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LOST HIS LIFE. A Brave Fireman's Sacrifice in Effort to save Woman. A FATAL HOTEL FIRE. Many Leaped to Th. lr Death. Eight Persons Killed and a Numlnr In jured while Fleeing Prom the West Hotel lu City of Minneapolis. At Minneapolis, Minn., eight per sons dead of suffocation or of injuries sustained in loaplng from a "lire proof" hotel building, a score of per Bons Injured and a building damaged $25,000 by Ure, snrike .and water In aa epitomo of the revised ravages caused by a disaster which befell the West hotel, Hennepln avenue and Fifth street, Wednesday, throwing seven hundred guests and employes Into a panic. Tue dead: Fire Captain John Berwln, fell from the fou tth ll xir to tho Fifth street sidewalk while attcn: ptong to save a woman's life. W. G. N'okolB, Minneapolis, fuffo oated lu his room on sixth Hour. Thomas Summerville, Sprint?field, Mass., salesman for Atkins &<Jo., stff;oated In his rojm-on tdxth lloor. J. Bi Wolfe, Northwestern agent for Sperry & Alcx&mior company of N^v? York, suffocated in room. Clinton B. Lamme, Nev/ York, travelling" hmo; .suffocated In his room. J. B, FelsnJger, New York, travel ing man, jumped from the seventh story. Mrs. M. 10. Hodges, Minneapolis, jumped from seventh story, Wm. Black, New Yoik, suffocated in room. Tho Uro was onfined to the elcv.i tor shaft and the two top doors In one corner .of the building, but a dense smoke pervaded evoiywherc and thc wild exolr.e.monb which followed the first alarm hurried people into halls and out on window ledges In a frantic attempt to save thomselves, Tho lire started in a packing room on thc first floor near the elevator. The wood in tho elovator shaft caught lire and burned like tinder. A sheet of ll ime 20 feet wide mounted thc shaft to the Seventh story, carrying an immense volvmo of smoke which frightened the Vguests out of their senses and started arpando. The smoko spread to most all parts of tho hotel, causing many persons to lose their way in the con ? fusion. Five persons were found suf focated lu their rooms %rt,cr the lire was out. Capt. John Kerwin of a hook and laddor company, having broken open a window on thc seventh door which ho had readied by means of a scaling ladder; stumbled onto the b>dy ol Mrs. Fmelluo Birlow, an aged women He strapped tho uno msclous form to his back and started down the ladder, when midway between tho seventh and sixth storks, the strap broke. Bending over to balance tbc body for a moment, he then leonid at thc risk of his Ufo, and threw the woman to ward a projecting ledge on thc lloor below. Apparently being revived by the fresh air or by thc shock, ihe aged woman grasped tho projeotion and hold on. Later she was rescued. But lu throwing thc woman to safety, Capt. Berwin lo;.t his balance and fell to the pavement. He .vas instantly killi d. J. E. Wolfe, 50 years old, traveling representative fur Sperry & Alexan der, wholesale hardware merchants of New York, met a horrible death. He was burned in his room und the con ditton of tho furniture indicated that ho had fought tho Hames until the last. All the clothing had been torn in m thc bcd and lt was apparent that tho man bad sought to smother thc Hames which eventually consumed him. Tile excitement was so inter.se that J. B. l'eisniger of Now York and Mrs. M. E, Hodges of Minneapolis, who were on window ledges near an alloy, not being encouraged by the eorwd In Fifth street, leaped from th- seventh lloor to thc pavement. Pels*) i ger'a olothes caught lire and he tumbled, burning, through the air. Ile struck a railing near tho Henuepln avenue side of the hotel and was cut In two. There were many tim liing roi.eues vivom the top ik;or. ASSAULTED A CHILD. Young: N\ ivborry Negro Charged With A Heinous Crt mo. A dispatch from Newberry to The State says Clarence Huller, a nogro about 17 years old, was brought to jill there Wednesday nigh by Sheriff M. M. Buford, oharged wi Mi felonious asiault. The victim is a negro child, about *7 years old, daughter of Louis Jose,livii g on the plantation of Mr. .Ino. lt. Spearman, near Silver Street. Tho crime is alleged to have been committed on Tuesday evening of last week about 5 o'clock. Tho child was in the house alone, lier cries were, heard and some of tho people