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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOU!
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Readini
Pungent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
* The Aiken-Augusta trolley line is to h
extended to Columbia, and a charter hai
been applied for.
John G. Capers, now district attorney
but who is to be succeeded by Ernest F
Cochran, of Anderson, has gone to Wash
ington to try to find out the nature of th<
charges against him.
Congressman Wyatt Aiken says h<
filed the charges at the department ii
Washington which caused District At
torney John G. Capers to lose his office
Mr. Aiken has done the State a good ser
vice.
^ - Testimony is being taken in the Unitec
States Coort in Charleston this week ii
regard to the missing ledgers of the
Union cotton mills. The matter coma
. up in the bankruptcy proceedings againsl
Thos. C. Duncan.
The Augusta chamber of commerce haf
made Mr. E. J. Watson, of Columbia, ar
offer of $3,000 a year to assume the dutiet
. of secretary of that body. Mr. Watsor
is now commissioner of immigration oi
South Carolina, and his salary is onlj
$1,900-a year.
D. F. AmmonR a prosperous merchani
, of Marion, committed suicide last Saturr
day by taking morphine. He had threatened
to commit suicide because he could
not stop getting drunk, and it is presumed
that he committed the act while in a
despondent condition.
; - J. C. Holstein, of McCormick, was killed
in that town last Tuesday by Wade
Cothran. Cothran was resisting arrest
by the town marshal, and Holstein was
'% ? - ' called in to assist in disarming Cothran.
^; In the struggle oyer the pistol it was disMmM
charged, fatally wounding Holstein.
^ The county board of election commissioners
of Laurens county last Saturday
f decided that there was no legal election
held in that county on the dispensary
question. Counsel for both sides gave
notice of appeal. The official count, in.
V eluding the contested boxes, gave "no
; ^ - - dispensary" 67 majority.
Press Crawford, an operative in the
Easley cotton mill, was struck by the
k Southern's fast train near Greenville last
Monday night and instantly killed. He
. was said to have been drinking heavily
during the day. The engineer said the
man stood in the center of the track and
Jip < . made no effort to get out of the way, al||p
though he could have done so.
^ John G. Capers says Congressman
Wyatt Aiken was actuated by personal
. motives in preferring charges against
J ^ him. ThisMr. Aiken denies, but says
even if it were true, the president and attorney
general would hardly have re
moved Capers because Aiken didn't like
f lv\ him. That there must have been somejp
f thing in the charges made, or Capers
would have kept his job.
The body of the late Robert Keith Darr.
gan was disinterred last Friday by consent
of the family, in the presence of a
number of people, including representatives
of the insurance company which
had declined to pay the policy of $25,000
a? life There was a body in the
>4#\jt:T :-i VI* AMW M*v? ? ? ? w
grave, which was positively identified as
that of Dargan, and the insurance com.
pany is now satisfied and will pay the
- amount of the policy at once.
At a largely attended meeting of Texas
farmers last week it was unanimously
agreed that the quail?commonly called
partridge?is the surest and safest destroyer
of the boll weevil. All agreed in
' the opinion that if the Bob Whites
could be let entirely alone for five years
'v' the boll weevils would be completely exterminated
and king cotton be secure
again on his-throne.
The Jamestown Exposition Company
has finished its plans for six more build^
ings and contracts for their erection will
be let in-a short time. These buildings
are a mpdel school, a pottery building,
, iron working shop, copper, silver and
wood working building, textile building
and Pocahontas Hospital, all of which
will be included in one group to be known
as the arts and crafts group.
A clergyman once preached a long sermon
from the text: uThou art weighed
in the balance and found wanting." After
the congregation had listened about
an hour some oegan to get weary and
went out; others soon followed, greatly
^ to the annoyance of the minister. Another
person started, whereupon the parson
stopped his sermon and said: "That
is right, gentlemen, as fast as you are
weighed pass out." He continued his
sermon at some length after that, but no
one disturbed him by leaving.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Washington, a
negro farm hand at Durant, Miss., has
caused a furore by suddenly turning
white. He is 4o years old and was bom
black. He had a strange illness and
twelve years ago nature began purging
his blood of pigment. With the exception
* 11 ?nn fiic Iwrlvr hie akin is
OI Small ay\j\io v/u uu ?
white. His kinky hair and other negro
characteristics remain. Other negroes
near Durant are also becoming spotted.
