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IJ ' " . HOMEWAR The train goes roaring up the track. The sun is in the west: The smoke rolls eastward, dense and black, . And 1 complacent.v lean ha etc? To-day I've done my best. I think of one who waits out there To greet me with a shout. And'1 will kiss him and we'll fare Across the open lields to where r; v The lights are peeping out. I . $ THE TRiBUl l % D80LITTLE | ^ ^ BY MARY GR |; }gm 1 1 HAT'S in a name?" That s?..-' - =^. is what Shakespeare says; I but it is my belief, if he liad batl the one tliat was hung like an incubus urouuu my neck ever since I was old enough to have any name at all, he { would have sung quite another tune. I ascribe to mine all the misfortunes that have followed me from that time , to this, and which have been neither few nor light. My paternal cognomen is Wright. Not remarkable for elegance, it is true, but if it had been prefixed by \y '. - John, James or Henry, it would have ?- ' been in no way distinguishable from those borne? by the rest of my neighbors. But. unfortunately for me. 1 I had a maternal uncle by the name of Doolittle Tickellum. He was rich and a bachelor, with no nearer relatives than nephews and nieces, and. when I came into this world of toil and trouble, my father, having a fatherly eye to my future needs, proposed that I should be named for him. To do my mother justice, at first she strenuously opposed it. Thoroughly imbued with the idea under which most mothers labor that her baby was considerably brighter and prettier than other women's babies; in fact, something altogether extraordinary, she .was proportionately indignant at the suggestion? I was lying, kicking and screeching, upon her knee, if my photograph tak- j ??-" en at that interesting age can be relied upon, as ordinary a specimen of ?V:. the countless throng of infant humanity as it is possible to imagine. But ^ . catching me rapturously to her bosom. *$ - she nearly smothered me with kisses, j|'- declaring "that I was an itty, precious darling; the pittiest, thweetest baby & that ever was! And that papa ought to be ashamed of himself to think of giving it such a horrid name.'' But when my father set strongly before her the substantial benefits that might accrue to me from this stroke of policy, alluding to the artful ways with which Cousin Sophronia, another of the nieces, tried to interest our rich I relative in her spoiled, disagreeable Tommy, she yielded a reluctant consent. "But just think, Henry, how horridly it sounds! Doolittle Tickellum "Wright! It's perfectly dreadful!" "He can change it in a few years? before he is old enough to have it do bim any harm, I dare say. Your uncle is an old man, my dear, and can't live forever." * But he seemed likely to do so. From the day that there was thrust upon me that luckless name he appeared to take a new lease of life, and to grow younger, instead of oldei, every succeeding year. Uncle Doolittle was duly informed of the honor that was done him, to I which he responded very graciouslyby sending me a silver mug, together with the assurance that "if I did honor to the name it bore he would do somefc thing handsome for me." He lived in an adjoining State. When I was ten years old my father took me to see him. He was a lively, well preserved old gentleman, whose full, florid face was rendered still more full and florid by the snowy hair and beard that surrounded it. He patted me on the head, hoped that I would live to be an honor to my | name, repeating the above assurance? "If I did he would do something handsome for me." I had already experienced some of the disadvantages of the name to which he had alluded, and, in spite of the tutoring I had received from my j father, a feeling of sullen resentment j swelled by heart, which must have j found expression in my countenance, for the old man shook his head as he looked at me, saying:, in quite another tone: |?- "I hope you'll try to be a credit to it." "Father," said I. as we walked down the steps into the street. "I hate my name: all the boys laugh and make fun of It." "Never you mind that, my boy: when you get this tine house into your hands, j as perhaps you will some day, it will! be your turn to laugh." Bov as I was. the idea was a very li consoling one. True, my Uncle Doolittle had many relatives as well as great wealth, but who so likely to inherit the bulk of it as his namesake? - Still, granting this, there were times - when I felt, in the bitterness of my soul, that I was likely to earn dearly all I should receive. I shall never forget my first day at school. Mr. Bumbleby. the head master, had fiery red hair and tlv fiery temper that usually accomps-ibe* it. I :D BOUK'.), I Con lent men t fill* my heart to-night, The fates and (?c<! are kind; I've wVjvked to-day with all my might, And 1 can feel, with strong delight, The miles recede behind. Ah. hi:t the years will pass away, And I am doomed to see A change that parents only may? 