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i VOL. IX. .
AltP AND CHILDREN.
Bill Likes To See i he Little Ones at
Play.
ALL LOVE THEIR GRANDPA.
Arp Sees a Great Many Beautiful
Tilings in kite, and Does Not Sigli
for Death.
rnoso little chaps alarm me?alarm
ino with tlieir innocence, their happiness,
their love, for 1 have a foreboding:
that it cannot last, 1/ifo is full of
sorrow.: r.iul iliey will have their
share. It is the common lot. One melancholy
poet says: "Man was mud*
to mourn." Another says: "I would
not live always,'* but 1 like that one
b* iter who wivto "The. world is very
lovely. Oh. Aly Cod, 1 thank Theo
that 1 live.'' From my window almost
every day i see two little girls,
only four end six years old. turning
the corner and coming ur> through the
grove to . tv grandma and grandpa and
he p Ltcd and of course, lie feasted
with biscuit and jelly and apples and
to nurse tlie cat and play with their
little cousin's line Paris doll. They always
come hand in hand and with
cle an -faces and ribboned hair and we
moot them at the door, for they bring
sunshine to our hearts and home. 1
love to have them climb into the back
of my big chair and bother mo while j
I write, and I have to stop and draw
pictures lor tlum and to hear the little
one rail iv.e her good old for noth j
ing gran*pa. The other uay I mot
them going another way and they sui;l
they wero going to see their other
grandma. "Yes," said I, "you have
two grandma.-, but you havent got but
one grandpa." The little one looked
,w.,iibi>- i?> in'' uuu saul: "Wo don t
need any more." 1 bought a fine turkey
for tho boy? who are coming and
tli little girl surveyed him and said:
"Clan'pa. he is running at the nose and
it's bloody." It. was the o'der cue
who said tho turkey is -i-k, I reckon,
for lie keeps vomiting.
Dent Swift was a cynic and had no
line for children, lie said that an
author who tali ed about, his own I
boo: - was as silly as a mot tier who
was ever telling something smart
about Iter children. 1 re Icon lie would
say that grand parents were more
silly than mothers. I confers that it
is a good part of my happiness now to
mingle with and to pet tho little grand
children and that is why 1 feel alarmed
for fear something will ^ippen to
them before 1 die or that 1 will din
In fore they get ohl enough to love me
with a love that will not forget, and 1
think of Tom Moore and his gazelle
that died. I don't know where my
pirit will he but it seems to ntc now
that I would like to have these i.ttle
ones bring (lowers o my grave sometiters
and talk about me. What would
the world he without children, for of
such is the kingdom of heaven. .It: t
imagine for a moment the desolation,
the despair that would pervade tho
koine and society and trade and commerce?
not a day school in all the
land nor a Sunday school; not a littie
.-ho" or stocking, nor a little hat. nor
a ioll or toy in any store; no castor:.!
or soothing syrup or other infantile
medicines; no fireworks, no Christmas
nor Santa Clans; no nothing hardly,
tor it is a fact that the world is working
for children. The, cynics siy that
marriage is a failure. Suppose It is
in many c:iso.<. Children are not failures.
Divorces may stifle the love of
man and wife, out they still love the
children and contend for the possession
of them
Cood schools lmild up towns and
communities and the children make
the schools. Country people move to
town to educate them. What won.
become of the l.'iOO teachers in the
slate of Georgia? What would tho pub
lisl'* r.-> do with all :he!r . c'aoolbook -
and picture books? Who would go tr,
a picnic or a monkey show? What excuse
would nv n fol .s hnve for jcoii g
t ? the circus? Would, nt it be a lonesonw
, no account world?
Hut raar.i go is not a failure. It
could not b \ for it was ordained by
(Jod. One or two unhappy marriagein
a community .? < all the dogs balking.
I.'i\orecs are multiplying, bin
only among the very rich or the drunken
poor. Money or whiskey are the
cause of most of them and in nine
cases out of ten the man is to blame.
There is b it one scriptural ground for
divorce and nine men are guilty of
thai (o one woman. Poor, long sinYe-ing
woman. How sPently, s cretly and
sadly you have t > endure what you
know, hut cannot tell, and all you em
do Is to hug you:- children all th
closer to your boom and trust in
Hod.
