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tew- ?????????? I &n &itl?rt< She walks unnoticed in the 9treet; The casual eye Sees nothing in her fair or sweet, The world goes by Unconscious that an angel's feet Are passing nigh. %>/ k She little has of beauty's wealth; Truth will allow Only her priceless vouth and health, l J V -a. _* 1 tier Droau, wnue uruw, Yet grows she on the heart by stca'.th, I scarce know how. r? I .p?f A Lost | | o | I StfMfli By H. C 1151 lieiil ^ be *las actuall-v a gfc- O Isl wager that he will marry me before we start for O Europe. Oue. two. nearly pv |5l| (llj) three months,*' said Mrs. Dayton, leaning back and laughing merrily. "Ah, me! he has p' mistaken me; I have had enough of kv matrimony, and my present life of freedom suits me." "I admire the man's impudence," j said her companion, Mrs. Harrington, j "He has never seen you yet, has lie?" "No. Tell me exactly liow it happened." ?*.""Certainly! My husband invited his cousin. Harry Vaugban, George Coats s " and this irrestible Horace Cooke to dine with him yesterday. After pre?" siding at dinner, I, of course, left tho table after dessert; about an hour afterward I was passing through the hall, when I heard Mr. Cooke say: "So this charming widow, Mrs. Dayton, has vowed never to marry again. |p5 I want a wife, and, from your descrip|r?? I think she would suit me. What do you bet I do not make her break her TOW?" " 'Five hundred dollars,' said Harry. ||j| u 'DoneT said Mr. Cooke. 'When our party starts for Europe in May the |s|?.; charming widow will join the party fllp^ as Mrs. Hugh Cooke." "I went upstairs, but I determined to put you on your guard, for to-night, at k:,;* our house* you will meet him." I&, "Never fear for me. I'll have him at mj feet in a week,*K and again the silvery laugh rang through the drawing room. ' O Mrs. Harrington and Horace Cooke gb; -were standing a few hours later in the former's brilliantly lighted drawing % room. There were beautiful women fe; and handsome men all round them; but the star of the evening was not ^here. It was a fancy party, and Mrs. Harrington, a lovely little blonde, in a piquant flower girl's dress, made >quite a contrast to the tall brigand beside her, whose fine figure and dark, |p handsome face suited well his dress. "M?v T tell vour fortune?" said a f sweet, low voice beside the couple, 'and they turned. One quick glance passed between the speaker and Mrs. Harrington, and then the hostess passed on to receive other guests. "Stay, lady, let me tell your fortune 7* said the gipsy. "Xo. teil my friend's. Mr. Cooke? I beg your pardon, Conrad?you will listen,"and she moved away. Mr. Cooke's eyes were riveted upon his companion, and he mechanically offered his hand for her perusal. She was a startlingly beautiful figure. Her scarlet skirt, short and full, was embroidered in gold with strong figures, and the tiny foot it left exposed was cased* in a scarlet boot, embroidered in the same way. The body of the dress was of white muslin, made full, but cut so as to leave the neck and arms bare. A brilliant scarf was bound from the right shoulder to make a full bow at the left side. A ' turban of white was on the hair, which, fell beneath it in rich black masses almost to the wearer's feet. A grabe - - " 1 ? I mi ngure. mcumm ucigiu. uugc- wmtn. eyes, a rich, clear complexion, with a -% clear color, completed the picture. |> "Your fortune," she added, as she dreamily scanned the palin of his hand, "to woo where you can " "Jhe waltzers whirled in between the couple, and when Mr. Cooke again looked the gipsy was gone. It was a long time before he saw her again: but at last he found her. She was standing alone near a table, lazily turnirg the leaves of a book. It was in a little sitting room leading from tlje < drawing room, and'she was Its sole ocvff cupant. "Will you not finish telling my fortune?" said he, coming in. She started. I; ."Oh!" she said. "I dare not. My spell was so violently broken I am afraid to renew it." "Afraid! I r-iad your face wrongly. I should have- said the spirit shining through your eyes scorned fear." "So, while I studied your hand, yon j speculated about my face?*' I fe . "Could any one let such a face pass) him and not try to read it?" A low, mocking curtesy was the au| swer to the compliment. They stood I an hour in the tittle room, and when Horaee at length offered his arm to escort the iovely gipsy to the drawing ? - . room, he wished devoutly that the hour cotrid have been doubled or multi plied indefinitely. "Mrs. Harrington.." said Mr. Cooke, meeting the hostess in tho room, "when is the irresistible Mis. Dayton expected to honor us?" "Why," said Mi's. Harrington, "you have the irresistible Mrs. Daj-ton hang' log on your arm. Has nobody introduced you yet? Let me do it. Mxs. Dayton, this is Mr. Gooke?Mr. Cooke, Mra Dayton. Now I hope you know iEy; each other." Mrs. Dayton's eyes were fixed upon carpet, but there was a world of -ft ? 