on the plantation hastened to her rescue and saw a man running from Lite house. The child at once told thc story of the assault and it was as said that an examination corroborated ber state ments. Mr. Spearman telephoned to sheriff Buford, and yesterday, with a war rant issued on thc it.I' >rmatlou of tue fathor of the child, by Magistrate kCannon Blcase, he went in searoh of his man. Ile found him at Saluda Oldtown Wodnccday evening and HT brou vi hi him to Jail herc, Sheriff Buford Is belog congratulat ed today on the swiftness of tho cap turo. To tho promptnes and skill with which he. lins always discharged tho duties of ids Milco, as in this casu many attribute the unod order of the county, and thc Infrequency of soil UUtt Ol i ii ; t ? Fount) Dead, At Charleston L P. Fouohe, of Andorson, a pharmacy student Of the South Carolina Mi di M? college, WHS found wounded on Comb g street at art ?arly hour [friday morning, lb had bren shot in thc stomach, and a friend, L. S. Maxwell, who was with him, was taken Into custody hy the police, while ITouche was sont to the liopor Hospital. An Investigation seemed to establish tho fact Friday that Fouohe had shot himself proba bly changing bis pistol from his pistol from his coat pcoket to his hip pocket Tho wound is not serious and tho young man will doubtless recover. NOTED OMAHA MISER Worth ?muli Fortimi? utti IJWO? o? Foy <J. ??tu Dully. With ino,OJO lu tho bank and as muon more invested In tax titles In Omaha. Lduooln, DonvGr and other Western cities, A. J. Seaman, a well knownobaraoter of Omaha, has redao ed his living expenses to the minim um, Spending oolv 22 oents dally for board ana room and tess than 95 year for olothiug. Fashion, either in clothing, his room or his tabiooutsno ti KU rn wi .b th) old maa. He bus limi ted his board bill to 16 cents eaohday and has maintained that standard for many years. "And I guess I git along bout as well as any other follow he s i\ ti. "1 guess I live about as cheap as any mau in tho United States," says Seamau. "Any man can live on an economical basis all right if he will lust watch expenses. "People have been lying aboui mo. They say I dont spend but 7 oents a day ou bread and meat and ooi?d? and tex It's a Ho. T. spend 15 cents every day, and I have not tasted ctITeo nor tea for nearly thirty year?. I dent mind people telling tho truth about me but I djnt want no Iles." Seaman is a tax title buyer, and annually makes a pl grimage from O nairn through the Western cities, going as far as Denver and K tesas Olty. ll3 invests $50,000 In this bus lucss, and as fast as ho can dispose ( f a ploco of properl'y on which ho'holds a claim ho transfers his mmcy into now titbs. "I'm glad I ain't got no kin. folks," says Seaman. "Kin l^iks always want you to help them out. with a little mouey. 1 aiut got any and I'm glad I alut. "Do you seo those shoes ?" said Sea man, holding up a substantial boot. I bought cm at a second hand store. Gave 50 cents for em. That was two years ago, and I'll wear them for an other year at least. I djnt throw away no money on cobblers, either. When my shoes need mending I Just do lt myself. I put this solo on with a piece of loather and some cai pit tacks. But its good just tho samo. "Then these trousers. I paid a dol lar for them and bought them new. Tiley were the lirsfc pants 1 bought from a store for llfteon years. My vest cost 10 cents at a ?seo iud-hand ?tor. and myKcoat another 20 cents. I got boat on this coat, though. It alnt near as good as one 1 bought for 15 oents about fr ur years ago A^r1 che hat cost me another 10 couts, too. I bought lt. from a man who had Jost bought a new hat. 1 saw him come ont of a hat store and 1 braced him and got his old bat. lt's a pretty good Ut. And he gave my dhi>e to the clerk and told him to bu/ a ci gar with lt. Thats mighty wasteful, and that clerk will never ba worth ?nything unless he quits smoking. "But say, 1 got a birgln lu my summer hat. Went down last winter and bought a strw hat for 2 cents. Then I put lt away, and when sum mer came I was ready with my new straw hat." Counting his entire ward robe, Seaman?wns dressed in leSS than $2 worth ( f cl >tbtng. Some years ago Saatnin and a friend "bached" and at that time Seaman figured that be was spending 91 20 a week for