1 w; s ruminating about children because
I am away od from mine and on
my way here 1 p: : d a cointry s-h. <>I
house just r.s the children v.? re pilling
out for recess and they came like b ?:s
/tfi+ of ~ t.t. ~ ? ?
wUv ... a a :or>g s tne trUn
stopped ut tl'Kt station I w t li 1 th m
at tlirir merry .plays ami sports in ti e
pretty prove near by niv.li 1 al.nost
wished that 1 \va a boy a pa in so that
I mipht join them. Good gra- .o s ,
how I could run and jump and climb
and about; how long and hippy wn
the day.
"The sun. ne'er rose a wink too 300:1,
Nor bro ght too long a (lay.
Hut now 1 o.icn wish the n.gnt
Had borne my breath away."
Tom Hood wrote, that, poor fellow. 1
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do not say it. for I love* to live an 1
have .( 'v iv m ts to distress me. I am
here in Okolona. a pretty town with a
prrt.y nant:'. This good oil state. u
daughter of C.e;> gia. is frll of Indian
nanus cf towns and counties and rivers.
There names are all that is lef*
of the tribes--the Chi l;as uvs a d
Chortuws ;ind C -epUs and Natchcs.
Tiiey w ro prouvl at:d liappy peop'?\
but h:ui to vanish wh n the p ile fa. < s
eaire and cov te>l ;h.< :r lands. Colonel
Clordon. ;i eonfr?lerate veteran, lives
here and int. r sted re givatly in the
history of Missi.>ippi. for he and his
lather before liini could say "magna
pars ful"?"a good part of it. I was."
He gave me the origin and meaning of
many of these Indian names, seen as
Pontotoc ami Tupelo and O dona, and
also of Aberdeen, which his father.
Who was a Si .. oilman, hail nnmai
Dundee. 1 >nt not mad bemuse oar penp'e
would < til it l).:ndy and ?> chnng d
it to ;i nam" tliev could not mispronounce.
llis father was very wealthy,
owning thousands of acres of this rich
prairie land that he had bought from
the Chickasaws before tliev signed tno
treatv that ceded their lands to the
l'nllctl Stat?-? government. 1 raid that
his father was a native of Scot 1 an I. Of
course he was or he eonhl never ln\e
bought those lands. The Indian tribes
all liked the Scotchmen, for thoy
treated them fairly and kindly in trading
and taught them the use of the
cross how and long bow. These Scotchmen
frequently 'married Indian maidens.
the daughters of the chiefs, and
in course of time their half breed children
became tlio chief-. Such was
I toss and ltidgo and M< Intosh and Osceola.
Major Colbert, another liarbreed
whose Indian name was lttaavamha.
ho. ame chief of the Chickasaws.
He was a great favorite with
j Mrs. Dolly Madison, Iho president's ;
1 wife, for lie was a splendid specimen ,
of Indi in and Scotch manhood and was j
smart ami well educated. iMis. Madi- :
| son gave him a pair of peafowls an ' '
j lie brought them home and from that <
pair every peafowl in Mississippi lms I
disc-ended. This pair was many year, i
sur.rrwar.ls given to Colon*-! Cordon
uncle. .Jo-ialt Walton, and by him to
his fii-trr. Mrs. Ihiggctt, ami tin- nialo
j liird lived to bo Rovon!y-two ye:is old.
A pair of this same .-took has beet;
r< r ntly pn ontcd to tlie fity of Memphis
for their 700. I had 110 idea tha*
peafowls 1 iv d to such great ago. h.-t.
1 do know that we have been brooding
them for over twenty years and lmvo
given away :i great ninny and I never
knew one to die a natural death.
Hut ! sun tind travel worn, for r.o
hours sire mine; they sire the railroad's
by night as well as by day and my r si !
is broken up : nd I begin to realize that
1 cannot stand it much longer. It <i
Franklin's definition of ni :ti was that
ho is "a bundle of habits" and the
older he grows the stronger bis habit
hold him. The very word habit comes
from the latin "liabeo," to hold, to
bind.?Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitist
Ion.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
are wide awake in this town and sire
going to build a monument to th> <r
heroic dead of whom about 1,200 are
buried here. They called me here, to
help them. B. A.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
There is a eosil fatniiie In Xcnvnr,
the priee having il en forty per cent.
The New Foillh Wales legislative
("otiucil passed the old Ago I'esisioiis
lull.
The internal revenue enlb'otions for
Cuba ibiring the- month < f August last
wore .TV.I..-IV.).
