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WEBER, i ' rrible Monster of th6 ?diaeval Legends. SE TOUCH SLAYS. y Chilli, Now Arreste?! for ti 'ixth Deftth. Tho Case Recalls tho Most Fantastic Legends of Ogresses, Who Dwelt In CnvOB In tho "Woutis ami Feasted on tho Blood of Children. The ease of "The Ogress of Mont mar te" is again causing thc deep est emotion and rage among the pop ulation of Paris. The ogress whose actual name is Jeanne Weber, is held responsible by the inhabitants of Montmarte and of Paris generally for causing the death of at least five children, and yet there is no reasonable explana tion how she killed any of them. One child after another, who came in contact with the ogress of Montmarte died suddenly and mys teriously, as if some invisible force had stopped its life. There was never any sign of violence on the body and the doctors called in wore unable to state the cause of death with any certainty. All that was known positively was that Madame Jeanne Weber had touched them upon the breast. The case recalls thc most fantas tic medieval legends of ogresses, who dwelt in eaves in the woods and feasted on the blood of children, and of the historical Marshal de Ret/., of the fifteenth century who destroyed hundreds of children in order to minister to a perverted appetite for blood. The parents of the dead children are convinced that .leanne Weber I took their lives and the common peo ple have become so impressed with the idea, that the woman would be in danger of lynching if she were not safely lodged in jail. On the other hand, all the Judges, electors and educated men, who have in vestigated the cases, are satisfied there was no legal evidence against her. Mme, Weber is a heavily built stolid looking woman, who excites repulsion in all who come in"*contact with her on account of her sickly smile, her long yellow teeth and her! sallow complexion. She expresses an overwhelming fondness for all ! children and loves to fondle Hiern. While she dose so, she gurgles with delight and utters loud expressions of ende arment. The first child whose death is at tributed to Mme. Weber was Cecile Pereyborne, a girl of tinco years. She was the child of neighbors of the Webers, living in the quarter of Montmarte. Mme. Weber lived at that time at No. :">:', Rue des Trois Freres, Montmarte, and the Perey bornes lived at No, .r>7 in the same* street. She offered to come in and take care of the child whenever Mme. Pereyborne wished te go anywhere, and the busy mother was glad to accept the offer. "1 am happy to spend all day playing with the dear little thine;." said Mme. Weber. "I love berso." The girl was frightened when tho ogress first smiled at her, hut the woman quickly overcame the little ones fears with presents of candy. One af ter noon the mother went away on a long shopping errand, leaving her daughter in the care of Madame Weber. When she return-1 ed the child was lying mol.iord?jgg on her IKUJ^ /wirfrO'1 the ogress was -! "{hyping her hand on her chest. "What are yon doing?" cried the mother. "I was feeling her hear! to sec i f it was still beating," said Madame Weber, "1 am afraid she i: very ill." j Thc terrified mother ran to her child and found that she was dead. The doctor who was called could not decide positively what was the cause of death. The little girl had been perfectly healthy up t<? the time the mother left her. Mer face wore and expression as if she had died in great agony or terror. This case did not attract grave suspicion to Madame Weber, bul a year later three children whom she had been fondling died mysteriously within two months and one one nar rowly escaped. Then the outcry be gan and the ogress was arrested. She passed l'on:'mont hs in prison while thc authorises were gathering evidence conceiving the strange fa talities. Then her case was sent to tho Court of Assizes. The first judge, President Favre, to whom the case was presented, refused to hear it, on the ground that there was no legal evidence against Mme. We ber, bat another judi e. President Pertains, took it up. She first child to perish among this new batch of victims was her nephew, Maurice Weber, Lig-d I three, the child of her husband's oldest brother. Mme. Weber al ways wished to take'care of tho child, and ?I was said thal on thc day ol'his death she persuaded IhC mother to go away on a long visit to the country. The child was found dead from no known disease. His face bore the same marks of agony as in the previous case, and a neigh bor declared thal she bad seen Mme. Weber ??ress her hand over his heart. Then Mme Weber's own baby son died in the same sudden and myster ious manner. She had had five child ron and this was tho la i of them. 11er enemies do not hed?ate lo say fha' he made away with