1 5tcn Glngel. 4 She does a thousand kindly things That no one knows; A loving woman's heart she brings To human woes; And to her face the sunlight clings Where'er she goes. And so she walks her quiet ways With that content That only comes to sinless days And innocent; A life devoid of fame or praise, Yet nobly spent. I ? i'a.i .Mail uazeice. Wager . A ^ u Staines H W^S! mischief lurking in them, if her partner could liave seen it. ".So I have, it seems, the enviable reputation of being irresistible," she' said, at length. "A reputation so well deserved as scarcely to merit repetition," was the reply. A number of other gentlemen were by this time collected around Mrs. Dayton. Her skill ax a fortune teller was now again called into requisition, and many a hearty laugh rang through the circle at the witty turns she gave to each one's cherished flirtation, or, as they thought, silent admiration. "May I see you home?" asked Horace. as the roomg began to thtu."Sorry, but I am alt*eady engaged." "Mav I call to-morrow?' I "Ah! ho intends to commence his siege in good time," thought the charming widow, as she gave permission. The next morning the beautiful and witty widow looked even more lovely i than on the previous evening. She re' ceivod her guest with quiet, easy grace, and they chatted for some minutes on different subjects. Then somebody made a remark upon the literature of the day, and, from that they, passed on to books. Ohe author after another was discussed, quotations flew about as thickly as hailstones, and each was really trying to lead the other into deep waters. Mrs. Dayton's thought was: "This man is no fool, in spite of his impudent vanity;1' Mr. Cooke was thinking: "What a mind. Horace, that wager liiust be woo. It is worth more than $500, my boy." From books they passed on to music, and it was an ea9y transition to the grand piano in the cernor. Mr. Cooke took his seat at the instrument to recall to hex- memory a favorite air. His voice was good, his accompaniment showed skill and taste, and, bent upon dazzling the widow, he sang with feeling and power. "Do you remember this?" he asked, touching a few chords of a duet. She replied by singing the first notes. She gradually let her voice out in an its rich beauty, and his blended with hers. He sang low, listening intently. Ah. Mr. Cooke, who is dazzled now? At last he rose to take his leave, asking and receiving permission to call again: and Mrs. Dayton took up a book, threw it aside, practiced a few moments, and stopped when she found she was singing his song, walked out and returned home, wondering wijy she could not get "that man" out of iier mind. To say that their fuaire intercourse was pleasant is a dull phrase to describe it. Each being bent upon making a conquest of the other, their best powers were exerted, their richest treasures of wit, accomplishment and v - ' ?? t ?-l \r,. tnOUgUl Uispiayeu, hiiu su:ucuui? Jii. Cooke began to feel ashamed of his wager, and Mrs. Dayton wished she had never seen Horace Cooke. It was a lovely day in early spring that he called to take her for a ride, and found her sad and dispirited. Nothing would have made her confess it, but the gay little widow was in love. They went out of the town, driving through an avenue of tall trees, when Mr. Cooke began to talk of love. It aroused the widow, from her depression to ward the thrusts she felt he was making at her secret. | "Love!" she said, scornfully. "BahI A schoolboy's first passion, before he leaves pinafores, is dignified with the name. An old man's doting is caiied , love!" "Yet the holiest, highest feeling of [ the heart of man in his prime of power has no higher name," said her com{ panion. "Man in his prime of power!" she re peated scornfully. Til tell you tow it Is with mem From tlio time they walk to school beside the hoydenish girl until they are seventy they fancy they are in love. Every pretty face calls forth the protestation of the passion you just tried to dignify. Tliey love fifty times, and to the fifty-first flame is offered the battered, worn-out heart as if it were brand new and fresh." "You wrong us," he said, roused In his turn by her steady glance. "Though each admiration of boyhood and youth may call forth a passing feeling, it is evaneseent, and passes like a ripple on deep water. But when the depths of these waters are stirred by the hurricane of real love, not calling for a return. it at leasft merits sympathy and comfort^ and he let his voice fall in a low. tender cadence. Mrs. Dayton felt uncomfortable. The laughing response that rose to her lips died there. She longed to tell him her belief in his doctrine. They were going slowly along, eaoh intent arwl thoughtful. when the scream of a locomotivo startled the horse, and he dashed forward at full gallop. There was a rush, a crash and they were en the roadside?the horse a mangled corpse, the carriage thrown * *v'- ' / violently back several