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WAS A WOMAN. A Remarkable Story that Comes from a Monastery, BUDAPEST AUSTBIA, Father Basile Popovlce, Dying at Ninety Years of Agc, Turned Out to Be a Woman. Discovery Connects Her Life With a Very Grave Crime A dispatch from Budapest, Austria, to the Now York Amorican tells a strange story. Tho letter says the sudden blaze of excitement within and without tho walls of tho famous monastery of Tzlduoanl, then frown ing sllenoe on the part of the agitated monks, and now tho most tantalizing mystery concerning the details of a discovery thc most marvellous and un expected over made within tho do main of a holy order. What! Father Maslle Popovlce, ho liest of tho aged brethren, roally no monk at all? Good Father Basile, loved by tho peasantry, for thirty years famous for his piety the world over, dying at ninety, to reveal tho fact that he is a woman! All about the countryside the ama/, lng nows spread itself before the fa thers could gather their wits together and resolve to give no authority to tho report, to discountenance any fur ther discussion of it. But their cf forts in the latter direction have been unavailing. The bare suspicion that Father Popovlce lived more than a third of his lifo as ?< monk and was burled as a woman is enough to set the memories of old mon and women to work to lit into bis history a pago so dark that it cannot be read with out a shudder. Did Father Popovlce become a monk thirty years ago to protect him self from tho consequences of and to expiate a terrible or i ino? This is what thc old men and wo men of thc district remember-old men and women who for forty years have had dcaliugs with tho Tzlduoanl Monastery and whoso trials have been llghteued by the ministrations of Fa ther Popovlce and his brethren. ltKCALLS A TKKKllil,'-: MUltDISR. It is not di thou lt ?or them lo r call the exact year when Father Popovlce tirst appeared among them, lt was the samo year, the same month and thc same week that thc countryside was shocked by a horrible murder. In the outskirts of tho jd ist riot lived an honest woi klngman with his beauti ful wife and two charming children One day tho husband discovered that his wife knew and occasionally meta man who appeared to be considerably above his own station in life. Although the husband did not ohargo his wife with impropriety, ho is saki to have reminded her that no good could come of such a friendship The very next day the husband ard both children were found dead lu thc hut-savagely murdered. The wife and mother had disap peared as absolutely as though the ground had opened and swallowed her. There was stremg circumstantial evi dence that she was the m ord ress. S ho was believed to haye committed sui cide in such a manuel* as to place her body beyond possible discovery. How she could bav?j accomplished this was a mystery that has never ceased being dlsousscd. AUKOTT'S ST KA Nene VISITOK. Wow at least tho.-o old men and wo men who, for three decades, have passed lu ar.d out through thc gates of the monastery of Tzlduoanl believe that the death of Father Popovlce has solved the mystery. lt was on the second night follow lng the triple murder that aman who appeared to oe between fifty and sixty years old, but with no hair on his face -save some short scattering hairs on his chin-and dressed like a getle man, appeared before thc abbot of the monastery and begged to bo ad mitted as a member of the order. The man appeared much agitated. He foll upon bis knees to the abbot. He shed tears and said that the salva tion of his soul depended upon a fu ture life of the most rigid self denial in the service of God and humanity. Nothing but a vow of ob-rlionce, charity and humility could save him. The abbot bent, his gaze severely up on the. suppliant and ask? d: "What crime have you committed that yeni thus seek to mako expia tion?" At these words the man trembled and was silent for several moments. Finally he offered to c infess, provided the abbot would grant his prayer. Again the father superior of the mo nastry looked Inquiringly at thc kneel ing suppliant. "But," he said, at length, "you ap pear never to have grown a beard, lt ls a rule of the order that the breth ren must wear beards." MAD1C A CONFESSION. Then the mao rose eagerly and showed thc abbot tho scattering hairs on his chin, and protested that In time their growth, If not luxuriant , would at least servo to prove lils spirit of obedience. "Very well," said the abbot; "now what ls lt that you have to conics.