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WILL SHE HANO?' This Is the Question Being Ask ed in Missouri ABOUT MRS. Who Cruely Planned Her Husband's Murder and Then Heiped Her Para mour Carrylt Out, The Coward lv Wretch Puts All Blame on the Woman. Q'itc 3herifcl, her behavior beyond criticism, young Mrs. Aggie Myers sits in her cell in the County Jail at Liberty, Mo. Almost any other wo man in her positin would believe that she saw, written in letters of fire on the whitewashed wals that hem her in. "This is your tomb. You murdered your husband, who trusted you. Here, in this cell, on June 29, you will be hanged Dy the neck Unta you aex dean!" But Aggie Myers, pretty and young, Sees no sLCa inR.cription; no sucn word ring in her mina's ears. She cannot believe that they will actually hang her, thoug Sane knows she murderea her truscing husband. Sa is a model prisoner always caeerful, obedient; she makes no compiitS, has a pIsasant word and smuo for ad wno a-pproacL her, ard -omelmes she sings. in anotLer cell, Lo far away sits a plain-eaLured, u-gainiy, miadie-ageQ man, wno i, morose and taci-rn. L, was with his helip, for his bake, traL Mrs. Aggie Mye.rs murdered her tus band. lie, too, is condemned to be hanged on June 29, but Ile has no cheerful inusions on the subject. TE WOMSAX LANiED IT ALL It isno& a pleasano task to print the detais of any crime, especiatiy a crime so ieartlesm, so mrtalsc1Y cruel and blooy as the muzder of UiarzLC. Myers Dy Wus youing wiIe and woruin leas BFrank IRotLman; buai W fnoud ou broacams& xne bLcry or uch Omes, u1 he ariesb ano Uibi and c'Jnvictioa of the perpeLraLofr, serves Ce of Tne purpco.es for WrLeh uiO inw metrs cut punnianenL-a w::ning to &aLL wo arc; temptea wu vi%*a.5 t."e ILw. WLa is LUiu.iaere is substantiated by UM records of the trr.i ui Mrs. Ak gie Myers ana F'ran. ROLUnaU. Mjor6 was an nfouese, sauidy young man, in. every way tue supZiur BoLtman. Bu re iliaI was a mVi Itor aL the Moerb nOLt &IA, by o-U of ILase batrLe freakb of IfULUa10 which nLOdY can txpamn, Ile won Wu; Vilent &wUa r0cAi-s Iny of loth.g Mrs. Mytrm. FOm tUwa tims cn the woman man. aged everyu.ang. MuL0d wa nlI wax in rer nlanlis, uJA st so m.ni lng. Thez. Mer u.e us in Ka5s. (amy, Med. Lu Maa 1904, Mdia. la r founai ner h ud pre~.0etLCa 50ha ful Io her s ue xenived oupu g him ou~ i ru th y. To ai ds cut cor~spiea una.i te wea Ho.nu Tney nivy nxa upon u n ragut of May il ,o ao L..e d,.c.a. iTeL,.r um pj..ned all the de taius. R-.o imna-ea a Du. g: Out of me auavy t.L LI a cuia.au cau wisau vn.c. to ot~b uusa L.8 nusianc bramns as Lie aps. Ae Ua tILe pa midaigns hotu .~. So L ui.ca se the Dacx at.or v1 Lue Me era reeiden~ce, Mras. NL era was to .oaLU aim wiuL his wr-apou, trad nam to tue room wnere es acomeaA ma~n sceps ann make tume thae sind ulows were Isaa. tsO o &a.pceta t Ligut th. bir rs was in a w..kelui motd. Mrs. M~y sZ haa Lo reCire nlt.s Oefure be us leave ins buck, puo cut the lights a go to bed. Woe. in Dedi lne so:. abous uneasily, anile his gulty wit: listene~a fevenssniy for trne rap uf her accomnpd-e. it was less" than hal an hour batore Horttman's rap 'ias caugnt by tue WO man's qmock ears Isar. tue nusbarAd ap pearea. to nave readly gone to sleep She rose softly from LiIa sme, we,.t Lo the door and opened its. The doot creaked slightly. "Aggle," sounded the husband'0 voice Isom the bedroom. Sne quckly drew her accomplice into the room ann clcsed the door. "Be qumel; be's wakmng," she' said. "Stay wa.ere you are." "Aggie!" .Bota heard the husband's voice tnis time. The woman hurried bsck to her hus band's side. He was vine awake. "Aggie, what were you doing ?" he' asked. "I thought I had forgotten to las ten the kitchen coor," she aneweren. "It's alh right now; go to sleep." - SOOTHED nR BACK~ TO sLUMBEE. While her accomplice cowered with his biudgeon In the outer room, wait lng for ter signial, the wile soothed her husband into simrer again--smcothed his hair, cocec into his air-this wo man who was thrsn for his blocd There wa~ a di:m aght in the room, barely light enoagh by which to cis tinguish the t.utaind o f objects. Mrs. Myers Irade cartain theat any one would be a&ble to see the dark head of her husbh.nd outlined upon the white pillow. Her husband no longe r stirr ed. Sofuiy again the rcse from his side. Still be did not stir. Nqow she walked silently in her bare feet into the outer room and to where Hottman stcod, rot daring to move except by her direction and tock him by the arm. "Come," she whispered, "he sleeps now. I will remain with you. Ycu will see his head on the pillow. Re member, your first blow must be sure!" These things Hottman told at the trial. -Silently the wife led tbe man with the blur-geon to the side of the osa she had just left. S e showed him the dar k bead ou line d ag-at the white pillow. Then, with one moment of womanly weakness~ in strange can trast with her latter behavior, she turned her face away. Hottman struck with all his might at tbe car k tbead con the pillow. But tbere was no dying gep from the .usban'i's lips, as he a-.tie~puted. Tne hiudgeon had glanced. "Burglar- !" shoutzd Myers, rzech lng out sildly ar~d sec z r g the arm that held ak f: t:1 blu-M-n. "B~ur glars! Aggie, whber are ysu?" sTABBED HIM WITH HER SHEARS. The L~wo n ez me suugifZs OVte the bed on viurch Myre ht re clined, blinded by biccd t a. ii.wed frim bis torn ac.ap into his eyes. Toe sp-cC +.ala mAddeAe the. wmn, who mne-w that her husband was the: Sii 'y s'-e slhpped around to the uher side of the b. d, snatching from 2er wrk tabe a pa'r of shears. Lein r g over the had t;o thai her unfasten J Lair brshed her Lusband s face, Z-e Eav'ely plurged the sharp points into his b.dy. "Stop, AgOF! Honey, it's me you're stabbirg. Her-'s the burgl3r on this side. I have him fast," screamed the doomed husband. Brealthing ha.rd, the woman struck with the sbars again and again. WitO a mighty effrt Myers leaped from the bea and seized Hc tmza by the throt. Mrs. Mye:s, seeig tht Ler husband, in spite of his wound;, was gettiug the netter of ner accomplice, Vore a Iat from the bed, rushed around to the other side, and rained blows Upon the man she hated. Again he called cut to her: "You're hitting me, honey. JIUS leave us alone; I can manage him." The husband had not the faintest idea of his wife's faithlessness. Sh knew this, and ths thought increased her fury. Around the room and over the furniture the awful struggle con tinued. Myers was Saving himself from Hottman's bladgeon, but he cou:d not avoid his wiA halows with the bed slat. In the deep gloom of the room it was impossibia for him to see that she we airing th:se blows at him, and h -ve .rAu s Z &a. And so th a rr b , irt u t ..s c:r. bat in the du: -tn; nw. A bpd sla is a a. - var I Pr. Mrs. Myers cu d- t 1 ro b ow With the L!