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C VOL XVII. * THE MESSAGE HEAD. The President Gives Congress His Views on Public "Matters CONGRESS IS NOW IN SESSION. There Ih Nothing Startling ?'i What tin? President . Says, And Even Wall Street Will I' lMM MflK'. lloth Houses of Congress reassembled last Tuesday for what is knowi as the short session. After the dispatch of routine business, in the Senate, M(.ssrs. Piatt and .tones the committee appointed by the senate to join a similar committee from the house to notify president that congress had assembled, reported that they had performed this duty, whereupon Mr. Barnes, assistant secretary to tin' president, delivered the president's message to congress. Printed copies had been furnished each senator and they closely followed the reading of t he document. But few Democrats ?were in their seats when the reading ot the message begun. l'p?.n the conclusion of the reading of the message, which occupied an hour and fifteen minutes, if was ordered to lie on the table and he printed. IN TilK IIOU8K. After the House had transacted routine business, Mr. Barnes, assistant secretary to the president, announced the president's message which, by the direction of the speaker, was immediately read by the clerk. The members displayed great interest in its contents, many of them following the reading in the printed copies which were distributed by the pages. The reading of the message was usu'nen eo aucmivciy, especially those portions relating to t he regulation of trusts, (lie tariff and the isthmian canal bill. There were no demonstrations until the reading was concluded, when there was a general outburst of approval on the Republican side. The reading consumed exactly an hour and at its conclusion it was referred to the committee of the whole house on the state of the union without objection. TIIK MKSSAOK. The message consists of about 10,000 words and is shorter than the average president's message in recent years. It is not startling in any of its recommendations and if Wall Street shies at it they will do the unexpected. The principal points touched on are these: The trusts, which the president urges should be regulated by congress under power to regulate interstate commerce with a view to destroying only the evil in them. If this power does not exist then lie wants a constitutional amendment. The taritT, which he thinks has a bearing on the evils of the trusts and which should be modified in the main by reciprocity treaties, the principles of protection being always kept in view. The currency system, which he thinks should be changed, he does not say how, to give the country an adequate supply of currency. uaoor ;t11(i 11s rigni, to organize, which he recognizes but which lie says must be kept from doing evil just as capital organized into socalled trusts should be prevented from doing evil. 'idie .army, which he compliments highly for its work in the Philippines. Jle recommends the passage of the general stall' and re-organization of militia bills by congress. The navy, which lie says must be increased as to ships and personnel as a guarantee of peace and as a weapon to enforce the principles which we have already laid down. Iteeiprocity with Cuba as the duty of the strong to the weak and as an implied obligation assumed by us by reason of the Plattamendment. The creation of a secretary of commerce to sit in the cabinet. The passage of an immigration law similar to that which passed the house at its last session. Minor recommendations arc brief, lie wants no halting in building the navy, lie says rural free delivery is now a success. Arid lands should be reclaimed by irrigation. Alaska laws are a discredit to the nation. Indians arc to be absorbed ultimately. Scientific aid should be given the farmers. He Con I'rNsed. P* * A dispatch from Ironton, Ohio, says William (ilasson, the negro assailant M of Miss Maloney, who narrowly escap* ed lynching Saturday morning, was brought there from Gallipolis Wednesday and entered a plea of guilty before Mayor Mountain to a charge of assault with intent to kill and was Jailed before the public knew of his presence. The authorities anticipate no trouble, but the muttering of tlie past few days make (Hansen's position ^ dangerous. A Hlcfr lluhy. A son was l>orn to the wife of W. A. Clark, Jr., Wednesday night, winning the $1,000,000 gift which Senator W. A. Clark offered to his sons and daughters a year ago for the first grandson presented to him, says a special to the Chicago Record-Herald from Itutts, Mont. His .youngest daughter, Mrs. Morris, in New York, recently gave birth to a daughter, Senator Clark, who Is in l'aris, has been notified by cable of the arrival of the prize winner. Si SIZE OF COTTON CROP. \ [jiii'KCRt PlKuroH Kver OIvoh Out Ity r AltHcult ural l>c|mrt ment. The statistlean of tlie department ! J of agriculture estimates the actual growth <it' cotton in the t'nited States j in the year 1002-011 as 10,117.000 | hales of an a vera (to net weight of 111'). 