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The Four' (~xsr. A knock at the dor out hea Was dreaming a dream of famre: And the one knocked drew softly hack And never again he came. A knock at the door-so soft As soft-as shy-as a dove. But the dreamer dreamed tIl i was gone And the guest was Lv". A knock at the door--again a The dreamer dreamed away . ; Unheeding-deaf to the gentle ea Of the one who came that day. A knock at the door --no imore dl The guest to the door came. Yet the dreamer dreamed of the one p who called- Lpt For the guest was Fame. la A knock at the door-but still He gave no reply. And the waiting guest gave a cheery hail Ere he slowly wandered by. A knock at the door in dreams The dreamer fain would gre 'e Till the guest stole out wit i aii in- I bled sigh And the guest was Hope. 1. A knock at the door-'t was loud. With might in every stroke: And the dreamer stopped in his d.ream ing thought, And suddenly awoke. Iv A knock at the door-he ran at With the swiftness of a breath: tt And the door swung wide, and the CI guest cime in- i And the guest was Death. si WEATHER AND CROPS. The Fall of Hail Was Destructive in l Some Counties. it RAIN HELPED LATE CROPS. p ra The Word Storms Were Contined P of Principally to the Western in Half of the State. r The temperature average nearly r normal during the week ending Mon- fc day, Aug. 18th, with a mean of 78 de grees, a maximum of 102 degrees at Anderson on the 11th, and a minimum i of 62 degrees at Columbia en the 16th. to The first part of the week was much cc the warmest, and the close of it quite P cool. The sunshine was deficient to a slight, but not harmful, extent. a High winds accompanied thunder a storms on the 14th and 15th. during d considerable damage to crops and a buildings over much of the western half of the State. Destructive hail re occurred in Anderson, Pickens. Green- p ville, Saluda, Union, York and.Ker- c shaw counties, with less damaging 1 hail in a number of other counties in the northern half of the State. in Rain fell somewhere on every day fa except the 13th and 17th, heaviest on b the 14th and 15th, and most general b over the central portions of the State. g The rains did not reach the coast ex cept as light showers, and there were t localities in the middle Savannah val- c<( ley that had no rain. Many places in c the central and northeastern sections b> had from two to nearly four inches, c< and the average for the State was 1.82 inches. ft These rains were very beneficial to sl peas, sweet potatoes, forage crops, rt late corn and cotton, and for putting p: the soil into good condition for fall a] planting of vegetables and truck. ,p< Early corn is being gathered in ti places, and all fodder has been strip ped from it. Some fodder was spoil- h; ed by the rain. Young corn, and ec that planted on the bottom lands. im- di proved materially, and are generally 0] quite promising. Where the rains were fc light or absent, the corn crop is very Ji poor. The rains did not help early cotton tU on sand soils, and it continues to rust rt and to shed all but nearly mature bolls, w with some premature opening. Late ai cotton, and that planted on clayey soils, has started a. new growth, and w continues to bloom. The new growth pi will put on a top crop, but many cor- la respondents do not believe that this p will have time to mature before frost. Mature boils are opening fast, and p picking has begun in all sections-.t This work will be general in the next hi to bloom, but needs more rain.p Very late tobacco was injured in n places by the heavy rains; the last curing is nearly finished. Rice har- i vest will begin in a week or two. Up- ti land rice has improved slightly. For- ci age crops will be better than expected, di especially peas and grass. Sweet pa- sc tatoes and cane gained materially, h< Turnip sowing is under way, but where sown earlier, poor stands have been di secured. Late peaches, pears and b grapes are plentiful. FROMI CORRESPONDENTS. p3 As there were unusual conditions 9( last week, the State pints the fol lowing extracts from the reports of Mr. Bauer's correspondents: Abbeville.-Willington: Another w week of dry and hot weather: farmers aN pulling fodder and beginning to pick ~f cotton; outlook for forage the porest mi in years; cotton will not make overt half a crop.-R. F. Morris. er Anderson.-lva: Rain this week.I but the hot and dry weather last week did great damage to late corn and cot ton; cotton not much better than last - year; fodder pulling will soon be gener- d< al.-J. N. Mc Alister. IY Bamberg.--Bamberg: Three good t rains this week, beneficial to peas, qi rice, pastures and late cotton: foddera pulling about iinished: cotton picking will be general next week; some cotton m damaged by winds.-W. S. Bamberg. fo Barnwell.-Fairfax: Plenty of rain for growing crops, and benefited peas. cane, potates and late cotton; old cot way; fodder pulling finished.-G. S. i O'Neal. In Berkeley.-Pinopolis: Still very hot: but little rain in this vicinity: in ax places cotton is rusting and opening c prematurely: fodder pulling almost t finished; where there has been rain e peas are growing well.-J no. H. j Porcher. Charleston.-Light rainfall every day kept ground damp: sea island cot ton doing well, but needs more rain: ai grass for hay growing fast: gardense and fall truck doing splendidly.-L N. Jesunofsky. i Chester.-Cornwell: An abundanceb of rain has fallen this week: its effect ti on crops cannot now be foretold: cot- Id ton opening fast and being picked: young corn doing wvell; also sweet potatoes: old corn all stripped of fod der.--Jim S. McKeown. Chesterfield.-Cheraw: Two inches 03~ of rain during the week: weather d favorable on crops :eotton on light o sandy soils is rusting and dying. late ti corn and peas are fine: cotton picking ti will be general next week.-John H. ci pown< :: conl as doing elli \'r !y ripe, harvetllst ig willi beain t the toth: pe:i, p I ai l r i . -. E ichbouariu - .lidt' Hall: Almost 2..) ering i ti ei w-er: bine growing ,i hal' andI; corn: oi, well: rice -'i1i: ch lrustng will begin rt thle tish: peas. ptatoes and ac A 0n" well.