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THE ROADSIDE SFRiNC. j r J V IV NATKAJf V. I'llNEJt. I ^member a spot the roadside ni<3. ) Beneath a spreading and ??oble oak. * Where a little spring opened its lustrous j 1 eye. That blinked with so merry and wise a ; look . That hardly a traveler hent to sip > The,waves oi its gentle welcoming. 1 But breathec a prayer. us ihcy touched his ; lip, i ( * . Unon the roadside spring. ' , > r * j I The dust-covered tramp there paired .to , i sit, j And the footsore pc-ddJcr a-near would ; , take ! . The load from his back, and there pause a < * >" f bit. I His burning t.hirst in the shade to slake: j < if. And the men in the holds were at noon its 1 *' ' _ guests c When they opened their lunch-packs an- ! < V . . der the tree. f k>";,. And there all merrily rang their jests, As they quaffed c; its waters free. When 1 chanced to be gathering berries ; s ? 7 \ , near, ; \ i.y , " Full oft I clambered the rails to sip I The limpid life of its honest cheer i sty.: With a grateful heart and a thirstv !in; j <Or. wl tenever 1 rode with my father nigh, j ;i A little tin cup we would always bring, ? c And stop to brim it with sparkles high j JFrom the beautiful roadside spring. j v Its glance had a strange and accusing look J To the parch-lipptd drunkard that some y^7' ' ' time came. And its voice, as from under the earth it * ??:. * broke. !; Must have touched his heart, with its j, muttered blame. Just as it reassured and smiled. r With bubbling chuckle and laughing t< . " ' . ' wink, The poor dumb brute, or the winsome V child, That knelt at its Hashing brink. 11 u Ah! no waters have ever seemed half so ?.y sweet ^ Though I've wandered wide over land 12 Sit?, and sea. 1( "V-;- As the spring that drew up its shining feet (] L- From the dust of the road bv the old ! , sL'V oak tree. *f.And 1 would that mv spirit again could , fold p , In the restless reach of its weary wing j( The sweetness and joy that I knew of old iV-k ' By the innocent roadside spring. * fyi'i ?New York Weekly. I: W V ii % P I Conqyered at LasU BY MRS. A. ELMORE. '* p fil'-i " ' ' ^ tl V*OJ4> LONG, vacant office oppo- j, site one of the principal 0] O Z\ O hotels in Kansas City. A had found an attractive tenant. Very rap- Q, idly all the indications of neglect dis- u appeared under the vigorous stiperin- , tendence of a cheery faced, brisk little v wuujiiu, u uu uiivtri cuiujuwu^jj rji-tuu v the spiders, and cemented the en- _ trances through which many mice tj came and went hitherto without fear ^ of molestation. j A dusky faced "artist in iimo" presided for a few hours, and was followed by a painter, who eyed the brisk little lady tenant very critically while obeying her orders. - ). One after another added specimens lj of their skill and were dismissed, un- ^ til, in the full splendor of a bright-lined ' carpet, lace curtains, burnished chandeliers. tasteful furniture, aud all the little odds and ends that go to prove a \ woman's presence, the occupant felt [ that she was "at lionir." ^ Then at the feot of her stairs, .and on ^ her entrance door, .appeared some very modest signs, reading simply. "A. Ka,: t v deuheimer, M. D." , Scarcely had "the new sensation"' in j news opened its wings for a free flight over the city to announce the presence of the audacious female ? who. of j' course, being "a stranger." must also be "an adventuress"?when she was ^ called to the hotel over the way to attend one of the guests, who had been * discovered by the chambermaid in the delirium of a violent attack of fever. xne manuaie, iiuu jlui a uucnu. was obeyed by a veritable son of Erin, fi who returned in a state of excitement 1; about "the lady doctor" which l'ar ex- y ceedeu that produce<l by the probabil- a ity that the sick man was beyond the u reach of medical aid. o: Very quietly Miss Badenheimer c; donned her neat hat, turned the key in s] her door, and crossed the street to visit \] her first patient in her new home in the gi W est. p; Self-possessed, conscious of her abil- x ity, as well as her womanliness, she i A entered the room, where three or four f< men were vainly, endeavoring to control the patient. e; With a half muttured curse one of 0 f.e man glanced contemptuously at the slight figure and girlish face, and rude- y * ly blurted out: s] ?"v "I sent for a doctor?what brought v you here?" j "I am a physician, and came at your bidding." replied the lady. Very quietly. as she walked toward the window, where the tick man was struggling in k the hands of