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' ? f:.TTr; s HE .J voujmkxviu.' camimcn.s.c? kiudav. ahui. 6. wot. no. is. Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS <\ Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range?What is doing On in Our State. ^harged With Embezzlement. Sumter, Special.?Mr. !?;. jit Wither the general manager of the Southern Collin ;uk| Casjcet company KAort* out a warrant before Mn?is(ruio Wells for tin- arrest of Mr. H. K. Mil ler, chic| bookkeeper, charging bim with iIn* cmhi'/./lrincut of something over .fijoo oi (he company\s funds, i he bonkk-.-opr hod the lull eon tide nee ?'l his employers until a few days be I' lc the recent death of Mr. M. lb" W ii hei i he former general man ager. They suspected something wroncj at the time, but the death ol il;e general manager, brother to tlio present manager, prevented an im mediate investigation being made. ^[Miller 1!:? <I nutlioiity to sign checks, !le a croup, ts, etc., dining: the ab m :ife of the t^hi.lyer. lie had charge ? J the eluvk andibauk hooks and do I>o: i? d the i;i nie?. s collected for the ??ompany. It is allege.I in the indict ?neni that lie issued and signed checks '?liich lie cashed ::nd appiopriatcd to his own use* New Rrookland's Bank. New Brook'.and, Special.-?'I he di rectors of the'batik which was recent ly organized heie have decided to rent l ho vacant bt.iidinir bc!nngin<? to Capt. \Vii|i:inis 0:1 State street for uso ??iiiil a i;??*.*? building i.< i iccPmI. if in ''?'vid. one i; 1 ;i 11 soo:i. Mr. |? S. 'l\otti, president of the batik, was "'?'cr t^ v.: ? k fn.in Widue Spring.' and attended a meding <<f (|-,o board of di vert of Mr. Tndti will move here >-"i.ie t:ri! ' ;?( m and have ovcry thi'.c; i;i i roe ? ? for the opening; of the b;;i:k "U Sc;.;. i. as decided by tbo board. The director* are extremely ft'Vf.fificd at the ryc'lltMit showing / -made in the matter of (he stock sub sciinti'Mi and ai-.1 confident that th-J !")? I - wiil iiinv:1 ;! ;s Ihiauaially. The capital is .v'Jj.OOO. The Drainage C^tnmisflion?. Columbia, Special.?The co;jntie3 are beginning; to select, their diaitt e.ge commissioner** 'to carry mi the voir }?s provided fur in the act pass ed by ibe last general assembly, which yill result in clearing out the swafnpa in the lov.cr part of the State. This net was passed through the qJTorts of K;pre.-;ontnlivo James Cosgrove of Charleston, who was for years a mem ber of the. Charleston drainage coin rnisricn which. du?in.^..his term of of }ire, rendered habit able and arable thousands of acres of swamp land, (lav. Anwd appointed the following to have charge- of the drainago in ' Georgetown: C. P. Aliston, W. II. Andiews, J. A. Hemmingway, 0. 1). Skinner und 13. N. liaurne. Compromise in Franklin Case. Greenville, Special.-?When the case of Mrs. Sudic Franklin vs. the South ern railway was called in the court of common picas here Judge Gary an ^ pi.r.nee 1 thai v.\ the request of both ??.:.'(S the cas* would bu taken up. Later in ti e day it was announced that a c -.mpromise has been effected. 1? i ; not. known what -??amount was. riven to Mrs. Franklin, the attorney:? r-'fesinu' t'? in eke it public. The suic v.-.-s for $10,000. The announcement i f ti e compromise came as a sitrpri-o ? ;1|| ,,r wiin. ? acs and attorneys i t t!.e er.*e were Isi'tc for trial. Georgetown Banks Do Well. ? flfyoi^etown. Special.?The People'* VanX and the Bank of Georgetown will pay 0 per cent, find S per cent, re sjeetively to their stockholders this, vear. n good balance being, set aside' | v each to increase the surplus ac count. '?he annual meetings of the 1 r'nk-i will be held the lir.st week ia Anil. Ice Plant Tor kewberry. *'ewberrv. Special.?Another ne^* : itr.i'ortani evnerprlse for Newher rv is an :ip-to-i;te and fully equip pt. i 20-ton ice plant with everything i:, ?,eadiness to begin operation op. \r.r,l 1. Tlie.plrnt. has beeti install *.l i,'v the ravnuM,* Oil Mill Com par.v, with Mr. -lolm II. Wicker as superinlcndent and manager.'