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1 ? WORST DESERT IN ASIA. First Man Crosses Takla-Makan < Sand in Thirty Years. The Rev. Zuicho Tachibana, a priest of the great West Hongwanji Temple ( at Kyoto, returned to that place re- c cently after five years spent in ex- c ploration in the virgin parts of Cen- c .tral Asia. His journey was under- ( taken for purposes of researcn un- z der the instruction of Count Otani, f the Lord Abbot of the Hongwanji S Temple, and an enthusiastic geogra- s pher. Mr. Tachibana is a young man of 23 years of age, and of such deli- t cate physique that the natives said 1 he must be a woman disguised as a ? man. s Mr. Tachibana proceeded * from t London to Omsk, and thence by stage coach to Semipalatinsk; thence to Turfan in Sin-Kiang ("the new territory") passable roads were found. During his exploration Mr. Tachi- { bana travelled across the Takla-Ma- ? kan desert, which he describes as the I worst of all deserts of Central Asia. ^ I t Neither birds nor even insects are V /N + Vi r\ R. "V % IV UC 1VUUU f j< The desert is a sea of sand where t there is only the wind to hear and the ^ moon to see. The party constantly met sand mountains over 12,000 feet high, and the men began to ^ grumble, fearing that they would be * buried by the constant sand storms. t On arriving at Goma, on the right b bank of the river Tarim, he caused 1 considerable fright among the shepherds, as his was the first party from D the south for thirty years. At first c the shepherds fled,, but were brought * ., back. The feat of crossing the des- 0 ert caused greatest reverence by the ? fjMjv shepherds. n At this point he left the camel c caravan to follow on slowly, while i f _ t' he proceeded on horseback to Kuchar, which place he reached after u three days. This^ is a large town, \ though not to be compared with civ- A ilized cities. "Nevertheless," said r.'k\ . m Mr. Tachibana, "I felt on entering / it as though I had suddenly been put u if;down in Piccadilly." 8 . * Some time was spent in the neigh- Cl borhood of Kashager investigating the buried cities, and afterwards the explorer proceeded through the val- ^ ley to the east of Tzunling to Kho- a tan, the districts previously explored by Dr. Stein (now Sir Marc Aurel ^ Stein.) Thence the party proceed- a v ed to Tibet for the purpose of geo- a ? logical investigation. b Several districts were visited by r< v Mr. Tachibana, which had been omit- ^ ted by Dr. Sven Hedin. These re- ^ o\ gions are absolutely blank on the smaps, and have never been visited *M$'/ before. a * ????? Vvroncrht hnoV are " AEHO.Llg LUC icuvo a quatity of writings of the Wigol 0 tribes, by whom the Buddhist re-, ligion was first introduced into Sin- a Kiang and propagated throughout r( China. This tribe was entirely wiped Ci out by Mohammedan invaders. The 11 writings of the Wigols is from right ^ to left horizontally, and appears to have been produced by reed pens. The writings are on -stones, papyrus r! and paper. r' As soon as the records of the jour- v *-* \ ney have been collated the Hong- ^ wanji Temple will issue a report on Mr. Tachibana's exploration, which will without doubt be eagerly anticipated in scientific circles in Europe and America as well as in Asia.?To- ' kio correspondence London Chron- w icle. m Black Gold Fish. d 01 .Standing out' like an oasis in a desert is the handsome fountain in 0j the center of McCarthy's Circle, at 0 the extreme western end of town, > near the waterworks. It is a surP prising evidence of aesthetic taste, where symptoms of civic pride would 11 hardly be looked for. It is there, ^ nevertheless, running all the time, and brightly illuminated with electric lights, from a circle of iron posts, a: . . . p - at nigni. The most remarkable feature of O 1 tje fountain, however, is the con- J tents of the large basin at the foot of it. In this pool are gold fish, 3 ? which are common enough when they are the color that their name suggests but many of these fish d are silver white with shots and splotches of gold scattered over them, and to cap the climax of freak fish, there are two jet black "gold fish," something heretofore unheard u of by biologists. When Mr. McCarthy, of the neigh- d boring grocery, knocks on the side h of the concrete basin, the fish all flock to that side, to be fed on bis- 11 cuit. They will answer no one else. ai ?Xewbern, N. C , Journal. ti Smoking Crazes Woman. ^ . tl Tampa, Fla., Aug. 15.?Crazed by excessive and constant smoking. Vic- c< toria Ruiz, a Cuban woman, poured w " a gallon of kerosene over her cloth- li ing to-night and