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?r ORAOt *. RJCHMOND. WUL, %ar. *14 btjr ?M TSmm Tl?pe, jfeutly. "I'll ! KyMomtokaTeiBe." Ik* M| jnb| fallow la HakMpHdMitandlMck w <Wt ly: -AD right; there's r d rather do," end tarried away. When be had closed the doer of the dea'a surgical ward he gave hie broad Shoulders a shake, and shut hie llp? firmly -together a moment. An he went down the corridor he was saying^ t? himself: "Oh. that's tough, tough! I don't blame the poor fellow for going blue like that. I believe he'd get well faster If he could bare a bit of hope put back Into him." As he reached the- hospital entrance lie met one of the surgeons coming in, and ventured to delay him a moment. "Would you mind telling me, Doctor Stuart," he ssked, "i: you think de spondency hss anything to do with keeping my friend Caldwell down? Kirks' Caldwell, in Ward F. The nurse told me you were seeing him now and then. Is there anythln ? I can "Despondency has much to do with It." agreed the surgeon, promptly. "Cheer him up all you can. He's shown great courts* and endurance all though this siege, but It's told on him. I sup pose he thinks his ambitions are all thwarted, and that's enough to mske him blue. Get him t* believe there's eonurfhing left for him to do In life.' "Yes. that 's It," mUsed Tom Thorpe, as he went on his wsy. "I've got to do something for Kirke? something posi tive. that will put him on his feet. He thought sbout It all the way to the- great manufactory where he held the post of electrlcsl engineer. It wss a fine position for a young man but two years out of a technical school. Klrke Caldwell bad held an equally good po altlon in a neighboring city. The two had been classmates, even rivals within the bounds of a sturdy friendship. Three months before. Caldwell, su perintending the lnstsllstlon of new electrical machinery, had seen one of his workmen accidentally ahort-clrcult a powerful current with a pair of pliers, had pulled th'e man away some* bow., but in wrenching his hand away from the pliers, had taken the deadly current himself. He bad been so burned that amputation of one hand and one foot had been necessary to -save hla life. The man to whose rescue lie bad sprung, died, and there hsd been weeks during which it seemed that Caldwell must follow. That danger was past for him now; ha had his life, but It waa a life seem ingly so handicapped that It was small wonder If the splendid Courage he bad ?Shown all through, had at last failed him. Alone in the world and depend ent upon his own resources for a living, felt that there was little use in trying to get well. > Hut Tom Thorpe knew better; and after thinking about bis friend's case ?all day, be went to his father to ask 'his co-operation in a plan be bad formed. Tom Thorpe and his father lived to ? gether in a little flat, which was as ' homelike as a place with no wife and mother in It can be. , -"He's a magnificent fellow f Tom -declared to his father/ walking the floor, his face full of eagerness. "If we could Just have him here for a month, till he got enough strength, and Hthen take blm to see Wentworth. I be lieve the thing would be done. I don't know myself what he could do with bis handicap In electrical engineering, but I believe he could be his own sal vation If he got his bralii working at ft. Ssu don't know what's In that boy, father. He's twice as clever as I am, ?ad be must be made to sbow It" Mr. Thorpe smiled. He had his own ?pinion of his son's cleverness. He let Tom's modest estimate of himself pass, however, and agreed heartily that a month with themselves and a ?rip of a hundred and twenty miles to see a certain man In a university town might be the tonic Caldwejl needed. Therefore Tom went to bed and to sleep with an easier mind. ? ?????? ?Klrke," said Tom Thorpe one morn ing, when Caldwell had been for three weeks a member of the Thorpe house bold, "I'm going on a little trip down to Remsen, and I've a mind to take you with me." Caldwell, sitting In a big reclining chair by the window, looked round at Tom with an expression of languid aurprise. "There's no reason In the world why you shouldn't have an outing," pursued Tom, briskly. "We're only a few blocks from the station. I can wheel you over In your chair, put you into a Pullman, send the chair In the baggage car, and take you round Remsen as easily as If 1 were a cash carrier in a department store. We'll hare a fine time out of It." "It's good of you, Tom," said Cnld t well, gratefully, "but?" "You're going, that's all." said Tom. firmly. "I know you don't wsnt to, but you're going, Just the sam^. and you're going now. The train leaves In forty Ave minutes? Just time for me to put on your best coat and your handsomest cravat, and get you over to the station without running down any baby car riages on the way. Here you are? and you'll want your light overcoat; this April