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WwiWSr '-: i A HSROIC oral- "Tfie lint p«rt p»ft of tm eip«rteoc«," 1, In tellln* of it after* <■ i fifthta ft Desperate Battle With ft Huge Alligator.' of the said the Btrl, in tellinr ^ •ettrd, "was the most terrible of all i had run to the hick door after ft heavy axe which I knew rested there, and with this In my hand 1 rushed lack to mv mother* hedioom In time to hnd Hie alliKator with It* front ioidux! xamacud. ARMED WITH A BURNING LAMP | ^— Alton Nnlmm Atlwcfcnd the HeptU* ; -4 ?V <£■ and Savoil Her Invalhl .Violher NiiU th«' Fnliltly «*f <'hll«lrrr». ■ . f. A brave dcKpcrato tiglit with an enormou* alllpalor Is desciilwxl hy an Atlanta Journal correspondent at Marlde Falls, Texas. Alice Ngjson, wlK> lives with her mother and jirttnjf b othe. and sister in u cottage on the hanks of the lliyoil Magee, i* tltd - heroine of'the remarkable adventured It was alsiut H o'cUk’W In tile even ing when Mrs. Nelsoti, who is an In valid, called Her daughter’s attention to a curious grating sound that came from the room next door, The Clilldren had been playing there hot a short time before, anil I lie mother, who was exceedingly nervous, felt worried at the slightest hint of danger. Alice Nelson, though she is only 17 years of age and frail in appearance, has a rarejimount of pluck and deter mination: She 7 arose quicklyriind hastened to the chlldrenVroom. The ipectacfe that met her gaze as she threw open the door was sufllcient unnerve a strojiger person. A BURNIKO LA Mr 1IKK WEAPON. In the flickering light of the log tire she saw her little brother and sister asleep upon the hearth .rug—wearied with their play ihhy had lacked energy to cliinh on iheliigh four-post bed Jn the corner, Crawling slowly over tlk fl sirin the dlnHU hmpf the lire was a great slimy alligator. Green foam dripped from its ponderous—Hws and it* wicked stony eyes glittered with a baTefvl light. Alice Nelsor perceived that not an Instant was to be lost If the live* of the little ones were to be aaved. Already as she stood in the doorway the hlg reptile was within —about Am feet of the llttle^lrl’s jfe. cumiM'iit form. There was ho time iu lpok about for a proper weapon, Seizing a largo oil lamp from a table within reach of her am the girl leaped forward with a scream, calculating to draw the atten tion of the reptile from the children to herself. As with open mouth It turned- toward Iter she raised t he flanring lamp above her head and threw It with all the strength she possessed into the open jaws of the monster. With an angry bellow the saurian snapped his saw-llke teeth together; and then, while the jets of burning oil enveloped bis head, he plunged around the floor lashing his tail and writhing ~ with agony. Chair* and tables were —ami abed to splinters, and the noise of the BraVl! Fellow* Fodghr Until Their AnUttnatiton (lava Oat. . ’ * * I4 The British war office at xLondoti , . , . Thursday received from Brig- fe ^'It whs*m!ikfrig clumsy efforts U»; Man0, " K ' ,ll c ‘J“ ,1 “ Dd ®. f tho drag its whole lardy up rlrefe, where forces In Somaliland a dispatch dated my mother was crouching In terror, i-’d unit* westward of Caladl, Somali* i i knew tlrat in spile of its awkward; April 18, as follows: 'movements and the burns that had' disabled it t hl> maddened reptile cr»uld still deliver^well directed blow with its powerful tail that wourd fell an ox. “So I, had to be very ..cautious in approaching. ’Bulat last the oppor tunity. was presented, and 1 stood i near enough to tire venomous head to raise the heavy w«jpon In my hands and deal a stroke at the. neck just track of the skull. The steel crashed through troth the tough hide and the tougher bone and lay buried to the helve. 1 sprang away Just ih time to be out of reach of the death struggle." When the friends of tire family ar rived and were told what had happen ed they could hardly credit the story* The great saurian lay quivering on the floor, and the house looked as If It had been wrecked by vandals and shaken by a cyclone. , j The aiflgator was dragged to the banks of the—baydu, where It stlil showed masterly evidences of vitality os it was he>ng chopped to pieces. Miss Alfoe Nelsonis now iheherolne of thp/neighborhood, and her admir ers Are preparing to present hef wlth a g(xxi rifle that will send steel bullets through the toughest hide. . the breaking furniture combined with the bellowing of the saurian quickly aroused the household. CUILDUEN SCKKAMINO WITH KRIOUT. “I never once thought of my own danger." says this heroic girl. “My mind was Used upon rescuing the lltt.te children, who were screaming with fright and so dazed by iiie awlul scene that they could do .nothing to help , themselves^- .