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FORT MILL TIMES VOL. IX. FOllT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, liMto. BillW AS All [DEHOR I , i He Tells About the Days and < i Months- 1 HOW? THEY GOT THEIR NAMES. I ; ? ? Arp Then Discusses Other Matters 1 lnteresl.? Content With Mis Lot. ' ? I < and a Happy Han- I I ' ( We know very well how there value ' to be seven day* Lri a week. These days ^ did not haw any names for many eon- .1 luiie.s oxre.pt by 'choir 1 lumbers, as tbe I first day ntid serond day, etc., but in ' course of time Hie Scandinavians Rave ' then* names in fionorof their Rods, i??? j sua Jitid moon and Saturn and Woden ] and T.lmr, etc Wodan was Ah ell* greatest Rod and Tuor was the Rod of the | clouds. Wednesday used to lie Wod<ensda\ and Thursday vn Thorsday. , They t-eliovt-d that Thor made thun- j der l?y picking up two great mountains in the sky nn l clapping ttieni toRefhar , tend ft,at he was ten miles high and his ( arms twenty miles long. Hut the riivis- | ion of the year into mau'Ulns and how < ml when the momMus Ret their ^ UMir-n in mil i;i'liri?tll) tvlIOYVIl HI lll?* | | young people, and perhaps will uol un i , til somebody tells thorn. 1 wa.i thinking alMHtt this month of April and how j , It got its name from a Uitin word that , , means "'to open," because during the j month tho earth begins to open for the i . seed to l Oiue tip and the grass to grow , j and the buds on U?o .trees open into , leaves and llowcrs. Young peopi j , should know that away hack before the (Christian era there wcro but ten months and the year ended with l>eeembcr and begaat with .lanuary, bernse their god Jirmis was n dotiblefactsi god and with one fn.ee looked back at the old year and with the Jther looked forv ai d at the new year. Tha' was pretty and appropriate. before ihe reign of Kuma, January and February were not in .In beginning of the year, but those old Roman empo frors and the old popes did what they *) I eased with time, and so January was made the llrst month to rdouse Janus rtien Nuina trunspasod Pchmary to pk-a.se Inipercus, another god who they aaid was the Mb" wolf thai suckled] Romulus atiiI Remits in a cave. and the Romans established a yearly festival in honor -of this she wolf and , railed it February, w.hich means er.pi ation. March iviik numel in honor or Mara, anothei god, and thr 2">ih of March wis the beginning of the year for 2,1100 years, not only with the Romans. hut with many Christian nations. Indeed. It was not changed from this distinction unt il tin- ye v 175?2. and it seems to me a pity that .t ever was changed. The time of the vernal equinox, the 21at of March, aeemo more like a now year an-d come "ban does the cold hloak midwinter <jT the first day of January. The next month to April was named < in honor of another god or goddess ' named Mains, who was the mother of I Mercury. Then came June, a name ' given in honor of Junius, the god of youth. Then came the other four months. September. October, Novem- i ber and December. Cods and goddess i es had given out I reckon. Hut later j on Julius Caesar imagined he was a | goi\ and made a new month and called | 1t Jufy* an'd Augustus Caesar did the i ?ai rim t'hinir jiiv. I f?alh?.l Vncii. <>f . . (jourse they had to rob the other bontlis of some of their days in order i jto g^t these two months in. Now. my jyoung friends, just think of it. how the civilized Christian world has been irafcjoord upon by superstition. Every day Hip the week and almost every mon'.lh in tlio year named in honor of some imaginary god that the heathen people worshiped. Paul preached a grand sermon when he said to them: "Whom ye is norantly worship him declare I unto you." Not only did we Ret from them the names of days anil months, but the names of all the planets except one. and that is the earth that we live upon. How faithfully they did worship their 1 Rods. How loyal were they to Jupiter, the god of all Rods, whom they imagined sat upon a throne on the top of Mount Olympus, an imaginery mountain far up in the heavens, and fro.n j there overlooked and blessed the clill- j dren of