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FO VOL. IX. POPULATION, 76,295,220 Official Announcement of the Census of the United States For 1900. GAINED 13,225,464 IN DECADE N'tlllOirr In tlie Fortjr-FIre StnU'k l? f". 4.027.007, Kriirrirntlni; Ap|?ro*lnii?t.-Tv Hi.' l*..|.iilnlloii Vor A|.|iorlloiuiifiil I'nrpokck? Statement liy the l>lr?-?-tor ! ?>f tlir fVllHUH? llr Spent S(!.:ifil.'J(ll, I Washington. D. r. (Special). ? The official announcement of iho total population of (hi' I'niteu Sir ? for 1900 is 70.295.220. of which 71.027.007 arc contained in the forty-five Ntntos reprefienting approximately the pop'.tlation io be use for apportionmont purposes. There is a total of 134.158 Indians not axed The total population In 1800. with which the aggregate population >f the present census should lie compared. was G3.000.750. Taking the 1800 population as a lias's. there has been a gain in population ?if 13.225.404 dnrintr tli.> ln*t ton v..!>? ? representing nu inetv.-ise of nearly Mtrritty-nne per rent. Following i< the ottieinl announce iin*nt by States: Indians, not. UkKV 1890. taxed. .Mnlumin 1 .828,607 1.313.ol7 Arkansas .. .. 1.1)1,504 1.128.170 California .. .. 1.485.(15:1. 1.208.1:10 1.549 Colorado. .. .VJ!).70(1 412.108 507 Connecticut . . 908,355 740.258 Delaware .. .. 184.155 168.40.1 Florida 528.542 .101.422 1 icorgia 2.216..120 1.837!.353 ... Idaho.. .. 161.771 84.185 2,207 Illinois 4.821.550 :i.S20..1!)l Indiana 2,516,46.1 2.192.404 !!!! low; 2,251.829 1.011.806 Kansas 1.460.406 1,427.696 Kent nek:. . .. 2.147.174 1.858,615 l.oiiisinna .. .. 1.181.627 1.118.587' "Maine 604..100 661.086 ..!! Mat-viand .. .. 1.180.046 1.042,390. Massac I inset Is.. 2.805.146 2.25*8.9t3 Mietiitran .... 2,410.782 2.003.880 Minnesota . .. 1.751.105 1 ..101 !826 1.768! Mississippi . .. 1.551.372. .1,289.(100 Misson ' .. . . 1.107.117" 2.670.184 Montana . -243.280- . 132.150 10.746 Nebraska .. . . 1.068.001 1.0.58.010 Nevada , 42.334 45.761 1,10.5! X. Hampshire 411.588 376.530 j Vcw .Jersey.. 1,88.1.66!) 1.444.061 New York 7.268.000 5.007.8.51 4 7ll! X. ( trohnn . 1.801.002 1.617.047 North Dakota. 110.040 182.710 4 692' Dhio 1.157.545 3.672.316 .... Oregon ... 411.5.12 .11.3.767 Pennsylvania 6.301.365 5.258.014 Witoih Island.. 428.556 345.506 ^otith Carolina 1.340,312 1.151,140 votith Dakota. 401.559 328.808 10,932 IVnnessoe 2,022.723 1.767.518 Tevns .1.048.828 2/J.15.523 , .iki.i 1,47'J I Vermont .. :l43.64l 332.422 Virginia 1,854.184 1,055,080 .... WisldiiKt ii .. 317.672 349.390 2.53! VV. Virginia 0158,900 762.791 .... Wisconsin . 2.068.063 1.686.889 1.037 Wyoming .92.531 60.703 .... Total for 43 States 74.627.007 62,116,311 44.017 Territories Ac. Alnska est i mate! 44,000 32.052 ii/ma. 122,212 30,620 24,644 W^istiict of Co Ucnibia 278.713 230.392 .... Haw oi 134.001 89.090 Indian TcKtv. 301.069 ISO.132 36,033 New Mexico 103.777 133.393 2.037 1 I tkl'ilionw . . 398.243 61.834 3.927 ! Persons hi i lie service of the 1S. stntion cil abroad 'cstimatcd) .. . S4.4')0 !ndians. etc..on Indian resetvat ions. exec|it t Indian Territory ... .... 143.282 .... ; Total for seven ter'".loi uis.A1,067,313 932.943 89.341 The Director ??l* tl.c Census, in aunouifcing the population of tiie Coiled States, inr.de a statement, which, in part, follows: "The figures of tii population are the result of a enreful eomputation by means of tlie latesi tabulating machines. It lia < been the enstoin heretofore to make a rough count, using the names on the schedules as a basis, lint in this decade it - *ns iii.ioimitn?i avoid the errors likely to arise from a I i*liinin:t * count, nud also the necessary oxpei.se and delay incident to such a proceeding. The plan was adopted of verifying the count at once , liy the use of the electrical contrivances referred to above. 