his meahi. "That was too expensive, so I left that* friend, lt only costs m9 $1.05 when 1 live alone he says Frequently Seaman buys a i loaf of bread or a pie and takes lt home with him whore ho eats lt in his rcoro. "And I ve got tl e coal tru?t beat all to pieces," he says. ' How is thal?" ' Well, 1 don't u&o any oal at al). I stay down town until bed time. Then 1 uo home and go right to bed. When 1 get up lu the morn lng, and eat my bread and tako a glass of old wator, I get right dowu town. So, you see, 1. haven't got the least uso for a lire. And that's how I beat the coal trust'. "I was extra hungry this rat ming, aud my break fast cost S couts. I know lt was ex pensive, but I wanted soratthirg ex tra today. Hut I made up ou lt at supper and kept within my limit of 15 cents for the. clay." Seamen ls a u ember of thc Young Men's Christian a>s ?olaf ion and spends almost all his time In that building, lleie he tran} acts all his business, and thus escapas paying olllce rent. Ho is a devout student of the Hlble, and in his younger days was a member of thc Congregational church. How evor, ho ls now Inclined to socfl at the sectarian question and stands for a broader view of tho Ibbie and Its teachings. "Soma peoplo in this world want to make a great spludgo," says the old man. "Instead of pay ing their delius they make new ones whenever they can get credit. Hut you bet I don't." KolipHCH roi mon In the yaar 1900 there will bo live ecllpsos of the sun and two of thc moon. l. A total eclipse of thc moon, February 8-9 visible here, the begin ning visible generally In North and South America and the western parts of Af ric* and Europe; thc ending vis Ihle generally In Nortti America, wes tern ard central South America, the eastern p >rtlons of Austria and the extreme, northeast o/ Asia. 2 Partial eclipso of t ic sun Feb ruary H-\> not visible herc, but visible to t ho regions around thc south polo. d A partial eclipse of thc sun J oly 21 ; invisible boro. I. A total eclipso of the moon August 1; no i visible in oastcrn part of tho United States, but the begin, nlng visible In tho western portions of our country, just before sunrise. 5. A partial eclipse of the sun August I!); invisible here, but visible to Alaska, northern Greenland and a large area around tho north polo. Tho Wtfoun ? Hanker. Women aro savers rather than Spenders. And when they spend they spend to good advantage. A dollar In a woman'!- hands goes twice as far a* a dollar in tho hands of a man. If you want to save money let your wife tn; tho banker. This ls for tho work logman, whotber bc labors with lils lunns or tolls with lils brain. This ls for thc married man and for tho man about to be married. It ls for men In every class of life, lt Is tue. best advice for thc average man everywhere. Give this a trial dur li g tho piosent year upon which wc have inst entered and sea If yon aro not better ol? at Its beginning". ?.'atm I ly Mumed to Dc; ih. Sovoral porsons, comprising an en tire family, were burned to death in a (Ire which destroyed tho heme of,1 i j&l o SyiOi, nt Pleasant, Juntala OOUn Ly, Wcdnosday morning. Tho dead ireiMr. Syler hls.daughter, Mrs. rotor vi ar tin and ino iattor's live ohtl Iren. TH fi LOBLOLLY PINB. 1 An Intoroatlrit It port Concerning "fount 'f oat?. The forest service department ot agr'oulture has Just rendered au in teresting report oonoernlug tests re cently made at a large saw mill near Charleston, to (Meiaiiae uhe strength of loblolly pine. The company oper ating the mill has under Us oontrol about 45,000 aoresof loblolly pine land and lt was through their < ft >rts that the department bas been making the tests mentioned. Tula timber whloh is known on the local market as Nor tn Carolina pine, forms the greater part of the lum ber ort at this mill. Tae loblolly pine forms a useful construction timber of moderato strength, lt is ot yery rapid growth and reproduces road Hy. WOT those reasons it will remain ono of the most Important timber trees in the South. Correct data on Its strength will bo of permanent value. It ls found muoh more o m veulent to take tho testing machino to the mill instead of bringing the Urge stioksof t'mber to the laboratory from the mill. The condition to-whloh tho atook of timber ts 6ubJ oted after bo lng out In