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NOGHE :11 PL. JOURN --NO. 41. PICKENS S. C. THURSDAY." OVEMBER 2,899 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Silver Dollars Giyen Am G feenville, k We have placbd Iti our store i Silver Dollars. We irave lhid made t will unle" the box; *,With every - given a key 4ttvcied to a tag. Kdye -month aftek (Wober Ist, and the H be. given 00 as a present, This". a " hew. auonovel'way wd6 in cash 'what w''hV4 h'dretofore pall greater niumber will'be beiiefitted. SMITH & You will find the I Men's Wear at GREENV Solo agents for Stetson's Stiff Hats. S1 THANKSGIVING PROOLAMATKuN, President McKinley Oalls Upon Am Orleans, Cubans, Porto Ricans and Filipinos to Observe a Day ol Thanksgiving, President McKinley has issued the following thankegiving proclamation : A national custom dear to the hearts of the people calls for the setting apart of one day in each year as an oo. casion of special thanksgiving to Al. mighty God for the blessings of the preceding year. This honored obser vance acquires with time a tenderep significance. it enriches :lomestic lf4 It summons under the family roof the absent children to glad reunion wtb those they love. , X Seldom has this nation had greater cause for profound thanksgiving. Nc great pestilence has invaded our shores. Liboral cmployment- waits upon labor. Abundant crops have re warded the efforts of the husbandman, Increased comforts have come to the home. The national finances have been strengthened, and public credit has been sustained and made firmer, In all branches of industry and trade there h-e been a steady gain in the moral and educational growth of o:r national character. Churches and schools have flourish ed.., American patriotism has been ex alted. Those engaged in maintaininb the honor of the flag with such signal -success have been in a large degree spared from disaster and disease. An honorable peace has beer ratified with a foreign nation with which we were at war, and we are now on friendly relations with every power on earth. . The trust which we have assumad for the people of Cuba has been faith. fully advanced. There is marked pro grosa toward the"I-storation of healthy industriai conditions, and under wise sanitary regulations the island has en joyed exemption from the scourge oj fever. The hurricane Which' sfepi over our new possession of Porto B'co, destroying the homes and property ol the inhabitants, called forth'.the in stant sympathy of the Jeope bf the United States, who- were swift' tore spond with generous aid.to# the suffer ers. 'While the'insurrection still con. tinues in the island of Luzoji, br iness is resuming its notivity, add bnein CE in the good purposes of the United Si~e ibing rapidly, established throughout the archipelago. "I'or these reasons and countlesi others, I, William McKinley, Preat dent of the United State., do hereby name Thursday, the 30th day of No vember next, as a day of general Thanksgiving anid prayer, to be oh served a. such by all our people or this continent and in our newly ac. quired islands, as well as by those wh< may be at sea or sojourning in foreigt lands ; and I ajivise that on this dai religious exercises shall be conducted in the churches or meeting places o all denominations, in order that in the social features of the day it. real signi ficance may not be lost sight of, but fervent prayers may he offered tcrthi Most High for a continuance of thi Divine guidance without which man'i efforts are vain, and for Divine con solation to ,those whose kindred and friends have sacrificed their lives foi country. I recommend also that on this day so far as may be found practicable labor shall cease from its accustomeE toil and charity abound toward the sick, the needy and the poor. In witness whereof, I have set m3 hand and caused the seal of the Unitet State. to be aflixed. (Sig ned) WILLIAM McKINELEY. THE~ COLOR OF WATER.--Prof. Spring reports on his experiments of mana years to explain the color of water He has come to the conclusion that pure blue is the natural color of water for when we look through a long tubi filled with distilled water against brilliant white surface, a pure blue I seen, such as is shown by the Lake o Geneva, in quiet weather, a color whic] is not influenced by superficial or in terior reflection. When pure water be comes slightly turbid by extremels finely divided white or colorless par tidles floating therein, they reflect evel in the ease of ground mountain crysta a yellow light, which unite. with I, natural blue into a brilliant gree color, such as is exhibited by the Neu enburg and Boden Lakes. The pecu liar fact established by various obser vers, that the water of ordinaril green lakes turns perfectly colorless a times, is not due to a clarificatio'n, bu on the contrary, to an influx of a nedl dish mud, colored by ferric oxiae which completely neutralizes th, green. -Man is a peculiar animal. Who: ho gets what he wants he duesn't wan ray by Smith & Bristow, louth Carolina. 