It is believed they will turn white in th
same manner.
All of our winter clothing at cost foi
cash. Armstrong- Johnson-Brabham Co.
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YOUNG LADIES ATTACKED ON STREET
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, Drunken Negro Brute Made Bold Attack Upon
' Three Young Ladies in Central Portion
of Town.
} Greenyille, Jan. 20.?Miss Stella
Grice, accompanied by her sister, Miss
May Grice, and a young lady who is in
3 this city as their guest, was struck and
3 slightly injured tonight abont 8 o'clock
on Coffee street near Main by Sam
Hawkins, s half drank negro, who was
' afterwards captured by three young men,
' who came to the aid of the young ladies
when screams for help were heard.
2 Hawkins struck Miss Grice with some
kind of instrument, approaching from the
- rear, and when she turned to look he
i tried to catch hold of her, but sbe was
- able,to free herself from his grasp, at the
same time crying for help. Her sister
and the young lady who accompanied
them, cried for help, which was answeri
ed by the three young men who were
t near and who later ran Hawkins down
i and placed him in the custody of officers
i of the law. The negro attempted several
t times, following the first attack upon
Miss Grice, to reach her but she managed
j to keep out of his way with the assistance
t of her companions until help came. Upon
, the approach of the three men Hawkins
L fled, but was soon captured. The names
j of the young men who bravely went to
r the assistance of the ladies could not be
learned.
Hawkins seemed bent on evil. He
' might have been in such a drunken
state as to have been senseless, but many
who saw him afterward doubt this.
The spot where the young ladies were
attacked was dark, and the street was
practically deserted at that point, though
it is in the centre of the city. It is thought
Hawkins followed them some distance
s until this place was reached, when he at1
tempted to attack the young ladies.
A determined crowd was soon formed
' in the neighborhood of the affair and it
seemed for a time that Hawkins might be
severely dealt with but cooler heads gave
- counsel and no attempt was made to take
r him from the hands of the officers. The
i attack was a daring one, probably one of
' the boldest ever attempted in this city.
! Hawkins said he was employed at the
- Southern Railway yards. He is known
> to the police department and his reputation
is anything but good.
Committed Suicide by Jumping Into Well.
; Swansea, Jan. 18.?Mrs. Noel Sharpe,
. who lived near Gaston, committed suicide
, about 12 o'clock last night by jumping
, into a* well, which is about 100 feet deep.
I She left the house and as she did not
: return in a reasonable time, the family
began a search for her and found that
the well ffztures had been moved.
vttAfl tnbon ffAm tKo TTol 1
1UC uvju y ifoo aav/ua vuv t? v*?
about 12 o'clock today. The right side
of her face was considerably bruised.
She leaves a husband and several children.
Mrs. Sharpe was at Lexington court
house yesterday on a law suit of some
kind.
leanlng an Old Clock. '
Have any of the readers of the National
a clock they value that seems to be
near the end of its career of usefulness?
Does it skip a beat now and then and
when it begins to strike seems to be in
1 pain? Let me tell you what to do. Take
a bit of cotton batting the size of a hen's |
' egg, dip it in kerosene and place it on the
floor of the clock in the corner, shut the
! door of the clock and wait three or four
days. Your clock wfil be like a new one?
skip no more, it will strike as of old, and
as you look inside you will find the cotton
batting black with dust. The fumes
of the oil loosen the particles of dust and
they fall, thus cleaning the clock. I have
tried it with success.?National Magazine.
Verdict Reduced.
Judge D. E. Hydrick has just settled the
verdict in the case of Read vs. the Southern
railway, by cutting the verdict of $40,
000 to $20,000. Read was a young engineer
who was killed in the wreck at Badham's
on April 2 of last year. His estate
sued for the amount indicated and a motion
for a new trial was made, but the
amount was reduced.
Killed by Tram Car.