-The ca v of tko plant i? 20 tons a day " ... t'.:e .cu'xp-iiy will Pitt on wcuruna pud deliver the it-o throughout the cily to it's customers. ? flic?r.7iUo liuomen Tonciics LI" 7 vwiw. 0 fircenrille,' dp.cl?l.-Wbil? rtp?lr iwr broken iasulators on the maia wire' of the Greenville Power CPB* ' ranv, at 1 o'clock Thursday ?noniitt2 William Godfrey, a . live wire and was stonned. Bt Mi it ground, 30 feet b?low, brealdnjr " U arm ?u4. f-""'"*~ Aw%n _ ^OBWlVW W > V;' .. v? ? to mu in t an is anii in ? pkysUiaos say U wiU 4W. SQUABBLE AT STATE COLLEGE Student 0. M. Leo, Waited Upon Committee Purporting to Repres ent the Student Body of South Carolina University, is Given a Limited Time in Which to Leave-? Father Ha? Engaged a Lawyer and Has Expressed His Determination to See the Matter Trough. Columbia, Special.?As a result of being waited upon by a commiLtl'O purposing io represent tho student body, giving him (ill bis Arst, train borne to got out of college, young C. M. Lee, a student at tbo South Caro lina University from Timmonsvillc, lias left the university. But be has not gone home, and bis father will back him in n fight to the finish witb lawyers to regain bis place at tbe uni versity. The university authorities have been informed that tbe father is here. Mr. Leo arrived on the scene Monday and will take tbe matter be fore the faculty as soon lis his at torney, Representative C. T. Ker shaw, arrives in the city. "1 do not care to say anything for publication just yet," said Mr. Lee, Sr., "1 want to get the affair before the faculty as soon as my attorney arrives. My son is entitled to re main in college, to protect his good name, if to accomplish nothing else. If he is given justice at the hands of the faculty, why the matter will end there, and of course, I will have no necessity for carrying the case to coiim," - " 'I he students quote your son as saying you gave him the revolver which he fired at tbe party of hazers and instructed him to defend himself against being hazed. Is that truer.' "It most emphatically is not true thnl I gave him the revolver or nnv. such instructions, and 1 do not think he made any .such statement. I do think now. however, that he ought to lie allowed to protect himself against further assaults. My son has been attacked axlo/.en times in this way. He stood it, until forbearance ceased to be a virtue, llo could do no work. Of course 1 am sorry that he violated the rules in cariying a revolver, but T do not see how he could lidvo been expected to act otherwise than ne did." 1 lie first, of the trouble occurred several weeks ago, when a party of sophomores attacked Lee in his room for the.purpose of blacking him. lis resisted and when effort was made L> forte a way into tho room Lee fired on the party through the door in tho straggle over its being'opened. As he fit red the door closed and the bul let entered tho edge of the door jusl above the lock. His roommate, Hill, then interposed and admitted the par ty, and Lee was blacked. ~ . Leo reported the affair to the col lege authorities, giving fche names of 1 the party which attacked him. Ihe result was that the loaders of the party, Jack Reeves, of Charles ton, and Douglfts Dargan, of Darling ton, wore suspended for tho remain der, of tho season; Lee was suspended for two weeks for having firearms on tho campus, while Dave Loring, of Sumter; Biscoe Davis, of Summer ville; Clyde Franks, of Laurens; Wil liam H. James, of Chester; John B. Wardlaw, of Union, and Kobert Holmes, of Newberry, were suspended for two weeks. All these returned to college last week but Reeves and Hainan. The head and front of Lee's of fending in the eyes of