4 handsome Oak Money-Box containinE V us: a numbbr of keys, some of whiel ash Purchase of- $100 or more will bc can. be tried the first Saturday in each iderq of Keys. Th Unlock the Box will alV o.'adfvrtIsing an give to our trade for-ad'vertb9ig, ~1ilh the hope that the BRISTOW'S iest of everything in Popular Prices! ILLE, S. C. e our special- line of Men's $3.50 Shoes. ITEMS OP GENERAL INTEREST. Quaint .-And Curious Paragraphs Gathered from Various Sources. -Lient. Brumby, of the Olympia, i said to ba the greatest smoker in the navy. Etcept when eating, sleeping or on duty, he always has a cigar in his mouth. -The construction of a cigar box may seem a very simple matter to the novice, but the box passes through 19 different processes before it is ready to receive the cigars. - --The movement for the erection of a monument in San Francisco to com. megnorate Admiral Dewey's victory at -aIla is already assured of a snecess TU outcome, the fund hailng reached .$36,000, -Idfd0 of issuing return checks to persons leaving a theatre during the performance, the Japanese mark the departing spectator on the hand with an India rubber stamp, the marldary lug each evening in form and color. -Of the 140 cities in the United States having a population of 30,000 or over all save 41 own and operate the municipal water supply. Only four have municipal gas works-Duluth, Richmond, Wheeling and Toledo ; while 13 own and operate electric light plants. -Cooperage woods have advanced 20 per cent. largely caused by the en ormous demand from the whisky com bine. Experimenters are trying to make cloth and soap out of wood pulp. Sawdust and wood waste have almost as great a value vs the plank ten years ago. -The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that the shade trees in the street in front of a mas%4s4rQperty belong to him and cannot be out down or mutil y ;p je 6. The evit ; ,60 rpetvowner sued-a telephone company for outting off the limbs of his trees, in orle'r to (pake room for its wires,.. -A few years - ago a Western ull 'odd plattied 600- 'acres olf- land with Ie ifwith -the'if1ta of-growing tiMber for railway ties -and telegiaph poaes. Tbg .rphave made good gfowth, but M'e nctq'te' ready for use 'as poles, and some of the trees are now being cut out and made into fence, posts in order to tihin the forest. --A paper published in Lima, P'eru., tells of an artillery soldier who was sentenced to be flogged, and as the re gfulation cat-o'-nine-tails was not at hand was put in prison to await its ar rival-the officer in charge being a stickler for discipline. It was about a year before the requisite scourge was supplied by the authorities, and by that time the sodler had been dead several months. --The Lincoln League of California, which is to erect a statute of Abrahamx Lincolnlin San Francisco, has about do cided to accept the design submitted by John.Golert, of New York. The deuign reprcuents the marty red President seated in a large arm oh air. The figure will be of bronze and the pedestal of granite, with decorative panels of marble. -The next great celebration in New York is likely to be held in September, 1909, and it will be the 300th annivers sary of the discovery of the Island of Manhatten by Henry Hudson. The 200th anniversary, in Septenabar, 1809, was enodestly celebrated by a dinner, held -under the auspIces of the New York Historical Society. There is al reacy talk that the anniversary may be celebrated by a World's Fair. -Jt ia said that the bo- olinks which rear their young on the shores of Lake Winn Speg, Canada, and go to Cuba and Porto Rico to spend the winter, twice traverse a dihtance exceeding 2,80( miles. or more than a fifth of the circum feredce of our earth, each year. The kingbird lays its eggs as far north as the 57th degree of latitude, and ii f found in the winter in South America. SThe biennial pilgrimages of the little .redatar exceed 3,000 miles, and the . tiny hummingbird 2,000. ANOTHJER COTTON MILL.--The Spar Stanburg Evening Telegram says thai Mr. A. B. Groce, of Duncan's, hai secured an optIon on the famous Vam .Patton Shoals, about four miles above .Woodruff, on Enoree river, and stepi .will be taken to organize an immense cotton mill at that point. This shoa is one of the finest water powers in the Pidmn rgin a large body of wate1 with shoa ofever sixty feet ii height. The power, if developed, wil be sufficient to tu.