7. The area picked or to he picked ii estimated at 211 I. lO.'l acres. a redo > tion ol 701,227 acres, or 2.71 percc.it. from the acreage planted. The total production of lint cotton Is estimated , at f> 111.870,028 pounds, an average . oi i^\.) poll'ms p >r aere. Thi' cslimaltyt production l.y Stall's. ; In pounds, of lint cotton per acre is I as follows: Virginia 2 IS; North Carolina Ttii; , South Can lina 199; (leoighi I| i Florida 120; Alabama 111; Mississippi 220; Louisana 202; Texas 1 IH; Arkan* , j sas 208; Tennessee 252: Missouri 252; . Oklahoma 282; Indian Territory 214. The plpnomenally favorable weather i that hay -evadedalmost continuously ' ; for some weeks past throughout a large '( portion of the cotton belt has made a ( I substantial addition to t he cot ton crop aslndicatedonOct.lt. All the eight | ' i States which at that dale reported!', | higher t ban at the coil vndT.g date j , last yi ar have still finite-. proved , j their positions, while two (Louisiana j j and .Mississippi) of the live States that , compared unfavorably with the year, , 1901, now report slightly higher aver- . age yields per acre than a year ago, leaving only Texas, (Jcorgla and Ala- v bama with an unfavorable showing. j The commercial crop will consist of , the above ment ioncd it). 117,000 bales, , together with 151.592 hales brought forward from last year, about, 250,000 , bales of lintersand sample cotton, and so much of the crop of 1908-04 as may be marketed before Sept. 1, 1908, less k 198,190 hales of the present crop k marketed before Sept. 1, 1902 and so much of this same crop as may be car-; ( ricd forward to the year 11)08-01. A l-'icnd'H Work. I 1 A lynching was avoided only by the ' exercise of abundant precautionary 1 measures by city and county author!-1' ties. Monday morning a negro boy, ' 18 years old, was caught attempting 1 to assault, the t> year-old daughter of 1 a prominent. It road street merchant, ' hut a cloak of darkness was so closely about the crime that not the 1 faintest suspicion of it leaked ! out until the negro, Miles ! .Johnson, had been spirited out of { the city. City Detective Williams 1 was near the scene at the time and : took the negro to the barracks in a ' hack. Fearing that the story might 1 possibly leak out Chief Norris im- mediately turned the prisoner over to ' Judge Eve, to be sent to Savannah 1 for safe keeping. Four hours the ' negro was confined in Jail but the secret was so closelv guarded that not even the members of the police force ' knew of the crime until the criminal 1 was well out of t he city. 'I'-.^..141 ? i n ri in* nun HI, During the heavy wind that blew over New Orleans just before daylight i Wednesday lite home of Prof. John Denier, on Metarie Ridge. was blown down. I'rof. Denier was fatally hurt and his wife dangerously. His Hi-yearold daughter and his aged mother had miraculous escapes. The house was built on stilts and all the inmates , were in bed when the clash came. Prof. Denier is well known in athletic circles and was atone time one of the best known clowns in America. The wind prostrated trees and fences in ( various parts of the city. Telegraph and telephone wires arc down on t he ! outskirts of the city. Ill-live < 'uptfiin llolin. Capt. iiohn, master of the German i steamer llarcelona, was granted an ! audience at the White House with President Roosevelt on Wednesday. Early last spring during a gale Capt. Iiohn saved the lives of I t men near the entrance to New York harbor. Two small tugs each with a crew of seven men were lloundering about on the ocean at the mercy of the waves when the itarcelona have in sight. At the risk of his own vessel and the lives of Ins own crew he took otT the crews within a scant hundred yards of the breakers on Long Island shore. For this act of bravery Capt. Iiohn was promised a memorial, and he will be presented with this by the president. The Bern Solution. The Atlanta Journal