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iv' m ’ A Remarkable Story that Comes from a Monastery, BUDAPEST AUSTRIA, ^ .j «.r Father BaaHe Poporlce, Dytaf at Ntoatf Years af Afe, TaraaS Out to Be ■ Woman. Discovery Connects " Her Life With a Very Grave Crime A dlapatoh from Budapest, Austria, gone “Brother Beetle" had become a 4 regularly Initiated monk and was loved In and oat of the monastery “Good Father Baaile.” No one mis so ready as he to go among the poor of the villages, to watch beside alok peasants, to bring food to the starving, to comfort the dying and support the spirits of the bereaved. Tor this the people came to love him with a devotion which no other monk enj >yed. All through the district the name of Father Baaile was known and revered..' Tet at times he waa a strange being whom no one could fathom. There were times when his prayers were mingled with heart-rending groans, With face ghastly pale and his fea tares writhing as though In manifes tation of some almost tneupportable mental agony, he would stop beside the road at dusk, hi# eyes apparently fixed upon some object miles sway, At ftieh times no one accosted him. It was something no one tried to un derstand, but all respected the cause, whatever It was, for all knew that night good Father Baaile would re main the whole night on his knees in his bare cell. nomen wbo for forty years for half an hour, until the ringing of dealings with theTtldocant t he AhgelUL After that until to the Hew York American tells ar strange story. The letter says the sodden blase of excitement within and without the walls of the famous monastery of Tslducanl, then frown ing silence on the part of the agitated monks, and now the moot tantalising mystery concerning the details of a discovery the most marvellous and un expected ever made within the do main of a holy order. What! Father Basils Popovloe, ho liest of the aged brethren, really no, monk at all? Good Father Baslle, loved by the peasantry, for thirty years famous for his piety the world over, dying at ninety, to reveal the fact that he Is a woman! All about the countryside the amsz Ing news spread Itself before the fa thers could gather their wits together and resolve to give no authority to the report, to discountenance sny fur ther discussion of it. But their ef forts in the latter direction have been unavailing. The bare suspicion that Father Popovloe lived more than a third of his life as a monk and burled as a woman Is enough to set the memories of old men and women to work to fit Into bis history.a page so dark that it cannot be read with out a shudder. Did Father Popovloe become a monk thirty years ago to protect him self from the consequences of and to expiate a terrible crime? . „ This Is what the old men and wo men of the district remember—old men and women wbo Monastery and whose trials have been lightened by the ministrations of Fa ther Popovloe and his brethren. BBCALLS ▲ TKRRIBL* MUBDBB. It Is not difficult for them to r call the exact year when Father Pupovice first appeared among them. It wa the same year, the same month and the same week that the countryside waa shocked by a horrible murder. In the outskirts of the district lived an honest workingman with his beautl ful wife and two charming children. One day the husband discovered that his wife knew and occasionally met a man who appeared to be considerably above his own station In life. Although the husband did not Charge bis Wife with >mprriPiietv. lie is said to have mfilnaed her that no good could come of such a friendship The very next day the husband and both children were found dead in, the hut—savagely murdered. * The wife and mother had disap peared as absolutely as though the ground bad opened and swallowed her. There was strong circumstantial evi dence that she was the murdreaa. She was believed to have committed sui cide in such 4;manner as to place her body beyond possible discovery. How she could have accomplished -this was a mystery that has never ceased being discussed. u ABBOTT’S BTKAKOB VI8ITOB Now at least these old men and wo men who, for three decades, have passed in and out through the gates of the monastery of Txlducani believe that the death of Father Popovlce has solved the mystery. It was on the second night follow muroer t served •• scullion la the kitchens, walled upon tbcs at table, scrubbed the floors and toiled tlrslemiy la the garden and vineyard. Sometimes at dusk in the gardes he would be seen leaning on bis spade fox minutes together, aoUbnlcm, evident ly Uta reverie, and at such tlmeehls eyes shone out of their dark caverns with a light which esemed