air's a little sharp." He talked on busily, giving the In valid small chance to object, although he saw clearly enough that Caldwell dreaded the very Idea of the trip. Un til now he bad ventured outdoors only for short rld?s round the little park on which the house fronted, and he bad chosen the hour for these when the fewest people were likely to bo there. Tom could not wonder at this state of mlml. He appreciated too well what it must mean to a fellow who bad been ; Phj?Ml StTMStk to II* Hmply In ? wheel chafe, with a m over his up, hi* hat palled ever hS hollow e/M, * ... .. ? irSi J0? ,-t tMctjr the MH for to got to that aart of thing, ??toko ap life agala aa nsailj aa poa l?LWlMr* k?4 Mt It ?ff, aad to *y* with aaea tnatead of hyta? to hlto away fraaa item. m Joaraay waa ?M0 Tom had * ????? Ptovtoaa KSiyVi f. "S^* <W?wall Wha ?"<?* * tho o^t direct and least whata Ton, aaalatad by a rhrrr "WN him ewlft Ijr on board the PnUmaa. and aatab-l Hahed him, not la a private compart ment-Tom had cofaidarad that Ida and rejected It ? hot la a chair at the rear of the car, whate he could ob serve everybody elae and be hlmaelf on noticed. Aa the train left the station, Tom Z^*JS^ .to note ***? ***?? out of the window with more lntereet in bla aomber eye. than had been there all vvGGKflL Remaen waa not a Ion* dlatance away, bnt the luncheon hour arrived lathe middle of the Journey, and Tom ordered a lavlah meal. Klrke, begln hlL K*1!!?7' *?* ?oon catln* broiled bluaflah aad roaet duck with hla old tlme seat. Tom, on the other aide of ?' **?* and brought to hla friend', face a frequent ?mile. I At Remaen, Caldwell found hlmaelf being wheeled rapidly away through the wide, elm-bordered atreeta of the tlH ?. J6^*7 town* 'o?*! genera- 1 tlons of Thorpe? had bean educated there, the aucceeaion being broken! when Tom had lnalated on going to a I more famoua centre of learning. ?J'*!?1, * ?OSB?tlBiCS tT,*h I'd stayed! by the family traditiona," Tom de l Cla^'.t"rnlD' from the ride street which had brought them from the ata tloq into the broad avenue which led I toward the group of college buildlnca I on the hill. "Whenever I come here I get a new respect for the place. There a a certain atmosphere in which I one seems to breathe the very spirit I of learning? the real thing. They've! got aouie of the finest men here I ever I knew? Mcintosh, the mathematioa In- 1 structor, and Bronaon, in history, andl Wentworth, the crack-e-Jack in chem iatiy. I want to aee them all, and I hope we'll be In time to get into Went jrorth s chemistry lecture. You'll enjoy it. I know; tbere'a nobody like him. ^#ke^ Ionrhalred mn?lcian throw down hla score and take to the Bunsen burner and the retort." He 7ra* talking with a purpose? to I keep Caldwell from refualng to go into I the recitation rooms, aa he feared he I might do. But Caldwell, although he waa dreading to be taken before the I eyea of men of hla own sort, had I reached the point of underatandlng that I Tom had a definite purpose In all I thia, which he did not mean to be cow- 1 ard enough to defeat. 80 he aet a grip on himself? easy !?*!? k !k .V? old dayB' b?rd<* than Uld be believed now ? and acquiesced I pleasantly when Tom wheeled him down a long corridor of the Science Hall, and pausing at a certnln door, whispered somewhat nervously: "You won't mind my taking you in"? The door's at the back of the room', and Wentworth won't see you, any Caldwell's shaken spirit winced for an instant as he was drawn Into the I lecture room, and a hundred pairs of eyes looked curiously round at the I unusual noise of a wheel chair bump ing through the doorway. Tom was I too much wrought up to steer straight I But when the boys saw the pale face in the chair? a face which still showed both strength and charm? and took I note of the feebleness of the tall figure resting In inert lines against the plainly needed support, they turned away again, and only a few fellows near the I door gave attention to the newcomers. These men made them welcome with I friendly nods. But after the first five minutes In the room, Klrke Caldwell needed nobody to divert hla thoughts from himself. Tom Thorpe, breathing a little hard from mingled exertion and anxiety, might lean back In his aeat and let hisj friend alone. Klrke had at last for-1 gotten everything In the world but what he now saw before him. The lecturer's face, although tanned to a healthy color, was scarred with irregular, blanched furrows, and his eyes were hidden from sight behind black spectaclcs. Hla body was strong, magnificently puilt; the movement of his hands, as lie talked, Illustrating his words with gestures, was vlgorus and full of mean ing; his voice was deep and rich; his Inflections were full of vivacity and enthusiasm; but the man himself was disabled by the absolute loss of his sight. ufl <?a,dwoM' etching him, thought back for an Instant to all the bllud