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MINERS KILLED. \ Twenty-One Men Lost their Lives in a Mine. FEARFUL DISASTER Jn the Cooper Mine at Coaldale, W. Va. The Explosion Was Very Sudden and Its Rumbling Could be heard for Miles and Miles Arounfl. A special to The Times from liluctield, W. Va., says: Twenty-one miners were killed in an explosion of mine ) gas in the shaft of the Cooper Mine company at Coaldale, W. Va., at noon Thursday. Up to midnight Thursday only one body had been recovered. Im mediately following the explosion, which was heard for several miles, rescue parties set to work to explore the wrecked shaft. Coaldalo is a mining town situated .In Mercer couutv on the line of the Norfolk and Western railway and is 15 miles west of Bluefleld. Hut once before In the history of the Pocahontas coal Held has there been such a fearful disaster as that in the Coaldal Coal company's shaft Thursday. The victims of that other disaster sleep in the cemetary at Pocahontas. Thursday at noon while the mines were crowded with men there was a sudden and heavy rumbltng a mile and more in the depths of the mountain and through the miles of passages and air shaft of that immense mine the shock was felt. Before the detonations had died out, Bauk Boss Thomas Williams, who was a long ways from the explosion, staggered to his feet, and feeling his way to a mine telephone, called to those on the outside that there had been a terrltic explosion of mine gas and asked for help. Gathering about the entrance, hastening crowds urged by coal heads and arix ous hearts hurried to prepare for the rescue of the missing ones and an exploration of the wreck workings. At 4 o'clock one man was brought out. lie was II. C. Conrad, and his . fc> )dy was liter illy lorn to pieces. His clothiDg was hanging In shreds. Up to a late hour Thursday night no othor bodies had been recovered. There was considerable smoke and gas in the entries and notwithstanding the fact that the big fans were in good order aud were working with full caDacitv. the was and smr)t? worn nut. being dilven out very fast. Trie following are the dead and their bridles are with the exception of Conrad, still buried in the mine: J. W. Larne, W. Lame, Jim Sluss, Larez Aladar, Hungarian; Anthony Bruce, Pole; H. C. Conrad, Silas White, John Patterson, Gus Harris, W. T. Sullivan, William Price, William Ward, Walter G wlnn, SIdIi Gray, Sterling Williams, Albert Birnum, Nathan llarrlston, William Curry, Silas Harris June Kelly, Lee Price. The Ct a'd do operation is owned and operated by the Cooper Brothers, who are also owners of the Mill Creek and McDowell Coal and Coke companies. The Coaldale plant is considered one of the best operations in the field. Ed Cooper is on the ground supervising the work of rescue. Cannot Haul Corn Crop. The railroads of Kansas are unable to furnish cars to move one-.ialf of the corn crop. Grain men, farmers and millers appeal in vain for trains in which to ship to market the 100,000,000 bushels of this cereal. Ail along the lines of the corn belt are heaps of corn waiting to be shipped. At some temporary cribs have been V\n ( 1 f t- j-\ of A?n f Kin 4- 1 M ^ ^ ^ ?' *"* *" 4 uui,u uubiasiu nun uuu in UIJU ^rtcLt majority of the phc^s it has been merely piled up ou the ground, and some of these piles contain as many as 10,000 bushels. Tnis corn has been hauled to ship plug points with the idea that it was to be leaded into cars which had bren ordered, but in most instances tbe corn got there before the cars and is still waiting for them. Storms might seriously damage this corn, which is exposed to the elements, and the men who own It are keeping the wires hot with messages to the railroad asking that their orders for cars be filled. Charged With Murder. A dispatch from Anderson to the Slate says Robert Bird and Lon Anderson, two youDg negroes living in the lower part of this county, have b 'en lodged In Jail on charge with the murder of a negro woman at a hot supper. It was alleged that the ncgu s were returning home from the frolic, tohen they met a party also returning home. Tney tired two shots into the ciowd, one of whioh struck a .negro woman and indicted injures from which she died a d>y or two afterwards. A preliminary hearing was given the negroes jesterday by Mag istrato McAlister and tbe evidence was such that accused were sent to the county jail to await trial at the approaching term of the circuit court. A landslide. On account of recent heavy rains a landslide occurred Thursday on the South and Western railroad, in process of constructing near Pine Bldge, N. 0 , killing three men and fatally injuring two others. The bodies of the dead men have been recovered. [siwredsiontfl business 1 TORNADO SWEEPS / A GHOKU1& CITY WITH I)H VTII AN I> DKSTKUCTION. Two People Killed, Many Injured