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VOL. XV. ' (JEN. R. E. I.EK. Q?n?rHl R( sim s Estimate of the Great Command#'. HE DEFEATEO OEN GRANT. The Great Confederate Leader Merely Played With Gens McClellar, Bumsidn Pope and Hoc k?r. Gen. Thomas L Ko6sor, of "If ugby," Alfccrtnarlc Co , Va , has bcon engaged in writing and publishing a series of papers on tho war between tho States, and his oonoluding artiolo is as follows: "Tho wisdom of General L^o's invasion cf Pennsjlvania in 1863 has nffon Knnn nnoaf innnd Vv* milif a?n ? ??? as woll as statesmen, but when you remcmbor that at that time Grant held General Pemberton by tho throat at Vioksburg, and tho hope of tho ultimate siicco'8 of the Southern Confed eracy was faint and flickering, you will ag'oo that the situation oallou for dos porate aotion. "General Leo had gained an ca(y victory over General Hookor at Chanoellorbvillo in early May, and having a low estimate of Mb military ability, he felt that a viotory over him north of tho Potomac was not boyond tho bound of reasonable liopo, or ovon probability, and tho prospoot was too tempting to bo disregarded. Leo bad lost his lieutenant. Stonewall .Jackson, and whilo Longstreot was with him, neither Ewoll nor Hill, who had recontly boen promoted from major to lieutenant general, had ever commanded a corps in a battle, and while Lee must bavo foltsomo anxiety, if not misgivings concerning them, he had confidence in his suporb army and resolved to tako tho movo, not as Na polcon marohed on Mosoow in 1812. but as Seipio (Africaou*) went to Carthago in 201 B. C , in ordor to loose tho hold on Virginia of tho invading army, and at tbo samo timo strike a blow whioh would awaken an eoho to bo hoaid in Europe and through diplomacy, end the war in favor of tho Southoin Confederacy. General Lee planned to givo battle as near tho range of South Mountain as ho oould, so that in the event of disaster, ss was tho ease, ho ould drop haok through tho narrow mountain passes in whioh ho oould resist tho enemy and avort pursuit. Had General Leo doolincd hattlo on mo za 01 July at. UottyHburg, an Uen eral Longstrcct claims ho advised him, and Meade had beon forcod by a flank movo of Leo, baok on Washington, and a battle fought and Lee defeated near Washington, his hi my would doubtless havo been dostroyed bofore ho oould havo reaohod a safo refueo in tho mountains or reorosscd the Potomac at the nearest ford, which was wost of the mountain. Therefore, Lee actod wisely in fighting whero he did, and tho only mistakes ho made wero taotioal, not strategic, as shown in my provious lotter. Had Gonoral Leo died at Gettysburg, ho would not havo rankod in history as a great general. His victories over MoCiellan, Popo, Burnsideand Hooker would havo been asoribod to tho genius of Stonewall Jaokson, who participated so gloriously in all of thorn, for wo all remember that in the winter of 1861 2 General Leo did not aoquit himself with oredit in his campaign against Rosecrai s in West Virginia, and the failure 11 Gettyburg with tho dangerous halt at. Falling Wator and Williamsport, waiting for a freshet to run out of the Potomac so that ho might pass his army over it, occasioned very unfavorable comment from many of our highest officers. General Leo was doubtloss a groat general, but his great military talent did not shine out fully in all its radiant pplondor until ho met General U. 8. Grant in the Wilderness in tho spring of 18(54. General Lee had merely played with Motllellan, Pope, Hurnside and Hooker ?taking great liberty with them and violating every maxim of war in his campaigns against them?6uoh, for instance, as going off after Pope and leav ing McClellan and his fino army on tho James within a day's march of Richmond, and in leaving Hooker in June, 1863, with an army dcublo his own in number at Prcderioksburg, and marching around him to Culpeptr?liberties whioh poor nood mistook for strategy, and in trying to imitate them loft the road open to Sherman, which he soooptod, and marched upon Atlanta and the sea, while he, poor follow, was defeated at Pranklio, Tonn., and had to be relieved of his command by General Joo