-o.. E. eras .li'ld.o very 11'1ti 1 :i i rains i i :md oh -lalsoton 1th a nd ii ig tihe w~eek were l)Lnc i.'iat (ON a w ha i and corn: c tle1Tt ain 0flisif: mact rast anr sti rei-g te oh tur(id 1)i'g progrsis. . p( L i\. N. c . "I FaiieI. S ert : II il: Nice rains ,11( i:(tli: also on 14th .nd b~.\V: ail and and *heavy rain 'as- (late: vegetatitfl greatly ire c'ic-d: t urni p sowi ng in progress. L. i~un'h. Fairield.--Shelto(n: heavy rains on th, accompanied by strong west Inds: another severe storm on 15th: o(I much rain for cotton. which is de riorating rapidly.-F. E. Maybin. Florence.-Ebenezer: Weather fa ,rable this week for pulling fodder d curing tobacco: the few showers it fell were needed for growing ups: cotton opening. some being eked.-J. C. Wilson. George town- Piantersvi lie: No rain nce last report: gardens suffering: cc harvest will begin in about 10 tvs. rivers low: sweet potatoes grow *g nicely.-ll. P. Freser. Greenwood- Bradley: Shower from )th to 16th: some places without in: in some sections crops very good. others poor: cotton had stopped "owing and it is too late for second -owth to mature a crop: forage crops .or.-.. C. Culberson. lampton.-Early Itanch: Much in has fallen: benetitted peas, cane, tatoes and other minor crops: most the cotton has rusted and. is open g rapidly: fodder about all pulled. .m. Stokes. Kershaw.-Tiller's Ferry: G o o d tins on 11th and 15th: tine weather ir peas, potatoes and turnips: early >dder all gathered.-J. W. Gardner. Laurens.-Waterloo: Good rains on !th and 15th: too late for old cotton: )tton shed young bolls. leaving noth L but matured ones: young cotton oks well: some being picked: young )rn doing well: all forage crops look comising: poor stands of turnips. . W. Campbell. Lexington. -Sei vern: Plenty of rain. ad little sunshine: cotton shedding id rusting badly: fodder pulled: peas )ing nicely: sweet potatoes promis g: poor stands of turnips: only half crop of corn.-J. F. Lyles. Marion. -Baker: No rain since last port: cotton picking has begun: ants well fruited, but bolls small: rn only half a crop; sweet potatoes )ing very well: cane poor.-Jos. A. aker. Marlboro.-Clio: Rains continuous t showers and certain sections: crops irly good: cotton opening: ginning gun: fodder being pulled: corn being rvested by machinery.-D). T. Hiar ove. Newberry.-Longshore: Although e rains were "spotted." the whole untry has .had some: rust has in eased on cotton: young cotton still ooming and do'ing well, also young rn.-W. G. Peterson. Orangeburg.-Elloree: Rain plenti 1 the last two weeks. but cotton ows no improvement: consderable st in sections; opening rapidly and -ematurely: picking becoming gener :peas poor; rice looks well cane. tatoes and gardens benefitted by ie rains.-L). Lee Evans. Pickens.-Liberty: A destructive tii storm in vicinity seriously injur corn and cotton: high winds did mage to crops and fruit: cotton ening prematurely and shedding: dder begun: turnips being sown. i. T. B'oggs. Saluda.-Delmar: Pelnty of rain is week: heavy local winds: cotton sting in places: fodder being pulled: sather unfavorable for saving fodder id picking cotton.-A. L. Eargie. Spartanburg.-Arlingtonl: T h e gather favorable on all crops: fodder ling underway; cotton is opening: te corn is fine, also peas and sweet tatoes.-J. J. Miller. Sumer.-Statesburg: Cotton im -oved since the rain began :'bout ro weekS. ago, and on clay soils a avy top cirop may be expected: pick g has begun on a small scale; peas: tatoes, gardens and pastures doing cely.-W. W. Anderson, 31. 1). Union.- -Jonesville: Local storms th and 15th gave the northern por >n of the county plenty of moisture: ops were damaged somewhat by 'ought: nodder pulling has begun: al cotton picking: the pea crop will be ~avy.-E. P. O'Shields. Williamsburg. -Cox: Fine rains iring the past two weeks greatly nefitted crops: cotton has suffered ore than any other crop: peas are omising: fodder pulling underway: ars and grapes plentiful: good iather to plant fall vegetables. iss M. E. Cox. Yok.-Leslie: Heavy rains this sek, with hail that did great dam e. destroying half the cotton crop its path, which was about seven iles long~ and one mile wide: fodder at had ~been pulld -was destroyed: ops are good.-D. T. Teslie. No Negroes. The Greensboro ilecord observes: Xn adlertisemnent of a real estate aer in Maine appearing in the New o-k Journal offers great inducements settlers. It says: "No tlies, no mos iitoes and no negroes,' which sh.ows straw (If more or less magnitude. v the way, what would bie said of a an in the South advertising such a t " And this in New England : One Boy Slays Another. George Campbell. aged 15 years, was stantly killed at Sandy Creek church. ar Ozark. Ark., by Theodore 'ade. the same age. Wade and iother boy were fighting, when impbell ran up and stabbed Wade in te arm. Wade seized the knife and it young Campbell's throat, killing m instantly. Wade is under ar'rest Severe Storms in Iowa. Another series of severe lightning id windstorms passed through South .stern Iowa Tuesday evening, doing uch damage. In the last few weeks ore than 100 barns have been struck lightning near Keokuk and more Lan that number in Southeastern wa. Many Northeatst Missouri coun as have suffered the same way. Heaviest Storm in Years. The heaviest stor'm in years passed r Greenville Thursday afternoon. maging mui~ch property. A nu~mber houses were blown down west of e 'ity. a:'l trees were torn up by e rots One residence within the :y was comnpletely demolished, but A IAYN G ( CUP Presented to Mr. J. E. Normnent by the Candidates. HE GOT THE UNANIMOUS VOTE l:- tn 'ae coIpaigIers. Though Him'4;1 Nt a Candidate: Unless For M1~atrimiony. as I)r. Timre miermaan Hinted. The Columbia State says there was a scene in the opera house in that city Thursday night which warmed the hearts of all the newspaper men pres ent. Be fore 1.