them by her iii .? ??cal mel hods Af i . his Marcel Weber, anothei child io ti brother-in law previous ly mentiot. ' was attacked by a mysterious sickness when in Du arms ol' Mme, Wehn-, loo the moth er returned at the critical moment and remembering what had happen ed to her other child, snatched this ono away from her sister-in-law. ' '?'ho boy looked as if he were balf dead, said the mother "bul he revived as soon as 1 took him in my anns." The next victim was Alice Weber, aged three, thc child of another brother of her husband. This wa one of the most peculiar cases of all, and largely helped to ensure the re lease of Madame Weber. The lillie girl had been strong and heall by nearly all her life, but just before her death she had had an al tack Of gastroenteritis. She recovered from this completely, and on thc morning of nor death she was playing on the stree* in a very lively manner. She partook of . a very hearty lunch, consisting of soupe aux le gumes, pork chops, salad, wine and coffee. In the afternoon she was taken suddenly ill. Her mother wished to give her ipecac, the drug which the doctor had roceomended in such emergencies and asked Madame Weber if she would go to the drug gist, but she insisted that the mother should go out while she stayed and looked after the child. The mother was absent abput 10 minutes, and when she returned she found her daughter dying in great agony, with the ogress bending over her. Then a terrible scene occurred. The mother, recalling all the other deaths of her children accused Madame Weber of being a mur deress. The latter replied that it was a wicked, cruel lie, that she loved the children better than their own mothers and that they died be cause their parents did not lake proper care of them. Meanwhile little Alice Weber was dying in great pain and in two hours passed away. That night Madame Weber was arrested. The body of Alice Weber was retained by the public authori ties and the bodies of the three other dead children were exhumed. Nothing was found on any of them to show how they had met death. An examination of Alice Webers body indicated that she had recovered from her gastro-en teri tis, but still she was liable to an attack of accutc in digestion. The police and prosecu ting officers searched for every serai) of evidence that would make a case against the ogress, because they wished to satisfy the public clamor, but they accomplised little in their four months of work. There were plenty of witnesses convinced that, she had murdered thc children and anxious to testify ?against her. The belief that she was really an ogress who spent her life destroying children had spread through Montmartre and caused im mense popular excitement. The fact that Madame Weber was frequently seen placing her hand upon the breast of the ?lead children j was mentioned bv several witnesses, I One of them (belat ed that "Sin pinched the heart "(pin?ait le coeur] lof the children to kill them, am this belief gained general credence among thc neighbors, although tin act is apparently an impossible one. Another witness declared that slu had seen Madame Weber leaning over Maurice Weber's face, as if sin were sucking his breath. This seem ed a more feasible act than that o: pinching the heart, but in every casi a doctor had examined the dead bod; and found no indication of death b; suffocation. Al the trial Drs. Brouardel am Thoinon, two of the most emincn physicians in France, who appoare on behalf of the state, declared tba there was not a shadow of medici evidence against Madame Weber Dr. Brouardel spent several hom explaining that the death of a lilil? is child frequently due to somesligli cause, and that it was not neccesar to look for a grave disease, such o was to he expected in the case of a adult. He suggested that thc death were due to the habits of life pre vailing among these fannies, ll dwell strongly Upon the meal c vegetable soup, pork chops, salat coffee, wine, etc., as responsible fe the loss of little Alice Weber. The oublie prosecutor, M. Selij; mann, declared that there was n case against Madame Weber. Com sel for the defence made a vcr brief address, in which he spoke e the accusation as ridiculous, and th jury returned a |verdict of "Nc guilty" in three minutes. This verdiel was greeted with hil ter disapproval among the pe/mle j ^?.??.'.'