^ , —- _ ~<r{mftka,tdi‘the po^r of will, Alloe ; Nelson was able to dopaaauccessfillly h‘erC^||(jlde anft^nis;. She aWideo his charges uun the deadly sweep of his talFby lier rapid dodging A monster’s track. The cries of her mother, whtf'Still lay on her couch in the front room ignorant of the exact cause of the -tumult, attracted the frlrl’s attention rr- and she would have run to her, but as she turned her head the alligator was almost upon her, and at the samc-ino- ment the front door blew open and the two house dogs ran In to the aid of their young mistress. It was because tbe'Tront door had not been securely fastened that'the alligator was enabled to gairrarcoss to the house. Prowling about in search of food—young pigs or stray puppies —the creature had penetrated to ihe children’s sleeping room without be ing observed by any one In the small household. . -v ' 1 Goaded bv the barking and snap ping of two dogs the saurianiloundgred out of immhiMrpn’g and mArt - •tralght for that In which lay'tlie in valid mother. i HOT COALS IN ITS MOUTH. ‘ V‘ 1 - Irs. Nelson says that when the al ligator crawled Into her room it made straight fotlhe glqwlng embers In the moat wild beasts and reptiles are—by the light and was partly blinded to the objects around it. Alice Nelson might have taken re fuge upon the bed In her mother's room, but recollecting the good use to which she had put the lamp, she graspedTi ’arge Are shovel aud filling & it full of red not coals dashed it again at the creature’s open mouth. £nraged by this second fiery attack the alligator doubled suddenly about and leaping clear of the floor fell upon the planking of the floor with such fury that the whole house swayed and shook with the shock. The noise of the Impact, mingled with the loud bellowing was such that Miss Nelson stood for a moment completely un nerved and on the point of fainting. But she rallied her benumbed facul ties, and in the hope that the saurian might be driven dbt of the house by the dogs she encourged them to bark and anap at its tough, slimy indr. which even their sharpest fangs could • new penetrate.. *. THE BATTLirWON. As the now thoroughly maddened saurian floundered about in agony . upon the floor the glrl’s eyas fell upon the tall andirons, oue of which had been shoved Into the coals and was ,Already glowing red with the heat, lo a desperate attempt to drive the creature out she picked up this iron and hurled it at the glittering,'vici ous eyes. But apparently the crea ture was heedless of this form of at- GEN. WILIE JONES APPOINTED To Muccecd the Fate Mr. Dukes on the Dispensary Board. Governor Heyward lias appointed Gen Wilie Jones to succeed the late A. F. 1! Dukes on the aoard of direc tors of the State dispensary. Gen. Jones had acceptedJJie appointment, but will not stand for reelectlon at the hands of the legislature at the expira tion of his term in January of next year. He has served on the board be- fure, having been chairmanatfthaRsst board organized after the management was transferred from a board consist ing of oerlain State OfftClats to a board elected by the general assembly. following statement was given out from the governors’s office last night: “This app* intment was made after much careful consideration. There were many applicants for the position and many well qualilled to discharge Its duties. But, after most carefully considering the situation the governor concluded to appoint Geo. Jones be cause of his previous long and efficient service as a member of the board, his eminent fitness for the position by reason-df bis long busirifess training aud the very high esteep in which he iaJmlri Jiy everyImdv lifthc State Gen. Jones was DHT’an applicant for the position and has consented to accept only to fill the uuexplred term with the distinct understanding that he will not consent to be a candidate for reelection before the coming legis lature" The State state says the appoint ment of Geu. Jones will no doubt cause TioTTUTe 8Urprlj»eJ~Stnr~wlll' probably from side to side. — Wttliout