Florence, Jan. 20.?A shocking accident
happened a few miles from this city
this morning about 8 o'clock on Rankin's
tram road. Connie Askins, a young
white man, about 20 years old, and his
brother attempted to get aboard one of
the flat cars of the log train as it was
passingtogo to Winona, and young Connie
Askins missed his hold and fell underneath
the car. His head and body
were terribly mangled, his head being
nearly severed from the body.
Coroner Cooper went out this morning
and held an inquest over the dead body.
Mr. Askins was a young man of much
promise and his untimely death is deDlored
bv a host of friends.
; SPOILED HER BEAUTY,
i Harriet Howard, of W. 34th St., New
i York, at one time had her beauty spoiled
. with skin trouble. She writes: "I had
! salt rheum or eczema for years, but nothing
would cure it, until I used Bucklen's
Arnica Salve." A quick and sure healer
for cuts, burns and sores. 2oc at J. B.
, Black's and H. F. Hoover's,
BARNWELL BAR MEETING.
The County Court Proposition Referred to
a Committee.
Barnwell, Jan.?20.?Hon. J. E. Har
ley, member of the legislature from Bam
well county, called a meeting of the Barn
well1 bar today at 12 o'clock to determine
their wishes in regard to DUtting before
the legislature a bill to establish a county
court in Barnwell county. The meeting
was held in the law offices of Bates &
Sims, a majority of the members of th<
bar being present. Judge B. T. Rice was
elected chairman of the meeting. Mr
Harley put before the bar his plan for i
county court and after discussing th(
matter at length it was decided to leav<
it to a committee to be appointed by th(
chairman. The sentiment of the bar as
far as can be learned is in favqr of having
the court established.
A building boom seems to have beer
started here at last. J. K. Snelling has
recently completed and moved into hi;
new home; the Misses Holmes haveaneal
cottage under erection; the Baptist churcl
is having a large and commodious parson
age built and Mr. W. J. Lemon will in the
near future have a handsome residence
erected.
Mrs. James 0. Patterson left on the 15tt
instant for Washington, D. C., where she
goes to jqin Hon. James 0. Patterson
congressman from the second district.
Assessed Value of Farm Lands.
Last week Comptroller General Jones
gave out some figures as to the average
value of farm lands the various counties
of the State for 1905. The assessed average
value per acre for 1905 is as follows:
* vi sn?. 44 AT
v
Aiken 3 14
Anderson 5 36
Bamberg .. 3 06
Barnwell 4 OC
Beaufort 2 21
Berkeley 1 14
Charleston '3 04
Cherokee 4 38
Chester 4 32
Chesterfield 1 4f
Clarendon 2 4(
Colleton 1 58
Darlington 3 95
Dorchester 1 45
Edgefield 3 91
Fairfield 3 08
Florence 3 S"!
Georgetown 1 31
Greenville 4 2'
Greenwood 5 2<
Hampton 1 5'
Horry 1 13
Kershaw 2 38
Lancaster 2 75
Laurens 4 98
Lee 4 lfi
Lexington 2 28
Marion 3 3(
Marlboro 4 58
Newberryl 4 95
Oconee 2 3(
Orangeburg 2 91
Pickens 3 1C
Richland 8 42
Saluda 4 42
Spartanburg 4 75
Sumter * 3 *4fi
Tin ion 3 58
Williamsburg 1 4C
York *4 57
The Delineator for February.
For the woman of fashion, the February
Delineator, with its display of Spring
styles, is a most attractive number. Beside
the fashions there is (uuch of interest
for the general reader, and the departments
concerning the practical householder
have been abundantly contributed
to. There are short stories by Zona Gale
and Margaret Beauchamp, with an interesting
travel sketch entitled "In Cairo
with a Camera," by Horace Wyndham.
Miss Winslow's story of club life "The
President of Quex" is continued gaining
much in interest. The "Collector's Manual"
is concluded with an article on "Old
Time Lights." For the children there is
a delightful girl's serial "Sunlight and
Shadow" one of Alice Brown's "Gradual
Fairy Tales," and amusing games by Lina
Beard. Mothers will find Dr. Murray's
paper on "Exercise and Physical Culture"
particularly helpful, and the numerous
pages devoted to matters of housewifely
interest, such as cookery, gardening,
house furnishing, etc., will prove to be ol
equal interest to the young housewife.
