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THE BAMBERG HERALD. j * ' Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1905 One. Dollar a Year k IN THE PALMETTO STATE ^ INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOU! KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. * State News Boiled Down for Quick Rcadin Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Charleston's fall festival is to be heli next week. Governor Heyward has been invited ti attend the Orangeburg carnival, which i to commence on the loth instant, and ha accepted. A Southern passenger train was derail ed about thirty from Greenville las Friday evening. The white fireman wa killed and some others injured. The plant of the Laurens roller mill a Laurens was destroyed by fire last San day morning about three o'clock. Th loss is $5,000, and insurance $1,400. Mr. J. C. Garlington,'formerly edito of the Spartanburg Herald, has becom ^ ?* -* *- Q connecieu wiut uio vaiuuua X' iViu u ; Georgetown as traveling man and corres pondent. The State executive committee of thi prohibitionists held a meeting in Colum bia last week and decided that it wouli be nnwise to put a State prohibition tieke in the field. Petitions are being circulated in Abbe ville county asking for a dispensary elec tion under the Brice law. And yet editors Wilson and Hemphill are strong dis pensary advocates. } :< A crowd of white men were arrested ii the Columbia hotel last Thursday nighi | - charged with gambling. There weri twenty-one persons in the room wh( were arrested. Each put up $40 bond. A. Marvin Carter, time keeper for tb< Poe cotton mills in GreenvilleH'committec suicide in his room last Tuesday night There was no motive for snicide, and i might have been an accident. Carte: i shot himself through the head with i | pistol. t ' Mr. T. J. Gibson, a bond broker of Co I lumbia, was arrested last Monday moraI ing, charged with receiving stolen bonds ? He is charged with having handled som< pfe of the bonds stolen from the State treas# urer's office. He at once gave bond in thi 7 sum of $2,000. I Geo. W. Murray, the negro ex-con F - gressman, has been denied a rehearing :x % the State Supreme Court, and musi serve bis sentence of three years on thi : j / chaingang unless the governor pardoni him. It is likely that a petition for hii |p-; pardon will be presented to the governor Geo. W. Dewees, the city ticket agen of the Southern Bail way in Charleston was arrested last Monday afternoon. H< I is short in his accounts about $8,000. Hi gave bond for his appearance at court Dewees is bonded in a surety company and the railroad will not lose a cent. Thi v- shortage was discovered by the railway auditor., A young white boy named Sims wa ^ : shot and killed near Columbia by a smal J negro boy. Young Sims was out huntinj I with a single barrel shot gun, along witl % . some other white boys who had sling shots Sims laid the gun down and the little ne : * V gro came up and was fooling with it whei I (it was discharged, killing the white Jboj instantly. James Trotter, a young white man, wai shot and instantly killed at the union de pot in Columbia last Thursday afternooi - joy- Wilmer Mitchell. Both men wen . from the Leesville section of Lexingtoi county, and were at the depot waiting t( take a train home. Mitchell claimed tha r Trotter was following bim up and slapping his face is why he shot him. Trotter had been drinking, but those who wit nessed the tragedy thought the two mei , were jesting until the shot was fired. The coroner's jury in the case of younj Trotter who was killed in Columbia a the Union station Thursday rendered i verdict Friday that he came to his deatl from a pistol shot wound at the hands 01 i A Wilmer Mitchell. The gamblers wh< were flushed at the Columbia hote Thursday night were tried Friday afternoon. Brooks Harley was fined $4C > Ed Joyner fined $30, J. L. Courtney FlV* fined $30 and the others wbo were no k'v released were fined $15. Geo. Hamb; Kik . who escaped was caaght next even in j g:and will be tried later. . If yon want a higher grade bogs r, than you can find elsewhere, call at u K Frank Bamberg's. W - Bloody Work in Edgefield. | Bdgefisld,October 28~"Cant"Morgai H and Stewart Butler, negro men, becam jj - involved in a difficulty on the streets her fc f at 8 o'clock tonight. Morgan drew hi B * knife and severed Butler's jugular veil I his throat being cut from ear to eai '/ \ Death was almost instantaneous. 