and a Great Peal of Property Destroyed. A tornada of territllo force'passed over Albany, Ga., at 1.30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, coming from a southwesterly direction and spreading ruin and desolation over portions of a dozen blocks. Several persons are dead, otheis will die as a result of in juries and manv are more or less ser lOusly hurt. Viewing the wreckage left by the toonado, it seems a miracle that scores were not killed outright the tribute claimed In the way of hum mi lives being astonishingly small. The known dead arr: hen Joue. a negro machinist in the employ of the Virginia CarolinaChemical company. Jake Johnson, a D-year-old negro boy. Among those whose Injuries will in all probability prove fatal arr: Lut,a Gladden, Jessr Davis, Annie Davis and Jessie Woodall. The lht Is still incomplete owing to the fact that much of the destruc lion wrought wss well beyond the city limits. Reports from the torui' ~ ~ u 1 ' " * >.u an/ur ib ioil a.ioany nave not been received. Hundreds of nrgroes in the city are homeless tonight and many have lost all their household effects. The injured are being cared for and efforts are being made to secure shelter for all. This is difficult owing to the scarcity of all kin^s of dwelling houses in the city. Under direction of Mayor Rawson, relief will be secured and promptly furnished those in greatest distress. It Is difficult to estimate the property loss. The Virginia CarolinaChemical company is the principal sufferer, its destroyed buildings and machinery having been worth prob ably 8(50,000. It is safe to say that the. total lo^s will te found to excetd 8150,000. Very little of the destroyed property was protected by tornado Insurance. The southern Hell Telephone company is among the heavkst sufferers. Its lines were blown down In several parts of the city. Some little ap prehension is felt for Pretoria, In the southwestern part of the county. The tornado came from that direction and as the telegraph wires are down nothing can be heard from there. VnaT TIT* TITJnntinmin iuuoi x>a A&ori!iV/iXiU A. Snobbish OMioor of tho Army Ite(Iticctl in Hank. For requesting a sergeant of artilery to change ills scat at a theatre, First Lieut. Hoy I. Taylor of the coast artillery Is reduced in rank 12 i.umbera. lie was tried by courtmartial last week at New York and the verdict was announced Wednesday. The of fense was committed at a theatre in New London, Conn., where a sergeant of Taylor's own company, who was in uniform, vacated a seat at the request of Lieut. Tayior. "It is hoped," states the decision which is sigued by Brig. Gen. Grant, "that the sentence of the court wili leave no douot in the mind of anyone that the uniform of a soldier Is a mark of honor which must be respected in the United States." It also stated that a sentence more severe than the one given is warrant ed. The theatre Incident took place last October. Se.rgt. Patrick F. iiuttler of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth company, coast artillery, which was Taylor's cimpany, was seated in front of his superior cilioer at a perform ance. L eut. Tayior was not in uniform. Nearby were a party of friend whom ne knew but who were not members of nls party. It was in or der to make vacancy for one cf them that he told the sergeant to movefile words to the under officer, according to the printed verdict of the courtmartial, were; ''tiergent, you had better get vour ticket changed and get your scat somewhere In the rear,' or words to that t tTdOt." Lieut. Taylor pleaded not guilty to the charge of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, saying that he had amccd Die sergeant to move but he spoke as one mlgnt to another and did not Intend to convey to Sergt. Butler the Idea that he was being ordered to moVe. Negro J>rown?ui. A dispatch from Edgefield says a middle agt d negro man of (Jolliers, named Ned Thomas, was drowned Wednesday night In Log creek, four miles west of that town. lie was undtr the iLllueuce of whiskey and his mule was drowned with him. Ills daughter walked across a bridge and got safely over. He was an Indus trlous fellow and had just borrowed a sum cf money from the Hank of Edge Held, which money he Is supposed to nave had upon his person. lias Two Jobs. James B. McLaughlin Is the only member of the Distrlot of Columbia bar with two widely different and dis tlnot professions. He is an excellent lawyer and an ordained minister oi the Methodist Eplscpal Church and regularly preaches to Washington .? Myrtle Beach, i ast Side x^oultry Yards, Myrtle Boa MADE SLAVES. Ugly Traffic in Chinese Laborers Lor South Africa. WILL WOBK IN MINES. Herded Like CattL\ Th; Contractors Furnish Them to the Mine Workers and They Belong To Their Lmployies, Body and Soul, Sent to Mines. A letter from Washington to The Charleston