the students js' that he violated the honor j^-iiom by carrying the matter to (he col lego authorities. The student body Is practically a unit against him. Both tho senior and the freshmen claw oh adopted Resolutions against bun, end a student body mass-meet ing was to bo hold later, when tins cominilfit lost pntienco at the dolay and acted themselves. In chapel President Sloan condemn ed the action of this, committee, and yruned all against any further hnz spg. he said that if this committer rvero d'jcovered they would bo s'im ? manly dealt with. Ho said that Lee bad stayed out tho suspensi"ii period, and had a good legal standing and sjipnld be allowed to remain in the 1 college. Spccial Election in Laurens. Laurens, Special.?In pursuance of an act of theyencral assembly, passed at the last session of the legislature, the board of trustees of the town of Laurens, of which Col. J. \\\ Fergu son is thaivman, a special electio* has btfnn ordered to bo held on tbo 18th of April for the purpose of vot ing upon tho question of whether or not tho board of trustees of said school district shall issuo bonds lu tbe amount of $30.0Ul) for tho purpoee ?? erecting a new graded school in the city of Laurens. Petition for Pardon. Columbia, Special.? Gov. Ansel baa received a petition for tha paydon of Walter Allen ft Greenville, who is aerving a life eentenoe for the murder of lieary Joboeon. Tbe da? fanae put up tbe plea that Jobnton bad u?eutyed Alien'a wife, but tbe jury returned a verdict of gnilty villi >n to mercy. Tbe botfi m 1901. Tbe eaae win _ to tbe State board of par WW i . ? .... (Ill Destructive Fire Visits Pitts boro. ADJOINING PROPtRTY SUFFERS The Total Loss Will Reach Over $10,000, Only Partially Covered by Insurance?Fire Presumed to Have Started in Boiler Room?Valu able Buildings and Products Near , by Saved by Heroic Work on the Part of Citizens, I ^ 1'ittsboro, N\ Speeial.?The cot ton seed oil mills at litis plaeo was burned down Sunday morning at ii o'flock. The lire lasted until 7. The loss of tin* mills will be .$110,000, with .$15,(100 insurance. The guano warehouse of W. L. London & Son, A. .J. By mini & Son, F. ('. I'oo and L. N'. Woinble were burned together with about lifted) hundred sacks of guano, phosphate, and cotton seed meal. \V. 1.. London & Sons' loss will be about $1,000} F. C. Poo, * 1,000j L. N. Womble, $800, and A. J. By mini & Sons, $300. lly heroic efforts tin1 l'iltsboro coach was saved, it having been pullcti by men up tho track. The outhouses of (.'apt. J. K Alston, just across the track, were huined, ami only by con tinual application of water was !:i^ dwelling saved. A box car of hulls on the siding was Inn nod, but the two iron tanks containing '2,700 gallons of oil, were saved. The night superintendent says l.t ran the mill until 12 o'clock and when lie shut down had only forty pounds of steam. It is supposed the fire caught in the boiler room. Mr. Arthur London, the president of the mill, says thai lie hud unloaded Sat urday 1.000 bushels of seed and load a car of oil, valued at $2,700, which was pushed down the track and sav ed. Tim mill rguvo employment to twenty-live nu'jJ and was a groat help to the community. 'l^Jie lire a dis tinct loss to the lown.t Hon. Galusha Grow Dead. Binghamton, N. Y., Special.?For mer Congressman Galusha A. (Jrow died at his home in Glenwood, Pa., Sunday afternoon as a result of the general breakdown, attributed to old age. Mr. Grow was elected to Con gress from the Wilmot district oi Pennsylvania os the youngest nioln ber of that body in 1*831, and after retirement from public life for nearly 40 years he re-entered the llouse of Representatives, as Congressnian-r.t large from Pennsylvania 14 years ago. When ho'^retired four years ago, his public service in (|4ie House e'xntending over the longest period, 1 'although not