like that of m adeem. The scattering. balro on his chin grew longer, but were hardly mom numerous. But because Brother Baslle was so often beard praying all night in bli cell, and because of hie humility and his unflagging InduAry, this shortcoming In a brother whose fel lows war# all full-beared, was readily fbrglven. ' 1 A PASSION FOB KNOWLEDGB. Not only did: hapray In hie cell; ha studied—atadled passionately And before five yearg had o: me and WENT HUNGRY TO FEED OTHERS Nowhere In the world la monastery whose regulations are more severe than are those of Tziduoanl. Unlem he were 111 Father Baslle didn’t know the taste of tea, coffee or cocoa. Like the other monks he slept In cold, bare cell. At 0 a. m. he rose from hit narrow/ bard bed and said prayers Oitisens of Miami, Florida, and sur rounding chantry, are greatly Id ceased over the brutal murder of 0. NT Davis and his daughter, Miss Elsie Davie, which occurred recently, towards have been offered by private parties, organisations and the oitisens general ly ranging from 1100 to 11,000 for the fiends and evidence to oonvlet. Mr Davis and bis daughter lived about four miles west of Miami and were In the habit of coming to Miami quite frequently, In feet al’oost dally. Mr. Davis was a nurseryman, having a fine grove of orange and grape fruit trees, which yielded a good return for his labors in the past years and did quite an extensive business In budding and selling both nursery stock budded and In tbe seeding state. He was a man of about 67 yean.of age. He wts born In Delaware oonnty, Ohio, and bad lived in the vicinity of Mlama for tbc past fourteen yean. He was well liked by tbe public generally, but It Is thought that he must have had some enemies, as his fine patch of water melon vines was totally destroyed some weeks ago by being palled out of the * ground. No trace of tbe perpetrators theft m hfift Aviir hAftn riiflAnvAreri ~ Ing tEe triple mtffder that a man who appeared to oe between fifty and sixty yean old, bat with no heir on his face —save some short scattering hairs on his chin—pnd dressed like a getle man, appeared before the abbot of tbe monaster^tod begged to be ad mltted as a mtynber at flw order. The man appeared much agitated. He fell upon bis knees to the abbot. He shed tears and said that tha salva tion of bis soul depended upon a fu ture life of the most rigid self-denial in the service of God and humanity. Nothing but a vow of obedience, charity and humility could save him. The abbot bent his gaze severely up on tbe suppliant and asked: “What crime have you committed that you thus seek to make expia tion?” At these words the man trembled and was silent for several moments. Finally he offered to confess, provided the abbot would grant his prayer. Again tbe father superior of the mo- nastry looked Inquiringly at the kneel ing suppliant. “But,” he s&id, at length, “you ap pear never to have grown a beard. It Is a role of the order that the breth ren must wear beards.” MADE A CONFESSION. Then tbe man rose eagerly and showed the abbot the scattering hairs on bis chin, and protested that In Mm* tbelr growth, If not luxuriant, would at least ttrve to prove bis spirit of obedience. '^~ L — “Very well,” said the abbot; “now what is It that you have tooonfem?” The man pat bis Ups to the abbot’s ear and whispered half a dozen tences. Tbe abbot drew back as though shocked. But tbe crime that the man confessed could not have been very great, for that night he began hls novitiate, f. One ol the manki who witnessed this sosns spoke m ft to hls fellows, sad gradually etery one In and about learned that tbe oew i was so nearly smooth hsd something on his ooosoisnos, sod was eogsged la a service of explatloo. Hated calk o’clock, without s morsel of food, he attended various services. Then med itation for half an hour, another half hour at work In the garden, or at some other kind of manual labor. Now there Is a meal of the most frugal deecrlp tl jo—never a monel of flesh meat, ard during Lent not even tgga, cheese, milk or butter. Coarse bread, a little fish, some times two eggs and a salad, with the oholoecf wine or beer—that was the fme of Father Bulls. And because almost dally be would lay ulde some portion of It to relieve the bu^ger-of some poor villager he was more often hungry himself than any other monk. Such self-denial, and such deeds of kindneu to all In tbe district wbo ever appealed to him ceased Father Bulle’s fame to spread all over Europe When he grew tco old to leave the monutery grounls peasants and even rich and powerful persons made pii grlmages, even from great distances to, obtain the