lighted a match to v? it. She was burned to a cnsp and ii did not complain once during her horrible suffering. Neighbors, who witnessed the act, were powerless to ^ help the woman. \ KILLS WIFE AND MOTHER. Custody of Child Precipitates Tra, edy in Illinois. Ashton, 111., Aug. 18.?A quarr )ver the custody of a seven-year-o! laughter to-day caused Warren Sai lers to kill his wife, Westanna Sai lers, and his mother-in-law, Mr George Griffith, while the four we: it a railroad depot here. Mrs. Gri ith was shot three times and Mr landed Carr to get in the expres hest, which he had just rifled, an icked him in it. It is thought thi be robber left the train as it slowe p for the Asheville yards. When the train arrived at th isheville station express employee 3und Carr locked in the chest. Whe eleased the express messenger wa nable to give a description of his ai ailar.t, saying that the latter wa Dmpletely masked. The train was an hour late a iiltmore, a fact which the local pc ce department* says the robber wa ware of. The express messenger asserts h ad just finished arranging his paci ges, preparatory to leaving the trai t Asheville, when he was confronte y a masked stranger with a loade svolver, who demanded his monej arr says the robber then bound hi ands and forced him to get into th hest, which he locked. The alarm was quickly given her nd several policefnen were sent tc ard Biltmore on a special trail ther members of the force boarde rain No. 35, which leaves Ashevill t 10:50. It was thought that th Dbber might have attempted to ei ape on this train. At midnight tc ight the police and express official -ere still without a clue. Carr, up to July 21, was a clerk i ae Southern Express office at Ms ion, N. C., when he was given th an from Columbia, S. C., to Ashe ille. Fill Graft on Blind Man Eyes c Condemned Murderer. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 15.?A surg: al operation that would have stag ered the imagination of Poe in hi ildest dreams of fancy is soon t e performed in Atlanta. The eyes of a man condemned t eath for murder are to be take at and put in the sightless socket I a blind man who sells newspaper q the corner of Decatur and Peacl ee street. The condemned man is Robert 1 lay, who killed his wife som lonths ago, and the news boy is Jnc ashion, who lost his sight severs sars ago. Dr. Phinizy Calhoun, eye specialis ad son of the late Dr. Calhoun, ha romised Cashion that he will giv le operation a trial, provided Cla ad his relatives will consent to giv is eyes to blind Cashion, and anott r well known specialist is also -ir crested. The story is one worthy to be han led by a man of genius. Cashion has clung to a hope tha )me day, somehow, his sight woul e restored, just as the child dream lat his dead mother has been mirac lously raised from the grave. When Cashion read that Clay mus ie for murder, that there was n ope of stay or respite, he conceive ie idea of having the condemnei lan's orbs transferred to hirasell ad went to see eye specialists. The ere inclined to treat the proposi ion as absurd and childish, whil om a scientific standpoint the lought it impossible. But Cashion persevered, finall mvinced them the operation \va orth attempting, and Cashion, be eving with implicit faith that h ill see again, is the happiest ma 1 Atlanta. Write for the enterlined collars hey look like linen, need no wast ig, price 2 for 25c. Write F. G IERTINS, Augusta, Ga. Sanders once. Both died almost i] itantly. After the shooting Sanders walke 0 a telephone exchange, told Sheri ^eid, at Dixon, what he had don md then waited an hour till tt ;heriff arrived and took him into cu ody. Killed in Sight of Mother. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 16.?In tl >resence of his mother, who was tc ar away to aid him, Fred A. Smit] iged 5, was run down and killed t 1 street car this afternoon. The be vas trying to follow his mothf icross the street and a wagon pr< rented the motorman from seeir he child until too late. The boc vas badly mangled. Held Up by Lone Robber. Asheville, N. C., Aug. 15.?A lor rain robber, masked and arme< oarded Southern Railway train N< 3, Spartanburg to Asheville, i 0:30 to-night as it was leaving Bil lore, three miles from this city, an overing the express messenger, I \ Carr, of Marion, with a revolve btained a package containing $3 ftfl in hills The robber then con YOU-VG lawyer dies. g- Mr. H. G. Askins Taken Away in 37th Year of His Age. el Lake City, Aug. IS.?Hoxie G. As4 Id kins, Esq., son of Major S. M. Asd kins, died at his residence to-night at q- 11:20 o'clock. Mr. Askins was about