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VOL. I. NO. 39. . CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, OCOBER 27, 1904. Sl.SO Per Year.
PROGRESS OF EASTERN WAR
After Heavy Slaughter and Hard Fighting On
Both Sides There is a Loll
tUMPAflM BfUMIIM A BltW
A Itopm of the CMCMtratiM tf 20r
? 000 duaiaiM Ntrttaaat ?f Lie Yanfl
Qivtt RIm to the MM That Ml*
Attack May Take That Olfaction?
Part Arthur Flaat laU to ha Owt
* aid* tha Harbor?Cold Causing Suf
fering Among tha Treopa.*
So far as the dispatches from the
hr East show, there has been no
change In relative positions of the
hostile arm tea confronting each other
on the line of the 8hakhe river.
There Is an unconfirmed report that
a Russian force of 20,000 men have
been concentrated at Keuta Pass, 20
miles northeast of Ltao Yang, which
may be Indicative of the direction in
which Kuropatkin Is to strike his
next blow. * Upwards of 20,000 of the
Russian soldiers wounded In the bat
tle of Shakhe have reached Harbin.
Cold weather Is causing suffering to
the armies in the field, although It
has wrought an improvement In the
renditions fcr the movements of
troops. A report has reached St. Pe
tersburg, but lacks confirmation, that
the Port Arthur fleet has left Its an
chorage in the harbor and has tsken
up a opaliion in the roadstead. -
Kuropatkin Will Try Again.
St. Petersburg. By Cable.?There Is
no chance in the relative position of
the armies on the Shakhe river.
General Sakharofl telegraphs' that' the
Russians have been bombarding
Ioimutlng and the Buddhist torn pie
at Linshinpu, while the Japanese have
fceen shelling the Russian position at
*8hakhe and near Lindhlnpu. An As
sociated Press dispatch from Mukden
reports that the Japanese arc forti
fying an important height south of
Shakhe, and that neither side shows a
disposition either to advanbe nor re
tire. Another Associated Press dis
patch from the Russian front says the
situation Is not yet ripe for the re
sumption of the offensive. This mca
Kre but significant admission, all that
the censor allows to pass over the
wires, doubtless indicates that Gener
al Kuropatkin is maturing important
plans and distributing his forces in
readiness for another attempt to
break the Japanese resistance. The
winds are now dried by the winds and
frost; the cold is (intense and flooded
.fields have been frozen. Thus mili
tary movements are facilitated though
at the same time it will be more dif
ficult to carry on intrenching work.
An Associated Press ? dispatch from
the Russian front gives a rumor that
the Russian forces made a detour to
the west, arriving abreast of Liao
Yang, but there is no confirmation of
this report. Great impoitance is at
tached to a report from Tokio that 200
Russians have crossed the Taitse riv
er east of Bwislhu and that 20,000
are concentrated at Kauta Pass, 20
miles northeaftt: This may indlcato
the direction of Kfciropatktin's next
blow, or possibly it is Intended to dis
concert the Japanese and compel
them to weaken their force on the
railroad. Whatever Kuropatkln's ul
timate object may be, there Is no
doubt that he is desirous of obtaining
the most relisble Information as to
the number and disposition of the
force opposing kia loft dank. The
Cossacks may bo relied upon to har
rass the Japanese lino of oommnni*
cnttoa. besides reconnoitering.. Gen
eral Kuropatldn is with the centre of
his army. On October 21st he per
sonally conveyed the congratulations
of Emperor Nicholas to Ooont Pou
loff and the Nineteenth Rifles for the
capture of bono Tree Hill.
The Japanese estimnte that the
Russlah loss In the battle will reach
60,000 is not conflrmod here.
A telegram from Hsrbln reports the
pssssgc north of 26,000 wounded. The
lemainder, who are quartered in hos
pitals at Mukden, cannot exceed a
few thousands. .
?0,000 Russians Dsad. ?