- -., - a that Hottma'i W.% :.- , onzzo'n: In a momeant 'i.: Du -tv-0 'i-Ui understand e-o--ir rettua pt. would have i~t - i b, '11 and wculd levn . :.r was enacting. RJEVED I HER '0o T I S END She grop7-' . W I11 :' shears. Cze- P -, rz -: m ! i i ;,-tP7 of the str -: r.:1 ,.e .sr. c savagely for t aa t : . - Ghe hitenig :me-a r1.uhnd moaned a lan time, and fell to the carpet, dead. Hottmaa, trembling in every limb, fell over on the bed. Mrs. Myers drew down the blinds carefully and turned up the night light. The room was like a shambles-blood everywhere, on the bad, on the overturned furaiture, oD ner nightdress. Hottman's cuffa, even als hat, were covered with blood. Tne woma stepped over her hus band's bdy to a dresser, found a p-ir eif cuffs and motioned to Hontman to put tsem on in pisce of his own. She sent to a closet aed found one of her husband's hats. Tais she put on Ho: an's head. Then she said calmly to er trembling acomplice: "Go. Get to St. Joe before the po licl can arr-vst you." H;ttman f1ed Early tne next morning neighbors C)und Mrs. Myers lying on the back oorch of her nome. She said that two egroesi had at,,empted to rob th nouse and had kihed her husband after i terrible struzle. S is had crawled as far as the porch, seeking assistance, and, teen hal .-Neinted. Tne poica w :ra saurnmonied, and to t'lm the .-oflnm aiied ?hnt cartain j-weIs h ad b...- scolo.. Wnen they found these articles hid ien in a b's reau~ dravwr they they arrested Mrs. Myers and bcgan a search for ner so c..m piice. Neighabors told them of the visits of Hore n. H onan was missi rg. Hae i ad follow-e: Mrs. Mer's orde:s T aey trac.: d hi-n to St. Joe, rthence t. R. :;ioSV~liC, M-o., the former home of both hims-if 'v M's Myers and fre there to Wells W'3, Wash.. Sre he was arzed He was still ses.rireg the nat and cuff3 of tee mur deed man. B~ing brouzht b-,h to Kansas City, Hottnconfets-d everything in Mrs. Myer's preaence. Tne woman laughed n his face, denying every detail. Tse pair were tried separately. Hotman was speedily convicted R..d ~.war d.d the death penalty Mrs. M7 ers's c~ae was conticnued half a d zen imes. The final verdict was the same as In the case of Hottman. Both cases were apperaled to the Supreme Court, here boih verdicts were indorsel. Then came, ten days ago. the sen tence of bothi to be hanged on the same day-June 29 -she in her cell, in the county jail, wnere she is confined at Liberty, Mo., for she will be the drs3 white wo~ran to meet that fate In the State of Missouri, where there is a sirong sentiment agains~t execu -ng the death penalty upon a wo man. All hope for Mrs. Aggie Myers now rests in Goverrnor Folk. But that hope is so strone in her that she is as cheerful as though the ju:ry had te leved all bet dentals of guilt. To in terviews she - m, wnfa eo Puy em:. "Hanging ? I v i ev ~ iv ' t subpct of j : g m- L;- u.:t. W - should I? I kc' tot I M i ~'-' be ecmpelledl ic d ;rm v.a. -r . She is a sn-' ce e a-.-.e -e~m not to know t ~ -marg M tu Tr "nerves." She 1; R~ f w ie r-itzr In the wc:m'; vara, og Lo peace-maker a' ese of br sat great assistaoe~ io t-3o za.=-i in mantainine' c e :-r e. It is evirt VtmitYdyA 'e-E ers has no - 3 - 00 bin. i:?' ed, on Jun dl 3- cery o:-.:er d..N 1e her cell or A dispi. cLI fr.-um Oareston says the omve o.2 and sentencing of William Mari~u: a white man for the murder of is wife, has resulted in an examnaion of the records which show that it is almost almost 50 y~ars since a white man has been hungr in Charleston county. Strange to say the last white man hung was execu'ed for wife murder, his name was White and he also killed his wife by stabbing her. He used a knife and not an ice pick as did Marcus. An other c-lacidence connec;ed with toe conviction of Marcns is that the last white man convicted of murder, al thogh the plea of insanity secured a comzmutal by the goverr o:, was also for wife killing., and the case was tried before Judge Aldrich who sat at te preser~t termn of the court. The Bappiest Home. The home most endea~red to the heart of hursband and wife is that which has been buile up bit by bit. A little now and a little later on, wher; in each piece of furniture re rsents many lovirg acts o:f self-de ial anid personal sacrlinces, and r u:d whicht lingers the memory of the s:hemweg and plotting the get ti;g of it n'.ve rise to, aad of the p1: su:: wflen it was got. Ask the happy ag couple to whom prosperity has been t'he gr->wth of years. They - i reli ycu the happiest tine in their uv were eb-- fi atew y'ars of m~r re ::ie, v.i eo, wit mrual l 'ye and sel-dr'ingpati?ce, thte: built up ther ltre hmean'i wa cued prus.. GONE TO HIS REWARD. REV. J. A. CLIF.'ON, D. D., DIES SUDDENLY. He Was a Great Pulpit Crator and a Genial Lovable Man. This community was shocked to hear of the sudd.n death of Rsv. J. A. CUifton, D. D., at Marion, S. C., on Thureday afternoon. He was Pjstor of the Methodist Church at 0hst place and was one of the most prominent and lovable miniters in ti4e State. Heart failure is assigned as the cause of his death, which was brought on by acurta indig'ation 1rom which he zuffrred severely at