men. Hove Is the foundation of I character or every god, whether real or j Imaginary. It la worthy of reraem- ; brance that all the historic nations i worshiped gods whom they believed to be good. No people have ever wor- | shiped a god who did not love and care fur the children of men. There wore gods of evil. too. but the people did not love them. They Poaro.1 Oliein just as we fear the power of Satan now. The origia of many things of every day use in the business of life is a curious ond i'nC&reating study. For im^Oanee who established the ex-act length of an inrh, a foot, a yard. Who fixed the weight of a pound of sugar or ? ten dollar coin of gold or a bushel of meal. Those things .haven't been fixed so very long. The nations have been working on them for centuries and they were not finally agroed on until about 150 years ago. During the reign of King George IV the house of parliament in Ixindon was-burned up and the standards of weights and measures was burned up with it, and It took years to reproduce them, for although thousands of people had yard sticks and weights and measures, they were not exactly alike. Many yardsticks were a trifle short and thero were, scales to buy hy and scales to sell by and so ( with peck mcasuires <md half-bushel [ measures, for there were dishonest nerchants then atid I rv-ckoa there are iom? now. The flr$t foot measure is ' mid to have br.en the exact length of i in ancient Rowan emperor's foot. The ! irsl inoh wan tb? length of three grains j ?f English barley, which, it is said, is | i4?e moat uniform in sl*e and length of ?ny grain In hhe world. They took 108 grcvhiK out of a pile and lufd tin em i-n a lino touching each other and railed it a yard and one-thlrtv-sixth nan rjf that line was an .inch and so we have the old table of three barley corns make one inch. twelve inches one foot mnd so on. When niy wife wishes to ut up shirting or calico into certain engths she measures it by holding It mil at arm's length from the tips of her in gens to her nose and declares she loes not. miss it a quarter <?f an inch ind says it. is more correct than three arley corns or an emperor's foot. What a time the |>eople of the worldtave had in getting things settled lown to a uniform condition. Andt they are not. -all sotiled yet. We havej not vet agreed on our war with the] Philippines of the English war with the) floors of the tariff on Porto Rico or whether McKinlcy is a tippler or is [>ewey joking about the presidency or who is governor of Kentucky. Tlrsrc ire over 200 diflerent kinds of religion n this country. There, are seventeen kinds of Methodists, thirteen of F aptists. twelve of Presbyterians, six of Roman Catholics, six of Adventists," 'our of (Quakers, ten of Mennonites, seven of Kutherans. two Episcopalians, besides Dunkards. 1 niversalists. Morrnors. Spiritualists and many others loo tedious to mention. All of these profess to ho Christian ohurches and declare they can prove their faith by i.ht* Bible. Hut still the world lolls on and the years with it. The season - come and co just sis they have for ages. There i; no variation in the works of God. Sometimes i wisfo th.it like Him ! roil Id he poised away up in the heavens and look down upon the world and see it turning over and rolling onward in its orbit. I would want eyes that would scrutinise everything upon it Battles sind blood and carnage and the dead and dying and the mourners and the spires of the churches and hear tho Sabbath bells and t'j > preachers' sermons and see happy children going to school and the farmers plowing in the fields and the rattle upon a thousand hills and the never ceasing rush of people upon the streets of the great cities and the gold plied tip in the hankers' vaults and the poor and wretched in I llo v! 111 HI vJ >l twl tho t hnncon.le vlcts iu the prisons and the fires and funerals umd (banquets ami live Ships at ea and here and there a wreck and all on hoard engulfed. Yes. 1 would wish to see it all just once life and death happiness and misery, saints and .sinners in one Titut kaleidoscope. Then I would like to climb higher still and see the universe and listen to the music of the spheres and soar among the stars and ride upon the planets and?well no. I don't believe 1 would. On tho whole 1 would rather stay at home and work in the garden and oat my own asparagus tor dinner and take my evening nap and anon hear a familiar voice remark: "William, the flour is out and so is the sugar." 