Tokio, By Gable?Msnchurlan head
quarters, reporting by telegraph yes
terday, ssys the number of Russian
dead found on the battlefield and in
terred up to October 22, makes a to
tal of 10,565. Upon this total, Rus
sian casualties are estimated to ex
ceed 60,000. The Jspsnese captured
a total of 45 guns during the 8hskhe
operations. The report of the Msn
churisn headquarters follows:
"The enumerated spoils, etc., of
the battle of Shskhe follow:
"Prisoners, about 500; enemy's dead
left on the field, 10,500; guns, 35;
27 ammunition wagons; 5,547 rifles;
78,000 small arms ammunition; num
ber swords. shovels, axes snd tents.
Besides the enumerated property, the
uncounted property, extending over a
territory of 25 miles, will reach an
enormous quantity.
"The enemy's dead is being inter
red with military honors.
"According to the number of dead,
tho Russian casuslties sre estimsted
at over 60,000."
Captured 14 Japaness Quna.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?General
Kuropatkin, in a dispatch to Emperor
Nicholas, under Ate of October 21,
says:
"The Japanese retired from the vil
lage of Shakhe at nightfall. October 29.
Thursday night passed quietly along
the front."
Lieutenant General Sakharoff. in a
dispatch to General Samsonoff, says:
"The retreat of the enemy was precipi
tate. We found in the village arms,
munitions and provisions which had
l-ren abandoned by the Japanese, who
also left behind in our old artillery po
rtion one cannon, four limbers and a
wagon full of instruments they had
previously captured from us. Since the
battle of October 16 we have captured
altogether 14 Japanese guns, including
t.ine field pieces and Ave mountain guns
and have retaken one of our lost guns.
There was no fighting October 21 on
the front of the Manchurian army."
Japs Cspturs Guns. .
Tokio, By Csble.?A telegram re
ceived from Manchurian headquarters
says: ,
"On October 21 there was no change
reported in the front of all our armies.
"Further investigation shows the
number of guns captured by our left
army to have been 43, the left column
taking 27 and the right column 16. The
wagons, munitions, etc., which have
been captured have not yet been
counted.
"Scouts dispstched from the left
army on the night of October 20 dis
covered the corpses of 200 Russians
west of Chaung Ling Pan."
Killing In Barber Shop.
Atlanta. Ga., Special.?In a fight In
the barber shop of the well-known
hotel in this city, W. R. Hopen was
killed by Sam F. Ring, by being stab
bed through the heart with a pair of
scissors today. Both men were barbers.
Ring asserts the killing was done in
selfdefense. He has surrendered to the
sheriff.
Fire in Stat* Office.
Columbia. 8. C.. 8peclal.-?-Flre In the
reller or The 8tate building Saturday
night destroyed $8,000 worth of paper
fctock, on which there waa practically
HO Insurance. The cause of the Are was
a defective furnace pipe. The Are was
discovered nt 11:30 o'clock. The fire
men. about finished their Job at 1
o'clock, most of the damage having
been wrought by water and smoke.
Shot and Killed by Mayor.
Savannah, da.. Special?L. O. Barron,
white, wan shot and killed Saturday
tiilornoon nt Ix>vett, Laurens county.
Oa., by N. A. Thompson, mayor of the
town. It is said that Barron had been
threatening all the year to kill Thomp
son, and attempted to draw a pistol
uhen he was shot by Thompson. Yes
terday. It is said. Barron was at Lovett.
\ery disorderly, the killing today grow
ing out of that affair. Thompson was
formerly connected with the Central A
Wrlghtsvlile and the Tennllle Hall
roads. and stands well with those who
know him.
Lottery Tickets Confiscated.
New York. 8pecla1.?In a aeries of
talds, representatives of District At
torney Jerome's office seised $100,000
worth of lottery ticket* here aro arrest
ed six men and one woman, all resi
dents of the lower East Side, charged
with selling lottery tickets. Most of
them ostensibly sold "steamship tlck
eta," though one advertised his place
of business as a real estate office, and
} another was proprietor of a dry goods
Telegraphic Briefs.
John T. Smith, a hospital orderly at
Rort Molt, married a Maryland ne
gress, and whon asked to resign ap
pealed to President Roosevelt.
An article of Jflmos 0. Blaine pub
lished in 1892 in quoted to show that
the expression of views of candidates
differing from those given *11 party
platforms is not new.
