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THE VEIW BEST. A timmi Tribute to the Soliders ot th?. Confederacy. FOUGHT GKEAT ODDS But Always Acquitted Themselves la a Way that Made Their Enemies Re spect Them. Some Interesting Pacts and Figures from Friend and Poe. The subjoined extracts are taken from the writings ot Rev. J. William Jones, who was lirst a private and served in the ranks, then a chaplain to tho clono of the war. Those ex tracts aro taken from Vol. XII, "Confeder ate Military History." The author is now Chaplain-General of tho Uuitcd Confed?ralo Votoraus. During the war he was iittlngly designated us tho "Fighting Parson." Chaplain Jones ls a man of marked ability, with both pen and tongue. He is a Biptlst minister. In his testimony before "the committee on tho conduct of the war," Major Qeneneral Hooker "Fighting Joe" he was affectionately and appropriately called by his men uses this remarkable aud emphatic language: ' Our artillery had always been su perlor to that of the rebels, as was also our Infantry, except in disciplino, and that, for reasons not necessary to mention, never did equal Lee's army. With a rank and tilo vastly Inferior to our own intellectually and physically, that army had, by dlclpllne alone, ao quired a character for steadiness and eillolonoy unsurpassed, In my Judge ment, In ancient or modegn times. Wo have not beeu able to rival lt." Now, we may fully accept the lat ter part of this statement of General Hooker's as to the ohataotcr i f the Confederate army, without conceding that lt was due alone te discipline. Il was my privilege to be a member of the army of Northern Virginia. As a private soldier or as Chap)lan 1 follow ed Its Hag from Harper's Ferry in 'Ol to Appomattox in '05, mingling freely with the men lu camp, on the march, In the bivouac, on the battle Held, and in the hospital. I knew its most con spicuous leaders and mado lt my os pedal business to know tho heroes of tho rank and lile. I marched with them along tho weary road, bivouack ed with them in the pelting storm, went with them Into the leaden and Iron hall of bat tle, ministered to them in the loathsome hospitals, labored with among them In those glorious re vivals which made well nigh every camp vcoal with God's praises, resul ting in the professed conversion of over 16.00J men; rejoiced with them in that long series of brilliant victories which have Illustrated brightest pages of American history, and wept with them when Leo was "compelled to yield to ovcrwelming numbers and re sources." Since the war I have carefully studied the otllclal reports on both sides and evorythlng that has boen published which throws any light on the history of that army. 1 am pre pared, therefore, not only to fully In dorse General Hookers's opinion of the Infantry of the army of Northern Virginia, but to go further and say that our artillery, though Inferior In guns, ammunition and equipment, was always a match for that to which lt was exposed; that thc men who rode with Turner Ashby, Wade Hampton and Fitz Lee, or "followed tho feather" of "Jeb" Stuart, though greatly inferior in mount and equip ment to the Federal cavalry, were masters of tho situation on any fair fields; and that the army of Northern Virginia as a whole, was, In gallant dash, steady resistance, patient cn durance, heroic courage, and all other qualities which go to make up the best soldiers, not only unrivaled, as the gallant general says, by the army of the Potomac, but the equals of any other army that eyer matched under any tlag, or fought for any cause. And I give ( qual honor to tho other armies of the Confederacy. The men who defended Fort Sumter and Char leston and Savannah and Mobile and Fort Fisher; who fought under Albert Sidney Johnson, Beauregard, liragg, Joseph IC. Johnson, Hood, Stcpen I) Lee, Pemberton, Van Dorn, Price, Dick Taylor, Kirby Smith, Forrest, Joo Wheeler, John Morgan,- and others, were the peers of thoso who followed Loe and Stonewall Jackson and deserve equal praise. The world never saw better soldiers than those who composed the Confederate armies. But we must utterly repudiate the reason General Hooker assigns for tho etllotenoy of the Confederate soldiers. So far from its heir g due to "discip line alone"-so far from its being true that the Confederates were "vastly inferior, intellectually and physically," to the .soldiers on the otherside it can be abundant ly dem onstrated that just the reverse Is nearer the truth, and that thc world never saw an army composed of more superb material, intellectually, phys! cally and morally, In all that consti tutes what we call morale In an army, than the armies of tho Confederate States of America. But perhaps the best evidence of tho morale of tho Confederate armies is their achievements, notwithstand ing the immense odds in numbers, re sources and equipment against which they fought. The population of the Northern States was about 20,000,000, while the population of tho Confeder ate States was only 5,000,000 whites. Thero were enlisted In the Federal armies, as shown by the official re ports, 5,801,271 men, while there were mustered In thc Confederate annies a total of only 800,000 mon. The block ado cot c n the Confederacy from tho factories and general supplies of the world and shut tho South up to Its own scant restureef.; while the Koder ais had nob only only tho arsenals, thc navy yards and "thc shops of| the government, and the numerous facto rles of the North, but those of the whole world from which to draw