times. The death of this good man c:eated intense grief in Orangeburg among all o'asses, as be was universal ly beloved. He serve~d St. Paul's Ch'ca in this city four years and left here last Dacember for his ap pointment at M'.rion. During his four years resce-i*xe hare Dr. Cifton had endeared hinmfelf to all church people irrespective cf deomination as well as those who were no, mem bers of any church. The intelligence of his death will carry sorrow to many vzao honored and loved him through out the State. He was 61 years old, %Ud was apparently hale and vigorous 'zp to the time of his death. He was --o have preached the funeral of Mrs. 1. M. Williams, who died Wednes iny at about tho same hour that he sas c-.lled to his heaveznly home. Jease Alexander Clifton was the son ' Capt. Jesse C. Clifton and Mary H. Cliftmn and he was oorn Sept. 26, !845 After the usual home training uad advantages of a common school, ,e entered the Eben.z -r Classical e-'hcol. where he was tnoroug'ly tr.-n d. F:om here he wen' to the U.A versity o;f Virginia, where he rcciv-:d the iustruction in the higher branh as. Iatending to enter the practice of law, he took tbe course in law at the University of Virginia, but the brill iant ycung mind that had been thus ta!ned and developed was to be turn ed into other channels of usefulne& and service. He was converted under tbe preach irg of t.be late 13v. Jacob L Shiu ford. jpining the churc0' az E. Btnnel in Caes-er county ij 1668. His conver Sion, which was in Jaty of ths- year, at hone in his room alone at thehcur -)f midnignt, was said to be a most powerful m nif.:stat.ion of the divine presenc3. In Septumber of that year ce fell tv-at be was called to ure:c1 tte glspl. Ia December, 1869. Mr. Clifton was received en trial into the South Car.ollna confercnce at the sea iton held at church, he and G3 rge T. Harmon form-ing the cass ieceiv ed. His appointments have ben a f:illows: C Jumbia ci:euit, 1870-72; junior preacher on Fa'rfieid circ-ub. w-h REsv. James P. K:lg-, as sfni)r 1873; Batesburg c-rcuit, 1874-6: Smuud-t e' 'ult. 1877 8; Graham ctz cuit. 1879 81.; St. M':ohe ws cimcait. 1883; N avbirry sta tion, 1884 5; O"s -u churchi Sy-s.rtanburg. 1886 9; B -neemreoS.reet, Gramv li, 1890 91; B thel, CMr r on, 1892 95; AthvilW ation, 1896 7; Suuacer stzi a, 1898 1901; O.augecu:g, 1901-5; an a iaron, i:is last ociarge. Dr. Clirnon 'was married, Nov. 24, 1868. to Mis-s Mary E. H~c'klin, .ught-r of Dr. W. J. Ricklin of 0.xuier, BRv. Jrcob L. Sh-uforr. per :orming the c'remony. Tuxe f..ilow ing are toeir caldren: D-. Jas" A. C if'on, Jr., of O:;mnge-urg, Mrs Joan Hickhn C:atton, member or the house of represent.tives from Sumne-; Mrs. Jose'p ine Camp, of Charlotte, a Mrs. Kste Maher Hill, of .&Iken. Nj man in the Scu- h Carulina con ference had more' werm friends tua:: D:. \Clirton. As a preachier he pas 'CS d unusual powers. Withb a fior po2sique, an intelligent facs, with orato'rical talents, he was naturalls an attrao~lve speaker. As a lecturer Dr. Clifton was popular and oftLen in demand. His helpful thoughts. clthed in a garment of sparkiling Wit and L.u-nor, rende~red him an enter tahning platf.;rm orator. Dr. Clifton's popularity in the con fetence was manifested by the posi -ions of trust an~d honor which were given hIm. He represented the con ference as a delegate in the gener-al conferece kr-lzi in Memphis in 1894 and also ait B'-0,. ini 1898. 4 Genu-ne RenvvaL. The Baptist C-ourier says "the town of Arkwright, near Sparta- burg, hs just experienced a genuine and far -caching revival. Rev. W. P. SmIth, I -astor of the Baiptist church and Rev. 1 Kr. Poipe, pastor of the Methodist I urch, be~in a union~ meeting on the -rght of May 13, which was cenntin aed until May 30, Rev. T. S Wright. f Spartanburg aseisting the 1ast reek. Christans were revived, back i iders r'claimed, and mamy were con vetd4 en received for bapt-ism y the~ Bt~ptist church, and a number -y the Methodist czaurch. In a-ddi ion to the meetings in the churches, I :rayer meetings werc held in nmany of the homes, in whic'a the ne w convert-s partcpated mest beartily. Giriw should1 Kow Tha3 the most exo'llent thirg in, woman-a low voies-ean be acqair ed only by bomne practice. That the girl everybody likes is not affected and never whines, but is just her sincere, -honest, helpful Eel'. That true beauty of face is possible only where there is beauty of soul manifested in a beautiful character. Taat the hcme kitchen, wiith moth er for teacher and a loving, willIng daughter for pupil, is the best cook irg school on earth. And, finally, that one of the most beautiful things on earth is a pure modest, true, young girl-one who is her father's pride, her mother's com fort, her brother's inspiration and her sister's Ideal. Be queen of your home. Regn suprome in the hearts of your hu-sband an-d childrea. A Bern surne.~d Mr. S. 'V. Hutchios, of the Cordova Section, had the misforune to lose his bsrn and contents br fire on M:,n day night. The barn cot'-ined abouw 150 bo~els of corn, 8 00C pounds of oats, 600 bundles f-oar, 15 bush'eh eas and all the provlions Mr. Htchins ar-d his scn hadi. Thtre was no imsurance on the barn or its heavily on Mr. Hut hin;. We did not learn the origin of the iire. ~Democr-at E--cod. Geo. E. Chamberlain, democrat, was re-elected on Tuesday governor or Oregon by a majornty of about tw( .ousand; but Jornatban Bo':rne, Jr., received the popular nomiinalon for nitStates sersor by 5,000. LAN&HAJ DIS IT. Baltimore Wbiakey Dazler Says He Bought No Representative. The Baltimore American of June 8 contained a brief interview with S. J. Lanahan, the whiskey dealer, which is of Interest in this State. The in terview follows: "Mr. Lanaban stated Thursday night at his residence, 205 Goodwood Garden, that the allegatons that he bad paid money for a representative in a dispensary cffice in Couth Caro lina were utterly false. He said that for over a year his company had been losing business In that Sta', and