feet, Mr. Cooke < insensible on the grass, and Mrs. Dayton on the other side of the road, uninjured. j Mrs. Dnyton sat up, and with a ner-1 vous. hysterical kmgb. called her com-1 panion's name. He did not answer. She went to his side. He was white, still, insensible, and she thought him dead. With a wild cry she raised his head to her breast, calling his name. '"Horace! dear Horace! only look at me!" she pleaded. Then she looked around for help, j There was no house in sight. Mrs. Dayton was not a woman to spend ' many moments in useless grief. She soon recovered her presence of mind. ] Her vinaigrette was hanging at her belt, and she tried its effects. Her companion was only stunned, and in a few moments be was able to feel her hand 011 his brow, hear her voice in his ear. He kept perfectly still, his eyes closed and his breathing low. The most delicious ecstasy was I hoiding liim quiet. The low, sweet voice, which would never before speak one word of preference for him, was j now murmuring, tenderly: "Horace! dear Horace! speak to me once more!" A tear foil upon his face. He opened his eyes. The next moment he regretted it, for he found his head on the 1 j grass, and Mrs. Dayton at least five j feet from him." "Are you hurt?" she asked, quietly. Had he been dreaming? Was this the voice that had said: "Horace! dear Horace?" He sat up. He was not hurt, only stunned, and in a few moments he stood beside her. Her veil was down, and he oo-ukl not see her face. "How are we to get home?" she asked, pointing to tho dead horse and broken carriage. Her voice trembled now. and as the tcinii Kinw n her he saw that Iter eyes bore trace? of weeping. Horace forgot his wager, forgot their awkward predicament, forgot everything but his love, and he poured it forth in broken, passionate words. Her heart throbbed high with ecstasy, for she was too great an adept in the art of flirtation herself not to be able to tell the voice' of reai feeling. Yet, as he went.on, the scene with Mrs. Harrington occurred to her, and she stifled back the eager welcome her heart gave his words, and said, coldly: "Enough, enough, Mr. Gooke! I am sorry to cause you the loss of $500, but Mrs. Dayton cannot accompany the European party as Mrs. Cooke." Stung to the quick, Horace stood | silent for a moment; then he said, in a 1 low voice: "I was an impertinent fool. Can you ever forgive me?" ^ "On one condition," she said smilingly. "Name it" ho said, eagerly. . "That you pay your wager, own yourself beaten, and do not address one word of love to me until we return frnrti EuroDe." "I agree to the first two, hut the last j is very hard," he said, taking her I hand. J "How are we to get borne?" she asked again, abruptly. "We must walk to the nearest house and then hire a carriage." I' will not tell you what they said in that long walk, but I know Horace paid his wager, and ^confessed himself beaten and bore the banter of his companions with great philosophy. How the last clause was kept I know j not: but early in the following autumn j ^f?^ KoAomA ATrcf TTnrftr?i> I ?Uld, lyaj ivu utviiuav, I Cooke.?Xew York Weekly. A Family Cf.tcli In Sontlii Dakota* As we were going down town the [ other forenoon Ave saw a family and i appendages catching a chicken for din- J ner. There was the man, the Avoman, j the big daughter, the ten-year-old boy, the baby, the dog, and a great hullaballoo of a racket. The initial move was air car of corn, with which the man gently and slowly strewed the ground at his feet. Then there was the poising and the quick grab, which gave no return but a tail feather or so. J And then the cry: "Run him dOAvn!" [ Instantly every one was in motion. The young rooster cut across the garden, followed by the dog and the man. The prey darted through the lath fence; the cur bumped his nose against it: the man changed his course and crashed through the gate into the barnyard, the baby fell down in the mud puddle, the mother shook her apron and screamed. The small brother circled the haystack in pursuit, the big daughter shooM with her every-day hat, the neighbors gaped out of their windows. On Avent the furious race until finally the panting bild ran his head into the haystack to get out of sight and was gobbled.?Elk Point (S. D.) Leader. Will Explore the Caspian Sea. In a bulletin issued by the Society of Naturalists at St. Petersburg it is stated that a new expedition for the exploration of the Caspian Sea is to be sent out early this spring. It is a continuation of the Aral-Caspian expedition which worked some thirty years ago. The party will include such ex plorers as MM. Knipoviten ana i^euedinstseff, well known by their exploration of the White and the Black seas. The chief aim of the expedition is the hydroblological exploration of the Caspian Sea and the biology of the Caspian herring. Lifzt'i Hint to the Czar. Czar Nicholas of Russia once asked Liszt to play in his presence, but during the performance started a conversation