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WEBER, Jrrlble Monster of the! f?'dlsaval Legends. ISE TOUCH SLAYS. jy Child, Now Arrested for n "^^?ixth Death. Tho Caso Recalls tho Most Fantastic hegend? of Ogresses, Who Dwelt In Caves in tho "Woods and Feasted oil Hie Wood of Children. The case of "The Ogress of Mont marte" is again causing thc deep est emotion and rage among tho pop ulation of Paris. Thc ogress whose actual name is Jeanne Weber, is held responsible .by the inhabitants of Mont marte and of Paris generally for causing the death of at least live children, and yet there is no reasonable explana tion how she hilled any of them. One child after another, who came in contact with the ogress of Montmarto 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 were 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 the most fantas tic medieval legends of ogresses, who dwelt in caves in the woods and feasted on the blood of children, and of the historical Marshal de kotz, 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 Jeanne Weber took their lives and the common peo ple have become so impressed with the idea, that the woman would he in danj^n-of lynching if she were not safely lodged in jail. On the other hand, all the Judges, doctors and educated men, who have in vestigated the cases, are satisfied there was no legal evidence against her. Mme, Welter is a heavily built stolid looking woman, who excites repulsion in all who come ln*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 loxes to fondle them. While she dose so. she gurgles with delight and utters loud expressions of endearment, The first child whose death is at tributed to Mme. Weber was Cecile PcreybornC, a girl of three years. She was the child of neighbors of the Webers, living- in the quarter of Montmarto. Mme. Weber lived at that time at No. 53 Rue des Trois Freres, Montmarte, and the Pcrey bornes lived at No. f>7 in the same street. She offered to come In and lake care of thc child whenever Mme. Pereyborne wished to go anywhere, and the busy mother was glad to accept the oller. "I am happy to spend all dav playing with the dear little thing." said Mme. Weber. "I love her so." The girl was frightened when the ogress first smiled at her, but the woman quickly overcame tho little ones fears with presents of candy. Ono after noon the mother went away on a long shopping errand, leaving her daughter in the care <n' Madame Weber. When she return ed the child was lying molionW'1' on her back . ' " . ..ess | ,"..._ ? not ? Cfljflte ' the ogress was jM^JSPsTng her hand on her chest, "What are you doing?" cried the mother. "1 was feeling her heart to see if it was still beating," said Madame! Weber, "I am afraid she is very ill." The terrified mother ran to her child and found that she was dead The doctor who was called could not 1 decide positively what was the cause of death. The little girl had been perfectly healthy up td thc time the mother left her. lier face wore and expression us if she had died in great agony or terror. This case did not al tract grave suspicion to Madame Weber, hut 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 four months in prison while thc ant dori tes were gathering evidence conceiving the strange fa talities. Then her case was sent to the Court of Assizes, The first judge, President Favre, to whom tho case was presented, refused to hear it, Oil the ground that there was 110 legal evidence against Mme. We ber, but another judge, President Hertulus, took it up. She first child to perish among this new batch of victims was her nephew, Maurice Weber, aged three, the child of ber husband's oldi'st brother. Mino, Weber al ways wished to take'care of the child, and it was said that on the day of bis death she persuaded the mother to go away on a long; visit to tin'count ry. 