1 Morgan is at large, but an officer is o: f his trail, and the probability is that h f will be taken in custody tonight. Som | ; say his purpose is to surrender. It is sail K} that the deceased has been on intimat (terms with Morgan's wife for some tim mid this is at the bottom of the homicid< . About a month ago the parties had a dif 4 ficulty and the deceased was under bon to appear for trial on the charge of assauJ and battery with intent to kill. Green Old Age. "Pa, what's a green old age?" i "It's an age an old man has reache \' when he begins to dye his hair and po\* P.. der his nose for the purpose of makin the women think he's a gay and dangei FJ ons young buck." w: son lost"mother. "Consumption runs in our family, an ^ through it I lost my mother," writes E J if Beid, of Harmony, Me. "For the past years, however, oil the slightest sign of l f cough or cold, I have taken Dr. King' Lf New Discovery for consumption, whic R? has saved me from serious lung trouble, it- His mother's death was a sad loss forM: f Beid, but he learned that lung trouble i not to be neglected, and how to cure i ) ' * Quickest relief and cure for coughs an I colds. Price 50c and $1:00; guaranteed i ?/' all druggists; Felder & Matthews. Tri) bottles free. I BEN BENNETT BACK IN PENITENTIARY. Sent to the Chain Gang in Georgia He Again S Attempted to Gain His Liberty. Ben Bennett, the celebrated prisoner g who killed his wife after being conditionly pardoned for another murder, is again in the South Carolina penitentiary. 2 Bennett was brought in last night by Sheriff Lightsey of Hampton, from Ma-j con, Ga., where he was captured several s weeks ago. It seems that. Bennett was ? * - J 1 ? U.mii f/M. rlmnVcnnPCfi anH snrsit^u ILL iuawu ivi u? UU?vumww M according to the story he told last night * when being put in the penitentiary, he 3 was sentenced to four months on the city chaingang. Bennett evidently t thought all chaingangs were easy marks, after his experience in Hampton, and he tried to escape but the Georgia guard was r really on guard and he was shot down e before he could get away. He has now t one bullet in his back and another in his hip, but he is not so badly wounded that he could not be put into a cell at the _ penitentiary when he was brought in last i night. * Bennett, it will be remembered, was pardoned by Gov. McSweeney while serving a life sentence for murder, the - pardon being granted on condition that - Bennett would leave the State and not return. After Gov. Hey ward became) | governor Bennett wrote to him asking ? that he be allowed to come back to the ) State to see his wife at Hampton but the request was refused as improper. Beni nett came, however, and while on this visit to his wife shot and killed her. His ^ story was that while asleep he beard r some one at the window and thinking it 1 was the sheriff come for him he shot, the bullet striking his wife, who had arisen ~ during the night. Bennett was tried ;for . murder after a ridiculous verdict from J the coroner's jury exonerating him. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years imprisonment, which under the laws of the State sent him to I the chaingang* He found it an easy matt ter to get away from the gang in Hamp-1 * ton county and has been at large a year 3 or more until he turned up at Macon, as . stated above, and was recognized as the t man wanted in South Carolina. * After he has served his five years Ben? nett will have to face the terras of the pardon which he violated and it is likely , that he will spend the rest of his life e within the walls of the State prison.? 7 Columbia State, Tuesday, Oct. 31st. J A Foxy Move. ; After the wedding breakfast had been i eaten and the guests had departed, the ' bride's father sought the groom. "You know that $10,000 check that I i placed among the presents," quoth he. f "Yes, sir." wWpH we'll Inst tear that ud." 3 *Tm 6orry, sir," replied the groom . cheerfully, "but I stepped around to the i bank a few moments ago and had it 3 cashed." 1 * ) A Common Sense View of it. ' Many men think that newspaper men _ are persistent dunners. By way of com parison, let us suppose a farmer raises i one thousand bushels of wheat a year and sells this to one thousand persons in all j? parts of the country. A greater portion of j them say, "I will hand you a dollar in a i short time." The farmer does not want f to be small and says, "All right." Soon j the one thousand bushels are gone, but _ he has nothing to show for it and he then >, realizes that he has fooled away his whole r crop, and its value is due to him in a P thousand little driblets, consequently he l is seriously embarrassed in his business because his debtors, each owing him one dollar,treat it as a small matter and think v t it would not help much. Continuing this kind of business year in and year out, as the publisher does, how long would he stand it? A moment's thought will conQ vince anyone that a publisher has cause 6 for dunning sometimes. e i s The Companion as a Christmas Gift Can you think of a gift more certain to r. be acceptable than a year's subscription to The Youth's Companion? Is there any one, young or old, who, having once Q had the paper in his hands and looked e through it, did not wish to possess it for e his very own? It is a gift which, far from j losing its freshness as Christmas recedes r\oct crrnwd mnrfi delichtful.more Ill IfV? ?UO o , 9 necessary to ones enjoyment week by e week. ?. The boy likes it, for it reflects in its pages every boyish taste and every fine 7 boyish aspiration. The father likes it, d not only for its fiction but for its fund It of information of