Post say* at. interesting story has just reached tills country oncoming the traffic in Chinese collies in the mines of the Transvaal Toe trie'hods of collecting, seperatlug and snipping the coolies is fuilv described and the whole treatment tf them resembles the selection of cattle for the great slaughter houses rnoie than of huiuau b lugs. Duriug , the last year the '"industry," as it is called grew to large proportions. White labor, since the c.ose of the .South Africm war has been found insufficient for the purposes of mining go.d in the Transvaal, and eonse (lurntly ft has been lucces^ary to exp ?ri thousancs of c >olles to that place. The primary work of collecting the coolies is begun by missionary dcoiors, ab the, expense of the contractors. The _ *.LJ in- '? toxipiou cooues are ur.-?t marched do Due nearest railroad station and forwarded to the shiping point. Helng takvii from the trains they are placed in barracks of different sizis, usually large enough, however to a(?Jtnmo date from three to fourhhndrel Chinese. Eichis then stripped and examined by the doctors, including te->ts for eyesight and hearing. Those accepted pass into a large tank of warm water and are there scrubbed with soap bv other coolies. They are then vaccinated, photographed and their identification cards written upon. A number is hung about their necks, and they arc ushered again into another compound until the next transport sads. it is said that they are here furnished with a c >py < f the coutract they are to sign both in Chinese and in E iglish. It is even claimed that the coolies are told what the contract means, where they are going the wages they are to receive, etc., but this is seriously doubted, fc'ew coolies nave euorgh Intellect to understand a contract even should It be read to them Opium and Chlneste liquor are nov denied him, though no may ba/e all tne rice and tea ins stomach is capable of holding The day before shipping, the cool es are taken iu lots of ten to tne c ilice of the Cblnet.e protector for a final t-x amination. Here they are not only given another severe physical test, but are asked many questions in 1 lie endeavor to ascertain whether or not the heathem understands fully wher>. he it going and what he is expected to do after getting there. In a largo hall stand or fqaat so nr.' two hundred ouolies In rows along the wall. Their oniy clothing is a piece of string aud a paper tag. if passed up as being all rJgot, tnsy are gtveu another wash and are then giveu clean clothes, shoei, belts, socks, straw hats, etc., and reappear In dark bluo uniforms. The paper or temporary tag which has heretofore oeen hanging around the coolies neck Is now exoharged for a permanent lead one with a number on it. JL; has no rarnc, hereafter a number. Tuis lead tag becnnes as oiuc 1 a part of h.m asbl finger or any other hoc tlon of his antomy. He is now given $.'18 (Mexican) two months pay, and $8 oonuq and aked again if ho prefers to return home or retain the silver. The aoewf.r Is in variably in favor of the silver. Having decided to retain the money in oxchange for a tag with a number on it he pushes it lato a tia pan, wh ch later .serve him for his rice .?owl, ills wash pan, and for mat.y other use to which he may wish to put it. At this point the c ioly belongs to the con tractor soul and body. He is now nla/>a^ ?? o 'I *> * i" 'I J t iu (% AUHI l/l Jcfcll, CtlJll IJtJTU liH bins farewell to ni? family unci credl itors. He rt ceives M* kit bag containing clothing. a blanket, a tin cuu and a bamboo pillow, and is now tea dy to take bis piace in tbe irold mines of tbe Transvaal. T ie Urst shipment of oolies was m .de in July, 1901, and tie total number of shipments from all ports to tbe present time jh twenty Dine. The total number of coolies shipped from all parts of Cniua Is 49,000. The deaths have been c imparaiively few. (Jontracters are making many thousands of d -liars annually out of this slave truffle, and ts will he se n from the numerous phys-eil tof>ts to which the coolies are put, they endeavor to transport only what are considered good risks. Oq the others they would undoubtedly Jose money. L<>hi Hih ijifo* In attempting to avoid a bicyclist, Mathew Summers, a chauffeur, los* his own life at Harrison, N.J. Summers was employed by the WorthingI ton Pump Works, and was running his automobile Into Harrison after taking the manager of the company to Orange, when James Brown, on a oioycle, turned in front of blm. The chauffeur swerved his machine Into a curbing with auca force that he was nurlad over the hood of the automoWle "Trnvo to I returned this year. NEW ELECTION LAW. ABOUT USI\<; MONEY AND Mg< UOIl TO 8E0UKE VOTES. Will Be Fspecially Important This Year as All Cfficers Are to be Elected. At the last session of the General Assembly an Act was passed making