their war material. Tho Federal armies were equipped in complete style, their arms and ammunition were of tho most improved patterns, thoir supplies Of ovory kind were abundant and oven luxurious, their transportation very Superior and their telegraph, pioneer, "secret sorvlco," and every other de partment of the highest efficiency; while the Conted rates were sadly defi cient In all of these and, indeed, laoked overthlng save devoted patriot ism, ablo leadership and heroic hearts. And yet, with these overwhelming - o?ds against them, tho Confederate armies for four yoars maintained the unequal contest, (ought over nearly all the territory of tho Confederacy, and In over 2,000 engagement?, great and anbali, won many victories whioh astonished tho world Inc, .coco of the high morale of the Confederate army, a letter from a gallant Union colonel, who sewed to the end of the war, ls here quoted as lt was published in the Soutuern His torical Sooloty Papers (Vol. IX, pp, 142, 143), In whioh he says: "1 tako ploasuro in ret ding the Southern His torical Society Papers, and consider them Invaluable. They show conclu sively tho great disparity of numbers and tho bravery and great saorliloos of the Southerners in battling for their principles aud for what they honestly consider were their rights. And I take a just pride, as an Amor loan cit'/.m, a descendant, on both sides of my parentage, of English stock who oamo to this oountry about 1040, that the Southern army, com posed almost entirely of Americans, were ablo, under the ablest American chieftains, to defeat so often tho over whelming hosts of the North, which wore composed largely of foreigners to our soil." General Hookor, in his testimony, surely overlooked this ele ment, or he would not have testllled that the Confederates wero Inferior to his poople, "Intellectually and physi cally," and acquired their superiority in steadiness and efflolonoy "by dis cipline alone." Hut the point will be obvious by citing the results of a few of tho many battles as illustrations. When on account of tho wounding of Gen J. E. Johnson at Sovon Pines, Cm. lt. E. Leo was put In command In Vir ginia, June 1, 1802, the situation looked dark indeed for tho Confed erates. The capture of Fort? Henry and Douelsou, the fall of New Or leans, tho oapturo of Nashville, Roan* oke Island and Norfolk, gave the Fed erals confidence of success and tended to greatly dispirit tho Confederates The gloom had been somewnit bright ened by the Confederate victory at Shiloh and Stonewll Jackson's brlllia.it Valley campaign, which terminated at Cross Keys and Fort Republic a few days after General L^:o assumed oommand, But the situation was ex ceedingly threatening, for McClellan was strorgly intrenched with 115,000 men within sight of tho spires of Richmond and almost within cannon range of the oity. He had 10.000 more men at Fortress Monroe and A'as conlldontly expecting McDowell, whose troops had been diverted by the movements of Stonewall Jackson, to Join him with 40,000 troops. Gen. Lee to oppeso this strong force, after receiving all of the reinforcement that he could draw from every s-ure. could only muster 78,000 men, the largest army he ever commanded. And yet, with this force Loe attacted McClellan In his stronghold, and lu "Seven Days' battles" drove him from every position and forced him tc take refuge under thc cover of his gunboats at Harrison's landing, forty miles below Richmond, after a screh of brilliant Confederate victories which in ll lote d immense loss on thc enemy in both men and material. Gen. J. H. Kershaw, of South Caro lina, published some years ago a deep ly interesting narrative concerning "Richard Kirkland, the humane herc of Fredericksburg," a sergeant In tia Second South Carolina regiment. Af ter the bloody repulse of the Federal! at Frederlcksburg, near the foot o Marye's hill, they left their many kill ed and wounded lying between thi Hues, and the piteous cries of tin brave men on account of pain ant thirst appealed to tho sympathies o the soldiers of both armies.-Kirk land went to General Kershaw, wh< was then in command of the Con fed srates at that point, and said wltl deep emotion : "General, 1 can'i stand this." "What ls the matter SorgeantV" asked the general. Ht replied : "All day I have hoard tho-si poor people crying for water and . can stand lt no longer, I come to asl permission to give them water." Tin gcnerul regarded him for a momen with feelings of profound admiration and s\ld : ''Kirkland, don't yoi know that you would get a bulle through your head the moment yoi stepped over the wall?" "Yes," h said, "1 know that 1 may, but If ya will lot me, 1 am willlrg to try lt." After a pauno the general said "Kirkland, I ought not to allow yoi to run such a risk, but the sentlraen which actuates you ls so noble that will not refuse your request, trustlni that God may protect you. You ma; go." With light heart and bunyan step the humane hero, armed with al of the canteens he could carry li 1 lei with water, crossed thc wall, wen unharmed through tho shower of bul lets, which at first greeted him, an reached and relieved the nearest Rull erer, pouring down his parched throa tho life-giving fluid, putting him in moro comfortable position, and lea\ lng him a canteen Ulled with watei His purpose now hoing apparent, th Federals ceased to lire on him, an for an hour and a half, amid th plaudits of both armies, this angel ( mercy went on his mission from ma to man of tho wounded onemy-hi comrades gladly niling his