilftSiiwl8fc s toik feM ? Hiifp| J WililgiW III?' IM : 1: i !$ii? IfifiH; ji^l^Wg ? W}-1! Mi'fi ?'?IP WJ& See the Great Performing Elephants, I, Ponies, Dogs and Monkeys. Whole Trou] and his Comedy Mules. Gorgeous Street Parade at Noon, ai Grounds Immediately After the Parade. Dry Goods, Notions, S thing that belongs to an store. Every article i No old stock, no last sec from New York. Our m spent two weeks in thai perienced man buying a market. All come to sec children, we can fit all. For the first. Next to Bank. FJLVIfl II N G April 3. jj Animal Exposition mes Its Former Size J I wm? ^ KM I Hi I famous i IPPfm i fW. ii) \$, wm. I WiSWli I ?&VS<3>'%r WE f rouioro | m? ?mm. &m V&, 0 m.n w *is if m< skv 1 ,ions, Tigers, Beautiful Trained Horses, p of Funny Clowns. Panhandle Pete ul Big Freo Exhibition at the Show hoes, Clothing, everyI i _4* A _rl o 4-/\ I""\ M? ? ^ ^ ^ ? vijy hj uait; i7i y uuuub iew and up-to-times. ison's goods, all direct anager Lonnie Black, . city with a well ex~ nd getting the oest in 3 us, men, women and Store open the 19th ;k&Son, Prosperity, S. C.