.".LriC?rt-outside and there wet I loud cries of: "A bas l'ogresse!" i The woman needed the protectio of the police when she went awn frohi the court. She was forced t leave Montmartre and went t another quarter of Paris, conceal in her address as well as possible fr?l her former neighbors. Now after an interval of t\\ year.' Mme. .leanne Weber has bec arrested on suspicion of causing tl death of a neighbor's child, who pe ?shed exactly the same manner as :i the other children. Tho last viet ii is lillie Alphonse Poii'icr, living ; I I rue des Poulets, in the quarter i ('hardline, lt does not seem oreti ble that six occurrences of this cha ?leter, with Mme. Weber taking tl same part in all of them, are all a (.?dental and disconnected. This not in accord with the calculus i probabilities as Poe would have e: pressed it. The people are mort.' than evi Convinced that Mme. Weber is dreadful ogress, and the sciotltif men are being converted to the san belief. 11 is pointed out that tlloi is a hideous form oi menial pervc sion, in which a person takes doligl in watching thc dying agonies i children, and that several cases ( this character have occurred in r cent and in earlier I ?mes. What's The t se. The adult masculine ol' lin 1 >11 kurd 1'CliglotlH seel is linville, a Inn i ?inc light lng 11gnIllili nei l; I Irs. Tl averago li un kurd thinks Ibo beek ti phHicuhirly If it la brightly coloro is iiir invention and niOsI donelly wc pon ol' tho devil, who puls vanity in one hearts ?ind (hus Icadoth ns desi i ncl ion. Inn what wc would iii io know is why thc Diinkurd, iv I Invariably wears whiskers lo tl waist or lower, cares abo ill neel ii Ile ca n't \\ car 'em. Ilcgiuiilug ol' thc Sbnve, In the lime of Alexander the Oro it was round that when troops cai in con fl iel ide beard offered a /coi handhold lor tile enemy. Alcxnneh wibi uns a wisc old geezer, road I save Dial if his own soldiers we given a RluiVO and a haircut th vvbiild have Immense iidvtintago ov tho ll ll lui I'bored enemy. The who army was made to shave ; nd etil i hair, and Hie roan 11 was I hal Alexa der licked oVerylhhiK In night, ni sighed for more worlds lo conquer Molio Lake Ol' Asia. The od deni Lake in the world the wandering bake Xor ot' Asi Flouting Islands are common oiioug hui there is only otic trilli)P Ink Knob summer ibo high waters of tl Tarim river, entering IhC '?ike ho ibo wost, bring lo it greai qunillltl ol' silt, which drives lllC lalee wale ly ?ni-, on Ibo level Moor of tho desei tow,nd thc southeast. In a fe months tho lake is hundreds ol' nilli from the stalling point, leaving tl fornicjr bCd dry ami dusty. MAN IS KNOWN Who Left Coffin in Front of Rev. E. M; tlghtfOOfs Door. Threat 8 Against Ornngobui'g Minis tor Had Sonic Developments. Man Soon Around tito House. Thc Orangeburg correspondent of the Columbia State says Monday June 10, was the day on which some violence was to have boen done to Rev. IO. M. Lightfoot of Orange burg, according to thc throat incor ported in a note placarded on a cof fin left on Mr. Lightfoot's door by some cowardly person or persons in the dead of the night. That day bas passed and Mr. Lightfoot is yet un harmed. But another has suffered from the deviltry aimed at the minister, and his wife, who is very much broken in health, has bad co leave Orange bum for a visit to Summerville in order to get away from the excite ment surrounding the incident which caused .such a sensation in the State. Mr. Lightfoot himself expresses no concern, for he appreciates the fact that the coward who under cover of darkness thus attempted to frighten bim from bis field of labor and his post of duty will not meet him face to face1. j lt was one night early in May thal the collin was left on the porch of Mr. Lightfoot's home in the business ! part of thc city of Orangeburg. One ; of the policemen on duly at that time stated that he saw a bright mu latto negro driving a gray mule about 1 o'clock in the morning and that there was something in the wagon covered with old corn sacks. He made no further inspection. The owner of the nude lias been located and the name of tho negro is known. These things have been learned within the last week. WHITHU OK NOT IS. Por some time it luis been known who wrote the note, lt was written on tho back of a printed notice sent out by Walker. ?Ovans & Cogswell . company, il has Peen learned lowborn the Charleston stationers s< nt those noi ices. There were but a few in Or angeburg, and by ?limination it was easy to learn whence the piece of pa per was secured on which thc notice was writ len. furthermore the writ ing was made with an indelible pen cil, and there are marked character istics in ihe chirography which make il a very easy matter to trace the writing to an indiv idual in Orange burg, furthermore, there is some proof of malice, anil the - aine party under suspicion is known to have had ill feeling toward Mr. Lightfoot. Circumstantial evidence against a certain party is st rong, ami it is en tirely probable that somebody will servi1 a lon" term in the penitentiary when the investigations arc oven A short lime ago it. was reported that a certain party iii Orangeburg had confessed the whole matter. Mr. Light fool den\>s this. I le slates that tho man in question caine lo his study one night ard said that he was under suspicion. Mr. Lightfoot added that tho man was indeed under suspi cion, for be had been under the in IInonce of liquor al thc time that the outrage was perpetrated and that the suspected party had failed to use an official position which he occupies to ferret out the mystery. When Mr. Lightfoot charged him with these things the parly under suspicion proved an alibi, but also proved that Mr. Lightfoot's suspic ions as to the animus behind the whole thing are in the main correct. The handwi ?ting ol' the note in thc 'c7>rim^W^*r?