the practical sort. The girl likes it for the stories, anecdotes, sketches and editorial articles printed in each number especially for her. The mother likes it for its stories of domestic life and family affection, for its children's d page and for its medical article. r. On receipt of $1.75, the yearly subscription price, the publishers will send to the ? new subscriber all the remaining issues of r- The Companion for 1905 and the "Minutemen" Calendar for 1906, lithographed in twelve colors and gold. Full illustrated announcement of the d new volume for 1906 will be sent with B sample copies of the paper to any address s free. The Youth's Companion, a 144 Berkeley street, Boston, Mass. h A DISASTROUS CALAMITY. " It is a disastrous calamity, when you r. lose your health, because indigestion and 3 constipation have snapped it away. Ret. lief can be had prompt,in Dr. King's New d Life Fills. They build up your digestive it organs, and cure headache, dizziness, il colic, constipation, etc. Guaranteed at all druggists; Felder & Matthews. Price 25c. COUNTRY NEWS TETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENING IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. -Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt. Oct. 30.?On Friday and Saturday of last week we had a rush in the cotton market. More than 200 bales changed hands here. Ten cents pulled quite a lot of it from its storage on the farms. We will not have another such a rush until more cotton is grown in this section. Only a few bales remain on the farms in this section. Messrs. Joe and Bert Dannelly, Julius Ehrhardt and John Hartz, Misses Loula Belvin and Virgie Ehrhardt attended the State Fair in Columbia last week. We are having some wet, damp weather now, and cool enough that fire feels good when the day's work has ended. C. Ehrhardt & Sons had their cotton press broken Saturday morning. Will be shut down for a day or two until they can repair same. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weimer and little daughter, of Fernandina, Fla., reached here on Sunday night, visiting her parent, Mr. Charles Hartz. Mr. Archie Ehrhardt went to Bamberg yesterday to see his wife, who is on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. D. Rowell. , Mrs. Maud Farrell and Fannie Copeland spent Tuesday night with their father, Mr. Joe I. Copeland, then went to Bamberg en Wednesday. What's wrong with the'phone line from Ehrhardt to Bamberg? Can't get any news over the wire now. I think it should ir* rvr/lor QC it. 1Q ft OTPflt. PAtlVAtll* I 1U V* UV4 ) WW * AW W VVM I WM? ence to all of us when in order. Farmers are all trying to get hands, but it seems to be a hard job. They want crops another year?don't want to hire for wages. All you can hear now is gala week in Charleston, when to go, what to do while there, how to do and when to come home. More plans than it takes to build a city. C. Ehrhardt & Sons have added a bargain counter to their immense stock of merchandise, and it will be well to see their goods before buying. T. T. Young is rather uneasy about his sayings in last week's issue. Says his race don't like to hear the actual truth about their doings. Says it worried him so until he had to take the last fifty cents he had and go to the business square and drown his thoughts with one X or no X at all, he could not say which. Rev. P. E. Monroe will leave this week to attend the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Convention in Newberry, and as South Carolina Synod meets in the same county next week he will not preach at either of his charges on the first and second Sundays next month. His wife is with her mother in Newberry county,and we know he is weary of "batching"it. Jee. He Spoiled it All W. Caryl Ely of Buffalo, the president of the American Street Railway association, according to the New York Tribune, was talking at the convention in Philadelphia about motormen's and conductors' adventures. "A conductor came to me with a smil-1 ing face the other day," he said. "He wanted to tell me what had happened on an incoming car. "It seems that a middle-aged woman and her little son, a lad of 6 or 7 years, got on the car, and as soon as they were seated, the woman took a half-dollar ont of her pocket and handed it to the youngster to pay the fare with. "The Soy held the coin in his small, fat hand, and examined it closely and solemnly. "The conductor appeared for the fares, and the youngster gave him the half-dollar with owlish solemnity. "The money was pocketed and 40 cents in change was put in the small extended hand. "As soon as he got his change the boy laughed, wriggled in his seat and shouted gleefully: " 'Oh, ma, he's taken the bad half-dol lar!" ' Marked Originality. The late Gen. Isaac J. Wistar, of Philadelphia, says the New York Tribune, had a multitude of anecdotes that he could draw on to illuminate an idea. Gen. Wistar was for a number of years the president of the Pennsylvania Academy of Natural Sciences. At one of the academy's meetings a rather odd and original method