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b\ '/ L \"XcT,IiTjlM rioRKiNS was \/\/ eight years old and Nero ' \ Y W:KS i,u'.v f??nr, but when Nero walked on nil fours tic was nearly as tall as Willie, and when lie lifted his groat shaggy dog ship upon his hind legs he c^pUl lay Ids forcpaws on somebody's shoulders ami that somebody was Willie's father. Mr. Perkins railed Willie ami Nero "the ejiuins," and it was indeed seldom that the two were apart, except at school times and meal times, and when the sandman had paid Willie a visit; oven at those times they were not far apart. When Willie went to school Nero 'vottod along by his side, nnd, like the good fellow that ho was. when they came to the door and Wlllje said, "Now, old boy, you wait for me right here in the yard nnd be sure not to frighten nuy of the chil dren as they come In. Tell ine good by now and be a good fellow." Nero would wag his tail very hard, lick the hand that had bvrn patting his head lovingly all the tlfuo Willie was talking (o him, and then lie down nnd watch his master disappear through the great door of the school house. ? Hut the happiest time for "the chums" was when Willie put his hooks nway for the long summer vacation and he ami Nero had the whole day to gether. liven when Willie had cut the kindling i( was Nero who carried it to the house In a basket held tightly by his strong toeth, while Willie car ried a bucketful of coal. Hy and by Willie began to tell Nero of a great day that was coining when all the boys would have firecrackers ami Koman candles and torpedoes, and there would be Hags Hying and bands playing and everybody would have n good time. Nero always listened to every word that his little master said, pud now and then when Willie would give his head an extra hard pat by way of emphasis Nero would bark and tot his tail going harder than ever. That tail always wagged when Nero was pleas- d. Sometimes "Willie's mother would allow the dog to come* Into t lie sitting room, but one day the tail knocked a handsome vase off of the table and broke it, and after that Nero had to lie down very quietly if lie Kot Into the house. Two days before the Fourth Willio bought his fireworks; there were live packages, of lire crackers and five of torpedoes, four rockets, four lloman candle?, two wheels and a long piece of punk. Nero went with Willie to ? he store to buy them, but he had to wait outside r/lillo Willie want in, and to as soon as they reached home Willie ! opened the package and showed Nei .everything it contained. "Now, we'll lire off a few crackers." Eahl Willie' to Nero, "but we'll have to save the most of them till the Fourth, h'eause us boys arc going to have our crackers an' torpedoes together. Won't we have a fine time, marching to tlm commons, with our drums beating am? horns blowing and U.:gs llylnn! But there's one trouble about yon, Nero,, un' that is, you can't n arch with us (?'cause the boys decided that nobody can march without they have one of our flags, an' there's Just ten flags an' ten boys. I'm to give oui (he Hfigs an* THET FORMED IN DOUBLE COIXMN. If (hero was any ^boy that was nick you coult. have his place, If you could ouly wave a llag." Nero dropped his head antf looked very sad. Willto thought It was be cause Nora 1vas bo badly disappointed, but perhaps It was because the-fatth ful fellow saw that his friend was troubled. As they *at there, Nero look ing so sad and WlIUo With his elbows resting on his knees and his chin burled In his hands, they heard some one whistle and. looking up. saw<tTow Ersnn 'coming toward them. "Heard the new*V Tem asked. "No. What Is it?" answered Willie, fotgftting for a moment his trouble orer Nero. Ed. Bishop's golos with his folks to the city forJhp Fourth, an* so you'll Mitc to flndftome take hit