>00 people, many of them ladies. Mr. J. E. Norment was called to the front of the stige and presented with a silver loving cup as a testimonial of esteem from the can didates for State otlices. Mr. Norment is a member of the staff of The News and Courier. and is k~novn over South Carolina a; a man of sterling character. Ile was engaged by The News and Courier and The State to represent these papeis jointly on the campaign. So fairly, impar tially and nicely has he done this ar duous work that the campaigners themselves, for the first time in the history of campaigns in this State. made sub3tantial recognition of his manliness and his personal magnet ism. )r. W. Ii. Timmerman. the noble old warhorse candidate for governor. is president of the candidates' organiza tion and to him was delegated the pleasant duty of making the presenta tion. At the close of his speech last night, )r. Timmerman called MIr. Norment to the front and there amid the plaudits of the audience I)r. Tim merman presented the beautiful silver cup. on which is engraved the fol lowing: Presented to 3r. J. E. Norment, Campaign Reporter, By the Candidates for State Ofice. 1902. In presenting the token, Dr. Tim merman said: It " becomes my pleas ant duty. M3r. Norment, in behalf of the candidates of the State campaign a arty. to convey to you sir. their high appreciation of the fair and impartial manner in which you have reported for publication the party meetings at which we 'as candidates have spoken, this being the last one: and for the uniform courtesy and kindness which you have shown us. individually and collectively, at these meetings. And as a further token of our high ap preciation of your services as an im partial and accurate reporter allow me, sir. to present you. for these State candidates, and in their name, this 'loving cup.' "And I feel quite sure that I be speak the sentiment of this entire campaign party when I wish for you a bright and joyful future-that pros perity and fame be yours, and that the highest tiessing which can only come to man through the union of heart with heart and hand with hand of some fair Christian maiden to sip with you the sweets of life f rom this loving cup' shalicrown your joys." MIr. Norment was quite overcome for the moment, but recovering him self after the applause had subsided. he said: "D~r Timmerman and friends of our campaign party: in the very last mo ments of our pleasant association as fellow travelers you have me confront ed with one of the few impossibilities of such communion-that of express ing to you the appreciation that in stinctively comes from such remem brance and of saying openly thoughts that live only in the heart. it does not at first sight seem unusual that an ob scure newspaper correspondent should be included in that courteous conside ration which you. gentlemen, have manifested toward each other while seeking the sufrages of your fellow citizens for useful and honored service to your State and to your country. This inherent standard of gentle breed ing. the inalienoble birthright of every trueborn South Carolinian. has been Fin evidence on every platform of this campaign when gentlemen met gentle men in friendly, but determined. rivalry. To one wvho f rom intimate as soci:tIon has gained such knowledge of you as is here so briefly referred to, it only proves the genuineness of the Ireal article, for which there has never been a substitute. As the recipient of our unfalling courtesy and considera tion I beg to accept the thanks that, nurtured in the pleasant companion ship of your sincerity, go back to you now in full fruition of generous and appreciative growth. As the indi vidual who is now the recipient of your distinguished consideration I have no words with which to express my appreciation. 'i were but little happy could I say how much.' If it would not be apparently ungenerous I would say that I feel as though I had been a candidate for every ottice in South Carolina. with unanimous elec tion for life. if you never beheld an individual who deems himself most fortunate, then in behalf of the papers I have the honor of representing as well as of myself in the language of our distinguished friend. Cansler of ITirzah. 'the pleasure of the moment is certainly with you.' We have been together in fair an:l cloudy weather, mid storms and sunshine, the bright ness of day and the darkness oJf night, and with pleasant memories of all these hours we have passed together 1hope that for each one of you the Isunset glo'w of these last moments will go through all the journey of life. Feven as it will abidie forever with me. Iin simplest words, but with apprecia Ition far too deep for speech, I beg you Fto remember that I shall never for get but shall alwvays prize and cherish this handsome testimonial which Fspeaks to me of your thoughtfulness and w ith the added eloquence of your Fregard and friendship." MIr. J. T. Gantt then offered resolu tions of thanks to Dr. Timmernman, president, and M1r. 0. B. MIartain, see retary of the Campaigners' club, and to MIr. J. E. Norment, the press repre sentative. These resolutions were unanimously adopted. IWomen Rlaid a Salooni. Belmont. a small town six miles west of Nashville. Trenn.. was the scene of much excitement, the other day. whe a mob composed of women made a raid on a saloon and complete l demolished it. The saloon. or ''l pig,"~ had been running~ for soe~ days. Women organized at one o the houses and marched in a body to the salo0on. when they began throw in rocks~ throug:h thme windows and then pooceeded to enter~ and tinish the wok, breaking the bottles and com pleey wrecking the place. The pro 1)rietor ied. A STUDY OF BALLOTS. A Heavy I :te Fxpected When :1iii t 1e"tIzurns Are in. There has been a consi<.erable c gree of speculation as to the size the vt te pulled in Tuesday's p marv. There has been some t on the part of the people of Sp:rt burg that that county would pol! 000 votes this year, but this is hart probable. In order that those into ested may have some guide in spe< lating upon the issue of next Tug day's primary, the State has prepar the following table showing the to' vote for governor in each county the first primary of 1900, the to! for the State being 92,430: Abbeville 2,202; Aiken :.151: A derson 4.211: Bamberg 1,217: Bai well 2.106: Beaufort 5s7: Berke; 1,112: Charleston 4.169: Cherol 1,798; Chester 1.778; Chesterfil 1,783; Clarendon 1,534: Colleton 2,1 Darlington 2,031; Dorchester 1.2: Edgetield 1.555: Fairfield 1,437: Fl ence 1.926: Georgetown 623: Gre< wood 1.856: Greeuville 4.520: Han tun 1,458: Iiorry 2.512: Kershaw 1,9 Lancaster 2,255: Laurens 2.906: L ington 2,942: Marion 2.752: Marlh' 1.688: Newberry 2,165; Oconee 2.3 Orangeburg :3,-51; Pickens 2,2 IRichland 2.747: Saluda 1.800; Sum 2.:119: Spatanburg 6,044; Union 1;9 Williamsburg 2,023; York 3.089. A STUDY OF VOTES. The following is the vote cast in 1 State at some of preceding primari Tillman-Sheppard primary, '92.88, Gubernatorial primary, 1894. . First senatorial primary, 1S96, Evans-Earle-Duncan.....:..78, Gubernatorial contest.'96. Whit man-Ellerbe-Harrison ....... 