of reaching the North Pole was suggested. Of thjs method the president said, smiling: "It reminds me of the way two San Francisco friends of mine once took to get rid of some guests. "These guests came to spend the evening, and didn't know when to depart. My friends were patient with them, very patient; but when 11, 12, and finally 1 o'clock struck, the husband realized that something must now be done. "He was an original chap, and, in his original way, he looked over at his wife i ana ?aiu, ujuuiy" 4My dear, hadn't we better get up to bed! Our friends may want to be going."' This Negro is a Saint. Jonesyille, October 30.?There is an , old negro man near Jonesville who deserves mention in public print. His name is Lot Hill and he is in his 89th year. He has been truthful, sober, honest and moral in his habits all his life. He never had a law suit, never was a witness in court, was never in a court house, never owned a gun or a pistol, never shot a gun in his life, never was under the in nuence or liquor ana nis creait is gooa for any amount that he wants. He has the utmost confidence of his neighbors, both white and colored, and above all he says he is prepared to die and ready and willing to die at any time the Lord calls him. He owns a house and is well to do. * Enforcing Prohibition D Arlington, October 30.~Policeman J. R. Bryant raided the shoe shop of H. L. Sawyer, colored, this evening and captured about two gallons of whiskey. Sawyer says it was for personal nse and not for sale; that he went to Timmonsville to-day and purchased it. The police seem to be of the opinion that entirely too many people here have suddenly found that they have business in Florence and Timmonsville, and have set about ascertaining the cause of it all, and the seizure related above is one of the results of their investigations. Another Maxim-Smashed. "A little learning is a dangerous thing," remarked the man who was sorely afflicted with the quotation habit. #<Oh, I don't know," rejoined the contrary person. "The dangerous classes are not found in the primary schools." Reason of it. Gebhart?What, so hard at work just before Christmas? Carsone?That's just why. My wife threatens to buy me some absurdedly expensive Christmas present, so I'm making a little extra working over time. Endorsed Dr. Clifton. At the meeting of Camp Thomas J. Glover held yesterday resolutions were adopted to be forwarded to the Methodist Conference, asking that the chaplain, Dr. J. A. Clifton, be elected presiding elder of this district by the conference, so that he would be enabled to reside in this city whjere as pastor of St. Paul Methodist church for the past four years he has gained so many friends and well wishers. This is a very high tribute to Dr. Clifton both as a pastor, an old soldier, and a man, and there is no doubt but that it was annrpoiftted hnth bv Dr. Clifton and bv his many friends.?Orangeburg Evening News. Obeyed the Specialist's Orders. A celebrated Continental specialist, to whom time was literally money, and who was possessed of a fiery temper, made it a rule that all patients should undress before entering his consulting room so as not to waste any of his valuable time. One day a meek looking little man entered with all his clothes on. "What do you mean by coming in like that?" asked the doctor, in a rage. "Go and strip at once." "But?" faltered the man. "I tell you I've no time to waste," yelled the doctor, and the poor man left the room in haste. When his turn came he reentered the room. "Now, then," said the doctor, 'that's better. What can I do for you?" "I called to collect your subscription for the benevolent society." Adams Expects New Trial. R. A. Adams, the murderer of Mr. Jaques of Colleton county, is now in the Walterboro jail where he has remained since being taken tnere irom tne otaie penitentiary at the last term of court for Colleton connty to - be re-sentenced. Adams, it is said, has no desire now for escaping jail. His hopes are grounded on the fact that he will be given a new trial. After being duly tried and convicted and sentenced to pay the penalty of his crime, the plea for a new trial #vas entered. We are informed by responsible citizens of Colleton county that Adams is a guilty man, that he deserves to be punished as decided by the jury?that sat upon his case. This fact is not denied by any one who knows anything of the case at all. And yet Judge Townsend upon the plea of the defending attorneys, granted a new trial. The prosecution then appealed to the Supreme court and it yet remains to be seen whether or not the order of Judge Townsend will be sustained. It is said that the best people of Colleton county are very anxious to see the verdict of the jury sustained, when Adams will be re-sentenced and hanged, as he deserves to be.?Dorchester Eagle. Explained. Mrs. Housekeep?You're a big, healthy man; why don't you go to work? Wearv Walker?Ladv. I'll tell vou mv trouble. I'm an unhappy medium. Mrs. Housekeep?What do you mean by that? Weary Walker?Well, yer see, I'm too heavy fur