blessing of tbe holiest of monks. A little more than two months ago Father Bisils wu ninety years old. Tbe visitors wbo did him honor on that dty were so numerous that tbe monutery inclosure a. uld hardly bold Mum. His place In the monutery, unofficially, was higher than that of the abbot, for It wu the fame of Father Bulle’s piety and long ascetic life that bad caused Tziduoanl to rise from obscurity and take its place among tbe most celebrated homes of religious orders. Father Basils, on hls ninetieth birthday, wu still active, but d saf and . partlA--blJ^~..Xte has ever been discovered. Mlu Elsie Davis wu an exceedingly attractive young lady; wu about eighteen years of age, rather with a lithesome, graceful figure, quite pretty, with bine eyes and light brown hair. She wu very bright and lively with a fondneu for society and a de cided talent for the amateur stage. 9 She frequently appeared before tbe Popovloe, but to the vows , and “Brother In the non- Tinkled face were straggling hairs—barely enough of them to be called by courtesy s heard. For the lut half dozen years be bad remained moetly In his cell, praying more boura than ever. But he wu more cheerful than formerly. What ever had been the crime which be bad confessed to the old abbot, now dead, he seemed to feel that It bad been fully expiated. _ DEAD AND A WOMAN. Leu than a month later good Father Basils was found dead Id his cell. Hardly had the sad news reached the neighboring villages where ft wu fol lowed by tbe startling report that in preparing tbe monk’s body for burial the fathers had made the dhcivery that had thrown tbe monutery Into uncontrollable excitement—that Fa ther Baslle wu a woman! There had never been any suspic ions of this to give rise tom false re port, and tbe very reticence of the ab bot and all the fathers when details were sought tended to give the first report stronger credence. Naturally the abbot would shield the monutery from gossip so damaging to its fsme, and naturally the life long companions of Father Baslle would strive to have hls fame continue unimpaired. And thus there Is only the first significant flame of excitement, and the first in cautious admission of the fact to sup port what everybody believes to be tbe truth—that Father Baslle wu re ally a woman. Why should It ooour to a woman to take such a step, considering tbe risk of discovery? She wu a fugitive from justice. Where else could she better bury herself? What other disguise would be more secure? Did she not con feu to the abbot bar commission of some crime? SOLVES AN OLD MYSTERY. And so, piece by piece, the old' men' and women of the district have built up the theory that this woman call- lag herself a man wu tbs wife whose husband and children were found murdered thirty years ago. But they do not say that ate her self committed that terrible deed, or eves that she ted guilty knowledge of 11 Fsrhaps, knowing that her faplt led logically to the murder by od ’knowing that i •he sought in the tery both ssfoge and tH ■ LARGE REWARDS Offered for Fiends Who Assass inated a Man and Daughter. is IT WITH Tout to GIRL FOUGHT HARD People Are Orestiy laceescd Over fl HerriMe Crime. It Is Believed tkst Iks Young Lady Wt> Criminal ly AssasMsd Before “According to the grace of God wbublsglvea unto aae, Me wisemae- ter-builder, I have laid tbe found* tmiMu^H thereon. But let every men take teed bow be bo man lay than that Is laid, which la Jesus Christ ’Now If any sun build upon this foundation gold, sliver, precious itoose, wood, hay stubble; ever? man’s work shall ba made manifest: for tbs day shall declare It besauac It shall be revealed by fire; and the Are shall try every man’s work of what sort ills. >; If any men’s work abide, which he U hath built thereupon, he shall receive steward “If any man’s work shall be burned, be shell suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved; yet so u by fire.N-1 dor. Ill 10 Ifi.” \ I set down In an arm Chair, wearied with my work. _ My toll had severe and protracted. Many were seeking Christ, and many had found him. As for mysslf I wu Joyous in my work. My brethren were united. My sermons end exhortations were evidently telling on my bearers. My church wu crowded. Tired with my work, I soon lost myself in a sort of half-forgotten Suddenly a stranger entered the n»m, without any preliminary “tap” or “coma In.” He carried about hls parson measures, chemical imple ments, which gave him a very strange appearance. Tbe stranger came toward me, and extending hls tebd, said: “Howls your seal?” I supposed that the qusry wu to be for my health, but wu pleased to hear hls final woids; for