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 had seen Mme. Weber press her band ovei his heart. Then Mine Weber's own baby soil died Iii the same sudden and myster ious manner. She had had five child ron and this was tho hist of (beni. I let enemies do not lie d' ate to say that ,:he made away with thom by her li I ?cal methods, At . ils Marcel Weber, anothei child oj l. brothcr-ili law previous ly mentioi; ' was attacked by a mysterious sickness when ?ri thc arms of Mme, Weber, but the . luth er rel urned at t he critical moment and remembering what bad happen ed to her other child. snatched this oho away from her sister-in-law. "Thc boy looked as if he were half dead,' said tile mother, "but ho revived as soon as I took lum in my arms." The next victim was Alice Weber, aged three, tho ehiid of another brother of her husband. This wat one of tho most peculiar cusps of all, and largely helped to ensure tho rc lea e of Madame Weber. The little girl had been strong and heall hy nearly till her life, but just before \ her death she liad had an attack of \ gastroenteritis. She recovered from this completely, ami on the morning of her death she was playing on the street ir; H 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 il). Her mother wished to Sive her ipecac, the drug which the octor had reccomended 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 take 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 ind ?eat ed that she had recovered from her gastro-enteritis, but still she was liable to an attack of accute in digestion. The police and prosecu ting officers searched for every scrap 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 t he children and anxious to testify against her. The belied' that she was really an ogress who spent hei die destroying children had spread through Montmartre and caused im mense popular excitement. The fad that Madame Weber was frequently seen placing her hand upon the breast of the dead children was mentioned by several witnesses. One of them declared that "She pinched the heart ."(pin?ait le coeur) of the children to kill them, and this belief gained general credence among the neighbors, although tho act is apparently an impossible one. Another witness declared that she had seen Madame Weber leaning; over Maurice Weber's face, as if she were sucking; his breath. This seem ed a more feasible act than that of pinching,- the heart, but in every case a doctor bad examined the dead body and found no indication of death by suffocation. At the trial Ors. Brouardol and Thoinon, two of the most eminent physicians in Franco, who appoarei on behalf of the state, declared thai lhere was not a shadow of medica evidence against Madame Weber. Dt\ 1 bunardo! spent several hour; explaining that the death of a little is child frequently due to somesligh cause, and that il was not neceesan to look for a grave disease, such ai was to be expected in the ease of ai adult . He suggested that the death were due to the habits of life pre vailing among these fannies. I h dwell strongly Upon the meal 0 vegetable soup, pork chops, salad coffee, wine, etc., as responsible foi the loss of little Alice Weber. The oublie prosecutor, M. Selig mann, declared that there was n< case against Madame Weber. Coun sol for the defence made a vcr; brief address, in w hich he spoke o tho accusation as ridiculous, and th< jury returned a Jverdict of "No guilty" in three minutes. This verdict was greeted with bit ter disapproval among the peonle ii court flint. . . - . 1 ' MU s ot .mn ''?vufsa lo and there wen loud eries of: "A bas l'ogresse!" The woman needed tin* protectio: of the police when she went, awa, from thc court. She was forced t leave Montmartre and went t another quarter of Paris, conceal in; lier address as well as possible froi ber former neighbors. Now after an interval of tw years Mme. .leanne Wehm- has bec arrested on suspicion of causing th deat h of a neighbor's child, who pei ?.shed exactly the same manner as a thc other children. The last victii is tittie Alphonse Poirier, living ; I 1 rue des Boulets, in the quarter ? Ch?r?nne. lt does not seem creel ble that six occurrences ?d' this chai acter. with Mme. Weber taking Hi sana1 part in all of them, are all a< cidental and disconnected. This not in accord with tho calculus < probabilities as Poe would have o: pressed it. The people are more than ev? convinced that Mme. Weber is dreadful ogress, and thc scicntif men are being converted to the san belief, lt is pointed ?nit that thei isa hideous form o? mental perve ? sion, in which a person takes deligl in watching the dying agonies < children, and that several casi's ? this character have occurred tri r cent an?l in earlier times, What's Thc I'sc. The adult masculine ol' tin Du kn i'd religious sbcl