people ho had ever known, it occurred inril? that although they had almost bearing their hard lot with patience ?"d realgnation, never once had he seen among them any one like this. And presently, as In the Interest of the lecture Itself he forgot to speculate or to compare, he became conacious that something he thought lie had lost for ever was returning to hlm-for the mo ment, at least-the old, keen Joy jn * scientific argument and demonstration presented by a master of his subject. ' The lactnre concluded amidst an out burst m enthusiastic applause, of the sort which means not only honest ap preclatlon of the thing that has been j done, but hearty lovo and admiration I for the doer. The class poured hurried ly Into the laboratory, where certain Important tests were now to be made supporting a new and singular theory which tht? lecturer had propounded. I "Come down and see It, won't you?" I a student urged Thorpe and Caldwell. "Got bnrt tm a tab npMea," the boy Mid. Mfrwhua ?M"y euboo ? i oxkl? salpharlc tad oxalic icMi la tk? fHMntw, JOB know. Chump left oat the ssfety bottle-bad tbo boner too higb-openod a window. Wsntworth cum la tad oaw him with bis head ? irr thn rafnrt flaw lilawlin sliln in tbo wind ? January wlad. Bo Jnmpad to liMooawt, prt tbo fallow t above ooo aide J act quick enough to eare bin. and sot that twfal arploaton in hla own face. Alkali, 70a ate, drawn back into tbo adda by tbo generator cooling too quick ia tbo aoto wlad. No aafety bottlo between." Caldwell nodded, bla taco faQ of in tense Jntereot. They won at tbo tab oratory door. Tbo atodont woat on in a-whlaper. ~I saw it all. I don't Hke to nseai ber how bo auffered? '.rith tbo plnck of a bulldog all tbo tbpo. Byee blown full of glaae aa wall aa add? face hor ribly burned. Never aaw a ray of light again. Freebman wanted to die? to bis credit. Wentwortb made a chum of blm. We'll bare to hurry. He never loses a minute's time himself, or- lota any one else lose it for him. This way.'* The next half-boar passed for Cald well In a base of delight. He was lass conscious of his pleasure? although that waa very great? in the aomewbat remarkable experiments which were made under Profesoor Wentworth's direction, than in the recognition of the grest and noble spirit of the man himaelf. Alert in every sense but one; eager as a boy to prove what he had asserted; Intimately interested in the class itself, down to its individual members, with whom he showed perfect familiarity, calling upon one and another to note various steps of the work in confirma tion or refutation of their personal no tions concerning it? be was the genius of the place, a dominating personality, which it was an inspiration to each mind within its Influence to know. "Glsd you enjoyed It," said the young msn who had brought them In. "We're os proud of him here we never lose a chance to have others sppreclste him. He never lets up on himself. Takes his cold tubs' and his dumbbells Just the same, and tramps miles with one or another of us every day. We count it a* treat to go, you know." Tom Thorpe kept Caldwell until the class hsd nearly gone, and the professor was left with his assistants, making ready to go to the next duty. Then he wheeled his friend up to the blind man and made a blunt introduction which came from his heart: "Professor Wentwortb, this is my friend, Klrke Caldwell, an electrical engineer, who was In my class. He can't give you his right hand, because he tried to save the life of one of his men last February, and loot a hand and foot and? eome other things. I want ? " The atrong left hand of Maurice Wentwortb had found Kirke'a long be fore Tom had struggled thus far. His fsce had lightened instantly at Tom's description with a peculiar tenderness of sympathy which as long aa he lived Kirke never forgot. "A handicap," be aald, his fine Hps smiling. "Ah, then we shsll see what you sre really made of. Electrical en gineering? and your brains are left you. Let the other men put on the rubber gloves; It's yon who can solve tbelr problems for them." All the way home Caldwell sat stor ing out of tho car window with eyes which took no note of the April land scape, just budding into beauty. Tom Tborpe sat and read a newspaper up side down, and hardly dared so much as glance at blm. In the pale face grew and grew the thing Tom had longed to see there? courage.? Youth'a Companion. Wattorion Bnmndm. I am .afraid that my friend tho horse is destined to be in a little while a back number. The automobile baa ar* rived, and, not alone in France, It Is come to stay. I attended the great show while In Paris and carefully ex* amlned the newest machines. Grad ually but surely they aro being per fected. Gradually but surely they are adjusting themselves to modern wants and conditions. Mr. Dooiey may con tinue to have his fling at the Purple Assassinand other Devils both Red and White, but I fancy when Mr. Peter Dunne visits Provence he will ride in a Mercedes or a Decauvllle. I myself, being both an American and a Ken tucklnn, held out for a long time. I put up ns good a fight for the thor oughbred as ever I made for tariff for-revenue-only. No manner of use; and now I experience that nnsty but irresistible run-over feeling that Tom Taggart must have had the day after the late election, as I fold my arms and murmur "Let 'er go, Gallagher!"