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FATAL WRECK Eight Perseus Were Killed and Eight lojireb in Michigaa REAR END COLUSICN The ttntire Train Caught Afire ami Many Ikidk'H Are Hai'ly Ilurned.? .?Only One Passenger Maeapea Injury or l>eath.?Pullman Flun^ j From Kails. In a roar end collision between passenger trains No. 4 and 14. both east bound, on the Grand Trunk railroad, two miles east of Durand, Mich., late Wednesday night, eight persons are known to liave been killed, three were probably fatally injured and five were seriously .hurt. It was reported that four passengers m / are missing. Train No. 14 stopped to repair a defective brake when No. 4 crashed into tihe sleeper on the standing train. * The engine of No. 4 ploughed half way through the sleeper, crushing some of the sleeping passengers. The wrecnage of the sleeper caught fire and others of the passengers were burned* or scalded. It is said there were IS passengers on the illfated car., The dead bodies recovered during the night were two unidentified women, one about 50 years old and the " n " Iinmuns other abcut UU, iinu Oiw whose bodies were ho badly scalded and burned as to render identification impossible. The probably fatally injured ar?: Clinton A. Davis, 2 7 years old, of Montreal, scalded and cut about head and body; George Nelson of Battle Creek, fireman of train ^s'o. 4, scalded and cut; and Bert Mitchell of Port Huron, engineer on train No. 14, who was injured al>out. the head. Only the splintered Pullman was thrown from the rails, the occupants of other coaches escaping with noth- I lng more serious than a severe shaking up. The uninjured passengers, half clad, endeavoring to rescue those in the sleeper, were driven back again and again by the heat of [ the flumes and by the escaping steam j and were able to do little toward re- I oovering the bodies of the dead. No; 14 left Durand at 10.02 and No. 4 at 10.35. Shortly after leaving Durand something went wrong with No. 14's engine and the train stopped for repairs. I The crew of No. 14 say a flag was sent back a mile as soon as their I train stopped to warn approaching trains. George Wilson of the crew I of No. 4 says the only warning was I a torpedo placed on the track a short distance behind No. 14. j A Davis Trenton, of Montreal, is thought to be the only one of the I passengers in the wrecked sleeper I ?r, #?npAi>e. His invalid mother and a trained nurse accompaning her were both killed. BANDITS HOLD IP CABS. Conductor Put# to Flight Highwaymen With Brake Iron. Two maaked highwaymen held up two interburban ears at Wilkesbarrt, Pa., Tuesday night, firing their revolvers and terrorizing the women passengers and relieved t.he employes jL. and a lone male passenger of one ^ of their watches and $19 ir. cash. A conductor of another car contain tho bandits with lllg WUIIJVJU ai.Mv?v>. his brake Iron and put them to fligtit. I The men have not been captured. FATAL AUTOMOBILE WRECK. Three are Killed and Nine Are Severely Injured. Throe persons were killed and nine were severely .hurt late Wednes/ day at New York, when an automo^ bile crashed into the side of a conSF struction train on thex Long Island Railroad At the Merrick road crossing at Springfield, Queensborough. Four others were less seriouslc injured. Both the automobile and the construction train were wrecked. The dead: J. Berbon, aged 60, New York city, chauffeur;- Bertha Weiss, aged I 11, New York city, neice of the owner of the car; Rebecca Glass, aged 0 years. New York city. Record Were Smashed. All records for cold August weather were broken at Colorado Springs, i - * * v. i I Col., Thursday morning ai iwo imrij o'clock, when the thermometer at the government observatory stood at thirty-eight degrees above zero. The , coldest previous August weather was August 24, 1891, when forty-one degrees was recorded. Fatal Wasp Sting. Mrs. Frank Dlmmock, aged 66, of Natural Bridge, N. Y., while picking berries in a field near her home, was stung on the arm by a yellow wasp, walked a few feet and dropped dead. t ? ? New cotton will soon begin to , come in. DEEDS OF HEROES COL. BROOKS TKLL8 OF BATTLE OF GRAVEL RUN. t Hancock Badly Done Up but Butler In the Fight.?Death of the Gallant Capt. Smith. Tuesday was the anniversary of the battle of Gravel Run, fought between the forces of the North and South. Growing reminiscent '.Monday, Col. U. R. Brooks, of Columbia, said: "A battle planned, fought and won by Dirtier! On the 23rd of August, 1,864, Butler's scout told him that there was one division of calvary and one brigade of infantry