'The early completion of the tabulation of the population of the States enables the Census Office to submit the figures to Congress as soon as it eon venes in December, thus giving that body tht information necessary to .lb pose of the tpiestioii of the reappor tionment ot Represer.tatives at the renting session. '"lite cost of the administration o' the bureau up to this date, including the expense ineielcnt to the preliminary work, as well as the rest of the enu ineration and supervision, is $6.K01,9t>l, eif which over $4.(100,000 has been expeueled for supervision and enumeration." Itnllr'iHilii Fttr l'orto KI?o. The? Executive Council at San .luau. Porto Kico. has granted a franchise to the Nort American Company to build 300 miles of a system of railroads in the interior of the island and to oper nrs? the same. The work is to he com p'.Otcd in three years. I ruifti W.ii'Nlilp* ?( Aniiapoll*. The French man of war Cecil to and Ittiititft arrived at itw Naval Academy at Annapolis. Aid , ami received the usual salute* frotu the Naval Academy t icers RT F THANKSGIVING DAY SET The Annual Proclamation Issued by President McKinley. lie DealKiinlrii November '11>, n? u l>ny ol Thank* t o a Kind Vrovidctice Kor National Itlemliigt. Washington. I>. P. (Special!.?The follow in}; Thanksgiving Day proclamation lias been issued: "It lias pleased Almighty Cod to bring our Nation in safety and honor through another year. The works of religion and charity have everywhere been manifest. Our country through all its extent has been blessed with abundant harvests. Labor and tbe great industries of the people have prospered beyond all precedent. Our commerce has spread over the world. Our power and influence in the cause of freedom and enlightenment have extended over distant seas and lands. The lives of our ottleial representatives and many of our people in China have been marvellously preserved. We have been generally exempt front pestilence and other great calamities and even the tragic visitation which overwhelmed the city of (Jnlveston made evident the sentiments of sympathy aud Christian ! charity, by virtue of which we are one | united people. "Now. therefore. I. William McKinley. President of the Cnited Stat??s. dn hereby appoint and set apart Thursi day. November Uil, next, to lie observed by all the people of the Cnited States, at home and abroad, as a day of thanksgiving and praise to Him who holds the nations in the hollow of Ills hand. I recommend that they gather in their several places of worship and devoutly give Him thanks for the pros |htmy ? upri'wiui lie lias endowed lis, for seed time :itul harvest, for the valor, devotion and humanity of our armies and navies, and for all llis benefits to its as individuals and as n Nation: and thai they humbly pray for the eontiniianee of His divine favor. for eoneord and amity with other jnaiions. and for righteousness and peace in all our ways. "In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Culled States to be affixed. "bone at the City of Washington this 25)1 h day of October, in the year of our I.on!, one thousand and nine hundred, and of the Independence of tlic T'nlted States the one hundred and t wenty-tiftli. "WII.LIA.M McKiNLEY. "JOHN HAY. Secretary of State." FATAL MINE EXPLOSION. An Kinptoyr'* Slight Krror llnroilt* in Dentil ami Destruction. Wilkesbarre. IVnn. (Speciali.?A tremendous explosion of gas occurred in No. 1 shaft of the Kingston Coal Company in Edwardsville in which live men were killed and six others were badly burned. The dead are Peter Nsovige. Michael Galahaus. Adam Waynoles