Johnston. Lee does not appear to havo gotten striotly down to business until he was confronted by Grant in tho Wildomesn in tho erring of 1804. General Grant Was greatlv surprised when General Lee permitted him, unmoleeted, to oross the Rapidan on the 4th of May, 1864, with an army of 164,000 mon and a train of 4,000 wagons. Seeing nothing of Lee or his army, Giant believed that he had fled, and all ho had to do was to pursue, overhaul And destroy him. He little understood bis great adversary. Leo was thoroughly informed as to every move Grant made, and when Grant begun, on the morning of the 6th of May, to uneoil his gnat army, whioh lay in many folds around Germania Ford, and serpentlike, <xtctd its fiery and bristling bead through the dark jungles of the Wilderness, Leo, who was holding his little army of 60,000 men massed and well in hand on his flank, fell upon him with the fury of a oyolone, boata m iDg hiui at evory point, and compelling < him to recall his advanced oofps and to ' prepare and fight the two-days' battles ef the Wilderness in whioh Geuoral 1 j50 and his littlo army most signally / triumphed. General Grant now saw that in the gamo of skillful raanoouvering ho was not a match for Gonoral Leo, and foolinj that, tin nnnld nnt iltivn Viiin mil n4 C "O "V vv?.^ **V? ?'?"? VUW W? v bid path, ho begun a sorieR of tho rnout roa.arkab)o tactical evolutions ever cutployed on a battlefield. Q Grant's army wad so much larger than Leo's that ho oould easily cover Loo s entire irent, whieh ho did, but fearing Lee's superiority in genoraL ship, ho entronohed himself with as much care and caution as if he wcro tho dofetiBtvo, instead of tho tffonsivo leader. Holding a ooDtinuouuentrenched lino all along Lco'b front, and prossiog r: with a constant strain at ovi ry joint, 0 he hoped to bo ablo to slip h s reserves ^ from tho roar and extend tl oui to Leo's right s> as to get in botween him and 1 Richmond and cut hiui off from his supplies. Rut as ho pursued this f "earth-worm like" xuovouioutof cxlond j ing his head, and drawing up his tail, Leo kept paoo wiih him, and wherever tho head of his army appoart d, Loo was 8 there to striko it. Thus Grant edged s along, and fought all tho way to Cold a Harbor, wbero ou tho 1st of June, ho found himsolf at a point whonoo ho would either havo to foroo Leo's lines, n or give up tho ory of "On to Richmond" 1 which had boon tho rofrain of tho Army r of tho Potomaofor tho past thirty days. ^ At Cold Harbor, Loo occupied tno position which MoClollan held on tho 27,h of Juno, 1862, and Grant tho po- v sition whioh Leo hold at tho sauio time, and from which ho attaokod and drovo ,\ MoClollan Hero Grant made many j unsuccessful assaults on Loo, and fin- j ally do6pairing of suoooss gavo up tho ], job and ontronohed in Leo's front. ( Tn Intvn (Inlfi Hftphnp with I.nn in - i ospession of it was to turn away from p Richmond; to persist in assaulting Loo 0 was huniau butolury without oompon- p satory punishment of Leo?thoroforo n he gave up tho assiult, ordered up sicgo J trains and tooK up MoClellan's methods r of zg z*g approaohos as his only hopo 0 of dislodging Leo and his little half- p starved and half olad army. But ho v was so far from his baso of navigablo 0 water that ho soon gavo tho sicgo un v Grant, in his Memoris, pago 276, j Vol, 11, Bays: "I havo always rogretted that tho assault at Cold liar- * bor was mado." His losses hero were f bo vory heavy is tho reason of his ro- i gret, no doubt. Grant had boen outgeneraled by Loo at overy turn, and leaving Cold Harbor ho rosumed his "orabliko" side movoment, whioh onablod him to reaoh f Hotorsburg, wherj ho found Loo oon- t fronting him as usual, and whoro ho a was oompollod to rosort to tho zig zag a method of approach and mining, with \ tho hopo of making a breaoh in Leo's \ lines, but failing oarly in tho spring of t 1865 ho rosumed his "orabliko, oarth- t worm" movement by tho flank, and 0 prosscd on to Fivo Forks, whoro ho suo oeoded in breaking tho last lino ovor ^ whioh Leo oould gather supplies for his army, and thus by destroying tho p kitchen he starved tho great and im- p mortal army whioh with all his mighty