his captors. p A slight start and a half-suppressed a exclamation of surprise caused the first f( speaker to say. emphatically: u "There's a woman doctor for you. p .Shows tile white feather at the first p U?1Y SlgUT. K Apparently no: heeding his -words ; the iady placed her ungloved I:::ml 02: v the sick man's brow. saying. softly: You ore very ill ant! mu-t lie quiet. t Allow these men to place you 011 the / bed." : Almost instantaneously a change c came over the mat;, am! he submitted, without another word ol* remonstrance to the kindly attentions offered him by strangers. s "Do yon happens to know kin:7" li asked the landlord. rather abruptly, as 1he turned toward til? littie lady. p "I think that I iutve met hint before j 1 to-day." she answered, "but there is 1,0 j \ time to lose in unnecessary talk. I j ] want a good nurse for him a strong. 3 rotable man. and I must have a room J srore remote from the noise of The si reel. lie cannot recover here." "Oh. then, you stick to his heinir your anient. cio you;" rather SKcerinjjiy *ro;n the landlord. "I cortaiuiy cio." was the answer, in i tone so linn, and accompanied by a eok bo determined thai 110 ordinary nan would dare to gainsay oithor. As might liavo boon expected, "the looter" had her own way. retaining :er position as physician and blending t with that of a very attentive nurse. The days went by with a scarcely icrceptible change in the consuming 'over so loath to relax its hold on an it tractive victim, but in spite of the ronkings, the indignations and ill oncealed contempt, the dining? did oine tit last which promised and was cllowcd by convalescence. Then her patient became exacting of ittentlon to such a degree as almost to vandalize some of the lady guests, vho envied the doctor in her privilege if ministering to such a fine specimen ?f young manhood as the sick stranger :p pen red to be, during tiie brief space ?f time he had spent among them pre ious to his sudden prostration by an imost fatal illness. After envy came surmise, and there vero whispers of a "real romance" omewhere in the past of those two Ivnc nnw hormrminnslv miiiirlirisr. 'or once surmise was correct, and the oinance culminated very unexpectedly 0 those who had watched and wonered. For days telegrams had been speedng hack and forth, to and from some nnamed place, the full tenor of which ould not be quite ascertained by the :ost careful scrutiny of the lady who >aned over the banisters whenever she ispatclied a messenger, to see that he arriedly went on his way. The telegrams were followed by the resence of Fapa Badenheimer. a stout joking, evidently 'well to do" and ery jolly old farmer, whose hearty nigh and merry jokes enlightened the iquisitive as to the post of doctor and atient. "Anna," the oid gentleman explained, as determined to be a doctor, arguing 1 ways that was "her sphere," and j iat "she should never marry' any j lie." Her lover bitterly opposed her | rofessional ambition, until, at last, j rgument gave place to anger, and they j arted. the one to seek the long-craved j nowledge within the walls of a re- j owned medical school, where she won id first honors of her class, as well as j er coveted diploma. The other went j Lit from home with bitter thoughts nd exaggerated ideas of his wrongs, j He was fast becoming a cynical man j f the world when the fever, which as to him a good angel, came with ich conquering power as even his [ igorous frame could not withstand. ; ate. or fortune, or special providencfr : call it what you will?had brought lose two together again, the one helpss and suffering, the other strong and j VCk j When the doctor's battle with dis- , is? had ended, and the trophy was j lirly won, she. too, struck her colors j ? another victor, whose warfare is not [ways so open as was hers. Against i ie wary warrior and time honored ra legist, love, she was not proof, , ore than are any of her sex. When her patient was able to travel j ie "Office" lost its tenant, the modest ; gns and pretty furniture were packed id sent away for the adorning of an- ! rhor home, the cornerstone of which \ ould be laid in the farmhouse where ?r ambitious wings first tried their ! rength. Dr. Badenheimer maintained always lat she had proved her fitness for her rofession. yet laughingly acknowle- ( Iged that a man's will, backed by his ; ive and a woman's tender heart, in . mspVracy, are certain some time to j r or come the highest ambition an agressive woman can hold.?New York Teekly. A New Joe Jefferson fctory. I saw Joseph Jefferson