-n a vy large mill and its location is highl desirable being only about three mie from tha Charleston 'Abd Western Carolina rail a roagd. The surrounding country is t splend'd farming region, and has great. deal of. realth. OUZTO FIRE8 ANOTHIER GUZ- e 'JUST SHELLING THE WOODS. h His Correspondents In Marion Coun- 11 ty Tell an Interesting Tale About i Ex-Ohairman Haselden. V Mr. D. A. G. Ousts has begun a new series of revelations, and promises to open with heavier guns hereafter. Ile writes as follows : To the Editor of The State: b So far there have been two and a t quarter attempts to answer my " re- t] velations." I do not think any impres- a slon has been mAde on the public by b the two an'd a quarter attempts, whic are only an effort to muddy the waters by calling me names so as to divert at tention from the clearcut issues I have made. The public does not care what Is thought of me by the men against I whom I have made charges-but the public is anxious to know if those 0 charges are true. If no better de- c fense can be made than has been pre- a sented, they had better keep silent. They try to weaken my charges by at- a tacking my character, but while they b call me names and make a few charges, P they simply make the charges and do 1 not attempt to prove them as 1 proved what I charged. p The quarter attempt was made by J. ] St. Julien Yates, who simply exempil- c fled the truth of the saying that " fools rush in where angels fear to tread." it There is no use wasting time on such 0 a poor, pitiful dispensary pimp. He 6 used to hang around Columbia, beg- 01 ging for orders. He got several large 1 orders for glass, but his bottles were 81 of such inferior quality that he could sell no more, and had to find fresh fields to work. Then he secured a a beer privilege in Chai leston, which he farmed out -getting $75 a month for P the use of his privilege. The tenant- x holders of the privilege finally was closed out, owing the State several P hundred dollars for royalty. Yates 84 now rushes into print and bootlicks s the majority faction, probably in the hope that his zeal will be rewarded with some of the crumbs from the dis- d pensary table, at which he has feasted in the past. The replies of Haselden and Black have already been sized up by the papers of the State at their true value. They are generally regarded as a a transparent attempt to draw attention S away from my charges by blackguard ing me. But even were all they say about me true-and it is not, nor have they attempted to give proof-it would C not weaken the force of my charges, which I backed up with proof. Some papers say I should not have waited until I lost my position before 0 making charges. At the outset of my revelations as to unworthy officials who made public office a private snap, I stated that many matters of which I would write I had reported to the members of the State board of control. e If in their judgment it -was not wise t thento turn on the light and have an investigation, it is not my fault and e should not be charged up to me. The I complaints I made of irregularities r drew down upon me the wrath of those r against whom charges were made. I was accused of being a mischiefmaker and I was in danger of 10sing my posi- V' tion. My friends on the board advised d me to make no more complaints until a they had a majority of the board, ,but unfortunstaly they have r in a minority. - - - -( h ;hen I was first elected book- tl keeper to Commissioner Vance, Mr. Haselden, then chairman, asked me h to,. keep him posted. I did so for awhile, until I saw he would do noth- V ing on my reports. He was not so c strong oh investigations then as he is h now. Haselden in his card says he re-. [41es to articles " appearing over my r name." I would like for him to informu She public who wrote the messages tou the board of control he signed and read to it while chairman. He got the credit for them, but who wrote d them ? One of the messages ended by a praising my work as bookkeeper and ~ saying I was well qualified and com- 0 petent. I did not write that part, for I am too modest to praise myself. 'But C that praise of me made the other a clerks jealous, and a paragraph had to a' be added giving them the praise of the 0 chairman. I am responsible for all ' articles signed by me, and if Mr. Hasel- * den does not like them he can easily ! find me.L Will Mr. ilaselden tell the public jI who wrote his statement in regard to P Mr. McDaniel of Chester, who was re moved by the board ? Bly the way, ii doss he write what he now signs ? d Judging by the past I would say that n he gets somebody else to do so. s5 In those days Mr. Haselden did not il think me incompetent. Nor does he d believe now that I am either incompe- d tent or dishonest. If he did, he would s have had me removed on such charges, d instead of a trumped up charge for d violation of an alleged order of the fa board-a charge they did not dare I give me a hearing on, though they ti promised it. 