j host ho oould not whip. Thomas L llossor. ^ Tho stomaoh controls tho situation. Thoso who are hearty and strong aro * thoso who oan eat and digest plonty of , food. Kodol Dyspopsia Cure digosts what you eat and allows you to oat all tho good food you want. If you suffer 0 frrtm indiaooHnn )ia*rlKnrn Vmlnhinn > vua .uu<Qvu*?V>t) uvwuuviiuj wv*VU?ug or any othor stomach trouble, this pre- *paration oan't help but do you good. * Tho most sensitivo stomaohs oan tako " it 1 Dr. K. Norton. Growing Rapidly. The production of tobaooo in tho ]( United States is now about 725,000,000 g pounds, of whioh about half is oonsumed in this oountry. Tho crop has nearly doubled siEoo 1870. It was first taxed ^ for revenue purposos in 1873. Sinoo H 1870 the rcvonue from tho tax has not n fallen below $25,000,000 annually. In ? 1900 it was $59,000 000. Sinoo it was 0 first imposed, in 1863, it has paid re- t venues among to about $1,200,000,000. / Tho tobaooo and ootton farmers do not ( get so muoh consideration from tho / Government as the proteotod minufao- M turers, but they mako a groat deal more 0 money for it. \ Prof. Ivison, of Lonaooning, Md.f ? sufferod terribly from neuralgia of the t stomaoh and indigostion for thirteen p years and after the dootors failed to 0 euro him they fod him on morphine. ? A friend advised the useofKodol Dyspepsia Cure and after taking a few bot- 0 ties of it he says, "It has oured me entirely. I oan't say too muoh for Kodol ri Dyspepsia Cure." Itdigosts what you n eat. & Dr. K. Norton. p An Exnerimont. ? * u Minnesota is to try a oombination d high liconse looai option disponsary scheme. The propased law leaves the six oountios oontaining oities of the S "10,000or over," olass under the operation of the present high lioense law. It provides that in >11 the other ooun- ? ties the question of liooese or no lioense h r hall bo dooided by popular vote. It e provides further that town liquor dis- u Gsnsaries shall be established in no K oense counties upon the petition of p two-thirds of the voters?tho liquor to i< be sold in packages (half pint or larger) a and not to be drunk on the premises. I1 All the dispensary profits are to go to h the oonnty treasuries. h Their promptness and their pleasant b effeots make Do Witt's Little Early Ris- n era most popular little pills wherever 0< they are known. They are simply perfoot for liver and bowel troubles. Dr. E. Norton. t pi t CONW V PATHETIC STORY. ^noth?r Unf xpectod Effect of th? P?n?ion Act UORY OF A WORTHY WIDO* >f a Daad Confederate Hero About to Be Debarred of Her Pension Pittance by its Provi?ions. Whilo this Stato is unablo to givo iccdy Confederate veterans and widows f veterans any largo pensions, it h oing the best it oan to aid them. As n all pension systems, abuses crept in nd tho department found itsolf pajing lonsiocs to many who wcro really not n need, until tho (Jonfodorato votorans rganization took tho matter up and ot tho now aot passod. This was doigncd to throw every possible safeguard nd is working well. Sovoral very ex eptional and unoxpretod results of tho ow sot have, however, arisen. The ^ho caso of tho Byrd orphans has ul oady been mentioned, and Tho State ias rcooived several subscriptions toward paying tho amount of tho pension phioh oannot bo allowed Anothor oaso even moro noteworthy evolopod Wednosday. Thorocan bo no ioubt that Mrs Amanda lloohester of kndorson oounty is tho widow of a gal ant fellow who gavo up his life for tho lonfcdoraoy, and that sho is sadly in iced of tho pittanoo allowed, jet tho ? MAnMlMAO ih.t -I i- I ?rr ic<|uuvd viiav niiu uiutn nave ccrtlll atos fiom living witnesses to her husand's sorvioe and death. Sho oannot btain thoso. Yot flho has wriiton cviionoe, and has presented that whioh is eally stronger than any othor evidenoo ould bo. And it is up to tho Stato oard at its ooming meeting to dooido rhothor tho lotter of tho aot must bo beyod, shutting off tho pension, or phothcr it oan bo allowed on tho ovitonoo furnishod. Tho btard roturned Mrs lloohoRter's pplioation when it first came in. Tho oltowiDg was rooeivod on Wednesday u oonscquenoo. Andt rfon, S. 0 , March 18, 1901. Dear Sir : Kaouso