I wu quits well pleased with my Miami public In amateur performanc es for the benefit of some local organ! zstlon and always made a suooeu of bar part. On Sunday Mr. M. S. Bar bank, a friend called at tbe Davis home and knocked, bat securing no reply and seeing no one, concluded that tbe father and daughter were not at home, while at that time their murdered bodies were weltering In tbelr blood in their respective bedrooms on tbe second floor. YOUNG MAN SUMMONS HELP. He went again on Sunday after noon, u be had to go on a trip with Mr. pavis, and to tell him that be could not go. He calk d a third Mme on Monday morning ^nd still not Ing any one went to the home of one of Mr. Davis’ sons, who lived near, and told him of the circumstances of bis having called three times and oouid And qaoce at be ms. Mr. Ed Day Is went witb Mr. Burbank, and ndt bslng welcomed u usual, be en tered the house, and to hls horror bs discovered tbe dead bodies of hls loved ones. He rushed back to Miami, told tbe terrible news and sought sympa thetic Attends, who hutened to the scene and found hls surmise only too true,, that hls father and sister, had been cruelly assassinated by an un known foe. Tbe sheriff, corner and other officials ware at once notified and the news spread like wild firs throngbout tbs city. Crowds visited the spot of tbs foulest murders that have ever been committed In Dade oonnty. Mr. Davis wu lying In bed witb a bullet hole through hlA neck. From hls peaceful outlines^ oL-hla. positionIs thought that bewaeshqt per In my hand, and my eyes fixed softened by long w biie asleep and did not know wba£ upon it At once It became a mirror, ended his earthly existence, though there ate indications that he wu strangled, too; also that he wu the first one murdered, u his daughter’s room, which wu quits near bis, wu lu disorder, showing that there wu a struggle. A large rug on the floor wu disturbed and the bed clothing In a tumbled condition. Miss David seemed to have been thrown on the bid with her bead to ndner hair over her face. She bad been shot In both breuta, one ball passing through her body and tbe mattreu and lodging In the floor ugder the bed. It is the as ere number u that used by her father and hls pistol which usually wu kept on the first floor cannot be feu ad, therefore it is generally believ ed that the murderer or murderers used Mr. Davis’ pistol to kill both himself and hls beloved daughter. Nothing In the way of money, jewel ry or silver seems to have been remov ed from house and the supposition is that the oblect wu criminal aauult. Some Plain Talk. The St. Petersburg Novo# Vremya prints the following statement of Rus sia’s position, which Is evldshtljrin spired: “Russia ean consent to such a peace only u will not affect the dig nity or the vital intereete of the Em pire. To sot otherwise would bs fa tal to Russia and would threaten all Europe. Europe no longer believes Japan’s assurances that she will not restrict European Interests in the Far But. Even in England and America voices can be heard favoring an Indi rect interference of tbe powers to moderate Japan’s demands. Our plen ipotentiaries must remember ttet }«»l. upward of 11,000,000 they are to defend the Interests not only of Russia, but of the other can caul an powers and they will find soor-. al support In Berlin, Paris, Washing ton, and perhaps in London. Oar army In the field Is mnoh stronger th*n it wu fifteen months ago. ” G*o4 Advice. The Florence Times says brae* up and look bright and do something for your community. The world Is not going to the bow wows, cotton Is still and tobacco is making a *s bright mar zeal, and doubted not tbe stranger trader* Many of the leading opera should smile when he should know Its proportions. Instantly, I conceived of It u phys- ton deserted the floor and the ket became 1 lattes and doll To add to the unavoidable physical leal quantity and patting nay hand to sufferings, Brooklyn wu threatened quantity and putting my nai my bosom, brought it forth and pre tented It to him for inspection. He took it, and placing It In hls scale, weighed It oarofaUv. And I heard him say, "One hundred pounds. ’ ; I could soaroe expreu an audible note of utlsfaetioo; but I caught hls earnest look u he noted down tbe weight; and I uw at once that be bad drawn no final conclusion, but wu In tent on pushing hls investigation He broke tbe mau to stoma, pnt It into hls crucible, and put the crucible into the fire. When tbe fused, he took it out and set it to cool. It congealed In cooling, and when turned oat on tbe hearth ex hibited a series of layers of strata which all, at tbe touch of the ham mer, fell spurt, and were severally tested and weighed, the stranger making minute notes u. the prooeu wanton. When he hsd finished be presented tbe notes to me, and he gave me a look etmlngkd sorrow aid compassion, u without sword, except, * May God uve you! ’ he left the room. Toe “notes" read u follows: “Analyslsof the seal of Junius, a aand:dite for a crown of glory. Weight en masse, or total weight 100 pounds. On this, on Analysis, there proves to be— Bigotry 11 parta' Personal Ambition ..tt “ Lore of Fralee “ Pride ol Denom : nation~15 u Pride ol Talent 14 * Love of Authority... 