-e^- .jd'^tilied at first sight by half a dozen^n?^-ftii^^ had business dealings with thc TmnJ., limier suspicion, and no one of those] who ident ified th? writing knew at the time thal any one "!...> had done1 so. lt appears to he a clean cut caso against this man. The animus is known, lt came from Mr. Lightfoot's fearless denunciation of certain civic wrongs and slack-twistedness. The i writing is known to he thal of the party said to have been aggrieved hy the action of Mr. Lightfoot iii cer tain matters, and the same party is known to have communicated by 'pliono on the nigh I of the outrage with the owner of the mule which pulled the wagon in which the collin I was carried to the boure of Mr. Lightfoot. The circumstantial evi dence is st rong. Last Sunday was thc eve of the day set for violence to he done Mr. Lightfoot according IO thc threats made by those w ho put the collin oil his porch. The man under suspicion was observed to he bestirring him self in a peculiar manner on thal day. Thal night by some freak of chance the lights mi Mr. Lightfoot's street were not burning-, although they are said to have boon burning- brightly in other paris of Ino city, Mr. Light-! foot observed a man sneaking behind a tree in the neighborhood. Ile and his wife were sifting on the porch at thc time. Mr. Lightfoot went lo wan! thc man and called to him hit i the man made oil', and .Mr. Lightfoot returned lo his house to get a shot I gun. As he v. as leaving the house in pu rsa i I of thc man who was acting so queerly, Mayor Doyle 'phoned him I that on account of live excitement he had detailed a deli et ive to guard thc house, and the m in whom Mr. Light fool had seen was the detective. Mr. Lightfoot is ono of tho mosl highly respected mini.-lois in the State. I le is chaplain Of I he Second regimen! of infantry and is well be loved. If ibo parlies who threaten ed hts life thought to frighten lum, they are mistaken. Ho expects to remain in Orsngoburg, The town has been SOI on lire by the oui rage and the parties who are responsible will yet sillier Hie penalty of the law, no matter what t heir social standing;, as nine-tenths ol' t he people of (he city are willing to resent it by force. KIA . W. (}. Neville, I). I)., presi dent for i he pnsl t wo years of I he Presbyterian college at Clinton, (lied on Sal imlay al ter a very short illness ol' heart failure, hr. Neville was born?t Walhalla JUly 2, 1855; grad uated at A (Igor college and at the Columbia theological seminary. Ile married Mus Virginia Aiken, a sill ier of Congressman Aiken. She and eight children survive bim. Two Columbia Record is resigned, lt says ( 'ohunbia cannot \\ in the pen nant this year, but the home team can be made to play games that are worth going tb see. " ATTENTION I?ANI>O\VN10HS. Kvcry One Should Hoad tho Circular Printed Below. To tho Farinera and Lund Ownors of tho Souih: A groat dual ia hoing Bald ajjout Be miring desirable immigration for tho South, ll is hoped that Southern farmers nnd land owners aro giving this subject tho attention it juorits and appreciate what it moans to tho South. Without doubt tho farmors and land owners aro, or should bo, moro Interested in this proposition than any other elass of people; ono of the reasons being, tho ovldent pe cuniary advantage to tho section In winch thorn lo an Influx of a worthy and substantial class of home-scck ors. Nothing will do moro to Increase land vah?os and tho price of farm products than a growing population. As population grows, thc consuming Capacity naturally increases, which condition ls met through tho develop ment of now land and tho bettor cul tivation ol' older farms. Increased population gives stimulus to tho on largement and creation of now in dustries, requiring additional labor, j all of which depends upon tho farm for subsistence. Tho moro and tho bettor tho farm products, the bettor everybody lives. In some sections of tho South thore seems to ho an underlying sontlmont unfavorable lo tho Introduction of new sol flers. Students of economy who have givon t his subject tho most j careful consideration lind that such a feeling is based