mo for returning Ira. Amanda P. ltoohostor's potition or ponaion, and papors oonnootod horowith. and ospooially calling your ttontion to Judgo Simonton's aftidrvit. nd ospooially to the lettor of Lieut. V. H. Bartless, Jr., datod Juno 20th, 80 4, in oonneotion with Judgo Simonon's papor. I bog to oall your attonion to tho faot that a papor 37 years ild proves itsolf. I am not a paid agont in this oaso, mt know tho poor widow porsonallv nd tako an interest in hor sad loss of lor gallant husband, whoso momory sho as ohorishod by hor long widowhood, t dooB seom to me that any oourt would ustain hor olaim undor tho law with ho testimony of Judgo Simonton and ho letter of tho lieutonant, now dead, nd tho othor proofs sulmitted. onolopn affidavit, nf H A M? Mister, an offioor, but who is an ap lioant himself, and his testimony rulod ut, hut I sond it anyway. I was oolonol of tho Fourteenth South Molina Volunteers, and my long sorioo endears mo to the poor, who saorioed so muoh, but to nono more than ho worthy womon. Vory truly yours, Josoph N. Brown. The affidavits referrod to read as folows : Itato of South Carolina, Charleston County. Boforo mo personally appeared lharles H. Simonton, who, being duly worn, says that ho was ooloncl ootnlanding Twenty-fifth regiment, South Molina Volunteers. Confodorate States f Amerioa, from 18G2 to tho ?md of he war. That ho know William t. Hoohcstor, who was a private in Co. I of his regiment That paid Willinm l Rochester was killod in battlo rhilst serving with his company in a hargo at Swift Creek, noar Potoraburg, M That tho letter attached to the otition of Mrs. Amanda Rochester, igned by W. II. Bartless, Jr., lieuenant commanding Co II, is agcnuino 3ttor, as howoll knows tho handwriting f Mr. Bartless. That tho said W. II tartless Jr., was at the date <f said jtter in command of said company, its aptain, W. ti. Soabrook, having boon illed. That Rochester and his oomades in that company were gallant ten, the oompany having been almost nnihilated by casualties in aotion dur ag tne war. t hat ho does not know Irs. Amanda Roohester. but that he eliovos her to bo the widow of bis cad oomrade. (Signed) Charles II. Simonton. tate of South Carolina, County of Anderson. Personally appoarod B. A. Mo Alitor, who, being duly sworn, says that e has known Mrs. Amanda Roohestor ver sinoe her ohildhood, he being altost her age. That she was a Miss toward before her marriage. That she tarried William A. Rochester, who, it i said by affidavit of Judge Simonton nd bis lieutenant, waa killed near 'etersburg, Va., in 1864, and that she as remained a widow evor sinoe, and as oontinued a resident of the State 11 the time. That the petition signed y her is true and though poor, she is lady of high ohtraoter and has had to raggle for a living ever sine* the war. B. A. MoAlister. The letter from the front at the time V ntti AV. S. C. THURSDAY, of tho death of tho husband reads as follow?: Trenohos Twenty-fifth 8 C. V., Hagood's Hrigado. Near Petersbnr. Va , Judo 20, 1861. Mrs. Amanda Rochester. Dear Mal am: Your favor of tho 20th jest at hand. I am truly sorry to in form ye u that tho account of your hus band's death is oorrect. Ho fell, shot through tho body, in a ohargo upon tho enemy's lines at Swift orcok, noar Petersburg, Va., whero ho iB now buried. It stf irds mo pleasure to say to you that ho'wns a good soldier. I never l v.:?i.:_u : - ?t j._ h uu w iiilii iu nun n iu tiiu uuio Ul u?u ger. Our company has lost many pood and bravo mon, bill n one bettor than ho I roprct his loss very uiujh. Ho died in a glorious cause, and hid ntm* will ho handed down to posterity as one of thoso martyrs who fell in the oauso of frocdt in and all that man holds dear on earth. Very rr spootfully, W. H IJartloss, Jr., Co H. 25th 3 U. V. i* S Oorpl, Ucc'iestor is duo pay from October 1st, 18GJ, to May 7th, lh(? 