says "probably iiitin <111, nil* nest somuon or r,no negro problem would not be, as liishop Turner holds, to ship them to Africa, but to ship them north of the Mason and Dixon line. Then, probably, after a few years we wouldn't hear of the negro problem at all; or if we did, the people who make a specialty of agitating it would sing an entirely different tune." li Mini liy a Train. A. fl. Waitc, a merchant at Seneca ! was killed Sunday night by train No. . .'18 at Westminster, lie attempted to cross the track In front of the train. His head was crushed and he died instantly His remains were burled from Westminster at South Union, in the lower part of the county. The coroner's jury exonerates the railroad. He leaves a wife and one child. If you feel ill and need a pill Why not purchase the best? i Hewitt's Early Risers Are lltt 1csurprlsers. Take one they do tile, rest. W. 11. Howell, Houston, Tex., writes I have used Little Early Riser Tills In my family for constipat ion, sick headache, etc. To their use I am indebted for the health of my fomilt, I)r. E. Norton. ' i it Pi CON WAV, S. ' STEAMER BLOWN I I'. Twelve Men are Killed and a Score Are Seriously Hurt. |l V BIG TANK OF OIL EXPLODED | ItroiiUin^; the S -i|? in Two ami 1 ( 'J;i:,, the I'lames All Over ilic Sarrow inline Water. A dispatch from California says | while the steamer I'rogrosso was lying , it the wliarf of tIn* Fulton Iron v Works at Harbor View Wednesday | nnining, an explosion occurred. As a t result 12 men are missing. A score | .vere more or less seriously injured | iiirl property valued at $200,000 was , lest roved. The disaster occurred at o'clock , while lo mechanics of t he iron works s md 20 employes of t he ship were on ; loard. The machinists were busy com- | aletlng the work of changing the ves- ( ;el from :i coal burning career to an il burning carrier, when suddenly one ? )' the tanks blew up. Men were | allied against the steel wall and a j dieet of llame came sweeping into heir faces. On the upper deck men | were hurled ii to the air or thrown i oto the water. Three sailors engaged n washing piint outside the pilot. , louse, disappeared as the cloud of ; ilack smoke canie up from the ship , md were seen no more. , Following tiie explosion the ship ] ;agged in I he centre, showing that she i lad broken in two. In tiie olllee of lie iron works, 2o feet away, every i window was shattered and Hying glass ill t lie faces and hands of many of he ollicials and clerks. W A V ICS OF Ft UK. As they rushed out into the open, airvivors,who were able to help them- , selves, were leaping from tlicship. A , jreul crowd of mechanics came run- , dug out of the works. As soon as I lie panic had subsided these men set to ; work to rescue men from the burning * vessel. A stream of burning oil, run- ; nog Horn the tanks, spread out until | | he ship lay on waves of lire. The i lames crept under the wharf and soon , he timbers were blazing, adding to i lie (iiilleult y of the worker rescue. , As the ship was built of steel the lire was nearly all below the deck. There i ivere fourteen oil tanks containing ( ibout four hundred barrels of oil in , ill, and despite t he ell'orts of the lire i lepartmont, this continued to burn < llercely for hours after the explosion. : Several minor explosions, duo to t he , lames going from tank to tank,occur- ( red at short intervals, but all the in- | jury and loss of life was caused by the ; tirst one. One peculiarity of the ex- | plosion was that several men who were in the other side of the bulkhead from where it, occurred, were uninjured while others farther away were badly 1 liurt. Several men in the yards were ' Injured by Hying debris. The loss to I he Fulton company by the wrecking if the building and the burning of the wharf will exceed $20,000. It is estimated that the ITogresso wa.; worth ' about $1 To,000. 1KLT A MILK AWAY. The explosion shook all the build- | mgs at Harbor View and the shock was felt a mile away. In a few instances windows were broken several blocks away. James Spiers, Jr., general manager of the Fulton Jron! Works, is positive that the explosion was due to the oil and not to t he \ bursting of the boiler. Ills theory is is that gas was generated in one of t he I oil tanks. "It was certainly the explosion of a tank," he said. "If it! had been a holler explosion, a cloud of steam would have arisen, hut there was no steam. Instead, It was black smoke from the oil. 