7S Earle-Evans senatorial contest, 1896, second primary.. .. .. .. 88, Senatorial contest,'97,.McLaurin Evans-Irby.......... . .. First primary for governor, 1898, Ellerbe- Watson-Featherstone. Tillmam-Archer, etc... ..7 Second primary for governor 1898, Ellerbe-Featherstone....... 0 First primary for governor. 1900, McSweeney - Hoyt - Patterson Gary-W hitman ......... .... .92, Second primary for governor, '98, Hoyt-McSweeney. ...........88 Some Don'ts for Girls. It Isn't at all likely that any who thinks she is in love with a n will heed "don'ts" of any kind, a she isn't to be blamed. but she mig paste the following in her scrap b< to read sometime in the future wl she feels lonely: Don't marry a man to spite other man. Remember that by doing you will certainly punish yo self, and very likely two other peog Don't marry a man because of good looks. It would be equaliy s sensible to marry him because clothes were well chosen and well ting. Don't marry a man because h( affectionate. A good head is as nec sary as a good heart. and protes tions of devotion never yet pai( butcher's bill. D~on't marry a man out of pity, out of mistaken syrnpaty. Pity m be akin to, but certainly is not. lovE nor is sympathy. N either sentimi is a sutficient foundation for mat mony. Don't marry a man because threatens to go to ruin if you don't. he is so foolish and weak as to go destruction because he cannot have way, he will be likely to do the sa if you grant it to him. A bove all, don't marry just becal you are af raid that if you refuse t offer you taay not have another. ] member that often "old maids" far happier than their married siste and they are nowise behind them having opportnities for usefulness. Don't marry a man with the hc of reforming him. If he is not eal to reform before marriage, it will little short of a miracle if he does afterward. The proof of a man's it should be his reformation and the g who marries a man vrho is still engi ed in sowing "wild oats" earns 1 punishment that is sure to be hers. The Home Merchant. Who sympathized with you wh: your little girl was sick? Was your home merchant or wa it Sea Roebuck & CoY Who carried you lI winter when you were out of a job a had no money? Was it Montgomt Ward & Co.. or was it your ha merchant? When you want to ma money for the churchs or some nee person in town, do YOU write to Jo Wan nhmaker, or do you go to 1 home merchantsy How much Siegel, Cooper & Co. give towa: keeping up the sidewalks of the to or paying the minister's salary? Wi you were sick. how many nights ( Chas. A. Stevens & Co. sit up with yc When your loved one was buried n it your home merchant that dropp the tear of sympathy and uttered 1 cheering word, or was it Marsh Field & Co. Y Of course it was 1 home merchant. You can get just good goods and just as low prices wi them as in the city. Besides, they here to right and wrong. Let the people who think it is the caper buy what they want from the ca logue merchant ponder on the abov< Tired of' the Fake. Calvin Bird, a negro, who hails fri Pearson, Ga., and who has been to ing the country with side shows a circuses as the "Wild Man of Bornel appeared at the hospital of the GC Shepherd at Buffalo, N. Y., Frid; and informed the house surgeon ti he had come to have his horns moved. The physician was somewi amazed at tirst, but upon noting 1 earnestness of the man made an exa ination of his head. Under his sci it was found that a silver plate I been inserted, in which stood t standards. Into these standards.. wb: he was on exhibition, Bird had screw two goat horns, and thousands of p pl hav'e paid admission to see horns and hear him bark. BIrd s: he met a d1octor' in Central Ameri who took him to a hospital and 1: the plate inserted. iirst giving him anesthetic, and when he awoke found the plate in his scalp. with t horns protruding. The plate will removed. The operation, the duct' say. will be a simple one. Made Him Leave. The divine healer and prophet, P kins, posing as an angel of Christ Texarkana. Ark.. r'cently. claimi he was waiting for' Christ, who wom aepear' in a fewv days. wvas taken C of town Thursday night by white et pers, flogged, his hair cut short, a he was given 30 minutes to leave tow A notice left on Perkins' door reat A BRUTISH NEGRO. he His Bold Intrusion in the House of a Lady in Aiken. le of ri- SCENE OF A FORMER OUTRAGE. lk .