1 am glad 1 can't tee all the misery and am content, with my humble lot. -Hill Arp. in Atlanta ConstitutionHow Fortune Smiled. When this incident occurred, as related by a l>etruit lawyer, be was thirty years younger than he is now: "1 had all I cntihl do to pa> lor cheap boarding and the rein of a little ollice which also scrviHl :is :i Inilyilic apartment. Tho best 1 luiil in ;i husiucs* way was a touyh lot of collections ami a low insignificant rsH** in Justice's Court. "This is tin' way iu which tin* tide of fortune was turned. A big burglary hail Ikiii committed ami a man seriously wounded in trying Jo tlefeml his property. Arrests were nunle ami the whole community was up in arms. I never was so surprised iu my lite as when I was employed, at a ridiculously small tigure, to defend the prisoners, except when they were aci|uitteil. There was an organized gang of these fellows at the time, and the sipiiuteyed. sharp-faced leader afterward tidd in*' how 1 i'iiiiii' to yet the ease. "'We met,' said lie. 'alter the hoys was pinched, and a motion was made liy one of the blokes to hire two of the host and hi.sliest priced lawyers in the city If it took every cent we had salted. I give 'em rope while they <|tiarreled over who the lawyers should he, and then I done my put term'. I told 'em what a lot of jays tliey was to blow their stulT in on big wigs what charged a dollar fur every word they spoke. | My plan was to buy witnesses, and then any fool of a lawyer would do us. That's how you cot the ease, and it saved us a pile,' "I didn't feel flattered, hut it boomed me riyht into n good business that's made me comfortable. Detroit Free Press. Wise Cal. These arc tin- three reflections of Thcnphile tiautior's cat when she first saw a parrot: "This is certainly a green chicken," was her first thought. Succeeding it, came the conclusion: "hlckonR, even if green, are good to eat." Tlieu she sprang upon the perch, and the parrot shouted at her in French. "Ah." thought pussy, "it can't a chicken, alter all! it must is* a gentleman!" i I J \ J CHANGES FOB THE BETTER I AOvsr-Uge in the Levy of Taxes and Otherwise. J Important change in the school law.. At the lusi sfKsion of the general :is; sembly there was an act passed which ! ts of particular interest to the public scnoois or me state. .Speaking of it j ctuperiiitcaMient i>r Education MeMahan I said: j "This i.s the season of the year when I ambitious and progressive neighlHir| hoods are seeking to levy an extra tax j for the support of their schools in a more efficient manner than can be done I with the ordinary eonstitntional tax i alone. The last legislature changed the j method of* procedure in the levy of this tax. I shall be obliged if yon will t publish tihe new law in order that all ! may know how to make the levy legali ly. The essential changes are: "Kirst. Tin* petition to the county hoatd of education shall be by one ' third of the resident voters and a lik , proportion of the resident freeholders I of the ago of 21 years, wliiie formerly tliis petition had to he signed by only 1 six freeholders of the age of 21 years. I "Second. The mass meeting to ordet the election is dispensed with, and the i 'board of education orders the election | upon the petition signed as above indi' rated. | "Third. An elector must have paid taxes, but upon no special amount of ! property, whereas heretofore he could I not vote at t.his election unless lie paid I taxes upon Si00 worth of property I "An extra levy is evidently of very i little value to a poor community. A i State tax alone can render these tic help they need. My the county it nii'l tax now the towns contribute to the support of the outlying schools. Hut for a town or a prosperous district, an extra levy is always effective? and carries with it the charm (to the selfish) that it. el es not have to tdivided with poor neighbors." ' The following i- the section of the. law as it now reads: Section "4--That the voters or electors of any school district who rciuru real or personal property for taxation are authorized to levy and collect an annual tax t:? supplement anv sneeial I or" other constitutional or other tax for like purposes In the following maimer: I I'pdn the written petition ur request ?if at least one-third of the resident voters and a like proportion of I he resident freeholders of the age of wl years being tiled with the county board of educa' tioti, asking for the same and stating 1 the rnto uf tffio tax levy projtosed.whioh shall not exceed 1 mills, the said county lx>urd of education shall order the ic.itd of trustees of said school district to hold an election at some i place within the district after giving notice of the time and place thereof for at least two weeks in some newspaper published within the county and [ by posting notice thereof in at least , three public places within such school district for such length of time, unless there be no newspaper published with i in the countv in which ini.ni - | ing of the notices as above shall suffice, at Which said election only such electors as return real or personal property I for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificate-; a-. required it general elections shall he allowed to vote. At said election the hoard of trustees shall act as managers and the election shall he conducted as j is provided by law for the conduct of | general elections. At stid election each j elector favoring the proposed levy shall casta ballot containing the word "yes" ! printed or written thorcn. and each ' e lector opposed t > said lev\ shall cast 1 a ballot containing the word "no" S printed or written thereon. That with1 in ten days jiftet such election, if a ma jority of those vt ting shall vote for | such levy, the hoard of trustees shall rurnisb the county auditor with a statement of tho nmcunt so levied and I tho audit ir shall outer tho same in the > tax duplioatos and he shall annually. eaoli year thereafter, outer said anv unt I ;n the tax duplicates unti! the same | is increased decreased or repealed by I said taxpayer at an election called for ' that purpose and he is notified that (lie i same has Ixien increased, decreased or repealed, and if increased, or decreased I he shall annually enter it as before. which election hall be called and no1 tice Riven in tho same way and manner as is herein provided for the call| ing of meetings to make the levy and the giving of the notice that it has \ been made and the county treasurer ; shall collect the same as other canity 1 and State taxes. Such levy shall he a 1 lien on the property in such school district, which shall he subject thereto in case of default of payment. That said tax so collected shall be paid by the j county treasurer upon warrants drawn | bv the board of trustees countersigned ) by the county superintendent of education: Provided, That any surplus of I such levy remaining in the hands nf the county treasurer at the expiration j ! of any fiscal year shall he paid out as : other school funds of the district. Each ' taxpayer, when he pays any tax for | I Kphfvnl nnrtifwo j VA4A/1 * * , - K.,.r^u?o f.mu iiuun me provision of this Hertlon, shall have the j right tr> designate to which school in said school district he wishc.s the moncy paid hy him to go. and the treasurer shall keep a note of such designation | and the money he applied as thus ties- , j ipnated. When no designation is m.nli by the taxpayer at the tlnio of such j payment t.he money rhall he expended | as other school funds In flitch district: Provided, That notfhlng herein contain. ! cd shall be construed to change the ' manner now provided by law for tint I collection and paying out of special taxes in any school district now es- | tablished toy any special act of the pen- | eral assembly and organized thereon- ' der. Approved Feb 1900. JACKSONS GUILTY OF MURDER. Other* implicated Hay be Brought to Jurtice by Solicitor Johnston. Ohesterfield, Specal. 