upon erroneous con ceptions of tho advantages of now people and new ideas. While tho South ls developing rapidly tho natu ral resources and capabilities'of tho country to sustain a much largor population warrants (ho Incoming ot' many more people who can lind homes, the occupancy and develop ment of whii i) will nugumont pros perity and Improve Southern condi tions in every way. More Immigration means increased land values, tho bot lormonl of the educational facilities, tho Improvement of public roads, thc addition ol' markets, tho building of more and belter towns and tho en largement ol' towns already in exist ence, willi all ol' tho advantages com-1 mon to concentration. There is room in every county in every Slate ol' the South for many moro home builders and producers, and until the farmers and land own ers now living there lake a personal interest in solicit inf; and local he; a Rood class of settlors in their neighborhood the best results cannol he obtained. Tho following questions are asked und suggestions made with tho hope i hat every progressive farmer and land owner will hood (ho appeal: 1. Are their any lands in your neighborhood unoccupied or not giv ing thc owner tho returns commen surate with llielr possibilities? 2, Are you making any effort to introduce Worthy and desirable home milkers lo occupy Hies?; vacant lauds? If not. did it even- occur to you thal you are among Hie number responsi ble for Hie upbuilding of (he district in which you live, and that probably ibis lack of interest, is one ol' lite causes wh> development in your com munity has uol la en as rapiid as it should Lie"? our attention is frequently called lo the fact thal 111 many paris ol' thc United Slates, other than tho South, farm lands are selling from $7.r> to ?150 per acre, while in the South good improved larne; are for sale at from $L'0 to $:tr> |>er acre. Kvory llting considered the South bas tho best and cheapest lands in tho 1'nltcd Stales. One ol' tho principal reasons why the contrast in values is so great, is lack of immigration t> he South. This condition can ho chang ed if all will Work willi that end in view. How much more contented the Southern farmer would be if he oc cupied sn acres ol' land w oil ii per acre, surrounded by farms under high stale of cultivation, willi fine roads, KOO?! schools and largo mar kets, than by occupying a farm of ;t20 acres, worth per acre, one half under cultivation, public roads i of (he country inferior, and lb?; ! schools of the district iiiadeiiiiidj^rKo" j is master of (he fust. Inn 'nV'oihcr ' is his master. .M*1^ There is but lii'^tf?iTbt. but what jle- I armors!fiMlie South would be |ift??'\'?l'f?roff financially and soci ally TI their holdings were smaller. Some land owners of Ibo South begin i?j realize ibis. An Instance Of ibis is seen wherein n loading phtntor localed on ibo Southern Railway pro poses to give outright, to any relia ble farmer, n u acres of land, and agrees to sell I hil ly acres additional, provided me purchaser finds hr. is abb- to properly cultivate tho increas ed ana. This proposition is made lo induce an industrious class to sett lo in his m i -hhorhood. This land own er his more land than be can lake care of. on account ol' scarcity ol' labor, ami In- armies, thal this plan will bring io his locality a sulilcient number of desirable im migrants with families, from who ill Hu- supply of labor so much desired CMl bo se cured. If e\cr> Southern land ow nor will gi\'?? this subject Hie consideration il deserves, he will lind borne seekers i-omlUK lo enjoy the opport un i I les winch exlsi in his neighborhood; but in- should take no undue advantage ol lin- mau seeking a home, by charg ing an excessive price for laud: OH Hie contrary he should aid the pro spective new neighbor in obtaining properly at Hie lowest possible price, and upon mort reasonable terms. Tin- (?olden lillie should bo a guide in i his as in all I ll i Ilga. Throughout the Northern pail of the I'niled Stales there are thousands of honest, law-abiding, Intolllgoni and industrious families anxious io ow II humes of ihoir own; they will make i-,.I citizens, be a credit lu lin coin m unit y in which tlicy locale, and an acquisition in every way tn Hie Soul h. Knriliers and land owners aloin; Hu- ibie of Hu- Southern Railway and Mobile and Ohio Railroad, who may be interested in localing around I hem an excellent ? lass ol" people, and will take the necessary Interest and pains in following the KllggOS lions made in this le! ter. an- r?qjiCSf eil lo communicate with He- under signed, who without any charge, will bring them in corrbspoiuienco with desirable home seeders. Land owners having properties in the hands of lo cal real estate agents are rognosted to bi the correspondence pass I brough their bands. M. v. Ulchardi. I .ami and I nd m l ria I A gen I. SOlitlferil Railway Co., and Mobile ami Ohio Railroad Co., Washington. H. C. Narrow lOscap?'