? Cou rier-Journal. ImralgTwnt Stemnahlp Companies. The average run of folk know the names of possibly half a dozen steam: ship companies that are engaged in the commerce of this port. There are in reality twenty-seven popular lines. They dumped upon the banks of Man hattan In 1004 the enormous number of 735,187 persons. Gf these at least half a million were immigrants coming to El Dorado America for a home. Of the total number 08,704 were flrst-cabln passengers, mostly Americans return ing from European tours after burning up the effete monarchies of tho Old World. Included among these, ft Is conceded, were sundry titled derelicts In search of American millions, with an American girl thrown in for good meastiro here and there.? New. York Press. The Burmese mile, which is equal to two English miles, is described by s word meaning "to sit," being the dis tance a man walks l^fore ho considers It necessary to sit dOwn. Oysters to the number o^?ll ,180,1517 were opened for pearls in the Ceylon pearl fisheries in 1003. claim ? mmmwi fuls OMow In the wftck trial. M the ted that the claim of the go Mat that Mr*. Chad wick had ao my la the Okatia baak at tb# t tea o* i draw lag the checks which were Milt Sad by SfNr Ml Beckwltk. waa In correct la two taetaaces, at least. It waa Mown tar the general Jour nal of the hMk that oa Nowaber I. IMS. whM Mn. Chad wick received a certified check for 910.000. an ?tort crediting ter with that amount waa made on the journal of the bank aad a deposit slip for $10,000 was made out In her name. The entry and the ?Up were In the handwriting of Cash ler Spear. Another entry of similar nature amounting to $5,000 was also found. These tacts were brought out on cross examination by Judge Wing, counsel fbr Mrs. Chad wick after long aad tedious questioning of H. H. Av ery. assistant cashier of the Oberlln bank. Avery at first testified that at no time had Mrs. Chad wick either money In or credit at the bank. Sev eral directors of the Oberlln bank tes tified that they knew nothing of the transactions with Mrs. Chadwlck. One of them said none of the Chad wick deals were ever reported by Mr. 8 pear to the directors. An ofllclal of the Euclid Avenue Trust Company testified thst Mrs. Chadwlck had $01,000 on deposit in his bank. Horace O. White, book keeper of the Oberlln bank, testified that the entry giving credit to Mra. Chadwlck for $10,000 was in the hand writing of Cashier 8pear, aad that the deposit slip for the same amount was slso in Spear's handwriting. Robert Lyens, receiver for the Citisens* Na tional Bsnk of Oberlln, said that the book b did not show that any account had ever existed by which Mrs. Chad wlck could draw checks on the bank. Mrs. Chadwlck came into court to day apparently none the worse for her Illness, which caused the adjournment yesterdsy. She wore the same gown of black and white, as on her first sppearance. but had added a long grey veil which covered her face, and was wound in repented folds about her neck. Shortly after taking hor seat In the rsar of her counsel, she removed the veil and took the position she occupied during most of yester day, her elbow on the table and her chin In the palm of her hand. It Is doubtful If ' Andrew Carnegie will take the stand. District Attorney Sulllvhn ssld today: "It is not my present Intention to put Mr. Carnegie on the stsnd, and I do not think he will be called upon to testify unless bis svldence should be needed In re buttal of something Introduced by the defense." Camsfis May Nst Testify. . Cleveland. O., Special.? The causs of the government sgslnst Mrs. Chadwlck was completed Wednesday afternoon. One witness for the defense, an ex pert accountant, was sworn, but sn adjournment was taken before he had given any tsstimony. Ths sntire efter noon session was taksn up by the In troduction SS evidence of checks, de posit slips, books of the bsnk snd two Istters written by Mrs. Chadwlck to Mr. Beckwlth and Mr. Spesr. One of the letters wss written to Spear alone. In It Mrs. Chadwlck asked him to certify a check to be given by her to Henry Wurst, of Elyrls, saying that she would get the goods In the East to meet the check. "So draw a check for $15,000," the letter said, "and I will sign it, and pay you well for It. I am about to co something of great Interest to us all." District Attorney Sullivan , laid great stress. In representing the letters to the Jury, on the apparent fact that Mrs. Chadwlck