-;v" The man put his lips to tho abbot's ear and whispered haifa de/.on sen tences. The abbot drew hack as though shocked. Mut tho crime that the man confessed could not have.been very great, for that night lie began his novitiate. One of tlie monks who witnessed this scene spoke of it to his fellows, and gradually every one in and about the monastery loamed that tho new monk whose face was so nearly smooth had something on his conscience, and was engaged in a service of expiation. He had oalled hltrself Popovlce, but whoo he had subscribed to the vows he was christened again, and "Brother Basile" bogan his career in the mon astery ut Tzlduoanl as the meekest and most obedient of all tin- voices, whose duties aro menial and their garb and food of the scantiest, Brother Basile never faltered. Ile sorved as scullion In tho monastery kltchons, v/alted upon the elder monks at tr'le, scrubbed tho (loora and Lolled tlreiessly In the garden and vineyard. Sometimes at dusk in the garden ho would bo scon leaning on lils spade for minutes together, mot ionless, evident ly io a reverie, and at such times his eyes shone out of their dark caverns with a light which seemed Uko that Of madness. T:IG scattering hairs on his chin grow longer, but wero hardly moro Humorous. Butbecauso Brother Basile was so often heard praying all night in his ooll, and because of his humility aud hts unflagging industry, this shortcoming in a brothor whose fol lows were all full-beared, was readily forgiven. A PASSION ron KNOWLEDGE. Not only did ho pray In his cell; he studiod-studied passionately. And before live yeara had como aud gone "Brother Basile" had become a regularly initiated monk and was loved in and out of tho monastery as "Good Father Basile." No one was so ready as ho to go among the poor of tho villages, to watch besldo sick peasants, to bring food to the starving, to comfort the dj lug and support tho spirits of the bereaved. For this the people came to love him with a devotion which no other monk enjoyed. All through ibo district the name of Father Basile was known and revered. Yet at times ho was a strange being whom no ono could fathom. There were times when his prayers were mingled with heart-rending groans. With faco ghastly pale and his fea tures writhing as though in manifes tation of some almost Insupportable mental agony, ho would stop beside tho road at dusk, his cyos apparently Axed upon some obj cot miles away. At bUOh times no one accosted him. lt was something no ono tried to un derstand, but all respeoted tho jause, whatever it was, for all knew that night good Father Basile wuuld ro main tlie whole night on his knees lu lils baro coll. WENT nUNOHY TO FEED OTHEUS. Nowhere In the world is there a monastery whoso regulations are more severe than are those of Tziduoanl. Unless he wero ill Father Basile didn't know tho tasto of tea, coffee or cocoa. Li ko tho other mouks he slept in a ^old, bare cell. At 0 a. m. he roso from Lils narrow, hard bed and said prayers f r half an hour, until the ringing of thc Angelus. After that until 0 3'clock, without a morsel of food, ho attended various services. Then med itation for half an hour, another half tic ur at work In the garden, or at some jthcr kind o? manual labor. Now there ls a meal of tho most frugal descrip tion-never a morsel of Mesh meat, ltd during Lout not evou tggs, choeso, milk or butter. Coarse bread, a littlo fish, some times two eggs and a salad, with the jholco cf wine or beer- -that was the fare of Father Basile. And because almost dally ho would lay aside some portion of it to relieve the 1 u igor of wine poor villager he was more often hungry himself than any other monk. Such self-denial, and such deeds of kindness to all in the district who liver appealed to him caused Fat Iv r Basile's fame to spread all over Europe. When he grew too old to leave the monastery grono "is peasants and even rich and powerful persons made pil grimages, even from great distances to, obtain the blousing of the holiest of monks. A llfctlfl More than two months ago Father Sisile was ninety years old. The visitors who did him honor on that diy were so numerous that the monastery inelosure Ctuld hardly ho!d them. H's place in the monastery, um iliclally, was higher than that of the abbot, for it was tho fame of Father Basile's piety and long ascetic life that had caused Tziduoanl to rise from obscurity and take its place among the most celebrated homes of religious orders. Father Basile, on his ninetieth birthday, was still activo, but (Laf and partly blind. Tao out linus of his wrinkled face were softened by long straggling hairs-barely enough of them to bo called by courtesy a bdard. For the last half dozen years he had remained mostly in his cell, praying more hours than over. But he wa9 more cheerful than formerly. What ever had been tho crime, which he had confessed to the old abbot, now dead, he seemed to feel that it had been fully expiated. DEAD AM) A WOMAN. Less thau amonth'later good Father B -..die was foui d dead in his cell. Hardly had the sad news reached the neighboring villages where it was fol low d by the startling report that In preparing thc monk's body for burial Dbe fathers had made the di; every that had thrown thc monastery into incontrollable excitement--that Fa lber Basile was a woman 1 There had never boen any susplo ons of this to giv.) rise to a false re port, and the very reticence of the ab jot and all tho fathers when details ,verc sought tended to give tho first 'oport stronger credence. Naturally ?ho abbot would shield thc monastery rom got sip so damaging to Its