President Roosevelt dismissed Rob
ert 8. Rodie, supervising steamboat
Inspector at New York.
Chairman nabcock, of the Republi
can Congressional Commit toe. says
the Republicans will nave a majority
In the next House.
An attorney for Belgium declares
an attempt Is being made to make Un
united States a cat'# paw In the Con
go affair.
The Wooilworth Orphan Asylum was
destroyed by Are Wednesday. Two chil
dren aro known to have perished and
others Injured by jumping from win
dows.
The Episcopal House of Deputies, at
Boston, passed the proposed comprom
ise canon on divorce.
Senator Culberson attacked President
Roosevelt's Panama policy In a speech
in New York.
Prof. J. H. Hollander, of Baltimore,
spoke before the Indian Conference at
Lake Mohawk, N. Y.
The American Tobacco Company ab
sorbed the Continental and Consolidat
ed Tobacco Companies at Trenton, N.
forming a company with $180,000,
000.
It is said Secretary Taft will go to
Panama as a sort of deputy president,
the situation demanding the moat deli
cate treatment.
A m?Y IN CSiDABIA
ef tk? AwM DM# Wm the OM
?f the
L?What will result
h ? terrible tup <y occured Frtday.
night about 7 o'clock la the old Rich
??M building Just la tho mr ot the
pollco statlon. Mario Watklns. color
ed, threw a lighted leap at ThomasK
sa Broom, colored. The latter was ao
badly beraed that she will probably
die.
Ftom the story of Florence Gulg*
oard, a small, mulatto girt of some 11
years aad considerable Intelligence. i*
seems that these two half grown ae*
gro girls were In a room In the old
building, which was by common con
sent of the maay colored families liv
ing there used as a parlor.' There was
a bed la this room aad the two were
lying on It. The lamp nearby on a
table had little oil In It and an alter
cation aroee as to who should All it.
A friendly tusael began which merged
Itself Into a sharper attack. The
Watklns woman seised the lamp and
threw It at the other woman as she
lay on the bed. * Her light cotton gar
ments flared up and the room was Ail
ed with smoke and Are. 80 large a
blase it Was that the whole yard was
lighted up although It was bright moon
light outside.
The Watklns woman, terrified, ran
from the room down the hall, down the
stepe and hid herself. 8he was found
about SO minutes later by Officer
James Dunning who pulled her out
from under a house and locked ber
up.
The unfortunate Broom girl leaped
from the bed and ran out of the room
down the long hall screaming in pain
and fright. As she neared the stair
esse some one threw a blanket over
ber but she did not stop, and it fell
away and the flames leaped higher and
higher above her head. By this time
some one was on hand with buckets of
water and as the girl fell exhausted
at the stair case the water was thrown
upon her. The spot where she fell was
marked by the scorched and burnt rags
of her clothing. Almost all of it was
burned off.
She wss frightfully burned about the
hips, back and shoulders. Dr. D. 8.
Pope, the city physician, was called in
and attended the woman. He said last'
night that while she might live the
night through it was hsrdly probable
that she could recover.
About midnight the woman's 'Condi
tion was about the same. She wss
still slive but was in a critical condi
tion. It is hardly probable that she
will recover. The case against Marie
WatkJns will be brought up this morn
ins in the recorder's court snd will
probsbly be carried up to the circuit
court.
Successful Experiment.
Beaufort. Special.?On a farm a few
miles from Beaufort, under the man
agement of Mr. Spelmer, a very suc
cessful experiment has been made in
corn planting. A patch containing ono
38-100 acres has produced 121 bushels,
or about 85 bushels to the acre. The
very large yield is attributed to close
planting. * A bed five feet wide was
thrown up and the seed planted In
two rows 22 inches apart. The stalks
stood 20 inches apart in the rows. "Al
len's prolific" is the name of the seed
used, which was planted during the
first week in May. Two tons of cotton
oil sweepings, costing about $2. was the
only fertilizer used. The land planted
was low, hesvy and new. It is a part
of Capt. Peter Lea's farm at Burton.
The wonderful growth has been watch
ed with much interest by the fsrmers
of thst vicinity.
New Enterprises.