place In mi pretension." . Willie fare Nero a quick look. "Oh, I ekk you* had hands." "Who'll you getrr asked Tom, after waiting a moment for Willie to speak. ? ?'Dunno jet; I'll kave to think about It flrat. See hem 1'r? tot iota o| vblnfs. Twice aa?auch as we hare to hare.t . ... \ M1 skoud say yta ' Ml You're ' wbm# -rt ^ "Well, you ought io have Iho right to give out the ila,ar?. NVo'll nil moot ho re at 10 sharp." a?ul Tom sauntered on. When lie was gone Willie began to talk to Nero again. '?Now, there it Is. I have firecrackers an' torpedoes enough for you an' me, j too, an* you helped me earn Yin, carry-*] [ ing kindling, didn't youV Oh, why haven't you sonic hands to carry a flag with!" Willie was exelfod now, and up Jumped Nero, waving his tail as hard as fce could. Willie looked at him for a minute and then turned a double somersault, ;.nd came up shouting, "Hurrah! hurrah! You shall march with us. 1 know 1 eon do It!" At last the Fourth came, and at 10 o'clock all the boys except Ed. were gathered in Willie's yard and Willie was talking to them. "Now, boys," ho was saying, "you l"ft It to me to put some one in, Kd.'s place, tin' I have selected some one that you all know an' like. lie has his share of crackers and will wave his Hntf fine. Will you promise to give him a rousing welcome when 1 e comes, so's he won't feel hurt at being asked to inaivch with us nt the last luiuute?" *They nil promised, nnd tlien while they wero asking who It was Willie ran Into the house. A few moiueuts later lie came out, and who should conic trotting by hl.i side hut Nero, carrying in his mouth the handle of a hr.sket that was tilled with lire crackers and wagging his tail, to which was tied a little flag, polo and all! The l?oys jm^ave ft great shout when they daw Nero, nnd then they formed in double column and started for the co'iimon, Nero walking by Wil lie's side, the proudest dog that ever waved a Fourth of July Hag.? Fannie J>ny Hurst, In the Chicago Ilerald. A Military Kxccutlon In (lie Nut-aery. ??Read j? Aim? Fire." ?New YorhVournal. , ? Aa JO Wbfi wo feel inclined to gratnMe orer rapid tranatt, and Indeed all meant of getting to place*, we oboald panae: Think pf travellngnn 76L Then ft waa a boot "?? it waa in the begpa nlng." .Veooela sailed bj aea propelled aa m the daya of the Pbaraoba, and horae power aerred on. land. Now the harried traveler wtabed two-hour j traina to New York were livelier; then wart dil fa a?aha the tin dajra. A few aiaga .'eoarhea Aea aerred. NftrMhatmde of eaglaee ataad ready to cdnr>rowde of paaaen fwi itrm the wnm. Author of "Tlio Sl?i ?SipHngletl Hunn?r." Fraiu-lx Scott Kr.v, tin- author of "Tin* Star Spangled liitnmT,'1 which ls? snng moiv ot'tfii on the I'onrth than Is any othor song, was horn In Freder ick OiMiiitj', Maryland, on August l, ST ? \ MANTIS SCOTT KEY, ITT'.*, llo was a lawyer ami the sort of an ollieer lu the Revolutionary urniy. lit- was graduated from St. John's College In 1 71'S. He was after ward district attorney for the IMstrict of Columbia. Key wrote the cel^ hrated song under peculiar conditions* In 1814, when the Mririsli attacked Washington, Key matured u plan tii release his friend, l)r. William Heynes who had boon captured by the enemy, President Madison gave liini a vessel and sent an agent for the exchange ol prisoners with the lawyer. The Brit lull commander cousented lo the re lease on the condition that 1 lie Amer ican party s.iouhl see the bombard ment of Baltimore. When the bom hardiy rut was at an end the Amer icans looked through the smoke to nee If tho Hag was still floating over the fort. The dawn was just breaking:, and tho Stars and Stripes were flying In the breeze unharmed. Then Mr. Key wrote down the words of the song that has preserved his name for ail time. lie died at Baltimore