during the ; rst week of his "Rivals" revival in i <80 at the Arch Street Theatre. Ten ears later, when I knew him person- i lly, I found him off the stage as he I as on?a charming companion. The nly example of his dry humor that I ' in now recall was the result of a 1 light incident which took place in | nion Square, before a store where the ' r-tor occasionally stopped to purchase ! aiming materials. I was at liis elbow s lie alighted from his carriage and as saluted him I said: "Buying paint , )r the country, Mr. Jefferson?" He halted, and in those shrewd old j res?Celtic eyes?was just the ghost f a twinkle. "Better paint barns than the town, ' oung man!" and he went into the liop for his tubes, brushes and canas. It was characteristic of Joseph efferson.?World's Work. Unite<l States Silver in Canada. The Canadian banks are to be al- ! >wal a commission of three-eighths j er cent, for collecting American silver j nil turning it over to the Government r: export. This is not sufficient to j mpr them into the business of iui- , oriing silver for Governmental ex- ; o:*t. but is sufficient to induce them impound and turn over all such oins coming their way. The fear rh'.ch the Government has inspired ;*gai\liug worn Canadian silver and he readiness of the banks to accept an erica 11 silver may make the forign coins more popular with the gen* ral public.?Toronto (Ontario) Globe. Not I'nllv Cultured. "Yes,*' said little Arthur, "'since pa truck it rich, ami ma and the girls mve got into society, we have a :renchmau to do our cook in', so we eat ii French, and sing in Italian, and hir.k mostly in Gorman: hut once in a vkiie. win 11 things don't go right and !;i gets mad. we still have the good old English right oil the bat."?Chicago 'ouinal. j PRESIDENTS AND : S3S2?S5S:. SSM&SSSXia: SCSu ?2?# ?.. i i?iws: :;* $&-? ,s && &-:h-ski :; | IiEAT men invariably scoui | ^ fa to be .lovers ol' line horses. ; O fi y o The Presidents of the UniI ^ ft ted States are 110 exception to the general rule. Wash- j : iu^.e.i kept the finest horses in Ameri iea. There were seldom less than ten j saddle horses in his stables at Mt. Yerj no::. He always visited his horses bej l'ore breakfast and saw them fed. The i Father of his Country kept all sorts of ! horses, from plow animals to thorj ougbbreds. He was very fond cf lex hunting and kept his own bounds. Ills | favorite hunter was a gray, and his j last hunt was in ITSo. Washington i was very fond of his horses. The ' chestnut charger which he rode when ; he received the sword of Cornwallis at ; Vorktown was never worked after the | wa;\ Washington kept him in state at ! Mr. Vernon, where the horse died in 1 IT:'."?. I'nnf +ll/i ' ^ ?i t'U.i'i ?>un, i;ht: ivsii, nc|/t iitv. ! finest kind of horses. They were liis j one extravagance. Ho would pay any ; price for a fine liorse. At his inaugu' ration ho rode Wild Air. his favorite ; saddle horse. He rode every afternoon ; until within a month of his death, j Jefferson kept a fine stable of carriage j horses, but seldom went driving. He , j was very fond of horse racing, and i never missed a chance of attending a < j meet when he could get to it. He was ! a hold and fearless horseman, but bo! lieved in force rather than kindness, 1 and liked nothing better than to tight ; an unruly animal. j Adams was fond of horse racing, but : j did not ride very much. Pie was tieI voted to pedestrianism, and would j walk to the Ilolmead course and back I again, a distance of four miles, to see ' j a race. Madison kept a fine stable of 1 ! horses and was fond of grays. i | Jackson was devoted to racing, and ' i ran and bet oil bis own horses. While i ! ho was President he ran his horses in I the name of Major Donelson. One of . them started in a stake of $10,000 a 1 side against Commodore Stockton's i Langford. The President's horse was < favorite, and he bet a lot of money on him. but Langford won. So sure was Jackson that liis colt would win that he had a large picture of him painted ; and hung on the walls of the White ' House, where the annual ball of the season was given the night of the day 1 of the race. I Jackson once pardoned a mail robber j named Wilson, who was under sen- . fence of death, because Wilson had ] once informed him of a job in which J one of his horses was to be pulled in a , race, near Nashville. Jackson had bet " heavily upon the horse, and Wilson's information saved his money. So when Wilson was condemned to death for robbing the mails Jackson repaid Ins * service. Jackson's famous duel with ; Dickinson was the outcome of a quar rc'l on the rac-e track. Van Buren kept a swell turnout 1 whiie he was in the White House. His carriage was the finest seen in the' ; country at that time, and was perfectly 1 appointed. 