light work an' too light for heavy work. BRICE BILL WINS. North Carolina Judge Refuses Issue of Mandamus Sought in Union County Dispensary Case. Asheville, N. C., Oct. 31.?The argument of the South Carolina dispensary case, in which J. G. Howell of Union, S. C., seeks to compel the board of control of Union county to allow him to reopen the dispensary in Union by claiming that the Brice bill, under which the election which resulted in the dispensary * ? -s -1 oemg cioseu, is unconstuiuiuuai, utmc iu an abrupt end today before the merits of the case were reached. Judge Pritchard, on his own motion, raised the point that the relief demanded?a mandamus? would be improper in any event, and that writ being used only to enforce the decrees of the court. After a brief argument he dismissed the petition without prejudice. Immediately thereafter, on motion of Howell's attorney, the court issued a rule to show cause why a mandatory injunction should not be granted, directed against the same defendants and in favor of the same complainant. The hearing was set for November 20, before Judge Pritchard, at Richmond. Ex-Att'y. Gen. Duncan Bellinger and R. H. Welch of Columbia, and District Attorney J. G. Capers of Greenville, representing the relator; P. V. Barron of Union, representing the board of control; Ex-Congressman Stanyarne Wilson and Judge-Elect D. E. Hydrick of Spartanburg, and B. F. Townsend, V. E. DePass and J. A. Sayer of Union, associated with Mr. Barron and representing the anti-dispensary interests, are participating in the case. Barney Had Been Observant. * t "T> iL - T*1 J lney canea mm ".oarney me Diuauerer" because he made so many mistakes. He had been working for a coal dealer about six months, and was a earnest and honest soul, but he did not seem to learn anything concerning the details of the business. One morning, after having delivered coal to two wrong addresses, he was rather short and crusty in answering a regular customer, so the proprietor discharged him, saying: "Go to the office and get your money. I've been as patient with you as I could be, but you are too thick-headed to ever learn anything." "All roight, sir," answered Barney. "Mebbeo O'im t'ick-headed, as yez say,but Oi've learned wan t'ing annyway." "If you have really learned one thing, and learned it well, I'll not discharge you," said the proprietor banteringly. "Now, tell me what you have learned." "Oi've learned, sor, that siventeen hundred makes a ton in this place," replied Barney, and he went back to work.?November Lippincott's. I Cheap Excursion Rates Via Southern Railway. On account Charleston's Anhal Gala Week and Coast Fair Association, November 6-11,1905, Southern Railway will sell tickets from all points within State of South Carolina, including Augusta. no of nta r\f nno first rlnaa fsrfi nine cents for the round trip, tickets sold November 4th to 10th, inclusive, and for trains arriving Charleston before noon November 11th, with final limit November 13th, 1905. Southern Railway will provide extra coaches on all trains into Charleston ! November 5th to 12th, inclusive, and all who wish to take advantage of the exceedingly low rates can do so and feel assured that plenty of room will be provided. For additional information call on ticket agents, or address, R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. Notice the new attractions for the opera house in the near future. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methoflist ehurch will meet next Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock with Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg. It is indeed gratifying that our county finances are in such good shape. It is likely that the county can pay expenses next year without borrowing any money. Mr. Raymond Matheny, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Matheny of this city, is to be married in Greenville on the 15th instant, to a daughter of Prof. Smith, of Furman University. Mr. J. W. Barnes, of Cope, returned yesterday, (Wednesday) from Tennessee and broqght with him sixty head of fine Tennessee cattle which he will fatten on his large farm near Cope. Mr. W. C. Nevilles, of Blackville, and Miss Rhoda Livingston, of Cope, were married at the residence of the bride's sister at Denmark, on last Sunday week. The young couple have the best wishes of a host of friends. People wishing information about their taxes should not wait till the last minute to secure such information. At the close of the season you will not have time to make inquiries owing to the great rush that is sure to follow. Pay your taxes now. The board of public works had very satisfactory conference with Mr. Frederic Minshall Tuesday night and yesterday, and it is likely that he will be employed to prepare plans and specifications for the electric light plant. The board will visit a few towns before fully deciding on the capacity of the plant and other things. We sincerely trust that the effort to induce the coming Methodist Conference to make Dr. J. A. Clifton a presiding elder and have him appointed to preside over this district, will succeed. The people of Orangeburg have become so much attached to Dr. Clifton that they would be greatly pleased if he could be stationed here permanently.?