Canadian t yalty returns ind'.enfe
that tin KieuniUe t.ulput for I'.KH) Was
only StMkkMK'.t).
i . < ?
1i iit - (uui nuniti ??i .M'W i: I Ufl IS
imporliiiv: sixij modern railway <arJ
ria-; s from the 1'nited Stairs.
An V/.lee ahnr. win ! . thousands of
prisoners of war were slain. lias hecn
unearthed in the <' ly of Mexico.
l.uoilln-i.'rnhnYounir. Hie dancer,
wlnisi husband is an Anioriean. has
given lo elinrily in I*< rlin.
.Toluinnesli'ir ,' lias hceu feneeil round
with unrb.nl wire In prevent the in
habitants from sending food !< t!ie
liners.
Tin* siimi of l.'n.ofHi marks, heretofore
annrnilv vnleil in tlermany for
ilie support of Herman schools abroad,
has been doubled.
If expectations are realized. the nii?
j.ui of copper for Ibnti will reneh ."."Jo OrtO.nen
pounds. valued :tl !>* ill.I.OOO,
tin largest on record.
A model lodging h >11 so. suggested
by Mayor Harrison, is to be erected
by tin* Aid and lb-lie. Society at Ciii
e.iiro at a cost of $in,0t)0.
T'drmingiinui. Ala.. is making a
sirons leg f.?r the lingers I.oeoinolive
Works, of Palerser. N .1. lion us of a
site is off red as an inducement.
The Nansf n fund, which was raised
in Norwav t>> r.roniof scientific >-\
1 ?li?! :i t Ion, amounts to SJT.O.?>!>(?, and no
ill! Ijoj* onlleeiions will lie made.
Tin* Children's Aid Sweiety. at New
Yotk Ciiy. reported that it h:nl given
assist.illee to i!S "Jilt! poor persons *!nr
k.iir ill" year, 'i je old oUlcers v'c.e roc.;civd.
Anxious to I'-Mease.
f lost ess What do you think of our
fame pie. Mr. P.rigsonV We rattier
pr de ourselves on it, you know.
Hrigson (nervously anxious to
please)?Oh, thank you, it's very nice
indeed, what there is of it. What I
mean to say is (after a pnusei. there'*
plenty of it sueli as It is! Punch.
There are only twenty one vessell
over 100 tens 111 all the Siatnr *'avy. '
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MIL
llT MILL, S. C., WLDN
BOBBERS GROW Mm
Moli! ?Jp Trains, Loot Brinks, and Attempi
Murder in Many Sections.
A LONE BANDIT'S GREAT NERVE
lit* Moji- *h?? Cilini^o Limited uu III * Outskirl<i
of* Now OiTojiik ? SlitMitn the
CoiKltictor, KIowm l'p the Kx|h*?**h C:?r,
Kitten tin* Nljiii rom-IicH, hii<1 KsoapeH
on an kn^lne? A l?ii; lYold-I'p in T? \;ih.
New Orleans. L.n. (Special*.- The
south bound Illinois Central fast mail,
due here as 7.1 "? p. in., was held up
ami rohhed by a lone train rohher
about one tulle outside the uity. His
booty eonsisted oi" one registered tnail
poueh front Duraut. Miss., and six
other replstered letters from points
between Cairo ami New Orleans. KinHebrew,
the eomiuetor. was shot, and
.1. Parker, a railway mail elerk. was
burned by powder from a shot din-cud
at his Itesid.
After passitip Ken iter, n small station.
the rohher elinihed to the en-pine,
covered the engineer and llremati and
brought the train tost standstill. Win n
the eomlm-tor < situe forward he was
shot by the rohher. It. K. (lohlshy.
one of the railway tnall elerks, w.-is <>rdered
to pel out of his ear.
The rohlier led the enpineer. fireman
and Holdshy towsird the express ear.
and made one of them blow the sstfe '
open with si stiek of dyu.-indle wh eh i
he supplied. No money was found j
here. The robber then made for the
mail ear. ssml ihere disenvered Parker,
who hsul hidden i In- re-pi.-del ed pouelu-s
He shot at Pstrker. sii d then one of the
pom-lies was prod need, and he inside
off wiih it. llo uncoupled the etmine
from the train and ran it to t'strrolii uj
avenue, v In re ii was sihaudoiied.
otito's i'.ank k??i;i;i:ki i:s.