5 Harrison was very fond of horseback riding, but did not seem to be particu- '. lar about his turn-outs. He bought a carriage at the 'sale of Mr. Paulding, , Secretary of the Navy under Van Buren. and used it without removing the coat of arms of the former owner. While riding one day with Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, President Harrison criticised Mr. Wise's carriage for its lack of comfort. Mr. Wise replied that he had bought it first-hand, anyhow, and if he did buy a second-hand carriage he would at least have the coat of arms of the former owner erased t and his own substituted. Mr. Harrison i took the hint, had Mr. Paulding's crest < erased and his own put on. i Polk kept a swell turn-out. beautifully appointed an:l furnished, and his t equipage was one of the sights of t Washington. He always drove four horses. f Tyler was a lover of white horses, | and rode one in the Mexican War. He i afterward brought this horse to Wash- ] ington and used him as a saddle horse, i He was a fine looking animal and full i of life and spirit. He followed his ] master's remains to the grave. Tyler was so fond of white horses that he 4 ordered that eight of them should be 1 attached to his funeral car. < Pierce was a fine horseman and c loved to ride. He was very fond of a ? blind mare, and used to ride her about 3 the streets of Washington. Barring her blindness she was a beautiful animal, high spirited and fiery. 1 Buchanan was excessively fond of 1 fine carriages, horses and harness. A Philadelphia harness maker once tried to make him a present of a magnificent set of harness. Buchanan asked him c what the harness was worth. The har- j ness maker replied $S00. The Fresi- 1 dent kep.t the harness, but insisted on 4 paying for it. This harness had thir- i ty-six silver buckles and fifty-six silver < monograms on it. Though fond of i splendid equipages, Buchanan seldom ] went driving and never rode. His 1 niece. Miss Harriet Lane, was very < fond of riding, and he kept several sad- 1 die horses for her use. 1 Lincoln did not know a horse from a ( cow, and is the notable exception to t i the great men and Presidents who < | were lovers of fine animals. . ! Grant's love of horses is proverbial, -i He kept the best, and many of them. | ; His favorite was the saddle horse CinI cinnati, who had the cow pony virtue j of standing unhitched for an unlimited period. Cincinnati furnished the 1 xl- < e! for the equestrian statue of Grant which adorns the Capitol. Another : saddle horse called Jeff Davis was extremely vicious with every one except Grant, but was exceedingly fond of tiie General. "When Grant was on his tour of the ; i i- ' THEIR MORSES ? ?1* * ?* ?t > ?h ? * Vi? Vi%'?u Vt% VI> l*?'?5C world tli? Sultan of Turkey presented him with two magnificent Arabian tfteeds. really very beautiful animals. Horse lovers went crazy about them, and many people asked for nails, old shoes, hoof clippings and scraps of hair from these horses as souvenirs*. Grant's famous trotter. Butcher Boy, came into his possession in a curious way. While driving in a light buggy Grant tried to pass a butcher's wagon driven by a boy. The boy whipped up the horse, and in a sharp brush beat the best trotter the President then owned, though Grant was driving in a very light vehicle. The President noticed where the horse went, and afterward bought him for $800. The old warrior visited his stables every day. aud it was during his administration that the present' White House stable was built. He kept some very tine carriage teams. In his last years he lent one of these pairs to Ward, the man who, in connection with Fisli, caused his financial ruin. It is said that Ward took the team to another city and sold it without the General's knowledge or consent. Though Arthur w;;s ;i man of line tastes anu kept a large stable, his judgment of horses must have been poor, for they sold for an average of each when he left the White House. The one black mare, said to be the fastest trotter in the District of Columbia, brought ?r>op. Cleveland kept one nice turn-out. and went driving every afternoon. Harrison was a great lover of carriage riding. but did not pay any particular attention to the quality of his horses. McKinley was exceptionally fond of the. Arabian horse, and.paid