s. 37 years of age and has been engaged re in the practice of law for the past f- ten years until about six months ago. s. He was associated with Mr. Graham, n- of Bamberg. Later he returned to his home and opened a law office and id subsequently moved to Kingstree and ff associated himself with Leroy Lee, e, Esq. Mr. Askins was a young man ie of excellent qualities and had a great s- number of friends over the State. He leaves a wife, three children, one i brother, Mr. Willie Askins, and his father, Major S. M. Askins, besides i a* host of relatives and friends. i ie , >o Opium Fed to the Flames. b, )y Four hundred and ninety-three )y taels of smoking opium of one-half Jr pbund each, valued at about $20,000, were consigned to the flames yesterlg day afternoon at the city incinerator ' [y in the presence of Collector of Customs Pendleton, Frank E. Johnson, special agent of the United States treasury department, and a number of deputies from the office of the col, lector. i, The tins containing the "dope," ' were fed into the fire in bunches of it twenty. The operation consumed d about an hour. Under the federal statutes the. S. < opium confiscated in raids is held as ' ' evidence until the cases involving the J ' defendants concerned is disposed of. 1 The material for yesterday's fire had ^ been accumulating about three years. ^ There is at least $3,000 worth more , in the custody of the federal auu thorities. It will be burned as soon as the complaints involving the al- ] k leged smugglers are disposed of.? 1 Los Angeles Times. n ] is Jean Valjean in Real Life. 1 J- i is Philadelphia, Aug. 16.?A Jean ^ Valjean real life was disclosed here ] ii yesterday when Willie Burke, elected , )- a city councilman on the reform tick- ] ,s et, resigned his seat and told how j under the name of Benjamin H. j e Tripp, he had served a long term in j the Massachusetts State prison after n a career of crime in Boston and New . d York. Coming to this city in 1909 < d after completing his sentence, Burke | j. earned a living as a wood cutter, a ? is trade he had learned while in jail. } e Taking an active interest in reform politics, he was prevailed upon to ace cept the nomination to the council. ). Shortly after his election he was reci. ognized by a fellow convict and ] d blackmailed until driven to despera- j e tion, he determined to resign and i e tell his own story. : j- According to Burke's story appear- < >- ing in the Philadelphia Enquirer to- \ is day over his signature, for years be- j fore he became a convict at Boston ] n he had led the life of a thief, a pick- ] pocket, a yeggman and a porch-climb- j e er. When he was arrested, previous ; ?_ to his conviction at Boston, he was called the "prince of flat workers." j He says he started life as a street i waif on the Eastside of New York BClllUg UCncyaptic. "Gopher men," the species of < H crooks who confine themselves to ?" cracking and robbing safes, were the s first of the' underworld he fell in 0 with. They used him, so his story runs, to visit establishments where 0 they thought a safe might be worth n rifling.s Then he drifted in with a gang of s "Moll Buzzers," that class of thieves l" who he explains are pickpockets making a specialty of snatching women's* handbags. After this Burke e says he went west with several ' "yeggmen," and in Chicago, Kansas l1 City and San Francisco in the 80s he 1 was the associate of desperate < thieves. ] s Upon returning to New York he < e became a gambler and then a sneak j y thief. Later he went to Boston, e where, after robbing many houses, < l" he was caught and convicted. 1 l" Judge Bond sentenced him on De- t cember 16, 1896, to not less than L" seven years. ( Upon his release he settled in the ] t mrfhTi-flctorn CPPtinn of this citv i 11U1 tun vgvv*u wwv?.?M w ^ where he worked at his newly learn- ] s ed trade and saved enough money to t buy a little cigar store. He was mar- t ried and had one child. Burke in* sists he has done nothing wrong since 0 the gates of Charlestown prison ^ swung open for him and he stepped ^ into the world a free man. 1 1 ( y Modesty. i- ' j e The dashing young lady was anxious that her aunt, who was rather old fashioned, should look as presentable as possible in her bathing g costume. "Sure, Aunt Ella," said the girl e rather cautiously, "you're not going n to wear vour spectacles in the wa11 i ter?" "Indeed, I am," replied her aunt. * "Nothing shall induce me to take off t- another .thing."