12, H Love of God —- * “ Love of Mu... 3 M I had become troubled at the peou liar m inner of the stranger, at d es psoislly at hls parting look and man ner; but when I looked on the figures, my heart sunk like lead within me. I made a mental effort to dispute the correotneas of the reooid But I wu startled Into a more honest mood by an audible sigh from the stranger. I eried oat, “Lord, uve me! ’ and knelt down at my chair, with the pa Wood, iiy ' Stubble, lit Or. Ill: 10-lC Pure Zeal. and I uw my heart refleeted in it ‘The fccord wu true! I uw it! I felt Itt ■ I oonfeued It! I deplored It! and I besought God to uve me from myself, with many tean. With a cry of anguish I awoke. I had once prayfd to be saved from hell, but prayer to be need from myself now wu Immeasurably moire fervent. When the tolls of my pilgrimage heaven, at the feet of tbe Great and bleu him for the revs latlon-of that day.—Selected. Found Negro In Rootn. A special from Athens, Ga , to tbe Augusts Chronicle says Will Howard, colored, Is In jail on tbe charge of having entered the houie of Mr. John Buner. He wu discovered put mid night by Mrs. Basner, wbo felt some thing touch her heels, and on waking found that this negro bad just enter ed tbe room through a window at the foot of the bed. The negro jumped out of tiie window and made off, but wu captured and placed in jail. He said he had gone there to get acme medicine for hls wife bat tbe story Is not believed *1 all. What hls motive wu no one can Ml, but It Is thought he wu bent on burglary. Millk>«a Dollar* gtolen. Six assay ere of the Cripple Creek district have been displaced and bave made bond on a charge of receiving high grade ore, knowing it to have been stolen. From a set of books ex in one assaying office It la known that about 130,000 profit of the aasayera for the last six months Our books lead the officers to believe worth of ore hu been stolen from tbe district every year and disposed of to essay of- floss. A FATAL X1AT WAYJL Many Prostrations and Deaths In the larger Cities. A dispatch from New York says an ana of oppressive beat, that brings to sslnd with unplsssant vividness tbe reoord-breaclng summer of 1901, hu settled down over the outers and New England States, already num bering hundreds among Us victims and causing Indescribable suffering for thousands in this and other cities. From all points Wednesday night came the itory of the hottest day of tbs summer, attended with frequent prostrations and not a few deaths Philadelphia reported a’max mim temperature Of 98 3, tbe hlgbert fig ure officially noted. In this eity the weather borean’s high mark was 96, while In Boston, where the sun’s rays are wont to be tempered by an cut wind, a temperature of 94 wu re corded. Tollowliig axe tbe maxlimam'Um persturee officially reported In tie Bookkeeping, Shorthand, taremteed course 20 weeks. AUGUSTA* GA: Type-writing, En/ Single course ol eit flua7*\—»— ^^ — _ .. —— ——wo - ,. * * ■ hand, 8 mos. 12 calls for graduate^ in about 20 days. Cant mend. Write. ‘ . * branches, Full er Businees or Short* larger cities, with ths known cues of prostration and death: Maximum Prottra- “ Tern. New York Pulladelphla Baltlmoi Washing Boston Pittsburg Buffalo (In tbe prostrations includes tbe fatalities ) “Jake” Cook, keeper of tbe monkey house at Central park, famous u an elephant trainer and tbe Idol of tbe children wbo frequent the zoo^ was among Wednesday’s victims. The other keepers had complained of the heat and Cook, volunteering to help them with their duties, overexerted himself, wu stricken and died. Early In the day tbe hot wave In vaded tbe stock exchange, and its ef fect wu quickly apparent upon tbe with a water famine, while tbe whole dty wu startled by a prospect of e strike of the ice men. An expected •trike In Manhattan did not material ize. A few ioe wagon driven stopped work, bat deliveries oontinned. bpt; inapt Prompt measures were taken by the police and park oommlmlonerp to alleviate in sqme dune the suffering of the public. Graert were issued