4. and soma littlo money for oommutation of lost things. The exact amount I cannot now sond, as my oom pany papers are away; will, however, do so as soon as practicable, lie had nothing with him whon ho was killed, his keepsakes and other things having heon previously lost.?Tho Stato. Counterfeits of DoWitt's Witoh 11azol Halve aro liable to oauso blood prisoning. Leave thorn alone. Tho original has tho narno DoWitt's upon tho i r, :? i 1 -- ? J uva nuu 11 10 I* 11 ai ill lUCia i*uu hoaling Halve for skin diseases. llocquallod for piles. Dr. E. Norton. Ends a Useful Life. A dispatch from Yorkvillo to Tho Stato pays our oomuiunity was groatly Hhookod Tuopday morning, 10th inst., at tho announcement of tho doath last night of Col. .John K Asho, prcsidont of tho Yorkvillo ootton mills. Col. Asho has been ovorworkin** himsolf ro oently in tho intorests of his mill, and tho strain hat* boon groat on him. Dur ing tho ui<ht his wifo missod h'tn from tho room, and boooming alarmed oa'bd tho neighbors, and soaroh was mado for him. His body was found in a woll in tho yard. At a mooting of tho stook holders and directors of tho mill this ovouing Mr. P. M Qrimop, tho popular superintendent, was oleoted temporary president. Upon examination of tho mill's affairs it was found to bo ontiroly solvent and ablo to moot ovt ry obligation. Thoro will bo no stopping of tho mill, and undor tho managomont of I'rosidcnt Crimes sucoobb is assured. Liko Olivor Twist, ohildron ask for moro when given Ouo Minuto Cough 'Juro. Mothers ondorso it highly for croup. It quiokly ouros all ooughs and oolds and ovory throat and lung trouhlo. It is a specific for grippo and asthma and has long boon a woll known rcmody for whooping oough. Dr. E. Norton. A Valuable Bed. A story whioh roads liko a fairy tale of old oomos from Soio, N. Y., where Miss Clarissa Spiuguo, a manhating spinstoi and nonogonarian, diod last wook. Miss Spraguo lived all alone and bcyord owning tno hovol in whioh ttliA rnai 1/nl mau t * a muw tuuauvvi rv nu VUVU^IiV VI/ J'UDDUtin nothing but hor pot oat, an animal of unusual strength and sizo. (Jornorod by sovcral dogs this oat had booome badly injured some moaths ago when ho was rosouod by liufus Sprague, a oountry lad and distant relative, and oarried to his mistress. Miss Sprague was profuro in hor thanks and told the boy that when sho died alio would mako him hor hoir and loavo him tho bed sho slept upjn. Kufus claimed his prizod Thursday and was about to firo tho straw tick whon ho was amazod to find it stuff 3d full of gold coin. A oaroful searoh was made and more than 11,000 in gold was found. Soo that you got tho original DoWitt's Witch Hazol Salvo when you ask for it. Tho genuine is a oertain euro for piles, sores and skin disoases. Wannamakor Mfg. (Jo. Dr. K Norton. Beggars Waiting. A dispatch says tho arrival of Mr. and Mrs. (Jarnegio, at Southampton, Kngland, is awaited by dologations from various elymosnary institutions who want chocks. Theso inoludo representatives of oitics seeking libraries, and agents of a variety of institutions dosiring aid. Hartley oolloge, Southampton, a toohnioal institution, has a depu tation of bO awaiting tho Steamer's arrival. Tho looal msnagor of the Amor loan line, who had important letters and tolcgrams from all parts of the kingdom for tho philanthropist, says the envclopos indicate that they are from all sorts and o9nditions of people f/om unirorsity presidents to mendioants. Whon you aro bilious, use those famous little pills known as DeWitt's Littlo Early Risers to oleanse tho liver and bowols. Thoy never gripe. Dr. E. Norton. Ho is Right. The Rev. John L. Bewail, pastor of tho First Congregational ohuroh in North Hrookfield, Mass., has announoed to his pirshioners that he will aeoept a reduction of 10 por oent. of his salary of $l,r>00 a year, icaimuch as many of the congregation are faoing a 10 per oent. roduotion in their wagos earned in the local shoe shop. The lingering oough following grippe calls for O09 Minute Cough Cure. For all throat and lung troubles this is the I only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Prevents consumption. Dr. K. Norton. I pmd MARCH 28, 1901, OUR OLD HEROES. I Confederate Reunions In Columbia and Memphis DIVISION SPONSOR NAMED. Olfcinl Circulars Issued by OenerhI Walker in Refererce tn Rnth M?atirnr* Tha Railroad Rates. Tho Columbia Stato says on ovory flido tho wotk of thoso ohargod with tho arrangomonts for tho Htato reunion to