was asking for the certification of a check not only when she had no funds in the bsnk. but even before she had signed It. It Is practical ly settled that Andrew Csrnegle will not sppesr In the case at all. There has been nothing in the case as presented by the government that bears in say msnner on the papers signed with his name which bore so large a part In the transactions of Mrs. Chad wlck, snd H Is not expected thst the defense will offer sny testimony thst will call him to the stand to testify In rebuttal. Fresh From ths Wires. Trustee Loeser, of the Chadwlck as sets, snd Public Prosecutor Keeler called on Mr. Csrnegle and obtained from him specimens of his signature, which is sltogether unlike thst on the Cbsdwlck papers. The San Francisco police srs still without Information as to what the chemical analysis In ths case of Mrs. Stanford shows, but are Inclining to the belief thst she was not poisoned. A special pontifical commission has made a report recommending a modifi cation of the Papal decree against wo men singing In Catholic church choirs. A movement has been started in Rome for the foundation of an Inter national Institute of sgrtculture. ?An Unfavorable Turn For Russia. General Rennenkampfa Headquar ters, Oubenepusa. ? By Cable. ? ? Events took an unfavorable turn for the Russians thla evening. After a succession of determined attacks the Japanese ousted the Russians from an Important position In the left center of the Eastern army. The Japaneae are also pressing the right center hard. The Russians have been ordered to retake the position at any cost. There were heavy 1 tosses today on both side*. Resolutions to Return Flats. Trenton, N. J., Special. ? In the llousa Mr. Coyne introduced a resoto tl< n authorising the Governor to ra ti, rn a Confederate flag to the Gover n< r of North Carolina, captured by tho Ninth New Jersey Volunteers at the battla of Nowbern. The flag was presented to tho Beaufort Plow Boys by the ladles of Beaufort, N. C. The reason for this resolution Is the fact that New Jersey han appropriated $5, 000 to erect a suitable monument at Newborn in honor of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteers. ?c to for 1M4 is full lo all vko are affect ad or at aU coa aboat such aattann The re olqae ?rie la the relation inwia the ?MvalUac weather and cnp produe tloa. The epring was coM. * rial April, and was ? err 4*7 wed lata early summer ? condi tieas to Iwwlh germination aa4 growth. During Jane, July fad Ai _ est. attghtXy saore than tf per asst. of the year's preclpltatloa was recorded, aad daring the same months the tem peratare waa unusually equable, with so long periods of extremely hot weather. Both of theee conditions were very favorable on crops that bad their principal period of growth and devel opment In theee months, such aa corn and cotton, and the previous long period of dry weather had afforded ample op portunity for thorough cultivation, which Is aa seeentlsl factor in caus ing large yields of these crops. How Brer, Increased yields, over 1908, were not confined to those two crops, but in cluded wheat, oats, tobacco, rice as well m lees Important crops commercislljr. iuch ss fruits, hay and the many minor crope that hare a large economic im portance though of small commercial value. Nearly all of the latter crops were not materially affected bjr the mid-summer rains, harlng matured before the reins set in, or baring hsd their growth prolonged to the less (s vorable autumn, and yet they produced more abundantly than in the previous fear, hence the anomoly. The seeding time for wheat and oats, late in 1908, was not favorable; the winter was an unusually cold one; the spring waa cold and dry; the aummer had an equable temperature and co pious rainfall; the autumn was unusu ally' dry; the killing frosts somewhat later than the average date of occur rence; the closing months were fairly favorable for seeding wheat and oats. This Is a brief epitome of the weather tor 1904, to which may be added that the year as a whole was colder than usual, and had the smallest average amount of precipitation since systematic recoids have been kept. January was unusually cold with less than the usual precipitation; there was some snow in parts of the State, but not enough to afford protection to winter grains. Wheat and oats were, in places, injured by freezing. Leas than the usual amount of plowing was done. February was colder than usual, with m?ch alternate freezing and thawing that was injurious to winter grains. The precipitation was slightly below normal, but was very evenly distributed. Plowing made rapid prog ress in the eastern parts, but the ground waa generally too wet In the western parts. A large acreage of spring oats was sown; tobacco seed beds were burnt and seeded; garden ing was begun, but the ground was too cold for favorable germination. The :old weather retarded the