losing one of the mometrts-so precious to her in the unequal cuiHftsl she picked up the children aud tossed Ahem upon the high bed In the corner out of The- ■ u0 ^ appreciate how the governor has bar meet wltkyenetal approval, for he Is well known over tire State audMs eirahmaw-of lire-Democratic party or ganizatlun. Tlyre are now in Colum bia a number oTCIelegatlons wilting to urge upon ihe ftdvernor the claims of their respective candidates and to them the news of the appointment may come as a shock. The people of South Carolina can- been besieged for the pAst three days. The telegraph companies have reaped a harvest, the special delivery Tetters have come by dozens and the long dis tancco,’phones.have been kept busy. 11avIng tatren ttrtfc by,.the forelock the governor no doubt has avoided & lot of annoyance in the way of other appeals for him to appoint this, that or the other one to a place which seems to be coveted very ri^uch. Av» Oi<)| Bold ieia-Fjtll • At Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday, George Moore, an ex-federal soldier and one of Sherman's men~"on march through Georgia, was arrested and lodged in Jail to await trial for burglary. He entered the borne of Mr. J. W. Robertson, on Walton Way, and stole a gold watch. On his per son. when arrested, were found quite Alfit, Ilf /p.wftlry-Anri nt.lrer valdahleft supposed to have been stolen, also a federal pension, and a pathetic let ter from his sister In Kentucky, beg ging him to give up bis vagabond life return home and reform. He was formerly ft member of Co. II Fifth Ohio Volunteers and Is nearly slaty year* of -- Work of a Mob. Wednesday night at wd ‘early hour Andrew Rainey, a negro, waa taken away frum Constable Bell by a mob and so badly beaten that he died. The constable was on the way LoBaifi- brldge, Ga., with Rainey to place him in Jail to await trial on the charge of arson. He was suspected of having fired the- residence of Fred Lang, a farmer, living 13 miles in the country in the night and tfhen the family were asleep in th • house. Near the town a mob overtook the deputy and prisoner and demanded the latter un der pain of death. Rainey was ter ribly beaten and his skull was frac tured. After the beating he was car ried to the Jail, where he died. , 1 regret to report that a flying column under the command of Col. Cnbbe, which left G&ladi, April lo, to reconnoiter the rood to Walwal, had a mysterious check April 17. Firing was heard in the direction of * small party, under the c.immand of Col. Ollvey. which hod been sent in a wes terly direction Hi reconnoiter. ‘'Cor. Cobbe dispatched Col. Plunk ett with IUO men of the Second bat talion of the Knag* African Rifles, 48 of the Second Sikhs and two Mixon guns for the extrication tt Capt. Oli ver, if necessary. As a matter of fact Capt. Ollvey had not been en- ed. Coh Plunkett, on joining the tachment, continued to push on. At 11.45 Oul. Cobbe beard a hea\y tire in the direction taken by Co:. Pluhketl and at about I In the afte - noun a few fugitives coming In re ported “Itiat Col. Piunkett had been defeated with loss. • “The news has been fully corrobo rated since and I have to report the total loss of Col. Plunkett’s party, with the exception of 37 Taos, who have ar rived here. .1 — .t... ~ ~ : vg “The latest information extracted from the fugitives is to the effect toat Col. Plunkett pushed the enemy’s force to open country several miles westward of Gumburru, where he was attacked by a very strong force of mounted troops and the enemy’s infantry, who attacked at close quarters. He kept" enemy until he had no more ammuni tion, when he formed a square and charged with bayonets iu the direc tion of Col. Cobbe’* Seareba. He moved some distance in this manner but a great many men, Including Col. Plunkett himself, were killed or wounded by the pursuing enemy. _ “At last the enemy’s infantry over whelmed the square and .annihilated them. .All. srlUi the eioepitofl of the 31 TugitTves above mentioned." Another dispatch from Gen. Man ning, who immediately on hearing of defeat of Col. Plunkett started for Gumburru with 4«0 men, says fur ther information reached him from Col. Cobbe to theeffect that the lat ter, with 220 troops, was encamping with plenty of food and supplies and four days' water. CONTRABAND WHISKEY mflTttl (Mfr A U'hlte Mad Goes id ihe »larf for Fite Ifears. If the conviction of