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?? "VICIOUS SEA SNAKES THERE ARE FIFTY VARIETIES, ALL OF THEM VENOMOUS. With the Exception of the Cobra and Bunhmnitter of Africa, No Serpent on Land Kill* So Quickly and Terribly aa Do Thoae of the Ocean. Fearlessness is one of the most striking characteristics of sea snakes, and . It adds greatly to the danger that Is to be apprehended from them, for it often lends them to attack fishermen and swimmers, and even to climb up the anchor chains and through the hawse holes and attack the crew, and as the bite of every one of tho lVfty known varieties is fatal there is great fear felt of them in the ocean spaces which they inhabit. These fifty varieties are all classified under the general title of thanatophidia. None of them is able to live anywhere except in ocean water. Every variety and subvariety is as poisonous as the cobra or the bushmaster of Af nca. lnueea, wuu me exception of these two land varieties, there Is 110 snake on landtliat kills so swiftly and so terribly iMtko the sea snakes. Owing to their fatal weapons and their ease and celerity In swimming there are practically 110 enemies which destroy enough of them to diminish their numbers. Almost all the thanatophklla are beautifully colored, even more gorgeous than any of the land snakes, with the possible exception of the coral, crass and carpet snakes. They are banded, striped, speckled and blotched with green, olive, yellow, blue and black and present a most brilliant spectacle as they are seen swimming below the surface of the transparent blue of the Indian ocean. When they are swimming at the ordinary rate of speed they seem to undulate oil over. They do not wind through tfrtf wafer as the eel does, but their locomotion resemblos that of the caterpillar except that it Is far mora graceful, and as they move and twist the colors play along their sides and backs as tbey do 011 the dolphin. When they dash at their prey at full speed they move like an arrow, with their heads and necks thrust straight before them if they are swimming under the surface, or. If they are darting along the top of the water, with their heads elevated just enough to clear the waves. When they are racing along thus their solo means of locomotion is their broad, nnibllr* kImh-kvI ?.?ii wMni, Is peculiar to all the sen sunkes und forms the only striking difference between them and the ordinary land serpent. This paddle Is used like a steamer's screw and has immense power. Bent sideways it will stop the snake immediately as if the creature had anchored suddenly. When dozing or resting ovei reefs, which are common in the coral banks, snakes hold fast to the rocks or bottom with their broad tails and will often sway In this way for hours in calm weather. Men may hare recovered from the bites of these serpents, but there are certainly none on record. Most of their victims are Malay and other native fishermen, and shore dwellers and physicians rarely get to see them. Statistics are not kept In that part of the world, so It is Impossible to ascertain how many are killed In this way each year. Travelers say that there Is hardly a fishing village which has not Its tale of death to tell. Scientists- once held to the opinion that the deadliness of the bite was due not to the venom, like that of the land snakes, but to some property that caused blood poison, as does the bite of many fishes which are not poisonous In themselves. But this opinion was changed alter the medical men on board the British warship Algerlne had made careful observations of a sailor who had been bitten. They proved that the snakes were directly poisonous and that they carry fangs charged With venom exactly like the cobra. The open ocean is the home of the sea snakes. They do not even ascend the rivers. Their favorite haunts are the arms of the sea, which separate the islands of China, India and the south Pacific seas. They don't stay near the shores, but remain at some d/sBmce from the land. They are incapable of much movement on laud, and after wriggling about and biting savagely they will stay still till they die. They are found in many parts of the world ? In the Indian and. Pacific oceans, from Cape of Good Hope and Madagascar to the western shores of Panama and from New Zealand to Japan, in the bay of Bengal and the sea around Nlcobars, Molucca, Timor and New Guinea.?New York Herald. Double Flowers. Nearly