'J1 he re was only a small pressure of steam at the time." A .Swindle. The secretary of state has come across a paper Indicating that certain colored men have perpetrated or are about to perpetrate a gross fraud on the colored race. It is a scheme signed by lit . Itev. .)as. Polite and one or two other negroes claiming to represent the Second Advent church in this state. The paper is in the shape of a subscription list and headed by a biblical quotation and winds up with a promise that $1.50 is subscribed by , twenty people, in any community a school to run six months would be established. It, is not known whether the swindle has yet worked. Volcano Victims. From the Guatemalan coast the Pacific steamer City of Sydney, brings news of deaths result ing from recent eruptions of Santo Maria volcano to the number of about J,000. This estimate is based upon the latest information received at San Jose, Guatemala, nrovioiiw lo t he SvrlnovV rlonnrtiim f/.r this port, hut- It is accompanied by a statement of Guatemalans that reliable information is still difficult to obtain. This death list is considerably smaller than that previously reported. She l*ulle<]. The State says Solomon Carlisle, a negro lal>orer at the plant of the Catavvber Power company, at Rock Mill, was shot and instantly killed Wednesday afternoon by a negro named Mary IOmcrson. The woman claimed accident. Iler story is that they were fooling witli the gun and that she had already shot it out of the window and that. Carlisle took hold of the barrel placed it against Ids head and told 1 her to pull the trigger; that there was no load in it. She did as directed and the result was the blowing oil" of the man's head. rvvti 2 teiSB) Vj a, rurnsDAV. dk Till: PAYMENT OF DE'TS What a Country lalitor t hinks \liotit the Subject. 0 Anions the subjects treated I>y llev. L. M. Koper during a recent meet ing le conducted in Ne\vberr\ w is that ?f debt paying, lie laid prent stress' >n the. importance of the restitution if money or other property secured wrongfully and upon the paying of lebts. lie insisted that none can e\- s poet to have his sins forgiven and Lhus Ket to heaven wlio do -s not pay his honest debts. 111 ni uih'iu i iik mm i,no sorino 11 mo No wherry ()bsorver s;iys n seems that I his i- plain enough and t hat tlio vor.v mmmnncst of common souse would asicnt to it. It can hardly ho expected ;l I hat religion Is loss exacting t han \ Minn.in honesty. And yet there are ' people, il must ho confessed, who re- . j fuse to pay their dohls and yet make vv very strong pretensions to piety, Mr. u lloper qtialilierl his statement on this | (| mbject by saying that there are per- r. ions who have been unfort unate and j j ( ire not able to pay their debts, and that he did not wish to lay a burden! j, upon the consciences of such. ; . | Ah, there's the rub, There is where s, >o many escape the condemnation or try to escape it -that is launched (| igainst people who do not pay their n just debts they hug the delusion to their breasts t hat they cannot pay j Ihem. What they mean in their own jj minds by not being able to pay their lebts varies with dilVerent persons as much as one character <lilfer from an- : it.her. One man means that he can- h, not pay his debts and have all the i p luxuries and conveniences th.it he has ' j( been accustomed to. Another means ;,. that he cannot pay his debts and con-1 jj tinuc to inovc in the social circle in ^ which he now moves, ?l There arc men worth thousands who live in line houses, who clothe jj themselves and their families in the L litest fabrics and who tare smuplu- t.| iiisly, lint who will not pay their (j iebts, and their miserable subterfuge (| f an excuse is that they cannot. Ity M| ivliich they moan t.lpit they cannot xnd continue to live as they now live, j j( I'licy need the money to keep up style f( mil to maintain what they consider a i ..( accessary "respectability," Some of NV Lliem owe money to poor men wliol^ need it to live on; and yet they Hatter | ^ themselves tliat they arc honest and ' j would pay tlicir dclits if they could, ;l There arc persons who cannot pay ! Llicir debts, and no doubt the preacli- | jr was right in not laying upon their |, jonscioiiecs a burden that might lead u them to despair of forgiveness; hut w where there is (?ne such person 11 lore n ire scores trying l<> hide behind this ,| ?.\euse of not being able, who make . 