directly in front of him. Me laid .his plans, pit ehed into them, whipped them and sot over enough of their ground to see that it would be a good idea to take Reams Station, then held by Hancock's corps. "This first was the battle of Gravel Run. At the time Gen. Hampton was seven miles away with his handful of men. "When this battle was over Butler never stopped until .he found Gen. Hampton and told him that if he could get Gen. Le^ to send some of 4 TII11**. tiir f f ho A . I". I J III n I II i (111 11 J 1* Will VU\y .71 vmmv works in front of Petersburg that they cor.Id whip Hancock's corps and Gregg's calvary. "General Hampton thought it was a good idea and on the next day, the 24th, called on Gen. Lee in person. The next day, the 25th, with A. P. Hill's infantry and Butler's calvary, all under Hampton, they whipped Hancock, captured sixteen pieces of Artillery, four thousand stands of arms, 2,000 prisoners and sixteen battle flags. Gen. Lee was so pleased with Butler's work that he and Hampton immediately recommended him for Major General. Hancock was so mortified at the rout of his corps that he said: "I don't want to die, but I would rather be dead than to see my corps routed again is they have been today." "'When we captured the cannon our men did not know how to handle he guns. Lieut. Henry Heise, now living in Columbia, was in command at a particular spot, where these cannon were captured. There was a Yankee sergeant, an American, whom we had captured. When he saw that our men did not know how to handle the guns, he rushed up, saying: "Let me fire them for you. Just bring the amunitlon.' And he just mowed them down like chaft before the wind. These were his own men who he was killing. "Another thrilling incident: We go new to the 17th of September, 1862, when Mart Gray was leading the Hampton legion, then infantry, in i charge, at the battle of Sharpsburg. Capt. Smith, of the same legion, being shot down right by Gen. Gary md the blood was spattered all over Gary's shirt (bosom. Capt. Smith was the father of W. G. Smith, the cotton manufacturer, of Orangeburg, iiso me nrsi cousin or u. \y. ananu, of Columbia." PATTERSON PLEADED GUILTY. Paid One Hundred Dollars Fine by Oilier of the Court. A. B. Patterson, coporal, Company HI, Third regiment, of the South Carolina National Guard, has pleaded e?uiIty to the charges of disrespect to and offerirg violence against his superior officer, Lieut. Col. H. B. Springs, and of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline. He was sentenced by Maj. R. Boyd Coles, the presiding officer >f the summary court which sat in Barnwell, to pay a fine of $100 or serve 3 0 days at hard labor. Cornoral Paterson Daid the fine and was released from custody. The report of the trial before the summary court in Barnwell was received Tuesday at the adjutant general's office. The incidents out of which the charges against Corporal Patterson grew occurred on the train near Jefferson City, Tenn., while the Third regiment was returning from the encampment at Chicamauga. According to the specifications set forth in the report of the trial, Patterson was drunk and disorderly and after breaking glass in the train windows, threatening to stab Lieut. Col. Springs with a bayonet. The specifications also state that he disobeyed an order to stop drinking. When arrested and taken before the summary court which was ordered to try him, Patterson pleaded guilty to all the charges brought against him. Hoke Gets There. In Tuesday's election Hoke Smith carried Georgia by a good sa?e majority. While all the counties have not been officially reported, returns show he has Wednesday morning from 82 to 86 counties. Brown has probably 61 counties. Smith claims' the election by 40 votes. Brown has no statement to make. ? ? ? Life Too Cheap. At Massillon, Ohio, as the result of a quarrel over a chew of tobacco, George Snyder, 16 years old, shot and killed Joseph Joseph, Jr., also 16. The slayer made his escape. FISH FOR THE INVALID. Fish is a very valuable article of diet; it is the lightest of solid food. It is less satisfying and less stimulating than meat, and for these reasons is often ordered lor invalids before they are strong enough to take butcher meat. Fish* contains valuable minerals, such as phosphate of lime, potash and soda, which are all very necessary in our diet, as helping to form and solidify bone. In buying fish choose those which are really in season and most plentiful, as they are then in best condition. He most particular to choose perfectly fresh fish. The eyes should be bright