a high price for an Arabian pair for carriage use. President Roosevelt's devotion to the horse is well known. His favorite is the hunter type, for he especially loves long gallops across country. Roosevelt also keeps a nice stable of trotting-bred carriage horses, Kentucky saddle horses and ponies for his children.?Horse Show Monthly. English Teacher's Stories. The following answer to a physiology luestion was written by a boy who evidently tried to "make the most of it:" Q. What are the lungsV Where are they placed? What are they used for? A. The lungs are too in number; they are orgins of the body; they are bee hived" in shape; they are situated n the abdomen and are used for thinkng purposes. This is from a collection by Dr. McS'an ara, which also contains the folon Innr* AJ\V 11*^. "A short- time ago.*' says a teacher, 'I was taking a lesson on the use of lie hyphen. Having written a number >f examples on the blackboard, the irst of which was 'bird-cage,' I asked he boys to give a reason for putting he hyphen between 'bird' and 'cage.' \fter a short silence, one boy, who is iiuong the dunces, held up his hand md said, 'It is for the bird to perch on, sir.'"' The teacher had been talking about i hen sitting on eggs, and. with the ncubator in his mind, asked if eggs 'ciiid be hatched in any other way. 'Yes, put 'em under a duck," was the esponse. 'Tleas? excuse little Mary from atending school this afternoon, as she las an illustrated throat, with glaciers >n both sides," was a note sent to a :eacher. Point of View. "How beautiful!" / Two men stood on the edge of one of lie largest coal mines in Pennsylrania. The native was showing the >tlier one of the grand industries of nodern civilization. "It is indeed a beautiful sight." confined the stranger, waving his arm irouhd nervously. , "While there is a lack of natural ;cenery," he added, "the absence of :'oiiage does not disturb me. These - .1 ,%n/l loble workmen arc a grauu Mglit, uuu 1 don't think 1 ever took in such a rnricd assortment of air. It must be nspiring in those cavernous depths. !t certainly appeals to me greatly." His host looked at him inquiringly. 'I did not think the beauty of this egion would impress you," he said, Iryly. "It is useful, perhaps, but its esthetic significance never revealed itself to me. May I ask where you get four idea?" His guest sighed a homesick sigh. "My dear fellow,"he replied,"haven't ! been living for the past year on the ine of the New York subway?"?Pock. The Dai>?<rronR Hatpin. A correspondent of the London Lan?ct. writing of street dangers, gives i prominent place among these to the latpins of the women, which lie terms 'unclean imitations of the ladies' dag:er of the Middle Ages." Says the ?ditor in a comment on this: "There s much force in the contention that latpins in women's heads . . . do form public dangers. Among a certain lass hatpins are constantly used as iveapous of offense, and when they are lot employed in this manner by the lesign of the wearer they often [kroaten the eyes of others in a really langerous way. It ought to be possible for an ingenious milliner to derise some less dangerous method of fixing on the hat." Community of Interest?. The Stork and the Doctor met at the floor. "We should be friends," %snid th< Doctor. "We have much in common." "It is true we are both bipeds," admitted the Stork, guardedly. Here the Doctor showed his bill. "One hundred dollars!" exclaimed tin Stork. "Well, you are a bird!"?Pud t'CNirsicvjrorMrsitsjfNj-j J I SOUTH CAROLINA jji N STATE NEWS ITEMS. % I' ig U ! ? CNirorocNjicxirNirsJCsjj l 1 : Prominent Men Convicted. i < George B. McCombs, ex-mayor of I! Brookland, the town just across the : , Cor.garee river trom Columbia, and ! i T. D. Mitchell and M. J. Fcx, electioi j i managers in the last municipal pri- j mary there, have been convicted of I iraud in election returns, and sen- j: tenced to four months on the chaoi J i gang or a fine of $75 each. They were ; Uiken to jail, j An unusual feature of the case was [ the? fact tnat Mitchell, who had no j j counsel, conducted his own case, ex- j j amining witnesses and addressing the ! jury. Mitchell -pleaded persecution in , that he was being persecuted because i I he testified in behalf of the slayer j of Editcr X. G. Gonzales, two years aSo. * . * * | Muddle Cver License Law. i The city cf Charleston has been ; j unable, on its iii&L move, to break | the stare law, exempting confederate i I veterans frojr the -payment of licens3 i in the conduct of business. Tne