The Darlington Steam Laundry has
applied for a commission, capitalisa
tion to be $3,000. Corporators, R. E.
Deans. J. L. Nettles, E. R. Co*. R. J.
Rlvenbark.
The Osteen Publishing Company of
Sumter was chartered, captlsallsatlon
$15,000. Directors, C. P. Osteen. presi
dent; N. O. Osteen. vice president; N.
O. Osteen, Jr., secretary and treasurer;
H. P. Osteen. J. H. Levy, Abraham
Ryttenburg and I. C. Strauss.
The Ocean View Social Club of Char
leston was chartered. 8. J. Pregnall.
president; J; O. Molssln, vice presi
dent; John Conway, secretary and
treasurer.
By Wire and Csble.
At an Informal luncheon to Rear-Ad
tniral Jewell and other American naval
officers King Edward drank a toast to
the American navy.
The Cuban Congress closed, after a
fruitless session.
The Ameer of Afghanistan has decid
ed to send his son to meet U>rd Curzon,
Viceroy of India, on the tatter's return.
Senator Knox before the Union Lea
gue Club of New York explained Presi
dent Roosevelt's attitude toward com
binations.
General Mills, superintendent of the
West Point Academy, urges tho^erec
tlon of a building for the treatment of
infections diseases.
The Democratic Congressional Com
mittee has Issued a statement advising
that a close watch l>e kept upon the
pending negotiations for a new Chinese
treaty.
The Rusaian and Japanese armies
were fogbound, preventing hostilities.
Tho fighting was reported to be still
going on at Port Arthur.
A breach has been made In the Man
chester ship canal at Runcorn, and
when the tide Is out water pours Into
the bed of the river Mersey at the rate
of 70,000 to lOO.OOO gallons per hour. As,
hewover, the tide sweens Into the canal
twlco In every twenty-four- hours no
appreciable difference appears to be
made In the level of the waterway. Tho
danger lies In the possible undermining
of the wall at this point. The "burst"
has occurred at a point where there
wss experienced great difficulty in
building the w?11.
TIE TWO NOMINEES
Gnpfcic Pm Stefctos if PrcsMettfef
CLEVELAI9I km UNI WtllE
the Br#tmMmI
Paint
?f Nhnr m
. WnpmNily Neultof
QMlHlBgHww'<f J?h tir the Prssl
dene y Urged ? Parker's OuMing
.Trait His Constant and Unswerving
Devotion ts Duty WssssveK'a Vlf
Nsw York, Special.?Former Presi
dent Grover Cleveland 4ft McClure's for
November sires Us persb&al estimate
of Judge Parksr as *' csadidate for
President. He says of kirn in part:
"We sometimes lad features of char
acter so prominently visible in a man's
mental organisation that, like the fea
tures of his countenance, they need no
proof of their existence. This is pre
eminently true of Judge Psrker's In
tent deliberation in reaching conclu
sions and his Inherent Judicial conser
vatism. These Qualities of bis mind
are so dlstlncly apparently that they
are at once seen and known by nil who
gain tne slightest knowledge of the
msn. This should make it thoroughly
understood that those who love presi
dents! pyrotechnics must look else
where. ?
"I hsve known Alton B. Parker for
more than twenty years. He impressed
me on our first acquaintance aa a sin
cere,, honest and able man, and this im
pression has, with time and observa
tion. grown to clear and' undoubtlng
conviction. I am sure that I venture
nothing in making the positive asser
tion that the guiding trtlt of his char
acter is his constant and unyielding de
votion to duty. ?
"Judge Parker's experience in ju
dicial Investigation, added to his nat
ural aptitude in the same direction,
ought to sstlsfy the most cautious snd
exacting of his abundant ability to dis
cover in the light of constitutional, re
quirements, and in the atmosphere of
enlightened but conservative Ameri
canism, the manner in which a Presi
dent should best serve hit country
men.
"I am persuaded that th% American
people will make 'no misbfcs If they
place Implicit reliance in Alton B.
Parker's devotion to duty. In his clear
perception of the path of duty. In his
steadfast persistency against all temp
tation to leave the way where duty
leads, and in his safe and conservative
conceptions of presidential responsl
liiitles."