continuous service, oi any man who ever sat in that body. Oar of Explosives Ignited. Cumberland, Md., Special.?A cai loaded with railroad torpedoes and iron containing carbonic ac?J gas, connected near the middle of a Rapid ly moving eastbound Baltimore & Ohio freight train, was blown , up while passing Patterson's creek, eight miles east of here. The car was de molished, the connecting cars smash ed, two steel hopper cars on an ad joining track were blown over, the track was torn up for some distance and telegraph poles and wires de stroyed. The noise of the explosion wins deafening and thousands of ex ploded torpedoes rained on houso roofs many yards away. No one was injured. Passenger trains were delay ed for a time. Four Killed at Crossing. Kansas City, Mo., Special.?Four persons in a buggy were killed Sun day afternoon at the Fifteenth street crossing of the Chicago & Alton Rail road by a passenger train. The horses escaped injury. The dead: George Henry and wife; 1). P. Mon ner and wife. The men were sales men for local mercantile houses. Chile Wants Ambassador. Washington, Special.?Chile's fut ure to send a minister to Washington to replace Mr. Walker-Martinez, who did not return hero after the Pan American conference at Rio Janeiro last summer, has caused much com ment. The neglect of the Chilean Congress to appoint sufficient money to maintain the legation has boon given as a reason for leaving tbo American mission in charge of Alberto Yoachaiu, Scere.ctary to the Legaton. But it has just become known that the real causo was hid den deep in Latin-American politics. MWire-Tappera" Caught. Cleveland, 0., Special.?In tha ar raat here Sunday of three men and a woman giving' tba same* of Ed ward Weiss and Max Mortis, of Netr York, and C&arlea* Dracker and Claudius Carldon, of this eity,~ the po lice say they have caught a clique of ?lever "wiretapper*" *anlcd in aov. tfftl dtk* . ' GIRT POISONER ACQUITTED, OOT OOES TO flSVLUM Jennie Burch Consoled hy Woman Whose Baby She Killed. JUDGE PRAISES JURY'S FINDING AlirliJ.st Di'i'luivs (till M'uy Commit Crime Again I mli r Cnfuvoi-iihlo Conditions?Tills of Fault in New York Suite haw. Carmel, N. Y.?On the Krouud of Insanity Jennie liuicli, the flfteen yeur-old poisoner, .whb acquitted in tho Supremo Court or having mur dered, ^in infunt 6on of Herbert Wln shly', a wealthy farmer of 1'atterson, in Putnam County. Immediately af ter the tiling of tho verdict Justico Mills committed the girl to tho State Asylum for the Insane at Matteawan. Jennie Burch did not comport her self as an insane person throughout tho trial. It was certain when tho Jury retired, however, that under Justice Mills' charge and tho sum mlng up hy the State the verdict which was found would ho returned. When the girl heard Justice Mills make the commitment to Matteawan sho began to cry again. One of her attorneys said to her: "You will bo treated kindly there, Jennie, and the doctors will help to recover your mind. Ho of good cheer and keep ydur nerve." "That's all very well," she replied, "hut how Ik any one to keep her nerve in a place like that, with luna tics all around?" When the girl was taken from the court room to the qutirters of Sheriff Harry and his family she found awaiting her Mrs. Wlnship, who met her with outstretched arms anil told her to pray tri forgot the past, as she was pray In if she might be able to do. "You have my entire forgiveness," said Mrs. Winshlp, "and do please, try to koep your mind off tho terri ble tilings that have happened and grow up to be a good woman." After this visit Jennie seemed to welcome the news that she would he taken Immediately to Mutteawdn. After the jury had been discharged it v.as learned that on the first ballot olio man wanted to tlnd the girl guilty of manslaughter In the first degree, which would have meant an Imprisonment