certain offeusos in primary elections misdemeanors and prescribing a form of pledge to be taken and tiled by every candidate before offering for election. The Aot has been In effect since last March, but was of no spec a! interest last year, as no primary eleo tlon was held, but in tho election this summer for the State and Bom* of the county offices all candidates will have to abide by tho provisions of the Act. Among other requirements every candidate, immediately after tire election, must tile au itemized state ment under tire elect)on. In at least one c unly the tiling of such a statement has been required before, but only according to a rule of the county executive committee, but it was in crrporated into the State law at the last session of the Legislature. The provisions of the Act will be of Interest not only to prospective candidates, but to the peop'e generally, and is given in full as follows: An Act making certain offences in primary elections misdemeanors and nrfiserihinir iinnalMnn tharofor Section 1?lie It enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, at or before every political primary eUc .lou held by any political party, organization or association, for the purpose of choosing candidates for oflloe, or the election of delegates to conventions, in this State, any person shall, by threats or any other form of Intimidation, or by the payment, delivery or promise of money, or other article of value, procure or offer, promise or endeavor to procure another to vote for or against any particular candidate in such elee tlon, or who shall, for such consideration, olT -r to so vote, shall be guilty of a mkdemeanor. Section 2 ?Every candidate offering for election, under the provisions of Section 1, snail make the following pledge and tile the same with the clerk of Court of Common Picas for the county in which he is a candidate, unless he should be a cuidldate in more than one county, In which case ne shall tile wioh the Secretary of State, before he shall enter upon his campaign, to wit: I, the undersigned of the A/inntu t\f a r? H C ?u I- ^ uuuu vj i aim UUditU Ul OUUtH Carolina, candidate for the ofllce of.. .... hereby pledge that 1 will not give nor spend money, or use intoxicating liquors for the purpose of obtaining or iniluenclng votes, and that 1 shall, at the conclusion of the campaign and before the primary election, render to toe Clerk of Court (or Secretary of State, as Hereinbefore provided,) under oath, an Itemized statement of all moneys spent or provided by me during tne campaign for campaign purposes up to that time, and 1 further oledge tout 1 will, immediately after the piimary election or elections that I am a candidate in, render an Hemizjd state- ( ment, under oath, showing all further moneys spent or provided by me in said election. Provided, that a failure to comply with this provision snail render soch election null and void, in so far as the candidate wno fails to 11 le the state oeut herein required, but snail not tlT;ot the' validity of the election of a iv candidate complying with this section. And provid d further, that such itemized statement and pledge shall he open to puolio Inspection at all limes. Section 3?That any violation of any oi tue provisions of this Act shall be a misdemeanor, and any person, upon c invlctlon thereof, shall be fined nut less than $100 nor m ore than 8500, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not le; s than one nvntti nor more than six months, or both tine and imprisonmerit, in the discretion of the Cuurt. Appr ved the (Hh day of March, A. D. 1005. AwI'nI ttuiciicry. According to a story In circulation at Moscow, Russia, the number or summary executions of revolutionists 1a..M H - t) .v. 1 , I. ~ II -1 19 ICk^rj. mi OLIill II, <3,11 I'illK 1 ! ' 1 J aurf proprietor of machine works there whic i was aeoldentlly burned, says that he pels- ualiy witness* d anum ber of executions. When the ' D ujina" garrlsuu of the sugar factories surrendered the clllser In command of rtie regular troops after a few brief questions picked ouu the victims who were marcned twenty pac^s in front of the 1'ring equad. They received the volley ana dropped without a struggle. It is generally stated that the victims were hauded o*er to the filing squad with the command, "Take tuem to the river," wolcnwas tantamount t, a sentence and warrant for their execution. WaniH 1> l>ow to Iti-HlK" Senator llrackett, of the New York Legislature, on Wednesday introduced a resolution demanding the resignation ofChauncey M. Depew as United States Senator on account of Depew's relations with the Equitable Life Assurance Society, as disclosed beforo the Investigating committee. After several Senators had eulogized Depew and protested against referring the resolution to any committee, lirackett seld be was willing