bo hold thoro early in May is going forward. Tho looal fioauoo ooiumittoo has bcon roco ving Mib&oriptioDS in ro npooBO to its oiroular lottor to tho oitizons, and in well satis hod with tho ro suits preliminary to tho oanvass. Tno work of tho oommittoo charged with scouring homos has boon dolayod a Initio, but not liutorially, by the sicknoss of tho chairman, Col 8. W. Vanco Below is given tho oopy of tho gon oral order of Gon C. I. Walkor, isi-uod from tho hcadquartors of tho South Carolina division United Confederate Votorans, in Charleston, in regard to tho Stato reunion: General Order No. T>2: 1. Tho sovonth annual reunion of tho South Carolina division, U. C V., will bo held at Columbia, S. C., oommonoing May Sth, 1901, at 8 p. m. A large attondanoo of oomrados is expeotod, and tho good pooplo of Columbia will do all in thoir power to mako tho oooasion pleasant and profitablo. 2. Railroad ratos on tho most economical basis havo boon secured. 3 Miss Klizaboth C. Teaguo of Aiken, S. C , has boon appointed sponsor, and MiBs Annio Norwood of Orcoovillo, maid of honor, for tho division for tho ourront yoar. I All oauips, rogimonts and brigades of tho division aro oarnostly requested to appoint, oaoh, ono sponsor and as many maids of honor as thoy soo tit. A most boautiful and apprcoiatcd fea turo of our reunions has boon tho mingling of tho daughters with tho old votorans, and it is hoped that each or *111 . \ m ?* - gamzauon win ao uhoii tno nooor oi being rcpropontcd by a sponsor. Whou sponsors and maids aro roooivod by tho oonvontion, eaoh will maroh in, carrying tho oamp, regimental or brigado bannor. 5. Eaoh oamp will ploaso bring its oamp bannor and oome into tho convention hall with tho same. 6. The Ladios'Oonfodorato Momorial assooiation, of Columbia, has asked the division to partioipato in tho solomn momorial services of May 10th, and tho invitation has boon aooeptod. Tho division, with its osoort, will movo out to tho oometory, whero tho tributo will bo paid to our dead. Details of tho parado will bo announced hereafter. Oapt. W. D. Starling, tho oommandor of tho looal oamp, Hampton, No. 389 U. C. V., is announced as grand marshal of tho pa rado. By ordor. 0. Irvino Walkor, Oommdr. 8. 0. Div., U 0. V. Jamos G. llolmos, Adjt. Gon. Chief of Staff. N. B. Camps that have not paid thoir auoe ior two t,Z) or moro years aro not in "good standing," and are not ontitled to delegates. The following has also bcon issued by Oen. Walker in regard to the general reunion at Memphis: Oen Order No. 63: 1 Tho 11th annual rounion of tho U. 0. V., will be held at Memphis, Tenn., May 28, 29 and 30, 1901. Delegates from all tho oampsof this division aro oarnostly desired to bo prosont. 2 The Southorn railway has boon selected as tho offioial route, and all arm rados are askod to go by that routo and go togethor. Tho dotails of tho hours of leaving various points have boon announoud in goneral order No 51 3. Tho offioial trains of tho Southern railway will roach Chattanooga, May 27, at 7 a. m., and run down to tho Chiokamauga battlefield, so that tho comrades will havo tho opportunity of participating in tho unvoting ceremonies of tho South Carolina monumont. 4. The South Carolina Chiokatntuga Monument commission have extended a oordial invitatioD to tho veterans of tho South Carolina division (J. C. V., to partioipate in tho unveiling oeromonios. liy order, C. Irvine Walker, Oomdr. 8. C. Div., U. C. V. James G. Holmes, Adjt. Qen. Chief of Staff. Wolves and Sparrows Suffer. The wolf hunters tod the sparrow shooters of northern Illinois havo just dosed a very prosperous season. Lee Sam uolson, a Winnebago oounty boy, has made a reoord of 3,415 sparrows for whioh he reoeived from the oounty treasurer $69.22. Joseph Gallisdorfer, a lad of the same oounty, killed 2,410 birds, for whioh he was paid $48.20 oash. Nearly 40.000 sparrows have been killod this season by the boys of Stephenson oounty, whioh is a big inorease oyer the business of last year. In Deoember the oounty paid bounties amounting to $152 16; in>'January $208 84; in February $422 1(5;' total $782.6(i. Crushed to Death. Bob Kelly, Dan Preston, Riohard Battle and