r,f from a day to twen ty years. This juror was reminded of the unfortunate birth and ante cedents of the girl. So he was won to join iit (he finding that was made. In making the commitment to Mat teawan Justice Mills said that he be lieved the jury had found strictly oil tho evidence. lie added that from personal observation in court ho be lieved Jennie Burch to be insane and also from the results of the investiga tions made by Dr. Granger. "Therefore," he declared, "I am gojng to commit her to Matteawan on tho ground that her freedom would be a menace and a danger to tho pcaco of tho community." "What would prevent this girl from being liberated a year from now?" Ur.pGranger was asked by a reporter. "Nothing. To all intents and ap pearances she may recover her men tal health two or three months or a year from now, and all that would be necessary would be for some law yer to release her 011 a writ of habeas corpus. That Is the ono hole in the laws of the Stato of New York through which much misery has flowed out upon the citizens of this community. I would not trust her In my household. Sho might bo led to commit a similar crime at any time." Tho mother of the unfortunate girl was not in court on tho last, day, and it remained for tho broken old grand father to comfort her. A romarlutble phase of Jennie Burch's abnormality has been her rapid growth since September lost. At tho time of her arrest elie.weighed lcs<| than 0110 hundred pounds. Iler height whs only five feet four Inches. She has grown three and a half In ches and gained more than forty pounds. HEARST SUES I-OU $2,500,000. Chicago Tribune Published Mr. Itoot's Utlcn Speech With Comments. Chicago.?Five libel suits aggre gating $2,500,000 were instituted against tho Tribune Company by William Randolph Hearst through his attorneys, Darrow, Masters & Wilson. According to Edgar L. Masters, tho suits are based upon live articles pub lished In tho Tribune. Each is a quo tation from a speech delivered by Secretary of State EUhu Root at Utlca, N. Y., November 1, 190C, nnd comments of an uncomplimentary na ture on Mr. Hearst are contained in the headlines. SOAP MlfJilONAIHK A SUICIDE. Aged William A. Procter's flrlef Over Wife's Death Caused His Act. Cincinnati. O.?William A. Proc tor, aged 'seventy-three, multl-mil lionairo president of the Procter & Gamble Company, committed suicide by shooting himself In tho bathroom of bin magnificent suburban home In Glendale. To Coroner Otis L. Cameron mem bp.rs of the family attributed the act to failing health nnd continued grief over tue demise of his wifo almost four years ago. OLD WOMAN DIES OK MUMPS. | CUiMbomVi* Affliction Causes D*ptli of Mrs, Houghttlinj, Aged 00. Iftolyoke, Mass.?The childhood af fliction, mumps,. caused tUs death of Mrs. Cynthia Houghtaliug, ninety-Are yearn of a30. 8h? was the oldest res ident of HoJyokc. 1 Rusrlan Editor Killed. Dr. Jolles, editor of the Rutskl VI6domostI, of Moscow, an Influential Hbsral p&ptr, assassinated In that city by an unidentified youth. SPRING SIGNS. Ii. I>v Caili pAiSnI for i!???* NVw \rork I' ODDITIES IN NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD Ytnucioi s i:\<.i,isiim \ v A'I 1; SOOO I'M AS I \ A 1)A V. London.-?John Oollon, who liven In Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Is believed 1d possess the most wiraeious appetite of any iniyi* living. Willi in the p:i?t f"\v days ft<> has consumed il meal ?L v. liirli a \:?ii horse would have jibbed in despair. The contest which has just ended lasted fourteen days. 