Kigliili OiH'Oiciir. Within si l-'i<\v lVr?-i..?
Thieve* ? Set s- toon.
Columbus. Ohio (Sperialt. The fre<111
i' y ami daring of the hank robberies
throughout tin* Slate of late lias
a ll ranted the at lent ion <<i the Siate
authorities to tiie starrest ion that
the State should make an effort
to apprehend the puijr. There is not
the least doultt that all the recent robberies
have been committed by a wellorganized
puijr, the members of wiiieli
would not have the slivthlest besiianey
to eommit murder. There have been
110 less than eiirlit banks robbed
and small towns terrorized. The method
of operation lias been the -nine in
every ease. The latest is the Slianesville
robbery.
Khanesville. Ohio iSpeeiali. Shane\
ille was \isiied by a j;un;j of burglars
and the Kxehaiiire Hank, owned by
.lolui Uoersiiuk. was robbed of abont
S t(mMl in money. after wbieli the rolibers
eseaped. Mr. Hoershnk lives in a
hriek liouse, and his liank buihliim. :i
frame structure, is built up against bis
house. The robbers j;ot away in a
hand-car.
1'. S. MAM. I.OUTKI> IN Tt:\ \s.
I'iwIiiI Clerk Nearly Killed. iiikI ll.ililier^
Useiipe Wltli the Uootv.
Texarkana. .\rk. (Sj iuli. A mail
car on the north bound Cotton Kelt .
III .ci Ilillll K!IS lOOTftl ill l^:iS
setts, Tex.. thirty miles smith of Te\
:iri;;in:i. Postal Clerk John N'. I tennis
was almost killed, and the mail
pouches of his ear were rilled. The
amount stolen is not known.
l'pon the arrival of the train here
the I'nited States transfer elerk went
to the door of the mail ear and
knocked. No response eame. (tllleials
then forced an entrance and fottml
Clerk I tennis siretehcd upon the tloor,
apparently dead. There was an ugly
wound in his head. The register" d
ponehes had heeil looted.
lie I'oncllt Miinkt'il l!nlilii>r>.
Sioux t'ity. Iowa (Special). While a
n : forinanee was going on atfheCrand
ittpent House ttvo masked men eniered
III" hox ofllee. a-s-inlti d. heat and shot,
at Ilarley S. Hounds, the treasurer,
and escaped without getting any cash.
WEEPS SENTENCING A BOY.
.XllitKi* llvi'iiks I low II ill Stottliiii; AlcXiiniler
Ntcwjirt to siim Sini;.
New York t'ity (Special!. Hoyishly
detiant, yet with the eallmts IndllTcreuee
of the eriniinal who knows not
conscience. Alexander Stewart, nam
sake and cousin of the famous New
York merchant, A. T. Stewart, donned
the garli of a convict/in Sim; Sum
prison and began to s rve a sentence
of twenty years for murder.
In years a hoy, in appearance a mere
'child, yet. if experts ran he believed,
a monster in crime, lie heard his sen'eiice
with a sneer on his face. While
lie .1 tulge, in tears and with unsteady
voice, consigned him to prison, the
hoy thought apparently of nothing hut
the rnndj in his pocket.
With the same cool indifference he
entered the forbidding walls of Sing
Sing, though the grown men shaekl.-d
to him grew pnle with fear of the
dreary yea is to come.
Thus Alexander Stewart, fourteen
mil, iH'Ciinu1 a convict, flol'int;
uilekorhoekers for tho stripes of :i
ninnlorer.
Tho condemned hoy lifts heou in
arly every reformatory institution in
his city. In tlie House of Ilefilgc lie
<-'it the throat of his mate. ICdward
IMoscl.
<L T
ESI) \Y, DECEMBER
PERISH IN A SCHOOL FIRE
Flames Destroy the Stalo Normal
Institution in Fredonia. N. Y
Vfir DimuI Aro Siv Noting Woinon Slu?
drills "inl t!i?% l.tiiitor ? Muiiy
Narrow rM>i|iopt
Frodonia. N. V. (Steeiah. I'iiv. the
nri.tiiu of which is unknown. ih siroyeil
the State formal School building at '1
o'clock a. in. )iu> hundred younj;
women students were asleep in Hie
buildiiiir. anil si\ of llieni. as well as
I'hiiieas .1. Morris, tiie :i\red janitor,
perished in the ihmms. Many of the
a iris had hairhreadtii escapes. The
dead are:
Miss Mah 1 '"i/zcU. of l>railford.