?Judge. ? _ i r. i Rub-My Tism will cure you. i * ' . v. ; i KILLED WHEN TANK BURSTS. Terrible Accident at Conway Ends Life oi Fine Young Man. Conway, Aug. 14.?While a mixture of boiling hot rosin, naphtha and benzine was being pumped into one of the tanks in the still house of the chemical works just out on the suburbs of town this morning about 4 o'clock, an explosion occurred which split the tank in two, scalding to death Night Foreman Arthur Burroughs and seriously burning two negro employees, one of whom will die. On account of the accident occurring so early in the morning, and the fact that there were few present at the time of the explosion, details are quite meagre. As yet the management has discovered no cause for the accident, save that which caused the contents to explode. So far as can be learned the material out of which the tanks are constructed are of refined steel and should be able to withstand under ordinary conditions enormous pressure. The prevailing theory is that there was a surplus amount of heat injected in the tank into which the mixture of rosin, naphtha and benzine passed, thus raising the temperature to explosion point. * . ? .1? - r iv. i jusi as soon as me news ui uie accident was received physicians were summoned who took care of Mr. Burroughs and the negroes. They were taken to their respective homes. The burns on Mr. Burroughs were the most serious, he having been scalded over his entire body. He lived only four hours and a half after the accident, passing away this morning at 8:35. Mr. Burroughs is the son of the late F. G. Burroughs, who organized the Burroughs & Collins Co. bere just after the civil war. He possessed one of the most gentle and genial dispositions of any one in town. He always had a smile and pleasant word for every one. He was a gentlgman of the first order, i man of sterling character and attainments, and numbered his friends by the score. He leaves besides a widow, two children, two brothers, F. A. and D. M. Burroughs, of this place, and three sisters, Mrs. J. L. Egerton, of Hendersonville, N. C.; Mrs. E. J. Sherwood, and Miss Lucile Burroughs, of this place, and his mother, Mrs. Adaline Burroughs, of Conway, and a host of friends throughout the State. The funeral service will be conducted to-morrow it Lake Side cemetery. Silver Coins Flew. Ogdenburg, N. Y., Aug. 17.?A horse kicked a remarkable treasure into view on John McEwen's farm on the Canadian side of jthe St. Lawrence river last night. Six pieces of silver flew from the horse's hoof when the animal was being driven across a field. The driver jumped into the horse's tracks and digging with his hands turned up 148 coins, 3 Spanish pieces, 1 British, 1 5-franc piece and 143 United States half dollars. By English law all treasure trove ?oes to the crown, so the coins have been turned over to the police. They date from 1809 to 1821 and tvere found buried in straight rows, standing on edge, only three inches underground. Workmen who built the Rideau eanal were paid in American silver, it being part of the war indemnity paid by the United States to Great Britain. This money was sent to the canal district in kegs, some of tvhich were stolen and never recovered. It is believed the money found is some of that lost 80 years ago. Same Old Story. Washington, Aug. 16.?Representative Legare, Democrat, of South Carolina, to-day was declared by the tiouse entitled to his seat, and a jontest by Aaron T. Prioleau, a ne?ro, was thrown out. Prioleau, a Republican, has filed contests in every congressional elec;ion in the First South Carolina dis;rict for ten years. Until the contest before the present >ne, he was allowed $2,000 for expenses in prosecuting each case. Then ;he sum was materially reduced. Members of the elections committee ;o-day intimated that they would furher reduce the amount. Xeedle Inflicts Fatal Wound. Los Angeles, Aug. 17.?Colvin H. Bullard, formerly a postoffice inspect)r, is at the point of death from a vound made by a sacking needle in n'c nVht tpmnip The needle had leen driven three inches into his lead when he was found in the cemitery at New Hall. There were evilences of a struggle. Torn pieces of i photograph of a young woman, up)n which was written "From Your 3akersfield Sweetheart," were found learby. Bullard's wife lives in Balersfield. The police are searching for a roung woman said to have been seen vith Bullard two hours before he vas found. WILD MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE. Girl Hangs for Eight Hours Over Edge of Precipice. Paris, Aug. 17.?The terrible experience which befell a brother and sister a few days ago easily leads the roll of narrow escapes from death i in the Alps this summer. For eight , long hours Henry Van Goethen, a young German tourist, lay crouched with his feet braced against a boul- ' der, holding the skirts of his sister, Miss Van Goethen, while she hung ; over a percipice nearly half a mile high. The girl with her brother and her fiancee, Maurice Sombardier, ascended Mount Saurosse, and in returning . to the perilous pathway leading to the glacier of Domenon, as they were rounding a granite ledge, clinging to the rock with hands and feet, she slipped and slid away towards the edge of the precipice. , Startled by her shriek for help, 41.