all' the double flowers of gar floiiH wore nrat round wna. uoume buttercups, double primroses, double ialsies, double roses and many other wore first discovered among their wild fellows and Introduced Into the gardens. The florist, however, can produce double flowers. lie watches this tendency In nature. If a flower usually has five petals, and he discovers that some of th6 stamens have somewhat of a petal-like character, the pollen Is taken from these flowers and others in a normal condition fertilized with this pollen. The tendency, once started, Is then given to the progeny. Almost any species of plant will in tills way bo capable ?f producing double flowers. It Is surprising that, with this * knowledge, more attempts at this line of Improvement In ordinary garden ^.flowers are not made. There is ss much difference between genuine patience and sullen endurance as between the smile of love and the malicious gnashing of the teeth.?W. 8. Plumer. # AN OLD INDIAN FEUD THE WAY IT WAS ENDED BY THE ACT OF A LITTLE CHILD. * lt?*y of the I.oiik and Bitter Enmity Between Crasy Wolf and Little Scar, The Incident That l'uved the Way to Peace. Crazy Wolf was a warrior of the Sioux nation who held to all the snv?ge traditions of his nice. For years be refused to receive rations from the bunds of the whites, and this marked him singular among all the Sioux. Ills deadly enemy was Little Scar, who had made lasting peace in his heart with the whites and who had yielded little by little to the allurements of civilized living. The enmity of Crazy wolf nnd Little Scar dated from the day of the great battle with the Pawnees. When the remnant of the stricken Pawnees hud turned to fly Crazy Wolf and Little Scar quarreled over the right to take a scalp, and a hand-tohand combat ensued. The chiefs parted them and said that neither must die, for the nation had need of all its men. Though the hands of Crazy Wolf and Little Scar were stayed by the chieftains, hatred still lived In their hearts. It was ten years nfter the battle with the Pawnees and at the Pine ltidge agency, where a portion of the Sioux had been gathered, the government erecieu u scuooinouse ior me muian children. Instantly a division occurred between the fathers of the tribe. One-half of the warriors wished to send their little ones to the school. The other half declared that the teaching of the whites should never have place In the minds of their children. The children of Little Scar went to the school. The children of Crazy Wolf were kept In the wigwam. Runners came to Pine Ridge from Standing Itock and the Rosebud. They told of the coming of the Messiah, that the buffalo were returning and that If the southern Sioux would hut put their ears to the ground they would hear the thunder of the hoofs of the oncoming herd. One-half of the warriors at Tine Ridge were seized with the Messiah craze. They danced the ghost dance and put on the ghost shirts. The onehalf stampeded from the agency, and with It went Crazy Wolf, as savage in heart as he was when ho fought the Pawnees on the frontier of Nebraska. Little Scar stayed at the agency. One day after the battle of Wounded Knee hud been fought a band of twenty Sioux braves broke away from the main body for the sole purpose of raidlug Pine Ridge agency and killing the children who were gathered In the schoolhouse?the children of their brothers who had succumbed to the white man's ways. In the hand was Crazy Wolf, his heart full of the lust of killing. The warriors came within sight of the schoolhouse. It stood on a hluflf and on one side was absolutely unoro tected. Crazy Wolf know tko locution of the room In which tko little ones gathered dally at their lessons. The mounted warriors made a headlong rush down the valley skirting the ridge, and as they whirled by the school they poured volley after volley Into the room where the children of the friendly Sioux dally were assembled. It was not the fault of Crazy Wolf that on that day thero was not. a slaughter of the Innocents. A toucher had seen the feathered heads showing among the willows by White Clay creek and, taking the alarm, had hurried the children to the cellar. The raiding band went northward. There was cavalry at the post to take up the pursuit, and the fugitives succeeded In reaching the main body of Indians, who by this time were surrounded by the troops of Genoral Miles and were behvg gradually forced Into the