. , Lydia Kidds, a negro child about .is ;e?irs old, was hil liv irollev car Thursday in Charleslou ami thrown under ll.e fender of the car. which passed over her child shody. without doing inore than i ll ll iel i hg a few lit tle bruises. . . Tin- motorman, Comino* duelors. ami passeiif.ers on Hu- cai' shut their byes with horror when the little ?rirl disappeared under tin- fen der, and wer?? afraid to look bark lo expecting lo see a mass Of lorn ami mangled flesh.. .To their incredible eyes appeared lim negro child, <|lll?l ?irotehod ont in the dirt, bul show in-; no ; ij;ns ol' serious hurl, and later he revived and vi Ped as lustily as is did hoi' mother, when she learned ? I the accident. A PECULIAR STORY In Which Steve John and Steve Mikell are Reunited. Kilt her After (jreek HrUle Who Sold Her .?For Keep'1 for $1.25(1 Daugh ter W ill Itchiain W illi (?room. A party of a dozen or more jab bering Greeks wearing boots of gor geous tops and adorned with much glittering jewelry, blew into police headquarters at Columbia, S. C., ex citedly gesticulating and dancing about in lear of some impending dangei". the nature of which Chief Daly finally discovered through re peated showers of punctuation marks, to be that thc father of a bride in the "Gypsy" came near the city was about to arrive here from Norfolk and take her away. The father of the groom, whose lucious Hungarian bride of a few months, was threatened with kidnap ping by her father, has the martial carriage and grace of an Arab as he strode into police headquarters, ev ery muscle in bis seven feet of height evidencing his splendid physi que acquired in camp life, his swar thy complexion blending with his strong cigar. 1 lo wore a picturesque silk vest, the buttons of which were 35 gold pieces, while his elaborate gold watch and chain would have furnished $2 excellent "s.tag?"prop erty" for a count of-Monto Cristo show,._. " 'i^'Tnis was Steve John, and he exhib ited papers to the police which seem to entitle him and his party to pro tection, and which incidentally re veal some curious cost nins which are allowed to prevail even in this coun try among people of his nationality. "Steve Mikel!, thc ladder of my son Teardo's bride, is coming on next train to run away with his daughter Loma, my son's wife. Rut ve hav been too smart for him. Vc got pa pers from I teston showing; his consent to marriage. I gil' him Twelve bun der and feefty dollar for lier, and he has sign coon track with meto pay me back twenty-five bunder dollar if he lake her back. Ile can't trade her oil' any iinore under America law." And the tall man pulled out the documents, winch conclusively con firmed his .-tory. There was a con tract signed by both fathers-Steve Mikell and Sieve John-giving their consent to the marriage, "in consid eration of the sum of $1,250, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged," the said Steve Mikell agreeing if he ever did anything lo seperato the two tina he would pay Steve -lohn $2,500. 'flu1 paper binds him specifi cally md to run away with or in any manner induce ber to leave young Theodore .lohn. The paper is signed by both Steves, duly witnessed ami bears the signature of the Hosten lawyer drawing' it no. Steve -John also exhibited the mar riage license and register's cert idea tion that both parents consented to the marriage. Another treasure w hich Steve fish ed out of his inside pocket, and which he still more jealously guard ed against going out ol' his posse: sion, was a new.- paper clipping; from a Heston paper giving a picture of thc bride who was married to his son last fall, and which sets forth how she was adorned with $5,000 worth of jewels. "Steve Mikel!, lie tink he made lots of mon eui (d' my Loma." said Theodore tho groom, "by sell from one to odder, gel lola mon from each, but wi' bind him on CoOtltrack now. I le sell no mor." "How many times bas bc sold her like this'.'" asked the desk man. his eyes glistening with, interest. "Lour timo airead.'! "No, no. no," paid Steve John, rising and glowering down on his sen in indignation, "only two time." At which the privates in tho room 'joined the desk man in a hearty laugh. "Oh, bal ho no do it no m >re; we binda him h. a COOntract." came the reassurance from the groom. "Will you be sali.- lied lo let her co back to her father if he pays the S:\ 500?" wickedly asked the new. pape. man for the purpose of provoking another explosion in the hope that something else interesting and novel would be blown out ?d' the curious soul of thi- groom. "Oh, yes; we all satisfy if he pav tho $2,500. lb got plenty of mon." At which there was moro laughter among tho pr?vales, the chief join ONLY REMEDY RHEUMATISM TC CURED. "Makes You Well All Over.?' Tl? ?tens tho entire system. Headacl lg indicate that you need ?MOVES THE Quincy, Mass.. July 18. 