'ihe child will be a iftim some day, Who waits t/5-night for ine. ?S. K. i>: | I .ATIONS OF * i WRIGHT 5f . ACE HALPINE ^ ,^******* He was in an unusually irritable mood that morning. "Hold up your head and speak so 1 can hear you?" he roared, as I faltered out my name. A titter ran through the long line of boys as I obeyed. Turning very, red, Mr. Bumbieby hronorlit the r.-ittnn down over lilY shoulders with .1 force and energy that made me dance about very lively. "I'll teach you"' he cried, as soon as be could speak, "not to come here with any of your low jokes." It was some time before I could convince him that my name was no joke? which, indeed, it was very far from being to me?and then, instead of manifesting any regret, he bid me tjike my seat, muttering "that a boy with such a name as that wouldn't be likely to get any mere of that sort of thing than he deserved." Mr. Bumbleby carried this theory into practice; and the consequence was that I got considerably more of "that sort of thing" than any other boy in school. Once he said, with sarcastic emphasis that cannot be put upon paper: "Doolittle Wright. I suppose you have got your lesson just about the same you always get it?" Though I knew it perfectly before coming into my class, every vesdge of it vanished from my mind. Then, as I stood hesitating and stammering: "Ha! I thought so! Take your seat. I'll attend to you presently." The attentions, thus grimly alluded to, became very frequent, far more so than were agreeable. In this way my schoolboy days passed. Xor did my troubles end here. When I left school, my uncle was duly notified of the fact, with the expectation that he would now give some earnest of the hopes, so often held out, but never realized. But as he made no response to this, save to repeat the often expressed hope,, that I would do credit to a name I hated, and as it was necessary that I should do something for my own support, I began to cast about what | mat sometning snouiu ue. I Like most young men of my calibre and expectations, I wanted some nice, easy berth, with little to do and a large salary. Having heard of a vacancy of this kind in an insurance office, with whose President my father's family had been long and favorably known. I applied for it. The President looked at me, then at my credentials, and then at me. "Sorry, very sorry, young man. Known your father a good many years, also his father before him. No doubt whatever of your competency. But? but, it couldn't be thought of." "Why not?" I said, in astonishment. "What possible objection have you to me?" "No objection at all to you! It's ! your name I object to. DoDlittle Wright! It would cast discredit on the company, as you can see for yourself. Take my advice and change it." But I did not yield the matter thus. Hearing of a well-established and lu! crative business that wanted a workI ing partner. I offered my services, and with very fair prospects of success, until forced to mention my first name. "Doolittle Wright!" exclaimed the I c-AtMAv novfn AI? ivifh rrlmm T WO C? OCIilVL pai lUCi, ?? UU ?? UViU JL '? uu VVH versing. "That sounds badly! You I might drop your first name, I suppose, and take the other. You'll have to, if you come into the firm.** "Then, glancing at my letter to him, which was signed D. T. Wright, he added: ' "What does T. stand for:" [ "I was in for it now. and there was nothing to do but to go forward. "Tickellum." "Tickellum. did you say? Why. that is worse if anything, than the other? I more ridiculous, at all events. A man who will give an inoffending child I such names as those ought to he in| dieted by the Grand Jury. All 1 can i say to you is, get rid of them as speedily as possible. Good morning, sir!" I never felt more strongly inclined to do this in my life, and that is saying a great deal. But I knew my unI cle would take mortal offense at it, who was now prostrated by one of the attacks to which he was subject, and which threatened to be his last. It j would be a pity, after enduring so; much, to fail when the goal was near.! So. after various other attempts, end- , ing just as disastrously, I accept a sec- i ond rate clerkship in a small retail store, with a correspondingly small i salary. This was something of a come down to my ambitious hopes, but I consoled myself with the thought