In McClure's for November, Sena
tor Henry Cabot Ix>dge gives a
glimpse of President Roosevelt as he
seas him. He says of him:
"No man has lived the life of his
time so amply as he; no one has
shown humanity la so many phases,
no one has wider sympathies or so
many interests. It would be worse
than idle for anyone, no matter how
Intimate his knowledge, to fancy that
he could depict a character so many
sided, so tried and tested In such
multiform experiences, within the
space allowed me here. His dally
Hfe does not differ in any respect
from that of any other Very busy man
of great energy, who finds rest and
relief not only in activo out-of-door
life, but in a wide and constant read
ing of books?a habit, by the way,
quite as characteristic as *n yother,
but of which the newspaper critics
and humorists tell us little.
"Theodore Roosevelt apprehends
very quickly. When he has thought a
subject out thoroughly and knows
what he means to do, he acts "prompt
ly. When, after full consideration, n#
has made up his mind as to what is
right he is unbending; bat no man
has been in the White House for
many years who is so ready to take
advice, who has made up his mind
more slowly, more deliberately, and
after more consultation than Theo
dore Roosevelt.
"Every nation, or rather every his
toric race, has certain attributes in
addition to tho great and more ob
vious virtues which it believes to be
peculiarly its own, and in which it
takes an especial Dride. We of the
United States like to think of the typ
ical Amcirlcan as a brave man and
an honest man, very human, with no
vain pretenso to infallibility. We
would nave him slmplo in his homo
life, democratic In his ways, with the
highest education that the world can
give, kind to the weak, tendor and
loyal and true, never quarrelsome, but
never afratd to fight, with a strong,
sane sense of humor, and with a
strain of adventure In the blood
which we shall nveer cease to love
until those ancestors of ours who
conquered a continent linve drifted a
good deal further Into tho past than
Is tho case today. Those are the
qualities which all man admire aurt
respect, and which, thus combined,
we like to think poculiarly American.
As I on urn era to . them I describe
Theodore Roosevelt"
Telegraphic Briefs.
General Kuropatkln has made good
bis stand at the Shakho rlvor and Is
protecting his line of retreat.
The infanta Mercedcs, sister of
King Alfonso of Spain, died the day
after the birth of a daughter.
There Is a reaction against mob
rule In Itlay and calm prevails In an
ticipation of tho general election.
Republican national campaign man
agers gavo out a table, claiming 200
electoral votes as certain for Roosoi
velt.
PALMETTO MATTERS
OccurrMNj of lulwl In Various
of Mm Stat*. \
The Qwwral CattM MarkA
MldOlav.
Galveston. ? SS~i*
Baltimore, nominal ,,....10
Beaton, quiet ....M.S
Philadelphia, quiet 10.?
i Savannah, quiet )%
Nov OHoano 1%
MoWU, quiet 9 7-1K
Memphis. our ? 7-JS
Augusta. quiet 9%
Charlaaton, quiet 9ft
Louisville. firm .1 10
St. Louis, steady .>94
Houston, quiet OS
New York, quiet 10.05
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid
tifons:
Good middling 0%
8trtct middling 9%
Middling 3%
? South Carolina Itsms.
L A. Martin, the sixth man alleged
to have been Implicated in the Eutaw.
?llle lynching, but who was not dis
covered by the detectives and apeclal
deputies at the time the other five men
were taken to Columbia. Lawyer* B.
J. Dennle and R. W. Haynea were there
to confer with the men under arrest.
The lawyers will not discuss their
plans, but It Is thought thst they will
apply for ball. Application for habeaa
corpus or a demand for a preliminary
hearing are also open to them. This
was a brutal murder of Kit Bookard,
without even a semblance of sentimen
tal justification and Governor Heyward
has been working several months on
the caae with Plnkerton men. There
haa been heavy expense during the sev
eral months the Plnkerton men have
been working, but the Governor met
thla out of bis own funds, the contin
gent fund havtpg been exhauated. Thla
la the first time a Governor of this
State haa employed Plnkerton men to
run down lynchers, and It la expected
to have a salutary erect. Governor
Heyward Is determined that lynchlngs
In this State ahall cease, snd this will
tot be the last esse in which he will
employ detectives to ferret out evi
dence.