1005. t Chemical Co.. baltimore, Mu, Sits: l was laid up last November wit', atism li) :n\ foci .md ankles, l>t:t ?dior ta kl ML' ttl? .inf!. Iiotimncidu 1 have nol been bothered I d ied every old kind ol liniment mid was wo doctors, and all 1 tried had tin saniere ilil 1 .'ci? RluMimacldc, Now, 1 am plea ted to has not boen necessary for me to lake any nc for K ! .cuma i ism sir."r? February hi.M. lody (hut 1 recommended it io lias l..?d the BSUlts, Yours very truly. P. KANAKAS'. Manager. Quincy Industrial Co-operative Society. Mound to Conic. Thu.Hailed Stales may as well get ready to fight it ont with Japan. Nothing hut a war with this country will ever satisfy tho egotistical Japa nese. They think because they worst ed Kassia, they can turn down any nation on the globe. When the time comes the United States will teach I hem better, and if will take a good t hrashing to knock the conceit Out of them, (?raf von Keventlow, an oflicer of the German navy and a writer of authority on army and navy topics, takes it for granted thal a great war is to be fought between Japan and the United States. Ho is not Hie only one in Europe who be lieves that war is inevitable between ! the United Stales and Japan. The Daron says the Philippine Is lands will be the matter of dispute. In a book just published this writcri declares that thc Philippines consti tute the great disturbing factor in the world's peace. These islands, be says, w ill be the apple of discord in I the near future. Ile points out that upon the completion of the Panama cana! these islands will be of inestim able value as a t rade center between tho American continent and the Par Mast, and they will be harmful to the commerce of both England and Jap an. The Baron goes on to say that nothing is "more probable than that the rulers of Japan see in the United States of America the great danger of their future, though it is not like- : ly that they covet the Philippines I for immediate occupation. These nat- ; orally exert their influence also, for it is a group of islands of great nat - ural wealth. They produce what Ja pan needs and requires no such lengthy development as Korea ann Manchuria. Great as the desire for 'their conquest may be among tb" mass of the Japanese people, the government would be strong enough to hold Hiern in check until the psy chologic moment could be seized, lint should the question of pride of race arise it would be a different matter. Then populace, government and mikado would be united to strike for supreme domination of the Uar ICast, the fetich of the Japanese." Ile thinks that in any event th" lOast Asiatic market would be lost to the United States and (hat this coun try WOuid most certainly resolve upon and carry forward a war of re venge. "Money, shipyards and tech nical knowledge" he says, "would enable the Americans shortly te build a monster licet far outstrip-the Japanese." Then, of course, Japan Would be made to feel thestrong arm of power. She would emerge from a war wit h the United States broken in fortune and humiliated before the world. The indemnity she would base to pay would bankrupt her for generations, lt would be hard on the lillie brown people, but they are so full of conceit thal some nation will have to knock il out of them, and sooner or later we believe that the United States will have il to do. The;, the Japs will see what fools they were lo think because they had worsted Russia they could whip the I Inited State.--. 11ryun ?md tin- Veterans. The Hon. William Jennings Bryan was at Richmond last week when the monument to President Maxis was unveiled. I l:s course on that occasion will win him more friends in the South than beever had before, There were thousands of Confederate vet erans there, but there was to be no politics in the gathering of the men who wore ibo grey and their de scendent.-, therefore Mr. Bryan re fused to be lionized. We agree with the Florence 'finies in his retiring before the acclaim of Hie populace, be won more friends than he would have made hy the best speech he c"uld have given them, Bryah bas shown' him:elf to be what is always admired in the south, especially, a mun of delicacy of feeling and senti ment. JAPAN seems to be determined lo pick a row willi the United States. The United Slates will not lie in a hurry to go to war, but when she gets fighting mad Japan will be lucky if the end of it does not witness her relegation td a fourth or fifth rale power. We have the money and Hie men, and what ships we lack we can soon build. ing in with his favorite little snorts, which bubble up from his Irish blood in spite of his well trained official dignity. The party - aid Sieve Mikell was coming with a large party of follow ers, and thal there would likely be a bloody conflict unless the police In te rf erred, which l! e police agreed b do. after all other remedies ir sweeps ??II the poisonous germs ar ?S3 pains are danger signals, worn lies, Pains, Bad Taste ia tho Mei CAUSE: OF T Cured 80-yoar-old Mrs. Mary V/clborn had suffered 20 years. Cured Rev. J. R. v Methodist minister, of Rcistcrstown, Md. more, nitor Johns Hopklna H .