of late it had dwindled to nothing. "'I did meet Parker and Robertson several times in hotels in Now York, but our conference was for nothing more than would come up at a meet ing of mill directors. Tnere was no money passed that I know of at any time that could hive been mistakeD for the purchiase of a representative." "Mr. Lsnahan was asked if he would testify in Columbia, If his evi deace was wished there. He replied t:-at he a,:ui-edly woull." This interview relaes to statements continuad in the following dispatch to Tho American from Clumbia: As the result of disclosures before the dispen iary investigating committee, Gover nor Hayward Friday authorized the attorcey general to procrcute H. H. Evans, L. W. Boykin and J. B. Tow ill, former members of the dispensary bard, for malfeasarce in rffice. The committ.e adjourned Friday and the action of the governor immediately followed. "The investigation of S'ate dispen sary affAirs has become highly sensa tional. Thursday night it was testifi ed by L:wis W. Parker, manager of a large mill in -:1s State, that S. J. Lanahan of B iltimore bad confess--d o him that, alt.-ougb he bad paid a zaseb'r oi t'i. disp-nsary purcnassing board $1,50L, a was u-able to get auy ousiness, as tbe brother-in-law of the man in qaestion represented another hcuse. Tne statement was corrobora ted Friday by E. W. R.-bertson, a oanker. It was orouglat ou that the conversations with L nahan occurred at a hotel in New York, where Park sr and RBbartson were attending a meeting of mail directors. TOTALLY WEEiiKXD. Eleven Persons Killed and F.ve In jured by Explosion. A dispatch from Lancaster, Pa, says eleven men were blown to pieces and five others were seriously injured oy the explosion of a dynamIte plant Saturdav near Pr qu:s, along the Sus qi h-mriea river. Vbe dead are: Ben j;m!n G-bhart, Berjlrein Rmneer, Gerge Rinee Fre d Rioh, Collins Parke-', Puaries Sh if, William Funk, John B-aaman, an unknown man, two men, unknown, residents of York coun 5y. All except the last two, lived In the vloinity of the dynamite plant. Five otvers were seriously Ir.jirei. The . eccd..nt was one of th m ist horrible in the history of Lancaster. The vic tims were literally torn to pieces, not anaugh remaining of a siogle body to mnke identifi~ation possble. The cause of the explosionl is not known. Tr e two unknown residents of York county who were kIlled had just arted to drive from the place with a cad of dyna-nite. They had scarcely gaiued a distance of 50 rest when the olast blew un with a deronation that I h ;ad 30 miles away. A great ck ud of smoa.k cov.:red the site of the factory and when it had cleared away there was not a vestige of the horses, wagon and men who had left the fas ory a momenxt before. Tfle air was fied with deoris, fragments t f human bodies and paces of flesh and -limbs were fend hanging to a tree nearly 100 yards from the L3ane of the disas -r. People living near the factory rushed out of their homes and began~ the work of rescue, but there were Cw persons who had not been blown to pieces. The plant consisted of a dozen build ings. All were blown to pieces except a remote structure in which several girls were at work, none of whom were :njred. The plant was owned by . R. McKee of Pittsburg. It was situ ted hr~lf way between Pequea and1 Martc F )Jtd. FLE WkAROU ADWASH.R T N. Airship under Complete Control Nav igated About the Capital. The people of Washington, &D. C. and surrounding ccuntry enjoyed a novel sight on T auraday. An air s:ip, under complete control flying over Washington was the spectacole wqitnessed. Thlousands turned out to ce the nove1 sight and c jeern the avigator as he skilfully diracted the emift. Tne ship started from a point three miles from Washington on the Virgin a side of the Potomsc indi was steerd diretly for a:.e Washington monu ment. The navigator, after twice crclirg the monument at a height of 600 feet, steered for the Woite House. He la- dei about fifty yard. troro the south port:co. Mrs R~ssevelt was at the window wen thi: de.:cent was .-ade and ex ibed giest ina~rssE in toe strange 1 oking structure. Pr: sident RIus: vet was absent at the time. After reaining in the grounds a short ;ime the navigator made another as c:nt, carrying his ship over three newrpsper cin::es and then took a. traight course down Pennslyvania avenue to the Capitol. The navigator passed over the Cap Itol s uth of the g:eat dome and then circled around over the ple zs on th~e east front, finally bringing his ship to the earth directly mn front of the middle s~ecs o' the Capitol. After remaining about a quarter of an hour at the canital the nal:igatnr started back to Virilia. Killed By L'ghmning. A dispate i frorii Prosperity to The News r nd C urier says curing a thun derstem Friday afternoon lightning struck trne horse of L. J. Lo sman, n the lower ptrt of Newbarry County, and killed M1'ss Harman, a visitor, and It Is thought that Lowman can ot live. Toe extent of the further dams is un-known. Several other p~rers in the house were severely .~keni up hy the sam0 vilt. Loseg, one Eye. The Spartanburg Journal says Joe Jacksn, son of W. T. Jackson, had a very serious accIdent a few days ago While en his way to the ball ground be thIre -v up a bottle and struck lt w: h his bat. The bottle broke and a pie 311:1g in his face made some very ugly cuts. He has had onec eye taken TfD& SAD STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO DIED A CONVICT, And The Moral to Be rrawn From the Story of His Sad Fate. Seldom in every day life does one run across a more tragic life story than thiat of the gentle Kentucky lad who died the other day at High Point. N. C., a road convict with a bole through his body to mark the path of a vengeful ballet from the guard's remorseless Winchester. He is spoken of as gentle, becauqe, though clearly lacking In high moral purpose, he seems to have been brought up polite ly; rid, besides, bis dying breath was a ple for better treatment