canteen for him a* ' being prevented fror joining him in his lab tr of love onl by the or ers against their orofsln the line - until all on that par., of th Held had been relieved, lt needs onl to be added-since "the bravest ai the tenderest and the loving are tb daring"- that Sergeant Kirkland t greatly distinguished himself at Gel tysburg that he was promoted f( "eonsplclous gallantry," and that I fell on the victorious Hold of Chick, manga, bravely doing his duty. Bt he will bo known in the annals of tl war as "The humane hero of Frede Ickburg," and as ho lu:cl but a shoi time before found "Christ in tl Camp," 1 doubt not that he wea now a bright crown bestowed by 111 who promises that a cup of cold wat) given in tho right spirit shall ni lose Its reward. As for the treatment of prisoner despite all of the slanders that wo: published against tho Confederacy ai are still unjustly repeated the fact r mains that Confederate records ha^ tom searched In vain for proof tin the Confederate authorities ever o dereel tn connived at any ill treatmoi of prisoners. The Confederates el: everything in their power to mitiga the untiring of prisoners and mae varie IM humane propositions to tin end, which were rejected by thc Fei crab; and while thc sulTorlngs of prl oners wero vory great and the morta I ty among them fearful on both side yot the e lli dal reports of IO. M Stai Lon, United States secretary ef wa and J. K. Hames, surgeon gencrti show that nearly four per cent mo Confederates perished In NorLhoi prisons than Federals in Southoi prisons, and this notwithstanding tl fact that tho Confederacy was do ?lent in food, raiment and mcellcin ffir eyes its own soldiers, while tl Fedorals had an abundance of all su piles. The truth ls tbat our Chris tian President, J i Carson Davis, and his generals conducted the war on the highest plano of civilization; that our r?ok and tile oaught their spirit and Hhowod in this, as in other dlreo tiona, their peouliar and lofty morale. The great English scholar and poet, Prof. P. S. Wosoley, wrote tho truth in lines of blended strength and beau in his poem dedicated to Gen. U, E. Lee, in which he thus rotors to thc Southern Confederacy: "Alii realm of tombsl but lot her bear This blazon to tho last of times: No nation rose so white and fair, Or fell so pure of crime." ENDS TWO LIV?8. A Durber Kills His Wlfo ?nd Then Commits H ul o ido. After cutting his wife's throat with a razor and while her dead body was lying on the floor, William Washing ton, a negro baroer, who lived at 1 Greene atreot, out his own throat with the samo razor Wednesday night about llo'olook and fell dying by the wo man's side. The double tragody counted in a throe-room house on the portion of Greone street whloh passes through Darktown. Neighbors heard the couple quar relling and later heard a fall. A sis ter of Washington, who lived across tho street, went to tho house and when she opened the front door she saw Susie Washington lying dead on the floor with a gash across her throat, and tho man lying by her side, with his throat out and gasping for breath Ho died before tho hospital ambulance roached the scene. Call Officers Dorsott and Pharr In vest'gated tho affair. They ascer tained that Washington, who had been working lu a barber shop on De catur street, separated from his wife several months ago. Wednesday night ho went to his wife's bouse and fouud her alone. Exactly what occurred could not be known, but from thc condition cf the rooms, thc ( Ulcers bellcvo that Wash ington cut his wife's throat as he held her on a bod in the middle of the room, She tried to run and fell in tho doorway leading into tho front room Washington must havo step ped over his wife's dead body and when in the front rr.om drew thc razor across his own throat. He fell with his head near that of his wife. Tho police at first bclioved there had boen a double murder, but a search revealed the razor with which the crime and su (olde had been com x l! tod. It had fallen from the man's hand and lay a few feet from his body, dyed red with the blood of him self and wife. Tue r&zjr was one which Washington usod at thc barber shop. Tue coroner was notified and he di rected the police to remove thc bodies to the rooms of a negro undertaker. An Inquest was held Thursday morn ing. Washington was well known in the city, having been a barber here for several years. --Atlanta Constitu tion. SEP??MBBR WEATHER. K." cords ot tho Local Weather lin roan Tor lOl^htocu Yours. Thc following data, oovcrlng a pe rlod of 18 years, have been compiled from tho weather bureau records at Columbia. They aro Issued to show the conditions that have prevailed, during September, for the above pe riod of years, but must not bs con strued as a forecast of the weather oonditlous for thc coming month. Temperature: Mean or normal tem perature, 76 degrees; the warmest month was that of 1000, with an av erage of 70 degree* ; tho coldest month was that 1888, wibi an average of 72 degrees; the highest temp?r?t ute was 101 degrees, on .September IS, 1800; the lowest temperature was 42 de grees, on September 30, 1888; the earliest dato on which the first killing frost occurred autumn, Oct. 10, 1890; avorago date on which first killing frost occurred In autumn, November 8th; average dato on which last kill ing frost occurred in spring, Marci 23d; tho latest date on which last kill lng frost occurred in spring, April 17, 1005. Precipitation (rain or melted snow): Average for the month, 4 12 Inches; average number of days with .01 of an inch or more, 8; the greatest monthly precipitation was 7.00 Inches In 1800; tho least monthly precipita tion wasO 50 luches In 1887; the great est amount of precipitation recorded hi any 21 consecutive hours was 4.00 Inches on Septomber 17th, 18th, 1001; the greatest amount Of snowfall re corded In any 24 consecutive boura (record extending to winter 1881 85 only) was none inches. Clouds and weather: Averago num ber of clftar days, 13; partly cloudy days, 10; cloudy days, 7. Wind: The prevailing winds have boen from the northeast; the av erage hourly velocity of the wind ls eight miles per hour; tho highest ve loci ty of the wind was 53 miles from the southwest on September 30, 1002. Foolish iloyH, At Santa Fe, N. M., two youths named Jose Martinez and Hudore Ro mero have been killed by the explo sion of a box of dynamite they used for a target. Tho boys wore rabbit hunting. Not finding any game, when they reached the powdor house of the Denver and Rio Grande rail way near Chama, they sot up a box of dynamlto as a targot. Tho box contained 400 pounds of the explosive and lt's explosion sot off four tons of powder. In Chama many window panes wero broken. Hurlly Stung. In an elf >rt to rescue her cow which had beon attacked by boes Mrs. Hert Goodrich, of Davenport Centre, had a narrow escapo from being stung to death. Tho oow, which was tied tr) a stake by a long rope, upset a hive of h.es ami the insects attacked the ani mal. Mrs. Goodrich ru died from the house with a rkz)r and severed the rope, but the hoes fell upon her so fiercely that neighbors had to rescue hor. S '.ores of bees wero taken from tho woman's hair and one was found In her ear. AlAiiy I,oar. Tho correspondent of the London Dally Tolegragh at Leghorn sends a report received from N?gaskl of tho ovortaklng of a hundred fishing boats by a hurrlcano off Goto Island (belong ing to the Japanese archipelago In the channel of Korea:) The report Bays 400 men arc missing and lt is feared thoy have been drowned. Sailor Kills Himself' Guy Earle Ilowett, a yooman on the receiving ship Franklin, at tho Nor folk navy yard, oommltted suicide Thursday by shooting. No explana lion was given. T?lPLE ALLIANCE Suggested Botweon Franco, Fngland] and the United ?tates. quoll A OoinlMMRt!f?!rt WorOd Bo Most r . . i lui and Vtotato tho Pol toy ortho World. Tho most Interesting idea which has occupied the attention of tho di plomatic world for a long time past ls the suggestion, mooted a fow days ago by an iuiluontial Now York newspaper of high standing to tho eh'oot that tho timo was ripe for tho formation of a now triplo alliance, tho high contract ing nar tien to which she u'd bo Great Br tum, Freuooand tho. United States, says ll. O. Wilson in The London Ex? press. Tho idea is not quito a new one, but Its novelty consists In the faot that it was put f o ward at a time when tho relations betoown the three coun tries aro of an unusually cordial char acter, and by a sober and frequently inspired journal, lt is probably very muoh "in tho air" at present, but its possibility is not so remot o, and Its importance ls so great that it ls at least worthy o? serious consideration. With tim adhesion of Japan practi cully assured the combination would bo ono of suoh enormous power that it almost amounts to a truism to say that it would insure tho peace of the world, lt effects may perhaps best bo shown by a few comparative tables which will reveal some startling facts. Sq Milos. The British Empire. 12,750,000 Franco and her possessions 5.000.000 The United States. 3,146,000 Total. 20 805,000 When lt ls stated that tho total laud area of tho world is computed to be 107 000,000 tquare miles, the Im portance of the abovo figures will be appreciated. The enormous area of the British dominion-easily tho greatest emplro In the world-was Stated in the house of lords only a tow days ago to bo 12:| millions of Kquaro miles, although tn hooks of reference lt is plaood some what lower thau this. Toe Joint ter ritory would constitute more than one-tenth of tho total land surface cf tho globe. POPULATION, The British Empire. 400,000,000 France and her possessions 00,000,000 Tho United Slates. 83,000,000 Total. 573,000,000 In round ligures the total popula tion of the earth ls 1.500,000,000. so that the subjects of tho new alliance would number more than one-third of the world's inhabitants. Tho armed strength of tho alllanoe would be siupendouH, and lt would be practically impossible for any combi nation of tile world powers to bring to boar a force capable of even threaten ing lt seriously. FioiiTiNO PO wan. Men. Guns. Tho British Empire 1,000,000 12,000 France ar d her pos sessions. 3 500,000 5,000 Thc United States.. 200.000 500 Total. 4.700,000 '7,500 In compiling the above, the vhole strength of the armlss has beer ?aken into Account. Thus that of ireat Brittan Inolud s the'reg'?tais','1 iiVvSj militia, volunteers, the troopj iii In dia, and all thc native colonial forces. The United States army is almost in significant in comparison to that of France, but 200,000 perfectly trained men constitute a force that is not to be Ignored. a IO ANTIC NAVIES. When we come to the navies of the three powers, the :vjsrwhclmlng force of the combination ls more strikingly apparent. G. B. France. U. S Hattie ships. 07 36 20 Cruisers. 130 20 44 Torpedo craft_ 240 284 51 Submarines. 40 CU 4 Total. 