fume, md naturally the life long companions ?f Father Hastie would strive to have lis fame continue unimpaired. And hus there ls only the first significant I tmo of excitement, and thc first in .lotions admission of the lact to sup ?ort what everybody believes to be he truth-that Father Bas!lo was ro lly a woman. Why should lt occur to a woman to alee such a step, considering the risk f discover j? She was a fugitive from istlce. Where else could she better ury herself? What other disguise ould be more secure V Did she not Dnfess to tho abbot hor commission of )me crime? SOLVES AN OLD MYSTERY. And so, piece by piece, tho old men nd women of the district have built p the theory that this woman call ii; herself a man was the wif j whose usband and children were found lurdered thirty years ago. But they do not say that she her df committed that ter.tble deed, or ,'cti that she had guilty knowledge r it. Perhaps, knowing that her mit led logically to the mordor by luther, and knowing that she was ispected, she sought In tho monas ;ry both refuge and the expiation of cor tribu tor y orror. A Uoortfla TfAftO'dy, (.rorgc Wright, city passenger and cket agent at Homo, Qa., for the )uthern railway, was shot and killed reinesday by Vince T. Sanford. San .ld refuses to talk aid thc cause of ie tragedy is not known. Mrs. 'right ls prostrated, She was ill, <l the killing of her husband, lt is ared, will cause her death. Tho and Jury returned a true bill charg g mordor to Sanford. Acting un ir advice of his attorneys Sanford ntlnuos sllont. The only statt mont 1 made is: "Ho has ruined my home id 1 liavo killed him. 1 would do ic same thing again." i 'i II i to tho Km? i <...*. An old admiral well known for his .wer of exaggeration was describing voy? g J at supper ono night. "While uls'.ng In the Pad flo," he said, "we ,ssed an Dland which was positively d with lobsters." "But," said one the guests, nulling incredulously, obsters aro not red until bolled." )f courso not,"replied the undaunted mirai, "but this was a voloanlo and wlt.ii boiling springs." PREMIUMS FOR BEBT OHOFS Are Oi?Vrjti ;>> thu Agricultural So* oi<vy o? South Carolin*, In order to encourage the plant* ' lng of alfalfa hay among the farmers of South Carolina thc agricultural so ciety of South Carolina has offered a premium for tho best orop raised dur ing tho year 1900. The following circular has been sent out, whloh gives the conditions of tho contest and all Information connected with lt: Premiums for tho best crops of al falfa hay made In South Carolina dur 1900, offered by the agricultural so oloty o' ?louth Carolina: 1. riu .so who desire to compete for theso prizes must send their names to J. Baobman Chl&olm, seo rotary of tho" agricultural s^olety cf South Carolina, No. 20 Broad street. Ccarleston, S. C., giving tho looatlon and postollce address, aud stating whether they have entered for tho livc-aoro prize on or beforothe 1st of August, 1905. 2. Tho same party cannot enter for both the live-acre and one aero pr,'z9. 3. Tho hay must bo cut, ourcd and baled from the live-acre plot in one tract, all in one live-acre holy. Toe recuits aro uot to be made by taking any portions of one or more acres f ro.n various sections of any tlAOt. 4. This hay should bo cub as soon as thc b'oom. appears, after tho 1st of May, lPOo, aud as frequently as tho crops will warrant until tho 1st of November, 19C0. 5. An examination of quality of tho nay and tho weighing of name will be made by a committee of Judges composed of threo responsible resi dents of tho neighborhood, who shall give certificates of same. G. Oa receipt of thc certlllcates giv ing the aggregate of tho total cut tings between May 1st and November 1st of those who havj entered this competition tho agrlcultrual cummlt tee of the society will at onoa pay over to the successful contestant the award of $100 for thc best results of alfalfa from the UVJ acros, and $50 for the be3t results from one aero. These certificates must be sent to tho seco tary of the society befjro the 31st of December, 19C0. The secretary of the society will bo pleased to furnish those who desire to enter the contest with lmtormition as to where they cm procure tho al fal t i soul and anh information as to thc preparation of land, fertilization, planting and cutting of tho crop, as gi von in the United States agricultu ral bulletins, Nos. ?ll and 215, on "Al fa.