for his fell convicts on the road. He was con. -;rate of his companions in suf fering, and all the recorded utterances of the dying boy stamp him as pos sessing more of the finer instincts of hIs race than some of his fellow-men who have been lucky enough to stay off of the chain-gang. He was convicted of forgery in a N.rth Carolina court under an as sumed name, and sent to the chain gang. He refused to divulge bis real name, raving his parents were well to do people in Kentucky and that he did not want them to know of his waywardness ard disgrace. He was an intelligent, bright young man and was no doubt, as '-e claimed, reared in a well-to-do home. After ser:ing sometime on the chain-gang he made an attempt to escape, and was shot by one of the guards and mortally wounded. He was told that he was going to die and urged to tell what his real name was and where his f*.lk lived in Kentuckj, but he declined. l1P sald he was reared in a genti. Kentucky home by indulgrnt parent-, but wou;d not reveal the namei of his parents or where they lived. He disc ani carried his secret with him to tht grave. Taking it as true, says the Gasto nia Gazitte, that tie was bred in a gentle Kentucky home, one wonders wbat is tre sec-Pt of his downfall Was it hereoity? Was it lack ot a mother's nursirg and a mother's przy en.? Did this man sin or his parents Vtat he was born to temptotion like -the r:st of us and at last died aeon vict? Perhaps these things will neve be known until everything else i opened to the ken of man aid the an gels, but there is one seu:eace of hi, last words that may serve to base a guess upon. "I was rearec, to every ning I wanted," he said, and thereit may have been the open door to all the ill trat he could not conquer t. his life's little way. Taere are few of us who do not need the s...ving virtues which come to our cusrac'46rs from discipline-hard, aus .ere discipline. Endure hardness as.. good soldiar, was tae Apostle's inJne ton. Hardness is good wnen endure.; for the good it brings, and some hard ness must be endured by every moth er's son of us who would be more than a piece of crift-wood on a sca of sin T:ere is training in it. And training always locks to tne future, is always directed to an hour of trial, of peri.. of triumph or d-.,fat. Tne -fair-facac little boy with merry eyes and loving ways and ever cheering lauguter over fowing with good followship, temptt fond parents and admiring neighbofr to gratify his every want. Better not do that. Be good to him~ and deny him some tumngs. The lad soe guard's ritie kiled had everything he wanted when he was growing up. And when the choice was presentec to in of denying his pride or forging a check, he was weak on solf-dcema? snd sirorng in the opposite direction. He had not been trained for the tesi and the wah-p~rings of evil won the conflict. Temptations, trials, many perilous hours will come; woe to him no goes to meet them in his crude untrained strength; more woe to him who goes with his powers already dominated by evil Influences! Tae Hebrew lad in the courts of B2.bylon was dise!pIned before the hour--he ad thougot of it, he had "purposed in his heart thati he would not," and he didn't! Our people are accumulating at a rate they have never before known the material things of life. Parents are better able than ever before to gratify every want of their children. But it is a good idea not to do it. Teach them to work. Occupied with their work, they forget many foolish wants, and that brain wnich, when idle, is the devil's workshop, becomes at once a trysting place for all of life's god angels. Teach the boy thrif b, that is all right; thrift is a good word and the word represents a thing that is filled wita self-discipline, self-deni aL. Teach him turift, with honor to balance it, and one of these days some body is going to be proud of the boy. Moers, don't fear to see your darling oys get their garbs mussed up at work. Don't be afraid to have them come home at night tungry and maybe tired, too. An honest day's work has never yethbuie a boy, and if it takes enough of the snap out of him to keep him uft the streec at night and send him to bed early, you ought not to say, "Por little fello'w !" The rathcer yc.u ought to say, 'HRurrah for tLe day's work!" 'The snap will all be back the next morniog. But if you et and pamper and indulge and grat fy because you have tne means ano because y ou are weak encugh yourself to prefier tine ease of gratifying them to the sterner p.:.th of resis-.ing and training by the -virtue of wise dlenial, en you have only to go far enough with it in order to find a heartache that nothing but Heaven can help. Look Into your litnle boy's lair, brght face and merry eyes, listen to the music of laughter in his sweet voice, and If ycu can do anything in the way of training-hard training, i necessary -to keep him from dying in a strange land, in sirange stripes garments, among strange people, his thirst growing greater as his wounds bleed more, his dry lips wet with cool draf ts from the hands of pity smitten aliens, and from crying at the last, "The way of the nransaressor Is hard, hard, hard!"