In lSI.'t. * r\ Ktlqnntte t\?rthe Fourth. H Keep moving aboyt on the Fourth. It is always the ln*ioceat bystander who pets shot. The evening of tho Fourth Is a very auspicious time to set with your best girl and watch for shooting stars. Should you accidentally shoot pome body with your toy pistol don't add insult to injury by telling him that yon didn't know It was loaded. If you should buy a pyrotechnic ci gar to hoax a friend with be sure u: mark It in such a way that. you won't light It yourself by a mistake. If yon given Mttte private display of fireworks from your front stoop It Is cheaper In the end to h^rc an experienced man to set them off. The cautious puK'strian will con tinue to walk in the middle of the street for fear tlie mischievous kid at toe windows should drop a lighted firecracker down the back of his neck. If you own ? war-retle In the shapf of a maoser rifle don't tl>Ink it if * harmless weapon Just tMecause tin Spaniard who once i>ossn>sod it wa* unable to hit anything wfth lt.-<F. J. O'Coonell, la ruck. A fMrtk ?i Jnlf KtaMnmre. J The Crack*rw-VCome moan with o? Willie, fcod wfU blow 70O off " J j TOTAL DEATHS 00. Loss of Life in I lood Not So llea\y As a( i ir si Reported, A CEMCTlrRY GAVE IP ITS DEAD, Wlikli Accounts for Many of the 1 1 11 ma 11 Bodies Seen I loafing on (lie Water. Itoanokc, Va., Special. News of thy ftll nation in Wist Virginia is very scarce, though some iiuw* is coming In tio.'n the coal fields, an I tho situation is getting down 1 1 ? cold farts. Thuru ^ SS VKS-WW- V^VmV'iVA'iti'h SV? ? wires between lOlkhorn anil ltlue'.eld and only one wire has been iu us \ shoe morning, this remaining wire ing duplexed all day. lite rail mad di viding ll with the Western Union foil* as far cast as hyurhburg and wist to llluefield. A" tiMegvalft from Minefield Tuesday afternoon/ says thero are n > im:>o.jtan' developments there. Repair work fco<> i on with a rush and vigor Hltiefic.d is the great shipping point for I'ocah >n tas eoal coming east. It is said the.o that the coal fields will not be nh'e to ship out any coal for the next W da\? It la thought at Minefield that the losj of life will be in the neighborhood of tin. The ronl trade will ^suffer almost incalculable loss as a f esnlt of tho waased out tracks and damage, to their machinery. A gentleman arriving in this, city from the stricken section gives an ex planation for the report first circulated that great masses of human bod.e-t were to by seen floating around In tin; water. It seems that Caere Is a grave yard between North Fork Junction and Keystone, which towns are about a tnile apart and at whlcli point the storm was very severe. This graveyard is near the bank of the river which caused the great destruction. When th? flood came the graves gave up their dead and added greatly to the bodies 81 a" short telegram was received lat<' Tuesday afternoon from iMknorn. is some miles west of hnniH, y. > ' place was the farthest town west o Hh.eflehl that had been with up to this morning, lhe iiit-safc. uavo no Information whatever. Mr. J Frances, a lloanoke man ic, <n lOvstono installing a w:it? i nlant and who was lirst repotted (lead. L written his wife telling her lie sate. and sound. He has the fo Inwnm to say about the. Ulster A b k Hood visited the town last 1 ? *> night. Everybody had to go up on lit mountain. women wero (\i;?^t?ed In the Mi f , houses wont floating down *1 1>? op;e i i u mn Ml nor crowd are s in . " we enTl'rely c?" off from' 11... outaW ? world and provlalona are *?tt.n* ;u r .r sfsiJKr^. '."4 ' ?"lhc -Mountain* w,. washed Ss zssu -vrfH mountain sides, Rating > P ,s lhfi inK, ?< ,r?v rushed for the house l ' 11 y but ll.o, water ? Hwopt ,l.o ainI sov.--n ??;yh.? being dashed out^ mf<f rocks and tiniocrs. utMo nirl washed to jh[ ^,;K1Ua young sister In U years old. hoi d?