The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 28, 1906, Image 5
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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