-if you can keep your darling little boy from a fate like that by discipline, by trainIng howso ever hard and stern, hadn't ycu bet ter duit? Murdered in Uis store. John E Grubb, postmaster and rerchant at Acston, Va., was mur dred Wednes~4y night by unkuown persos and his store was burned af ser wards. .The bodyv of the merchant shows unmistakable evidences that he had been killed by a blow on his head before the buildiing was fired. Rob bery was evidently the motive. Sev eral suspects have been arrested and bloodhounds were put on trail Thurs day afternoon. Grubb was a union veteran, but had lived at Aceton for BLACK UNDER BOND. He Makes Frank Statement and Waives Preliminary Bearing. The t ffir between Mr. John Black of tbe dispensary board of directors and Mr. J. Fraser Lyon of the inves tigating committee, which began on Friday June 1. by a threatened at. tack by the foimer, was closed Wed nesday by Mr. Black being placed nuder a peace bond for $1,000 and Mr. Lyon being dismissed. The hearing yesterday was held in the court of Mzgistrate Moorman, having been post:oned from the day after the trouble. It was set for 6 o'clock, but about 2.30 o'clock Mr. Black, with his attorney appeared be fore the the court and without any for mality waived a preliminary hearing and simply left the disposal of the matter to the discretion of the court. Mr. Black made a brief, statement In which he said that he was anxious to avcid any further discussion of the affair and for that reason waived a preliminary hearing, and that while he, of course, did not want to be placed under a peace bond and had no idea of keeping the peace, he sub mitted the matter entirely to the die cretion of the court and would furnish bond or not as the court decided. Sc far as he was concerned he said, the matter had passed over. The magistrate announeed that he thought it best that Mr. Black should be placed under a bond to keep the peace in the sum of $1 000, but that so far as he could see Mr. L.on had done notbing for which he should be placed under bond. Mr. Black vol unteered the statement that he agreed with the court that Mr. Lyon should niot be placed under a peace bond. Mr. Lyon was not present. Mr. Black immediately entered in. So the bond ina the required amount. .Vith Gen. W~tle Jones and Mr. T. P. Matthews as surities. BRAIJ LEAKS. Wise Sayings by W. M..Kanpin in The Commoner. Saintliness is not surliness. Hard sweata mean sweet rests. The longest life is the one of which .-he most is made. The fool measures yesterday's good t1me by today's headache. ' The best place to feel for suffering humanity is in your pocket. Satan would willingly contribute to a church divided :gainst itself. Its a poor ftherman that spends all -his time digging for bait. The man who needs advlce is gen srally the most lavish in giving it away. The man who Is always regretting yesterday is not making preparation for tomorrow. It Is.M angelic woman who can hon estly welcome visitors at house-clean ing time. Tae discoverer of the baby's fIrst sooth mtkes Columbus look like the charge out of a lead dime. Some p'iople take credit for charity when they give away somsthing that is In the way around the house. Failing into debt is as easy as fall irg out of a balloon. Gatting out of debt is as as difficult as falling oack into the balloon. The best investment a young man can make is the porformance of deedf iu the present that will be the fond memories of the future. Every time we read a love story in one of the big magazines we feel like gettirg a club and going after pe'ople who talk such stilted language as the lovers. Wanms a New Tt iat. A dispatch from Macon, G-a., says John B. Cooper, attorney for J. G Rawlinigs and his sons, Jesse and Mdl ron, secured tzhe signature of Judge Mitchell of Lowndes Luparior cur. Wednesday to a bill of exceptions ii rn extraordinary motion for a nev trial for Rawlings' sons and the fight for their lives goes back to the state supreme court. Twenty days ag Attorney Cooper filed an extraordln ary motion for a new trail for Miltor and Jesse Bawlings on the grounde that the fatter had confessed to hav lng hired Alf Moore to commit the terrble crime for which all have been sentenced to death. Judge Mitchel: denies this motion and exceptions6 were taken. HIdden in House. Miss Josephine Sullivan was burled at Andersonville, Ga., Wednesday. Over forty-five hundred dollars were found sercreted about her house. Over four hundred dollars in gold was In arn old stocking an2 the balance in sundry pliaces. Roils of greenbacks founc wrapped In old newspapers were un disurbed for many years. Fifteer. nundred dollars laid for months inl an old box in an outbuilding, covered with paper arnd grain sacks. ProbablI more will yet be found. Failure of a bank in Americus years ago and c-m se quent loss was the cause of the wo man's lack of confidence. Falls lato.Line. A dispatc-h from Seattle, Wash., say a William J. Bryan received the endorsement of leading Washingtoi: tae deu:ccrats Wedneesiay, night The caiy qualfication being that he mu-t sled es iree silver coat. The an nouncenaoen was made by Senater Turr.mr at a dollar dinner in Seattle, where 300 of the faitaful had assem bled. Free silver is no lcnger an Issue. Died k'rom F'rz~bt. At Richmond, Va., the fashioca ble residerc: of Rtbert F. English was entered by a burglar early Wed neday a~orning. Mrs. EBiglish, wose room they entered, died from frght and her husbu.d is nearly in sns with grief. Mrs. Eng'ish ran from her room calling for her hus band. As he -came from his room she swooned at his feet and died a minute later. Bis;Last A ct. 3 M. F-tnt, marsall of the town of Morriston, was stabi,:d to death Thursday by Gabe Prtest. Just be fre breathing his last Fant dre w hh revover and fired twice at Priest, wounding him, but not fatally. N details are given as to the cause o! the troubl. - T:here are so my a~zrrent kinds of prepared food stuffs on the shelves of the modern grecary, that it almost seems as If city folks must live cut of pstboa:d b:;x s. How thankful the frmar shcu.d be that ne, day by day, gets his living fresh from the earth tiat bore it. Na better place to live, in all the world, than on the farm. We haye or.ea wo.2clered why the baby just washed and newly dressed in its finest clothes would rather play wIth a lump- of coal than a nice r- HOW BIRDS SOAR. The Kite a Master of the Art 4f Soaring. "In the summer of 1872 I was visit Ing on the Warm Springs reservation In eastern Oregon," says a writer. "The residences of the government em ployees were in a deep valley between table lands through which the water courses had cut deep canyons. I climb ed up on one of these tables, the edge of which was in most places perpen dicular for ten, twenty and more feet, and as I stood there in a strong