'I'llo Coiulliion was Hint he should cat (wo p ??;? on tito first day, double (hat number on the sec ond, and < oniirtuo lo double it day after day for fourteen days. The peas which wore used for the contest wore the ordinary green marrowfats. During the first woek the man simply swallowed them like pill*, in (he dry ?state; aflerwarjl. they were steeped and boiled. On rhe^tenth day tho nnniber was 102-1; on (ho eleventh, "OiS; on the twelfth, 4USJG; on tho thirteenth,' x 11)2, and on tho four teeth, 10.3S4. Owing to a llttlo hitch in (ho proceedings he refused to Con sume the total on the last day; but. on (lie thirteenth day ho disposed of SI 92, which is believed to bo a world's rccord. The only condiment he took was a little pepper. On tho thirteenth day operations were com* menced about 3 o'clock in tho after noon. llo disposed of f?00 without, the slightest inconvenience, and calmly rested until 7 o'clock in tho evening before recommencing opera tions. At that hour he faced the enormous mass, which filled tho largest household bucket, with n de termination not to surrender. Just before 11 o'clock ho cleared the last of tho dishes, and was greeted' as the world's champion. During tho thir teen days ho had eaten 16,3 81 peas. FROGS AND BUGS IX A MICHIGAN CLOUDBURST. Kalamazoo, Mich.?A shower of InsectB of a kind never seen In this vicinity, large In size and greenish in color, together with very small frogs, fairly covered the territory be tween Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. The storm broko quickly in a cloud burst. Frogs began falling slowly at first and increased in number until catch - basins became clogged with them. The bugs followed after tho frogs. Professors and students car ried large numbers of insects home for examination. Scientific authori ties assert the specimens are not known, but claim they would not have reached earth had not an un usually heavy thunderstorm pre vailed. Most of the bugs were dead when picked up. SICA TRIP TO JAMICSTOWX FOR LII1KRTY RIOLL. Philadelphia.?For the first timo in Its history Liberty Bell will have a sea trip. In July it will be taken to the Jamestown Exposition on board tho battleship Pennsylvania. All that is required is the indorse ment by President Roosevelt of the plan, andiflt is understood he favors it. While the Jamestown Exposition will bo open before July tho bell will not be sent from Philadelphia until after July j f?, when tho Elks' conven tion in Philadelphia adjourns. T ii\ aujuu i un. ED IN VAULT * AS IUCS DEPQS1TE OF RANK HE'FOUNDED. Boonvllle, Ind.?The Boonville Na tional Bank received a novel deposit when the cashier accepted a box con taining^ the .crematory ashes of Dr. Charles Keegan, who died recently. Dp, founded the hank in 187-4 and continued to be a large stock holder. It was the request of 4*rr Koegan that his ashes be kept tu the vault of the bank he founds^ _ ? ? I ? ?! Uoadurans Abandon Their Capital* Mr. Philip R. Browo, American Secretary ot Legation, tfcpk chargw ot affair* at Tegucigalpa when"the Hon* durans Evacuated their capital and .turned the city over to the Nicara gua^ when they entered. ? I I. I. I II Ml Ilufcftiau Drumhead Court* Abolished. The Duma by an almost unani mous, vote passed a resolution pro viding steps to abolish drumhead courts aqartlal. Premier Stoljrpla made a conciliatory speech. ? Ni'nsi; 1'ixns m snwi) ON DISSECTING TAlUiH. Kansas Citj'.-^-Hy means of a de formed fool Mrs.* "William M. Turner, a (rained nurse, was ablo 10 identify tho body of her husband us It lay upon the dissecting table In (ho Hahnemmin Mod leal College. Tho head had boon roniovod. Mrs. Tur ner la now exerting overy influence to have It fouiiil and restored, so f hay sho niny have the body decently bur* lod. Turner had died at tho City Hospital whllo his wife was attend ing a patient, and ufider the law tho, body bad been turned over to (lie; medical college. When tho woman applied for admission to (ho dissect ing Tooni she was refused, but. sho soon displayed authority for her pres eneo and waB (heu allowed to enter. The moment sho saw the deformed foot sho cried out: "It Is Wilt! Oh, my