477 454 125 Total ships 1,050 These figures Include battle ships crulsery, and submarines now building of the tree powers, and this vast com bined navy would bc manned by, roughly, 0J0,000 men. The similarity In the total number of ships possessed by Great Britain and France will be seen to be due to the fact that Franco has a large excess of torpedo craft and submarines, but tho total lighting weight ls much in favor of this coun try. An examination of these ligures shown that Great Brltlan, when her building programme is completed, will poss* si 107 bittlo ship i and cruisers. France 101 and the United States 70 This is a much greater force of heavy lighting ?hips than the rest of the world could muster alto gether. Germany, when her naval plans are comple, will only have 87 battle ships and crosiers of all types. COLOSSAL WEALTH. The combined Income which the three allied powers would enjoy amounts to the tremendrous sum of ?302,545,000 a year. Tho Individual revenues for the year 1004 '(excluding colonies) were as follows: Great Britain .?141,545 000 Franco. 143,000,000 United States. 108,000,000 Total.?392,545,000 As against this they have national debts amounting to thc almost in credible sum of 2,170 millions of pounds, which France's share is by far the hugest: Great Brltlan.? 750,000,000 France. 1,220,000,000 United Statos. 200,000,000 Total.?2,170,000,000 The shipping controlled by the three power.s constitutes two-thirds of the total shipping of tho world. Worked out In tons, lt is as follows: Great Brltlan. 12,000,000 France.1,200,000 Unitod States.5,108,000 Total.18 308,000 These are but rough calculations, and touch only the fringe of thc prob lem. Thc power of nations consists not only In ships, men and money, but !n tho volume of their trade and commerce, and to enter Into details of these would require much more space than is now at my disposal. In Irruption. Mount Vesuvius ls In full eruption and ls throwing out an enormous mass of lava. Doop rumblings aer heard In tho interior of tho crater and lava ls (lowing down the right sido of the cono. Thc anolenb crater Is tho island of Stromboli, ls also in f full eruption. lUnle prevails in the Villlagos around/tho voloano. | WENT TO PAISON llathor t linn IOxposo ? Woitk Woman to her Husband. A Nsw Yorlr dispatch to tho "Haiti moro American says: Carl Fisher nanson, a millionaire philanthropist and lawyer, In his office at 346 Broadway, today reveal ed a strange story of love, devotion and S?i? Baorl?cev to save a woman's name. Mr. Hanson absolutely rofuscd to divulge the names of tho parties in tho tragedy. It was learnoi, however that a young and pretty woman, dressid In black, oallod ab his office at an early hour to day and r( guested an Interview with Mr. Hansen un import ant business. Sho was ushered into Mr. Hansen's private office and, amid sobs, told Mr. Hansen a romantlo story. "I have come to you," she said, "to secure the pardon of a mau who I know is innocent and who ls now serv ing a scnter.co of three years in Sing Sing on tho charge of attempted burglary. "ne went bo prison bo save my honor. Ile is innocent, aud now that my husband ls dead I want to try and have him righted in the eyes of his friends and the publlo, bc causo what ho did was done for my sake." According to tho wt min'j story the man was arrested a year ago. Ho had called upon her'at her home dur lng her husband's absei CJ. Her hus? band uucxpectcdlv returned, and, dud ing the man in his room, mado a rush for him. Tho young man bolted fur tho door, bub tho husband, who was a much bigger man, grabbed him. The husband shaking the Intruder by the collar, said: "What aro you doing here?" Thc young man thought a minute and then said impressively: "I am a thief. Lock me up." The husband oallcd a policeman and the man was taken to tho station house Liter he was lndioted and taken to oourb. When arraigned the young mau said: "Your Honor, I am guilty. 1 entered that house for tho purpose of robbery and 1 was caught. That's all." Ile was subsequently sentenced to three years In Si -g Sing at hard labor. Tho young woman was greatly ex cited, aud fainted when she reached the end of her strange tale, On re viving she b?ggcd Mr. Hansen to make au effort to havo this man pardoned. "I will do anything," she said, "sulTer any disgrace, If you will oidy petition the governor to pardon this man, who has suffered all this humil iation to save my honor. I couldn't confess thoo; but now, that my hus baud ls dead, I am willing to do any thing to have him pardoned." Mr. Hansen, while declining to give the name of thc woman or the con vict, said: "I wll! certaiuly do every thing In my power after 1 investigate tho story of this young woman to have this man pardoned, I don't doubt the young woman's story In the least, and I will certainly petition Governor Higgins in the hope that I, may have this young man, who so j willingly sr.crlUccd himself bo save a woman's honor, pardoned at once." Thc prlsloner, said Mr. Fisher Han son, was a young college student, who disappeared from ono of the colleges i . .i? lie waa arrested. "I will not say whothcr it was Har vard, Yale or Princeton," said thc lawyer. "No one has ever known what became of him. as he was tried and sentorxed under an assumed name, "Thc woman In the caso has also poid a penalty for her Indiscretion, as a servant who knew of tile alf iir has oollected $8(1,000 In blackmail from her within a few years. She is a member of ono of the best of the old families of New York, and her late husband owned several factories In New Jersey."