and Frank Maenlonski. miners, and David Evans, a driver hoy. When the injured men were brought to the surfaee by the rescuers ilie skin hung in shreds from their nodies. The work of rescue was danporous, as "after damp" had accumulated. Tlie first rescuing party that wont down the initio was driven hack and two in the party had to tie carried out. The accident was due to an etn ploye who diverted the air course unwittingly. BANDITS RAID A VILLAGE. Blow Open it Sufi- ut Koumllicmi, Ohio, mill Fire on Citizens. Hcilcfontaiuc Ohio (Special). A gang of mounted rolihers raided the village of Itoundhead. fourteen miles from liere and got away with considerable booty. A terrific explosion aroused tin* resi dents and citizens, who appeared on the street and were shot at by the robbers. who finally rode away toward Lima, tiring as they went. The heaviest loss was at Mcrtz & May's store, where the safe was blown open and $400 secured. Six hundred dollars in bank notes was scattered out of their reach by the explosiou. GREAT FIRE SWEEPS AMOY. Mittiy Block* in t'liliH-m. 1'iinti en. Wiped Out London (By Cable). A great fire liodestroyed J,r?0 houses ill Atnoy. (')iinn. The destroyed houses were nl! in tIk business section, near the Americun and British settlement. British. Ktissiini and Japanese ma rit.es were lauded with ongiues and fought the dailies heroically. tiencrat !.? Ordered From Ciiliit. The army division of Cuba was dis continued and the Department of Ctibr established by an order of President MeKinley. Beneral Leonard Wood it placed in command of the new depart ment. Cenernl Fit/.hugh Lee is ord ered to command the Department ol the Missouri, with headquarters ai Umii ha. A Mother Murders Iter Son, Clifford Cawthou, sixteen years old was found dead iu his bed. at tbi home of his widowed mother. In Chut tnnooga. Tenu. His head had beet harked to pieces with a hatchet. Mrs C'awthon. according to the police, con fessed Inter that she killed her son "be cause lie was had and smoked cigar cites." ttu??inu Auibntiiuloi In IVudiliigiou. Count Cassiul. tue Hussmu Ambnssu dor to the United States, has returnet | to Washington. MIL! ORT MILL, S. 0., WEDI . ? - ? ? i' RICE PLOT CONFESSION The Millionaire's Valet Accuses Law* yer Pai.'ck of Murder. IONES THEN CUTS HIS THROAT S iimitinnal in I lie 1'iimnin Itlrn ClMP In Now York Cily-Tlii' Confoitsioii ('linrgen Tluil Patrick Caiiwil tl>o Millionaire'* I?o:?tli l?y tin* I'm- of ( an Anesthetic?Ho Denies the Story. York City (Special)- Developments t?f ;i sensattonal ? -luiraoicr have followed each other in the now famous Ittce case. Charles l\ Jones, who was the private secretary ami valet ol" William Marsh 11 ice, the :i:;od millionaire, who tiled recently umler suspicions eireumstauces. attempted to commit suicide in his cell in the Totnhs by stuhhinir liintseli wish a penknife The attempt was made .iust about ' twenty-four hours after Joins had inatle a full confession to Assistant District-Attorney Osborne in which 1 he practically accused Albert T. Patrick, who was the New York attorney fin the old millionaire, of murdering Mr. Uice by the :t<liiiinist cat ion of drugs, and finally of some nuesiheiie. 