it should be put over, but he did nob want, to h*.. ??,. -won uti required. bo ? Have you paid your State i RKWARD FUR MURDKKKR. h >vo Dunbar of Atknn tlaa I'rico of $'-()(> on (11m (load. The Columbia State says a reward of $200 has rieeii offered for the arrest of L >ve Dunbar, a negro who Is charged with having killed Mr. E. II. Fisher uear Salley In Aiken county on the night of December 24th. The hominide was one of the most shock lng of all of the list of terrible crimes of Christ m is week. Three negroes are now lu arrest but Lovo Dunbar Is a fugitive and It is believed that he Is the one most guilty. Mr. Fisher was a man of large means and his death was a calamity to the neighborhood in wbich|ho was such a prominent citizen. Col. D. S. Henderson of Aiken called on Gov. Iley ward yesterday and put before him the matter in such a way that the offer was made, Sheriff T. P. Raboru wrote the gov ernor: ''Several parties have been arrested in connection with the matter, but one of the men who Is believed to have implicated In the murder has not been captured. This man is Fred Dunbar, .Jr., alias Love Dun bar. 1 have mado deligent se ?.roh for this man and have had my depu ties searching for him biH to no avail as yet. 1 desire to reoimmend that a liberal reward should be offered for his apprehension, lu tills reeom mnidatloo 1 am joined by tho people of Silley. Attached to Sheriff Raborn's letter is a c immunicatlon from Dr. H. J. Silley, intendant, written by a sad coinolderca on the letter paper of the late 10. 11 F1 her. Dr. Salley writes: "Said partly, we believe from evidence was one of tho men who tired upon the person of K. II. Fisher, who was killed on the night of Dec. 24, 1905, at the home of Harney Dunbar. Following Is the description of Frea Dunbar, .Jr., alias Love Dunbar, given by Sheriff Radorn: "Light ginger cake, smooth skin negro, 27 years old six feet two to three iiohes in height weighs 175 to 185 pounds full bust, thick through chest, small ears, good, black hair: keen black eyes, little pop eyed; long keen pointed nose. Black mustache, which he wears trimmed at corners of mouth. Mouth is small?unmually small for his race. Good teeth, the front tooth on right side of upper jaw is plugged with gold gold also allows on eye tooth. Wears No. 8 snoes and when last seen wore a new pair of black patent leather shoeH with tan tops. Size of coat and vest 42, pants 44 and 85 length. Fond of low dives and lewd women and drinks to excess frequently. Dunbar is a tine figure, neat in appearance, ofteu wears blue overalls with apron front. 11 ?s a black nappy overcoat. Does not like farm labor, but works carpenter trade and is said to be a tirst class hotel porter." TERliLbLE EXPERIENCE. Shipwrecked Seaman Washed Auburn in Dyiiift Condition. Six days iu an open yawl boat with wavos c instantly dashing over them and with only a few tins of canned beef and one gallon of water, is the experience of Gapt. Iiodden and the six members of the crew of the American hchooner Nakomis. Tire men reached Fensecola, Kia, Thursday, beIn# brought from St. Andrews, where they were washed upon the beach in 1 an almost unconscious condition, with limbs swollen and benumcd and almost dead from exposure. They w\jrc fuund by a party from a small settlement nearby and given at tentlou until they were able to be placed In a boat and brought down to Fensacola, where the vessel is owned. JL'he story of the suffering of the men is a torrlble one. Tne vessel put out from Gulfport about two weeks ago for Cuba with a cargo of lumber. Shortly after getting to sea a lea* was discovered and although the pumps were started, the water continued to rise in die hold until there were several feet. A heavy gale then came on and the men began to throw c IT the deck load. The vessel continued to take water and It was soon afterward i that she listed heavily. The men tnen decided to abandon the ship and gathered food and nautical instruments, placing them on a cabin house, when a nil/ u/uvu a v^nt. noor l.ho unuunl tn**. T V u >r w^/v W T U* V ?V> ? WUi)V/l I u I 4 I I I ing It completely over and throwing every talng lino the sea. Almost by a miracle one of the lifeboats, a jug of water and a few cans of meat were saved. The men then set out for shore, and for six days and nights, with the seas running aln ost mountain high, they pulled the open boat sometimes not knowing in which direction they were going. Towards the close of the sixth day land was sighted and although an ell rt was made to keep the boat ell, the str nglh of the wearied crew was not si theieut, and a big wave cast the boat and its contents upon the beach near St. Andrews, fhe men were unable to move, be.ng almost dead from coid and luiDger. Killed Father With KlHt. Defending his mother against her quarrelsome husband Joseph Pollock