budding of fruit trees and was to that extent bene ficial ; in the extreme southern parts, both peaches and plums began to bloom. March was slightly warmer than usual but with considerable freezing weather over the western parts, and with frequent light to killing frosts. The precipitation was below normal, while the number of rainy days was greater than usual. Farm work ad vanced rapidly, although planting op erations were restricted to the eastern half of the State. Wheat and oats did well; the weather was favorable an truck in the coast regions, and early vegetables were marketed. Fruit trees of all varieties bloomed throughout the month. Some corn and cotton were planted and came up to fair stands. April had perlstent low temperature with frequent light to killing frosts, until the 22ndt The soil remained too ?old for quick germination of seeds and the rapid growth of plants that were up, so that early cotton came up to Irregular stands and the plants looked sickly. Early corn had poor stands, and was ravaged some by cut worms, so that much replanting was necessary. The April precipitation was but little more than one- third of the aormal amount, and a severe drought developed in the coast truck regions re ducing yields materially. Planting op erations progressed rapidly and were inusually well advanced by the close of :he month. Wheat and oats developed into promising crops. Tobacco trans planting was finished, though the soil was. In places, too dry to secure full itands. Peaches, plums, cherries and ipples continued promising, the low temperature being, seemingly, favor able toward their development. May was cool, owing principally to the low night temperatures, a condi tion favorable on fruits and on wheat, but unfavorable for the germination of late planted corn and cotton and for the growth of these crops. The greater part of the month was very dry. but copious rainfall during the cioseing lays partially relieved the drought, and caused a material improvement In the condition of all growing crops. The rains came too late to benefit wheat or >ats, both of which began to ripen and lome oats were cut. Fruits remained promising. Oardens suffered severely. The absence of rain made the thorough cultivation of field croiie possible Both lorn and cotton attained fairly good itands on all but clay sons, where some of the seed lay dormant owing to the lack of moisture. June growth and development of all crops was very satisfactory, due to generally favorable temperatures and well distributed rainfall. The soil was rarely too wet for cultivation of field crops, and both corn and cotton were easily kept free from grass and weeds. During the middle of the month cotton suffered slightly from cool nlahts, causing Ice to develop, but higher temperatures soon caused a complete recovery without giving the plants a material setback. Some blooms appeared on cotton after the 20th. Cora developed favorably. Stands of both corn and cotton were excellent. Wheat and oats were har vested. Tobacco improved rapidly ind became very promising; selecting and curing were begun. Rice suffer ed from lack of resh water for flood ing. The commercial peach crop rip ened; it was a large crop of superior quality. Melons were somewhat later than urual in ripening. July temperatures were moderate, with only two periods of extreme heat, both of which were too short In dura m bvond by tte the momth; the heavily freely ?<> hMTily, lid maintained , Tlsorou growth. Tobacco od a fa* fwlltjr of kit but Ue Into tobaceo wan Injured to mm ? ' it by an mom of mln. Minor la twt iiiwl*i| condl had an otrMM temperature extreme boat Tbe rainfall ms during the first balf of tba with loan fmqiMint. bu general w w. ^ ?kow?? Awing the last half. Corn bam? wry proaiaiac. ?siijr corn reached maturity. Cotton continued to grow and to fruit freely throughout tba month, though tba fiw tne montu QMBt rains Induced ?ad ruat developed but. on tba whole, I aandy lands, the deterioration was less then la usual during August. It began to open nbout the middle of tbe month nnd n little urns picked. Tobacco curing wus finished. Rica harveet was becun. Fall truck wss plaatod and grew rapidly. Tba weather durtag tbla month waa favora ble on all crops, particularly on graaa for bay. September temperature waa about normal, except that tbe cloelng daya bad mid-eununer boat. Tbe precipi tation was deficient. A severe storm damaged crope severely in tbe north eaatern counties, otherwise the weath er waa favorable on nil crope. and waa particularly favorable for picking cot ton, which work became active after the 6M>. Tbe bulk of tbe corn crop reached maturity during tbla month, with the grain well developed and hard. Haying made favorable pro gress. All forage crope made large ylelda. It was too dry by the end of the month for fsll plowing, and for the growth of Into root crops. October hud nearly