^ > Tho her arms. ?a? <arr thp wators an.l sisters were tosso< 1 . Apoth \vht*n rescued werf . ^ j Monday or member of tl e family 11 ^ ^ nftorftoon and Mis. N an > unconscious am wcst of At Ci;;lar l ^cnings were swept Tazewell. 1. ^ ^ ^ A( ,,ounft. ?Wft Mill four lives wfre lost. Knobe a Ing Mill, i our n west, was ?l small town destroyed. The d-mi ,,,0!" ^,Cry n"1 "" ?^g(i jo couni r) than $'?0.0Q0- , ? ? Murdered With an Axe. HeW' n;s In front of lu hou.e ?j .?? ""Si ln Warwick county. *Uh h split open with an axe a Hia spattered about on t * of lho brother. Samuel, an 4""*B\>ocn ?vtng SoldJvrs' Homo, lattor camc i'} with Robert Since the ?a ?ato. this section from ? Uu; place other "jrotlTer and charged mlttlng the c,rcumBtantial. SSS=r robbery had been_con.mltt*d. Hurt In Raltway .Wreck. Little nock. Art- ?Spccl*'l;7Ta? southbound cannon-hall on the St. ,a, .??>. i.on Mountain * road was wrecked near neebe Tue. day morning. The engine, mail car .nil two baggago ear. were derailed and smashed Into kindling wood. W. w Httbold A B- Lamba *nd ""tier jclrapflcld. clerha. received iMnrielr The three day conches Xere derailed but none of the P"aen gera were Injured. . 'MWiwi'. Ch ?tradTtM (Tollege of pfcynlclana and frtSru-- ??? .22rs the kM !? the W?*V _T*I._.--1 ?*????**? S MMm.** Sill1 1 II CAROLINA CHOI'S. (lood Orowtli ( ho Week Mar \ est About Ox or. Tl.? v ook on line .Inn-1 21th had pearly normal temperature and tl s I with <>\t ronu l.v h t woa'lnr, wit'i |ui\ln>um tempt rat ores b t w Oi ii an I ,\. minimum of tl w:u obsorv I ut ?;>ai tanhni'x on tho iMh Thru was loss than tho usual amount of sun thine over a lar^o |> >rtl?>n of the Sia I>ut generally li was about norma!. There was a severe hail ami wind I norm in i.exin (ton -county on jh??'J?n:'. The jains of tho week Wi'ic local :n .character, hut were the heaviest of tho season at a few points. The h av t rains occurred generally la the North j Carolina border fount '?<?> wlnro bottom lamU wcro flooded for tho tilth time this year. (hiltUat on made- good progress in tho oontral and youthens torn counties, i>nt oven more "low! an 's '] are s'.til ton wet to plow, while els ' where plowing was practieible on only from one to tin days, and llelds linuo to ho foul with urn n and weens In places v> such an o\t out that h >' n kwn an I oofton havo been abandon- 1, find lowland cats havo i>nt out and : pti rod for hay on account of th" grass. ] I Cotton improvid slightly where it [ rou hi ho worked, hut tho plants rout n j ao to he unseasonably small, and mu< h | *.?f !l 1> yellow. Some cotton is soa'.d d 'and lice arc t-slll In evident o a'thou ; \ [loss numerous than last week. Clnp ping is not finished. Many Holds hi o till massy, and Hindi cotton Is boiio; dosli>oyed in cleaning It of grass iiirl we'>d??,. Some Holds luivo boon aban doned on 'flc.;ount of ih'ir foul condi tion and scarcity of .laborer*. Sea is land mode a decided improvement. I'ldand corn looks will whoro it is well worked, but much looks yellow and is very small, whits lowland nna l.-t irretrievably injured by. tin' excess of moisture and lack of proper oul'i vatlon. ltottoins havo in f ,"11 boon planted or roplantfd. C irn H tas.vl". Ins low, and i-i unproii.is n^ son. rally. Tobacco is bohr^ oat arid cured in j Iforry county; it 's small and poor in all Foot Ions. but has improved during tho wooU. Ui'-o is excellent In tho Charleston and Williamsburg districts, somo was diimu :od by oven flows and it ignont wnt/T in tho Colleton dis trict. whilo in Georgetown districts I fri'shotH injurt d ii, hih! only about on ? fourth tho usual amount of Juno li 'i could bo planted. Wheat harvest noarly finished, and late v.