that! my uncle's declining health made it j only a temporary arrangement, I * At this juncture I completed the sum of my tribulations by faliiin: in love. The object of this. Miss Clara Montague. was eertainij* fair and lovely enoucrli to excuse the folly, if folly it was. Mie nail ;uso some progeny iu i her own ricrlit. by no means a small consideration to r.ie. So far as could be judged, the attraction was mutual; the fair Clara, if not st> demonstrative, seemingly to be equally as well pleased. The reader will r^ dily infer that I did not bring into any marked prominence my luckless name. In fact, she was in entire ignorance of it. until one of my rivals maliciously alluded to it. and in a way to cover me with ridicule. The next time I visited her ske received me with marked coolness. When I pressed her for a reason, she opened tire on me by declaring "that she never could marry any one with such a ridiculous name! T.ar you can easily change it.*' she added, in a more gracious tone, "and if you have the regard for me you liave professed, yen will not hesitate to do so." I assured the fair speaker "that my name was as distastefu1 to me as to her: that I was named for a rich and aged uncle, who would be greatiy displease;! " tiOi'O .MISS .Mmr.jlgUC arose. "Very well. >Ir. Doolittie Y?" right? j very appropriate name. I should say? ' you will do as you like, of course. But if you would rather displease me than your uncle. you needn't take the trouble to call again: for I never will marry a man with such a ridiculous name." Exir Miss Montague. leaving me to j my not very pleasing reflections. While I was debating which of the horns of this perplexing dilemma :o take, I received a telegram that my uncle was at the point of death. He had frequently been at the point of death before; but, in accordance with my invariable practice when receiving such notice, I went to see him. I found the old gentleman very low; in fact, scarcely able to more than gasp forth his intention of "doing something handsome for me.'' "You will?find it i.12?in my will when?I am gone," he whispered, as 1 bent over liim. But. true to the program that he had apparently laid down for himself, to delay that desirable event as long as possible, he lingered nearly six weeks. The same paper that contained the news of his demise recorded the marriage of Miss Clara Montague. As bitter a pill as this was to swallow, I was consoled by the thought that I was now about to be rewarded for all my trials and mortifications. ' When my uncle's will was opened, it was found that he had left sums, varying from one to ten thousand dol lars to an nis numerous kuu uuu kiu, leaving a double portion to the very few "who hadn't bothered him," as he expressed it. To me, "his beloved namesake," he bequeathed the full-leugtk portrait of himself that hangs in the library, knowing that his tender affection for the original would make him prize it beyond anything else he could bestow. If there are any curious to see said legacy, they will find it in the attic of my present abode, with its face i.v the wall. I have taken my father's name, though no one seems to be aware of the fact, all my acquaintances insisting on calling me by the one I have borne so long, and which I seem likely to bear to the end of the chapter?Doolittle Wright.?New York Weekly. Plants' Quest of Sunlight. Though it has never been proved that plants have brains, it has been proved often that there is some power within them whereby they combat evil conditions and seek what is; best for their good. A resident of Castle Valley, Pa., has a vine that showed itself last month to have, if not a brain, a substitute of equal value. This vine, a young one, grew in a clay pot. A. stick stood in the middle of the spot, and the vine curled up it. It was about two feet iu height; in length, it would have meas-. ured four feet. Usually the vine was placed in a south window every morning, where it absorbed all day the benefit; of the sun's rays. It happened, however, through an oversight, that one afternoon the shutter shaded half fiie window and the vine was set in the shutter's shadow. A foot away was the ? i- *??vk ah! rr 1 SUilllgill, will 111, ^huc&iu^, iuc>iiiuh, but whore the plant stood there was nothing but gloom. During the four days the vine stood in the shadow with the sunlight near it. it did something that proved it to have a faculty akin to intelligence. It uncurled itself from its supporting stick, and like a living thing it crawled over the window ledge to the sun. This vine, to be sure, did not uncurl itself and crawl with the rapid movements of a snake. . Its movements