c:r- ' j cult court has refused to sustain tfco | demurrer interposed by Corporation f j Counsel Mofiett and the case will ' : probably be taken to the supreme j | court. The necessity for the breaking j 1 or repeal of the act of the l3st ses- , sion cl the legislature is found in tko : whirh s nerne rated bv some 1 ! of the veterans, resulting in the less i i ! of considerable revenue to the city. ! Instances are furnished where negro. butchers have discontinued bus:- | ness in their own name and are now ; doing business in the names of con- j federate veterans, thus avoiding the , i payment of the inspection tax, ana the | ! authorities have been forced to forget 1 ! sentiment, in the endeavor to put Ti 1 j stop to the fraudulent methods, which i j deprive the city of a needed income. ! I * * I Augusta Quarantines. In order to make the quarantine effective and guard the city thorougn-' i i 1}% it has been foimd necessary to j j place officers on the Augusta-Aiken ! j trolley cars, for inspection of the j ; through, cars from Aiken and Lang- | ! ley to Augusta. The inspection of the trolley cars j ! was fo .nd ne:essary ow'ng to the fact i j that passengers without health certifi- j ; cates, put off trains across the river, ; ! at the Horse Creek valley towns, hafe ; j used the trolley cars to evade the regJ ulations, thus reaching the city with- j j cut trouble, though failing to pass I ; the inspecting officers. | The attention of the board of health j was called to the fact that traveling | ! men caughi without health certificates I j had bragged about evading the quar- j entine in this manner. It was seen j i that the officers working the steam ' , roads to Columbia and Charleston j j might as well be withdrawn, for the good they could do, if the trolley i entrance into the city was not also guarded. The board is determined to make the quarantine absolute, so far I as posisbie. ! * Negroes Are Being Fleeced. j A negro calling himself John Harris, I ir is charged, has been at work in J the neighborhood of Gaffney imper! sonating a United States government ! officer from the pension department, i and a, personal representative of Pres; ident Rooseveft. His alleged plan was i j about as follows: With a negro faI miliar with the territory as his guide, j Harris went to all negroes over fifty j years of age, and represented to tkew : that they were entitled to a pension. By paying him $1 should they desire j 1 to apply for a pension of $1&0, or 75 j j cents for $75, this to defray his ex j I penses, he agreed to have this amount | turned over to them within ten days j and twelve dollars a month thereafter, i In this way he collected from fg; norant negrces quite a sum of money I which, it is claimed, he appropriated i to his own use. His territory extend! ed a good distance, but the base of j his operations was Blacksburg, about j ten miles from Gaffney. It appears ; that place was his headquarters. His ; alleged accomplice was arrested at : Blacksburg by Deputy United States : i Marshall Kallman and placed in jail, j j Harris, however, it is claimed, is the | ' ;nstigator of the scheme and the prime i | mover in it; he is, therefore, the j t one tne umicu aumunviva . Gaffney are anxious to secure. i * I * * i ( Prominent Speakers Heard. ; At the grounds of the County Fair j : association, about two miles from An- j ; derson, between three thousand and I ; i four thousand farmers assembled one | day the past wek from a radius cf j , j fourteen or fifteen miles. Incidentally j there was a barbecue and a great one; I cattle, pigs and sheep were deliciously , ' served seasx-med in that peculiar I Georgia style. Primarily, the meeting j | ! was to discuss and hear discussed ! j tbims appertaining to the cotton far | mens' organization. The speakers pres- ! : ; ent were Senators Latimer and Till- i ; ! man, and Congressman Lever. E. D. i ( ' Smith, president of the State Cotton i j Growers' association; F. H. Hyatt and ] [ Colonel Talbert. The chairman of the ! j farmens' union, J. P. Glenn, presided i 1 over the meeting and introduced the i j speakers. J. J. Fretweil, -an infiuen- ! i i I ] . Vrial business man of Anderson, and a'prominent farmer made the speech of welcome. In the main the speakers were m iiarmony on advocating bonded warehouses and the farmers sticking to- , cuflnr-ipnttv to maintain somei system in the organization and to ef- \ < feet the desired results. Mr. Smith* snd Congresman Lever spoke most intelligently on the subject and bitterly denounced the