keeping open throughout the night the park gates and thousands of men women and children deserted crowded and stifling apartments for a bed upon the cool grasa. „ A SENSATIONAL EXPORT That R. K. Dane an Did Not Commit % Bnlelde as Hep or tod. A story wu In circulation lut week that former President Ribert Keith Dargan, of the Independent Oottton Mill Company of Darlington, did not oommlt snicide, and in fact is hot dead. Tne rumor states that the body bu never been viewed by tbe Jury, and tbe only time that It was seen by the coroner wu when the oruaty official wu called to the law office and found the rormer effleer seated In a chair at a desk, with the whiskey, and carbolic add on the deck. According to the story, Mr Dargan wu carried to hls home In a closed carriage. - It Is said that tbe stricken home wu cloied to callers, and nobody siw Mr. Dargan in tbe casket, which was later interred after ser vices performed by two ministers of Darlington. - The story question whether the casket contained Mr. Dargan’s body, and It la arid that the insurance com pany, tbe state agent of which Is lo cated at Columbia, la Investigating the matter, with a view of ascertain ing whether Mr. Dargan really died and wu bulled. It is argued that whiskey Is an antidote for carbolic add poison, with which Mr. Dargan Is uld to have killed himself, and that u long u whiskey Is drunk the add can be safely taken Into the system Tbe presence of the whiskey on the desk near the suidde, Is cited to show a pouible knowledge of this feet, and to sustain the theory that the man never killed himself. Additional col or Is given to tbe theory if rom the part that Mr. Pegram had in tbe af fair. ‘ . It struck many people u a moat u- toundlng prnpneitton that a man could Idly and calmly ait in tbe room and allow hls brother to take the pol- m Dead. Goaded to desperation by the harsh treatment of bar parents, wealthy Jaws of Memphis’ Tenn.. who, she says, have need her u a slave for yeamt Mlu Lena Plaeofeky doped with her Geatlle sweetheart. The In due pursuit, and, u they oouldget no one alee in time, toned to obtain the After son, and after bis death then give tbe alarm. Tbe theory that no suicide was.committed offers an explanation of this feat ure of the case, and tbe failure of Mr. Pegram Dargan to make any statement at tbe Inquest, when put on the stand, simply saying that the statement of his brother spoke for Itself, Is construed to mean that be did not wish to Involve himself by u- sertlng that hls brother wu dead, when he had not killed himself, ae cording to the story. Too story Is a most remarkable one and is thought to be a fake, but It Is being very persist ently drculated here and is published for what It Is worth. • ^ PoiMHftfe* Saapscted. Suspecting murder, the police are Investigating the sudden death at hls home in Manniogton, W. Va., of J. N. Payton. He, hls wife and a man whose name hu not been disclosed, an said to have been drinking on- Sun day night, and Mrs. Payton announced her husband’s sudden demise Tuesday morning, aUrlbutlng r It to tbe drink ing of wood alcohol, to which he Is an- derstood to have been addicted. Tbe autopsy Is reported to have revealed the effeots of other poisons, however A chemical analysis of tbe stomach of tbe dead man will be made. Three of Payton’s near relatives by marriage an uld to have met mysterious deaths from poison. What H« Deaerved.^ “The man wbo rocked the boat” got what be deserves a sound drubbing Monday when a crowd of New YoA women set upon hiss and almost pounded him to jfcttb. He.bed al most caused. drowning of two young ladies by eapslsliig which he “rooked. ^ It’s the to Npidto such idiots and if done every time, there would be Machinery Supply House lor v WE sea EVERYBODY. . Headquarters for EVERYTHING in MAOHINFRY 8UPPLIE8. All kinds of Injectors, Lubricators, Pipe, Valvee, FRtlnga. Supplies for Saw Mills, Oil MlHe and any one In Machinery butinem. Large stock of Well Pnmps and Cylinders.: Get our price. I— - a* Mi ■ The Guinard Brick Works, I * COIvUMBIA, e. O. 