-fa." Wil'iam G. llb son, John S. Horl beck, .lames S. Murdock, Theo. G. Barker, Taos. Pinckucy, Samuel G. Stoney, agricultural committee. DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION People Who Charge Corruption H av?; Mu 11 in 111 cd No T< Htiinony. The state dispensary investigating committee will yet down to work on Tuesday, August a. The first session will be at Spartaohurg. Spartanburg is chosen because lt ls thought lt will save expenses and tho committee linds that it has a tight hold thereon witnesses and bas already material enough to begin work. The purpose is to do what work is necessary at Spartanburg and then move to Columbia, where the public Investigations aro to be continued as long as there are witnesses available who know anything. Tho Idea of tho oommittee ls to meet wherever lt will bj cheapest to handle the Inquiry, Some of the members of the com mittee, and particularly Chairman H ay, said Wednesday that it was very disappointing to seo people on the stump and lu the pulpit denouncing the dispensary and charge co. rup iou and fraud and not til ring tho com rn lt tee evidence or suggesting lt to tho Plato. Fur himself, and for the oommittee, be said t hat evidence or Information that Is odored the com mlttee will bc fairly dealt willi, and the committee is anxious to got any t.'pslt can. Any member of the com mittee may bc addressed (jr ho may Oe advisod at Camden S. C., and the information will be given to the com mlttee. Ile thinks it unfair to thc c mmlttoo for people to bo charging things and not offering to help prove thc ol ?arges. The chief work of the committee today, In fact about the only thing that was done other than eau vas-) tho situation and thc woik done, was to arrange to borrow additional money. The committee was voted $3,000 out of the dispensary funds when lt began work, lt bas spent nearly all of this money, but the committee thinks that lt has now gone so far that lt must either throw up the sponge or borrow money with wnich to push tho work and pay the expen ses of tho witnesses it ls expected to summon, and the other expenses that have been provided for. Tho committee feols that it ls war ranted In arranging for additional money on the ground that lt ls noe i-ss.iry and that what money has thus far been ?pout has been consorvatoly cxpeiubd, and that whatever may bo the result of the investigation tho people of the state want it thorough ly done. Heal Beauly. A reply which was ab once wiso and witty ls said to have boen by a gentle man to whose decision In regard to a jcrtaln matter two pretty young girls appealed. They were discussing thc iiiestlon as to what c institutes beau ty in a hand and differed groitly In opinion. At b.st thoy referred the matter to the old man, of whom they ivore both very found. "My dears" aid tho old man with a kindly smile, "thc question ls too hard a one for me xi decido. Hut ask the poor, and diey will tell you that the ni >.st beau A ful hand In tho world ls thu hand -hat g I TOS the most freely." Mot Min Funoral? Thomas MoNelUS, of Hazelton, Pa , Wednesday, met what purported to ie his own funeral. It was only a ?earse driven from the morgue by an mddrtaker, who, when he saw Mo feltis, nearly fell from his seat. When ho recovered he turned his lorses around and drove b ick to the norgUO. The body had been seno rom tho Retreat hospital labled, by ome mistake. Thomas MoNelus, vho had recei tly been discharged as tired. It looked like him, and his rionds mourned him as dead. Toe authorities arc now trying to discover vhose body they have. Why IIKUAIIH Hmoko. An Indian chief, In an irilmpas loncd effort to tell something of nd lan peculiarities, said: "indian roat smoker, Smokln1 groat help to azlness." \ I m LARGE REWARDS] Offered for Fiends Who Assass inated a Maa and Daughter. GIRL FOUGHT HARD People Are Greatly Incensed Over tbe Horrible Crime. It Is Believed (hat the Young Lady Was Criminal ly Assaulted Before She Was Murdered. Gltizons of Miami, Florida, and sur rounding country, aro greatly Incensed over the brutal murder of 0. E. Davis and hts daughter, Miss Elsie Davis, which ooeurred recently. Rewards have bren (?tiered by private parties, organizations aud thc citizens general* ly ranging from $100 to ?1,001) for tho fiends and evidence to oonviot. Mr. Davis and hld daughter lived about four miles west of Miami and wero lu tho habit of coming to Miami quite frequently, In faot almost dally. Mr. Davis was a nurseryman, having a Uno grove of oraugo and grape fruit trees, which yielded a good return for his labors in the past years and did quito an extensive buslu',88 In budding and selling both nursery steck budded and In the seochug state. Ho was a man of about 57 years of ago. Ho was born in Delaware county, Ohio, and had lived in tho vloluity of Miama for the past fourteen years. Ile was woll liked by the pub'.io generally, but it is thought that ho must have had some enemies, as his lino patch of water melon vines was totally destroyed some weeks ago by being pulled out of the ground. No trace of tho perpetrators has over beon discovered. Miss Elsie Davis was an exceedingly attractive young lady; was about olghtcou years of age, rather small, with a lithesome, grucoful figure, quite pretty, with blue oyes and light brown hair. She was very bright and lively with a fondness for society and a de ckled talent for the amateur stage. She frequently appeared before the Miami publie In amateur performanc es for the benefit of somo local organi zation and always mado a suocess of her part. On Sunday Mr. M. S. Dur bank, a friend called at the Davis home and knocked, but securing no roply and seeing no ono, conoluded that the father and daughter were not at home, while at that