IVuii.. formerly of Dunkirk. N. V.;
Miss Kliza llathawav. of Delhi. Delaware
County: Mis< In- r .tones, of litis
ti. < 'hautatiipia County: I'hineas .1.
Morris, the janitor: Mi s Cora Storms,
in' 1'liiiturion. Chau:an<|ua County: M.-s
Until Thomas. <I, i'ike. Wyoming ' oeiity.
and Miss May Williams, of near
Delhi. Chaniaiuiua County.
' "lie ynutiv: women oeeupied rooms
on the third lie >r o1' the buildim.; in
company with a matron. 'I'liose who
succeeded ii: eseapiiit; did >o I?y de
si?ndiiu: the tire escapes.
I'o aeeount for the origin of the tire
^m/.i'.les ih local Hoard of Managers,
... there was no fnrnaei? in the build
11 r. the heat Ileitis; piped from a boiler
.'wo blocks away. The tire started in
I he private room of .tauitor Morris,
.and was discovered by Charles Cibhs.
,ass|s?.int janitor. wln< not.tied Morris,
and then ran io ;! iir alarm station,
a block away. Mo ris evhb ntly lost
'his I'iV while 1 *._rhti11-_r the bla/.e. Miss
11 was seen on the lire escape,
and turned hack into the humiiit;
nildim; to save a diamond riti.r. fie
11> rs wl.o iii-rishcit w. r. vriiV.... n. .1
,Ttiti;i 1 ?I? li> titul i!i" tic o onpos.
'rinoipal I'almor . <;itnnii * Hi prop
ny lo>s :i! i: . witli it:
Mtraiioo. Notions v? i - \? ?I from tlio
I ?ii!?Tiiivr. vol own n | ' - toil i 1 or s
of till' \OUIl!_ WO'll. ll .11' I l!i> ror?l?il<
tl:o solionl.
Sol too! litis 1?"imi t i ?I tin: iI .1'innary
win ti oi:isv,?, will p t . i p> ; khulls
mill oliurolios of :p> t i'.l.i/o.
I'lnnx i'm* :i now ami laru r 'fin tnro
n o a In inly iimloi* w.i I'lio l.oais'n.
jiro w ill ho pi inriko :in approprint
ion.
CANAL TREATY AMENDED.
Tilt' St'iialf In ('l?n n^f* 11m* 11 :i > ratim*.'
fitlf
\V shin^ton. p. <(Spooiali. - AoI'oi'ililivr
In :t vri'i i * 111 o 111 i lio Son.Ho voinl
mi tlio Davis nniotulinon' to tlio llnj
I'niiiioofoto tfo.-ity 'I'lnirsihiy .11 :t
o'oliK'k. ii wjix mloptoil. yon- r,r>. nnys
17. 'I'lio iiogniivo vm|i s won ax follmv>:
'Intnl. Hovoritl'-'o. Kryo. I'n or.
1 Innshrmiuli. I.iinl.-.iy. Mason. M.i'ninhor.
Mi Kiiory. Moi'.ri lo. Morirnn,
Monoy. Siownrt. TiUun n. \VoUiip;ion. j
Wolootl ninl t.'nllinmr.
Tlio ooiiintll too nniomlinoni wliioli
wax niloiitoil is a provision to lio in
sort oil nfto" Sootimi .'1 i.f Arii.-io ..f
tlir treaty. :m<l is as follows:
"If is ngr??t1. however. 111:11 none of
the iniinnliatcly foregoing conilitions 1
ami stipulations in sections numhcivil .
1. :i. I anil o of 11?i- article slia'l ap
pl.v to measures \\h:^h the Ini'iil
Sialics may tiiul it riciessary to taki
for securing l?y its own forms tln? ilcfense
of tlir t'nitcii Stall's ami tin.*
maintenance of pntilii' onliT.''
DEATH PENALTY NOT ENFORCED.'
l'orty Mm in Not tt<*
niusc Warrant* ilnvr Not Item Si^notl.
t'hicngo t Special i. There aro in tlie
Kansas Start* penitentiary at heavenworlli
forty men untler si-nti'in of
death who havt* not boon li:iritr?*il because
for years no Covcrnnr lias been
willing to sign tin* ilenth warrants required
l?y law. In viow of these facts
t Governor Stanley lias recently inst it nteil
an investigation of the entire snhject
of capital punishment ami its relation
to mob law in the several State, of
1 l:e I'll ton. lie lets it it inpiti il t ha I if
his investigation intlietifcs that fin* abolition
of capital pnnishnient lias a tenilcne.v
to Increase lynch law he will
recommend the enactment of a lan'
enforcing the ileath penalty in Kansas.
with a provision requiring the
Sheriffs to carry out the sentence wit lion
t a ileath warrant signet? by tin*
(Inventor.