the torrs, d ?termino tofomn degree how lt will aot when pu* in uso where lt will have to carry a load or bear a strain. It sometimes be comes an important matter to know tho history of the st'eks tested. The logs from willoh lt ls desired to out tho tost pieces, can be selcotod in thc f orest, marked and subsequently iden titled at tho leg pond. A concise his tory of each log ls kopt, saowln? the location of the tn o In the forest, tho kind of soil In whloh lt grow, tho time of cutting, and tho longth of the time thc leg Hes lu the water. On arriving at tho mill, tho log is sawed any way desired, and oan then be tested short ljr, after coming from tho saw or laid aside, for thc purpose of air drying or kiln drying before testing. K/ery step nt luiportanoo in the lifo of tho log after outttng ls thus known, audmany pecularltles whloh arlso In tho be havior of stioks when tested can be explained. Tho testing machino ls set up in tho mill and driven by the mill maohlnery. The sawyer In the mill saws exactly tho kind of stioks desired, and the pieces Intended for test are sent di rectly to the testing maohlro. The plan of work at Charleston in eluded Investigations to determine the ( ffeot of knots on tho strength of the timber; tho rolatlve strength of >?r dried and kiln dried timber; the I? ct of rato of growth upon the strerjgll ; the h.tluence of the relative Strength of sap and heart wood, and the Inlluenoe on thc strength of the method of sawing. Judging from the Inquiries received tn Ute service, a widespread Interest ls manifested In this line pf work, and without doubt many questions yet undecided will he de?nltely answered on thc completion cf the tests. Tho speelllcatlons fi r instanoe under which engineers and architects re ceive joists are very Imperfect because, no ono knows thc exaot degree of weakening whloh arises from the presence of knots of various sizes and kinds in the Joists. Again there ls a common prejudice agatnst sap wood on accjunt of the suppose weak ness. The experiments now going on are most Important and interesting to lumbar men and builders generally, and will bo carried on yet for some time. COTTON GINNED. Tho Figures MS Complicit by tho Con sus lturoau. According to a bulletin issued by the census bureau on Tuesday of last week 9,721,773 hales of cotton were ginned to Jan. 1, 11)00, counting round as half bales and excluding linters. Number of round bales Included 203, 421; sea island hales 1)3.930. There was no report for the corresponding period last year and comparativo stat istics are not avllablo. Tho report showing the quantity of cotton ginned from thc growth of 11)05 by Statesand tcnitor es ls as follows: Active Siate or Territory Bales ginneries Alabama.1,175 085 3.722 Arkansas. 510.710 2.280 Florida. 72,884 200 Georgia..1,060 1)17 4 063 Indian Territory.. 200,248 523 Kansas. Kentucky. 1,218 3 Louisiana. 457,207 2,057 Mississippi.1,030,012 3,841 Missouri. 35,377 * 77 North Carolina_ 020 850 2,801) Oklahoma. 270,103 324 South Carolina_1,075,820 3,150 Tennessee . 210,001 723 Texas .2,231,835 4,152 Virginia. 14,640 121 Tho above statistics havo been com piled from telegraphic reports of the special agents who canvassed thc gin nerles, and are subject to slight cor rections when oheoked against the In dividual returns of the ginncrs being transmitted to thc olllcc through tho malls. Tho last report showed 0,202,101 bales, counting round as half bales, ginned to Dec. 13, 1005. Running bales counting round PS alf bales, and not including llntors. Uh?WdOWn ou Kural. Postmaster General Cortloyou in his report outlines a polloy of strick ter adher noe to tho logal regulation of rural mall routes. Most Important to rural route patrons ls hld Intention to "discontinue without . elay any route whero lt ls found on J.ispeotlon that because of a lack of app reciation of the service tho oxpondlture lnvolv ed ls unwarranted," and tho an nouncement that where patronngo is Insufficient to warrant a dlaly dcllvory substitution will be mado of a evory other*dfty servlodi Not every routs !.?. appreciative and two many patrons look upon the service as something to whloh thoy have the same general right as thoy havo to reoelvo mall at a post?nico. Tho $14,000,000 dfcliolt has brought tho government to tho