is having a lia Hine lighting against iieekllos, Tl I average Donkan! thinks the noc.kll purlicularly il it ii; brightly eolorc lis the invention and most deadly WC lum ol' tin- devil, who puts vanity in iiur hearts and thus Icitdctll us I dost 1'mit loll, hut what we would li 10 know i.s why the Dil ll li ll I'd, W invariably wears whiskers lo t j waist or lower, (ares ri b? li I noctli Ile can't wonr 'em. Beginning ol' Ibo Shave. Ml the lime ol' Alexander the Cn 11 was round (hal when troops cai |iu conflict thc heatd ottered a go handhold tor thc enemy. AloXltlld1 win, was a wise old geezer, read saw (nal If his own soldiers w< Kl VOIl a shave and a haircut Iii would have immense advantage o\ tho uuhiirhorod enemy, The win army was made lo shave and cul hair, and the rc-ult was (hal Alexi dor licked everything In sight, II sighed fol* more worlds li? connue Holm Lahe Ol' Asitl. The oddest I,alte in the world ?the wandering bake Xor of As I Floating Islands are common OllOttf ! hill I here is only one t ramp lal Knch sumiller the high waters ol' t j Tarim river, entering the (ako fri tho west, hiing to il great quanti! of sin, which drives tho hike wai lying on the lovel Moor ol the dose toward Hie SOUlllOllSt. In a ft mont hs I he lake is hundreds of lill from i he stai ling point., leaving t loriner bod dry and dusty MAN IS KNOWN Who Left Coffin In Front of Rev. E. M. Lightfoot's Door. Til?'.mts Agu inst Ornngohurg Minis til' Had Sumo Developments. Man Seen AfOUIld tho House. Thc Orangeburg correspondent of the Columbia State says Monday June 10, was thc day on which some violence was to have been done to Kev. E. M. Lightfoot of Orange burg, according to the threat 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 has passed and Mr. Lightfoot is yet un harmed. Hut another has suffered from the deviltry aimed at the minister, and his wife, who is very much broken in health, has had to leave Orange burg 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 thc fact that the coward wno under cover of darkness thus attempted to frighten him from his field of labor and bis post of duty will not meet bim face to lace. lt was one night early in May that the collin was left on the porch of Mr. Lightfoot's home in the business part of the city of Orangeburg. One of the policemen on duty al 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 furthei inspection. The owner of the mule has been located and the name of the negro is known. These things have been learned within the last week. WIUTKK OK NOTK. For some time it has been known who wrote I ht* note, ll was written on the back of a printed notice sent out by Walker. Evans & Cogswell eonipany.il has been learned to whom the Charleston stationers sent those notices. There were but a few in Or angeburg, and by elimination it was easy to learn whence the piece of pa ner was secured on which the notice was written. Furthermore the writ ing was made with an indelible pen eil. and then' are marked character- I istics in the chirography which make it avery easy matter to trace the writing to au individual in Orange burg. Furthermore, there is some proof of malice, and the same party under suspicion is known to have had ?ll feeling toward .Mr. Lightfoot. Circumstantial evidence against a certain party is strong, and it is en tirely probable that somebody will serve along term in the penitentiary when the investigations are over. A short time ago it was reported that a certain party in OrangeBurg had confessed the whole maller. Mr. Lightfoot denies this. Mo slates that tho man in question came to his st udy one night and said that he was under suspicion. Mr. Lightfoot added that tho man was indeed under suspi cion, for he bad been under the in fluence of liquor at tho time thal the outrage was perpetrated and that the suspected party had failed lo use an official position which he occupies to ferret out the mystery. When Mr. I/uhtfoot charged him with these things the party under suspicion prosed an alibi, but also Droved thal Mr. Lightfoot's suspic ions as to the animus behind the whole thine; are in thc main corred . "The handwriting ol' the note in thc iv in?. b..?.identified at first collin n:N ovv-n ... ..(l,",x...j.., uttve sight by half a dozen men \T?* .. "J* had business dealings with the mr>??