10 real sacrifice to meet their Just ob- j( igatlons, and yet claim to be honest (>l ind even religious. Real downright lonesty is the rearest of all virtues. j. TROUBLE AT FUKMAN. ? si b flic KtihIciUhThreaten to llenign I'll- u Iokh Trustees Itcscintl Action. di P A dispatch from Greenville to The if State says I he trustees of Kurman I university Thursday evening passed a ii resolution, by a majority vote, ask- w ing the resignation of Dr. Gordon 15. f< Moore, professor of piillosophy and I) economy. ft The board presented this request b upon the ground that there was dis- o satisfaction in the State on account h of Dr. Moore, but they did not call h into question his orthodoxy or his teaching; simply as a matter of policy it was deemed best to ask for his res- sl ignation. The action of the trustees 0 has aroused Dr. Moore's friends, and s it is said that he will be urged not to l> comply with the request. b A later dispatch to The State says s! the situation at b'urman university is (,' growing critical. Tim student body ^ hold ;v meeting Thutsday evening in )( Montague haM and passed resolutions, (| unanimously, that unless the trustees ji rescinded their action with reference to Dr. Moore they would leave the institution at once. The students appear to he united in this action and Thursday sent resolutions to t he trus- 01 tees endorsing Dr. Moore and plead- c ing for liis retention. NN A conference of Dr. M core's friends " in the convention wfll be held to de- 0 eide upon the course to pursurc when n the convention considers the report ? from the trustees Saturday at noon. There is no excitement among the students or members of the conference, but it is agreed on all sides that the 11 situation is exceedingly grave, which may lead to a protracted and wnpleasant debate in the convention. The ft proposition lias been made to request n Lho resignation of t he trustees who " constitute the majority present, nine out of lifteen. Horse Sonne. The Atlanta Journal says "any ' man who has sense enough to tind v 11is way to the legislature after being j elected to it ought to be a tile to tin- | (,' derstand tliat bo can't solve the i |, NiiiujN iinanciai proDiem anu relieve | w its pressing burdens by cutting olT the 1 ( appropriation for a few clorksor port- j b ers at the capital. What's needed is c more revenue. And there is an easy (' way, a just way and a right way to J1 get it by taxing franchises. Gentlemen, you must stop this fool- p ishness of saving at the spigot and loosing at the bung." SI/.?mI II i in I p. The Dayton Ohio Journal says any \ white man would l>e honored by sit- ( ting at dinner with some negroes. The i Atlanta Journal sizes up the Ohio j editor when it says "it is more of a (. truth to say that some white men a would l>e honored by sitting at dinner p with any negro- and the Dayton wri- 0 ter is evidently one of that kind. r It Will O ( KMI'.KK II. 1002. A SCORE PERISH. aught in a Death Trap With Little Chance of Escape. FIRE HORROR IN CHICAGO. <?im> I Mspciut )> Attempt* it I l^eapc and Many I'all I'roin l**ir? I'lSCIIIM'M lO I ><M?t ?l ill III* SI I'COtH. Twcntv-threc persons met death in tire at llie Lincoln Hotel at IT<i Iadison Street, Chicaj/o, at t? o'clock tinrsilay morning. Nineteen bodies ave been rceovered. Little damage 'as done to the h del, but the smoke ras so dense t hat tlto persons were, vereome and died. Many Jumped oin the fourth story windows, or riecl t i save themselves t?v climhhitf ) the tire escapes In the front of toe uildintf, only to lose t heir grasps of lie cold Iron bars and fall t<> the Meets. Persons In the learof the building 11 the top Moors had no chance. The arrow stairway was all re and the esipe of the lodgers in the rear of the. nildintf was cut olT. firemen and poeeinen, in speaking of what they dtnesscd, eondemncd the building as tire trap. Ambulances and patrol radons were called and the dead and ljured were quickly attended. All lit fourteen at the hotel were out of iwn persons. Most of lliein came to hicaKo to attend the international vc stock show. The hotel was tilled. , lar^e number of stock men and heir families were turned away. Shortly after the lire broke out, the remon rushed up the stairway and ejjau the rescue. Men, women and llIdrt'ii were carried down the lad* ers, the lire escapes, and smoke tilled ie hulls. In one Instance a ti reman I an engine company saved a woman inning from the rear end of the ollding to certain death, only to ho ireed to drop her from the third lloor >of of a building adjoining. The 'oman held her seven-year old son In or arms. She was a Mrs. Sheppard. he was carried from the roof of the nilding to the lirevoort House, where physician found that their injuries ere slight. The building was constructed of rick, lint there was only one stairay to the Moors and the lire escape fas in the front. 