- He Adds Another Insult and Drives the Lady Away. The People ;r- in Pursuit. The Villain :u a- Still at Large. ed :al The affair at Vaucluse late Thurs in day afternoon, which threw the little .a town into the wildest excitement. was I te boldest and most dastardly deed n- ever committed in the south. The Cy same negro who assaulted Miss Susie :e Clark at the home of her father. a 8; mile from Vaucluse, a few weeks ago. 30: and whose name has never been jr- learned, accompanied by another ne n- gro, returned to the Clark home on Thursday afternoon, while Mr. Clark was away, and compelled the young iro lady to cook supper for them and serve (i: it in the family dining room. }' Beyond terrifying the young lady and forcing her to prepare the meal. he did not molest her, but his action was the boldest display of nerve ever heard of. he Since the commission of his former es: crime the people of the little village 92 have been watching out for the negro, 13 hut could find no trace of him. while it now seems that he was in their very 36 midst all the time. After the negro had finished his 31 meal he left the premises, and Miss Clark and some of her nearest neigh 189 bors immediately notified the citizens of Vaucluse, who organized a posse f60 and went in search of the fiend. At the latest communication from Vau cluse Thursday night they were still 74 scouring the woods and byways but had not found the negro. Friday 94 morning many of the posse returned to Vaucluse, but others continued on the hunt. Up to 3 o'clock Friday .30 afternoon no trace of the negro had been found, and there was some talk 75 of putting bloodhounds on the trail. Never was there a more indignant and horrified community, and there is no irl saying what will be the fate of the an fiend if he is captured. A telegram was received by The at Augusta Herald at 9 o'clock Thursday ok night stating that the little town of en Vaucluse was again aroused by an other attempt by the same negro who, n- a week or so ago, assaulted Miss Susie so Clark, entering the home of Miss ur- Clark and insulting that young lady a le second time. All kinds of reports were heard Thursday night. A lynch i ing was said to be on the tapis at s Vaucluse, and later it was said that a t lynching bee bad taken place. This was found to be a mistake. is A gentleman who came to Augusta eon the 7.40 Southern train Friday amorning related the facts of the a trouble. Thursday night Miss Susie Clark was alone at her home, a mile oor so from Vaucluse station. She orheard a knock at the door, opened it ay and found two burly negroes on tbe nt threshhold. She was about to shut the r-door when the negroes pushed their way into the house. The young lady he recognized in one of the negroes her Ifg former assailant, but whose name she to did not know. It was the same ne this gro who had been hunted by the men mae of Vaucluse, but who had given them the slip, and this time he was as bold ise as on his first venture. ris " e'We want you to cook us supper le- equick about it," said the bold in* tre Th~e two negroes seated themselves at a table, says the reporter's Infor mant. and proceeded to make them selves at home. One of them lit a epipe and cocked hIs legs on the table. be Miss Clark was frightened, but did sonot lose presence of mind, and, seeing ythat the men had her In their power, irl she proceeded to cook the food for _them. They were served, and one of he them demanded that she cook them a couple of eggs. "rThere are none in the~ house, but I'll get you some across the way," said Mi1ss Clark, seeing a chance to escape. en The black intruders allowed her to it go to the neighbor's for the eggs. She rs, flew from the house, and meeting a it negro boy told him to hasten to Vau nd cluse station and tell the men to come :ry to her assistance. She then hurried me to the neighbor's house. ise When the boy reached the settle dy ment he delivered MIiss Clark's mess hn age, and the men folks turned out en he masse. Guns and pistols were procur do ed, and a crowd of angry citizens lost ds no time in getting to Miss Clark's vn home. A light was still burning in en the house when the men surrounded id it. Had the negroes been caught then .u? blood would have been spilled, for the as sccond outrageous attempt of the ed same negro to insult a whiite woman he woman had determined the white all citizens to wreak vengeance on the he guilty ones. as The mna entered the house. Trhere th they found the remnants of the sup .re per prepared by MIiss Clark for her un )e welcomed visitors, but the vistors had to v'anish~ed. At once the men of Vau ta- cluse set out to apprehend tihe daring 1negroes. There is a dense swamp near by atnd it was suposed that the negroes had taken to its marshy jungles. The >m searching party scoured the woods, but l-it was a fruitless search. The negroes id seemed to have been swallowed up in >." the bogs. It was dark and they could xd not be tracked. ty, All night the search kept up. As the iat news spread of the repetition of the re- bold act by the negro who had knocked iat i1ss Clark down and robbed her home he two weeks ago, the men oft the Vau m- cluse, Aiken and Graniteville sections Lp armed and joined tile searching party. ad Several times it was thought that the wo negroes were about to be caught, but en it proved some innocent party out 'ed late, and with exclamations of disap o- pointment the searchers would strike us a new track. Still no trace of the .ys wanted men. ad Lynching Threatened. an The Columbia State says it was re he 'ported In that city Thursday night wo that thuere had been another unfortun be ate occurrence at Vaucluse and that > the people of the town were very much wrought up. The last reports were meagre, but it seemed that a lynching was imminent, It was thlere about ar- three weeks ago that a young lady In wa~s knocked down in her home by an nunknown negro and her throat was Id cut. The people of the community ut were outraged and made diligent ,search for the brute, but never found dIhm.Thursday this same lady was n. assaulted by a negro brute, and the Is: town was up in arms looking for the guilty partr. A PATCHED-UP MAN. George !:urns Has Had a Soniewhat Event rul Career. The most patched-up man in his tory hs been discovend by the Cleve land Plain 1)ealer. The name of this man is George Burns and the Plain Dealer says that "the catalogue of !,urn's afflictions and physical disabili ties reads like a list of casualties in a mine disaster or a subway explosin." According to this story, the entire top of this man's skull is gone. being re placed by a silver plate which is at tached to his right jaw: five ribs on the left side have been removed, for cing his heart to the right side of his anatomy: a portion of his right hip is missing, one of his legs has been frac tured in three places, the other in two, his elbow joints are a thing of memory, he is blind