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Early Wednesday morning tbe boy complained and asked that a pby-1 siclan be summoned to relieve him of a peculiar suffering which be was un able to i xplain, —. = He soon afterwards asked for a drink of water, and as soon as he had touch ed hls Ups, he became wild and v beyond the control of hls parents dur-1 ing tbe remainder of tbe time. Nearly a dozen physicians were called In, and Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, of, AUanls, tbe general opinion was that tbe yoong Ga., the South’s Moet Reliable man wss suffering from hydrophobia, ' Specialist, Offers to Give Medi- and every effort was made to relieve ~ him, but witb no avaU. He died Wed nesday afternoon after a day’s suffer ing, the horrors of which are Indes cribable About three months ago be spent the night with sn uncle on hls farm, near the home of his parents, and there be was bitten by a oat. Ho bad assisted in milking tbe oows, and had gone cut Into the road to re turn to tbe bouse when ho fc u :d a stray oat. He picked It up and strok ed It, and its seeming hunger ceased tbe eat to lick hi* hand fresh from the milk. The boy allowed the eat to get hold of hie tbu mb, and In getting away a scratch from the oat’s teeth caused the blood to d)w. This la supposed to have caused the hydrophobia to set in. No attention was given the bite, and It soon healed. Tbera was no evi dence of rabies until Wednesday,. r. cal Advice to Every Snffefer ^fnotn Any Disease Free of Carge—Be Sure to Write Him at Once and Take Advantage of This Offer. BOOK OH YOUR DISEASE SENT FREE. Nerved Him Hlgbi. James Beard, a prominent cltlaen of Odin, Ind., was horsewhipped in the streets of that town by Mrs James Churchman while her husband stood guard over Beard wlt*\ a revol ver. Churchman, so It is alleged, had beard that Beard bad made state ments that ware derogatory to tbe character of hls wife. With bis wife be went to a hardware store, pur chased a buggy whip and waited for Beard to appear. When Beard came up town Mr. Churchman covered him with hls revolver and told his wife to do the whipplrg. While Beard stood looking Into the muzzle of the revol ver in Churchman’s hands, eight lashes were laid on hie costless back. After the man td coniabed about bis wife again. ASmIOam. Five hundred dollars, which Mrs. If you sr« afflicted with any diaaaae of a chronic nature, yon ahould ait rtf hit down aed write tkia g aat specialbt and tafca avantefe of thk Atrial offer to oounael and adviao a racy aufferer without coat. Aa Dr. Hathaway hM had over a quarter century of eiperieoooffca the treunent of these diaaaaaa, during « hlch time he haa cured ■ ma o' the m-at stub born, deep aeatad oaaea on record, you can readily appreciate the valne this offer will be to yon. He will alao aand yon a very valuable took oa your dia-aae, of which he la the author, which will explain to y n a gre«t many things yon do not know. Your home doctor would charge you anywhere from $1.00 to $23.00 for this •ante service and alter all you would Dpt bo benefltted, for the raaaoo that the average doc tor it not competent to advias in theee oaaae beca ae to haa not had the neoaaaary experi ence. Dr. Hathaway haa lanta tor yean and yean, i ing* with everyone and •killed medical aervice, I eatabliabed in At- nd by hooeat deal- rendering the moat has byilt up the largest practice in this country. Hi* steading, both professionally, and financially is of the very big beat, and you can find no better medi cal aid or advice anywhere. His aystei* of home treatment is considered perfect in < whipping w*s over Churth aonisbed Beara not to talk ed at their homes, a-d* r o matter with disease you ar* afflicted, how severe it may be or h >w many doctors have declared it incura ble, write him and let him tell yon test what he can do for you. The address is J. NEW TON HATHAWAY, M. D, 88 Iniaap Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. ' ' * A Proposition of Interest . To «n readers of this , call or write for treatment next 30 days I will cure them of the following diseases for ONE-HALF mj usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILIS (blood poison), GONO- RHE. GLEET. STRICTURE, VABI- Kuapp had raised through bard effort STRICTURE. VABI- for tbe defense of h?r am, John Kasno. who is swaltlnff trial at Rich- a CHRONIO DISEASES, of Knapp, who is awaiting trial at Rich mood, Iqd., for murder, has been lost in the wreck of the Commercial bank at Hagerstown, Ind. Knapp stands accused of murdering Lennic marshal of Hagerstown. Knapp la now in Jail there, and bi$ mother bad directed her energies toward proour ing enough money to employ attor- neys. She finally collected $600 among relatives and placed the money In the Commercial bank with JoMBOWlnao. i N. B. the cashier, who killed himself after bale" The mooey !• gone ra. 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Addr MALONE’S MUSK HOUSE, i*asB#eial£J ,,,A ' *■ *■ FlfflM M Barbeese. Tour negroes were wounded *! barbecue in Oherokaa county on Sator- 1 m Three fatally, at . ' -• . • ■ ' Mr'-' V -"Vj..;" Li r TELEGRAPH* Aa4 R. R, AGRMCT—W* ala* tmin Tte U.B. SIGNAL OORP& ^ * 11 ymw. Ch< iJNSUfl GA TRLRQI