At a meeting of the State board of
health It was decided to take up the
matter of recommending to the legis
lature the turning over to the Federal
Government of the coast quarantine
service of the State.' Yhe president of
the board. Dr. T. Grange Simons, will
confer with Surgeon General Wanan
of the marine hospital service, and af
ter consulting those in charge of tho
stations at Georgetown. Charleston,
Beaufort and Port Royal, will report
back to the meeting of the board to bo
held on the 8th of December, when the
board's annual report to the legisla
ture will be formulated. The Decem
ber meeting will also hear from Secre
tary Evans as to the report of vital
statistics from Columbia, which thq
city board has for many months been
endeavoring to get from the city physi
cians.
The Governor last week issued a re
ward of |200 for the capture of Sam
Brown, the negro who killed Mr. Allen
P. Hettlngton. at Meggets. in August.
This was a particularly brutal murder
and it aroused much feeling in that
section of the State at the time. For
a time It waa thought Brown had been
lynched, but he seems to have escaped
the mob that was after him. A reward
of $150 was also offered for Jim Thomp
son. who killed Isaiah Jeter In York
county a few days ago.
The Governor has appointed two spe
cial judges In the persons of J. Y.
Culbreath and J. P. Carvey, the former
to preside over a two weeks' special
term, beginning In Pickens on the 24th
of October, and the other to hold a
special two weeks' term, beginning in
Abbeville on the 7th of next month.
The Secretary of State Issued two
elymosenary charters Friday?one to
the Morris Industrial (colored) School
of Buffalo, and the other to the Mt.
Lebanon View Presbyterian Church at
Campbollo.
Homicide in Marlboro.
Clio, Special.?The coroner's jury Is
Investigating a homicide which occur
red near here on Sunday. Frank Seat
struck Wm. 8weat with a piece of an
ax handle while Sweat was advancing
on him with a drawn knife. Sweat's
skull was fractured and he died Tues
day evening Seat made no effort to
escape and is now in tbe guard house
lie re.
Gilbreath Case Dlsrpissed.
Spartanburg. Special.?The case
against Mayor Jas. (Wreath of Greern.
charged with assault and battery wtlh
intent to kill, was scheduled for in
vestigation in Magistrate Klrby's court
It was discovered, however, that the
ullegcd assault occurred in Greenville
county, the boundary line running near
Greers. Magistrate Klrby had no Juris
diction in the matter. The case was
dismissed. In all probability n warrant
will be secured from a Greenville coun
ty magistrate, and tho case will come
up for investigation in that county If
It is pushed.
Shot His Wife and Himself.
Mobile. Ala., Special?Wednesday
afternoon as a result of a quarrel
Charles Harding shot his wife three
times and then turned the pistol on
himself, the bullet penetrating the
base of the brain. In conveying Hard
ing to the city hospital the ambulance
\*as struck by a trolley car and wreck
ed, the driver being thrown out and
leverely bruised. Harding and his wife
?re fatally wounded.
KillOWg A MYTK
at ?
Boutli Africans, mm m nftr. trouble
tbenaclTM bit littler a boot snakes, al
tbaogbt it i? wall known that a few va
rletieo are particularly dead^. Among
the native* Mi* properties of the
"?ufcMtone'r hare -for a*auy xtnera
tk>n* formed a eentre of half super
stltiow credulity, and. even by people
who ni|ht be expected to know better,
hare been auppoeed to effect the most
surprising cure* of snake bltr. An
laTMtiptiou of it* properties ip the
government bacteriologist * of ItataJ,
who submitted au Indian- snakestane
to the teat of applying it to' animals
infected with snake venom. has shown
conclusive!? that ita properties am
luite mythical aud that It does notbtor
that is clisfmed for' ft. According to
tradition tte snakes tone, which two
absorbent qualities, and which there
la some reason to believe is frequency
artificially prepared, fa placed on the
wound inflicted by a snake bite. Tlier*
It Is believed to suck out the poison,
and it has been ssid tlmt if afterward
placed In a bowl of inilk tike venom
will exude and the nrfik tura blue,
in certain experiments narrated iu the
British Medical Journal' all these di
rections were followed. To tlm two
rabbits injected respectively with the
venom of a black uiamba, a very dead
ly South African colubrine, and with
putt adder venom, the snakes tone was
at once applied. The stone, by virtue
of its absorbent nature, adhered to the
wound, but here its adherence to tra
dition ended. Both rabbits died, and
what was more disappointing, two
other rabbits, used as a "control" ex
periment." which were injected with
the same amount of venonr, recovered.