_ Cb-irgctt to Oarelom IONS. Thc li nd I ogs and opinion of the court of Inquiry which investigated the fatal explosion on thc gunboat Hennington has boen made public by Secretary Bonaparte. Tho court ex presses tho opinion that the explosion was caused by excessive steam pres sure In her boilers, resulting from closing the steam valve connecting wiih the guage. The court says that D. N. Holland, the. lircman on duly closed tba valve. Tue court linds En sign Guarios 1). Wade of the engine department of the ship at fault In fall ing to soe that the steam and safety guage valves were closed at tho proper time, having accepted the report of subordinates that this had been done in March. Ile was declared negligent In tho perform ince of duty and V"\t he should bc brought before a u)urt matlab mown to rite. H. Three Slavs and an Italian were blown to pieces by tho premature ex plosion of ablast near Safe Harbor, Pa., Thursday night. Another Slav ls missing and ls believed to have been blown into the Susquehanna rivor, and two Slavs and a negro were badly injured. Tho men were engaged In loading a blast bolo ?o feet deep and had just placed in tho dynamite and detonating cap. lt is supposed the tamping rod struck this cap. The concussion exploded a similar charge only four foot away. Oeorgi? 1 i I'i'oHix i'lnjc? Tho state tax returns for Georgia have inorcased 133,903,811 to dato. One hundred and twenty-two counties have sent In their digests and only tlfteon more remain to bc heard from. Tho counties which have not yet sent In their digests arc Baldwin, Hurke. Cobb, Marly, Kloyd, Franklin, (?lynn, Greene, Gwlnnett, Loo, Marion, Tat uali, Walton, Ware and Wayne, dpt. Harrison of tho comptroller's Dill oe states that In his opinion thc Increase will reach 140,000,000. Tri?! Hnt For Mool I'Ackorfl. October 2 ls announced as tho trial day In Chicago for twenty four pack ers and lawyers and live corporations Indicted on charges of combining in restraint of commerce, accepting rc bates and Interfering with government witnesses. Between liftecn and twenty fresh subpoenas returnable on the dato named were secretly Issued Saturday. The lssuanoo of the papers came as a 8urprlso to most of tho packers. Three Burned. Mr. and Mrs. 10. 1. Martin and child, of Boston, Saturday lost their Uvea in a lire which destroyed the Marana oook Hotel at Lako Maranacook, Maloo. Five other persons wore burned or otherwlso injured, nono fatally. Over eighty guests and em ployees escaped In night attire, many leaping from windows. Tho Uro was probably caused by a defeat! va nh I m. noy. The hotel ls a wooden struoturt, twenty-seven years old. A Terrible Tale ot the Storni King's Aw?al Anger. 1\vo Hullers Rrs?O inc W.r.tows ?'? a Small ?oat ?nd Hoiiofi Fernandina 8nfoly. Twenty mon, constituting all but two of the ohioora and orew of the American steamship Peoonlo, bound from Philadelphia to New Orleans with coal, wore drowned by tho sink lng of that vessel elf tbe coast of Florida Monday. Tho disaster wa* the rosult of a liarco galo whioh raged along the o mst, during the night and early morning. Lashed by the storm, an Immense wavo struck tho vessel with terrille force about 12.30 o'clock Monday morning. The impaot, oomlng Just as tho ves sel was making a turn, caused a shift of the oargo and tho vessel careened and sank immediately. The accident ocourred so quickly that only two Of those aboard her, an Italian and a Spaniard, were able to save them selves. They, succeeding in gettlrjg Into a lifo bjat, reached Amelia Beach about noon and on landing told thc story of thc disaster. After midnight of Sunday, during the heavest part of tho storm which bad raged all day, the elli jer of the deck gave tho order to put further cuh. to sea, fearing they wero approaching tho cjast too nearly. In tho oudeavor to turn the ship was stiu.k with a hoavy sea, tho oargo shifted, giving a broadside and she betlan sinking rap Idly. In loss than ton minutes af jor thc alarm was s> u idod she had gone to tho bottom and no trace of her was left upon tho waters. Thc accouut of their own miraculous escape out of all the ship's crew who went down was something marvelous to hear. One of theso men was ab the wheel at tho time tho order was given; the other was on watch. As soon as the ship began to eareon these two men rushed for one of the small bmts, which they 'jumped into as thc vessel bogan to go down. With their knives they seven d tho ropes as the water'*: lovel was roached and tho small bout was thrown far out on the waves They futhermoro say that they discovered through tho. blaeaness and storm the ligures of part of thc awakened crew wlv . some of them, managed to ciowd Into another ol tho ship's boats. Tula was, however, caught In a trough of tho sea, thrown violently against the ventilators and thou wedged fast Their pitiful cry for help could be heard as the ship went down in the sea, which swallowed her up. Aluno throught the balance of the ni^ht in thc awful wash of waters, with tho .storm raging and threaten ing each moment to swamp their small boat, th280 two men wore gradually borne ashore toward Amelia Island, landing j>.'st at ll a. m , Moi.d?y. Their condition was pitiable, with all tho marks of a savage battle amid tempestuous seas, clothing torn oil and death or shipwreck staring thom in the fsc2S. The men, whose names are respectively Bagelllni Ilumbertl and Antonio Clark, wore unable to speak out of their nativo tongues and lt was some time beforo tho facts of the disaster were thoroughly ascer tained. They have testllled to the correctness of tho above report before a notary public