-hoat wai p. or owing to rust and ? ah. O-a ; t about harvested. J I. j t li grains am Snrouting in tho shook to somo extort: I '1 iirashintr has hrupin isith i:onoral!v <oofl yields. A continuation of dry weather i:i needed to improve or"P prospects which are. still very unfavorable. Deputies Driven Away. Huntington. W.Va.. Special? Monday i posse of Cnltcd States deputy Mar shals, led lty A. C. 1 hi (Told, of Hlue field.. were fired on by the striken* and forced to flee from the coal Melds at Mattewan. Sunday afternoon tlm marshals, set out from Minefield to reach the scent1 of the miners' riots. Within 20 miles of Thaeker they found that they coi^UJ proceed 110 farther, by rail 011 account of the flood. Tliey struck out iktOss the mountains en countering almost iinsmmotintablo rllfllcultlcs and late Sunday afternoon ?cached the end of their journey. Pro* -ceding t/> work, they began serving, notices of the injunction which hud been issued by Judge Jackson. A mob if strikers followed, armed to the teeth with firearms. On all sides could he hoard the cry, "down with govern ment by injunction!" Men threaten ed them with their weapons, women railed down the venegeance of heaven upon them and children hurled stones*. \Wl''n nightfall came notice had been *ser\ed on the strikers of all the coal I'onipnnleB. but one and that was to he served at Lic k Ford Coal and Coke Company, at Thaeker. Fearing an am bush they waited until morning and "ariy today sot out for Thaeker. Some time before noon they attempted to serve the injunction papers at tho above named colliery. A mob foilowejl enraged to desperation at tin- EWeop lug character of tfte injunction. One reckless fellow fired the first shot an I (;ulck as lightning the mountain sides echoed % an I re-echoed with resound ing reports that followed the crack of 20 or .10 rlties. The deputies were forced to take refuge in flight and thou barely escaped with their lives. A New Steamer Line. Memphis, Special.? An evening pa per says: "Tbp Illinois Cential Hall road will establish a steamship con nection with Glasgow, Scotland, via New Orleans, the arrangement with Elder Dempster & Co. being to put on a regular monthly service between New Orleans and Glasgow with the rteame.ra of the Wclr Jdne. the first vessel to be tho Tymeric, sailing lv August." Ex>Con?ul Killed. New Haven. Conn,, Special. ? Add ftert Hay, son of Secretary Hay, and the former United States consul to Pretoria, South Africa, was found dead on the sidewalk in front of tho. | N'cw Haven House at 2:30 o'clock ftun i!ay morning. IJ^~r?44rcd to hla room te 12 o'clock after spending the even ing with a party of friend*, In appar ently excellent spirits. It Is believed, that Mr. Hay became ill a.'ter reiirlng and went to the window Ibr air. It is supposed that he became dlxxy and fell. I)r. Bartlett. the medical exami ner. stated that Mr. Hay undoubtedly came to his death by acc'dent. The bed clothes in fcla room were found turned overJjft,^ chair. General, Wood's Condition. Havana, T iy Cable.? Tho condition of General Wood, who for several days has been suffering from an attack of grip and malarial fever, which, how ever. did not interrupt hla official du Una. to somcfbat worse. ? Ilia, fever to go? Hayifcfr higher and ho has been, reed m take to hta bmf. advised l OIUM'R IS lillTER. | Dciiouiices I lie South I or Disfranchise iiijj the Negro. ? o? ! fUPSII WO.NDS ARI: IWiDOMINANT - ? * 111 His Speech Before the Republican .State Coiin cut ion of Ohio llttitna'n Men \N In. Columbus. <)., Special 1'he b>pt b lican State ? ? . > i > v i ntiou ouivcmd h ro Monday afternoon with a laive attend ance. At the conference during th> forenoon, Intercut oontorrd In the on \4v<- *\Wj ? const i ik t Ion of the plat farm ami tho tlii- liKht that the State Autl-L:ihor League was m :t K i n>; against tho re noinlnatloii of ldcut<uant Coventor < * ; 1 1 l \\ i ? 