aormal tempera ture and vary acant rainfall. Froeta were frequent after the 18th, but did little damage. Tbe weather waa par ticularly favorable for harveeting op erations. Cotton picking made rapid progress, nnd the lint waa aaved In the best condition owing to the aim oat entire absence of rain. A large and well matured crop of corn waa housed Minor crbpe gave very aatlafactory yields. It waa moatiy too dry for plowing and aeeding, though some fall oats were sown. November was much cooler than us ual, with about normal precipitation. The weather continued favorable for finishing gathering crops, and the last half of the month for seeding wheat and oata, although slightly too cool for quick germination. The first gen eral killing froet of the aeaaon occur red on the 16tb, which ended the growing aeason of 1904. December waa slightly cooler than usual, and had a alight deficiency in precipitation, though what rain fell was practically absorbed by the soil, keeping it ^ust about wet enough for plowing and aeeding operations. For U*hUmsI Ooveroor Representative B. Mitchell Seabrook of the Charleston county delegation, will probably make the race for lieu tenant governor at the next State elactloo. While he has made no defi nite announcement. It Is understood that thla will be forthcoming later on. Mr. Seabrook has represented ISdlsto Island in the Charleston delegation for 10 years. He Is a successful long sta ple cotton planter and during his ca reer In the legislature he has paid speclsl attention to agriculture mat ters. He is the chairman of the agtl cultural committee of the house. 8ays He Killed Four. Danville, Ark., Special. ? James Ince, confessing that he Is a quadruple mur derer, was brought back to jail here after a visit to the scene of the crime. 15 miles southwest of here, where, confronted with the dead bodies of his wife and three children, tho latter ranging In age from four months to four years, he broke down and con fessed his guilt, saying that it seemed Impossible to make a living for his family, hence his act. Fighting Around Mukden. Mukden, By Cable. ? The Japanese at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning at tacked a Russian position on the Hun river from Machiapu. The artillery fire has been continuous, and shifted northward after daylight almost to the Sinmlntln road, from which wounded and Chinese refugees are arriving. Fighting is also far to the northward. Numbers of wounded Japanese along the Sinmlntln have been brought in and cared for. Woman Poisoner Submits. Lynchburg, Va., Special.? Mrs. Bai lie Hanna, who administered Rough on Rats to a family of six because the family had given shelter to the husband of the prisoner, whom she had run away from home, appear ed In court, waived trial by Jury and threw herself on the mercy of the court. The Judge announced that he would take the matter under advise ment and It Is probable that he will hear the evidence Jn the case. Box Bouquets. A number of departures from con ventionality marked the wedding of the Hon. Alexandra Vivian to A. D. Lelth, King's Royal Rifle Corps. In the first place, the bridesmaids hand ed sprays of frecsia to the guests as they arrived. In the second place, they carried bouquets in which box ? orc^nary gar den hedge box ? was conspicuous! In addition to the glossy green box there were pink roses and sprays of llly-of the-valley. Ivory satin dresses, cop ied from a Vandyck, wero charmingly quaint. So were the cavalier hats in white straw, with a shaded blue plume across the front and a blue bow across the back. At this wedding Lady Evelyn Glf fard was In a dresB of mauve velvet. Her rather large hat was of foliage green entirely. At a distance she looked like a giant flower upside down, her hat appearing to bo the calyx, while her dress wax figured to be the petals. It was of the lovely orchid mauve shade. Indeed, all the mauve shades were i seen. 8o was violet, amd pansy pur- 1 I pie, and all these colors up to palest j lilac. ?? w? New Ybrk. tomtlif and ihwtH railway la New York some of tke aatlonsl labor 1< repudiating the action of tft 1? date who ordered and are t?C the strike. The first the public had that the strike was endoreed b y the national unloae. In a statement from Grand Chief .. ren 8. Stose. of the Broth erhoetf Loooaottis Engineers, to which ?wi waei belong. Mr. Stone lnslaMi] that the strike was a violation of tHK laws of the nation si union, the inl'l having broken their contract ylth th# j,.? later-borough Company. He orderai^fl the ats to report for duty, rafting which, eapeleloa from the organlsa tloa Is ttirostsiiml , Although the local leaders sre coS? tinning the flght. despite the fact that the national leaders have repudiated their action In calling the men out* J the strike os the eubwajr and elevated | railway systems has pessed the aeets stage, and trains are ran' with little ; l delay, the strike-breakers qulckljr *4 learning their new duties, while many *( of the old men were back In the post* . tlons which they left on Tuesday morning. There was no gcnersl rush back of the old employes, but the men slowly weskened. and there was a * steady stream passing Into the com pany's offices all day. Things More Quiet. f 8t. Petersburg. By Cable. ? The gen eral staff has received the following dispatch from Genersl Sakahsroff. General Kuropatkin's chief of staff. 