10. C. Weber, the iglit clerk, lirst discovered smoke on he second lloor. Me believes the lire egan in this section. Weber refused > make a statement, and after he soured the register was taken to the jntral police station, where he is beig detained. Mrs. Sheppard's son as lirst awakened by Hie presence of noke. lie awakened his mother and nth began screaming. Many people ore thus warned of the danger. It appears that the lire was acclenlally started, probably by the droping of a lighted cigar on the carpet i the hallway on the second lloor. "lie smouldering lire tilled the buildig with heavy smoke, and several ere suffocated. Many bodies were .iirwl i.< I lw. I.. ':? I ? I /.IIIV. Ill |,ihj ik:\id ill |l< iMtlilin UI ^111 incr. Some were found in t in; hallway ice downwards. The positions muter portrayed how vainly they endeavred to save their lives. Some were alf clad and others wore night clothitf. liudol Dyspepsia Cure. Idgests all classes of food, I ones and I rengt hens t he stomach and digest ive rgans. Cures byspepsia, Indigestion, tomaeh I rouldes. and makes rich red lood health and strengt h. Kodol roil i Ids wornont tissues, purities, l rengthens and sweetens t he stomach, lov. C. \V. Atkinson, of W. Ya., says: have used a numher of hot t les of Kool and have found it to tie a very efLictive and. indeed, a poweiful remey for stomach ailments. I recommend t> I o my friends. I >r. K. Norton. A Fatal Accident. An unusual and fatal accident oeurrcd <it WoiKlrufT Wednesday. Throe hildren of .1. T. I loach were playing ith a railroad torpedo and one of tiem suggested that the object he pened. Acting on this idea, a haulier was secured and the dangerous bject struck a blow, which exploded ,. The Hying parts of metal struck lie children, injuring all three, the Idest fatally. This child died Wodesday night at K o'clock of its Injur s. The others will recover. The itlicr found the torpedo several weeks go and not knowing its dangerous aturc took it home with him, where i was carelessly left within the cliilren's reach. A Colri Wave. The forecast of sodden changes in he weal her serves not Ice I hat a hoarse nice and a heavy cough may invade he sanct ity of healt h in your own nine. Cautious people have a bottle f One Minute Cough (Jure always at and. K. II. Wise, Madison, (ia., rites: "I am indebted to One Minute lough Cure for my present good ealth, and probably my life." It ores Coughs, Colds, LaOrippe, Kronhltis, I'nuomonla and till Lung Ironies. One Minute. Cough Cure cuts tic nhlei/m. draws out I lie inllamnt ion cals and soothes the mucous mem* ratios and si rcngt hens I he lungs. Dr' K. Norton. Cremated in a I'ahin. A dispatch from Albuquerque, N. I., says of the cremation of Mrs. diaries Loddi and her children in heir log home In tho recesses of the ones mountains has reached that ity. The cabin took tire from a stove nd the frantic mother attempted to orec the children, the eldest l "> years f age, through a window, but the oof fell in. 1 1 ? ? llival Foohi An bit Ion crept Into a heart And said: 'Hlut Love good by; \\ e'll w in a name in life's Kreut mart A ml sil in places high." Love pleaded in a 'cents sweet and low; "lit I'd not AmhitIon's volte (.'cine, list to me, heed not mv fee; I >cur heart. make I.ove'yoiir choice!" Alas! that I should have to write A tale so sadi,\ true; , Ambition won a heart tonight I Minks dregs of hit tor i lie! ill i - * ? ? - * - ? .Ill \ I' ?V 11(1 SCUII | Ill'Sl' I lilt's, I ' 1 V , Kemcmhor ai\(l take heed, A inltii ion pleases for a tiny Hut Love's a life! line need! Rosalie FitZf erahl J? ncs. | Tie Tuib G.plrans. 