1 1 issues oil C.ildwell ami the resohitlonb J|ro still hong agitatoi but tin- contest ? ojr \st at.- committee- J nun resulted In wlmT is cillel a unan lnious victory for the llaiina men, which include the friends of Coventor Nash ami others. The result Assures the i c-t lfrt ion of i 'on^i'i'ssman D.ck as ? haii man of tho Statu executive ^oui* j mittco. lion. 1'. W. Purr, ehairman of the State central committee, In a brief s|u?rh congrut ulati'il the Republican# of Onlo on the result of tho Ohio cam I paign last year and predicted victory for this year. Then he introduced Sen ator Foraker as the temp n ary chair | man of the conv?nt\oii. Senator I'Vr aker was most enthusiast Irjnly receiv ed and s|?oke in part as follows; "Lvcry vote cast in our State next November will bo n votn for oit against the administration of William Mclvin ley. just a.-. certainly and cmpliat ically as though he were again our candidate this year as lie was last; f >i\ we must of necessity, by the action we tak-\ endorse Ifls work and giv" him encour ' ageinent or dis.rc.llt hi:; n.cord and enibarra:?s his efforts. His first admin istration was triumphantly successful, . but It could not have been .io had it not been supported by a Republican | Congress. His second admln'straLion can be, and will be, even nujjiu. Illus trious than bis tirsl if w.? "Ij ve him ] I that same support, but it cannot be, j and will not be so, if w <1 withhold ft." lie then iiuve a history of the liar-' j rison and Cleveland adminlstratl in ? j and went through the campaigns of j 1 89G nnd 1000, Kegardiug tho d sfran-, j chisemeut of colored voters, Senator Foraker said: "Neither Is it a time to show Indif ference to I lie wrong the Democratic party is committing today In the Southern Stales again*! the black man, whom it is robbing of his guff range un der the form* of constitutional amend ments nn (legal enactments that are in violation of the constitution of the I'n! led States. This is worse. If possi ble. than the inhuman lynchings of which we read almost daily, because it Is without provocation, and is a blow alined at a class and the r ivnrn inent of o nation. i "Constituted authority must find way to suppress th^se wrongs, or tho 1 government will deserve to lose the I support of a race that has shed Its blood for our flag In every war and al most every field where It has w.ived. Urave, heroic, gallant men were they who, side our wars. They helped us to conquer our Independence, to form our Union, to presnrvo our national life, 10 j carry liberty and frfoedom to Cuba. I and to plant our banner ip victory on j tho islands of the seas. They are en- j tlllod to ihc protcctlort of the gover n- j ment for which ihuy have so bravt?!y : fought. It Is an Inexpressible that surh protection is denied. As they have shared our labor and jo:lH so, must thny share our rewards. In what j way their rights will hotter bo so urel Is an unsolved problem, but until tuey are fully protected, and Dojnocrat'c persecutions and denials of -Constitu tional rights have enamel, there shoiill not be any restoration of the Demo cratic party to power. 5nys Gage is Ignorant. London, Iiy Cable. ? A dispatch to a news agency from St. Petersburg, ! purports to-' "quote M. Do Wit to, the j Russian Finance Minister, as saying j that tho statement issued by Secre tary Cage In explanation of tho Uni ted Statc-3 Treasury Department's ac tion In Imposing countervailing duties [ on certain Russian products, shows the question is not fully understood by Mr. Gag<\. DeWitto says ho cannot imagine that Mr. Cage would Inten tionally mislead tho people of the United States and therefore ho can only conclude that Mr. Gage is not possessed of all the facta in the cas?b The Surrender of Callles. Santa Cruz, Providence of