10110s also said that Patrick gave him tho knife and urged hint to commit suicide. Mr. Osborne declared that Jones's confession was voluntary. Mr. llouse. attorney for Patrick and Jones, has charged Osborne and Captain Mr(Musky with employing the third degree. It is stated that a personal friend of Jones induced him to make hi? confession. At least ii was this friend, whose name is withheld, who wait to Assistant lJistriet Attorney Osborne and invited liini to liil-awiee. the prisoner :u the Tombs. Mr. Osborne accepted the invitation, .lotus's confession was heard the presents of witnesses and taken down b> a so uographer. Jones reserved nothing in his confession. He told of th dazzi'iig tetnntntion of t?"ijNH),iMO. the opportune arrival of the very man who li.td the knowledge and tiie nerve to iio the part that was beyond Jones, of tho administration of tablets, tlu- constituents of which lie did not know, 'ho tinal hastening ot the end o! the dying man with the anesthetic, the o\oihauling of dice's paper ar.d tfie use of the dead man's cheek lieok Jones's description of the last moments of Mr. Uice. which is a part of his eotsfessi . lollows: "Mr. Patrick asked me for > towel and a sponge, and I gof them for liini. lie then asked me to leave the room. I left the room. He ..aid: I \\: 11 re main with Mr. ltiee until lie goer, to sleep, and will go out tin- si,',, door.' "Two mimics later I heard Mr. Illee laughing after I left the 1*00111. I went to the door and peeped in, and S.-IW Mr. ltiee lying on Ids back, at <! the towel was folded in a com- shape and was over his whole face, and Mr. Patrick was holding it over his face with his right hand. Mr. Patrick did not see me. nor did Mr. ltiee. 1 opened iho door jitsi enough to tt nil I nu." ?MI tt lil i ,| II ?IN >l? III as I saw the position of tilings 1 wont an I laid down oti my 1 >? 11 and won io sloop. "When I woko up. about n o'clock. I tnrncd Uir light up. 1 took hold of his hand and found i* limp ami 1 iI??loss. 1 lirst looked for Mr. Patrick, and then son! for the doetor. When tin* doctor iaim* lie pronounced Mr, Hire dead." Lying on a cot in ltcllevue 11<i^|?it;i 1 .lories was heard to exclaim: "t inly think that I was in * hat otnpr room and know that Mr. Itioc was being killed and didn't raise my hand in In lp him." I'atriek denied Jones's story I'mtv beginning to end. POWERS ACREE ON CHINA. Their Alignment on the \iij;l<i-(acriiiiiii Agreement Non Complete. Washington. 1?. ('. (Specialt - The alignment of the I'owers on t.lie Aughi<Jerman agreement is now complete. Aside from Italy and Austria, whose adherence to the agreement was ox' peeted, owing to their political rein tions with Germany, Japan is the only out* ol tln? Powers which has given unconditional assent to the agreement. , As the matter now stands f'.ve of the , I'owcrs are mated in all the terms of the agreement, viz.. Great Kriiaiii, Germany. Italy. Austria and Japan; I throe of the Powers, the I'niled States. France and (Cassia, aeeept the clauses relating to the open door and the territorial integrity ol i'ltlna, hut withhold aetiop on the third clause as to future procedure in case any Power ! seizes ter.ilory. ALL INDICTED FOR MURDER. f .MrAlUter, Kerr, f'niiiphctl atnl Heath j 11<-1 <I For Mill flirt's Heath. Pnterson, N. J. (Speeial).?After the examination of six witnesses and a thorough investlejitioii I.I th? tluatli rit Jennie ltossehietor. the (iraud Jury of Passaic County indicted Walter C. Me.* lister. (ieorge J. Kerr, Andrew 1 Campbell and William A. Death. There is an indictment for murder and one for as-milt against each prisoner. This action of the (trend Jury was in accordance with instructions given to its met11tiers by Judge Dixon, tell lea them that the tou: men Were ha hie under either or botn charges. It i learned that the hnllot to Indict was unanimous. L T] StESDAY, NOVEMBE1 f HE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON ITEMS. Smallpox ravact's on Indian reserr a lions arc nttrneiinr t in* attention of tli.- Indian Commissioner. leneral Elwoll S. Otis was ordered to Chiraco to command the Depart inetit of Lakes. Tii" Treasury accounts for October closed with ail excess nf receipts over expenditures of S".l?.