and the ommunlty there kindly cared for their wants. INDIANA MAGNETIC FIELD. Torritnry in Willoh lightning Cut? lUp Many Queer Pranks. A mysterious magnetic th 1:1 in the southwestern part of Lako county ls attracting no little attontlou among local sclentltlc minds and arousing much interest h causeo' queer pranks cut up by lightning in that neighbor tu o l. Thc territory covered by the strange and weird electrical manifes tations embrac :d only a few square miles lu West Creek township, one of thc south tier of townships, and is lo cated a few mt les north of the great Kankakee marshes. More hayoo ls created annually In this one .spot, with a radius of less than two miles, than lu any four entire countries in this part of the state. Every thunderstorm lu tho vicinity ls sure fco p ass over the spot, no mat ter in what direction tho w ind may lie, and Its passage ls suro toba mark ed by torr!li J bursts of lightening. At night titre the displays arc at times grand and magnificent, yet terrifying to the bravest heart and cxtn moly dangerous, h ilt after bolt of molten Ure ls shot from heaven to earth, lighting tho country up for miles willi a day/Mug glare of light. So much havoc has hocn wrought by lightning that some Insurance com pintos refuse risks in tho district and others arc about to impose additional rates to cover tho extra co t. Four largo hay barns within a half mlle radius were struck Monday and burned, causing a loss of $ 1,?00 Only one of these, that of Henry Kraut, was Insured, and it only for about half Its value. Toe others, belonging to Voiner Foster, William Hatton and Jamos Haydn, were uninsured. lt has b '.en found Impossible to keep a telephone servioa In operation in the terrlrory, as every storm that passes leaves wrecked lines and black ened and shattered polco as a remind er of tho lightning's wrath. Numerous horses and cattle have hoon klllod, and there ls not a build ing or a tall tree, that does not bear evidence of tho destructive forces of uature's electrical energy. Three fa talities hi.v.i occured in the last thrro years, and every Inhabitant cf tho spot has left the lightning force to a greater or lees degree, lt ls sahl that a wireless telegraph would bo Inoper ative anti mossagos Intercepted by tho weird forcos that seem to Ho con cealed lu tho ground. Even in fair weathor a telephone sj stem using thc the ordinary grounded wires ls us?.loss and even a mctallc circuit ls operatt ri, Inutile most plausible ono seems to bo that a large bo^ly of stioug mag netic ore crops out near tho surface and attracts the electrical forces of thc clouds. Another theory ls that a largo body of metorlc ore Hos in this neighborhood and ls tho attract ing med lu otb_ Hobbed Hie 1'iioHt. At Cleveland, Ohio, upon thc state ment made to the police by Kev. hon ediot Itoslnski, a Catholic priest of St Stanislaus' church, that ho had been held a prisoner for twenty-four hours, without food and forced to sign two notes for $f>00 each, and two Cheeks ior ?ike amounts, whioh had been slnoo cashed, besides being rob bed of i:iO and some Jowolry two men and a woman wero arrested Saturday. Tho woman ls said to have lured tho priest to her room by pretending to ho 111 and In need of spiritual consola tion and tho men aro said to havo rushed in upon them, and held Bev. Rosin ' ; a prisonor until he had sabia lied their domands. Free Medical Advice from an Ex pert Specialist. Dr, Hathaway Offers to Counsel and Advise Every Person Vroe of Ohnr ?e. On any Disease. Twenty-five Years of Remarkable Success in His Record WRITE HIM AND SAVE YOUR DOCTOR'S BILL., "No extra oliargo for ni ?Ml lol mm." "No misleading Btntemont or rtooej* t Ivo proposition? ?J lowod tn mr Rilvlso monte." DH. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, WhoHO Knowledge- lu froo to tho Sick. If you uro fooling Ul, and ?11 not know just what is tho matter with you, il<> not nikko tho mil (uko of (Milling on your local doctor for conoultittion but just ?imply write lo Dr. J. Newton I hu lui wuyi 88 luman Bldg, Atlanta, t?t., just how you buffer, and ho will coun Bol mid ttdv$80 you for nothing, whilo your homo doctor will charge you unywhoro from ?1 to ?io mid tho Hinno service, und again, Dr. Hathaway's ?ilvico in worth tot! timeauuoro to you, for his wide experience in the treatment of these diseases ('J.r> years), enables him to at onco understand tho exact nature of your troulde. t?o will also Bond you aSeli-Exami na tluii Itliuik mid a valuable hook on your disease, of which ho la tho author, fro? of charge. Dr. Hathaway's specialty is diseases Of a chronio or lingering unturo, and these ho hius 8UCC083fully treated for over twenty-live ears. The success be has mot with is some thing remarkable Ho hus reached tho head of his profession and his lift J of "the recog nized authority ou Chronic Diseases" justly belongs to him. Not only has he cured thous and ol' sufferers who call athis off!CO for treat ment, but nearly every Stale in the Union is 1 ??