>? pltal had < Wilkes, of Dillon, S. C., ofter he had been wore drawn up against his back, Hotter at once. Sample bottle and booklet i l., :!. BOBBITT CHEMICAL C There's Dange DEATH PLUNGE. Balloon Struck by Lightning While .High in the Air. FELL TO THE EARTH Prom ?i Distance of Th Irl eon Hun dred Foot.-K Occiirrod ut the| Festival ol' the Kalian Constitution Al Koine, ami 100,000 People tia? od in Horror as tho Haskel Fell lo The Ground. While King rom man ucl, Queen Hel ena ami iOO,OOO spectators looked du in horror, an Italinn military bal loon, manned hy Capt. Ollvelll, was si ruck hy a ligthning bolt during tho festiva] of tho italian constitution at Koine, (>arly lasl work, and Ibo col lapsing airship, carrying with it its load pf human Height, plunged to the parado ground, almost al tho feel, ot tho royal pair, mortally wounding Hie occupant, and causing the big I celebration to come lo a sudden I (dose. What promised to he ono ol' i the most glorious pageants ever at tempted in connection with this pop ular festival, was Hms halted, King , K.emanuel Issuing the decree him sol f. The accident happened about noon. Pho royal couple 'md spent the morn ing reviewing the troops ot' all arms ol' the garrison ol' Rome, numbering 2a,OOO m.MI. inaugunrating (he inler nat Ional rille match, which takes place every live years, and were en gaged in reviewing a parade by cy clists when the accident happened. Pho sky was the color (d' dull lead, threatening a severe tempos! over tho shooting ground. In the air, at the height ol' 1,300 feet, was a balloon ol' Hie military engineer corps, man ned by Olivolli, a well known and highly esl com od captain ol' engineers Unexpectedly a bolt ol' lightning darted Hom the (louds and struck tho balloon, setting lire lo it. A cry ?:i once arose from (he crowd on tho shooting ground, which nu m bored fully 100,000 persons. The gazing spectators saw thc silk bag burn, and Hie framework ami tho basket fall toward tho earth with a whirling motion nilli! it struck the ground, ri-e volunteer cyclists ran in all ?insto to the spot, and found Olivollo unconscious, with his. logs ontanglod in the ropes of Ibo basket. A physi cian, who ran lo the spot, OXRininod tho unconscious mau and said that his spinal column had been brok OU. King Victor lihnmanucl and Queen Helena witnessed the accident, and tho king at once seul his own auto mobile ill Which Hie dying man was placed and taken to the hospital. The king followed him in another auto mobile and went to Hie bedside of Ollvelll, who had regained consclou ness. and the fas! sinking man recog nized his soverign. The king spoke to bim affection ately. Two hours after the accident. Ol I vol ll died and the king Immediate ly announced that he would attend no linne of (he exercises of tho day. Tho festival was al once suspended and Hie illumination of Hie gir?ndola was countermanded. Olivetti's sister witnessed the acci dent, bul sile fainted before the bas ket Struck tho ground. The sister lalor attempted to see her brother, but this was not allowed. 'IMie victim of tho accident was ila years old and leaves a widow whose grief is indescribable. Tho king lat er sent an- ahle-di camp to her house Lo express his condolence. The re mains ol' Hie unfortunate man wore later laid lo rest with an impressive military funeral, ol' which Ising loin* manuel and Queen Helena were spec I alors. TiiK Columbia Hecord says "\vhil< Latimer is touring Europe at Uncle Sam's expense, some men who would like to succeed him in the senate arc probably minutely examining his po litical fences, figuring on how strong they are." Thc man who beats Lat Imor will he the next Senator. Cs/Z>/? OFFERED WORTHY *?St?4/t YOLJNG PEOPLE. Ko mutter how limited yotti moans or eda? .ftlion, if you deM ron thorough lmstn?8H tipto ing and good position,write for our (1R??AT HALF RATK OFPRR. Success, Independence and prohablo FOtV PUNK guano.teed. Don't delay i write to dny. rh? OA.-ALA. BUS. COLl.UGU. Macon Ga* to any of our customers for Hie asl; i pl um tm g or hardware business, ar.? nftgo cat .logue willoh will he lound \ prices on tnything in the supply line. 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