1 dated today: "Several flerce attacks on' our north front were made during the night. They were all repulsed, in other directions the night wss quiet." Forbidden to Enter Mukden. Tokto. By Cable? Field Marshal Oyama. In an order directing the pur- * suit of the retreating Russians, pror hlbited his troops from entering Mur deo. In order to preserve the respects of the tombs and sscred places of the Imperial Chinese household, snd to protect the welfsre of the inhabltnats. UuWtn, Thursday. By Csble. ? The Japanese Isst night pushed up from the south scross the abandoned plain between tho Shakho and Hun rivers and are, as this dispatch Is filed, sbout five miles south of the latter, and from the Hun opposite Machlapu snd north- * I ward. Japanese batteries are pouring in a ceaseless fire. The Japanese suc ceeded In emplaclng siege guns and mortars at Dleushantun, about six miles west of this city, whence the op ening fire began at dawn. > Many young men want to attend the Medical College of South Carolina. Gov. Hey ward has at his disposal the ap pointment of one beneficiary from each congressional district. Already thorn is on file st least one application from nearly every county in the State. Gov. Hey ward will not announce- his s-'l?o- v tion for some time. Tokio, By Gable ? Field Marshal O yam a telegraph* aa follows under Friday's date :f 'We occupied Mukden at one o'clock this morning. Our sur rounding movement. In which tire have been engafcfed for some days papt* has now completely succeeded. "The fiercest fighting continues at several places In the vicinity of Muk den. We captured a great number of prisoners, enormous quantities of arms, ammunition, provisions and oth er war supplies. There Is at present no time to investigate the number of these." Telegraphic Briefs. The Russians have fallen back from the Shakhe river along the whole line, and are In full retreat. Japanese forces have been seen north of Mukden, and the battle is now rag ing around the Imperial tombs. The Dutch Island of Curacao is said to be the home of two generals who are watching to avail themselves of the first opportunity to start a revolution against President Castro. Winston Churchill attacked the fiscal policy of Joseph Chamberlain In the House of Commons, and was defeated. The strike at Warsaw, Russian Po land, is reported to be over, but the em ployers now find that the concessions to end the strike will Impose a tax which they cannot stand. In order to maintain friendly rela tions with its employes the Frisco system Intends to provide a home for everyone of them. The Colorado legislature received the reports of the contest committee and It soon became apparent that nei ther of these <1 ruments could com mand a majority of votes. The Mayoralt fight in Chicago Is centering aroum the question of muni cipal ownership f the street railways, and the value o $105,000,000 in stocks and bond;* is tJm iffocted. The strike on the subway and ele vated railroads in New York failed to stop traffic on those lines, and railway officials say the- have the situation well in hand. Four miners ? -ere killed by the breaking of a cr >le at a mine near Charleston, W. j ?. Rev. f)r. I/eiM St. Bartholomew} Church, New Y< on Parks, rector of Protestant Episcopal k. gave out an inter view scoring sokial leaders for not checking the dlvfrce evil. The case of the Government against Mrs. Cssiie I j. (pad wick for her con nection with the M>erlin bank was com pleted at Cleveh id. The police of rnonolulu say that If Mrs. Jane L. fijanford was poisoned the guilty persons arc in San Fran cisco. i Capt. George v| Hyr<in. of Washing ton, is Inventing" ,an airship which, he says, will dlscou ,t thnt of Santos Du mont. He will si >rtly make an ascent In Washington, jJle will employ nine separate gas ba> to make tho aerial ship for long dl? \nce traffic. A little more t an hnlf tho goods brought Into the 1 Dutch West Indies comes from the I jutted States. The countries next ln?>rder as to value of goods Imported afy the Netherlands, Germany, fCnglarM, France and Italy. Small occasional Wivolccs aro received from other counttfles. The California <?; remission to tho St. Louis Exposition |-tiirnod to the State $6,000, uDoxpendetl of the $130,000 ap propriation made by the legislature for State advertising furposes. Practically all the exhibit Irfs been sent to the Portland Fair, wlabh in to open next May.