traitors who they said were in the farmers' own ranks. The most pertinent political ration now before the people of S-rv ; Carolina is that of voting out ;:h tne Brice bill the dispensary or retaining ir, and as both factions were r represented by speakers on the platform, after ihe farmers' meeting was' adjourned at the conclusion fcf Mr4, Smith's talk, the audience was turned' ever to the liquor question debaters- ; ,. ;i The whel horse of the dispensary ad-? vccatcs and.tne originator of the "great mcral .institution" is Senator Tillman, and the champion of tne ;? anti-whisky or more advisediy, the . ! anti-dispensary party, is Colonel W. Ji Tr.lbert of Edgfield county. The lot- - J ter was the fiist to speak. He said he k was cmce a confederate soldier and > as such he had fcught the hardest he r-'f 1 new how tor ihe confederates cause, .. end he intended to fight n<} less ar- d. ana now he was a soldier of the crcr. end he intended to fight no less ardently for its cause. Senator Tillman followed Colonel Tslbert with a defense of Colonel Tai- fi bcrt's arraignment of the dispensary '/ system. He said that with sotcd' amendment such as blowing tno .% brands into the glass bottles, doing , away with the beer dispensaries and letting the regular dispensaries handie the beer and the system be un- ^ dor the control of a board ex officio ? : composed 'of the governor, attorney general and comptroller general, it s ill the best solution of the whisky.>r'.'iyf question. He said that the original law Vv.. V for the dispensary as first instituted .-^ . had not been enforced; that he %was in favor of purging the system*--of-if its corrupt grafters; that no law:*-f could enforce itself. NINE PEOPLE MANGLED. J. In Crash Between Freight Train and > '"+.4, Trolley Car?Most of the Victims ' Were Women and Girls. A special from Butte, Montana, v||j| says: Nine persons were killed, one ^ fatally injured in a collision between . , a s.reet car fi.led with returning mer- X rymakers from the Columbia Gardens V v-: and a freight train on the Butte, An-* ^ econda and Pacific railway Sunday. night. Loaded with passengers, many/o? them, women and girls, \ the trolley car, was struck by the end of a freight train on the railroad tracks north cf the Butte-Anaconda depot and. v " J crashed beneath the weight of on?... :.i & freight car, killing nine ana fataiiy; fr*" f|| iujttrirg one and perhaps another. ^ Numerous others were slightly hurt ' and were taken to their homes *01 treatment, their names at this tin?? ; being unobtainable. That more were not killed is miraculous for the accident occurred with ~ a suddenness that precluded any hope * of escape for those in the front end r ; of the car. Most of them were women and young girls and seven of these were* 1 killed, the other two victims being . * men. Protruding from beneath the boi- ~-..i torn of the m3ss of twisted and brok- cn timbers were the feet and lower - - -f limbs of several,of the victims. The train which struck the street c? >^| car was composed of 14 freight cars, being pushed east on the tracks by a Butte, Anaconda Pacific engine. Tho street car was approaching from the e ? south. Conductor Hoagland says he . 1. was on top of the train with a lantern and warned the motorman, but r;.~ V the larter put on speed end attempted to cress ahead of the train. . < ,'M CHAIRMAN SHONTZ RETURNS. Head of Canal Commission is Back at ' ^ National Capital. Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian | canal commission has returned to Washington from a trip to the isthmus. ' ? Speaking of conditions on the isth- . v' mus, and particularly referring to the government commissary supplies to p - ' native laborers on the canal, which : practice has aroused the opposition of the merchants in the canal zone, 5 Mr. Shontz said that owing to the; high price of fopds in the local shops { there they were unable to live on their , daily wages. So the commission had provided for the cpening of commissary stores to this class of laborers. %' CASTRO TO FIGHT YANKEES. . i Republic of Venezuela Orders Great '" V Quantity of War Material. ^ Venezuela has placed orders in Eu- : rope for torpedo boats, guns and ammunition at the cost of about |2,500,300, a larger amount than that little South American republic has ever expended a*, one time for war material. An American just returned from Venezuela is authority ~Tbr the state- J ment that Castro recently declared J that he was going to fight the Yah-'- j kees, which explains the large orders J |