breeze blowing against the face of the slope a small hawk came gliding along eight or ten feet above the edge and follow ing the course of the edge, and he kept on until he was little more than a rod away from me. He seemed to be mak ing no effort exceg a little balancing and turning in order to steer himself. Xha explanation seemed to me very simple. Just there at the edge there was a strong, sharply ascending cur rent which enabled him to use wind and gravity against each other. "In the autumn of that year I went to Fuchau, China, and there I found the city frequented by a species of large bird which we call a kite. It seems to be half hawk, half buzzard, in its build and habits. Its flight Is heavy and awkward, its wings being too big for Its pectoral muscles, and their tips are not pointed like a hawk's, but broad and square across. But It Is a master of the art of soaring. There are in Fuchan two hills which lie square across the path of the after noon sea breeze. Here toward the close of a breezy autumn afternoon a dozen or a score of these l4tes will resort and have a genuine coasting game. "These hillsides are quite steep, and of course there results a strong, sharp upward current at the top. The kites come to the top and, starting from the eddy in the lee of the top, glide out Into the uprushing current, wings bal ancing up and down and head and tail turning and twisting till they are in the heart of the upward current, .and then they turn broadside to it and are borne upward and backward seventy. five or a- hundred feet. Then they de scend again into the eddy and Again steer themselves out Into the upruahing current Throughout it all there is very little apping of the wings."-ChcagO News. ERRORS IN ILLUSTRATION. Bow Easiy They Are XE4e In Hurry of Preparation. "Perfection of detail," said the car toonist, "is very rare In the making ol pictures, whether they be painted on canvas by the great masters or drawn in line by men who illustrate the daily newspapers. It is the general effect that tells. There are few newspaper pictures-and I dn''t except my own in which you can't pick some flaw from the standpoint of iealism. "In the hurried effort of the news paper artist, who counts the minutes by the clock, there may be some excuse for this, but when we see a man car' Ing a turkey left handed on the cover of a magazine we must agree that the artist has either been careless or else has employed a left handed model to pose for him, and the latter solution Is scarcely probable. "A fisherman -landing a frout on a light rod with never a finger on the reel Is quite a common mistake among magazine illustrations, ahd in the mat ter of costumes of various periods the Illustrators are woefully lacking in In formation. "To illustrate how apt we are te make mistakes," continued the cartoom 1st, "several years ago I drew a figure representing Cuba, emacIated, star? ing, a thing of skin and bones. The figure was half naked, and I tried to bring out all the horrible details-the shrunken limbs, the gaunt face, the ribs- protruding through the skin and, above all, the hollow cavity where the stomach should have been. A friend of mine, a doctor, took me to task about It. 'Persons who are starving to death,' he said, 'may be abnormally emaciated In every other part of the body except the stomach. The 'abdo men in the advanced stages Is expand. ed, giving the victim a grotesque ap pearance.'- To substantiate this state ment he showed me some photographs taken In India during a famine, and I was forced to admit that he was right." -Philadelphia Record. Women In Venice. In Venice, says the Ladies' Regim, the women of the lower classes accept tributes to their beauty from perfect strangers as a matter of course. It is considered not only proper, but polite, to compliment a passing maiden on the charm of her beautiful eyes or com plexion. If one treads on the skirt of a pretty woman, one has only to say, "Pardon, beautiful girl," to receive the most dazzling smile and bow in return for the awkwardness. At cafes fre qjuented by the people It Is the custom for waiters to say when placing a chair for one of the women, "Take this seat, beautiful blond," or, "Sit here, lovely brunette." as the case mnay be. A Woman soldier. Women disguised as men have often served as soldiers. The following In scription Is on a tor -bstone in the Eng lish town of Brighton: "In memory of Phoebe Hassel; born 1713, died 1821, aged 108 years. She served for many years as a private soldier in many parts of Europe, and at the battle of Fontenoy, fightIng bravely, she re ceived a bayonet wound In the left arm." Although not yet perfected, the Ma forama telephone bids fair vastly to extend the field of usefulness of the long distance telephone by rendering audible vibrations too faint to actuate the disk of thle ordinary receiver or eves the mierophone instruments. Perils of Fine Dress. A paril of fine clothes was illustrat ed recently In Central Park says The ~ew York American, when an aristo ratc spaniel was slain by a distinct ly Ill-bred bull dog for no other rea son than that the victim wore chamn As boots a blue silk blanket and a leater collar. The spaniel was dis portng itself on the grass when the bull dog cams along. One look wa, eough Calmly, dispassionately the lat ter fxed his teeth In the apaniei's neck, hook it a few times, seemingly more ir pit than in anger, and then threw 'te limp victim against a tree It was dead. The only clue as to th! owner of the spanIel was the initials "C. H." on the olue silk blanket. R E. Sam Janes says Bryon will be the next nominee of the Democratic party and wili sweep the country re gardless cf v-ho the Republicans put up. He thinks the rascalities that have been brought to light has cookedC the Republican goose.t If ycu put nothing into life ycu will always meet disappointment In A PUZZLING FEAT77 Mhe Wonderful Corn ciowis M% of the Zuni Indians. The medicine men among the Zuni Indians perform a