Give Dumb Brutes Proper Attention.
At this season when the dumb animals
need the best attention they are oftentimes
most neglected. All stock ought to
be warmly housed, regularly watered and
well fed, which will not likely be done
unless the owner gives personal attention
to it. The man in whose breast beats a
warm, sympathetic heart will subject himself
to some exposure and personal discomfiture
in order to properly provide for
his stock. Furthermore, careful attention
given to stock in midwinter yields large
returns in dollars and cents. The cows
increase in milk and the horses and males
will be strong, ready for the heavy work
of preparing the soil for planting.
It's good for the sick and well and excellent
for the young and well. All doctors
recommend SHAW'S PURE MALT.
For sale at the Dispensary.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
. News Items Gathered All Aronnd j
the County and Elsewhere. <
> Hartzog Happenings.
> Hartzog, January 22.?Farmers are
r slow about starting their farms, but will
j get a move on them now. The weather
s is very warm now, and a good many
) butchered last week. It is in bad shape
} now.
Rev. T. L. Belvin preached at Zion
i yesterday.
? . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rhoad visited relai
tives near Ruffin Saturday and Sunday.
) A good many young people attended
3 the quarterly meeting at Little Swamp
y yesterday.
Mr.O. W. Hunter is haviDg his buildl
ing put up as fast as possible. He will
3 soon move in the Rhoad neighborhood.
3 Messrs. Carter and Copeland are putting
t up the building. We will welcome Mr.
l Hunter and family in this community.
Blackville News.
%
? Blackville, Jan. 22.?J. A. Davidson,
postmaster here, fell dead in the office .
tonight at 7 o'clock. He was talking to 1
1 his assistant when he fell and had pulse 1
> for only about five minutes. Davidson, J
though a colored man, had the respect (
' and good will of all the white people.
They were signing his petition to be re- ?
appointed when his term was out. He c
had been suffering for some time with i
. trouble and his sudden end was
not a great surprise to those who knew .
him. He had some nice property in
town, the postofflce building being his
property. *
A heavy storm struck the outer edge of
the town tonight, blowing down the colored
Baptist church, Odd Fellows' hall
and several houses and tearing the roof
off the cotton warehouse. It is still raining
hard and very threatening.
Capers Will Demand Complete Hearing.
Washington, D. C., January 22.?Mr.
John G. Capers arrived in Washington
last night, but he declined to be interviewed
at this time upon the district Attorney
matter or his visit here except to
say that he was not here even remotely
to oppose Mr. Cochran for the position
of district attorney and that he was here
for the sole purpose of ascertaining what
it was that had been filed against him
and the authors of the charges. "I have
done nothing dishonorable," he said. "1
will have that statement issued officially ,
if there is any proper way on earth an ^
Americas citizen can see an indictment
filed against him."
Mr. Capers feels a deep sense of out- j
rage, and added in conversation that he i
had convicted 16 safe blowers and burg- ,
' lars who are now in the Atlanta peniten- (
* tiary and that every one of them had (
1 heard the indictment read, had challenged (
* some of the jurors, cross-examined the {
1 witnesses against them and taken the (
' witness stand to make a statement in j
* their own behalf. "In view of this," he (
* said, "I have a faint idea that I am en- ?
titled to at least that much considers|
tion" , s
! He expects to go tomorrow to the de- t
( partment of justice and possibly the r
1 president and demand a statement.? j
1 Zach McGhee in Columbia State. ,
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) Log Cabin Sentiments. c
Long ez de lamp hold out ter burn dar's J
hope fer you; but you better save money ^
now, so's w'en de long night come, you
won't run short er kerosene. .
' Some folks rises so high in life dat
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folks down below looks too small fer dem
' ter take notice of; but dey clean fergits
dat ter dem very folks dey look mighty
' small, deyse'f.
De angels is boun' ter hear de po' man
1 w'en he cry ter 'um, kaze sometimes he
so hongry he don't let up 'en give 'um a 13
1 chance ter rest.