'llh? nuist .sensational trial ever recorded in the history ol* Ohesterfield omwit.v has couie U? an end. Harvey and John Jackson have been found guilty of the murder of Cossie Roan. The jury recommended mercy and their necks are saved. They escaped the gallows by tile skiu of their leet.h and will spend the rest of their lives in the State penitentiary uille.fs a now trial is granted or executive clemency shorten.-; iho term. Both 1 Harvev and John .I'oeUson sre vnunii men. Ml day Thursday lli'' arguments were in progress. It was late in tee evening when the ease was Riven to the jury. The jury did not reach a conclusion until 'J o'clock in tho morning, i When it was announced that, the jury bad agreed the r.fllceis of the court were sumnicnnl and the two Jaeksons j nlurched in. The jury tiled out of their i room and when the clerk said in a ; most impressive tone, "(lentlemen of ! the jury, have you agreed upon a verI diet?" there was stillness 1 iUe? death. J When lie read the words "guilty, with i recommendation to mercy." the stllli ties was painful. Those words sealed j scaled the fate of llarvey and John |Jackson. Remnants of t a-sie Roan's clothing, her shoes, a linger hunted to midnight | blackness, pocket hook and a straw i hat w.t.h edges burned iff farmed one j of the most siekeniug spectacles evar i seen in the county. The silent witnesses served like voices speaking I I* mi I Si? .I..-..I VCI..I .? .. ? I'" .. ... .... .u ?i<i. ?? uui l i iu>i? r>iir r>iu1 ferod will never he known. Judge Klugh sentenced Eli Hugh i Marker to life imprisonment in tin* | I State penitentiary tor the murder of j : Wade Hampton Hum. and he also sen. | ' teiued John and Harvey Jackson to i , life imprisonment for the murder of ! Cas.Aie Moan. This ends the case, for the present, : hut it is believed that others are con j I nectcd with this f. ul murder, und it is hoped that if such is the ca.se they will ( be brought to justice. Smalipux Under Control. Florence, Special.?Dr. I*. H. Macot, i health ofllcor for the Slate Hoard of I health, returned home last night front llht' ^ flllthtt'Oitorn . '?n?Dio. smallpox hits engaged his attention, j I Dr. Haoot has been in full charge of the ( I smallpox situation at Yem.u-.-ee, Bluff- : I ton, and thereabout. lie found the alarmiua reports to he without founda, lion, as there were only one or two j ] eases. These were promptly isolated \ and quarantined, and ail persons in the ' ' vicinity were vaccinated by him. Dr. Haeot thinks the smallpox situation in ! | the State now decidedly better than it i was a month or two ago. The cases in ! j Suith Carolina are tic hing like tnose j reported from tleorgia and North Cairo- j ' Una. where tin pest seems to be of a ! | very malignant type, lie hopes as the summer approaches and with the* large I number of vaccinations tat ave been ' made tat te disease will die out entire- , ly. Dr. Haeot will be en- for a few ! days before starting out on an.iter trip. Mrs. UradUick's 1 rial. Columbia. S. <\, Special. Mrs. IJell ! , (Jrnddick. a whin- woman i';t years old, ' j was tried Friday, on ihe charge of | >i- i ! souing her husband. At midnight no j verdict had beeu reached. hat. guilty of | ! manslunghtci is possible. C. radick ' | died February 12. For three d:.ys pii>- ' ! sicians liad treated aim for grip, I lliiiug".) there were extraordinary svmp- J j loin:', i'lic corpno hoiuime li\id and 1 splotched. Suspicious circumstances | can sod an autopsy. Dr. o. V. Owings, : a chemist, after several days' testing.' announced that the stomach ? intaincd 1 a sufficient anion a I <,f poi: :n t.o raust , death. Mrs. (Jraddick was arrested on ! suspicion, as > he alone gave Grnddiek i ' medicine. ICldredge Dawklns, a vonng J white man. was arrested as an acconiI plice. Iiui was released after the coroti- ' ! rr's inquest His whcrenhouts are nn- j j known now. A ncgress, Maltic Pish* r, \ tili 1 t.iut -Mr.-. (>;iiihlii'k had a l>;>t- ; I tie from which Kin- g> mred a drug Colored Postmaster Sliort. Koine, On.. Special. Tom Sheppard, i | colored, postmaster at Ciiubhei'town, a i | prosperous n?