^ T ~4.T a a me gin s uruiuer aiiu uancee sprang forward just in time to see her disappearing over the verge. The i brother threw himself flat on the smooth rock and slid forward just in time to grasp the hem of her skirt as she was going over. Luckily his foot came against a small projecting boulder on the very edge of the precipice. Beyond that, : he was helples^ Sombardier tried to pull the two back, but could not. < "Run for help," the brother cri^d between gritting teeth, fearful that i even the slightest tug in -pulling them back might tear his' sister's i skirt and send her crashing down 2,400 feet into the rocks below. Som- : hardier ran back down the moun-!; tain. ' The girl's arms had been injured : in the fall and she was unable to : help herself. Dangling there in>; space, she could see, far below float- j ing clouds, through which she ex- j pected every minute to be hurled. Farther down she could see tiny ; specks, the houses of an Alpine vil- 1 1 o era All + Vio titqHntitti tttoo oViojsv , AJkl X IUV " UJ uv n U TT UL) kJUV/Vl j 1 J WHICH BAPWC tls your money hid away in an i where the burglar is likely 1 locked up tight in our vau] (C, massive steel safe, but by t 3 well? You do not perhaps your money is in when kept gft. day the newspapers tell of ~2 this habit. If you would slei edge that your money is per ? once and open an account wi ~S no chances. 4 EHRHARDT BAN J, EHRHARDT r=ocro i Screen Doors In order to make room for ott remainder of our stock of Scree: J ABS0LU1 O HWe have in stock a large lot V _1 XlA' ^ jars m an sizes, aiso quauuue Economy Jar Tops, and a genera! Material. I A. H H THE HARDWARE MAN. I'll?jono* Saves Expei rWAS NECESSAR have a personal talk \ city. The journey v with several important e that day. He used the Long D had a satisfactory talk wii was able to keep all his en The Long Distance I the efficiency of business rr needs. It can serve you and economy. By the way, ha SAB SOUTHERN AND TELEC \ i*. fJLi Jaiu .... .-^ Xegro Killed at Florence. Florence, Aug. 16?Jerome Wilson stabbed Caesar Shaw to death /J ? here late this afternoon. Both parv 5S& ties are negroes. The affair occurred in a shanty car of a work train standing in the yards in East Front 3 street soon after the work train entered the yards. As soon as Wilson committed the deed he made good his escape. Chief of Police Brunson is making every effort to run him to ^ - J bay and has notified all neighboring towns. Wilson is from Mayesville, 3. C., and is 16 or 18 years old. He is gingercake color, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, and weighs about 130 pounds. When last seen he wore a black hat, light blue shirt and blue overalls. precipice and jagged rocks. The sight took away her consciousness and thus saved the girl's reason. Twilight came, still the young man, tired to exhaustion, clutched the skirts of his sister. Minutes seemed hours. Hours seemed cenhivfao U/, - VI- Jt - -A. tunco. iic wiruiu uui Luuve LllS tee I. for fear of losing his toe hold on the boulder and going with his sister down to death. At first^he held fast to the skirts with both hands, then, as that straining position rendered him nearly mad with pain, he alternated his hands every few minutes, turnig the freed hand around rapidly to ease the Btrained muscles. >$$18 Twilight gave way to darkness, . g and still the brother clung to his sister. At last the faint shouts-of a rescuing party came up the mountain pathway. It had taken Sombardier three hours to go down the mountain, and five more to gather a party of capable mountain climbers and return. / When the rescue party succeeded . In drawing the young woman from the precipice, her brother fainted. ' ^ He is now suffering from a severe brain shock. His sister will undoubt edly recover from her injuries. DO YOU USE t . l old trunk, closet or bureau, l| to find it any night, or is it 27 It, protected not only by a mr imple burglar insurance as Mm realize what great danger t t around the house. 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