Laguna, P. I., Special. ? When General Callles ?urrendered here with 6&0 men and 600 rifles, ho entered Qanta Crux to the music of native bands, which were drawn up In six lines In the church yard. During tho purrendcr of the arms Callles and his staff, who wer? outside tho enflosurq, wept. Tho officers i afterward walked to headquarters, Vherqf Callles tendered his sword to Genera/ Sumner, who gal lantly handed it back* Cotton Oil Company Incorporated. J Trenton, N. J., Special. ? The United Utates oil Company, cnpltnl IN.OOO, 00 <K was Incorporated Monday. The fotnpnny in. to manufacture and deal > In cotton and other ofla and tMr pvodnct*. Jnwrporator*, It -i 1/N. C, Piles. Nmn Ter*;. K- *. Htfeme, mm j PROMINENT PEOPLE, x Professor Dewar Is after l lie ahso lull" Zero, IMbrldgo T. (Jerry Is credited Willi start lug the melon-growing fad at, Newport, H. I. Alfonso XIII. Is not a black Span* lar.l. lie is fair and has blue eyes and curly ball'. Ambassador White has taken a house it t Sassnllz. near Herliu, CJcr many, for three months. S. 1 C . Crockett, the novelist, has a ureal collection of indexed scrap books fryun which to draw his mate rial. ' J The Duke of Cambridge, rountHflx out bis eighty-second year, Is theWsl ^ ! member of the ltritish royal family^to ' attain that age. Vice President llonsevolt has proin hed (o deliver an address at tin? eele- ^ brat Ion of the ipiartcr centenary of < 'olorado's Statehood. .S". A.'."'" jjjj Jj). vilntloii to be present at the celebra tion of obi Home Week at Portland, Me., August It) to 17. Senator Allison, of Iow;t, says that lie Is too old to bo a Presidential ean? dldate In 1U0I, mid names (.Jovcrnor Shaw as a suitable nominee. Cornier Senator Tow no, of Mlnno t sola, and Governor MeMiiliu, of Ten- J nessee, have gone into a $2,000,000 company to hunt oil in Texas. General llates, recently returned from the Philippines, has been or dered to command the Department of the Missouri, with headquarters at Umaha, Neb. "I am still a young man," said Rus sell Sage the other day, "for a man i.< young Just a? long as lie. takes an nc tlvo intvivst in Ills own life and tho life of the world at large." Kin;; Edward appears to have de cided to secure worthy pictorial illus trations of the Incidents /of his reign, lie has commissioned Seymour Lucas to paint a picture of the royal recep tion of the Moorish embassy. Measures t?? secure the placing ol rhnwer baths in the new school build 1 :ik ? . f Chicago are now occupying? the . .Mention of many of the women's clubs ? "d p'lilanthrijpic Societies there. It is lcli? \(<l that their efforts will Wccecd, ?in< r in. nv of the city ofliciali aupcar in i n or of | ho plan. . * ?' . AAIii M | (? n Mill* C /(, UKJ UDLX i/MILl OCHVICC 7'\ Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta, v#e? Orleans and Points South and West. 8 IN KKKKOT MAY 2?th, ivOli BOUTIIWAHD. Daily Daily No. 31 No. 27 Lv. Now York. P, II, If. 12 56 pin 12 10 am Lv. Philadelphia, " " 8 29 pm 3 60 am Lv. IJiiltimoro. " " ? ,6 45 pm 0 40 am l.v. Washington, " " 0 66 pm 1101 uoi Lv. Htohmood, S A. L. 10 40 pm 2 40 p ur Lyi Petoreburg, " n" 1 130 pm 3 27 pm J.v. Norllnn " 2 13 am 6 65 pnv' hy. fimidursoa, " 2 45 am 6 28 pin J.v. IUIHkI), " 4 10 am 7 40 pm !.v. Hnwihwrn Pi::w\ " G 07 ?:o 9 80 p!? Lv. Iluinlor, " 720am 1050pm l.v. Columbia, J " 9 40 am 105 pm Ar. Havannali, " ) 47 pm 4 52 am A r. .) n<?k*on villo, " C 10 pm 9 15 am Ar. Tninpa, " 0 15 nm 5 {0 pm NoTsT No. 41. Lv. Now YorU.N^M'. A N.f 7 65 nm 8 55 pm Lv. Philadelphia, ^ 10 23 am 1126 pm l.v. ,s??w YorkpO. D.B.H.tJuf 8 00 pm . . ....... . Lv. Ihiltitnoro, Jl. H.l'.Co. f 6 8^pm jjy. .Wath'luii, N. AW. H.I) t SO pm Lv. Portsmouth, H. A. L. 0 80 pm 9 40 ant Lv. IVeldon, " 12 JG um Mil pm Lv. 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