in one eye, one of his kneecaps is situated midway down his shin, and in all thirty-seven pieces of bone have been removed from his body. Burns says that at one time he was thought to have passed to the great beyond. The shroud had been prepared, the coffin was ready, when the supposed dead man rose to protest against the funeral rites. The much disabled man was born in Try, N. Y., seventy-three years ago. le claims to be a veteran of the Mexican and a survivor of the Civil wars. le join ed the navy schoolship Hartford short ly before the outbreak of the latter conflict. He served under Farragut and while on an expedition along the Mississippi river he was struck by a shell and the entire upper portion of his skull was shot off. For weeks he havered between life and death after submitted to an operation involving the insertion of a large silver plate in his skull. After the Civil war Burns says he served on the Jeanett during the Greely expedition. On his return he was caught in machinery while serving as an engineer in a plant at Charleston, S. C. According to Burns' statement he was hurled around the factory for some minutes. He was crushed beyond recognition and when rescued was pronounced dead. He was borne tenderly to the morgue and laid away on ice. He there regained consciousness and informed the at tendants that he was still to be numbered among the living. Storing Many Eggs. Farmers of McClean county, Ill., are organizing an egg trust, and sev eral are engaged in storing eggs in plants constructed especially for the purpose, to be held until next winter's demand. A firm in Danvers, a village west of here, has erected a building es pecially for the storage of eggs, and expect to pack the enormous sum $1, 000,000. The enterprise promises to be an extensive one. A systems of wagons radiating all through the connty and those adjoining will be placed In service, and eggs will be bought from all who are willing to sell. The eggs are being packed by a novel process which is in vogue in Den mark, and which was recently intro dused into this country. As soon as the eggs are received they are placed on zinc Irames holding ten dozen. These frames are perforated, so that they will hold the eggs, yet none will drop through. When fifty of the frames are filled they are carried into a dark rtom and a candle placed under each frame. The good eggs show clear like globes of light, while the bad ones appear dark in spots, or all over according to the degree of bad ness. The eggs are then tested for "breaks," and those broken are dis posed of to the bakers. Having pass ed both of these tests, the trays, with their contents, are placed on an eleva tor and lowered into the basement of the building. Many tanks of cement, with walls a foot and a half in thick ness, like huge beer va'ts, are located below. Each is seven feet long and the same width and depth4 and each holds 10,000 dozen. The tanks hold a colorless liquid, the ingredient of which are kept a secret and which is claimed to preserve the eggs for months. The eggs are piled on top of each other in the tanks, but the liquid between them prevents them from breaking each other by their own weight. _________ One Way to Kill a Dog. George Mechou, a coal miner of Scall Siding, near Drifton, Pa., want ed to relieve his mangy dog of suffer ing by killing him. Disliking the sight of blood. he tied two sticks of dynamite to the dag's tail, lighted a long fuse and bolted for the house. Hie forgot, however, to tie the dog. The dog got to the house only to find the door slammed in his face, so he crept under the cabin, which stood on posts. Nothing was left of the dog, and the cabin was blown into small pieces. Mechou and his wife were found full of splinters among the ruins. They will be laid up for a month. A Fast Train. A railroad train has run 149 miles, between Buffalo and Syracuse, In 145 minutes, including a two minute stop at Rochester, says the New York Trib une. Isn't that just about as fast as any reasonable person should care to travel? Will the world be much bet ter off if it getes electric cars running at the rate of a hundred miles an hour? As to airships-well, nobody knows what they may do at some time in the future. They sail and soar, are not tied to metal trackways, and the wildest imagination can sail and soar and roam at will with them up among the clouds. A Forgiving Widow. Mrs. Jessie P. Lambert. a rich and pretty widow, of Petersburg. Va., was married at Richmond. Va.. Tuesday, to George W. Phillips, of Wilmington, N. C., a young man of 23. against whom she recently charged the theft of jewels and $50 in money. Phillips arrived in Petersburg several months ago and secured board at the home of a sister of Mrs. Lambert. The widow lent him many handsome jewels and $50. Hie disappeared, and she swore (ut a warrant for him, lie was ar rested and taken to Petersburg for trial. The charge was withdrawn and the couple were marriedl. At It Again. Officers of the steamer Dahome re port a severe eruption of Mont Pelee, on the Island of Martinique. at noon of Thursday. The eruption was fol lowed by total darkness five miles away from the volcano. It was 20 minutes before it again became light. The Dahome was obliged to change her course to escape the volcanic dust which fell heavily upon deck. THE post-office receipts of Columbia for the past year show that the city is making rapid strides. In 1888 the re ei pts were $17,840,26 and in 1891 21,420,29. Last year they were $45, 43.96. This is an admirable show ng7 STRANGE EMETIR1 When Lease Expires Bofles Ai Thrown Outside of Inclosure. Ancient Ground in Cuba Whe Bodies Are Placed in Nrches in the Wall Sealed by Exquis ite Marble Tablets. Behind the leper hospital in the Sa Lazaro district of the ciiy of Rldvar there lies an old cemetery. Few c the many visitors to that city kno that there is such a place; stiil fewt ever pass beneath its viue-covered po tal. Thousands visit the Colon c :r tery, with its massive gateway ax.d i beautiful monuments; not .e oii thousand sets that city of the tea which was