^rn village in this tFloyu) county, was arrested ?by In- , speetior Barry, and t a ken to Da I ton for j commitment for trial. lie is about $900 short in iii:. po-.ta.! accounts, mainly through money orders sent by Tiiru ' to firm.-; all over the country when in# barf no money to liquidate same. A Heavy l.oss in Aiken. Aiken, Special. Mr. Ilenry Halm, ! for many years the loading merchant of this city, died Thursday, in the fiOt/.i year of his ago. Mr llahn was a native of Germany, !>ut early in life came lu the United Statc.-t, -ruling in Ch irleston. After the war he removed to Aiken. and with the exception of four years r?pont In the Confederate army, as a member of the German artillery, has since reside here. The funeral will he 'held in the ttphropa.1 church at 1.30 Friday. No flore Damitje Rxpected. Austin, Texas. Special.?The water* are receding rapidly and no further damage is exported from the flood THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. XVnMlilinrtoii Tji grippe i* prevalent in Washington. tinny deaths front the disease have i>oou sported. \ hill has boon i itro ltu'Oil in the House f>y Mr. Tuwuoy ropeuliug some of the war stamp tuxes. Senator Clark, of Montana, will make a fight for his seat on the It nor of the Senate Tho Naval Construction Hoard has decided against super-imposed turrets for tho now battleships. Secretarv Oagc font to Congress his estimates of revenues and expenditures this j year and next. The estimated surpluses | are $70,000,000 and is2,000,000, respective* iyEleven of the United States warship models sent by tho converted cruiser I'ralrio to Franco for tho Exposition were j badly damage on the voyage. Secretary Hay has addressed a vigorous ! protest to Turkey against an edict ex.dud- 1 tng American pork. Our A<ln|?tc<t Island*. The only industry of eonsequeneo in the j I?laiul of Guam is tho production and exportation of copra from tho cocoa nut. j There is 1 it10* money and wages are very | low. There are about 110.000 pcoplo in Hawaii. The majority of those are Asiatics. The Japaueso number about'21,000; the Chinese 21.000. Captain Tilley reported that the harbor ' at Pago Pago is much superior to that at j Apia, Samoa, m iiinKing uio oi ior ror consolidation of ) tho provlucos of Havana and Pinur ?? *! Rio, Cuba, under (lenernl Loo and tho ro- i lief of General Ludlow at llavauu, tho Soc- j rotary of War puys a warm tribute to I General Ludlow's adinlni?tration. floaeral Gome?: sailed from Havana, i Cuba, for Sitn Domingo. Tho news tlint civil government is soon ! to lie established ill the Philippines stives the greatest satisfaction to all residents in | Manila. Cuba has many thousands of grnnts of laud, consisting of some thirty acres each, made to tho moil who have been in tlio j military service, that are lit for the cultivation of sugar cane. The Tuft Commission's rulo of the Phil 1 ippiucs |>cgius .1 illy 1. linmnMic. At Currituck Lifo Saving Station, Vu., an unusually heavy holt of lightning strucli i the puhlic scliool building and instantly killed Thomas O'Neill, one o! the pupils. Over throe inches of snow foil In Chicago, j The snow fall was general throughout tho Mississippi Valley and the lake region. The engagement of Miss Alta Rockefeller, t youngest daughter of John 1>. Rockefeller, ! to K. Pnrnmleu Prcntico, oT Chicago, was announced. I Tho Anglo-American Itrtf i<t Vehicle Com- I pany, capltul ?75,000,000, divided into 7.">t), tint) shares of ?10(? each, was incorporate I . at Dover, Do!. An experiment iu altruism backed by i capital to the amount of s J.'iO.ttl I is to bo | made In Now Jersey. Mrs. Henrietta McKay Arms, a Southern, I woman who ior yonrs wu^ the companion i of Harriet Uoeohor Slow?, died near Hurt- j fonl, <Jo 11 it Tho Capo Cod Canal bill was killed in the ' Massachusetts JSonnte l?y n vote <>f ir> t?? 14, i J with flvo pa Ira. Two brothers, Harvey and .lohu J nek sou, i worn convietod of hurtling a girl t?> death ] and given lite Imprisonment at Chestortleld, S. ('. 