with an aide-de-camp. Liszt stopped playirg at'once. The Czar seut to ask what was the matter. "When the Emperor speaks,*' said . Liszt, "every one must be silent." The J Czar smilingly took the Wnf, and the j playing proceeded. ;:'V : -., "J. ... ~ lllpS W^rdMrnipj When the Mississippi River is at flooft one can drink fresh water from the Gulf ten miles from the river's source. There is one point near the famous Stony Cave, in the Catskill Mountains, where ice may be found on any day of the year. In Servia there is a soldier for every twenty-two inhabitants; in the United States there is one soldier for every ToOO inhabitants. A ''dying-ground'' of elephants, a resort where these animals go to die. was an interesting discovery by Major I'ox ell-Cotte:i in Eastern Equatorial Africa. All the people in tli9 United States could be evenly distributed over Manhattan Island without making it as densely populated as its southeastern quarter now is. In the library at Ilir.eiiclere Castle, Lord Camanon's residence in Hampshire, are the tabic and chairs which Napoleon used when he signed his abdication at Fontainblcau. When once fil!#d in .a Moslem grave J is never reopened on any account.- To remove the faintest chance of it thus | being deliied a cypress tree is planted after every interment, so that the cemeteries resemble forests more than any, thing else. A razor is a saw. not a knife, and it works like a saw, not like a knife. Under the microscope its edge is seen to have innumerable line saw teeth. When these teeth get clogged with dirt honing and stropping will do 1:0 good. Dipping it in hot water dissolves out the debris from between the teeth. A startling fact which has recent!, been demonstrated is that the equator is not a perfect circle. If you could drop a plumbllne from Ireland through to New Zealand it would be somewhat longer than another which cut the earth at right angles to it. The difference has not yet been ascertained with absolute accuracy. * **|, >..r The smallest check drawn by the United States Government is paid annually to Maurice Proctor, of Mineral Point, Wis., for carrying, the mails from Mineral Point to Dod'geville. The check is for one cent. There were a dozen.competitors for the job, and as Proctor was the lowest bidder he se- | cured it. He is wealthy, and can afford j to do the work for a penny a year. ! A FRIEND IN NEED. " I A Chanre Meeting Which Abolished Some Slangliter-House Brutalities. j Now and then one reads of an inci-! I dent which is almost startling because ! of its aptness. The following anee- J dote, told by the founder and former j President of the Massachusetts Society j for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-: mals, is an illustration of this, and! also of the principle that reason and j I the law of right and justice lie at the bottom of human character, aud will in rtii.l nrarMI Vl\ A11 SUMi W?\S en j lliU CiiVL ?. ?. . .. . KJ _ ; gaged in preparing 1:1s exposition of | i the cruelties of the slaughter houses,: i when his work was brought to a standstill by his inability to* obtain in writ- ' ing the testimony of witnesses. Two i men upon wliou*. he had confidently relied had, from fear of personal danger, backed out. and others had followed I their example. Disheartened at what seemed the! Inevitable . failure of his humane1 project. Mr. Angel 1 was silting in his ! I office one day when a man came in and j said, without preliminary explanation:' "Arc you forming a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals?" "Yes." answered Mr. Angell. " " - *- x-r?.. i "Well, I want 10 .1011: u. nere ?? some money for you,*' and he laid down 1 a ten-dollar bill. "Where do yon live?" inquired Mr. Angell, entering the name 011 the hook.! The stranger mentioned a suburb of Boston. Mr. Angell looked up quickly, j "Do you know* anything about the 1 slaughter house there?*' lie asked. "Well, I guess I do. I've run one of j them for twenty years, and I'm going to quit. I've done enough cruelty to animals, and now I'm going to see if 7 can't do them some good.'' "What sent you here?" "I don't know; I just thought I'd come in." This was exactly 1 he opportunity needed by Mr. Angell. Here was a man who from his own personal experience had seen and sickened of the horrors of the evil the society wished to banish. The questions came thick and fast, and in the next honr enough testimony ?5? * A . wltirtll was given iu mi uui cr i>ui\.u | was the means of doing away with the j slaughter house brutalities and estab- j lishing what was then the finest abat- ! loir in the country. Little Use For Wheat. At the moment, when life in Japan is one of the main topics of conversation, it is interesting to learn from a Consular report that among the Japanese wheat flour is not yet generally used. While the Western flour is being used to some extent as a substitute for rice flour in the preparation of sweets and cakes the use of wheat bread