white men in this State continues wc will soon have a material decrease In the number of murders. So far there has Wen ope white man MMileuccd to be hungf two to imprisonment^Tdr life, and several to terms of impriwinmenl from live to ten years in the,pvnlcnllary since last January. Last week J./W. Boddlfurd was con victed at Kings tree for the murder of tits son and s^ut to the penitentiary for hve years. Out of the four homicide cases up at this term cf court, there w**re line* convictions and one ac quitlal. Tin* sentences were four and five years, ai^l one for life imprison ment. This ought to hold up the free use of the pistol in Williamsburg county for a while at least. It ^eems that Boddlford met several members of the Gains family not far from/his home on the night of the day Of the murder, and a quarrel en sued,’being superinduced probably by unfriendly relations which existed be tween the above named parties. Both parties resorted to firearms, both pis tol and gun, and a general melee fol lowed. It was discovered after the itr. k J. ftucto, 0f Columbia, Writes U folio** to The State! “An •gg Wrapped if! ‘papety packed close hoi ip hot weather will in a keep th.ee month* better than one laid out in the air three days. It is the air that ruins fresh ipeats, fruits, fish. Ice or eggs. Wrap auegg the day it is laid and it will »fv»-r hatch. Eggs left In open air in July or August will hatch in three weeks without a lien or an lucubaior, so they are not fit to eat in three days unless they are wrapped. Nature lias prepared scales ou fish, peelings on fruit, shells on eggs to keep the air off them. A fish wrapped in paper in hot weather, pot cleaned. Will keep 24 hours Wltei than one cut and saltod two hours. There is Just as much sense iu Wrap ping up meats, fish and eggs in hoi weather to keep them as thertt ,!s»t‘ wrap up ice to keep it. All I ask o» ' you is to try it; wrap g x) i with paper and tie so no air can get ur them. Wrap eggs the day they are laid, the same as you would lemons, and pack In a close box. There is one tiling certain that we have not learned all yet—we only Hve to learn. Solomon just learned that he was a fool when got ready to die And criech out that all was vanity." It would d * no harm to give these recipes a trial- Rained a Terrapin. A dispatch from Anderson to The It rained a* terrapin there. Continues to make Miraculous Cures „„„ State says it rained a terrapin turn-, uf UK, ££&£ wJ M* W.ith a bullet in hit hr ad. The father.it seems, did not know that his son was anywhere about the place of bn after shooting. X, -• •" 1 . Most of the testimony brought out showed that it was a general combat between the several Gainses on one side and Boddiford on .the other. The bullet in young Boddlford’s head was that the defendant .fired and it was testi- fied. that this was the OTily pistol of that calibre in use., After the testi mony was all in, the arguments heard and the Jury charged, the jury retired, reluming In about t wo hours with a verdict of manslaughter. Judge Gage sentenced Boddiford to five years in the penitentiary. :— ;*. NEW ENGLAND’S WAIL i The Booth ie Slowly hot Barely Cloe- w \ In jr Her < ’otton Mills. Found Burled lo a Vegetable Uardeu at Greenville. —Tbe- The State Greenvilln correspondent of Ibe Sunday sinners saw with the opening of spring time are seekingllie shade of the woods again, where their favorite pastime is slnifl- Tog cards and drinking mountain dew. Chief Hall, with Constables Altotn, Boll, Cooley and-Whitmire, reinforced by Sheriff Gllreath. Deputy Herman Ballenger aud Jailer Holcombe, raid- cd the large body of wood*pear the overhead. bridge on the-Paris Moun tain road- for gamblers and liquor ftellers, and succeeded In entrapping four negroes, three of whom were taken^to-Jail. charged wlih selling liquor. The officers saw that on enter ingthe woods they say crowds of white men and negroes down on^lieir kness In circles, which is the regula tion attitude of cyap shooters, and the mument the officers came in sight they scattered in every dlrectlbb. This piece r bf woods ls_a rendezvous on—Sundays for factory Operatives and trifling negroes, who engaged in gambling, selling liquori drinking ard fighting, At Boston, Mass., ou Wednesday in atraddress of welcome to the delegates to the annual-meeting of the New England Cotton Manufacturer*’ a.vtr oiatlon, Lieut. Gov. Curtis-Guild, Jr.