limo their murdered bodies were weltorlng in their blood In their respcoti ve bedrooms on tho second Moor. YOUNO MAN SUMMONS IIKI,l\ He vrcnt again on Sunday after noon, as he had to go on a trip with Mr. Davis, and to tell him that he could not go. Ile calkd a third time on Monday morning and still not soc lng any one went to the home of one of Mr. Davis'sons, who Uvedinear, and told him of the circumstances of his having called three timefj and could lind no oue at h< m ?. Mr. Ei Dayls wont with Mr. Durban/ and not b2>ug welcomed as usual, I 8 en tercd the house, and to rf? ?... me discovered tho dead bodies of his\ ?ved ones. He rushed back to Miami told the terrible news and sought sj apa thetic friends, who hastened tb the scene and ft.und his surmise only too t rue, t hat his father and sister had been cruelly assassinated by an un known foe. The sheriff, corner and other oillcials were at once not i tied and tho news spread Uko wild Uro throughout tho .-tty. Crowds visited the spot of tho Foulest murders tint have ever b?en jommlued lu Dade county. Mr. Davis was lying in bed with a bullet hole through his neck. From his peaceful position ir. ia thought that he was shot, while asleep and did not know what yuh 1 his earthly existence, though there are Indications that he was ttrangled, too; also that ho was the frat ono murdered, as his daughter's .oom, whioh was quite near his, was n disorder, showing that there was a itrugglo. A large rug on the H air was Hsturbed an.l the bed clothing in a (Umblcd condition. Miss Divis seemed to have been ihrown on the bod with her head to vard thc foot and her hair over her ace. She had been shot In both .roasts, ono ball passing through her )ody and the mattress and lodging ri the door undor tho lied, lt is the ame number as that used by her allier and his pistol which u n ally vas kept, on the ti rut door cannot be ( md, therefore it is generally ballcv d that the murderer or murderers sod Mr. Davis' pistol to kill both ilmself and his beloved daughter, Nothing in the way of money, jewel y or silver seems to have been remov d from house and tho supposition is hat thc ob I ec t was criminal assault. Fourni Negro in Hooitl, A special from Athens, Ga , to the ugusta Chronicle says Will Howard, >lored, is in jail on the ehargo of aving entered the hettie of Mr. John asner. He was discovered past mld Ight by Mrs. Baener, who felt Kerne ling touch her heels, and on waking lund that this negro had just enter 1 tho "norn through a window at the )Ot o. '.ho bod. The negro Jumped it of clio window and made off, but as captured and placed in jail, lie lid he had gone there to get some icdlcine for his wife but tho story ls it believed at all. What his motive as no ono can tell, but it is thought j was bent on burglary. Mourned nu 1)OA<1, Ouadod to desperation by tho harsh calment of her parents, wealthy ;ws of Memphis' Tenn., who, she iys, have used her as a slave for ?ars, Miss Lena Plesofsky eloped Ith lier Gentile sweetheart. The irents wero in close pursuit, and, as icy C?idd got no ono oise in time, ie couple were forced to ootaln tho rvleos of a negro preacher. After irstng thc bride, the family hold neral sorvlc s over her name, which 111 nevor be spoken again. Good Ad vi co. The Florenco Times says braco up id look bright and do something for iiir community. Tho world hV not lng to the bow wows, cotton ls still n cents and tobacco ls making a w record. Young corn looks bright ?d fruit ls ripening, There wm he od business and plonty of money In 0 South this fall. l''l?ht At ltAr))OOUO. Four negroes were woundod at a rbeouo in Cherokoo county on Satur? y-nono seriously. Three negroes sro wounded, ono fatally, at the me place just a week before.. IS IT THUS WITH YOU? Tho Worker's Drouin that Came to Chungo Hts Way. "According to the graco of God which ht given iluto o.<*, as a wiso Doab tor-bullder, I have laid tho founda tion, and anothor buildoth thereon. - But let every man take heed how he bulldeth thereupon. "For other foundation can no man lay than that ls laid, whioh in Jesus Ohrlst. "Now if any man build up m this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay slubhlo; every man's work shall bo made manifest: for tho day shall doolam lt, because lb shall be revealed by Ure; and the Ore shall try every man's work of what sort lt ls. If any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. "If any man's workshall bo burned, ho shall suffer loss; bub ho himself shall bo sa Ved; yet so as by Ure."