aged 22 years, of 138 West Cumberland street, Philadelphia, stiuck ills father in the face Mouday a blow, wh!ci resulted in his death. Toe sou has been arrested, charged with murder, and bis mother held as a witness. Another ,hnn ahn ' in(! niinonmnr m *? ? | BURIAL ALIVE. Distinguished Washington Physician Discusses the Horror. SOMETIMES HAPPENS, Many P.ople Insist on Past Mortem Surgery to Satisfy Themselves Ihat Their Relatives and Friends Are Dead. Instances Are Recalled by Doctors. The Washington Post says It not Infrequently happens that persons who have been seriously ill are thought by friends and attendants to have breathed their last when there Is still l^fe in the body. In fact, cases are on record of premature burial; and this particularly so in times of war and pestilence. So great is the horror of such a probability among some people that they have insisted upon p >st mortem surgery being performed upon them after their death, something that would be fatal Itself, in order to prevent the dire calamity of being burled alive. There is one instance on record in this city waere a woman, a member of a prominent family, who at the time of her last illness exa.et.eH a nrnmiua _ ? r. v.iii.jv uuui her family that when she was pronounced dead her heart should bo taken from her body. This operation was made by her family physician, ono of the bes* known among the old practitioners of former years. There are many residents of Washington today who hear well In mind the circumstance of a certain gentleman, a physician himself, and at ono time a surgeon In the Confederate army, who, when his wife died, objected for several days to her Interment. There was not sutllclent evidence of death to prove to him that she was lifeless, and his contentions that she was only In a trance, in which he was sustained by others, were so strong that only after several days and when there could be no longer doubt of her death, dlsoompositloa having become much advanced, would he consent to her burial. Discussing these and similar topics one day during the past week, a practicing physician mentioned a circumstance that came Immediately under his observation. "When I was pursuing a kind of post graduate study not very long ago," he remarked "and was neat lug the end of my wortc In the contagious disease hospital in New York, a call was made upon me one nay to attend a little girl who was seriously ill from dlptherla, 1 found the patient In the attic of a tcnament house on the East Side of the city, not more than a block distant from f.hn n 1 VMU "If you have ever neon that pathetic picture in which you notice the doctor sadly gazing upon ?n uconscious child lying upon pillows tixcd upon two chairs, and th? attitude of the sorrow-stricken parents," lie continued, "you may net some idea of the scene presented to mo when I entered the room. Tne absence of the doctor was the only thin^ that preveuted the palntln* from reproduction as a living picture. "The mother was sobbing, with her head bo*td over a table and the rather was in a standing posltioj absolutely daze 1 with sorrow. Tne ouild was lying on pillows stretched upon two chairs. 'Don't toucu her, doctor/ the father said to me. 'Sou Is dead! And In heaven now, and sj 1 tnoupnt myself," ?aid the doc ,or, "out upoa careful examination, 1 found the faintest Indications of respiration, and without any delay I introduced into the windpipe the latest surgical instrument invented for such cases, and in a lew seconds plainly discovered the child breathing. Later on, having called for a hospital amoulanoe, 1 wrapped the child In a blanket and took her In my arms to tne proper ward. "To Mim it all up, the little one recovered, aud when her parent came lo ste her they found her close upon complete recjvery. 1 had difficulty In escaping tueir embraces wuun tney know fur an ah-ml?r.A wut.n t _ _ ?. vw Vkuud VUUrU UHDJT still had their baby. " Wnen I tlrst saw that child," he said In cinclusion, " I fait as certain she was dead as 1 knew 1 myself was alive." Give Them a Chaneo. Do not try to make the cuild think as you do "Golan at him with pincers,? nipping him there and pinching him here," is a deplorable tain# for a teacher or a parent to d >. Utther thank the Lord that he has a mind of his own and that he uses it. Do your part by furthering its development in such a way that Its lnhereut originality will remain intact. "Letter for a ynuoy man to think too highly of himself than too meanly; to trust his powers too much than not to trust them enough," ores said a minister , to his congregation. If you take ex- I oeptlons to this veiw, as many of hia / hearers did, look about and see who / are the ones and you will ilnd that t they are not those who "hesitate an A / are lost," but those who have faith In themselves. Aud _thls thev m Vv e v? * I