were, indeed, so slow as to be imperceptible. Nevertheless, looking about, it overcame every obstacle, and finally it lay basking in the sun.?Portland Oregonian. Pointed Paragraph?. People read too much and Icai h too little. If a man doesn't do right he is apt to get left. Trouble seldom fails t# call on the man who expects it. The only use a girl has for a dude , s vo mute some umu jra.ua.. All tlie world's a stage and most of the actors are tie pedestrians. Dead men teli no tales, but it's different with tke writers of obituaries. The wideawake chap in the baldhead row at burlesque shows always sleeps when he goes to church.?Chicago Xews. * t rvjfMCM fsjcsifMrsiffsa? I SOUTH CAROLINA I i STATE NEWS ITEMS, k ? rofsacNiCMf^cMC^JC^ 4 i Negro Wounds Man and Woman, j At Cold Point, near Laurens. John Chappell, colored, went to the house of John W. Moore, a white farmer jo voarc <-? M arid findine1' his V.'ife Dolly Chappell within, fired upon both, ' wounding the woman quite seriously, while Mocre escaped with slight flesh wound3. The negro fled. * * * Million Dollars for Charleston. A Washington dispatch says: Reports from the navy yard at Charles- i ton have been received at the navy | department and the recommendations | for improvement there during the next i year call for appropriations in the , neighborhood of $1,000,000. Paving ! the streets in the yard, building I wharves and improving the water dis- j tribution sire among the main items, i i * i <! ? Thought to Be Snyder. The soldier whose body was found ; near Fayetteville, N. C., is thought to j be F. S. Snyder, a member of company j G, of Bamberg. He was. in the bag- j gage car drinking, it is said, and is supposed to have lost his balance, ! falling out of the baggage car door, j One man in the baggage car says that I he saw a man lose his hold and fall from the car when near Fayetteville. Snyder was not missed until tne sol * * ? " J TVf /-> o m 1 \ diers arrived at cue luauaooo^ v^aui^# * * * Young Man Shoots Himself. A Columbia news item says: In the country near Swansea "Pluck" Hildebrand, 20 years old, shot himself over the heart and is likely to die. The young man, it is said, asked a young woman to go -to church with him. She refused or pleaded a previous eqgagement. When Hildebrand later saw her with another man he went to his room and fired the shot from which he is now in a critical condition. * * * Senator Latimer in Wrong Pew. A New York dispatch says: United States Senator Latimer, of South Carolina, made a mistake he didn't relish when he got into a republican meeting. The senator thought that he was among democrats, and began to eulogize Parker and Davis. Some of his auditors knew the senator, and humored the situation by breaking into roars of laughter. The senator quickly realized his mistake and he immediately retired, followed by the laughter of the republicans. I * * * Farmers Engage in Duel. Torn Cheek and Will Brown, farmers of the Enoree section, had a quarrel while returning from Laurens in a v,agon. Later, while Brown and were unloading the wagon in their yard, Cheek fired on them with a shotgun. Brown escaped with a slight wound, but several shot hit Mrs. Brown, one penetrating her right eye, necessitating its extraction. Her condition is regarded as critical. * * Charged With Taking Money. Gus Gilmer, the 1C- year-old son of a widow at Gaffney, Cherokee county, is in jail there on the charge of misappropriating $304 from the Southern Express Company while recently in its employ. The money was expressed to a party in Gaffney and was not delivered. A tracer was sent out and subsequently Gilmer was arrested at the instance of the Gaffney agent. It is stated that the boy in jail refuses to eat or drink. e * * Child Crushed Under Wheels. A distressing accident occurred j about three miles west of Anderson a j few days ago by which the little six- j year-old daughter of Mr. L. E. Abercrombie lost her life. Mr. Abercrorabie was bringing the ?1 +r\rrc*-r\r.f a nnmhiar r,f i lltllt; ?