feat at the annual "corn festival" which surpasses the famous mango growing trick of the Hindoo. Many scientists have been present to witness this strange cere mony, but have never been able to fathom the mystery of it In front of the southern opening of the medicine lodge a large square of clean yellow sand, carefully smoothed and packed, is spread. With a ceremo nial arrow figures representing the Great Spirit, the earth, sun, sky and rain are drawn. There are also the symbols of the corn and a bountiful harvest The indentations made by the arrow are then filled in with pigments, blue for the sky and clouds, black for the earth and chrome yellow for the harvest The middle of the square is left vacant; This picture in sand paint ing Is a most pleasing specimen of bar barie art The hour for the ceremony arrives, and at the right moment the medicine man comes forth from his lodge and takes a seat in the opening of the lodge, facing the sand square. The warriors and chiefs arrange them selves around the square according to rank. The ceremonial pipe Is then filled and lighted, and the medicine man blows one puff in each direction of the compass and two to the heavens. He then makes an address, going over the past history of the tribe and the kind ness of the Great Spirit and his care. He concludes with a prayer for the continuance of this favor. The great moitent has arrived. With impressive solemnity the medicine man thrusts the sacred arrow into the sand, withdraws it and places a grain of corn into the hole thus made. Carefully smoothing the sand over It, he resumes his seat, while the assembled chiefs smoke their pipes In stolid silence. If the Great Spirit condescends to answer the prayer of the medicine man-and' he generally does-the corn will sprout and send up a shoot. After an Interval of fifteen or twenty minutes the sand seems disturbed at the spot where the grain of corn was planted, and soon the slender green blades of the sprout Ing corn are seen above the surface. The plant continues to grow rapidly and naturally during the day, and by the next sunrise the silk and tassels appear. By noon the stalk' and ear have reached full maturity and the ripening begins. Finally the blades and husks turn yellQw and rattle when the wind shakes them. All this, we must bear in mind, has been done-In thirty-six hours: On the 'morning of the second day the corn growing is com plete. The medicine man now ad dresses the watchers who in company with him have watched the plant grow,. for it Is never left alone. With appro priate ceremonies he symbolizes the. harvest by stripping the ear from the husks and placing the corn In his bag for future use. The stalk is pulled up by the roots and-hung over the door of the lodge..-New York Herald. N 1NolSt. People have different ideas as to. what constitutes a holiday-or a vaca tion. Mrs. Pettis had her own -firmly fixed opinions oh the subject. "I don't cotnt Thanksgiving or Christmas or Wahngton's birthday or any of those holidays," she said frank ly to an old friend one day. "What I count a holiday Is when Ezra and'Jim and Bob and Liphlet go off up to the wood lot with their dinner and I know they won't be back till night "rm not one to deny that men folks have their good points, but bow a worn an can call it a holiday when they're In the house callng for food by- looks when they aren't by words Is beyond me"-Youth's Companion. Food For' Squirrels.. Most people who feed the gray squir rels In the big parks fail to realiz that it Is no kindness to give these pretty little animals such soft shell nuts as almonds, peanuts and. chestnuts. Hu man beings who do not have to actual ly forage for food naturally enough feel that It is. thoughtfulness Itself to save the squirrels work. The fact Is, how ever, that a squirrel's teeth grow so rapidly that, deprived of their normal use, they might even through their very uselessness become long enough to put this charming rodent of the trees in danger of starvation. Hickory, pecan and hazel nuts are the proper food to. throw to the squlrrels.-Brooklyni Life. Where Was the Joker Mabel-Such a joke with Mr. Gay boy. We were out on the balcony be tween the dances, and he got the sleeve of his dress coat all over red paint from one of the posts that were just painted. Maud-And did, you go near the post? Mabel--No. Why? Maud Oh, nothing; only you have red paint all over the back of your waist *TearfuL The conversation turned on the effect produced on the emotions by pictorial art, when a man remarked, "I remem ber one picture that brought tears to my eyes." "A pathetic subject, I presume." "No, sir; 'It was a fruit painting. I was sitting close under It when it drop ped on my head." By Installment. Youth-What do I have to pay for a marriage license?, Clerk-Well, you get it on the installment pisn. Youth -How's that? Clerk-One dollar down and your entire salary each month for the rest of your life.-Cleveland Leader. Work Is not a man's puiment; It Is his reward and his strength.-Geerge Sand. -___..__ Dies tr..m Oog Bi e. As a result of the bite of a mad kg infictedi four weeks ago, 4-year-old Rernard Btuxton, of Girard died Thu sday at the Bapsist Tabernacle Hom and lnfirmary In Atlanta. When the child reachied Atlanta hy ropobia had already developed, n'i the phiysicians could do nothing bu - give the child oplates to relieve tis suffering8. It appears that Ber 2ard was playing near a saw mil it Girard, four weekrs ago, when the dog ca'ne to him. The animal vas apparently harmless, although It icted a little queerly. The child layed with It when suddenly the dog-g prang at the child's face and bit him n the cheek. HEARST will be elected Governor of New York this Fall, which will put iim in line to succeed Bryan as pres dent when he serves his eight years n that office. This prediction may ause some to smile but stranger hngs have happened. Opportunuuy Roa a v.ry man's oor but a lot of men are so busy do Dg a litrle "knocks" themselves that