> under suspicion, and no one of those who ?dent i?ed thc writing knew at the time that any one else had done so. ll appears to l<e a clean cul case against this man. The animus is known, ll came from Mr. Light fool's fearless denunciation of certain civic wrongs and slack-twistet!ness. The writing is known te be thal of the party said to have been aggrieved by the action of Mr. Lightfoot in cer tain malters, and the same party is known to have communicated by 'phone on the nigh I of the outrage with the owner of the mule which pulled the wagon in which the collin was carried to tho house of Mr. Lightfoot. The circumstantial evi dence is si rong. Last Sunday was the eve ol' the day set for violence to be done Mr. Lightfoot according to tlu* threats made by those who put the Collin on his porch. The man under suspicion was observed to be bestirring him self in a peculiar manner on thal day. That hight by some ? reals of chance the lights on Mr. Ugh I loot's street were not burning, although they arc said to biive been burning brightly in other parts of tho ciis. Mr. Light fool observed a man sneaking behind a tree in the neighborhood. I le and his wilv vere sitting on I lu* porch at the lime. Mr. Lightfoot went to ward the man and called to bim but the man made olV, PT.d Mr. Lightfoot returned lo his hou.se to gel a shot gun. As lie was leaving the house in pursuit of the man who was acting so queerly, Mayor I foyle'phoned him i that on account of the excitement he I had detailed a detective lo guard the house, and the man whom Mr. Light foot bad Been was the detective. Mr. Light fool is ono of tho most highly respected ministers in (In state. Ile is chaplain of the Second regimen! of infantry and is well be loved. If the part ?cs \\ ho threaten led his life thriUght to frighten him, ll.bey are mistaken. Ile dxneefs L> remain in Ornngcburg\ The town has been sci on Hie l>y tho outrage and the partier- who ai?' responsible will .vol sillier I he penalty of Ibo law, no maller what theo social standing, as nine-tent hs of t he people of the city are willing to resent il by force. KIA . W. G. Neville, I), h., presi dent for the pas! two years of the Presbyterian colicu? al ("linton, died on Saturday after a very short illness of heart failure. Dr. Neville uns . born at Walhalla July 2, 1855; grad uated al A (Igor coll?ge and at thc ('olumbia theological Seminary, lie 'married Miss Virginia Aiken, a siss ier of Congressman Aiken. She and eight children survive him. Ti in Coliunbia Uecord i:; resigned, If says < ?olumbia cannot v\ in thc pen - nant this year, but the home team can be made to play games that are worth going to soe." ATTENTION LANDOWMOHS. iiveii Ono Should Hoad (Ito Circular Printed Below, To tho Farmers and Lund. Owners of thp South: A gront deal is being said ajjout se curing doBlrublo immigration for tho South. It 1B hoped that Southorn farmers and lund owners aro giving lids subject tho attontion it jnorits 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 oilier class of people; ono of tho reasons being, the ovident pe cuniary advantage to tho section in which there ls an Influx of a worthy and substantial class of home-seek ers. Nothing will do moro to increase land values and tho price of farm products than a growing population. As population grows, Hie consuming capacity naturally increases, which condition ts met through tho develop ment of new land and tho bettor cul tivation ol' older farms. lucroased population gives stimulus to tho en largement and creal ion of now in dustries, requiring additional labor, all of which depends upon tho farm for subsistence. Tho moro and tho helter the farm products, tho bettor every hod y lives. lu some sections of the South there soenls to ho an underlying sentiment unfavorable lo tho introduction of new sot tiers. Students of economy who have given this subject tho most careful consideration lind that such a feeling is based upon erroneous con ceptions of the advantages of new people and new ideas. While the South ls developing rapidly tho natu ral resources and cnpabllitle?'of the country to sustain a much largor population warrants tho incoming of many more people who eau ibid homes, tho occupancy and develop ment of which will alignment pros perity and luipi ovo Southern condi tions in every way. Moro immigration