GOT SIO W-FK; STOLE S 18.000.
Court* Allrr C'IitK V< Iio S\% imllrtl In 1
4*oilii* l?> I inlM /'lt iiH lil.
Ww Y?>rk City ?Spt i.ili. .1 iKt!? *
Uianchard, in ihc Supreme Court. mi
ilio applicat ion of tlic W'ooliuwken
Wharf Company. is- :i 1 an ail; liinent
against .Mlerloti M? :tit;, in :: 11
action broujrht attains! him for tlic recovery
of SIS.oo t. wliicli is allotted
lie emhcz/.lcd front lite plaintiff corporation.
for which ho was bookkeeper
at a salary of SIO a week.
POSTMASTER COMM'TS 5UIOIOE.
A Injur A. i:?*in?M III. of I .iviriiHlir. IVnii.,
Found IF* nl in lli* OfTlcr.
Lancaster, IVnn. (Special!. Major
.\. (Kcinoeli), postma-.cr of this city
ami a protnin tit nieinlt r of the I.an
caster bar. was found dead in bis
otUco. having comniittcil suicide.
The jras jets were turned on full,
ami the crack under the door was
topped up by his cone while cushions
did similar duty f.: the windows,
financial troubles are ascribed as the |
cause.
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1i).
A EEBilTS SAD DEATH
General Ems, Who Fought Undei
Lee, Expired in a SwaiD^
SEQUEL TO A TRAGIC ROMANCt
!! W.i? :i r.rljjriilior-t.enrrnl in t!io toilfvili-ratc
,\rm>?'iravi's nl' I nvoii <$
Mai UimI (In* SI to tif lli-* 11 mticMotiil
Al'trr Slu-rii?:?ii'H Marrli to tin* So:;?
llt'dimo :i llorinit in Now .lorsoj.
Mnrris'.owr, N. ,|? (Special). Tli?
body found ;< I'ov days aim in Ulaolt
Swamp, four titil. s from this oily. It-is
In-cii idrntilhil a* tbai ?>r Hi . mail
IF'ins. wlin was known as iho Ui-nnit
of Wannny: Mountain, l-'or thirty live
years lthis had livt-tl a soiiiary Jife on
tin- nit It* of Suorasunnn Mountain. Il!n
retreat was 'ar removed froni otlior
luiMinn baldtni-ons. it was i'hiiikI in
ashes.
It'll : Iliad.' liis mum.-> <
Hi' 51!: 11 ill 1 S<l!c tllOll W< IV il gray
mi " "ii and mi it were ti c st:irs <
:t lc raidier-general. Though ii young
it':"ii lit it. lie seemed nrcinat utelv old.
?>. Iiimsi'l! ii ml his antecedents lie
Wllld never S- >.ilv. illl< 1 111' 1 tild !K1
dealing willi uny one when it could
lie avoided. Ilo hud sullicieiit money
to live liis simple life on the niuuulaim-ide.
Willi his dec lie limited, iind near
his cabin lie had u small clearing
where he raised produce for himself.
Campers freipu inly heard liini playing
:i violin. lie wore his uniform and
straps for years When it was worn
mil lie lire d in hunting doilies.
Tell years nfler ue settled oil the
u.muitilin Iiis life stm*;: eiiine out. wleni
William Keeker. a veteran of the
I lion sirniy. visiteil Atlanta in IST."?.
Win n in a iiiiismiai lie saw the name
ef 11 rniilli Hills ill eouiit elion with a
war ivdr. lie iuv siigntrd and found
t o II the Confederate 1'ouds 1ll.ll ;
Herman Kins was entitled to his shmth i
tier st raiis.
Itins enlisted as a minor otiieer soon
after Sumter, and ivse rapidly. At
th e el< e of the war lie had won the [
rank of brigadier. lie had been a
well-to-do planter in Middle tlemghi.