agency. Crazy Wolf, when he saw the surrender of his brethren was coming, mounted his pony and made for the Bad Lands. He foresaw the end of the uprising and the complete subjugation of his people, and he laid It at the doors r\f thn fannoa a# IIia CI aii v h?Via lin/1 i.r. V/l KUXJ VI UIC MIVIIA ?T UV/ UUU 1 V" fused to join the braves on the warpath. Crazy Wolf made up his mind to kill Little Sear. He nearly starved In the Bad Lands, and his pony was dead. A week after the surrender he started for the agency 011 foot. Ills ammunition was gone, and lie had nothing but his knife. lie ate willow bark and roots. Hunger took his bodily strength, but his heart purpose was unweakened. Crazy Wolf, starving, lay on the bank of the White Clay creek. The tepee of Llttlo Sear was onlv 300 yards awav. Crazy Wolf was famished, but he lay there hi the bushes waiting for night and vengeance. lie looked down to the water's edge, and there he saw a little girl with a willow basket full of f^od. tfhe little one looked up and srttt the famished eyes of the warrior. She smiled at him and hold out her basket. Crazy Wolf knew his strength was going fast It might not last him till the hour of revenge. He ate the proffered food. The child was molding clay. Suddenly she turned and offered Crazy Wolf the model of a peace pipe. "You have eaten," she said; "now smoke." Crazy Wolf took the pipe and blew an Imaginary cloud of smoke away from his lips. The little one smiled at aim again. "Whose child are you?" asked Craay Wolf. "The child of the great warrior Little Scar," was the answer. Crazy Wolf had eaten the bread of Little Scar and had smoked the pipe of pence, no had never broken a tradition of the Sioux race. Crazy Wolf walked Into the agency, and a little child was lending him.?K. B. C. hi Chicago Poet V . I RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. 6mm OlMMfd F>o? the TfMhlaff* of All Dvaomlnatloni. A mlud full of useful knowledge la better than a box full of stocks and bonds.?Rev. Plea mint Hunter, Presbyterian, New York. A Holy (itnll. There Is a Holy Qrail at every milestone on the road, from which we may drink If we will.?Hev. Moore Sanborn, Unitarian. Atlanta, Ha. The Holy nool<. The Bible is a book written by men who had the religious genius. It contains the Raphaels and Mozjirts of spiritual duty. ? Dr. Lymau Abbott, Cougregatlonallst, Brooklyu. JeMtiH and the Home. Just as Jesus touched the water and turned It inio wine so he touches the domestic life of the world, and home becomes tltf? best word in the English language.?Rev. F. E. Hopkins, Baptist, Chicago. Nature'* Orderllne**. Nature is always orderly, and this is one of the prime reasons why she is never superfluous. Bhe lias a good system and, therefore, is always correct In her movements.?Rev. H. A. Tupper, Baptist, Brooklyn. Mnn'N Problem. Man Is brought into the world between two opposing forces, his own will and the Inevltublcness of nature. His problem Is to strike the right balance.?Hev. I)r. Frank Crane, Congregatlonalist, Worcester, Mass. I.eHMOti* From ChrlNt'n Manhood. To choose a vocation which lits In with God's plan, to enter upon It when God calls, to pursue It according to God's methods?these ure the lessons for the world of the young manhood of Christ.?Itey. Dr. C. D. Case, Baptist, Brooklyn. A Vio*T of ('It r lit ton It y. Christianity Is a life, not a lot of doctrines or ritual; a life that covers all business, all pleasures; a life that flourishes not behind stained glass windows, but a life that demands for Its expansion the whole world of activities.?ltev. 1). P. llowo, Methodist, Denver. Anient* of Reform. Marriage laws based upon modern scientific knowledge would In a few generations do more toward reforming our various evils of pauperism, disease and erime than all of multiplied and well Intentloned benevolences combined.?Itev. It. A. White, Universallat, Chicago. N'nlarf'i Finest Production. The good mother Is the perfection of womanhood, and more even than that? she Is the most beautiful and valuable of all nature's productions. In her office she holds the key of the soul, and It Is she who stamps the coin of character. ? Itcv. I)r. Mudison O. Peters. Baptist, New York. Aniertcnn Grentnem. The true greatness of America con lsts In the religious character, the mnrnl ctnillirflt (Ka lnfnllliriili/?u Irwlnc. try, Just-Ice and righteousness of Its men, women unci children. All the other material things are the creations of Its i>eople. ? ltev. D. It. Babbitt. Episcopalian, Brooklyn. To Know God Fully. We cannot know God adequately until we have thought of him as the Father of mercy, and we cannot know Christ at all until we have entered Into the spirit of Bethlehem, Gethsemane and Calvary, which are the consecrated sanctuaries of mercy.