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i Killed Accidentally. I
Union, January 22.?Saturday afternoon
about 3 o'clock Johnnie Steppe ac- u
cidentally shot and instantly killed Sam
1 Whitener. The boys, both of whom were
white, were out hunting with several oth- .
1 era. Steppe threw his gun, which seems
' to have been cocked, across his shoulder, *
i - ?
; causingit to discharge, the load striking
Whitener in the head and blowing it al1
most to pieces. c
Steppe is about 12 years of age, and ^
; Whitener was some three years older. A. t
8. Whitener, the dead boy's father, is a ^
hard-working and highly respected employe
of the Union Cotton Mills. The
sad accident is universally regretted, and
I Wi? WbifonAn boo tbo arrmnotbt? nf fbo
iUA> IT U1IIOUV1 uno vuw OJ ui^/wvuj va vuv
community. The verdict of the coroner's ^
jury was in accordance with the above
stated facts.
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The Lancaster Shooting. tl
Lancaster, January 18.?Dr. E. S. McDow,
who has been in jail since the shooting
of Mr. Hazel Witherspoon on the 6th ^
instant, was granted bail this afternoon v
in the sum of $500 by Magistrate Caskey, E
physicians having certified that Mr. With- ^
erspoon is out of danger. <?
Attorney Trantham, of Camden, is Dr. d
McDow's counsel. Mr. Witherspoon, I
who is now able to be up, went over to t:
Chester last evening and had the bullet in a
his body located by means of the x-ray. h
The ball was found next to the third rib, r
bnt was not removed, as it is doing no J
harm. - t
SUICIDE FOR LOVE.
Miss Sallie Ham, of Timmonsville, Kills Her.
self in Darlington.
Darlington, January 18.?Miss Sallie
Sam committed suicide here today about
2.30. She was boarding with her cousin,
r. K. Doyle, and attending the graded
school and had just returned fiom a holilay
visit to her mother, Mrs J. F. Ham, 1
rimmon8ville. Not the slightest intima*
tftn nn her nort was iriven nf her inten.
ion. She was about 19 years old and |
lad declared she did not intend going to
tchool any longer. Her mother and
srother came up today to see her, and she
appeared to be in her usual spirits, and
;hey had just dined with her and left the
louse, where she was staying, when the
fatal shot was fired. They were overtak- 1
;n and notified of the tragedy, and reurned
to town at once. ~
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle were dining after 1
ihe other members of the family, includng
Miss Ham, had dined, and as they
;ook their places at the table they heard
i pistol shot ring out in the house. Investigation
revealed Miss Ham lying on :
he floor in her room, with a smoking revolver
by her left side, the fingers of her (
eft hand burned with powder, and a bul- 1
et hole in her chest, just above her heart. 1
ler clothing was on fire at the point of |
mtrance of the bullet. Mrs. Doyle extinguished
the fire before it had done any !
lamage, the place burned being not much 1
arger than the bullet hole. (
Miss Ham had just returned to her res- ;
dence from a visit, with Mrs Doyle, down- '
own, where they had purchased new hats, j
ind two minutes before the fatal shot j
vas fired she was showing the new hats ]
o the members of the family with appar- '
intly much elation. - j
It is reported that Miss Ham wished to
narry a young man of the Timmonsville
lection, and that, instead of consenting o
the marriage, her mother had sent her ,
o Darlington to school, in order to get ;
ler away from home, and to prevent, if *
jossible, the marriage, to which she was
rery much opposed. (
Coroner J.N. Clanton held an inquest
his afternoon, and the verdict of the jury
vas that the deceased came to her death ,
>y a self-inflicted wound.
"The Praying Skipper.*'
Did you ever sail from New Orleans
icross the Gulf and up the Atlantic coast,
with a great big, good-natured, white*
whiskered captain, who held revival
heetings on the way, and who ruled his
jrew by the Word? There is a story in
McClure's for February by Ralph D.