as a staple article of diet Is practically unknown. The result of a cricket match in Melbourne was cabled to London, 17,000 miles. through nine relays, in two and it half minutes. . . ,-y. ; . ? I \ SOUTH CAROLINA I ft STATE NEWS ITEMS, t I L A ItSKsKsJCMCsKNJC Mfs? Lightning Kills Two. Jane and Rane Fare, wife and daughj ter of Myer Fare, colored, were killed | by lightning a few days ago in Coj lumbia. The mother and child were at ! a wash tub under a large tree at their ! home on Gervais and Gregg streets i when lightning struck the tree, kill ing them instantly. * * * To Oust Gambling Dens. The police department of Charleston has opened a systematic crusade on the gambling houses in the city, a^d during the past week cases have been made out against the proprietors of the leading houses. In each case the parties convicted were sentenced to pay a fine of $50 each. * * * Monument Location Settled. We are glad to see that the location of the Chester County Confederate monument has been definitely and unanimously settled. It will be erected on the public square of the city ot Chester?the most fitting and logicai location The chairman of the committee says: "Now that there is nd . longer a matter of discussion, it is tne 1 aim of one and ail to push the monument to speedy- completion."?News ! and Courier. c r * Burnt Child Dreads Fire. The people on the Pacolets, when a dark cloud begins to loom up on the horizon feel a little nervous, Charleston people, who experienced the earthquake, will understand the strain. It takes considerable faith, mixed with a little philosophy, for one to look on a storm that is prostrating trees and blowing down crop3 and feel sure that there will never be a destructive flood again. Up to this date, however, there have been no destructive storms, ana the rivers and smaller streams have been lower than usual. * " Change# Wrought by Time. A half century changes the population of a community pretty thoroughly. The corner stone of Wotford College at Spartanburg was laid in 1851, just 53 years ago. Of all the popular tion of the city, so far as can De ascertained. there arc not half a dozen who witnessed the ceremony living there now. There may be a few in the county who attended. The man who plays a leading part on the stage of life is a pretty small atom after all. ? r c s # New College President. The commencement exercises of Newberry College for 1904 came to a close with the class day exercises and the inauguration of the new president of the institution, Dr. James A. B. Scherer. It was a most interesting occasion, the retirement of Dr. George B. Cromer, who for eight years has been the head of Newberry College, and the inauguration of his successor. Dr. Schert"r. Seventeen young men and jight young women compose the senior class of 1904. Eight members of the senior class were chosen to deliver orations. * * Tobacco Crop Relegated. There is 'a marked decrease in the acreage of tobacco planted in the Florence section. Cotton is by great odds the favorite. Some of the farmers have "cut out" the tobacco crop altogether. Last year's low price of tobacco and high price of cotton, is what brought cotton back to its former place in the public favor. Oats are being harvested, and the farmers seem satisfied with the yield. This crop is regarded as the very king of forage grain crops. Coming off at this season, it can be followed by peas, corn or potatoes, thus making two important crops on the same land, and with but very little work. * * * Murder Trials in Greenville. The Charleston News and Courier says: Last week four murderers were convicted in Greenville county and The Greenville News commends "the citizens who served on the jury in the court of general sessions, and who did their duty in convicting murderers at the bar. They have made a good record; they were not swept away by pity or by the eloquent pleas of lawyers for the defence, but they weighed the evidence carefully and they rendered verdicts which were fair and honest and just." Good for the members of the juries in Greenville county! Their action affords some hope that public sentiment in that county at least has been aroused, and that hereafter justice will be administered and murder will be punished. At the present term of the court in Greenville county there were fifteen homicide cases, and of this number four were convicted. * * e Insurance on Cotton by Boat. Secretary Ed B. Clark, of the Columbia chamber of commerce, has received a most satisfactory message from Commissioner E. J. Watson, who is now in New York, on business con nected with the department of immigration. Col. Watson has telegraphed J ' that arrangements have been made , whereby insurance may be obtained on ' cotton shipped on the Highlander. The , Highlander has naturally b>in unable i to get shipments of cotton because no J insurance has been obtainable on this | class of shipments, but now that insur- ?j ance can be obtained, it