-?Itev. Father JaeJtson, Roman Catholic, Atlanta, Ga. Public Ofllec. The men who are called to posltlono #f public trust must possess a realizing sense of civic virtue. The only guarantee of good conduct we require of them wllen they assume otllce Is an oath to perform their duties faithfully. An oath is an appeal to God as witness and Judge. ? Rev. J. F. Carson, Presbyterian, Brooklyn. Ilononty mid Policy. Honesty is friendship In Itself. It la stock In trade. It Is a linn foundation stone. It Is a crowning excellence. It Is better to be poor and honest than to be rich at the expense of honesty. Be honest always. Honesty Is ail eternal ticlnnlnlo P .? % ,1 Ro. .?- *> jn uiv ?i;ir ui 1 i^iil iUlU llitr* liU I Willi policy. Honesty Is good unci Just. Policy Is false ami unjust. Honesty speaks tli* truth. Policy conceals part of it. Honesty edits the truth. Policy edits what caters to the public ear. Honest men are pure within and without. Policy men are always questioned.?Rev. I)r. John L. Brandt, Christian Church, St. Louis. Ilupplnesa Not Found In lUohr*. Money may buy luxuries, fineries and estates; It may buy name nnd fame and even friends, but It can never buy happiness, the only real wealth that life can afford. It can exclude but one evil, and that Is poverty, and the retention of that evil Is often preferable to ail the ills (hat wealth Invites. Money Is mighty, but not so mighty as to make healthy what Is marked for death, as to make Innocent what Is branded with as to make sterling what Is but superficially plated, as to make beautiful what bears the stamp of sin. It may buy clothes, but they.will not give warmth when the heart Is cold. It may buy houses, but they will not afford a haven when the soul Is without anchor ago. It may rurnlsh brilliant Illuminations, but thoy will not give light when the mind la dark. Happiness Is never a product of external treasure; It can spring only from within, from a clean heart, from a pure conscience, from an innocent mind, from n consciousness of having wisely used one's labor and one's prolits serving the true ends of life, lie who so lives may be happy with little; he who lives otherwise lives wretchedly, even though he possess treasures untold.?Itabbl Joseph Krauskopf, Philadelphia. A SPICY TIME At the Charleston and Colleton T?. Il'i ^ Campaign Meetings.] LYON AND RAG8DALF Both Offer to Withdraw aod Leave the Field to Gen. Youman*. Rsgsdale Charges Lyon With Running Because'Gen. Youmans Could afci..L Not Attend^Meetirgs. t Eighteen candidates told tbr stories of their lives and their hopes n Il'beruian hall at Charleston on Wednesday night The crowd varied from about 300 males at the opening oo half that tr any towards the close of the meeting. Conspicuous In a front Feat was Vincent Chlcco, known as the un cowned blind tiger king of Charleston. who Interrupted several of the speakers with questions relative to the dispensary. It was a sweltering night, but Chlcco gave away fans or which were printed the pictures of himself and Tillman, labeled 1 Chlcco and Tillman, the two determined. " The campaigners were given a roya! time during the nay by i tllolal Charleston, led by Chairman Daniel L. Slnkler, and what they wanted they did not have to ask for?It was all there. Much Interest was added to the meeting by the arrival of Senator Uagsdale, candidate for the cttice of attorney general, who was not present at the opening of the campaign at St George Tuesday, as It has been ex pectt d that he would vigorously op pose Mr. Lyon's views on the so-called "burning Issue." The result of their llrst encounter Is stated below Each had only live minutes in which to present his side, whloh accounts for the lack of more detail, Mr. J. Willard IUgsdale, of Florence, made his first speech as a candidate for the ottlce of uttorney general. lie opened by remarking that when he determined to make the race he had done so under the belief that the cttloe belonged to no man, that no one was entitled to claim it to the exolusion of others who sought it. He was accordingly