Nor when tlie stone was placed in- milk
did the milk change color, though a
small quantity of it was absorbed.
The amount of absorption that the
stone could possibly effect would be no
more in hours than ordinary suction by
the lips could achieve In a few min
utes; and its only possible usefulness
might be that of Improving the phys
ical ^condition of the patient by im
pressing bim with the belief that a
valuable remedy was belug applied.
South Africa.
WORDS OF WISDOM;
The way to be nothing is to do noth
ing.?Howe.
Much bending breaks the bow; much
unbending the mind.?Bacon.
It is always the biggest craven who
gives the dead dog the heartiest kick.
When a man gives to lie seen of men
he generally lias u good deal to hide
from the Ixird.
For people who live happily together
the real see-ret is that they shall not
live too much together. ?English Pro
verb.
The darkest hour in the history of
any young man is when he sits down
to study how to got money without
honestly earning it.?Horace CSrecley.
Never compare thy condition with
those above thee; but to secure thy
content, look upon those thousands
with whom thou wouldst not. for any
interest, change thy fortune and con
dition.?Jeremy Taylor.
Let us rightly search our lives that.
If there be any evil in Hie day gone,
before the angel closes his book we
may repent, nml the fair white page
of holy deeds and genuine repentances
be our only record.?John E. W. Ware.
Life our battleground, death our re
lease; cares and sorrows upon earth,
repose in heaven?of these we all havo
heard. But do we really grasp the
thought that in our death and judg
ment we are confronted with new op*
portunity??Isaac Ogdcn Itankiu.
Awed by Right of
A Southern planter employed a man
to work some of his land during the
past year on shares. On account of
the high price of cotton the employe's
half of the proceeds amounted to
The planter knew that it would ruin
any such man to get such a sum of
money, and decided that half of It
would be enough. Upon further reflec
tion the conviction grew upon him
that $800 would ruin any such man
in the world, so he cut the sum in
half again, and, piling up 400 shining
silver dollars on his desk, sent for the
negro and brother, and said that he
was ready to settle. The man came in
and fairly gasped at the amount of
wealth in sight.
"Land, boss," he said, "Is that money
nil ours?" *? ->'li
"Yes." "* "?"?rli
"Well, then, divide it In two piles
and you take your linlf and I'll taku
mine."?Minneapolis Tribune.
Our Willow War*.
In ten years Maryland has jumped
from llfth to third place In the willow
ware industry in the United States,
now ranking next to New York and
Pcnnsylv. nla. Baltimore Is one of the
three willow-ware centres which only
have shown any actual growth In the
business. In Maryland ihe centre of
the willow district lie*-, in Howard
County. In the nelghbo. hood of Klk
rldge alone the output of willow ex
ceeds $5000 per annum, while Anne
Arundel County contributes $2500,
?lap Art voril?ln j.
The Japanese advance hi advertising
as in nil else. Here Is au illustration:
"Our wrapping paper Is as strong as
the hide of an elephant. Cloods for
warded with the speed of a cannon
ball. Our silks ami sntins are as soft
as the cheeks of a pretty woman, ns
beautiful ns the rainbow. Our parcels
are packed with as much care as a
young married woman takes of her
itisbund."
The Hospital states that 2.2S0.578 pa.
f?nts ar.j treated aununlly In London
> 'spltnts aud liieptusnvlt's.