means increased laud values, tho bot tcrincnl of tho educational facilities, tho Improvement of publie roads, the addition of markets, tho building of more and helter (owns and the en largement ol' towns already in exist ence, willi all of the advantages com mon to concentration. There is room in every county In every State of the Soul h for many mor?4 homo builders and producers, and until the farmers and land own ers now living there lake a personal interest in soliciting and locat ing a good class of settlers in their neighborhood tho best rose Hs cannot he obtained. The following questions are asked ami suggestions made with the hope that every progressive farmer and land owner will hood the appeal: I. Are their any lands in your neighborhood unoccupied or not. giv ing thc owner tho returns commen surate with their possibilities? Aro you making any effort to in1 rodina! worthy and desirable home makers lo occupy these vacant lands? ir not, did ii over occur to you that you arc among tho nu ni bor responsi ve for the upbuilding of the district in which you live, and that probllbl.V this lack ol' interest, is one ol' the causes why development in your com numby lias not been as rapiid as it .should bo? ()ur audition is frequently callow io Hie fuel thal in many parts of the I'niled Slates, oilier than the South, farm lands are selling from $7"> to $150 per acre, while in the South good Improved farms are for sale at from $20 to $.15 per acre, lOvery thtng considered I hi' South hus the host and cheapest lands in (he fulled States. One of (he principal reasons why the contrast In values ,is so great, is lack of Immigration !. 'he South. This condition can lie chang ed if all will work with thal ead In view. How much more eon ten lied the Southern farmer would he if [ho oc cupied SO acres ol' land worth $lu'i per acre, surrounded hy farm? under high stale of cultivation, willi line roads, good schools and large mar kets, than hy occupying a farm of 1120 acres, worth $2? per acre, one half under cultivation, public roads ol' the country inferior, and Hie schools of (he district lnadeuuab?wH* is master of tho hist, hut t"rtoolhor is his master. Tliere is hut Iii Ho ft-rfh{ ,mt Nvhat Hie farmers^).! .;no south would he rj^eliiJ?et>or off Ihuineinlly and soci ally*^ their holdings were smaller. Seme land owners of the South hogin io realize this. An instance of this I is seen wherein a leading planter localed on th.- Southern Hallway pro I poses to give outright, to any rolin Itlo farmer, lpn acres ol' land, and agrees to sell thirty acres additional, provided ino purchaser linds ho is aide io properly cultivate the increas ed area. This proposition is made lo induce an industrious class to settle in his neighborhood, This land own er has mere land than he can lake care of, on account of scarcity of labor, mid he armies, that this plan will bring lo los locality a sulllciont number of desirable immigrants willi families, from whom ibo supply of blhor so much desired can hu SO I Cllled. ll . very Southern land owner will give lids subjool i he consideration it deserves, he will lind home seekers coming to enjoy the opportunities which exist in his neighborhood; hut Im should take no undue advantage ol' the man seeking a homo, hy charg ing an excessive price for land; on the co a I rn o le- should aid the pro spective new neighbor In obtaining property al the lowest possilde price, and upon most reasonable terms. I The (!(dden Unie should ho a guide lu I his as in all I hings. Throughout I ho Northern part of the I'niled States there are thousands ol' hone.a, law-abiding, intelligent ami industrious families anxious lo own homes of their own; (hey will make good citizens, lie a credit lo thc community in which they locate, and an acquisition in e. cry way to (he South. Farmers and land owners along Mic line ol' the Southern ballway and Mobile and Ohio! Railroad. \\ lu? may be Interested In locating around I hem an eXcollenl class of people, ami will take ibo necessary interest and pains in following the SUgges I Hons made ill Ibis letter, are request ed lo communicate vv ll li the under signed, wlio without any charge, will I,linc I hem in correspondence with I desirable hollie seekers. Land ow ners having properties in the hands of lo jeal real estate agents are iou nested . m id the correspondence pass i h rou gh l heir bunds. M. V Richards. I,and and Industrial Agent. Southern Railway Co . and Mobile and ohio Railroad Co., Washington] 1). C. , Narrow hsmpc. . bydin Fiolds, a negro child II lib ul .