~>l.ot?7. Tlie Navy I lepart ni"iit decided to lo cate tin* new million-dollar dry dock at ill" ISrooklyn Navy Yard between docks N'os. I and 'J. President McKinley pardoned Cldn Iloey. a Chitianian. who is dyinc in the Km land < Vt.i lions of Cornet ion. and who was eonvieted of perjury in eonnneetioti with the Chinese iintuiCiation laws. Consul i ieneral llolloway. at St. Petersiuirc. notified the State Department of an additional duty plaeed on eoal imported into ltm-sia. .1. I*. Morcan ?V Co. paid tin* (iovernntent s:;7ti.:?Ki for silver taken by I'nited States marines at Tien Tsiu China. 01 i: Aiioi'Ti-ai islands. Serious riotiiii. at Acnadil'a. Porto Ilico. resulted in a eontliet between civilians and a native recimeni. The soldiers bred into the mob and s"VeraI persons w< re wounded, none fatally. .l-tso llir/mon lii'tiile/ Movor of I'once. and Jose <>01110% Drio/.o, a physician, were appointed uicmhcrs of the Kxecutive < ouneil of I'orto Ilicu. ixm KsTir. The John \V. (iarreii esiaie in lt.ilfitnoro. Mil., ainonntin-j: to S1.rinn.iMii) in real esiaie, was partitioned anions the lieirs. There was a heavy rainfall all over Texas, and 111111 li damage was done 10 property in different places by wind and liirhtninj.'. Charles it. Fast man. of Harvard, who was indicted on tlie charge of ninrderint; lti chard I! (Iropan. .1:\, will lie placed on trial at (' 1 mbridue. Mass.. sonic time between December I and 1">. Keinorse over 1 he fact tiiat he had aeeident a lly killed ids son drove Frank Farrell, a proniinetii business man of Philadelphia. to suicide. His body was found in t he Delaware liiver. ' <r. Michael \Y. Kelliher. a prominent physician, of I'awtucket. It. I.. under italic!mint by the tirand Jury fu; conspiracy to defraud a life insurance company of SJotiit, committed suicide by taking poison. t'ornelius I.. Alvord. Jr., defaulting note teller of the First National It.anK. | at New York City, will lie tried by Federal authorities. As a result of a conlerenee between !'resident and faculty of the Chieaao j 1 nivers'ti. the professors will no longer talk about John D. Uockefeller i'rofessor Ilenry St. tJeorjie Tucker was desiyna;cd as actiuj; president of Washington and l.ee Fniversiiy. In x iuyton, \a? until the next election. 1:1 a weddin.:; celebration at which several men discharged their pistols, sit tireciiwich. Conn.. Harry Mead u is 'twice shot and seriously wounded. The lotlC overdue Meatier Unheal Dollar arrived at Seattle. Wash . with .'to! 1 passengers and $1,000.1 KM) in {jold II list. I In* iifvxt'o i- ported lyiiehoii no.tr An i uisloii. AIji.. was not killed, 1 >t:i was given lil'ty lashes while tied ,11 a sack. | A eontrtioi l'or furnishing to Uie army \..?(H>.t)tM? yards o| khaki, to l>e made i iitio uniforms for American soldiers in the tropies. was awarded in New \ orl, < 'ity. It was antiotineed that a new effort was to hi* made to ohtaiu the liberation of Oiierlln M. f "after, late of the Engineer Corps. I*. S. A. Leading Chicago physicians declare drinking anil cigarette smoking are I increasing among American women. "!'lf Ctiited States transport .Meade I arrived at San Francisco front Man | ila. The vessel hail over :HM> siek anil , discharged soldiers. Uo-s|yn Kerrcll. the train rohhir charged with the murder of an e>. press messenger named l.ane, was eon vieietl of innrder in the llrst degree. at Marysville. Ohio. Tli verdict carries with it tin' death sentence. KOHEIIiN. Severe lighting ueettrred hetweell A list ro-11 navariaa and Montenegrin troops over a hoillldar> dispnte. Iff. Voshi rg ICckow. CFlief of tlie C.crn an Bureau of Coinnieri ial Treat ies. at Berlin, ih