(.resented Oil his list of cured patienta whom ho was able to cure hy his method of home treatment. Ile ha* had special success in cur ing cuses of long standing and of a complicat ed nature, after several doctors hail given them up as incurable, but whether your caso is of long standing or not, you should at onco Beek the advice of this great specialist. It will he of great honedt to you, oven if you do not tako treatment. Ho lins a positivo mid permanent cure for diseases of indi and women such os LOST MANHOOD, STRIOTUHK, VARICOCKLK, NERVOUS DEBlbtTY,ENLARGED PROS TATE, RHEUMATISM, BPEOIPO BLOOD POISON, KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROU BLR ll KART DISEASE, STOMACH AND BOWELL TR0UBIB I) I All ET KS, URIC 1 IT'S DISEASE. URINARY TROU PLE, ENLARGED PROSTATE, FEMALE TROUBLE* WOMB TROUBLE, OVARIAN TROUBLE, LEUCORRHE?, ETC., and if you aro alli io toa with any of theso diseases, you should loso no timo in oommlting this famous specialist. His treatment for thees disenso? is based on over a quartor century of closo study, and when ho onco dischargos you ns cured, you need havo no fear that you will ?vor be trou bled with your disease again-his euros aro por , miment. Dr. Hathaway is tho author of eight valuable medical books which should l>e lu j the hands of overy ono alilictod, or ovory hoad i of a family, and ho will send un y ono of th ge? j books to you on receipt of your name and ad dress. 1, dis osos of tho throat mid lungs; I '2, kidneys and urinary tract; 3, disoasos of ' women; 4, skin, rectal, rheumatism; 6, blood poison; 6, norvous dobility and vital weakness; 7, stricture; 8, varicocole. Mis book for, mon entitled "Manliness, Vigor mid Health,*' should be in the lia ids of ovory man. Writ? for it, it is free. If you do not nu I for yourself send him tho nanio of somo one that does. Do not forgot tho address. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D~ 88 luman Bldg I Atlanta. Go. . t?fttifjr Bookkeeping,7Shorfchand, Typo-writing, English branches, FFull guaran teed course 20 weeks. Single course of oither Business or Short hand, 8 moa. 12 calls for graduates in about 20 days. Can't supply de mand. Write. Machinery Supply House for the State. WE SELL EVERYBODY. Headquarters for EVERYTHING In MACHINERY SUPPLIES. All kinds of Injectors, Lubricators, Pipe, Valves, Fittings. Supplies for Saw Mills, Oil Mills and any ono In Machinery business. Large stock of Well Pumps and Cylinders. Get our price. COLUMBIA SUPPLY GO.. C?)lumbia, ?. O. The machinery Supply house of the State. : THE GUINARD BRICK WORKS, COLUMBIA O. S Manufacturers Brick. Eire Proof Terra Cotta Building Block ,for . Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to till orders for thou ands X or millions. WhiSko I Morphine I Oigarot I All Drug and Tobacco Habit, Habit Habit Habits. Ourod by Keeley J nw ti tx* te, o? 0't C 1320 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Columbia. 8. O. Genfldentlal oorrespom' se oitd. HOIIHO and NOIIBOIIBO. Many a girl's usefulness has been spoiled hy some fool friend who told her she was pretty. Loam to say "No." It will 1)6 of more u,e to you than to he able to read Latin -Spurgeon. Probably more men would drink soda water if lt weren't for the name of tho stuff. Many au embyro statesman tards In jail bofore he has a chance to make good. Generally a man can grumble about" Its being too hot when he Isn't grumb ling about lt being too cold. It sometimes happens that when'a girl rej"0ts a young man's proposal he celebrates his lucky escape,by getting full. A girl ls old enough to know better when her mother cant tell her any thing she thinks she doesn's know. There ls no telling whore a sinner will land when he begins to monkoy with a fishing uni,ii, on Sunday. In the rase for wealth tho men who are distanced piten reap the greatest benelits. Some churches that talk about revival;; would better talk - ?bout re surrections. Thc pocketbook nervo of somo men ls much more sensitive than their domestic nervo. We have nover hean* of a business man going to a pool hall in search of an othce boy. This would be a dreary world Indeed If there woro no KalQboWS to ohaso oc casionally. Salvation ls to bo had for the asking, hut lt costs work and money and sac rlllco to retain lt. Over llvo thousand members of tho Smith family of Amorloa gathorcd on J. D. Smith's farm near Pcapaok, N. J., to attend tho annual reunion of tho Smltn clan. The Cresent Mili tary Hand . of Har!tan furnished the muslo for the occasion. In tho evening there wa? ? summor night's festival on the groundtt oi ttio Re formed Church of Peapaok. A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper, who eall or write for treatment within the next 30 days. I will cure them of the following diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, . SYPHILIS (blood poison), GONO- * RH E, GLEET, STRICTURE, VARI COCELE, RUPTURE, CATARRH and all CHRONIC DISEASES, of both sexes. Diseases of women cured without operation. PI L ICS cured under guarantee without the knife e? any tying or burning operation. Consultations, Examination, AdV . I<'ree. T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M. D., THE SPECIALIST. Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard Building, Augusta, Ga. N.B. Catarrh of worst form oured quickly at home. Piano Removal Sale. We move about September 16th, tc No. 1432 Main Street, almost opposite Masonic Temple. We want to close out overy PIANO and ORGAN In stock, and have marked down prlco au itv.!uecment. Write or call quickly if you de sire ? big bargain either In a ? PIANO or OBGAN. Kor catalogues, prices and terms address: Malone's Music House Columbia, S. C. LEARN TELEGRAPHY And R. R, A?KNOY-Wo also train yon for Tho U. S. SIGNAL CORPS. Sohool estab- ! lishod 17 yoars. Choao board, low tuition, mid Our Plan INSURES position. Catalo?ue frew. GA. TELttuRAPu UOIdiKUB. Son?lo, Ga. ?tr: AAA BANK DEPOSIT *4J\-J?|\#\/\/ Railroad Faro Paid..;600 VKS? Cuuifcc.n Gnorod ARBBflanBRHi Board at Cost Writ? Quid b?0R0UAUBAMABUtlNlftC0UE6l,)aa?M.lll