-1 Cor. Ill 10 16." I sat down tn an arm chair, wearied with my work. My toil had been severo and protracted. Many were seeking Christ, and many had found bim. As for mjs.df I was Joyous in my work. My brethren were united. My sermons and exhortations were evidently telling on my hearers. My church was crowded. I Tired with my work, I soon lost myself lu a sort of half-forgotten state. Suddenly a stranger entered tho roDoa, without any preliminary "tap" or "como in." Ile carried abe Ut his person measures, ohemica.1 Imple ments, which gavo him a very strauge appearance. The stranger carno toward me, and extending his band, said: "How ls your zeal?" I supposed that the (m)ry was to be for my health, but was pleased to hear his li nal wolds;, for I was quito well pleased with my zeal, and doubted not the stranger whould smile when he should know Its proportions. Instantly, I conceived of lt as phys ical quantity and putting my band to my bosom, brought lt forth and pro sented lt to him for inspection. Ho took lt, and placing it in his scale, weighed lt carefully. And 1 heard him say, "One hundred pounds.' 1 could scarce express an audible note of satisfaction; but I caught his earnest look as he noted down the weight; and 1 saw at once that he had drawn no lina! conclusion, but was in tent on pushing bis investigation. Ho broke thc mass to atoms, put lt into his crucible, at id put the crucible into the lire. When thc mass was fused, he to^k lt out and set it to ctol. It congealed in cooling, and when tunnel out on tho hearth ex hibited a serlos of layers of strata; which all, at tho touch of the ham mer, fell apart, and were severally tested and weighed, the stranger making minute notes as the process went on. When he Iud finished he presented tho notes to mo, and he gave me a lo:.k of mingled sorrow ax d compassion, as without a word, exe?pb, 'May Ged save you!'' he left the room. Tue "notes" read as follows: "Analysis of tho zeal of J uni us, a j candid ito for a crown of glory. Weigtit en masse, or total weight 100 pounds. On this, on Analysts, there p oves to be bigotry.ll parts') Wood, l'or-OI?VI Aiultitiou.22 " i tiny "' 'l.ovo o? Praiiio.lt) M I Mia PrUto bf D?nomination,.]5 " e Stubble, Pi?do of Talent.l l " Isl O r. Lovoof Authority.Vi " I III: 10-10 Lovo of God. 1 " ? " , T e M o? Turo /cal. Lovo of .Man. 3 " I I Iv-el become troubled at the pocu dar tn inner of the stranger, ai d es p cia ly at his parting lenk aud man ner; iiut when l looked on the figures, my heart sunk like load within me. I made a mental effort to dispute the correctness of the reootd Hut 1 was startled Into a more honest- m o i by an audible sig!) from the stranger. 1 cried tub, "Lord, save me! ' and knelt down at my chair, with the pa per In my hand, and my eyes tixed upon it At one s it beeamma mirror, and 1 saw my heart roll coted In lt Tho rr cud was true! 1 saw it I 1 felt lt.! 1 confessed lt! I deplore 1 lt ! and 1 besought G id to save mo from myself, with many tours. With a cry of anguish 1 awoke. I had once prayed to be saved from hell, but prayer to be saved from myself now was Immeasurably more fervent. When the toils of my pilgrimage shall be at an end, 1 shall kneed lu heaven, at the feet of the Great Alchemist and bless him for thc rovo latlon of that day. Selected. A Had OHHO, Five hundred dollars, which Mrs. Knapp had raised through hard et?ort for the defense of her son, J olin Knapp, who ls awaiting trial at Rich mon?), Ind,, for murder, has been lost In the wreck of the Commercial hank ?vt Hagerstown, Ind. Knapp stands Eiooused of murdering Lonnie Gelsler, marshal of 11 agen, t'. vn, Knapp is no w In jail there, and his motlier had Erected her energies toward procur ing enough money to employ attor neys. She finally collected $500 among relatives and placed the moue) in the Jommerelal hank with John bowman, ?die cashier, who killed himself after OOtlng the hank. The money ls gone md Mrs. Knapp ls perhaps the most -vretched and despairing of the sui) lepjsitltors who lost thoir savings in jhc institution._ Mod liiiiH NC-KI'O At Newbramfels, Texas, a mob Thursday nig ht battered down the loors of tho county jail and lynched Jam Green, a 10 year-old nogro boy vho attempted criminal assault at his place Tuesday night on tho 4 'ear-old daughter Of William K trbaoh. . German farmer who lives on the mtsklrts of the town. The mob ould not break Into tho coll where ho prisoner was kept, so the leaders hrust their guns through the opening f thc steel walls and llrod throe shots, .?.he nogro sunk to tho door dead and he mob quickly dispersed, 'roe negro rotcsted his innocnoe to tho mob, ut during tho day had confessed his uilt to tho sherill. Plonty ol Chook. 10. S. Holmes, former assistant sta Istlcan In tho department of agrlcul ure, who was dismissed for selling otton facts, Wednesday consulted Hinsel relative to tho Investigation f thc Otton leaks, lt ls understood hat ho will take his dismissal from lie department to tho courts, [olmos declined to mako any state lent about his case. He returned to Washington hue Wednesday. liillotl tor .',D. lu H -. George Brown, a well known farmer f WoU?l county, living near New lartinsville,W. Va., shot and killed /llllam Williams, a Hftecn-ycar-old Dy, Wednesday morning because ho mud him picking blackberries on his roporty. Brown was arrested. A FATAL HEAT WA VF. Many Prontratlon? ?nd Dont!? In the Larder onion. A dispatch fiona Now York says au area of oppressive heat, tbat brings to | mind with unpleasant vividness the record-breading summer of 1001, has sottlod down over tho eastern and New England States, already