While at I l.e front his two little ? hi!ilr?
ii died. Then Shermaii inarelied
to the sea and i'.ius's place was in il."
track of desolation anil ash ; marked
the site of his home. Mrs. Kins joined
the refugees who tied before the onward
sweep of the federals, and her
death followed exposure and hardship.
Itins returned to his plantation in
find only the graves of his children,
and near theirs that of his wife, whose
body faithful slaves h.-ul carried to the
plantation ami Imried.
It was mo until Mr. Keeker inform al 1
litem that the friends of (ietieral Kins
knew* what had heroine of him. 11'.'
torts were made to recall him to Heorgin.
hut lie refused lo leave his lint in
I lie mmitiiniiis.
No one knows how he came to hi*
death, lie was ti long way from the
mountain home. The cahin had im..n
in ashes fully :i month <>r more. It Is
believed it hunted down :n i<!? 111:tIIy
i.'iiul tin' owner wandered away dos?
.poiidcnt to die in the swamp.
STANDARD OIL WINS IN OHIO.
Tin- Sn premc Court to I'mit-tli II !
l or <* ?iit?*ixi |?t.
Cnluml?us. Ohio (Speeialt.- The Supreme
Court dismissed the proceed
in us hroiiuht hy former Attorney t!en
er.il Moutlett, charuin.u the Slandut
Oil Company w:is in eoutenii?l for h:i\
ilijr faile I to comply with :i:i ortler i
sued in iv.?2 directing tlissolution o
the Standard t til Trust.
The court wits divided evenly, hut
under :i rule of the t'ourt. the failur
of :i majority to sustain the inform tioii
in contempt is. in effect, :t u.
tnissal of the proofed ill us.
Tht* litigation avaiies the Standard
Oil ('ompatiy. which is thus closed. I?
ur.n in May. lSlMt. when Attorney tietoral
l?. K. Wat on lunuuhi suit hi 11>
Supreme Court to have the S ntidurd
t>il Trust tlissolved. Aliont two year
later tlie allegations in the petition
were sustained.
Then :i meeting of stockholders was
called mill a liquidating hoard. co:i
sisting of .lolin I >. Hock. f.-U r. II. M
Flagler niul others. appointed to wind
up tin* affairs of the company. The
company ncxi set up tin* claim that i:
was impossible to close up the business
of so great a concern in the time il
lotted.
Tin* Judges of the Supremo Cottn
declined to exleiul the lime A limit,
live ami one half years Inter, on No
vetnlicr !?. |sp7, p. s. Monnctt. then
Attorney tloticral. tiled iuforniation in
the Supreme Court. alleging that the
Sintidard tiil Company had not com
p.led willi the decree of the Court ami
asked that its odieers lie eiied for eon
tempt. The decision iusl handed down
is the result of Monnelt's motion.
I'orto Itini'n AgricnP mt?l Kohoiirpos.
The 1'resident transmitted to Con
grexs extended reports oil t lie agrietll
t urn I resources of I'orto ICieo, with
special referonep to the estaidislMneir
there of an nrricultural cxpcrjuicn:
station. Professor Kliapp. who eon
diietcn the it:?j hy for the Agriettlmrul
I opart ment. urges that immediate at
tent ion If given to promoting the pro
dnetioii of larger ami better crops o'
coffee, sugar and tobacco, and of foe;'
products forhomceonsmnption. hater,
be odvises taking up horticulture, forestry.
animal industry and dairying.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
WASHINGTON ITKMS.
.Tttdsnn C. Cleinorts. of Ceorgln, was
reappointed :m Interstate I'oiJinerco
Commissioner.
Tin* l;i\v oliieer of tlf Postotllee l)o*
partinent ?11 ? !?I???l that so culled bond
Investment schemes. as at present run.
aro inimical to the postal laws.
Sonalor Manna, in a speech of moro
than two hours in the Sonata. defend?'il
1 ho Ship Subsidy bill.
Cetieral Isaao Khan, tin* now Ministor
of f'orsia to tho Iniied States, was
formally received by 1'resideut MeKinloy
at tlio White House.
The botl.\ of Colonel K'tnorson 11.
1 iisoutn was buried in Arlington Cemetery
with military honors.
Captain 1 ?yer. of tho oruiser Baltimore.
is to retire.
I Usaiiowanoos uniine: to $72,031
were mode by the audit im; division
of the War Peparti.ient in the accounts
of expeditures by K. <1. Untilbone,
former Mireetor of l'osts in
Cuba.