surprised to note in the Charleston Post that Mr. L>ou deserved the ottlce. As for himself be would say that he did not ask for the cttloe except In so far as the people might elect to give It to him after weighing him in ohe balances. But, said he, if It must be Bald that any ore deserves the cttloe, I tell you to look at the die tlngulshed services rendered to South Carolina by LeRoy Youmans, and every patriot must feel that if the olhce belongs to any one of us It belongs to Youmans. (Applause.) But I take It that It is due to no one. The cttlce of attorney general is not a political cue Whether or not a candidate stands for the dts pensary should not determine the question. The ottioe requires certain duties un elect him attorney general he tells you he will prosecute the grafters If you elect him attorney general he tells you no more than what he Is In duty bound to do. 1 stand here as one who hears the right from the supreme court of South Carolina, as a young lawyer, and pledge myself to prosecute any viola tor of law who cornea under my purview. I ask for no sentiment In this race. All I have a right t > exptct from you Is a fairdea , and a fair deal Is to take Into considetauion the Integrity of the candidates and their ability. In the past you have endorsed me and I have tried to merit that endorsement. 1 am a staunch supporter of the dlspenaarj, because I believe it Is the best solution. I am uncomprem's lngly opposed to grafters. Whatever are my views as u toe dispensary, no act of mine will ever be done that wil seek to protect a man who robs th* state and appeals to me as a support* er of the dispensary under the belief that I would help him. I stand for the purification of the dispensary and for pure elections. 1 have favored the investigation of the dispensary and I hold that lb was tin oommltee's duty to complete Its work and report It to the legislature that appointed It. It is now too early to Judge Its work, and simple because m/ opponent had been pro mmetit in the Investigation as a memoer of that committee is no reason why you should vote for him. Thi s >le qualification for you to apply in his general fitness. Chairman Sinkler read a letter from Attorney General Youmaus announcing his candlnaoy, in w Ich he toU now his duties Interfered with hh participation in the campaign at pros ent, believing that he ought t > attei d to thp.m TH.i l i-r il.an in. i/ ^ 1 own internal In canvass for vo es. Mr. J. Fratiir L>on, the other cau d'date for attor'.ey general, folio we II) said he would make a serious proposition to his Iriei d, Mr. ltighdale If be entered the race ayalnso Gene ral Youm ins Uc/iuse 1 did bo 1 wb. make him an i If r. I do not care to trench upon tin privilege of this old soldier who s cod with Ilarr ptou it. those dark <'a>h of South Carolina's troubles. I >s ke the pr posl Ion to him that, if ? e thinks it is in proper for us to mi.T this campaign agAtnsi General You mans, we now grace lully withdraw. There was quite a bu*x of Interests at this. Mr. Ljon looked around towards Mr. Rigadale, who rapidly came to the front and asked the ohalrman if he oould first ask Mr. Lyon a question and then reply. Chairman Sinker said that it would be taksn oui of Mr. Lyon's five minutes if he did so, and it was agreed that Mr. Lyon should proored with his speech. Said he. just as our fathers years ago proclaimed and obtained for us the right of local self goverhment, I now ocme to lift my vo'oe for that dcart st right. 1 do not think the disnensary has accorded you that right. It has been forced on you improperly. When the people see that it Is corrupt and rotten to the core, as I tell you it is, they will wipe it out. It is corrupt. However our committee may bo slurred, we have breached the walls and given you a glimpse of the rottenness within, aud it is up to you to drive out the grafters Our oommittee cannot prosecute. We have practically finished our work. I have a formal report to present, but the rest is very little. My candidacy resolves Itself into one tiling: Will you uphold the banner that I have raised and assist me in my fight against graft or will you let them come out wlt.h their foroes and trample you In the dust? The Walteiboro meeting on Thursday was absolutely devoid of any -psc lal features i xiept a continuance of the Lyon IUgsdalo dispute about get ting out of toe race, but as yet nothing has come of it. In his speech