num bering hundreds among Its victims and causing Indescribable suffering for thousands In this and other olties. From all points Wednesday night came the story of thc hottest day o? the summer, attended with frequent! prostrations and not a few deaths. Philadelphia reported a max m ira temperature of l>8 3, tho highett lig ure ollloially noted. In this city tho weather bureau's high mark was 00, while In boston, where tho sun's rays aro wont to bo tempored by an east wind, a temperature of Ul was re corded. Following are thc maximum tem pcratures c lllolally reported In the larger olties, with the known oases of prostration and death: Maximum Pro tra Tcm. tiona. Death? New York 90 187 23 Philadelphia 98 3 60 ? Baltimore 87 3 6 i Washington 95 0 - U"stnn ?4 4 1 Pittsburg 93 20 13 Buffalo 78 2 1 (In the abovo table tho total of prostrations includes the fatalities ) "Jake" (Jook, keeper of the monkey house, at Central park, famous as an ?l?phant trainer and the Idol of the children who frequent thc zoo, was among Wednesday's victims. The other keepers had complained ( f the heat and Cook, volunteering to help them with their duties, overexerted himself, Was stricken and died. Farly in the day tho hot wave In vaded the stock exchange, and lbs ef fect was quickly apparent upon the traders. Many of tho leading opera tors deserted thc Moor and the mar ket became listless and dull. To add to tho unavoidable physical sufferings, Brooklyn was threatened with a water famine, while tho whole city was startled by a prospect of a strike of the Icc men. An expected strike in Manhattan didcot material ize. A few ice wagon drivers stopped work, but deliveries continued. Prompt measures wero taken by the police and park commissioners to alleviate In some degree the suffering of tho public. Orders wero issued keeping opon throughout the night tho park gates and thousands of men, women and children deserted crowded and stilling apartments for a bed upon tho cool grass. A SENSATIONAL REPORT That It K. l> i?no Did Not Commit Suicide UH licportod* A story was In circulation last week that former President Ulbert Keith Dargan, of tho Independent Oottton Mill Company of Darlington, did not summit snleldc, and lu fact ls net :lead. Tne rumor states that the body luis never been viewed by the jury, and tho only time that it was seen by the coroner was when the st unty olllolal was called to tho law oillce and found the ronner (Meer seated In a chair at a desk, with the whiskey, and carbolic acid on the desk. Aocoruing to tho story, Mr. Dargau was oarrled to his home in a sloscd carrlago. It is said that tue jtrlcken homo was cloded' to callers, ind nobody saw Mr. Dargan In the a ket, which was later Interred after icrvlces p?rf rmed by two ministers if Darlington. The s'.ory question whether the casket contained Mr. Dargan's body, ind it is said that tho insurance com erny, the state ageut of whlca ls lo uted at Columbia, is investigating jhe matter, with a view of ascertain ng whether Mr. Dargan really dleo md was bulled, lt ls argued that rvhiskey ls an antidote for oar bbl lo leid poison, with willoh Mr. Dargan s said to have killed himself, and that is l ng as whiskey is drunk the acid .au be safely taken into tho system Plie presence of tho whiskey on the lesk near tho suicide, is cited to show i poss!bl i knowledge of this fact, and o sustain the theory that thc man lover killed himself. Additional col ir ls given to the theory from the tart that Mr. Pegram had lu the af air. It struck many people as a most as ounriiug proposition that a man ould Idly and calmly sit in tho room nd allow his brother to take the pol on, and after his death then give tho larm. The theory that no suicide vas committed otters an explanation f this feature of the case, and the I allure of Mr. Pegram Dargan to make ny statement at the inquest, when ?ut on tho stand, simply saying that ho statement of his brother spoke for tsrdf, ls construed to moan that l e id not wi.sh to Involve himself by as citing that his brother was dead, dieu ho had not killed himself, ac Ording to the story. Tho story ls a lost remarkable one and ls thought to e a fake, but lt is being very pcrslst ntly circulated hore and ls published er what lt is worth._ Served Him Hight, James Board, a prominent citizen f od tn, Ind., was horsewhipped In lie streets of that town by Mrs ames Chu roll man while lier husband mod guard over Beard with a rcvol er. Churchman, so lt is alleged, had card that Bearii had mule state rents that were derogatory to the laracter of his wife. With his wife o wont to a hardware store, pur lascd a buggy whip and wallod for caul lo appear. When Beard came p town Mr. Churchman covered blur 1th his revolver and told his wife to >thc whipping. While Board stood oking Into the muzzle of the rovol 3i" in Churchman's hands, eight shes were laid on his costless back, fter the whipping was over Church an td nonlshed Beard not to ialk iout his wi fe again._ ?worn. Mo Dosorvod. "Tho man who rocked tho boat" >t what he deserves a sound drubbing onday when a