COnOluSion that there ls little senso in spondlng tho people's money on those who do not appreciate lt. flus Two Jobs. James B. McLaughlin ls tho only member of thc District of Columbia bar with two widely dureront and dis tinct professions. Ho is an excellont liiwynr and nn ordained tulnl?tcr Of tho Methodist lCplsopal Church and regularly preaches to Washington congregations. Shot Him Dead, Herbert 1). Ashdownn. a collector, was shot and fatally woundod in a restaurant lu Troy, N. Y.,on Monday night by Mr?. Jennie Pnrkott, who < was crazed with Jealousy bcoauee ho was soon to marry another wtiman. \ BOMB FROM WAR! martling Boones E erse tort in tho City Of MoHOuW. I ww passing tho empty university last Saturday morning. Minute snow was lash'ng through the air before a bitter wind, but it thawed as it fell, and people went slopping.through tho filthy puddles, In galoshes, as Ss the fashion hore. Training in disorder thrcugh the dirt and wind, mixed up with the market people and the little open droskles that dash up and down tho street a Uko our handsoms, 0\me a string of soldiers slowly making their way westward, They had just passed tho booths where the butchers and otho loyalists slaughtered the students. They had reaohed the point were the 0< ssaofcs shot blindly into the precession that had aceimpanied the. funeral of the student 13 .umann. There they halt ed becau ie the oross road In front was blocked with trafilo and a few passers by began to look at them ourlously. They were not to be called a col umn, nor were they organlzjd as an advance party. They were not organ ized at all, but a few oalvery oame Hist, their hairy llttlo horses throw .ng up a steam into thc wine!; then a few Infantry, not moro than a batal l?n, I think, oovered with tilth, their uniforms torn and patobed, some in low oaps, like our own men, some in high furoy oaps matted with mud and snow. Hohhot followed a ran. bli line of carts, and it was tho slgi t of tue men stretched Inside tho u with dirty bandages rc und their heads, or arms, or foot which showed to us what tho party really was. Tboy were tho soldiers returnlug from tho war-tho van of the great and ruined army coming home. At last they had completed the 6.000 01 6,000 milos Of their j ?urnoy through the siberian plains and wore alive in the heart of their own country. And this is how they were received. Tho municipality bad intended to arrange some Kort of festlvilltles at the station. Tney had Intended to give llttlo presents to the men-choc olates and cigarettes, I suppose-and little decorations for the oillcers with tho Insoriptlon : '1 To tho Defenders ot the Country." Whether those festivities were ever hold and those little presents given 1 cannot say. The papers had announ ced th it tu sildlers would ba^ln to arrive on Sunday. The ?ovjrn mcnt took oarc that they should ar rive on Saturday. The presents may possibly have been rushed out in oarts to meet them, though lt would be more Uko the Russian ofllolals'to re tain the otTerlugs of their patriotism for themselves. But so llttlo interest was taken in the whole thing that the OYeulng pa pers continued to announce that tho army would begin to arrive nett day, and as far as 1 can discover n? furih er notice of any kind was taken of thc defenders of the country. So they drifted westward of the dirty fjtraets and dissappeared into their barracks. Tho reservists among them appear bo have beeu dismissed al once. At all events the crowds of beggars who with threats and curses violently de mand the milk of human kindness up on tho st roe ts have been I nero ?vied by many tattered creature who\ llnijj about In traces of departed unlfprms, and as thoy pass t <.-??y "A soldier from tho war."