is likely tnat i the steamer will be able to do some ot | the business for the local mills. ? * . Ethics of Architecture. * Considerable interest is being mani' tested among the contractors and ar- * ! chitects of the state in the Carolina i * | Architectural society, whicn society j was organized but recently, says The j News and Courier's Columbia oorre- * \ : spcndent. The society was organized for the i purpose of bringing into closer touch ^ ; the architects of the state of South I Carolina and contiguous territory, and ? j by this organization the moving spirits ! hope to promote artistic, scientific and i practical efficiency among members of . V j the profession. The regular member} ship i-s to consist of practical archij t.eots. The junior or honorary memler: ship will be composed of draftsmen. ! Any person who has rendered the pro- v i fession valuable service, who has-con- - ! spicuously upheld its aims, but who is ^ not otherwise eligible to membership, may also be elected an honorary member. At the meeting at which the organizaticn of the society was effected, a v code of professional ethics was M adopted. ci t " Thing# Political. ^ In a little more than a week the '' regular campaign humbug will, begin. Although the only state office for which there appears to be more than one candidate is that of railroad com- ^ * missioner, a full series of forty-one ' meetings has been arranged The.state AAmmlftn. mciaJ o rocnln. CACV.UU V c WfllllliWlC>C c? ivoMtu tion indicating that it was not coo- * *' templated that the candidates, where ! there was no opposition, shotild attend i all of the meetings, yet there is the ~ * ! entire series of meetings staring the > ! candidates in the face. It is wrong. ! The chances are that ail of the candidates will be present at the Sumter meeting to tell the people how happy they are that they are running without opposition, and that they will be pleased to serve the state tor'another two years. All of the state house o^cials have w $ their work to attend to in Columbia, and they ought to need no excuse other -j i than their work in their offices, and I if a state-house official can. attend t?e 4 * meetings without neglect to his wort: in Columbia, it would tend to indicate > A that there is comparatively little to be . : done here at, this or any other time. The campaign this year will be with- ./, cut especial interest, except as to the offico of railroad commissioner, for which place half a dozen candidates | have already entered. In several of - ^ [ the congressional dfstricts. there proxn| ise to be lively fights, and'in the judi- - -V* j cial districts some of the solicitors will '^0-, i have to hustle for re-eiectlon, but as a i general rule this appears to be dis! tinctly an off year in politics.?The ! Charleston News and Courier. ? j \-r. I . . > , f: ii *** ' ' -cU | PLATT PROVCD POOR WITNESS. | Hannah Elias Discharged In Cour$ and Prosecution Wa$ Hissed. At New York Friday afternoon, Hannah Elias was discharged in court on - ' - ! motion of Assistant Attorney Rand, : acting for District Attorney Jerome, i at the conclusion of the testimony of . John R. Piatt, the aged millionaire, I who caused her arrest for extortion. > * j Mr. Piatt proved a disappointing witj ness. To questions bearing directly :? j on the charges, on which the woman's | arrest had been made, he answered rei peatedly: "I don't Know." | His helpless and-his apparently un- ' t reliable memory surprised those who attended his examination. He did not ' remember whether he had jgiven the j woman large sums of money during ! the nast ten years, as chargsd, and did v ; not. remember signing certain of the j papers in connection with his charges against her. The ordeal was a trying one for the aged man and his replies * became scarcely audible toward the last. As soon as he had left the-witI ness chair, Assistant District Attorney ' Rand said: ' "Your honor, I think the parties to | this miserable scandal ought to he alj lowed to stew in their own grease. [ There is no ervidence before you that | will possibly serve to hold this woman | on a charge of extortion. I recom1 mend that she be discharged." )'i The magistrate thereupon discharge ' > ed the woman. Immediately aiterward the Ellas woman was rearrested on a -writ in the civil suit brought against her by -f Mr. Piatt to recover $633,000. She was ?' 1 - * I - - 1.1.. An *OA . < rezeasea a lew uimuies iatci uu f?v(000 bail . - , J Several thousand persons, among them hundreds of negroes, attracted I by the case, thronged the building and | stood crowded in the streets outside. ? j When Mr. Piatt, feeble and trem| bling and apparently dazed was J helped out of the crowd hooted and hissed. * Woman's Fast Proved Fatal. Mrs. Sarah Rutherford, the Huntsville, Ala., woman who fasted fiftyseven days, has died from the effects of her act Food was given her, but T nothing would stay on fcer stomach, and she died of starvation.