* reviewed the general condition of n t- ton manufacturing in New England aud made comparisons between the in- dustTjrtrrttratt'Bection and in the sou’ ’. lie declared that in spite of compe tition New England held the scepter of cotton inanufacture iu thi$ country and called aitettHen-to the facts which he -said ludimtiodrtxie I grave cause of unrest iu this particular industry. . He quoted figures showing the in crease in the juumber of active cotton spindles iu the county from 1890 1892 and said it was idle to dfeny the fact the rate of increase in the south was much swifter than in New England He gave further figures showing that tire south. Ln comparisoit 'wit.ii New cllnation. The constables on return ing to the city raided a negro houso near the Laurens depot, where they found and confiscated several bottles of contraband liquor. Mondayafter- noon thqv made a riait td" Cripple Creek, near the Air Line depot, where crime v doth abound at all times, and Went t^kiFlfteoe of George Boling, colored, where he was digging In tils After he had duga space of about 20 feet the officers lovlted him in Massachusetts, shall be enforced by Into the bouse with them ancta search was made for liquor. Constable AUom felt the need of exercise, and returning to the garden he picked up the grubbing hoe, with which he went over the game ground £ 'The Iowa Disabled. The hattle-shlp Iowa, which left Pensacola, Fla., Monday to-complete her target practice lu the gulf, was tywefl in Tuesday totally disabled by her steam pipe bursting and tearing away the steering gear. The accident noon and three government tugs were immediately sent to the ship’s reliefi The extent of the damage Is very great and It will require 1C days or more to make tepaire. The vessel Is now lying al-abe uavy yard The squardpn was to have departed for the north tomorrow, but the accident to the Iowa will prevent lu sailing as scheduled. • / , ¥ -- \ . that George was digging, and a wo- man asked him not~to dig up her seed, but Altom struck a few more Jicks and unearthed four bottles oUiquor. George Boling was immediately arrest ed and taken to Jail for safe-keep'ng, as It Is against the law to grow whis key in this way. His mother is a white woman with a negreo family who hak served a term In Jail foreell- Ipg liquor, and she went ahead of the officers*6 that George might hide the whiskey she knew was in his posses- slon^T - A Rich Tblef. Geo. T. Gilbert of Waycross, Ga., must go to the pen for robbing freight cars, though he is a man of n eans, being worth 125^000 or 130- 000." His effort to have his sentence commuted to a fine were unavailing and he must do the by the law. This Is as It should be, aud-we hope to see the time when all judges will do as this one did. When a rich man does a crime, let him take the same physical punishment that Is meted out to the lowest chain gang datkey. This lends to bring all crimi nals down to a common level, where they belong. A man’s money should avail nothing, when be is guilty of violating the laws of the land. England, pafts five-eight* as many operatives a little over a third asmucji wages for operating abodt a ftRird as m#ny spindles and said: “Not proxi mity to tiie cotton field*, not cl.male, but cheap labor, long hours, together with utter absence of excitement, extreme moderation of taxation ex plain the growth" of tbe south. ^^•Ry th£substitution of tine goods for coarse goods In our factories. Mas sachusctts has managed to put off the day of settlement, even to show an in ; crease, hut ultimately the set day of settlement must come and we must face and deal with condiliohs that liave reduced the splndles in some of our northern States. Massachusetts with the shortest time limit and the oldest age limit of any State in the tinioriTfiis to face the competition of State* that limit neither age nor time The solution of the problem is not In admitting little children in the Mas sachusett* mill* nor in lengthening the hours in Massachusetts, but here abcTnow to begin a crusade that the demands of humanity, enforced by law law in all UieStates. Let us notrdrag Massachusetts down to the level of Ala bama; let us lift Alabama to the level of Massachusetts. Let us have uni formity of factory laws throughout the e8. ItU Idle for Massa- ch use its to stand alone with wise re strictions when Alabama and South Carolina compete with