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|! Imral1 Tim? By HI* Braiwra
j Chariottearffib; Va, Special.?Tla
?case o( former Mayor MeCae.accaesioy
wife ni order waa called for trial Tues
day. Hon after the epsalag of tla
court fir waa anmmnMi that W. Or Da
rette, mm- important ?ta?a for tto
Commonwealth, waa ttant from tka
city. OpUin IBcab Woods, who ip
| assisting- the prossentioai said that M&
Durrette was an waantlM witness. It
was stated* thst MX Duriette, when lasT
heard from waa in- Bbaofata, W. Va*
Mi*. Lee. of counsel for the defenas.
stated that* they were an lions to go oa>
with the case aad tUat If Captats
Woods oarod to dLictoss what he ex
pected to prove by Mr. Darrette ha*
thought It very probalfle tfta denfease
would agree to admit! Captain Woods
did not maKa this dtecloaare. but said
that he had sent several tslegrams af
ter the witness and would Bhe a little
time to ascertain the- r as sit of theaa
messsgesjMWithout disposing of the
question oourt. took, a recess until
irttoa
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sfternooi
? Isrge crowd'^^la-te attendance 1st
the court room when the ease was call
ed. The special venire treos Petersburg,
from which a jury will be drawn ts
try the case; was present. Mr. McCns.
when he came into court, was affection
ately greeted by hla children, all of
whom were present except Samuel. Hla
youngest daughter cried bitterly while
seated In her father's lap.
Comment was made mi the fact that
Mr. Durette, the chief witness, should
hsve gone to Ronceverte, where the
children of the accused were taken sev
eral weeks age and flrom which city *
they returned. The afternoon session
of the oourt was consumed in the ex
amination of the fifty veniremen from
Petersburg, and out of the fifty only
nine jurors were obtained. A number
of the Petersburgers declared that they
would not convict on circumstantial
evidence. At the conclusion of the ses
sion the city sergeant of Charlottes
ville left hurriedly for Richmond,
where he will summon fifty more
veniremen to serve In these cases.
The striking feature of the trial waa
the fact that several of McCue's broth
ers, who were in the court room with
him, kissed him a number of times.
The prisoner is sold to have gone to
jsil this evening whistling a tune.
Reeigne Mlesleasry Presidency.
Des Moines, Iowa, Special.?Her*
Washington Gladden, of Columbus, O.,
resigned the presidency of the Ameri
can Mission Society, perhaps the great
sit home missionary organization. In
the country. The new duties of moder
ator of the Congregational National
Council forced Mr. Gladden to give up
the less important office.
Prof. W. E. DuBols, of Atlanta Uni
versity, (colored), created a sensstlon
by a statement in his address that the
rise and education of the ambition*
young negro student Is a menace-to the
security and clsss superiority of the
rich, the well-born and white. Ho salifc
the negro problem Is only a phase of*
the greater problem of class distinctioa.
The greatest crime of the United Stataa?
he ssid, is steeling, which is manifest-*
ed la the arrogatlon of special privt
legee by the well-to-do and the white
ever the poor and the black man.
Served With Summons.
Huntsville, Ala., Special.?Sheriff A.
D. Rogers, against whom impeachment
proceedings have been Instituted in> the
Supreme Court for alleged neglect of
duty in allowing a mob to lynch Horace
Maples, was served with a formal sum
mons today to appear before the Su
preme Court November 24. Tho sum
mons was served by Coroner E. B?
Stewart
Tobacco Factory Burned.
Richmond, Va., Special.?The R. A.
Patterson Tobacco Factory No. 2, waa
practically destroyed by fire Tuesday
night. Loss, about $100,000, which Is
ceveml by insurance. The Are la
thought to hine been due to spontane
ous combustion. It originated In the
granulating ('epartmont. About 2M>
persons were employed In the plant.
Attack British Oteamerx
Shanghai, By Cable.?The British
steamers l'ah Knng and Hoi Ho, were
attacked by piratos in Ihc west river
near Canton Tuesday night. A British
gunboat has been dispatched to the
scene.
Accepted Invitation.
Washington, Special.?Senor Don
Kmlllo de OJcda, the Spanish minister,
has received authorlzat'on from hla
government to accept the invitation of
the governor of Florida and tho mayor
of Jacksonville to attend the celebra
tion of the reconstruction of Jackson
ville after tho disastrous Are. Tho mln
ibter has advised the Florida officials
of bl? sccoptanco.