The Taft Coiniuission passed an ao$
nuthorizhnr tJetteral MaeArtlntr to establish
tiotiee m lite cities atld towns
in tiie Philippines, and appropriating
.-m.ki.uixi iur isu'ir m:itnteuance.
Tli?' Mayor. Assistant Mayor, Supervisor
ami Chief of IV.liee of I'ntnhano,
Cuba. were indicted for complicity ill
lite reeent tlireatoning demonstration
against tli?* Collector of Customs for
not hauling down tlto customs flatx oil
the anniversary of the massacre of the
students.
From lloilo. I*. I., it is ttnoHicially reported
that the insurgents in that part
of the island of Fa nay are swearing
all. i.tuee at the rate of UMNl a day.
lit !l MHM'TI'.ll ts! WIIS.
<Jovernor<ienernl l)a\is. of I'orto
ltico. ha- gone t<> St. Thomas, 1 >. \V. I.
\\ h ie tlie capture of supplies and
the occupation of new points in the
Philippines are numerous, those Involving
actual lighting comparatively
are few.
Five o" (lie smallest gunboats in the
Na\y ;!>e \ntiatvdis, the Yickshnrg,
the Frolic, the Wompatuek and the
IMsea Miu.-i were ofdi red to the Philippines
to do patrol duly.
IM1M r.STIC.
I'., e.attse thirty Indian eliildrett with
in -a-d s are c|ii:ir:intiiicd in a school at
White IJoek. Flali. the Indians threaten
to hurn tlie school, and troops are
guarding it. . >
The total gold yield of the Far Northwest
is estimated at SJ.VPJ-I.T.W.NI. divided
as follows; Klondike. JfJI .'{."is,IT:
Nome. .< t tn.N'.t t.tij.
Theodore Wailert. who murdered ids
wife and four stepehihlivu, near Arlington.
Minn., was sentenced to lie
hanged.
The present Miiliiunu T.epislature
will not amend tax laws so that corporations
shall ho taxed oil their actual
cash value, as recommended by Covornor
Pinprcc.
The Haltiiuoro Presbytery favors a
revision of the Confession of Faith by
a vole of IT to "J 1.
The main hiiildiup of the Iowa Apr!euliuril
?dlleurc. at Ames, was destroyed
by tire with inosi of its eonleiits
The h.-s was S11m>.ot1.1. with no
insurance
A convention in the interest of State'
ood for Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory met at South McAllister, I.
T.
Four men were killed by n pas explosion
in the new railroad tunnel at
A >peti. W.vo.
F.dward Krown. a well known horse
owner, was killed by a railroad train
at I.abulia. Ky.
.1 udixe Sac.-d. of Knoxville, decided i
Unit Pie anil clparctto law in Tonnes- J
see is mieoiistitutionnl ami voiil lie- ?
eatise of a leelmieal defect. ;
Mrs. Nancy Clark, who was a slsh r '
of Andrew Curt in. Coventor of Pennsylvania
durinp the Civil War. was .1
killed by a railroad train at Torresdale,
Peiiti. Site was seven!y-threc
years ohl.
Mrs. Amrelino Calipian, t.pod 1015
years, probably the oldest woman in
Ma saehnsci ts, died at the home of
her daughter in Northampton.
The battleship I own and the cruiser
Pli ladelphia sailed Ironi San Dicpo,
Cjtl , for South American ports.
tletieral Arthur P. Marsh, eonvieteii
of ootiiTdieitv In it"' Mich lean Stale
III i I i I ;l l-.v I Minis, f i: i ill lilt' first $l(JOO oC
liis JS."?iH)ii line.
I?u:I:W;.N.
Tlio Ifalmu Chamber of I>opution reJoi'ioil
:i i-osohilion < :il!iii;? on the <iovoriimoiit
fo ivciill (roups from China.
in tlie French (Miamtier of Dcputieii J
m Bi 'I in i noun <l former Ministers \
of War ami " M?Tuu\ former Premier,
for vi;11* liiinjc justice from
Iireyfu*. M. ,\I * line dollied Hie chni'KC.
In ilr- <;mi.m Koiehstag 1 >r. Steelier,
former ('our. Chaplain, said the
I'.i ii ror of i Min:: had emhraced Christianity.
A in u Ifultrnriaa Cabinet has been
M. i\ :iofi as Premier.
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