the toil of in fant fingers agaibst the labor uf men and women.;* . , Man Waa a Woman. ^ • f ** «- " • D * farmer who died aud- Aaron*Bark, s denly at his home Jo Muhlenburg county, Ky., was discovered to be a woman, wboee name is Mrs. Frederick Green. She came to Muhlenburg county about thirteen yeara ago, with a small child. She was dressed In men’s clothes. She has lived on a farm the entire time and hex disguise has never been suspected. Mre. Green told a neighbor, who was with her before she died, that her home hwas in Massachusetts and that she had assumed men’s garb because .she could make a bettor living ^than she could otherw ing relative of the deceased Is her lit tle daughter, Carroll. What a Mom. A dispatch from New’ York »saya Oliver Harrlsmao, Jr., brother of Mis. happened at 6.30 o'clock in tire after- Lewi* Morris Ruthford, admitted Tuesday at his residence thato Ms sis ter will marry Wm. K. Vanderbilt, but refused to state tbe time. “Mrs. Ruthford Is going to marry Mr. Van derbilt," he declared, “apd that’s all I care to say." Mr. Vanderbilt baa gotten permission from Justice Geige- ricb to wed. The decree of divorce of bis ex-wife, now Mrs. O. H. P. Bel mont, prohibited his re-marrying. *' A Million for Tumkrge«. The trustees of the Tuskegee’ Nor mal and Industrial institute in Ala bama have received 1600,000 towards the endowment fund from Andrew Carnegie, who attended, the recent meeting in behalf of tbe Tuskegee in stitute. , where ex-Presideht Grover Cleveland presided. Tire trustee* will meet scon to take formal action in accepting the gift and at the same time to take measures to still further Increase the endowment. ^ , READ THIft LSTTEKi ALMOST A MIRACLE. r nXLLOR, A Om Auc.1 •aatlamcnId S*pt«mb«r, ISM, I took rfteauiatlam la s vow bM foeia. Id a month after th* dlaeaa* atarted I had to kIvd ms wr« DBd_»o to bod. It continued to grow worae until my arms and bond* were badly drawn, ao much ao that I could not use them. My ieca were drawn hack until aay feet touched my Upe. I waa ha belpleae as a bhby for Marly twelve mmiUa. The muaolee of myarma and !e*» were hardanflahrireledup.1 euffereddeath many Umoe over. Waa treated by »U different ftbyalcladi la MoOoU. DUlon aad Marion, but none of them could do me any rood, nntll Dr. J. P. Swing, of DUjoa, came to eee me. He told me to try your •* RnnoMACioa’* He got me cue bottle of the medlolne and I began to take it and before the Sret Dottle was need up I began to get bettor. 1 need fre and n half bottle* and waa completely cured. That wag two yeara ago, and my health has been excellent ever ainoe. Have had no aymptomt of rheumatism. I regard-~Ruac»iAOiD«"a*byiAr the beet remedy for rheumatism ou th# market. I cannot eay too < recommended It to others since and It has cured them. Will i . ‘ Brick ac to take 1LI Very truly, JAM Iff W1LXBS. All Druggists, or sent exprem prepaid on receipt of fti.oo. r Bobbitt Ch arnica! Co.. - Boltlo»o*», H4. II say further, that I began to walk In about six days after I began to take thagidd,” with the aid of erutehee j In about three months after I began > It, I could walk m good as anybody, and want bank to work again. Sweet Gum & Mullein is vouched for by Mr. Rufus Fant, Mr. Ab Fantaod several little bout- blacks. Tbe Messrs. Fant were stand ing under tbe Owning in front of the book store on Whitner street Tuesday watching tbe rain fall. Some little bootblacks were near them. Sudden ly one of the boys exclalmgd. “Did you sec dat t’ing fall?” and ran out into the street and picked up a Half- grown terrapin. Mr. Flint says that tie did not see the terrapin Mall from the skies, but that he had been look ing at tbe very spot where the fsixs picked it up only a few seconds before and that Ic was not there then. He declares that be believes that It fell along with the rain. The bootblacks say that they saw it fall. Tire bo>s had (be terrapin showing It around town Tue-day afternoon. The crea- ^ture4s about-four.Inches long and.two inches wide. TAYLORH < Irerokee Remedy Cures Coughe, Told*, Whooping Cougb, LaGrippe and all Throat an«l Lung'I roubles Made of Pure Sweet Gum, lein *!id Hoiiev. Your Druggist sells it‘Jfi and fio. Mill- ~ THE LARGES^ MaNUFACTUBER 8 OF • ' High Grade Pianos and Organs S “‘ 5= **~nist ‘ru ic -vvoki^d. Factores, Chicago and St.