Cornelias Davis, negro miners, were killed at the Sloss-Sheffiold No. 2 ore mine Thursday by a fall of ore near Birmingham, Ala. The men bad loaded -20 tons of ore, and, thinking all of it had fallen, entered the mine. As soon as the? were in the great mass fell, oroshing them to death. IA. MARYLAND IN LINE The Election Law Disfnnchising tho Illiterate Pastes. Tho now olootioo law has paascd the Maryland Ii?gislaturo. It w ill diafraoohiso fifty thousand iilitoralo voters. Tho final paasago of tho bill was mark od by tho utter absonoo af anything of a sensational oharaotcr Io tho senate but ono protost wis ontorod which o uno iothoforinof a speioh from Smatcr Dodson, U'l ublioin, who character zod tho entiro pre ou di' g< a? a I lot up n the fair natnos and honor of t ho ^tato. The final voto was 1 I to 11, a t?triot party division. In a quarter of an hour after pa-tssir g tho Honato tho bill wan before the house whoro its consideration v tu iuuucdiato ly begun. One by ono the senate's amendments wero taken up and eooourrcd in witliout division. Then it was j ut upon its final passago with r.o Attempt at d lay upon tho part of tho minority, oxoept a motion to allow them ono hour to oonsidi r tho aiuoruiin n's. Tnis was promptly voted down, and tho bill was passod by a voto of fill to 'JH, tho Dornoorats having six votes more than tho majority ro?jui:cd by tho constitution. K.vo Democrats, Ruokoy and Laiuin of Krcdoriok, Koys of Cecil, I'attison of Dorobostcr, and Garner of St. Mary's voted with tho Republicans. The mopt important change in exist ing mothods aooomplishcd by tho enaotment of tho now law lies in depriving illitorato votors of tho assistauoo of ballot olerks in preparing their ballots. Undor tho provious praotioo theso olerks aooompaniod such voters iuto tho booths mul uiarkod thoir ballots for thorn, or showed thorn how to do it. Tho Democrats olaim tiat this practice utterly dostroyol tho socrooy of tho bal lot and mado it possible for corruption ihIh to learn through signals from tho ballot clerks whether bargains mado with corrupt votert had boon carried out. Tho nrrangomont of tho naino i on thoballotH has boon altered ho that tho oaiididato for oaoh iflfico aio grouped instead of boing arranged in groups aj ojrding to tho par y they rej rosont. Party ombloms arc abolished and othor ohango* mado whioh make tho now law very nearly similar to tiiat in cxistonoo in Massachusetts. Tho e If cot of tho law is, of course, largely a mattor of o it j icturo, and one upou whioh tho paity loadors widely differ. Tho Democrats expect that it will disfranchise about 32,000 uogroos and perhaps 10,000 white vo'om who oannot read or writo. Of these, it is olaimod, all tho Dogroos and about 50 por cont. of tho whites voto tho liopu blioan tiokot. With thoro out of tho way tho Stato will bo Bafoly Douiooratio for maDy years to oomo, and tho immodiato result will tho olootion of a Domooratio Hiato legislature next fall and of a Democrat to suoocd Unitod Statos SoDator Wollington in 1902. Lepors aro Many. Marino hospital Surgeon Worry, <iu%rantino offioor for tho Philippines, has sent an official roport of tho leprosy in tho Philippines. Ho said: 'Loprosy is widoly provalont over tho ontiro arohipolago, but the groatost numbor of oasos exist in Luzon aud tho Southorn islands. It is quito prevalent in Cobu, tho numbor of lopors boing osti mated at 2,000. Total numbor of oasos in tho inlands is estimated at 20,000 Tho oasos in Manila and surrounding oountry arc isolated in a hospital undor tho auspioos of tho Manila board of hoalth. Thoro is also a leper hospital at Cobu. An attempt at segregation and isolation of tho lopors has boon mado by tho aroiy offnials and sovoral months ago orders were issued directing that a hospital in oaoh district bo sot asido for tho isolation of all loperi that oould bo approhondod and tho guard of military was detail; d rooontly to carry out tho ordor for a leper colony, intontion boing to doport all oasos of lepers to thin placo for segregation and notation." A Negro Pensioner. Comptroller General Dorhara Friday roocivod a letter from Abb ivil'o county, proHtoRting against a negro drawing a poDsion in that county. Mr. Derham said tho negro had Vo?a placed on tho ponsion roll in 18!?7 by tho Abbevillo country ponsion board and tho records showed ho had boon a good and faithful Confodora'o soildicr and was entitled to tho pension. Ho will oontinuoto draw his ponsioD, dospito the little-minded protost. ' *'1* w ?k ? 