and prominent, the gills red. the die sh firm and well coveKfd with tcales. There should be little or no smell, and that not disagreeable. Haddock, plaice and sole as well as whtlinirs arp ncrhans the most suit able for an invalid, bat often locality hampers choice and soles are not easily got and are a more expensive fish. Halibut and turbot are also good fish, and easy of digestion, but the fiber of them is firmer, and they are be'ter cooked in larger pieces. Cod is much less digestible than other white fish. When tough and woolly in fiber it should be avoided. Oysters are said to be very digestible, and are frequently given to invalids, but there are .differences of opinion regarding their value. They are certainly nutritious. Herding, mackerel and salmon are not food for invalids. Fish nrusi never be underdone, but always well cooked. Boiled or steamed fish is the most easy of digestion. Broiled or grilled comes next. Fried fish is the least suitable. When the digestion is weak, fish is better served with a snuce of any kind. A little cold butter may be allowed. Steamed Fish?One filleted haddock, whiting or sole, a pinch of salt, a pinch of white pepper, a teaspoon level full of butter, a squeeze of lemon juice. Fillet the fish, unless J bought already prepared; wipe it with a slightly damp cloth. Then cut It into neat sized pieces; grease a soup plate or muffin dish with a little butter and place the pieces of fish ion this. Sprinkle with a little salt | and white pepper, if it is allowed, and squeeze over some lemon juice, which helps to keep the fish white and firm, and also aids digestion. Be careful to let none of the lemon seeds drop Cover the fish with a piece of greased white paper and then with a Wd or basin. I'lace this over a pan half full of boiling water, seeing that the plate fits well on the pan. Let the water underneath boil quickly, so that there may be plenty of steam, and cook front twenty to thirty minutes, until the fish loses its clear transparent appearance and looks jnite white. If the pieces are thich it will be well to turn them once during cooking. The liquid that is on the plate when the fish is cooked Is the juice from the fish and should be served with it. If a nice dish is chosen to eook the fish, it may be served up on the same. Dry the plate or dish underneath, remove the paper and wipe around the edges This is the lightest and simplest mode of cooking for an invalid. Sometimes a white sauce is made and poured over it. The liquid in this case should be added to the sauce. With sauce it is richer and not so digestible. If no sauce is used, serve the 1 ? U ... J 4 V. n ltnl/v Ltti 11 o ii Willi ct mill' j 71 ti i ii i:\iiu umicj and a picec of plain bread. Stewed Fish?Wipe one filleted fish with a damp cloth and cut it into small, neat pieces. Take a clean, lined saucepan, rinse it out with water to prevent the fish sticking to it. and place the pieces of fish in the bottom. Sprinkle over them a littn salt and white pepper, pour on one gill of milk and one-half gill of water; P'it the lid on the pan and let he fish cook slowly by the side of the fire 'until it is ready, which will lie from ton to fifteen minutes. Do not overcook or it will be hard. Lift out the pieces of fish onto the plate on which they have to be served, and t?cep them hot. >dd one tablespoonfnl of bread cru?"bs and one-half unce of butter to the water and milk in the pan, stir over the Are for a few minutes until the bread crumbs well and thicken the sauce. Sprinkle in one tcspoonful of chopped parsley and then pour this sauce over the fish. Wipe the dish around the edge before serving. White sauce fo?* Fish?One-quarter ounce of better, one-quarter ounce of nour, a cqueeze of lemon juice, a gill of n>:?K or fish stock, a pinch of salt. 1 ke a small lined saucepan, rince 1< out first with cold water to prevent the sauce sticking to the bottom ot it; melt in it th? butter over the flr*\ being careful it does not brown, "hen add the Hour ana mix wnn a "ooaen spoon uniu smooth and cook it for a minute or two over the tire give the sauce a glossy appearance. Draw the pan to the side of the fire, and add the milk or fish stock, and then stir constantly over the fire until boiling. Boil two or hree minutes in order to thorotigl iy cook the flour, and season with salt and pepper. Water cress contains much sulphur, *?nd is an excellent tonic for complexion and hair. Eat it raw or as a salad dressing. ItOA1 >8 GItAXT RKDITED RATER. riaiiH for the l!ig Fui'incrs Meeting at Clemson. Mr. D. X. Barrow, superintendent of