-Charles, Illinois. Capital. TWO MILLION DOLLAR9, fta.OOMOO. \ —r Peculation in Office. Tire Stale says a prominent person age connected with the State govern ment was placed under arrest Thurs day tire Confines of the eapltol having been invaded by one of tire detective* of Die oil v police force, who was arm ed wiU> a warrairt for one bearing the euphonious aiid uncummom namc of Smith—Ed. Smith, to be r more ex plicit. The cliarge against Smiibik that hr ptifered the stamp drawer of the office ot tire secretary of state anb drd so to the promotion 6f theJalbvSK of bis own pocket i»ook Detective Strictland. who worked up the, case, found where the negro porter had sold a*’ve-ffimgirwmii' , r»r'Kuni ps Branch House, 282 King St. Charleston. 8. C. PIANO AND ( EGANS Sold on Easy_ Terms. Before buying . w rito fi»r our catalogue and terms. Fjtcb*ry prices made. * A full Hire of Sheet Music and small Musical Inst rumontsJn stock. ^ f. V. WALLACE, Manager: - - THE CABLE COMPAIMY. CIIAltLESTOS. J. C. J » The guignard Hrick Works, ~ COLUMBIA, STc. 4 Buftiffhgand Uc-rVesscd Brick. Special sbapq toorder. Fire I’toof i’er- ^ ra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared Infill ordei* for thousan s or for mill onft at one time. Just and her case of frail humanity l>elng. unable to with stand the allurements of the opporlu- uity to speculate at the expense-of. the government. 1 . r- ' — A Marquie Tor Bale. Armed with document to verify his okHm- to nobility, ^ Marquis Arthur de Durraazo of Naples. Italy lias come to New York with tbe avowed Intor- tion "of marrying an heitess and has advertised to this' effect. The mar quis think* New York the Mecca for heiresses. “Thfere is more money lu Nev^ York than in all Europe,’* he saitl, Y ou^scj;Tara.young and w^uid .like a young and beauljfurbride with a largtHiowry. I jomehere to find it. American giri s are tx-autifuHre- yond all ntheno" Asked if JlOO.fitW would be a fair dowry, he said, .“fl would do, but is not much of % return for'the honor my title, brings. My famHyJs nearly 650 year^fld-and has' large estates in Naples." "’ •King of Glory." \ ' V ' J esus, Ch 11st should efar . to earth tomorrow he would be welcomed In every Jewish synagogue in the land and every Jew wduld~say with Davids ‘Life up your be ids, ye everlasting d'ms, and ii’ie Kjng of Glory shall c >ii e In.’ ' \ '1 his was the climax of the lecture which Dr. Hir^h delivered Thursday n>ht before the Epworth League of .St. James M«hodl.stX’hureh at Chi cago. A lug audience gave the speak, er a ktt ^i of applause. He eulogized the Lord’s prayer, repeating it in imi- son wiTKL'hristian friends. * □ “The Jews,” said Df-r -Hir ch. “do not b.-lieve in original sin and inherit ed depravity. They believe every man is a respoi sihle, free agent, and is not invbTved in the guilt of his fa’hers or chHdrenr* .tt! , -t— Found Dead In Bod. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says William Alexander Blair, a traveling man of Asheville, N. C., was found dead In his bed at Die Pavilion hotel Tuesday morning. He had been here about a week and it in said hcliad been drinking heavily. A half-tilled bottle of whiskey was found in Ids room. It was at first thought that he had committed aulctde, hut a As they . reject- tho. doctrine of ^oreglnal sin. they reject, of amrse. the doctrine of redemption fromaln. Tirey believe In tire Messiah, but the Mes siah of the Old Testament is a tem poral prince, who shall reign over the Jews after they shall have been re united and have again in Palestine post-mortem examination showed that Ills effiath was due to natural cause*. His body will be shipped to Asheville, of which city be was once mayor and a well-to-do citizen. OScer a Bfaicide. Gen. Davis cabled the War Depart ment Wednesday that Lieut. Henry W. Sprole of the First Cavalry committed suicide at Manila shooting himself through tbe head. .Sprole was appointed froprt New York. DR. In questioning the logic of-aliowing the negro suffrage when refusing tbe ballot to the Indian, tbe New York Sun aaks: "la the raacial difference less fundamental in the cue of tbe African than that of tbe Indian? Are tbe ultimate poeelbill ties in tbe way of training any. more apparent at Tuskegee than at Carlisle?" « RIGGERS HUCKLEBERRY CORJDIA.1^ - FOR THE Bowels and Children Teething. It is THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY for tbe bowels: D Is one of tbe most pleasant and efficacious remedies for all