crowd of New York omen set upon him and almost Minded him to death. He hal al ost caused the drowning of two nmg ladies by capsizing the boat h lot) ho "rocked." It's the only ay to batidle such idiots and if it ero done every time, there would bo wer cases of his Idiotic display. A M A<I Woman. At Now York Mr.i. Annie Cabes, a tung mother, Wednesday morning ft. her bed and solzed a carving nfc and stabbed lier ni notcon-y car il son to death. Too woman sought murder her husband, but was pre n*oei. She then slabbed borsolf In e breast. Jealously over lier Steter, io ls living with her, ls thought to ,vo prompted tho act. AU( Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typ guaranteed course 20 wooks. Sin* hand, 13 mos 12 calls for grnduatee manu, Write. Machinery Supply I WE SELL I Headquarters for EVERYTHING All kinds of Injectors, Lubricators Supplies for Saw Mills, Oil Mills an Large stock of Well Pumps ar.d Oy COLUMBIA 8 O ot ti m toit?., M O. The rai s THE GUINARD ? COlvUMI . Manufacturers Brick. Fire Proo X Elue linings and Drain Tile. PJ # or millions. 132U Lady St. (or r. O. Box 76f Col ?ft elt-n WEATHER AND CROPS. Corn Dam * .:< ,l, hut Cotton (Jotting Along Fairly Well. The week ending Monday, July 17, was slightly cooler than normal. The temperature extremes were a maxi mum of U l degrees at Allendale on the 10th, ai da minimum of 05 degrees at Greenville on the 11th aud 14th. The temperature conditions were favor able. There were a number of damag lng high winds, especially in Green ville and neighboring countb s, accom panying thunderstorms. There was an excess of eleu Uness over the entire state. With the exception of a deficiency in the central counties where there were numerous showers bub little rain, the precipitation for tho week was copious and in many places excessive, i anging from ono to over live inches. In the extreme western, and in places in thc northeastern counties, lands wore washed and bottom lands Hooded. Tue rainfall was heavy along the coast and excessive in Beaufort comi ty. Over the greater part of tho state, the numerous showers and the cloudy weather kept the ground too wet to work, aud delayed the laying by of field crops. Some fields of corn and cotton hav again bte.imo grassy and are in urgent need of ouitlvatlon. Gatton grew very fas*/ In all sec tions, but did not fruit in proportion. Toe plants bavo geuerally attalued normal growth, and in many places have grown too large, but, with the exception of Hampton county, where the rains eau ted the plants to turn yellow, they have a good, health, color, but are soft and sappy. Ttiere are some complaint of shedding squares autt of black root, and of ruston sandy land j, and of dam ige from insects, hut on tue whole a general Improve ment ls noted. The crop needs fair weather. Some bottom land corn was dam aged and sc me destroyed, otherwise there was a general Improvement In the coddition of corn, especially of late plantings. Tobacco curing ls general; late to jacco mads rapid growth, bm the crop promises to bo short. June rico receiving tts tirso cultivation. Gardens Improved. Peas doing well. Peaches rotting. Pastures have im proved. Cane growing well. Water melons generally plentiful and ship ments heavy. POISONED THE WELL. /!. Diabolical Attempt to Kill a Family and Servant?). News of a most diabolical attempt at poisoning the members of a promt nent family, consisting of Mrs. Mug gie Ferguson, her son. Mr, E. W. Ferguson, and wife, is reported to the Columbia State from the vicinity of Clinton in Laurens Co inty. The re port says at about the fi'imo time Tues clay norning Mr. Fergus m, his moth ur and a negro servant b?camo very ill, the symptoms indicating poison ing. In a few hours, however, they had almost entirely recovered. Meantime an Investigation led to tho discovery of a big In the well con taining a horrible mixture of portions Df a snake, frogs, lizzards and a quail biby of stuff resembling pounded maten leads. However, a physician who has jxamlned tho contents of tho bag dates that there was not present any nineral poison. Jake Car wile, ex convict and all .mind bad negro, who until last Sat irday week Was in tho employ of Mr. ferguson, his time having expired, is iiispeotcd of thc deed, as ho bad given dr. Ferguson a deal of trouble and ls inderstood to bavo made threats tgainst his employer repeatedly to the ither hands on the placa. A vigorous search was soon lnsbltu cd and a posse of determined men lave been scouring the country for he negro nineo some time Wednesday norning, but lie seems to have made ood his escapo. Carwllo ls about 40, ilack, mediu n size, partially bald and vcars a mustache. A Goorala Fir-oak. Wc may always look for a freak rom Georgia when times aro dull. Poe latest ls a man willi a conscience brong enough to make him send the allroad oompany a oheck for a rldo io took without paying for lt. Wc vish all psoplo who owo us for th ol r ?aper could bavo just suoii an awak ning of oonselence. _ lt mw:? ?I foi" AsHMiilt. 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