poor husband!" Tho hospltnl au thorities and city ofhciuls are silent "an to the case. It Is said there will be an Investigation. BLACKSMITH SHOCKED TO HEATH CLIPPING HORSE. Chicago.?Frank Tesmer, a horgo shonr, waa killed whllo cllpplnk a horso by eloctrlc power. He was holding the steel clippers in his hand, when suddenly thore came a blue streak from the coiling. Tesmer Was thrown against the wall of the shop' and died instantly, ff-ho horse was also knocked doWn and killed. Line men were at work on wires across the street, and In some way a wire charged with electricity of high volt age was thrown' acrOBB tho wire which furnished electricity for the clippers. AGED WOMAN'S HAIR SHOWS ItlCMAllKABLE CHANGE. Greenfield, Ind.?"Grandma Clay ton Is growing a full suit of black hair," was tho announcement made concerning Mrs. Ruth Clayton, the oldest resident of Hancock County, 100 years old, and many of tho pjo neer's friends called upon her aiid wero astonished to see tho change that had come over her. Following n short spell of illneBn a few weeks ago Mrs. Clayton lost her hair, which was silvery. A few days ago her hair be gan to grow again. .? , FIFTEEN OF NTS A DAY TOO ; MUCH FOU HIGH MAN. Omaha, Neb.?"Tax Title" Soaman, the eccentric Omaha mau who has a fortune of about $200,000 and has boasted that it cost him only fifteen cents a day to live, has decided that his living expenses are too high for a man of his means and that he must cut them down. He never buys any but second hand clothing, but he says that this year he shall buy none at all. "I have figured on it," he said, "and I find that I can live well on twelve and a half cents a day, and I'm going to do It. Fifteen cents Is too much." SHARK BITES OFF SAILOR'S FINGER USED TO PliUQ ^KAK. Washington, D. C.?A curious story Ulnsirntlng the number and ferocity the sharks that infest the harbor of tatqiia is reported in the mail just receiveo,,tmi,tho insular bureau from the PhillppiftNk As one of the boats of the little gunboat El Cano was be ing rowed out to the ship the plug In the bottom came out and J, J. Dim lap, a sailor, thrust a finger Into the ?-Tfe^-flagw-wfw--immediately bitten oft by a shark aa i? amputated by a surgeon. Aa the lost linger was, used to pull the' trigger of the rifle the sailor will have to be retired. John John Burns,\Preeld?nt of the Local r jrernment Bdard, satd In the House it Commons that nlnrf-tentha of the L*mee of Ia4x?a Kler H*rdle were wrfiohleTons sn4 eeomoalcal IT nnsound. ? " . .' .t1 ounmritiift The Standard ^ Oil Company ad* vanced the frrtoe of nil gradee at gaee line, naphtha and ri|Mi oil tn hnr rela one-fourth sent ? f Hfp f. ?. I. at Clereian* --V* Ssanst i&sassa ORIGIN OF THE PEARL. Secretion Formed for Defense, Thinks M. Scurat. Tho origin of tho pearl In the shell of 1 ho oyster, or other bivalve oi Ululluuk, has been tho object* ef * constdorahle unio.int of Investigation < and speculation. Among the mors ri ceni Hi?i?ilc8 of tho subject may bs noted those of m Sou rat recorded in the "(Vunptes Ri-ndus." This natural* 1st Hilda that In pearl oysters from , tho Gambia lagoons, In tho South Pacific, Uie peails aro duo to a small wrm a nort of tapeworm. In cjastfl uu tho ho<ly and mantle of tho oyster lie has, found true pearls aiifr^uudtng a unci us \vhl( h ho hats shown to be one of these worms. Like other "tape worms, this one, concerned In the pro ductlon of pear!*, roqulrea a second host In which to complete its develop* ir out. And M. Sou rat considers that the my Is tho second host la this ? (? o, for he has found In tho spiral t no of Ihls flsh ^mall tapeworms, which ho regards m the adult form itho larval worm of tho pear] oj#* __ u .. Tito nutihnv has named this now species of tapeworm Tylocephnlum n ui t.