summer complaints. At a season when violent attacks of the bowels are so frequent, some speedy relief should be ath/and. Tbe wearied mother, losing sleep by nursing tbe Httle one teething, should use This medicine. f \ FROM HENRY W. GRADY. ~ The Constitution Editoral Rooms. Atlanta. Ga., May 23,1887. I>r. Walter A. Taylofc, Atlanta, Ga.: Dear Sir:—I have ngver given a certificate on merits of any medicine, but I take pleasure in breaking my rule on this subject in behalf of your Biggers Huckleberry Cordial. It is tbe best medicine I have ever seen for use in the family. Fifty cents invested in a bottlejyf this medicine, and put on a aBelf convenient for use In the begin ning of afty bowel trotrtrle. wiH often save life, and will save in almost any family ten time Its.,cost In doctors’ bills. 1 have a friend whose life, in my opinion, was saved by the prompt use of this cordial. It ought to be in every family in tbe land, especially at this season of tbe year. 1 take pleasure in thus testifying to It merits. Veiy truly yours, . HENRY W. GRADY. For sale by all druggists. 25c to- 5oe: Cleveland an ‘ ‘arbiter In modo." per bottle. HaltiwMc«r-Tftjlftr Drag Co Atlanta. Ga l.rexpeiisive to lay. K«-> to keep In,repair. Light and very durable. , Wnierprut f aud ordorle**. Ni»t affected by/change ©L perature. Elastic. Acid u ud Atkifli-proof. v , F+fej-pslsting and oil-firoof. KgjrftUg,*i lines ■ttack it. All f¥ad^ to lay. ^ c Need* no painting or coaling. IVill util detoritpatc with age. WRITE FOR PRICES^— s«irnn-:ASTi-:KN 1.1 Ml-: & CEMENT : COMPANY. All classes building material, CHARLESTON, -M-- 05F m “The Jews Irold that Jesus preached 17 H D THI7 flAQH nothing but Judaism, the supremacy 4 A .. . **. . , of the commandment to love (»od and .. man, the doctrine of tbe fatherhood WB w,, of God, the doctrlrre ll>at the Sabbath was made fur man, the. abrogation of; tRe law of retaiiatlon,. Die obligat ion to love even one’s enemies, and even tfagTard’s prayer, which, we redily ad mit, Is the subllmest petitloi framed some of which were com posed hundreds of years before Jesus was bom. “JesuS was crucified- by a Roman Governor and Roman soldiers, and though his crucifixion was Instigated by Jews, it was by a few jealous priest* and not by the mass ’d! the Jewish people. . “So far as modern Jews are con cerned, they regard Jesus atone of the nobket sprituaiteachers thaVever ap peared in the world..The socalled dls- ,clpleft of Jesil* have persecuted the Jews with savage ferocity for ages and the Jews have te>rne their persecutions with lamblike gentleness and silence." Carolina Portland Pn CHARLESTON uemem V/O., sbuthOarollna/ Gager’s White Lime, Cement*, Fire Bricks, Terra Cotta Pipes. -27—lv. Ten Men Killed. i. Ten workmen engaged iu making a tunnel on tbe Mexican Central's ex tension at Tuxham, in the state of JallaittL.]ttst their lives in a cave-in dausedbyi in rapid succession. The first shock caused tbe falling of interior workings, and when tbe gang of workmen went to clear away the debris they were caught secondcave-ln, which re sulted from fresh shock*. Colonel Watterton calls Grover tbe Colonel should throw that at any body in Kentucky there would be a street duel • ire It yon guaranteed strictly pure LinaeotT Oil in for 60cts per gvilion, Saw or Boiled. —-—- Can Extra. trS* «ll Plain St. Columbia, S. C. .jPWii HU Father. A dispatch from Clinton to tbe Spartanburg Journal says Walter Smith, tt yeara old killed bis father,.' Thomas^ Smith, Tuesday night to> avenge what be states were the’ wrongs of hi* father toward bis moth er. The boy lay in wall for tils fath er as be returned from a saloon and Inflicted three gashes on bis bead with an axe from which be died during tbe night. The Tad surrendered to tbe police. Tbe victim was 42 years old. Free to Yi II you m# not xw .7 si d want to kt-.x tu.. • rnth ebon* you.- trouble, moo tor iuj fre* bookletr tud **il ' examination blank*. No. 1, Nervo..* Oebtli- tr( Sexual V«akn*M), ■0-8, VariLoool*. No. KStrtotnre.No.«JUd- .veyaad H edderOom *’oJ*on t. Ho. f, Q*. Urrh, ThOM book* tbou.d be in tha bands of svnrr ponon aSHei, ed. *<a Dr. Hathaway. $*teer> i* , nixed a* the he«t *u thorny and exrert In *8e united Bute* on ? AT V w *v M»e«edi**e#»-e. Wrtt- the tr^ik-y-av »»rt to-day. and h WUl’y-arnt you f-r-. A tdreee 1 Vo*, ton d ttbawar. g It 88 Inman Building 221 8. Broad Aftlanta, Ga. ) ■...