-Mosco\) Cor respondence New York Sun. THE WAOE3 OF BIN. j A Man ?nd Woman Commit Buioitlc in Haleigh. A special dispatch from Raloigh, N, C., says a sensational doublo suicide was discovered there Monday after noon, In whloli a man of somo promi nence and well know and a woman of easy vlriuro llgured. The man was William H. Hood, who for a numbei of years was doputy register of deecb of this city and county and whoso fa thor was register of deeds until lib death, about five years apo. Tho wo man was a resident of "lOist Ralclgl and was known among ber assoolatei as "Violet." She had bcon In Raleigh but a few months and her family name has not yet been dctlulteli learned. Mr. Hood, who held a position witt tho leading department store here, had been drinking heavily for the lasl few days. On Saturday night ho anc tho girl, who was apparently botwcei 20 and 25 years old, went to tho houat of and old colored woman. This af ternoon tho bodies of the two wert found there and nine empty lauda num vials revealed tho means used b> the suicides. Hoed left an Invalid widow and s child. It is stated that the wldov. would not permit hts body to b3 tak en to bis home after she learned thc circumstances of tho suloide. Hood was a man who had many frlendt here and in other states, and dissipa tion seems to bavo boon the solo cause of bis ruin and death. Three months ago he was treated in an institution for tho drink habit. KILLED HIS SON-IN-LAW, Family Fracas in Lexington Coun'y Ijeatln to Fatal Keaults. The L .'xlrgton Dispatch says on Fri? day night, a few miles abovo Summit, a homicide, which shocked tho ont!re community, took placo, Mr. Samuol W. Stockman, a promlnont and woll known farmer, killing tils son-in-law, Mr. Hampton Hartley, a successful business man at Summit. Thc killing took place in tho road In front of Mr. Stockman's house, and seems to have boen the rosult of somo family trou ble. Tho details of tho deplorable af fair will bc made known In oourt. Tho jury ?f ?iiijuc?u ?oi?d?iOd a V??ui?v iii substance, "that Hampton Hartley came to his (loath from gunshot wounds Inllloted by Samuel Stockman, and that Will Taylor was accessary to thc killing." This Mr. Taylor Is from Newberry county. Mrk Stick man drove to Lexington that night accompanied by Mr. Taylor and sur rendered himself to the Hber.lT. The dead man was about thirty years old and leaves a wi f o and two children. Mr. Stockman ls about fifty live years old and ls now in Jail await ing ball. G. T. Graham and W. II. Sharnn are nounrml for Mr. Stockman. Solicitor Timmorman will bo assisted on Mm part of the stato by ICIlrd & D.cber and Eh-L. Asblll. Mr. Hartloy's Interment was from St, James ohuroh In the presence of a largo congregation of rolatlves and friends. The last sad riten at tho gravo were conduoted by thoLcesvlUc lodge K. of P., which he wai a mem ber. Ho was also a member of Dixie Lodge of Odd Follows, of thii place. THE ONLY REMEDY THAT CURES RHEUMATISM TO STAY CU^ED. RUBBING DON'T CURE, Rheumatism Is an Internal dis ease and requires au Internal remedy* RHBUMACIDB "Gets at the Joints from the Inside," and that ls the reason it Cures after all other remedies have failed. Rheumaclde sweeps all the poisonous germs and acids out of the Mood .nd "Makes You Well All Over." Those pains are danger signals, warning you ol a disease that threatens the entire system. Headaches. Pains, Bad Taste in the Mouth, that "No-Account" feeling indicate that you need REMOVES THE CAUSE OF THE PAIN. Cured 60-year-old Mrs. Mary Welborn. of High Point, N. C., after ah? had suffered 20 years. Cured Rev. J. R. wheeler, 70 years old, o leading Methodist minister, of Relstcrstown, Mdl Cured John P. Ellno, of Balti more, after Johns Hopkins Hospital had completely failed. Cured James Wilkes, of Dillon, S. C.. after he had been In bed three years and his leds were drawn up against his back. Better get a bottle from your Druggist at ono?. Sample bottle and booklet FREE If you send 0 cents for portage. BOBBITT CHEMICAL CO., Proprietors, BALTIMORE. There's Danger in Delay. n ,.."" , , " On ney. Mass.. July 18. 1005. Bobbitt Chemical Co., Baltimore. Md. near Sirs: I was laid up last November with Rheumatism In my feet and ankles, but after taking four bottles of Rheumaclde I have not been bothered since. I tried every old Mud of liniment and was under two doctors, and nil I tried had the samo re sult, until I cot Rheumaclde. Now. I am pleasod to say. lt has not been necessary fo?