-afitlferne. The view has been ' In-1 i that the pearl la a secretion ??? f rtiuul, as it were. In ?elf-defense for tho surrounding and 1-solatlon of a/ Injurious foreign body^. A portrait of King Charles's dwarf, I)y* Dpbson, which, at a sale In 1898? failed to realize more tlmn fir.50, wa t sol J 1 y auction iu London re cently for $.12CO, ctfttES ALL SKIN TROUBLES. ?.-> '? % ->Vir 11? 1111r tho At copied Itemcdy for k , ^ llurchvd Years, .. ?4 Sulphur is on.? 'if Hip gieatest remedies' nature ever y. ive to man. Kvery physician _V know's it riir"; U*m and blood troubles. Il.iiicoi !.'? l.iiu: t Sulphur edibles you to ?:-t the full ! cm-fit in most convenient form. Don't take nulphur "tablets!" ,or "wf.frrn," or powdered Hulphur in molMMf.. 1 * <? i ?<?< I:'.m Sulphur is' pleasant to..,' take and perfect iu its action. Druggists sell it* ' ; . A well known oitjzmj of Danville, Pa,, writes: "i h?*e had an aggravated case of .! !?'< ::cri!n for over twonty-fiVo yeaVs. I have ti^.vl -u'vcii f>0 ??nt bottle.? of the Liquljt, an 1 one jar of your Hancock's Liquid.?Ui* phur Ointment. anil now I feel as though I had u brnnd new pair of hnmts. It hAq v'furod me and 1 am certain it will oure any* one if they 'p"rsist in using Hancock's Liquid Sulphur according to directions, - "ilUTKEft 12D0An." *h To Be Fotj Drink Chocolate* ... Iu an obscure but picturesque little - .village of far off Gwmany there is a placo called the "Ohocolat# " wlicro thin people gg to become at The patients eat and drlnlc oocoa j ohonolate all the time while they iest, admire tho scenery, gossip and/grow tatter every day. The true^awre.t o<* tljje great euccees of the treatment 1$ the hftpny way. chocolaU*. has 0T ^ fattening Jfef ? the right placenta!!, tlifig in the liauds, the arms, the and the Shoulders, making the patient,, prattler and plumper a.U time. The r'batty effective part of thl9 cure may bo tried at home by \ any pej jKsvering woman, and th*U?t&? cine Is so palatable nnd the method > so elmple that there la actually, ft seem?. no reason why all shouldLnfti-^. bo of JuBt the deaiied weight- ?-* : . _ ? <5? Equity. Until recently there waa a p^rtnar* /ihip existing between two "darky blacksmiths in on Alabama town. The dissolution of this association i waa made known by a notice nailed upon the door of the smithy, which'notice ran as follows: . \~-u "The kopardnershJir heretofor r<Nrtatp ; ing between mo and^Mose Jenklna la heerby resolve J. All 'persons owing the Arm with settel with me, and all ' porsona that tho Arm owes to will aet> tol with Mose."?Harper's Weekly. He is rich enough who does not want. So. 14-*0t. A ruriiXIHA" GROCER Dropped a Valuable Hint about Coffee* "For about eight years," writes a Mich, woman, "I suffered from nanr* ousness?part of the time down Jtt bed with nervous prostration# "Sometimes I would get numb and It would bo almost impossible for ma to speak for a spell. At ottiera, I would have severe .bilious attacks, and my heart would flutter painfully * when I would walk fast or awaap. "I have taken enough medicine to start a smnl^-drug store, without any benefit. Opa^eveninc our grocer waa. asking Husband how I waa and k* i urged that T quit coffee and uaa Poa-' turn, so he brought home a pkg. m) V made It ftbcordlng to dlrecUoaa and ; we wevo liolh dellghted-wftb It. -f~ "So we quit cofteo altogether and , us'jd only Postum. I began to Ift' better In a month's time and look Ilka U another person, tho color came back ;; to my chceks, I bogan to aleep welf.-l my appetite was good and I <X>w menced to t;vlrcrwn?firii ?rd bWJIW" Interested In ovorythlng about tka house. - . "Finally I waa abta to do all lay; ? own" work without the least sign of my old troubla. I am ao tkankfulto* the trufe took. hs?4 villa.' It baa dona ?o ?v " I haven't taken medletae at for atx montba aad^ "A friend ef Poatuin aa aka asadal aud/wlien aha laaraad if y Battle Creek; M