the extension work and farmers' institute division, has received notice from the railroads that reduced rates will be given from all points in the State and from Augusta on account of the Farmers' Institute that is to be held at the College on Ai<<r<<c<> *J 1 un/1 Qnntomlior 1 :m<i 2. Vl^ not U I u 11VI k/vp?vaam ./vm - The tickets will he on sale by the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Columbia, Newberry ai d Laurens. the Charleston and Western Carolina and the Blue Ridge on August 3 0, 31 and September 1, good for returning until midnight Septembe r 4. The securing of reduced rates means that many will attend who would not otherwise have come, and it will likely be the largest gatherit g of farmers in South Carolina far some years. Mr. Barrow and other authorities, who are working to make the occasion a really great one for the farmers, insist that, in order to do so, only those who are really interested in what is to be done should come. There will be nothing in the way of a frolic or picnic occasion. Every farmer in South Carolina, who is eager to learn of the business of farming is cordially invited, but no others w.ho might be seeking a big time at tlie expense of the College. Those who think of coming are urged again to take notice of the following suggestions and require IIIOIUS. (a) Upon arrival register at the clerk's desk in the main building and receive a ticket of assignment to a room, so that there will be no confusion or cause for complaint. (b) The college has no sheets, pillow cases or blankets, so bring what you need of these; lodging is f ree. (c) Mealsuvill be served in t.he college mess hall at the rate of 35 cents or three for one dollar. (d) Hack fare for those who ride will be 25 cents from each station. Calhoun is the most convenient, 3-4 mile away. Cherry's, on the Blue Itidge Railway, is two and a half away. The liverymen will do all they can to furnish conveyance. MAN INJURED BY A FALL. There Is a Great .Mystery About His Identity. Stylishly dressed and well supplied with money, a man in whose pockets were visiting cards engraved "Bert Vanderbilt, Lambs club," was found Tuesday in the rear of a theatrical boarding house in New York. His skull was fractured and he lias noi regaineu cunsciuuenesH. /\i me Lambs club it was denied that any Bert Vanderbilt was a member. The police have taken into custody Edith Imen, a chorus girl; "Kid" Rroad, a pugilist, and his chum, Ralph Millerpie. The Imen girl told the police that Vanderbilt was trying to enter her room on the third floor by stepping over from Broad s window to the window ledge, and that he fell into the yard. Broad says he was not in his room. ?? ROLL WEEVIL IN ALABAMA. Cotton Pest Appears in Northwestern Portion of State. A special dispatch from Russellville, Ala., says the boll weevil has appeared in Franklin county in the northwestern part of t.he State. Cotton squares were punctured and dropped off. Specimens of the pest will be sent to the State Agricultural Department, althrough Texans residing in Franklin county are positive the puest is the genuine boll weevil. The appearance of the pest in Alabama .bears out the recent prediction of a government expert that it would invade the state this fall. Mayor Gaynor Improving. A New York dispatch Monday says Mayor Gaynor had a good night and that he seemed stronger than ever. The mayor jokingly remarked that now he had stolen a march on his doctors and walked a few steps. He hoped to indulge in his favorite exercise every day. The anticipate issuing no further bulletins on the mayor's condition as the work is now confined to careful nursing. Girl ???? Clour. At New Orleans, with the unwritten law as her plea, Mamie McLaugh lln, aged 18, charged with the murder of Hugh Smith Tuesday was declared not guilty by a jury. The girl said she killed Smith because he had betrayed her. Smith was a politician and a saloon keeper. The girl, w.ho is an orphan, was supported by the Era club, an organization of New Orleans women. ? Train Hobbers Sentenced. Charles Dunbar Bishop and Joseph C. Brown, the two young men who confessed to holding up a mail train on the Southern Pacific near Goodyear, Cal., last April, pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery in the Superior Court at Fiarfleld, Col., Wednesday, and were sentenced to fortyfive years each in the penitentiary. ft DOMESTIC ECONOMY. deeding a Family of Five on $4 a Week. "My husband." said the woman with the optimistic face. "gives me $4 a week for keeping up the table for our family, and it is simply wonderful how we do it.." "I should think so." observes the wo- * man with the grim smile. "How big a family have you?" "My husband, myself, three boys and one girl." "And you keep up your table with $4 a week? What do you have?" i "For breakfast we have a cereal, : | fruit, coffee and sometimes bacon and |( eggs;, for luncheon cold meats or cio- j( <juettes or something made of the left- ; overs from dinner the night before oi d i a simi'Xe dessert; for dinner we have a soun. chicken ??r roast meat, two i vegetables, a salad, eofTee anrl n dessert." 