Mr r ? j? ' uyuu mo not rerer to the matter of withdrawing, but talking about the corruption of the dispensary and said tie ought to bo elected ho as he oould prosecute the rascals that had been run down by the Investigation. Mr. Ragsdale spoke next, savs that he did not put himself as the o~ly man in S)Uth Carolina who could properly till the Lthoc of attorney general. Ho was not toe ouly man who oould de vise plans to bring about honesty In administration. Inferring to the othee lie said if services entitled any man to it L3Roy F. Youmans should have it, but a man. generally, ought not to be given tlYlie because of what lie has done, buv because of bis character and ability. lie had not entered the raoe to defeat Youmans. He withheld his pledge until he saw that Lyon would run. As to withdrawing he said Lyon had entered the contest against Mr. Youmans because he believed him physically incapable of making the canvass and thus expected to run without opposition. Ho had no desire to oppose Col. Youmans and would be willing to withdraw without any string to bis withdrawal and allow Colonel YoumaDS to be elected without opposition. II? would do this If Lyon will. Tills was received with applets* by the audience, llefore Mr. Lyon could reply, time was called upon Mr. Ragsdale and a recesss was taken for dinner. Told Har to Pray. The Herald says Andrew Drum mond, a negro man, was brought to Soart&nburg recently by Deputy Sheriff W. J. White and lodged In the jail charged with having killed Heitha Dean, a colored woman, at Raid ville. The Dean woman was shot by Drummon on last Thursday night and died Friday morning. Drummond claimed that the shooting was accidental, but the woman before she died made a statement to the contrary. Sue stated that there had been some trouble between her and Drummond, and that on Thursday night the negro came Into her room and told her to say her prayers for he was going to kill her. This she did and the man shot her. It was generally thought in the lt3ldvllie section that the woman had been accidentally shot. Wiiat it Coat linn. Twenty years ago Adam Spies, at that time a prominent manufacturer, kfu Reformed Mennonlte Onuroh of Sterling, 111., btoiuse he could not be a Cnristian and be heavily in debt. The reason for his Indebtedness was due to the destruction of his immense wagon plant and, owing to the rule of the c iuroh, he could not ior-uro It. For twenty yoars he struggled. He ouilta plant In Clinton and later went to Abingdon, III. At trie end of 20 years he paid tff a debt of $50,000 and f.oday re J laed the church of his early life. Ho Is now 70 years of age. I'j VIIM of l>l VIM O ? A^ Los Angeles W F. Ketrlng shot and probably fatally wt u ided his Hi vorced wife and her niece, Miss Bessie O'Dty, at the home of the farmer early Thursday. Kstrin/ had been separated from ills wife for two years Last night he asktd her to return to .ira. She refused and Mis O'Day stepped to the telephone to call the police. Asshedidso, Ketrlng thrus' 'ho teleph )Q>) frocu her hands aid shot both women. A l> j iim,' ri'uh c mi i nv aiioe. That feminine contraption toe peek vbo ) waist, de crlbed as a umbrr o large hol^s imperftc dy " rmaded by sruall threa s, Is ore ' >?> m* st do! otable articles of w.rlrg apparol ver d( vis d bv'b- './ u . io rs. 1 as pr nab y ta g 1 raort.5 men lr?t? . be toil (f ? triuiony tnan the Dclh: BYx cur , wji?? M vrcel wave, or any cf the oi. r wtaoona wlr.u which the ,/eist t x Is wont to arm Itself when _ . .. ..4. L.^- A. *jn kqu:gb ncr.ii. Got DamtKOM, 0. S. Jones has been awarded 1500 'amazes against the Hank of B\.ui>tarn Inn brcause the bank turned down l is crunk when he bad ample money ( n deposit tu the bank to pay i he check. The bank's deftnue wai 1.at It held up payment until the parcy holding the chfo?r oould be identified. An appeal will be taken. * \ * Den.of Murderers. "* Near Ruttl, a Switzerland ivlllaga In the Zuerloh Ooerlaad. the police have rrade highly sensational discovery. Fjr a long time a remote farm house was occupied by a family named Oberbolzer, consisting of two brothers and a sister A few days ago, the authorities found cause to search the houne. Au immense quanlty of stolen good * was found, but worse thtaga were discovered later. A wall excited HUHpisinn owing to It peculiar shape and when an opening was made a rough ooftin was found with a female skeleton, clothes still adhering