-i\ yeni'S old, was hil liv trolley cai Thursday in Charleston and thrown under Hie fender of Hie cur, which ! passed over ber ( h?d'sbody, w ithout ; doing more Iban indicting a few lit tlc bruises.. .Tho motorman, coiidue duelers, and passengers on tin cai shut their eves with horror when the lillie girl disappeared under i he I'eib dbl', and were afraid to look hack lo expecting lo scO a mass ot lorn and mangled flesh. ? To i heir Incredible eyes appeared the negro (bibi, Hillel . : retched eui in I he dirt, bul showing no i Igilfl ol' serious burl, and Inter she revived and veiled as lustily as as did her mother, when she learned ol' Hie accident. -.-'vf , lt* ? Vf nuil lhrc? feel ir A PECULIAR STORY In Which Steve John and Steve Mikell are Reunited. I'lidwi- Aln i- (;ni !( Miiilc Wim Sohl I lor "For Ko<'|?" , 01' ? 1.12*50 Duugli (ei' Will I'eiiiaiii W illi (?room. A ?arty of a dozen <?r moro jab- ' bering Greeks wearing boots of gor geous tops and adorned with much glittering jewelry, blew into ponce headquarters at Columbia, S. C., ex citedly gesticulating and dancing about in lear of some impending danger, tho nature of which Chief Daly finally discovered through re peated showers of punctuation marks, to be thal the father of a bride in tho "Gypsy" came near the city was about to arrive here from Norfolk and take her away. The father of thc 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 his seven feet of I height evidencing his splendid physi que acquired in camp life, his swar thy complexion blending with his| strong cigar. Ile wore a pictures'ine : vest, tho buttons of which were :}5 gold pieces, while his elaborate gold watch and chain would havel furnished $2 excellent "stage prop erty" for a count of--Monte Cristo show._ 'This was Steve John, and he exhib ited pa])ers to the police which seem to entitle him and his party to pro lection, and which incidentally re veal some curious co: tums which are allowed to prevail even in this coun try among people of his nationality. "Steve Mikell, the ladder of my ?son Tonnie's bride, is coming on next train to run away with his daughter Louva, my son's wife. Rut ve huv been too smart for him. Ve got pa pers from I teston showing Iiis consent to marriage. I git' him Twelve bun der and feeftj dollar Cor her. and be has sign coontrack with mc to pay me back twenty-live blinder dollar if he take her back. Ile can't trade her off any mere under America ,W." And thc tall man pulled mil the documents, which conclusively con firmed bis story. There was a con tract signed by both fathers-Steve Mikell and Steve John-giving their consent to tho marriage, "in consid eration of the sum of SI,250, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged," the said Sieve Mikell agreeing if he ewer did anything to seperato thc two that he would pay Steve .lehn $2,500, The paper hinds him specifi cally not to run away with or in any manner induce her to leave young Theodore .lohn. The paper is signed by bot b Stev es, duly witnessed and hears the signature of the Reston lawyer drawing it up. Steve John also exhibited the mar riage ??certso and register's certifica Hon that both parents consented t" the marriage. Another treasure which Sieve fish id out of bis inside pocket, and which lu? .-till more jealously guard ed against going out of his posses sion, was a newspaper clipping from a Boston paper giving a picture of tho bride who was married to his son last fall, and which sets forth how she was adorned with $5,000 worth of jewels. "Steve Mikell, he tink ho made lots of mon out ?d'my l.ouva." said Theodore the croom, "by sell from one to odder, gel lota mon from each, but we bind him on Coontrack now. Lie sell no mor, "How many times has Ito sold her like this?" asked tho desk mae. bia eves glistening with interest. "I'oui time airead*'' "No, no, no," said Steve lohn, rising and glowering down on hi: son in indignation, "only two time." At which the Privates in thc room joined the desk man in a hearty laugh. "Oh, hut be no do it nu m TC; we binda him in a coontraet." came thc reassurance from thc groom. "Will you be satisfied to lol berco back to ber father if he pays tho $2, 500?" wickedly asked the newspaper man for Hie purpose of provoking another explosion in the hope thal something else interesting and novel would be blown out of the curious soul of the g roo,n. "Oh, yes; wc all satisfy if he pay tho $2,500. Ile got plenty of mon." Af which there was more laughter among the privates, the chief join ONLY REMEDY RHEUMATISM TC CURED. "Makes You Wei! All Over." Tin '.tens t?ie eui ?re system. Headacl lg indicate that you need .MOVES THE Quincy, Nins*., July 13. 