1 "My gn<?dnoss! What prices do yeu pay for groceries and meats?" "Mercy me! 1 never ask. 1 lust tel- , ephono to the grocer and meat man , and tell them what 1 want, and ir.v husband gets the hills the first of tl e moot h." "But I thought you said he allowed , you only $4 a week?" , "So he does, and by charging nearly everything, do you know. 1 actually save $8 or $10 a month from that al- | Iowa nee!"?Judge's Library. THE ENGLISH NAVY. : Fighting Ships Used to Be Hired Out In Times of Peace. In the earliest times of the British navy there was practically no distinc tlOll OPlNVceil l nt? mcrriiuiunmu imu the man-of-war. In the rare times of peace men-of-war traded as merchantmen. while merchantmen nl\va.\s went j armed. Thus in time of war the trader became the warship, and vice versa. From tlie time of tlie conquest aiul probably earlier down to the days of Elizabeth this was the ordinary practice. Elizabetli hired out ships of the navy for all sorts of purposes, from piracy to slave trading, taking her share o*' the profits when the venture was successful and disclaiming all responsibility when it wasn't. Henry III., who may be described as the originator of the navy as a special fighting force, hired out the ships specially built for the navy in times of peace and even allowed them to be taken away from their appointed stations provided thnf the hirers deposited due security for the return of the ships with their tackle and all equipment in a proper state of efficiency. The practice ceased after the repulse of the Spanish armada, when the fighting ships, as such, became distinct ( from the trader.--London Globe. , ~ " i Plant Misers. All leaf buds, whether underground j or on the hare branches of winter, are ( plant savings put aside from the superfluity of summer against the pro- j verblal rainy day. The starch of , which such organisms consist is to the . plant what his savings are to the prudent man. and tlie common potato ia ,, one of the greatest misers of the vegetable world in this respect, for almost the whole of the tuber is made up of " starch food, left as a legacy to the young plants represented by the 1 "eyes." This is true of all plants that 1 grow from bulbs. J Some go further, for they run a sav- * lugs bank in the shape of a taproot, * which, if left undisturbed, grows lar- 1 ger year by year, to be drawn upon in t seasons of drought when other means j of subsistence are er ha listed. Among r these are primroses, carrots, beetroot i and turnips, and with these three last this faculty of saving has been devel- l oped by man to make the plants a f source of profit to himself. History of Anatomy. The way in which wo are so "fear- t. fully and wonderfully made" was largely a mystery to the ancients. It may be said that anatomical science was practically unknown prior to Aristotle, 384 B. C. Before that date near- 1 ly all that was known of anatomy was 1 derived from the dissection of the low- v er animals. Aristotle did something a in the way of science, but it was not until the time of the famous Alexandrian school, a century before and a a century after the birth of Christ, that V the anatomy of man began to be fair- n ly understood. The Ptolemies were great patrons of the science and were g the first who enabled physicians free <s ly to dissect the human body, thus frustrating the ignorant superstition j which had been so long compromising b the welfare of humanity.?Exchange. 0 The Holland Primrose. a There Is a plant In Holland known M as the evening primrose, which grows v to a height of five or six feet and a bears a profusion of large yellow flow- , ers so brilliant that they attract im- ^ mediate attention, even at a great distance, but the chief peculiarity about the plant is the fact that the flowers. ^ which open just before sunset, burst into bloom so suddenly that they give one the impression of some magical agency. A man who has seen this sudden blooming says It is Just as if C some one had touched the land with a wand and thus covered it all at once with a golden sheet. A Terrible Threat. " Customer?That tea service costs 50 , marks. That Is more than I can pay. p His Wife (whispering)?If I should have a fainting spell amorlg all this china it would cost you far more.? t( Fliegende Blatter. ,} e Living will teacu you how to Uve ? better then preacher or book.?Goethe. d TAKE FEARFUL TOLL MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY THE FOREST KIKES. Over One Hundred People Were Lost ??