to It. Its Identity has not yet been established, but that some awful crimes have been onmmltted In the bouse appears to be now pructlcally certain. Packers Hard Hit Olllolal statistic* o mplleri by the department of commerce and labor show how the agitation against the packers has aamaged foreign trade. In January, before the revelation In "The Jungle" nao gained wiue publicity, the exportation of canned beef showed an Increase of two million pounds over the previous year. .February showed a failing off of 3.000,000 pounds. March showed fifty per cent decrease with a loss to packers of $500,000. A^rll shows a decrease of oVer M trch of 500,000 pouuns. May showed a similar decrease. The exportation of fresh beef In April and May showed a slli/ht <!<cr'a>e. SonIch. China Thursday signed a treaty according comple satisfaction to France for the massacre of six French Jesuit inlbHtonalries at Nai.c mug, Klang Province, In February last. Cnlna pa} s 1200,000 indemnity to the missiou and $40J,000 indemnity to the deceased missionaries' famlies, builds a memorial hospital and punlshes.the T I II L/ UuHa tB /\f v. A V? 1 Ji Mft i?>??uvio yjr VilO 1 IWIUI^ 1IJ ttUQl* tli.n postbnmi us honors, which the people of Nationairg demanded, will not be granted to tho Chinese magistrates whose suicide was tho signal for the outbreak. French gunboats lu the vicinity of Nanohang wlilj be withdrawn. [Fell Fro in a \i tnOow, At Washington on Wednesday,'20th Instant, Clarence M. York, private secretary t> Chief Justice Fuller,<,of the supreme Court of the United States Jumped or fell from a window If. fl 4 vl H ill r\ - 1 - " J 1 ?* * ?? uniiuviu iiunpitjii aim received 1 njuries from which he shortly after* vsaid died. No one Haw him when he went through the widow. Mr. York whs about 40 je&rs cf age and had held his position with Chief Justice Fuller for many years. lie was sent to the hospital for treatment for a tlight injury. , Robbed by Bandits. A Hp"olal from Dallas, Ga., says Mrs. Sallle Golden, postmaster at that plac?, was knocked down and robbed there Thursday. A masked man entered the < tiloe with a knife In hand and told her If she soi earned be would kill her. Attempting to escape she was knocked down by two olows on the head, thrown Into a closet and the robber then took the money In the (111 e and escaped. There Is no clue to the robberr Killed l>y a Fall. At Charleston on Wednesday, 20th instant Mr. Samuel W?bh. a lln?man of the Consolidated Railway company, was killed through tne railing of a guy stub on which he was descending. The bottom part of the pole was rotten and the lineman's spurs were fast In the pole, making It Impossible for him to avoid falling with the pole. Tlio <Jm Caiuu Itnok. Robt. Lputh cf Lock Ilaven, Pa., cannot swear *hafc a cat has nine lives, but he knows from experience, that It has at least two. The family feline pet contracted scurvy and it was decided at a council to chloroform it. Thus it was put to death, and In the evening hurled 18 Inches deep In the back yard. Next morning Liuth was astonished to Und the cat on the back doorstep when he opened the j auor. < h'oollHti Idea. A garg of laborers In New York, employed as bod carriers, went on & strike when they were told to carry the brick and concrete In wheel barrows Instead of In the hods. They explained that 'the rules of the union forbade them to carry brick or concrete In anything except hods," and they could not consent *o the use of wheel-barrows. The logic of the situation seems to have been that the wheel barrows held two much and the job would have been finished too vicin. Iionjc Torn), N'oq hundred and ninety-nine years In the penile tlary Is the penalty tmnopr>d np< n Snn<v Williams, a negro, f >r oatohlrg a ' uog white woman by the foot. The rrgro entered the girl's rooro at Beltor T* xas, & few nights ago and *<' /. I I er by the foot, but her screams brought aid and he was arrested The grand jury wes In session and quick p ? ilshment followed. All N ?fiC Klro, a dispatch from Pollock, La., a lumbering town tells of an all-night tire, v/hloh Tu s'^y did about 1300,000 damage, d ?roylng twelve million feet of lumber, part cf the Iron Mountain ralIrony's trestle across Big Creek, eight-en homrg and one hoteand forty nine freight and flat carat The largest 1< rs - as suffered by the Big Creek Lumber Company. A,houl 1,000 men were threwn out ojf ein.. ployment by the fire. /&?