1005. t Chemical Co., baltimore, Md. Sits: l vas ?aul up last November with nt Ism In my le?-: and ankles, but after takini? lili j of Klictunncidc I have not been bothered [ (ried every old kind ol liniment and was wo doctors, and all 1 tried had (he sit mc ru* itil I '(.. Rhctunncide. Now, 1 nm pleased to has not boen necessary for mu to lake any nc tor Rheumatism shi'-fl February la.\t. .ody itiut 1 rccouunended it to has had thu usults. Yours very truly. P. KANAC?AN. Manager, Quincy Industrial Co-operative Society. Hound to Como. The.United Stales may as well trot ready to fight it out with Japan, j I Nothing but a war with this country i will over satisfy the egotistical dapa- \ nose. They think because they worst ed Russia, they can turn down any nation on the globe. When the time conies the United States will teach them better, and it will take a good thrashing tn knock the conceit but of them. Graf von Reventlow, an oilicer of the German navy and a writer of aut hority on army and navy topics, takes it for granted that a great war is to he fought between Japan and the United States. He ks not the only one in Europe who be lieves thal war is inevitable between tho United Stales and Japan. The Baron says tho Philippine Is lands will be the matter of dispute. In a book just published this writer declares that the Philippines consti tute the great disturbing factor in thc world's peace. These islands, ho says, will be the apple of discord in the near future. He points out that upon the completion of the Panama] canal those islands will be of inestim able value as a trade center between the American continent and the Far East, and they will be harmful lo the j commerce of both England and Jap an. The Huron goes on to say that nothing is "more probable than that thc rulers of Japan see in the United States of America the great danger of their future, though it. is not like-1 ly that they covet the Philippines! for immediate occupation. These nat-1 orally exert their influence also, for ' it is a grout) of islands of great nat ural wealth. They produce what Ja-j pan needs and requires no such I lengthy development as Korea and j Manchuria. Great as the desire for their conquest may be among the ma.-s of the Japanese people, the government would be strong enough to hold them in check until the psy chologic moment could be seized, Mut should the question of pride of race arise it would he a different mat 1er. Then populace, government and mikado would ho united to strike for supreme domination of the Far East, the fetich of the Japanese." Ile thinks that in any event the East Asiatic market would be lost to the United States and that this coun try would 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 to budda monster fleet far outstrip-thc Japanese." Then, of course, Japan would be made to feel the strong arm of power. She would emerge from a war with the United States broken in fortune and humiliated before the world. The indemnity she would have to pay would bankrupt ber fori generations, lt would be bard on tho little brown people, but they are so full of conceit that some nation will j have to knock it out them, and sooner or later WC ben. VC that the I initial States will have it to do. Then the .laps, will see what fools the.v were to think because they had worsted Russia they could whip the I Inited Slates. I byan and Hie Veterans. The Mon. William Jennings Bryan was at Richmond last week when tho monument to Presiden I Davis was unveiled. I lis course on thal occasion will win him more friends in the South than beever had before. There were thousands of Confederate vet eran- there, bul there was to be no politics in thc gathering of the men who wore thc grey and their dc