1 { v I >" I 0 n ikm\v CTII \ t'TKIt x x. WITHOUT CITY. I Kor several moments 1 lenriet te eon Id ;l not undcrst and why she was prevented ( from going out. , Shu knew that Louise was at that moment in the street lielow. Stie had 1 seen that sister for whom she li.nl s | sou re I ted so long, and just at that moment when she eon It I elasp her in tier \ j arms onee more, she found herself pre- t i vented hy a guard of armed men. > 1 n her frenzy,sin- st mettled with the r i stalwart men, t hiuking lliat she might , foree a passage, and regain t he st reel In t imo to meet her loved sister. I The countess sunk half faint ing into I a chair, as she saw her hushand enter t ! upon an errand which she could guess e j concerned her, and she at once conjee- i turod that t he i 'mint tie Liniercs had s discovered the secret which for so s many years she had guarded. "(ient lomen gent lemen.do not stop me!" exclaimed I lenriet te, as she saw ' ; how useless her struggles were. The men looked at the count as if to * ask for orders, and he, rightly inter- c pre! Ing I heir looks, said in a cold,stern | | voice; t 44 Do your duly." . In ;i moment more I lenriet I e was seized lirinly liy twool I he guards, who I awaited lie I dniorix' nnlmv i?? * her away. ' "In t lie name of I leaven, lot me go!" s implored t lie poor Kil l, I inning toward r the count. "I tellyou I must go l.o I Iter; It is she, do you not liearY ller j voice grows fainter. Oh, for I leaven's , sake have pity, let mo go, or I shall lose her again!'' "Take t his girl to Salpet riero!" ex- 1 claimed t lie count, who was not moved from his purpose by llenriotte's pas- s sionate pleadings. I "Oh, no -no! implored the poor t girl, ;is the rough soldiers forced her j away. ( The countess seemed to recover a , portion of her self-possession as llenriel le was forced away. She understood ' now t hat she must rescue Louise hefore it was too late, and she rushed to- > ward the door; hut her husband barred i the passage. < "At least, let me go, I must go!" she exclaimed excitedly. I "You will remain where you are, , inadame," said the count, taking her almost roughly by the arm, "You have not yet told me what brought you 1 here." I "Monsieur, 1 will later," frantically exclaimed the poor woman, almost he- i side herself with anxiety. "I will fell you all; hut now let me go before she "< >r whom are you speaking, tnadamc?" was t he stern interrupt ion. "Of whom?" almost shrieked the ( count ess. Why, of of -my The poor woman could say no more. 1 n her excitement she had almost said "my child;" but she saw the count's stern, angry gaze li led upon her, and ; she sunk back in her chair in a dead swoon. , Count de Liniercs gave a hard, cold look at his wife, without attempting to aid her, and t hen t timing, let t the room. As he reached t lie st reel. he heard a sad, sweet voice singing in the distance; Out. to him it meant nothing, save the song of a street-beggar, and i lie paid tin ut tent ion to it. rl o two it would have spoken in tones of deepest misery had they heard it; but one was on her way to Salpetricre, and flic other in that att icroom, unconscious of till that was passing around her. (Ml AITKK XXI. PRISON L1KK. We have for a time lost, sight of Marianne Vant birr, the poor outcast, whom we saw in the third chapter,una now as we go to the prison of La Salpot riero, in which llcnrictte is conlined, we see her again. Marianne, t tie prisoner, is different from Marianne, the outcast. Prison life litis enabled her to exercise all t hat was good in her nature, without giving tiny opportunity for the use of those traits which wore perverted by , t lie ruiliti11 Jacques. During her imprisonment she litis won the hearts of her keepers and fellow prisoners, and till regard her with love. I ndeed, so exemplary lias been ' her life for I he past t lirec mont lis t hat < Sister (lenevieve, t lie mat run, has used every endeavor to procure her pardon. < before we airain sneak of t lie urinei. 1 I pal character of our story, a glimpse of | the life of I lie inmates of La Salpetrlcre may nol prove uninteresting. In those days no work was furnished : the unhappy prisoner, and day after day the weary monotony of cell and court-yard was only broken by the religious teachings of the good sisters who were in charge of the place, or a 1 conversation with each other in which the probable term of their imprison- | inent was the principal topic. It was during a similar conversation that we enter the court-yard of the prison, and lind Marianne, with some light work which had been given, by request, to her. talking and trying to cheer several others, who are dragging out the weary terms for which they are confined. One of the women is seated a little apart rrom the rest, weeping over her hard lot, and It Is to her thai Marianne addressed herself. "Do not grieve so, Flore tie," she said, soot nt*Kiy. "Oh, 1 can never live such a life as this!" replied the poor girl, giving way to new grief. "Try to work, it will make you forget vour t roubles." "1 can't work. 1 