elar- d that the C.ilteil States is iJtM'iiiaity's greatest trade enemy. ! Bl'eanse of Ihi* is at sa-areiiv of i n:il t hrniiKhnut the Austrian 1 li?Slate mini's hi Holieuiia ami Moravia ; ii to In' largely extended. .?;i|?:t 11 nave unciiiiilitifiiial iish m in thi! A rmlo-f Sennit n ngrectn* in r? Manlii _' I 'liina. A powder magazine was exploded l?v li^iitnin^ at Nankin. China, and many persons were killed. ' eiieral Rot ha was reported lo lie m.irehiii? Willi a strong fnree of Iioers t<> invade < 'ape i 'ninny. formal union of rlie I'rec and I'tiltedTMi'sPyierian <'liurelies of Scotland was aeeninplislied. Rear-Admiral Rninos was sworn in as Spanish .Minister of Marine at Mad ri I. Kdward Henry Smart Ri ?ht. seventh Karl of Darnley. died in London, lie was Imrn in IST?1. iiihli Vlex I leu if*. 1 lie f hieiisro Xinti 1 i.-: Iti-lil 'i>s linal iiici-i.ui; in la>iiili?n. j The Venezuelan Govern men ulecrivil ; . r? -iiui|':ioii of payment of interest pi -ill ili'lii.-i ml Kmiis I'ruin November i [MES I 7, 1900. ARP ON OLD ROAR Bill Takes Trip From Atlanta to< A ii n*if .'ti s*ugii3ia. BRINGS IP SOME MEMORIES. / Georgia Was the First Road He liver Traveled Over Arp's Father Helped Build It. Some . id an i stei c swrc t memories rattle over n as I journeyed on the old Henrgin Railroad from \tlanta to Augusta. It was the ti? t railroad 1 ever saw anil traveled ? '>. My ;;ood old father \va. o:ie ?< " the original stockholders. He snhscrihed $r?,00o and paid it ;is it was called for. In those dry.- it : !s were lie hnllt. ? ti lucid - or qn< 'tien.alde, in>. eiioi ; sehenms. Tin : > was c i preferri I : *k or income Ponds or lirst and m -olid mortgages. hut everything was simple, plain and lion . I 1: .ve great reverence for that road. I lived in lr:\vronof-ville while it w:. luing l.nllt. Stone Mountain was our imaret; d > put. and it was there I i-rst vaoturcd tu hoard a train as I joarnoyed to Athens to enter college. How solemn, ltnw inspiring w - tlii.t ride. I la nn rnl'c that i seemed to ni? that the trees and iein i - and farms and habitations weieall moving swiftly b tekwa; P ;.. while the train seemed to b>. still and qiiivi "ill;; on its tr jv. l had the same I IV, li.,.. .I.~ 1 I 1 e\ er \\ I ! H I! i I in an ele\aloe. !: at the Ciilsey House. iii N? w Yt rk ami 1 was not eniisriou of Roint; up, but thought the hotel was rapidly ?lo-tending into seme subterrnni an cavity. Young peoplo now.id; y.s have no tv!i ?-\p? idem?. *! hey d.i n. i la member tie- time ttlini there wire no railroads or telegraphs. nor *\viu machine- ( ro-ikir.u ..i .i . or match- - or steel pin-, an.i Mil- " i. they . in not appi iata o." lie a at 1 for l lie blessings (li.- > i njoy. A- we ileaioil Stop- Mountain mid I le- !; I npoa in haid. liiajc eaai init i \\ a carried hack in memory to the del!- ii u! days <>: my vomit. when nearly dxty y< irs nj.-o that mountain war i ,i:* try.--1 lug jilare and hoys and f:irls journeyed there oxt-aji mile* I from I iwrenei villi- at: I >po..i a I. py day and while tluie and on the v ay we reveled in In. yonn dr am and eyas looked love to ey i s that s??<; ii o again I n-n ember wh. a Hi to nun a tower on that mountain's top a lower Hiu feet high. woo a- slender top did ranutiim touch the clei -Is. and it w.ts hull; l?y Aaron Cloud, wlio-e very name made him .1 tilling archil-, t. I; was the hi ' skvst rnpr-r rii r hi:iIt in 'h orgia I r? :ue;ul <-r tin- delightful (iay when a burnetii lassie with hazel eyes and Indian hair iisu-aili ! tin i winding iii with me ami as v.