Paine, called "The Praying Skipper"
which is an account of just this kind of a
Captain. So clearly is his character
Irawnthat one wonders if the author
lidn't take such a trip with him. There
ire so many stories of the sea, and the
jhanges have been so often rung on the
imited situations presented by the briny
leep, that it is refreshing to read this
itory of Paine's. After all there is a fascination
about the sea, that still makes a ;
itrong appeal when it isn't deadened by j
he old, old plot and the old, old "shiver i
ny timbers" vocabulary, Paine has
ound something new and he has made a '
jood deal out of it. The young owner (
>f the line doesn't approve of Praying
Jkjppers, and he takes a trip on this par
icular boat; but a great many things 1
lappen .on that trip and the captain j
hows him a light. * ?. L. Blumenschien's i
[lustrations are in keeping with the i
pirit of the yam. j
Bonar's fine dress hats at cost for cash. 1
Armstrong-Jobnson-Brabham Co. \
A Horrible Accident. ;
Gbeenyille, Jan. 20.?Buried to his ]
leek in a boiling rat of "still slop," into
rhich he fell, Ollie Smith, a 10-year-old
'ou'ih, was mortally injured today at
lector's government distillery, four miles i
elow this city. # ]
The youth went to the distillery to get 1
still slop" for bis father, as he had been 1
iccustomed to doing, and had leaned i
gainst a scantling nailed above a vat i
nto which boiling slop had just been i
toured. The timber which bore his 1
reight gave way and he fell feet fore^
aost into the fiery fluid. His agonizing i
tries brought assistance, but as his body
vas tenderly lifted from his perilious and 1
torrible position, the skin peeled from <
he body and the brave little fellow, who i
ore his suffering with remarkable brav- 1
ry, lost consciousness. His death is only i
, matter of time. <
Dr. W. C. Black was summoned and i
a company with other physicians ren- 1
ered all the aid possible. The boy is a t
ephew of Mr. Rector, proprietor of the t
istillery. He is said to be a bright lad
nd the accident is peculiarly unfor- ,
iinate.
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A GRIM TRAGEDY i
i daily enacted, in thousands of homes, j
s death claims, in each one, another
ictim of consumption or pneumonia. .
tat when coughs and colds are properly 1
reated, the tragedy is averted. F. G. c
luntley, of Oaklandon, Ind., writes:
My wife had consumption and three
octors gave her up. Finally she took
)r. King's New Discovery for consump- r
ion, coughs and colds, which cured her, r
nd today she is well and strong." It s
ills the germs of all diseases. One dose s
elieres. Guaranteed at 50c and $1.00 by s
. B. Black and H. F. Hoover. Trial I
ottle free. * a
Mm Drops Dead While Reading His Bible. J
Piedmont, Jan. 16.?While sitting in
front of his fire reading the Bible, J. F. -M ' |
Shirely, sixty-fire years of age, dropped
dead at his home in this place.al 9 o'clock ,
last night. Mr. Shirely was a healthy ,
man tn nil tnnatNiiM* nntil th? mnmiint -
before the end. He did not complain of . jf
feeling unwell and had eaten a hearty
He was a great believer in religion and;
as had been his custom for years, had tak* .
en out his Bible and begun to reiki, when J|
he suddenly fell forwardjto the floor. Dr.
Donald was summoned and arrived in a
few minutes, but Mr. Shirely was already
dead. Heart disease, the physicians say, . --|??|||
was the cause of his death. \J||
His wife, five sons and one daughter
survive. Mr. Shirely had been a resident ' -31111
for many years. He was a member of the -ilS
Baptist church. Magistrate Mitchell was ; ^
consulted, but decided that an inquest
was unnecessary.
He Knew His Life's Talue. '{M
Robert Burns was once standing on a ;J^hk|w
u...:.... tk. ?.... i.... .? nji. Ei
iuug pie* uu wuo wBbct uuuv ui uum* - ,<>gm
burgh. A well known and wealthy mer*
chant, walking by, stumbled and fell into
the water. He could not 'swim, and so
sank. When he arose for the third time
nobody dared to saved him, but an old '
weather-beaten sailor, at the risk of hia vjjSBgg
own life, ran up the pier, and, jumping
in, rescued the man.