1 Congressman (5. A. lloulelle. of Maine. , who lifts been in a .sanitarium for several ! mouths, win renominated. Tim Presbytery of I"ti *:i V V.. voted in j favor of elhninut lug the doctrine* of olr lion and reprob ition from the confession of fnltb. .Mrs. Matilda Quilir.an, of New York City, Wept until she lost her eyesight through I irrlof at the death of hot* husband and little (laughter. George \Y. Hull, a millionaire f Arizona. was held without I 111 Mi New Yort i Olty on a charge of porjui y alleged to have I ; bean committed before tlm Supreme Court Of Kliode Island. Tito postofflee of Kast Liverpool, Oiiio, was tiurue 1 out. Mueli or tite loose mall and that in boxes was destroyed. I'ae less cannot bo estimated. ' Heeeti 1-story thloves secured ? 25,0(10 in JHYOIH .11111 Oilier VHIIllHlltM III Ull! II 1)1111! Of Orrln \V. 1'ottor, the mult I millionaire, in ] Chicago, while the fanilK was .il ilimi'T, , j nint escaped. ] A complatestool house wa* shipped from Philadelphia to Prince Yoshihlto at Toklo, ! an?j tliirty-olio louumoiixe-. and tenders i Worn Shipped to Uiisnla. ! 1 Millard Fillmore Dniiliii'. of .luckiouville, , III., Tr' usurer of t lii< I > emoe rut le St ito j Committee, lias been appointed Treasurer ! j of the Democratic National Committee. ' j Tim two concert4-- n v?*?i in tli?- A'-inlnniy . of Mniic, in Philadelphia, Mil r'*li iJt* mill , April ft for tlio relief of t In* families of the soldiers nuil sailors k 1 I in tlio Philip- j pines not tod fl.'I.Otlh. . Tlio Monnior Fiiropofwi arrive t at New York City from I. >n Ion Willi 'J5t> eiisos of | stnokoless powder fi i the 1'iiiteil States J (iovoruineiit. H irglnrs blow open n safe in the post- * ofllco at Graham, N. C find soeur al fttOO. j They escaped without leaving any clue. Thirty inmates of I he II >ri.< f<?r IHsntdM Boldlers, in Kcnriiv, N. !.. w ;a> taken m|. j dcnly III, the .symptom; heing t hose of nn . Irritant poison. All are recovering. i' Tlio heaviest snow storm in twelve merit lis pnt.sivl over Nmv Mexico. Fifteen | Inches of snow foil at Santa Fe. Prult | trees were not injured as the temperature j Is mild. | j Controller Color said that n agent for theStntoof New York lie had colloeied J:',. ? 000,000 Inhorilanc lax on tlio ostalo oi George Smith, xvho .Hod in I.on ! a. foreign. \ hody of rioter6 attacked a plague . ninp t nt Cawapore, India, and several persons * rtnro killed. I'.ight life-savers and three llshormen j nore drowued on the coast of Cornwall, \ r England. 1 Admiral Far Miliar s N >rth Atlantic \ t Squadron .arrived at Ilamiltou, Jlorniudn, I \ tad was received with official con rt-sles l?y i die British authorities. ; 1 (I Unmount* urn continually arriving in tooth Africa, l>ot competent authorities | F Mtlmiita that the number of horses lo-t 1 t nouthly !>y the Itritish most be calculated I it not less tiinn Hvo thousand. I Tlie American Pavilion at the Paris Kx- a >osltion will be closed on Sundays. i * In an Interview Mr. Alfrod Griffiths, n I * Item be r of Parliament for South Australia, ^ )\presses tlio opinion that any amendment >n*sed on the t'omrnonweiiltli bill In tlio itritish Parliament would lead to tho estnbjshment of a UcnubJie pore agd st?gn|o. 1 fas ton TL Moss arrivt Port from t tlint an ezuelnn of Costa Costa Iti< J. M. Iti Yancouvor ports that . tlolil has boo the Whito llo All Europo faiuluo. Many > to Import Aiuor wnim ii pri^? sacrament to of rolativvs ilC of tlie ro were kill- t0r A new of>o { Is to be bul. . part fence plans of German. General Gatacro, Co rathe British division* i. will return to England at o. because of Lord Uoberts's with his work. The Pope gave iiu audience to sailors of the United States tralnin Dtxl* 'rout i iix n I IVtiplr. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, is ready pl.mniug a loan ll-hing trip in Mi for next autumn. Admiral Dewey will makea trip to I rope this summer. and will combine bus uess with pleasure Senator Piatt, of Now York, i. a tnan o few words. Hi, sent 'ti ' M are crisp ana often epigrammatic. uuu i . 'inn^TU" V Micros* from Ari/.ouu, i* nu authority ?>? tliw vanou<< A norienii liiilian tau^in^es. Secretary ?