- s it t< gethrr on it - dizi zy pinnacle I thought I w. s tiltlo | near-"- heaven than I had ever hern la ' re. I'nd- r nret- i-< of hi-IdinR Ik r from Ji rm. I nail em.de oil h??r with i y arm . ml t!,i pa'pltating hue up; n her I o. oiii tedd :i.e how fast her loait was tn ?; in:-, a: I (here almu f in the e|i mis we plighted our tic h I reinenila-r when ()*: winter r.igiit the storm canto and the rain ih-s ended I and the wi m- - blew, and th:r tower fell utul i-.rcat was the fall of it. I re- | ! iim i.11ii ?* wiit'ii tin wa- a tin*- 1?.t I I ;it ttii- l>.i. . ih it mo.ml:?in and ono J [ eight there wa - ;i h ill on the spaciotl- I dining n din, ;i I "bright the lights shone o'er I'.iir women ami bravo men" and for the lir-t time I s \v that ineetily girl whom ill hoys called lleeky l.itliiner. and whose da hing beauty (Ire thrill to Ik. as innlns<oa draws (lies, lie.- fanier lived tut fir tnvay, a -iilist: nti I fartiir". and a few ycn.ru In or "our Hooky l>. line Mr#. I(. l.c , nh Kel mi. 11:< wife of the I rued ;;-.d eloquent do- r of Cartersvillo. 1 rem( rnbei* wlwn that great solid tnoiintain of granite seemed larger v s. much latg<r than it !oo5:s to ve now. for l was young then and nature had not begun to slit Ink with mc. Kve.-ything i: -mtilh r now and every year g?t- nal'ei till. A I't.pe says of the dyim. Christian "The world root de it disapp* rs. ' arl will to thos" who die of old age. Tom Mr a| expre 1 it beautifully and pathetically win n !i il l "I remcinlx I Tremember t..e llr Ires diirk an ! Iiigb. I used to tliit I tiieir I rider tops were close against t be y >, Hut now I'm growing older and find it little joy To know I at farther off from heaven than when I was a hoy." I remember that historical town cnlhd Madison, where many of my coIn ge r inI? lived. They are nil gone nov . it i? tine - l? ft to comfort ino in my d<"-lining years. I? wall f re I saw this railroad when I wn a hoy of fo : < n. and it v. a >onipi? tri! to .Madi on \\ ...n. fi Hensation of womb r ; c I alarm a I looked at th huu' h i:i'h?n tha' eanir* puffing down the tr; with a train behind it. My father li.ol to hold my hand, for i t: f ni 1?I"d li.-t i should jump the track ar.*1 kill us all. My father v a - pvoud of mat road ? prouo be. re lie help. I to btiiid it. ii' k(]" r. Th it tc -k for twelve years n .tro.jt r. r' r.c a dividend The - I: 'ni do n. down, <vvn. till it r'i he I its lov e noint in 1MT |t v;a then w.;ih only IfT <'pt. on the. dollar, hut he had faith and clung t/i t with ho;.i Ahout tha% time a cornt;"" .< ' il i< vol tin a crisis a panic ? 'it " o\ ... itry ana to sndi tiu . '. it .... .... .i . ho whs torced to 7 ). NO. 34. e?ol 1 his stock. It distressed ..int and grieved my mother, but lie said there was no help for it. The stork must go. I remember the night he came, home and told my mother that the stock was gone he had sold it to Judge Hutehins for 27 eeit s on the dollar?the stork that he had paid 10<? cents for twelve years before. Father was sad ami the tears fell on mother's cheek and none of us eared for supper. When father went bark to the store that night 1 sat down by mother's side and took hrr hand in mine. "Mother." said I, "you must not feel so had about that -toek. Let me tell you a neeret. I a t night I proposed to Oetavia Hutehins, I a-'ked her to marry me and she said she would and we have lived the time the 7ih of March and in less than three months I'll get that stork back and it will be in tie family ngtin. Now. don't .von tell, but you mv tn't cry any more." and 1 Uis.