established by Bisl& p . De Espada in 1S05. For 25 yea:- it h stood unused for burial purpo ea. In old toman days, in the time of tl funeral pyre, it was customary t gather the ashes of the incinerate dead and place them in funeral urn These were sealed and deposited i niches in the walls of special building or inclosures, to which was applied ti name of columbaria, for the reaso that their appearance suggested dovecote. The general idea of the c< lumbaria has been preserved any though unusual, is far from uniqu The more modern system dispens< with the burning and deposits the co fined body in niches only differing fro1 those of the Roman days essential; in their size. This is the system < the Espada cemetery in Havana, sa3 the New York Post. The opening of a strongly-locked an heavily-barred iron gateway gives pa sage into a high walled inclosure < some three or four acres in exten Neither monument nor standing tom1 stone breaks its flat and grassy are A grass-gro-wn pathway leads straigl across the piat to the mortuary chap upon its northern side. All around aa the walls, four to five yards in heigh showing four tiers of round-topp niches, some open and some closed an sealed. Midway the western wafl gateway opens upon a second incl sure of similar area to the first. thou of different arrangement. A brie paved walkway crosses it from east 1 west, bisecting a series of interior wal which extend through its greate length. If my memory serves me, tbei are six of these structures. alternate: open and arching the pathway. Her too, the surrounding walls and the is terior structures show the four rov of niches. A little countirgandaroug calculation gave the total number i both inclosures at about 12.000. The ground immediately around t) chapel. in the outer yard. is largely o cupied by the horizontal slabs whiC mark the resting place of those who: rank, wealth or influence has securE for them a special interment. Here lii the body of a bishop, and there lies or whose coroneted coat of arms. carvi in relief on the marble, indicates strain of royal blood. Many of ti stones are broken, all are weath' stained, bordered with untrimmt grass and weeds. For the graves < many who lie here there is z one to care. Of Spanish birth, the friends and kindred have returned i their homes across the sea. Many of the wal-l niches stand empi by reason of an established custor prevalent in these countries, of ren ing burial spaces for a time only. A the expiration of that time the bonm are- remove~d to a large uncovered r, eeptacle along the southern wal where they constitute a ghastly heal seen ony from the top of the wal The vacated space may then be fille by surviving tenants or by one whos payment insures repose so long as ti place continues as a burial ground. I some of these now vacant niches bed of dried grass and discarded clothin indicate their use by the living. Thei is no doubt tha t many of them were o< oupied as sleeping places during tl days of the reconcentration under We; ler. Marble tablets, often exquisitel carved, seal the openings of the niche taking the pace of the now more ges era11y used mausoleums. monumeni and headstones. Here and there son wreath or other floral memento. a tached to the tablet, shows-that eve for a quarter of a century of sleepi this unused burial ground some dea are lovingly and actively remembere< Here and there an English nome al pears, but they are very few. In one of the walls of the wester sect ion a niche is shown in which onc lay the body of a man who, in his lif had grievously offended a group< students in the University of Havan, After his burial some of :hese studeni manifested their bitterness by th folish prank of desecrating the tal let which sealed the tomb of their er emy. They were caught a nd sentence to death. A tablet on thc face of building near La Punta, in Havani states that they were there execute< shot by the ' bullets of Spanish so diery. To-day one of the special sight of Havana is the beautiful student monument in the Colon cemete~ry, an the anniversary of their death is a pul lic holiday.________ Mustard Pickle. Two quarts onions, two quart cucumber pickles, two quarts cault flower, two quarts green tomatoe: large and small peppers (green c red); chop and let stand in brin over night; then scald in vinega with a lump of alum until tende: When cold pour off vinegar and ad two or three heads of celery if de sired. For the dressing use on pound ground mustard, half ounc turmeric, one cupful flour, half ounc celery seed and two cupfuls of sugax Stir into one gallon boiling vinegar add pickles and let boil ten minutex -Ladies' World, New York. Corrorations in England, A curious illsration of the powe of corporations is reported from England. From time immemorial has been established law there the bequests made for the propagatio of secular or freethinking doctrine were subject to confiscation by th king, and thousands of pounds hai been thus confiscated. Recent!' however, it occurred to some perso: to try a new plan. A compan; known as the Secular society (lin ited) was incorporated for the spc ific purpose of receiving such be cuets, and the best Engl!sh lawyer say that under its charter it can re eve and use bequests for the ver: purpose so long held unlawftul. orporation is a strange entit7. Has Fortune of Her Own Probably A titled Englishmaa is going t< marry an American girl who has n< rich father. She must be really at tractive, remarks the Chicago Ree >rd-Herala. Thc Atlanta Journal says the wa: o keep cool is not to worry about ti yeather, and just think how muc iooler you will be next winter--if th: SCIENCE ANDW IfN DUSIY. "Belting" a tree-that is, killing it by destroying the bark in a circle around the trunk-injures'it for lum ber. Statistics recently published in Paris show clearly that good surroundings e afford compa rative immunity from pul monary tuberculosis. The liritish black rat, almost entire ly ex:e.':rbated during the last 100 years ly the brown Norwegian rat, is n carefnily protected and preserved on a an estate at Greenlees, Montgomery. fThe mining of phosphate rock is one of the important industries of Flori r : and South Carolina, and it amounts to 1.500.000 tons a year, valued at 5. 