<! a Great Deal of Property Wa? Destroyed. A dispatch from Wallace, Idaho, says the loss of life in the forest fires that swept over the Couer d'AJduo region Saturday and Sunday is Tuesday night placed at eighty persons. Forest y officials received word that thirty-four fire flg.ht.ers had hurned to death on Big Creek and thirty had met death on Superior La ke. Six men wore killed in the Placer Creek tire, three near Mull an and three at Wallace. The whole country from Wallace to 'the St. Joe River, twenty-live miles, has been burned over. The loss at Wallace still stands at $ I 000,000. One hundred buildii.gs were destroyed. The hospitals are full of wounded, a number of them being blind. News of t.he loss of men at Bear Creek was brought to Spokane, Wash., Monday by W. L). McLellan, n newspaper photographer. He was one of the relief party that made the trip to Hig Creek on Sunday to rescue survivors. The heat was so intense the party was unable to approach the camp. According to the seventeen survivors who reached Avery, the tire came on iluun while sleeping and they were surrounded by flames. The men scattered and ran for safety. No hope is entertained by the seventeen that their companions survived. At least five farmers are dead at Newport, Wash. Several persons were rendered temporary insane. Mrs. Ernest Rienhardt broke away from her rescuers after they had borne her from her burning home and rushed madly into the flames. Fire is still threatening Newport. Soldiers of the 2Mh United States infantry, colored, who are patrolling Wallace under the direction of Mayor Hansen, have been ordered; to shoot vandals, whose depredations are serious. Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound refugee trains through the burned region are furnished with guards of negro soldiers. Could, 17 miles from Helena, is entirely surrounded by fires. Wikburns, just over the mountain from Could, is also threatened. A correspondent gave the following account of the journey of a Northern Pacific ^pociaJ relief train. "All the way from Mullan to St. Regis the Northern Pacific ran between two walls of burning timbers. The relief train got as far as Borax and was compelled to turn back by burning bridges. "Getting back to Saltese, it was found the 'bridges east had been burned. It was possible to move leitlier way. The train was compelled to stay at Sattese, and this laved the town, which soon began-* o burn. There were one hundred* ind fifty men on the train. Ducket irigades were formed and men set it work with shovels. The train was iust half an hour ahead of the fire md only six small houses on the vest end of the town were burned." At the Dulion mine eight men were >urned to death and two probably a tally burned. - ... RKKLFOOT LAKE TRA(>EDY ?. In Old Feud Breaks Out Anew With Fatal Results. On the ground made famous by he Reelfoot lake night-rider trou>les, James Keesucker shot and killd one man and wounded his brother nd a woman, at Sliaws Park, in Ob011 county, Tenn. The dead man was Martin Leon^ rd, the wounded are Mrs. Pitts and Vill Keesucker. James Keesucker nade his escape. Sliaws Park is an open space of round on Heel foot Lake, about a uarter of a mile from Samburg, 'enn., a town of about 50 people. Hiring the night-rider troubles Samurg was said to be the hotbed of the rganization. A party of people was ,in the park bout five o'clock in the afternoon rhen James Keesucker drew a revoler, it is said, and shot Martin Leonid. Leonard dropped dead in his racks and Keesucker theu iurueu is weapon on Mrs. Pitts, and hie rot her, Will Keesucker. There had een long bad feeling between the [eesuckers and Leonards. ? ? ? REQUISITION OF AUTO CARS. !en. Grant Recommends That Government Have Authority for it. In order to have available a large umber of automobile and motor rucks in case of war, Gen. Frederick >. Grant, in bis annuol report, of the department of the Lakes, submitted . 3 the War Department at Washing)n, recommends the enactment of iws t.hat would oblige private ownrs to turn over to the government n demand their automobiles at the ret cost of the machine.* %