-rd her on In r cheek and said. "Mother. Mr. Shakespeare -avs All's well that en Is well.'" P.ut my dear moth r was a woman and womanlike she told an intimate friend what I sr.id about g? Iting the stock back a" I that fraud told another \v? man in confidence and the confidence ki pt spiculing and spreading until the engag-am lit and the tuck matter get ail over tlie village and at last to Judge Hut bins. I wrs mortltied an.I alarmed, but my a'Tirn I stuck close to me. for she was d"? adfiilly in lov*. though -he ibni's it to tins day. In due tin.' \\. wen ma'Tied and were so happy we didn't want :ny stork on anything el e hardly. A i\\ days after our marriage, as I was passing his office, the stern old judge called me in. He unlocked his iron . ife an I taking out a paper, said to in "1 lie.?d Hint you told year good mother that you were going to marry Ociavia. and get that, railroad stock l ark. Hid you tell her that?" I wa? intensely a'armed. hut. like (leorg ' Wa kingl in. I woul I not tell a lie. "Ye*, judge. 1 did." said I. "but I didn't ni" in it." i replied. I saw the twinkle | in his eye. "Well." said he. "1 thought J that if you were determined to nave I hul jimt .?s well give it to you now." st:if ho handed mo tIn* i itiiirtite with the trin: tVr a' catty written. I don't know what I Id. tint lie enjoyed my cmhanas a.cut. What si considerate ir 111 !: was. ! renieailier Ih. : a few nu :'li.- after lie .sent six of the family m --e up to t?ur house i ie nmtmtng I:< < e we got up. We le rit t" 'ii tal! 'iig tin the front step:-, and my wife asked me to get up and -? what they wanted. They informed me that "til 1 master tohl them he had given tin m to ire and Miss Ortavi i and to e-ime up lure." They were all -er\all's who had long said that when >ii ,s Oetavin got married tliey wore gwine to live with tier. That was tlie urtt.il p: riinr.nv tif slave owners i<i the'; children. We had no use for tlietn. and sent them back with a kind note lugging the judge to keep tilt in for us awhile longer. Some years after that Mr. Lincoln sol thorn free and to tell tlio truth I am glad of it. for they wore always a care and an expense. Now, while I write our train has readied t'nion I'otnt and I remember when we college I oy u-fd to t ike the tandem mule train from here to Athens. It was an all t ly journey, for i: took lis eight hours to make the fifty mile . l.iit we rod" on top and h td lots i ' fun and plenty of good tilings to cat that our mothers had provided. Ves, | love to ruminate atiout those goo;| old times when everything had a roseate hue and wo wrote love letters to our sweet hearts and reveled in love's young dream.? Hill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. HAM'S HORN BLASTS. ryvIK er.n-pine hand I 1 n not erastp Co,!'.* ' mJ y (-J <&?fj<^l Kind's cliiinilifi*. jjt P"J/n.>v A p'Htirn-pPrft < /*iJ?Sjv_yv,t 'ion prohibits proV ' * warm-hcartpd vcMJ y v i lmf' h iipvit has ,i K%Jr I / , old hand. tfav ? - 'Z s*) 1 110 ,'RU * "* of ronformine l 3 f In ti p v.orhl with out whrii you "n iv Chri-t within. Tii o p ip': ' prop st of f'hs i-1 ianit v is the only 11 i 1 tin t sav< t'.i word front ruin God In ns niuu Rloritic I when Ifo stoops to man as when tnon bond before Hint 111 worship. Salt in the . pi rnon may ni ir?, hut it will hpal. Kwcrss is not :tt what you havp hut in what \ 0 1 : r ft is little so 1 ndinc a hand unlPsa you Rivr a hprt.t. No coin is purrpiit with Cod without Jovo's stamp on it. It takes morp than h'eh prirp to make a thine hiehly prrpious. If Vflll f It n )| ?K't 4 r ??i irtr. /? f/tn lose the happiness of livinR. Wo may need many of life's hardship-. to nltiva'r homos' *knrss. It is easier far to sow nn-secds than to r proof ?h..a The violent partisan knows only the bi: 1" p'.ank The only limit to tlod's jsifts is the has in which we fft^h them. People who ?Je<tr away new piths will In- bruited bv the thorns. t,od may br-ak h rd hearty b-jt ha will never b"eak ir..'j Lked om>