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Mrs Lizzie Naramoro, of Coldbrook, Mass., wl ito in a fit of insanity Thursday afternoon, killed hor nix ohildron at her homo, a farm houso half a mile from tho village, and thon triod to tako her own life Tho ohildron ranged from ten yearn to a babo of ten months and their lives woro taken by tho mothor with an axo and a olub. Sho laid the blood drenched bodies on tho bods, two on one bed and tho other four on a bod in anothor room and thon attomptod to tako her own lifo by cutting her throat with a razor. Whon discovered she was in tho bod on which tho bodies of four ohildron wcro lying. Although sho out a doop gash in hor throat and suffered tho loss of muoh blood, it is boliovcd sho will rooovor. Frank Naramoro, tho husband and father, loft his homo at tho usual hour Thursday morning to go to work at a sawmill and at that timo his wifo did not attraot his attontion by aoting strangoly. It is supposed tho crimo was committed shortly aftor noon, tho disoovory being tnado by (Hoorgo Thrasher, an employo of a grocery store, who visitod tho Naramoro houso about 2:45 o'olook for tho purpoBo of dolivering grooorios that had proviously boon ordorod bv Mrs. Naramoro. Ho was nn?kl? ?n iu tho house by tho d >or and ho looked in a window and noticod blood on tho floor, whilo Mrs. Naramoro was lying on a bod. Ho was surprised also in tho absonoo of tho ohildron, whom ho was accustomed to hqo playing in or about tho homo. llo roturnod to tho village and told of what ho had ooen. A party was mado up and a haaty visit was mado to tho Naramoro house. An ontranoo was otfootod without delay and tho mutilatod bodioa of tho six ohildron in two bods woro found. Mrs. Naramoro was removed to the village hotol and tho attonding physicians wore oonlidont alio would survivo. During tho ovoning a number of noighhors of tho family saw and talkod with Mra. Naramoro and to thorn aho told how she killod hor six ohildron. At tho timo tho party of villagers found Mra. Naramoro she was asked haw she did tho doed, and aho said that oho took tho livos in four different rooms, and as fast as she killod ono ohild tho body was plaood in a bed. Tho ohildron woro throe boys, and thrco girls, Ethol, 10 yoars of age, the oldest, whilo tho ages of Walter, Charlie, Chostor, Bessio and Lena ranged from eight yoar to ton months, Lena boing tho baby. Mrs. Naramoro told her most intimato friends that aho first killed Ethel, and thon followod with tho five others, oaoh timo taking the next eldest. Five woro killod by boing struok on the hoad with tho baok of an axe while littlo Lona was killod with a olub. She aays aho fully oxpeotod tho trash in h#?r throat would oause hor death and when hor husdand roturned at night he would find all of tho bo J ion in the two beds. Sbo appeared rational and displayed signs of sorrow for the deed she had committod, although sho is unable to give any roasoon for killing tho ohildion. W'hon Mr. Naramoro reaohed the home ho was prostrated with grief by tho loss of his family. Ktoh of tho ohildron had ovidontly reooived several blows as their heads woro torribly bruised and blood was Mttcrcd in all parts of the rooms. Mrs. X iramoro had ovidontly made preparations for tho dood, as tho doors were all lookod and barrod with stioks of wood. At about 1) o'clock Mrs. Naramoro exporh'uood a ohango for the worse and it is bolicvod that sho will not live through tho night. Her husband has boon in tho hotol, but ho has not made any request to sro her sinoo his arrival. ew departure! xl Change in Marketing Methods ? \pp!ie<l to Sowing Machines. S idi plan tinder which you can obtain # and better value in the purchase of ^ ions ''White" Sewing Machine than ? tffcred. J >gue and detailed particular!. 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