-Orangeburg Patriot. ? A NEGRO KILLED. 7 *?j8 Joe Brown Shot While Resisting Arrest at Woodruff. Spartanburg, Oct. 31.?Joe Brown, a colored barber living on the factory hill at Woodruff, was shot and killed by Policeman Fred Wright of the Woodruff force Sunday afternoon, while resisting arrest. It seems that Brown was addicted to the drink habit, and whenever fall of whiskey, made himself unusually obnoxious. Sunday he was drinking heavily and became obstreperous. Officer Wright attempted to arrest him, and the . . 1 ? m m m M m Mm negro arew a large aniie ana went at tne policeman in a threatening manner. Believing his life to be in imminent danger, the policeman fired. The shot proved fatal. The negro fell and a few minutes afterwards was dead. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that deceased came to his death by a gunshot wound, said gun being in the hands of one Fred Wright, . : J white, in the discharge of his duty. Officer Wright arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and placed himself in the / jj hands of the authorities. Today his counsel, Nicholls & Jones and S. M. Pilgrim, Esq., will argue a motion for bail ? Of before his honor, O. L. Schumpert, who ? is presiding over sessions court. Cotton Crop 9,4-44,314 Bales. Atlanta, October 31.?The Southern Cotton Association today issued a state-v ment compiled from the reports of 17,000 correspondents throughout the cotton * 7 belt, estimating the present crop at v.: 9,444,"314 bales. The statement estimates that 61.3 percent of the crop had been picked and that 54.7 per cent, ginned by October 21. Murray Skips Out. Sumteb. October 31.?Clerk of Court Partott received the remittor in the case of George W. Murray today, but it has not been served, as Murray is not here. It is rumored that Murray has gone to ^ Canada, but the rumor has not been confirmed. A few days ago a deed of trust from Murray to Marion Moise, his attor- ' M ney in the case, to all his property, was placed on record. Carbolic Acid in His Eye. Camden, Oct. 80.?-Mr. W. C. Hough, , J| superintendent of the Camden PressBrick Company, met with an accident on Saturday night which may cost him his right y, eye. When he went home, on Saturday r >>|| night, he was complaining with his eye, t- 3 and asked Mrs. Hough to pour some eye y wash in it, but, unfortunately, Mrs.Hough/ instead of picking up the eye wash, picked up a bottle of-carbolic acid and poured that in his eye. A physician was called in immediately as soon as the mis- ' -^9 take was discovered, but Mr. Hough has < suffered agonies with his eye, and it is feared that the sight has been destroyed. "J Her Mistake. There is one young woman in this town, says the Burkesville, (Ky.) Herald, whose benevolent disposition received a severe shock last Sunday evening. She was at church and sat directly behind a tall, well-dressed stranger with a ravelling ranging in his collar. Being one of those genorous- hearted, whole-souled girls who grow up to be motherly old ladies, a mend or everybody in town, she thought how glad she would be if some kind-hearted girl would do as much for her father were he to go to chnrch with a ravelling hanging down his back. So when the audience rose for the first hymn she concluded to pick it 4 Off. Carefully raising her hand she gave a little twitch, but it was longer than she supposed, and a foot or more appeared. Setting her teeth she gave a pull and about a yard of that horrible thread hung down his back. This was getting embarrassing, but, determined, she gave another yank and discovered that she was unravelling his undershirt. Her discomfiture was so painful that chloroform would not have relievedjher sufferings nor a pint of powder hidden her blushes when the gentleman turned ' with an inquiring look to see what was tickling his neck. The Way to Avoid Damage Suite. Sleeper, the Santa Fe stage driver, answers questions freely and gives the pas sengers a good deal of information that is not called for by their tickets. A nervous old lady was riding down a dangerous looking trail with him once, when she noticed a hatchet lying in the bottom of the stage and inquired why he carried it. "I use that hatchet to knock injured passengers in the head," replied Mr. Sleeper. The old lady gasped with astonishment and drew away from him to the other end of the seat. Sleeper leaned over toward her and in a confidential whisper explained: "We have a good many accidents on this here line. The stage's alius tippin' over and rollin' down precipices, and every time a passenger gits hurt he sues the company for damages. These here damage suits uses up all the profits of stagin' and we'\e had to stop'em. so evorv driver carries a hatchet. When a passenger gits hart we simply knock 'em on the head and throw the body over a precipice and then there ain't no lawsuit.