>: 1 lv IV?5^V4JV1 " * W ... his neighbors' children, to the neighborhood school, and in assisting the children to alight be lost control of : his mules and the wagon which was ( heavily loaded, passed over the body j of the child, causing internal injuries I from which she died within a few min- I utec. * * * Detective Called In. F. P. Mimaio. Jr.. assistant superin-; tendent of Pinkerton's detective agen-; cy in Philadelphia, arrived in Columbia several days ago at the summons j of Mayor T. H. Gibbs and will at once ! go to work in the effort to u^ -aval j tne mystery 01 tne muraer ui me i woman known as Maud Allen in that city two weeks ago. Information has been received that Chief W. A. Boyle,' cf the Charleston police, is in posses- j sion ol a clue, and that he has com- j municated with Chief Daly, of Columbia on the subject. It may be that, since the release of Butler Holt, in Newberry, that this clue will be taken ! up. j Big Ecnd Issu* Ratified. There was a rceetii g of the stockholders of the Spartanburg Electric - V \ '.J& f'aSka ... . -V, . w - ^ Railway Company recently, at which a bon-1 issue of $400,000 maximum amount was passed upon and ratified. The resolution which was adopted is as follows: "That the Spartanburg Kaiiway, uas ana Jiueciric company shall issue bonds in the aggregate not to exceed $400,000, and bearing interest at 5 per cent, secured by first mortgage on all the property and franchise of said company, and also that there be issued bonds in the aggregate not to exceed $100,000, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent, secured by second mortgage bonds upon all property and franchises of the Corporation.'' The proceeds of these bonds v/iii go partly into the treasury and partly to cover the value of the property at the present time. c s Ancnt; 'Squire Bailee. A dispatch from Raleigh says: 'Squire Eailes, the famous magistrate cr notary public of South Carolina, v/h'?;;e house is in that state, hut whose post office is in Pineville, N. C., cuts iio smaii figure in the South Carolina primaries. A pet'! .ion was sent to Governor Hevward to remove Pailes irom ofi'ice on the ground that lT*s conduct in marrying runaway couples and in advertising himself as a professional "nuptial'st" was outrageous and a disgrace to the state. Governor Kcyward refused to move Uailes. The latter has been in office a tout seven years and in that time has narrehi neariv 2,000 couples. He has flooded several states with his adver..semen.?, lie marries couples at his horn?, where I:e has a livery stable with fast teams, which meet elopers, if desired.' Around the section where Bailes lives Heyward was heavily scratched in the primary. * * * Cotton Mills File Suit. Suit has been commenced before the Interstate commerce commission by all the cotton mills of the Augusta, Ga., section against the Southern railway, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Ai1" Line, the Central Steamshrip Company, the Old Dominion Steamship Company and the Ocean Steamship Company for a reduction of the present rate on cotton goods shipped out of Augusta cotton mill terrritory and for the recovery of excess rates that have been charged during the last ten yes rr. The mills entering the suit are the Warren and Graniteville, in the territory adjacent to Augusta in this state, and the Enterprise, Sibley, Augusta and King, of Augusta. It is alleged in the petition that great factors in the increasing of these rates have been excessive terminal charges at Charleston Savannah and Norfolk, together with excessive premiums for marine insurance for which no adequate consideration was given, and that all these excessive, and at times unnecessary charges, were figured in the freight rates charged the mills. GREATEST IN HISTORY v Is Conflict Waged Between Russ and Jap at Liao-Yang. According to reports received from the scene of :the battle being waged between Russian and Japanese forces at Liao Yang: there are considerably ver four hundred thousand men engaged in the conflict. If these figures are correct it is the greatest battle, in point of numbers, of all wars in the world's nistory. The following figures show the number of men engaged on each side in the present battle at Liao-Yang and the number engaged in six other great battles of history: Liao-Yang?Russians, 200,000; Japanese. 300,000. Total, 500,000. Austerlitz, DecemUfer 2, 1805?Allies, 84,000; FrencTi, 70,000. Total, 154,oOO. Smolensk, August 17, 1812?French, 175,000; Russians, 123,000. Total, 154,000. Liepzig. October 1G-19,1813?French, 130,000; Allies, 200,000. Total, 330,000. Waterloo, Juno 18. 1815? French, 124,588; Alii as, 200,000. Total, 339,259. Antielam, September 16-17, 1S62? Federals, 75,000; Confederates, 45,000. Total, 120,000. Gettysburg, July 13. 