don't know how. 1 have never had any harder work to do (continued on page 4) NO. *2<>. * A NARROW ESCAPE. Was Shot at Thrco Titans hv Rum-lars in a Store. MANAGER WINGO THE TAROET. Il<- Weill Jii the Hit\<mi >1111* Store anil Wan I'lnal on l?y IliM-glar*, Itut Was Not llil. The Spartanbu g Kvenlng Journal ? uys .1. S. \N 111v;<? who is manager <>f hi' company stoic at. the Saxon Mills s r mgrutnlutlng himself that hols ilive. lie hail a narrow escape Titos* lay nigh! about midnight wlien two mrglars opened fire upon him at a listanee <>f alxiut live feet tiring three hot s. About 12 o'clock Tuesday night Mr. Vingo went to the company store at he Saxon Mills. The dstanee from dr. Wingo's linino to the mill was lot great and lie arrived at the store n a few moments time. As he ap>r<laelicd the door he took out his ;cys to 11111< ><*k the store, door, desiring o use the telephone in the store t.u ana physician. Mr. Wi ngo noticed milling wrong and entered as usual, tarting over In a show case on tlio Ide of tlu> store to procure some patches ant', strike alight before usng t he telephone. "I was in front of the show cases" ays Mr, Wingo in telling of the oeurrence, "and was Just starting Imv dnd the case to get a match, when wo men standing, I suppose, behind he show ease, opened lire on me, tirng twice. I then retreated to th ?. loor and went outside. As I reached -he outside 1 saw two men come out of -tore door close together and as they cached the outside one of them dVew lis pistol and tired at me again. The wo men then disappeared in the larkncss over in the direction of Falrnont where all trace of them was ost." Mr. Wingo fortunately was not it ruck by any of the halls tired by the mrglars. It, was so dark in the store :,hat he could not identify it is assail* ints and it is perhaps due. to the great larkncss that the burglars were tinible to take deadly aim when they fired upon Mr. Wingo. The men had been in the store prouunably for some time as they had succeeded in opening the cash drawer, which was examined later, when it was ascertained that twenty dollars in cash had been taken. Further investigation also developed the fact Licit a pistol lying in the store and three or four pocket knives had also been taken. Mr. Wingo Is unable to describe the men atirt cannot say whether they were white or black. They made good their escape. Tin? police have the matter in hand and will use every means at command to bring the ri initials to Justice. Wants Kissing Slopped. Kissing will l>o made a misdemeanor in Virginia punishable witli a tine, il a hill oll'ered in the house of delegates Thursday, becomes a law. The unique measure of which l>r. it. lb Ware, the member from Amherst, who Is a physician of splendid reputation, is the patron, is designed to prevent promiscuous kissing, but it might easily be constructed to stand as a barrier between husband and wife, or even lover and sweetheart. In order to enjoy the right to kiss one must prove by his family physician that he lias nocontagiousor infectious disease. The interesting inquiry Is, who will inform on thekisser. It is not thought for a moment that any chivalrous Virginian will take the liberty of bestowing a kiss where there is real objection, or in the presence of one who would give away the secret. Hence the law would be inoperative, if enacted. II is None. A letter from Paris says a man with a ? < -11111 (lift iwivn liriu iTo.lli'd intAlifin excitement on the boulevard SalntMichcl. He was lighting a cigarette when his nose became suddenly Ignited, and it and his beard were soon on lire. The man jumped aiKlut the Imulevard in pain, and was carried through a horrified crowd to a chemist's shop, where the extraordinary conflagration was extinguished. It svas then round that the man had a celluloid nose. His real nasal organ had gone under in a street row, and he went to a Mesh-patchcr for an arti- ; lieial nose, lie had been supplied with i celluloid instead of a horn proboscis, ind hence his mishap. Shocked 11 i in to DeMth. John McLaughlin was instantly killed by an express train on the Ninth Klevatcd road in New York Saturday night. About dl persons were standing on the platform of the Seventy-second street station when y the accident occurred and among them was Kmanuel Dreyfus, a clerk at po11,.^ A - - iicu uuuiHiuurture. i no sight or tho sudden death affected him violently and he fell, dying almost instantly. 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