The gentleman had been worked over '
juite a while before he became conscious .VvV^S^|
md when he realized the situation.he rewarded
his rescuer with whai. in our SSI'S
money would amount to 26 cents. A&
this the crowd which had gathered* '
knowing his wealth, hooted ana jeered. ' %
But Burns, who was standing by, quieted ' .<||B
^"Surely the gentleman knows what his ^
Skimming Xt I.JS
."If yon are going to give a pan of milk*
don't skim it nrst, the old grandmother
used to say; meaning, if you are going to
do a favor don't spoil it by an ungracious *
word or manner. gggH
Haven't we noticed how much of this ' .':^M%^^a
"skimming" goes on in ordinary family
"Another errand? I never can go down
town without a half dozen commissions!" rr^aafl
complained Bob, when his sister asked \ rffiB
him to bring a book from the library. He
never refuses to oblige; he does not count
it an inconvenience; he only takes the -
cream off his kindness.
lifRt -.1 _r J - t-ttJ
" i nose gioves nppeu again: wcianw y:jwmr&Bm
Mary, when John wants her to take a few
stitches. "It seems to me they always % <J|?j
need mending when I am in a harry with ^"3^1
something else." She would be shocked
at his going shabby and distressed if any
one thought her unwilling to render snc&r^V^^^gB
an office, ont she makes it a little unpleasant
to ask the favor. . t
The children follow the fashion. Tom-'
my shuts the door at Bridget's request. but
he grumbles at having to leave his ' 3gj9|
top. Susie goes to the door when she is
sent, but she departs with the protest that 1 SiBijB
it is Tommy's turn. Thus all day long, ; fj^ '?^ffl
people who love one another, skim the ;-;-*feaw|
sweetness from every service they render. '
Wives Bought by the Foot.
The Chinese purchase wives by 'the M
foot, but the smaller the measurement the i'pjB
greater the cost. When a Chinaman of .
the wealthier class wantt to marry he
sends around for samples, and finally se- . '
lects a foot that suits him and is within v^gl
the reach of his purse. A difference of
sn inch or so in the length may make a
lifference of several thousand dollar*. *J . ?sJS ||ggl
SICKENING SHIVERING FITS ;3fi
of ague and malaria, can be relieved and
cured with Electric Bitters. This is a - $38
pure, tonic medicine; of especial benefit
m malaria, for it exerts a true curative V ^ragifl
influence on the disease, driving it en
tirely out of the system. It is much to
be preferred to quinine, having none of
this drug's bad after effects. E. S. Mun- '': '
lay of Henrietta, Tex., writes: "My
brother was very low with malarial fever
md jaundice, till he took Electric Bitters. /^gg
which saved his life. At J. B. Black's ana
EL F. Hoover's; price 50c, guaranteed.
Capers Says Snap Judgment Was Taken. . '/sfl V!^S
Greenville, Jan. 18.?District Attor- :cK^hB1^
uey Capers and'his friends here are earprised
that the president did not allow -M
the former an opportunity to deny the^ Jm
leged charges said to have been filed by ^
some one with the department of justice ' *{1S
In an effort to prevent Mr. Capers securing
the judgeship of the proposed new. . |B^||
When seen tonight,Mr. Capers had * M
nothing to say abont his fatore plans or ?*s|| ^
whether he intended to resign as RepubLican
national committeeman. Mr. Capsrs
said he had seen the published state- .
ments that charges had been filed against
aim and that he knew nothing further
ibout it, that he did not know the author ^
ar authority of the charges, to what they - '
referred, whether personal or official, and v
lad never received a line officially as to ^
he alleged charges from any of the anihorities
in Washington. '
"I should think, however," Mr. Capers
tided, "that there should be some way to .dj
iscertain what the charges are and who "
nade them. I shall certainly spare no /
>ains," he said, "to find out that much,
wholly regardless of the office, for there
s no four year term to a man's character
?f which I am aware."
GREATLY IN DEMAND.
Nothing is more in demand than a
nedicine which meets modern require- ::$m
uents for a blood and system cleanser,
uch as Dr. King's New Life Pills. They
ire just what you need to cure stomach
ind liver troubles. Try them. At J. B. '
Hack's and H. F. Hoover's. 25c, guaranteed.
x$jsrB