>f Statu ltay's collection o1 flrsi editions of motloru authors has i.om enriched I?y a ooi>y of Itu.lyar.l Ki|dini;af llrst boolt ?ii tales, tbo uift or a lloaib.iy friend. A i'onnoi-t ii ui 111:111 is Ixiilil iiit; au sirli in antidilution of a tux 1101- lUmil. 1 ?? SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Orritral Tline at Jacksonville jm# FnvannA lauttcrn Time at Other Points. Schedule in KtTeet February 26th. 1000. KORTHBODXD. NosU ?V. Jacksonville tT*. 5) 8 i"iO* 7 4&p 1> liS " Savannah'So. Ry I .... 12 Iflp 13 06a 410| " Barnwell 4C2p 4 OOo 7 WJ " Biarkville .. 4 17p 4 l&a 814g " Springfield 4 40p 4 88a. Sally 4 48p 4 47a " Perry 4 56a Ar. Columbia KVn B 00a 9 80) Lv.Ohariestou.tSo.RT 7 oua U ixip 6 Vx " Suminervtlle. 7 41a 1200ot 658; " Braa-hvillo ... 8 Ma 1 66a 7 30 I " Orangeburg 9 23a 2 60a T 60 " Kingville .... 10 16a 4 80a 8 44 Ar Columbia . 11 '.lOa 8 00a 980 Lt. Augusta,iSo. Tty 3 *2OOai (f txrp UtftrpJ " ?4ranlt?v111o 2 46a 331p 10 15y ' Aiken , U30p " Trenton ... ' 6 0oa! IOOdIIOOdI " Johnston .1 4 14p 11 2Up kr. Oolumhln,(U. D.).. ftfmy 2 10* .... Lv. Columbia,* BlJg St OJWa fl l&p <Jl6tJ 0 40S " W'innaboro. .. j 703p 7 5*iHlOilrt " O?'*tor 7 5lp h lot. IllSf ibi-k Hill . ... saup 84;h,ihsS Ar._('h:?rl<>t?#< . j H lop 0 40n 12 21* ^r. liHgvUlf 112 hi* 1 u-.p naSj kr. Richmond.. . t'ft uu*j fla&p; Ar. tf*n.tiila*rou". 7 i'i* "h~7tp: foTSi " Bnltlmoru (Fa.HK; 9 12ii|ll ?>p ll Mfe " 1'hiladolphin. 11 31* 2 W?n 1 t*f 1 v"w ?? 1 aooyl 6i3nl 4i^| Lv. Columbia. If40fl 765a| .... Cr Sp*rt*uljarK tf 10p 11 2ba| A*hovillo ... | . ... 7o?JO ^ KT|?? Ar ^KimjxvUI^..^.. | 4 13* 7 20|?. .j Ar <?iiictniiti'i. j 7tJop T4jV?1 At. CrvuUvUli> .' ju?' ". .. southhoi'ni*. iMitdi?!";;'3 ,.,Hu lMI1* ,)all> f7v. Louisviiir . .....' [r '.TlTia* 4ay[ 77! Lv. knosriU* ."..... .7.7. I'lam *26*1 ... AtOiPvlile | HafcJ :t osp; Spartanburg .. ... Cilia tU5p ?i ' numpw ' .1 ajp1 B40p .v. N'-w Yort("Pa.Kit) u:wp lilSot 112^5 PniliKlnlpluu . B05p B Utt " Baltimore $27p '5 &.*nl 522f .v. Washl'gt'n(Hr>.Ry) 'irirp ] 1 l.Vij 0(*>j? >v. Kiehmomt .. |jTuwp[i4jlml .v .. 7 4M?| 64ffpll8g>L Oiitrlotto.. s Ji'>a Inruuj.! *si> " lcu<-k Hiu 002* i(i4f?pi r>uom. Cheater OliSn'll 2lp| .'> 27* " Winimburo. K) 21a|12 Uuii ft orttt ^r. Oolumlu/1, (BUlfcHt li ;wi> 11 26n t 3!i? 7 00a jV. Ooltliulim,(U. L>.).. Ill .'*>u tholl; " Johnaton HCMpj 1 8!fl> rtlUjii .... " Trenton . lluup 1 iip ft 4-h \r. Aiken 22up 7 iH'aj ... " (Irnnitevllle.. 1200nt 2 lAp 7 lMi . ... " Aninuia *1 iK*i' 2&op 8 00> *v. CoiainbmiSo. Ky 4uopj i .u.i? 7" ton ' KIdrviUo ... i tt?n ;.7? " (?ruuK'-lnirtr 11 4.'.|? H 41a ' Hrnm h vl ll<i . (I Jjpj 4^41 K jua " Suiiinicrrilln . . 7 up 5 52i Kr. CliHrleajon H lJ.pl 7<?i;I11ua ft. Oolumbl?<bo. ity.'j " fi~ik| l -Vj.| 7 i?i ir. fKi rv *ally latip sH?|?{ " Springfield 12M?p 2 4."ji| ' Black vi lie ll.-p 8 0ui> saa? Barnwell 1 Zip 8 2lfc H?| " Savannah .. .. li2Jp & l..r Id Itfi* 1 r. .ltt'-kM'iBvlllal P.B.ll 7 4lrpi p 21 n | -'H&p Trains 411 anil 14 (mixed except Sunday} >mve and depart from Hamburg Sletiplng Car Sarvion. Kxcellent <Val!y passenger service lietween rlorida and Now York. Nos. Ill and itS?Now York find Florida f.imted Daily except Sunday, composed excltiively of Pullman flues! Drawing Room Sleepng. Compartment and Observatory Oars.be w ?n Now York, Columbia and St Augustine. ,.os. .ill and 114?Now York anil Florida Kx ress. Drawiug-roiin aleoplng cars between UiK'asIa and New York. Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars bo ween Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah. tfa-?hington aud New Yorfc. Pullman sleeping ears between Charlotte aad i i,.i,,-.? .I ? ? - ~ - uuiu:( curs uoiwcen u.iarlotta < lid .''aVtUUAll. N<>?. 115 and 86?U. 8. Fast Mull. Through billman drawing-room buffat niftantng narab*w??n Jnckaonrllla and Naw Yorlc and PulJiihu ainejiiug cars between Augusta nnd (Jhar otto. Dining cajr* H?rve all monl* anrouta biilmtui .'toping car# botwaon Jaokaonrlila nd t'olumbia. inrant* daily botwoou .Inokaoar 1Ue nnd Cincinnati, via Aahovtlle. rltANK 8. ( ANNON, J. M.(7UDP. Third V P. & Uan. Mgr., Traffic Mgr., Vaxhlng'on, I). CL Waahlngton, D Ct V. A. TURK, 8. II. HABDWIOK, Of?. 1'tM. Ag'A, Ab't den. Pan#. Arf'v. Wyilun^toa, D. C. Atlanta. 0a %