1863?Federals, 82,000; Confederates, 73,000. Total, 155,000. PEACE HOVERING NEAR. Move to Settle Butchers' Strike is Happily Un.er Way. As a remit of tha conference he'd in Chicago Monday between representatives jf the unions involved in the packing house strike and of the owners of me plants, the end of the long labor struggle is set for the middle of the week. An understanding was arrived at by which the men will meet and vote on tha question of calling off the str.ue. FIVE DIE IN TRAIN WRECK. Disaster Results in a Canadian Province from an Open Switch. Five people were killed on the Wxst Imperial limited at St. Talula. Manitoba, Friday night. The switch was left open by a train crew which had just left the town, and the transcontinental express dashed in upon a freight train. ? | GEORGIA POPULISTS i - i Assemble in State Conven- . tion at Capitol in Atlanta. ~~ i WATSON MAKES SPEECH Candidate of Party for President Received With Routing Cheers. A State Electoral Ticket I " is Nominated. l r A A state electoral ticket wa? nomi- \ nared and the presidential candidacy of Hon. Thomas E. Watson indorsed ty th^ populists of Georgia at tne state convention cf that party held Thursday afternoon in the hall of the house of representatives at Atlanta. There was a iarce attendance at the ! convention and the assemblage was i enthusiastic, cheering the name of { Watson whenever it was mentioned, j and cheering Judge J. K. Iiines, of Atlanta, who presided as permanent chairman of the convention. Besides the matters before mentioned the only business of importance transacted by the convention was the selection of a state executive committee. A gubernatorial candidate was casually suggested, but no attempt i was made to nominate state, county or .; ' j congressional tickets, j The electoral ticked named is as I . 'V V follows: From the State at Large?W. S. Wier, of Fulton, and John H. Sibley, of Talbct electors, and Dr. W. C. Sandi- N>? ford, of Burke, and W. Y. Carter, of Hart, alternates. First District?R. Lee Moore, erf Milton, elector, and A. C. Lamar, fof Jackson, alternate. Second District?Jesse Ward, of Thomas, elector, and G. W. Crapps, of Clay, alternate. Third District?C. Montgomery, of Terrell, elector, and H. M. Searcy, of Taylor, alternate. Fourth District?Dion Williams, of r Merriwether, elector, and A. J. Burnett, of Carroll, alternate. Fifth District?W. T. McDaniel, of /.le^ifnr an/? (1 V TaH#.f#rrrt HWfcUaiC, CltVlUl, UUU u. A. . A | of Fulton, alternate. Sixth District?Dr. W. P. Glover* of ^ Jones, elector* and C. S. Barrett, of Upson, alternate. Eighth District?H. W. Nally, of Baldwin, elector, and W. R. Hutche- : i son. of Haralson, alternate* t Ninth district?J. P. Brooke, of , Milton, elector, and A'. G. Lamar, of Jackson, alternate. ' _ J, Tenth District?L. D. McGregor, of Warren, elector, and W. J. Henning, of Richmond, alternate. LTeventh District?D. R. Johnson, of Wayne, elector, and J. B. Howard, of Johnson alternate. Speech of Wataon. Hundreds of men and women thronged the hall of the house of representatives Thursday night to hear the initial campaign speech of Hon. Thomns"E. Watson. The speech wag regarded as a mas- i. .> ter piece of political- oratory, and vt A frequent intervals foe speaker was * interrupted by cheering that all but shook the thick walls of the capitoi building. Mr. Wateon consumed ex- * actly two hours. There were seats for only about half of those present, the remainder standing in dense groups around the walls and overflowing through the doorways. virv?? IivIm ioo n mco tn intro- "> VV UCU U UU5V *vw V'H . . duce the distllTgrrsued speaker, the great concotrf3e of people In the hall broke into vociferous applause. Hata went into the air and the whole audience joined in the cheering, judge Hines' introductory remarks were very brief. % He merely spoke of Mr. . Watson as one of Georgia's greatest sons and a patriot now championing the primi"?'e principles of democracy. . * Then Mr. Watson stood up before his magnificent audience to deliver the first speech of his campaign for president of the United States. The crowd was attentive, though noisy at intervals. At , times the speaker was applauded. "At times he was interrupted by questions from the crowd. One man cried out: "Hg'w do you sCand on the gold question':" And the speaker shouted back: "Where the democratic party has stood for the past eight years." There were cheers and shouts of "Watson" mingled with shouts of * . "Parker/' The whole speech was like that* i collies hv the speaker at men and platform, questions a*ad cries from the ' 2rowd and now and then a burst of general applause. But when it was all over every one present, democrat* populist and what not, gave Thomas E. Watson tne credit of having delivered an able and masterful address. ALCOHOL SLAYS INDIANS. Six Full Blooded Braves Fall Victim* t0 Bad Fire Water. A dispatch from Rolla, North Dakota, says: Six full-blooded Indians of the Turtle Mountain reservation were found dead Friday morning from drinking wood alcohol or , lemon extract, and four more are dying. An> Investigation by officials is now taking place. ,