* mo to take ?ny medicine for Rheumatism since February laM. Everybody that I recommended it to has had tho same results. Yours vory truly. P. RANAGAN. Manager, Quincy Industrial Co operative Society. WC MEN WANTED, Granito City III., H?H TO Many Old "Gol give ua motil" cried Poet Holland In kirby veli ; but what Gran ltc Olty wants ls women. In thlB nourishing Illinois town willoh had a population of (i,700 ao cordlng to the census of 1900, and which now claims 10 OOO, there are ten men to each woman. The majority of these men are haohclors-particularly tho business and professional men-and as a coe sr quenco moro than half of the hous es lu Granite City are rcomltg and boarding houses. While there has boen no formal movement to induce an II Hus of wo men the marriage:bio men of th?! town would lie muoh ohll.rod, to say Mic least , If desirable members of the fair sex would place themselves with in reaching distance. T,he young bachelors of thc town aie so busy making money-and there is hardly a one of thom who docs not rake In from if> to $10 a day-that they have no time to go courting at a distance; yet they would prove thom-. 8elvei the marrylngest lot of men in tho count ry if they only had a Chance. Over at Alton there Is Mayor Heall, the friend of lt i so volt, who is preach ing against raco suicide as h aid as he > knows hov/; and as tho echoes of his exhortations roach the ears of the lonesome young bachelors at Gran Ito Gi ty they are as sad as sad oin be. Even some of the city cilicials cm not got wives. They aro Gi ty Attor ney Maurie} Sulliv in and Glby Clerk George Furnish, for example. Ex mayor J . li Judd was forced to go out of cilice last spring still unwed ded, though not unwilling. The newspaper controversy be tween I). II. Means, clerk of the sink ing find commission, and .Jessie T. Gauntt, late private secretary Secre tary of Stato M. El, Cooper and pres ent secrotary nf .State ls calculated to make the people sit tip and pay atten tion. As tho Newberry Observer Hays the gist of thc whole thing ls that there han probably been "graft" in the secretary's chloe. It look? that way, though tim proof ls only circumstantial and inferential, Five books of the ellimo are misBlug- said to have been destroyed by a very mysterious lire in tho secretary's of flee-a lire that seoms to havo known precisely wnore these books wore and to have gone for ?hem and scarcely anything else. Four of thc becki were books Oof original entry, In which Mr. Gauntt, willie prlvato sec retary and afterwaul, as secretary of stato entered the charter fees of the I cillco; tho other was a book kept by ' Mr. Means himself showing fees 1 turned over to him. Mr. Means ex planation of tho books puts Mr. Sec 1 retary Gauntt ls a very awkward ponl 1 tlon before tho public. Mr. Gauntt 1 replies that Mr. M.ads is an "enemy" and ls trying to Injure him. Tuero will likely bo some revelations by an Investigating committee bt-f.iro thc mat tor ls ended. South Carolina cannot alford to lot i 111 lal scandals Uko this be fi ught out in the news paper. A thoro.igh.and Impartial In vestigation ls needed and thoro is reason to hope that the whole affair Will be sifted to ti e bottom. Thc sensation of falling down a precipice is one that few persons have had an opportunity ot recording. I'rof. Albert Helm, well known geol ogist, has been able to describe tho experience to tho Swiss-Alpine Club, and relaten that he was not troubled In breathing and felt none of the par aly/. ng tenor that so often over whelms vlotlms of sudden catastroph?, Ile felt perfect tranquility, though remarkably quickened mental aotlvl ty. Old memories were rovlowcd and then his cars wiro Ulled with soft musloal sounds, and consciousness was lost as tito ground was struck. There was no pain nor sensation of shock, G mi.H, you owe to your mother to bo on tbo look-out for every occasion to make whatever roturn you can for her yoars of sacrifice and planning for , your happiness and well-being. Treat her with unvaiylng cmrtesy, defer ence-, and B60K hoi Comfort and picas uro abovo all others, and never be Im patient, for she has had great patlenco with you. ^A nov's best friend is h's mother, and tho hoy v/ho ondeavora to pay back what he owes his motlier, ls tho ono who wll? bo most sought after hy tho people who aro worth while, and I DiiclielorH. A Finny ri lVjiir. HoiiHaUon ol' I'MIIIIIK. life, A New Your Prayer. O, thou M Astor of all times and sea sons- j Thou who dost mark the ages In their flight, Giant this now year my gift to Thee may he. To leva nay fellow noan, to bo, to do For Y.sna what I wcu'.d have him do f jr rm l That se'foameness may cause