200.0t) at the point of production. a tnder the anuspices of the Institute d of Iranre further researches are be r a:ad'e in the famous grottnes of aMernoni , on the Riviera. where bones other remains of prehistoric men .: v- a: various times been found. Late ly three entire skeletons have been dis kovered. An American syndicate has just n bought the old McKenzie concession to eupply the City of Mexico with water. e The water will be brought from the n Anoloya springs. 40 miles southwest a of the capital. The work will include 16 miles of canal, six miles of steel pip ing and the installation of motive power. The Chicago board of local improve ments has decided to use creosoted block for pa.rements in that city. Dif y ferent kinds of material for paving were looked into hy the board, but the decision was in favor of the wood. The first order of this kind of pavement d will aggregate about 150 miles of streets to be paved. r Everything we eat and drink and wear runs the gauntlet of germs to an. extent which nervous people had bet ter not contemplate. Far too much t fuss is made of them. If we listened to all these scares there would be nothing -e left to do but to get into a bath of car__ bolic acid and stop there until starva d tion freed us fromthe dangers of life. d NOTED HUNTRESS REPENTS. Lady Florence Dixie, Reformed Nim h rod, Now Writing About the Cruelty of Hunting, Is Women do not seem likely to en 'r croach upon at least one of men's -e pleasures, that of hunting. The most y celebrated shot among English women e, has abandoned hunting entirely and published a pamphlet on "The Horrors s of Sport." h She knows what she is talking about, says the New York Sun. Her husband was an ardent hunter, but she .e was such an enthusiast that his shoot ing preserves did not satisfy her and .h she wou'd rent a Soottish moor or deer e forist for her own use. She wascalled d by her friends the female Nimrod and s her house was full of trophies of her e skill. Now she has taken up her pen to' d decry her old weapon, the gun. a Lady Florence Dixie is this reformed Ie Nimrod. She has killed lions in Africa, gazelles in Arabia, bears in the Bock d ies. With her brother, Lord James )f Douglas, she took a journey through o' Patagonia. r A good manny years ago another 0 brother, Lord Francis Douglas,loathis life in the Alps. This intrepid woman y later climbed the very peak -in whose ~ascent he waskilled. Shesaysthatfew t-men have done "a tithe of the hunting t I hnave done both at home and in for s eign lands;''so that her renunciation of the sport seems to mean that here, at any ra te, women are not g7>ing to con 3- test wi th me nfor privileges. She says: -* "Many a keen sportsman will ac a knowledge that a feeling of self-re :e proa ch has a t times come over hi~m as e he stiood by the dying vic tim of his skdi. n I know that it has confronted me many and n-.any a time. I have bent over 8 my falen game and seen the beautiful -e eye of the deer grow dim. I have ended with the sharp, yet merciful knife the e dying sufferings of creatures that P' never harmed me. L, too, have wit nessed the angry, defiant glare of the y wild beast's fading sight as death de A prived him of the power to wreak his ~vengeance on the human being that s had taken his free life. The memory e of those scenes brings no pleasure to my mind. On the contrary, it haunts n me with a cruel reproach, and I fain D would- that I had never done those d deeds of skill-and cruelty." y. New Zealand's Island Federation. .Another step in the realization of nMr. Seddon's dream of an islanid fed eration a part from 4the Australian commonwealth, of which New Zea land shouild be the acknowledged center, was taken during the last Smonth, when that statesman pro evided in his budget for a lower rate of taxation on goods imported into the Cook islands-the only group d which New Zealand has so far an a nexed-than on Australian goods, and declared that goods from New Zealand would ultimately be admit ted free. In view of the determined s effort by New Zealand to amalga ~mate with the Fiji island group this d action is regarded as an indication .of the anti-commonwealth policy that would be adopted if. Mr. Sed don's scheme is carried out.-Chi cage Inter Ocean. An Interesting Relic. In the matter of diminutive bank notes a correspondent sends an ac e cournt of a curious note which he has r in his possession. It is a card meas .uring' 2x2% inches, on one side of. which is twice p:-inted the word 'lTwopence," while on the other the sum is printed in words and figures e roun'd the border. In the middle is e the following: "I promise to pay .the bearer, on demand, 2 pence. By .order of the Corporation of the City of New York, Feb. 20, 1790. D. Phoe nix, City Treasurer." - London &inghic. ae controversy as to the wearing of the tall silk hat waxes warm. r Lord Ronald Sutherland Gewer adds n his views in a long article in the Lon t don Tattler. "First," he says, "I be t lieve that headgear to be unhealthy. n It is bad both for the outside and the a inside of the head. Baldness, which e is so universal in what are called the e upper classes, in contrast to the hair ,covered scalp of the poorer, is main a ly due to the tall hat. As to bad effects on the brain, there is the high - authority of Dr. Forbes Winslow, who says that the wearing of the tall hat - is partly the reason for insanity, * which is on the increase." -GAME LA ws PROTECT BULL BATS rThe attention of the boys and men who are amusing themselves shooting bull bats in the afternoons is called to the fact that they are laying them selves liable to proseution under the game law. This law protects the whippoorwill and all insectiverous birds. For every bull bat that is kill ed the community will suffer thous ands of mosquitoes, which are their y food. __________ e Anybody can kill a poor little young h partridge. Don't shoot them now, c bu watuti h birds are grown and