scendetlts, therefore Mr. Bryan re fused to he lionized. Wo agree with the Florence Times in bis retiring before tho acclaim of the populace, he won more friends Iban be would have made by thc host speech ho could have given them. Bryah has I shown himself to bcwhal is always I admired in the SOU th, especially, a I man of delicacy of feeling and senti ment . JAPAN seems to bc determined to pick a row with the United States. The United States will not bo in a hurry lo go to war, but when she gd ! lighting mad Japan will be lucky if the end of it does not witness her relegation te a fourth or fifth rate power. We have tho money ?and the men, and what ships we i lack we can soon build. ing in with his favorite little snorts. which bubble u]) from bis Irish blood in spite of his well trained official ; dignity. The party said Steve iMikell was coming with a largo party of follow er.; and that there would likely he a bloody confiici unless the police In terior rod, which tho police agreed L< 'do. after all other reined les lu Sweeps all the poisonous germs m iso pains aro danger signals, win n lies, Fains? Bad Taste ia tho Mo CAUSE: OF T Curad 80-yoar-old Mr?. Mary V/clborn hud sulfured 20 years. Cured Rev. J. fi. \ Methodist mlnlfltcr. of Reistcr6town, Md. more. Riler Johns Hopklnu Hospital had < Wilkes, of Dillon. C. C.. ofter ho had been wore drawn up against his back. Bcttnr al or.ee. Sample bottle and booklet i l, :' BOBBITT CHEMICAL C There's Dange Balloon Struck hy Lightning While .High in the Air. FE-L TO THE EARTH liront a Distance of Thirteen Hun dred Feel.-ii Occurred at (ho festival of di?' Kalian Constitution Ai Home, mid I no,non People Gaz ed in Horror ns (lie Haskel Poll to The Ground. While King POin man ucl. Queen Hol ona mid I On,non spectators looked on in horror, ?ni Italian military bal loon, manned by Capt, Oilvclli, was struck by a Ilglhlllng boll dining Hie festival of die Italian constitution at, Homo, early last week, and tho col lapsing airship, carrying with it its load of human freight, plunged to the parade ground, almost ai the feet of the royal pair, mortally wounding Hie occupant, and causing tim big colouration to come to tl sudden dose. What promised to be ono of (lie most glorious pageants ever at-1 tempted in commotion with this pop ular festival, was thus balled, King K timanuol issuing (he decree hloi se) f. The accident happened about, noon, rho royal couple? had spent Hie morn ing reviewing the troops ol' all arms ol' the garrison ol' [tonio, numbering 20,000 mon, inauguarating Hie Inter national riile match, which takes place every live years, and were en gaged in reviewing a parade by cy clists when the accident happened. The sky was Hie color ol' dull lead, threatening a severe tempest over Hie shooting ground. In the air, nt Hie heigh! of 1,300 feel, was a balloon of Hie military engineer corps, man ned by Olivclli, a well known and highly esteemed captain or onglncers Unexpectedly a bolt of lightning . ?ailed from the clouds and struck ?ho balloon, setting lire to it. A cry al once arose from tho crowd on the shooting ground, which n um herod fully I na.min persons. Tho gazing spectators saw the silk bag burn, and i he framework and tho haskel fall toward Hie carib willi a whirling motion mili! ii struck the ground. The Vol lint COI' cyclists ran in all haste lo (he spot and lound Olivelle unconscious, willi his. legs entangled ?ii (he ropes of the basket. A physi cian, who ran to the spot, examined Ibo unconscious man and said thal his spinal column had boen broken. Klug Victor li m ni an ucl and Queon Helena witnessed the accident, and i lie king al once sent his own auto mobile in which Hie dying man was placed and taken io ibo hospital. The kine, followed bim in another auto mobile and went to the bedside of Ol Ivel 11, who had regained consciou liess, ami the last sinking man recog nized l is soverlgn. The king spoke to him affection til Ol y, Two hours aller thc accident, olivclli died and the klug Immediate ly anuouncod thal ho would attend no more pf Hm exercises of the day. Thc festival was ni once suspended and thc Illumination Of tho gir?ndola was countermanded. Olivelli's sister witnessed the acci dent, but she fainted before tho bas ket, struck tho ground. 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