my every deed; That I may know no hate-no bitter ness, But love the world as even Thou hast loved Grant me thy p^ace which years can never bring Peace within ray heart - peace to fol low men; For this novr year which thou hast p'ven me I must return to thee when thcu de mand . I ask not for myself material things, That come and pass away like coin mon dust; I only plead that thou to me will give To live the lifowhlch thou dost live In mc. O, thou Master, in whose sivjht the possie g; Of a thousand years is but a- single day, Wilt thou not hoed this prayer and grant to roe Its aDswor as tho gift of Thy new year. STA I'* DIBPilSlKY. Tho Hnnnortora of tho Institution Hold A Caucus. The dispensary supporters in the general assembly are miking prepara Lions to rally against tne onslaught of adverse legislation proposed by ardent antlvdlspensary people. Thursday night in tho ways and means commit, tee rt om of the house a caucus was held and thc dispensary people put their i.eads together. Thoy also began to o?unt noses, and The State say? ac cording to the statement of one of tin members who attended tho meotlng, tho result was entirely satisfactory. Ile mado the prediction that tho dis pensary aa an Institution would not bc "put out of business" at this ses sion of the general assembly. Tho dispensary people havo Intro duced no bill as yet. In this they think that they have showod c i tere tion for they will tight for il if they see that nome legislation must be pm through. Senator ltxysor has had the engrossing d?p?rlmtnk at work on thc bill which he introduced last session, but ho may not Introduce lt. Senator M "ming has been spoken of as one wuo will probably Introduce the hill which is tlnally decided upon. The dispensary people claim to have their hopes raised by the result of the can cus Thursday night. Senator Tillman waa In Columbia Thursday and while he did not parti cipate in any caucus ho ls said to have talked freely with the members cf the legislature who ooni-.ultcd with him on tho dispensary situation. l'/io Morn1 l mw. Andrew Hamilton, the life Insurance lobbyist, declares that of the ?Mt0.000 expended by him In his lobby work, not ono dellar was expended con trary to the moral law. It is fortu nate for tho country that tho Hamil ton idea of morals does not gonerally prevail. The Idea that tho use of money to debauch legislatures and corrupL judges ls not contrary to mor als would, If gonerally ace jpbod, make government a farce and reduce the people to abjeot slavery. There was a time when many thoughtful men behoved that tho Hamilton code of morals poevallod generally, but re cent developments provo that, after aii a majority oi thc people aro hon est and will Insist that public busi ness bc honestly oarod for. It requir ed a long time, and multiplied perso entions, to arouse tho people to a realizing sense of the fact that tho Hamilton ode of morals prevailed In high llnanolal Croles, hut when jhey were llnally aroused they took speedy action with tho result that a great many mon who had hui g posed as statesmen, patriots and "-defenders of national honor" were exposed to public contempt. Tho Hamilton codo ( f morals will bo ably defended by tho A .I..-. ...... . .1 A"".,~l..?l- .. * .< i I () is I . I..I I I 1 / . ,) ll/I.I Ul. ||.l| I Ul I IMI ll Climbers, tho Burglar's Benevolent and Proteotlvo Association, the Sandhaggors" Mutual Association, and kindred organizations. But lt will bo scored by men who bollovo in the moral codo handed down u pon Sin la and who aro trying to live upright and puro lives. Envy in tl)o heart of a woman IH a worm on a p?tal of a rose. 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Of by mall of tho Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. 0. <t? r~ f\I\i\ BANK DEPOSIT Uj)v3?vFvlvP R. R. Faro Paid. Noto? ?efcoi uWBSt???BSBtkWkWM Board at Coat. Write Quick Ol.oiiUI.VAl MIAMA Ht.) SIN ESS OOH tiOr-VMflCon.Ci?. Aliened AK8*Hhtn. CharlcB V, m merman, who shot ?nd instantly killod Jim Stevens Just aoro?s tho Smtda lino in Edgofteld county Wednesday night, was lodgo?* In 1.11 there this evening for safekeep ing by Messrs. W. D. and J. G.-'Pad gett. Stevens, lt Is said, waa sitting in his homo and was shot by Zimmer man through an open window. Both parties are neg roos.