'I1 But Mr. Haselden is good at making ti false charges, such as he preferred ti against Mr. Douthit, and he now insin uates against me. Hie started at that d game early in life. I have gone back ii and traced up his record. I would not r have done this but for the fact that u the child is father to the man and the I further fact that as the twig is inclined n so is the tree bsent. I will show how I. he is now fulfilling the promise of his d youth. As a preface to that story, n which will be published in the future, a I will publish two letters from citizens c of Marion, Mr. Haselden's home coun- d ty, showing how my " revelations " t are appreciated by lia neighbors. A ni man's standing at home is the surest il criterion of his real worth-if he have u any. Tefirst is dated Oct. 17, 1899, and is s as follows : - Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I have been reading with t Imuch interest your revelations in ref- t erence to the mismanagement of the ) dispensary, as they have appeared from Iday to day in the public prints. It I Istrikes me that while your charges are v well sustaiued, they do not go down i deep enough in the matter and many I 5 things are as yet unrevealed and wil Li - only be known when there is a thor- ] ' ough legislative investigation as there 1 4 was in the penitentiary matter. e* *1 There na some th ings in refer.ence to I c-Chairman Haselden asa puic' of. Do-'that ought to be % .~ -ne is gonnectiotalthThe a df con !ol hundreds of bottles of-all kinds ol quors and wines and lager beer by ie barrel have been shipped to Sellers ) him by various liquor houses for hie wn personal use. In every instance ie freight is prepaid and he has noth. ag to do but take it out. Of course it a physical impossibility to drink 11 l himself, while he does his level Bat to do so, and the balance is dim. ibuted about free, whcre it will dc ie most good. I am told that he has room in his house fixed up for the xe display of his goods and has large bttles on which appear, in large gill ittors such labels as the following : Haselden's Night Cap' Haselden'a rivate Stock " Haselden's Dow rop," etc. All this is received from quor houses and is sent to him abso isely free. Many young Inen have been Tered liquor in his house and often )me away in all stagea of intoxication md I, myself, have seen older men, Len with families, come from his house i drunk as the proverbial fiddler's Itch. The books of the express com aIny at Sellers will show the many 11uments. The influence of a free bar i that community is worse than a dis. Bnsary or a blind tiger. * * * All ie above facts and many more similar n b- substantiated by record and un npeaohed testimony. You might also iquire who was it-Haselden or ooper-who had the box of samples uipped to 8partanburg for a certain indidate during the last State pri. ary and about which Bo much was bid at the time. The second is from another town in [arion under date of October 18, 1899, 3d is as follows: Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts-Dear Sir: The sopIe of this county have read with uch interest your chapter on the on. J. Dudley Haselden. What Is 3rhaps a surpriee and shook to other ctions of the State only creates a nile down here, for the people have ing been talking that some people ere feathering their nests. In ad [tion to the many relatives of Mr. aselden whom you have mentioned I getting office under him, you might ention another cousin by marriage, L. Bass dispenser at this place. At le time Gov. McSweeney took office, large part of the constabulary of the bate hailed from this county. Through hose influence they were appointed do not know. Perhaps you do. They ere Chief W. W. Sellers, DivisioE hief John G. Watson, Privates J. Rich [ayes, - Game J. T. Dosier, being ear neighbors of Mr. Haselden. At the time Mr. Haselden became i iember of the board of control ht wned a judgment against him of be ween .2,000 and $2,600. That judg lent has been paid. It has been re orted for mouths that packages o rhiskey had been shipped to Mr. Has den from various liquor houses, o ae very fanciest kind put up in bot Les marked " Haselden's Best , "Has Iden's Pride," etc. It has also been re orted that Mr. Haselden has a collegi acord equal to that of his dispensar; acord. Messrs. Mobley and Webb join i 1o attempt to make it appear that I d not work hard and that I madi istakes. Mr. Mobley is one of the bookkeeper the Sta hoard of control. Hit ame is in Wini; " - Ap , h. goal lere nearly every Saturday evening sing time from his work. Sometime. B does not return until Monday even. ig or Tuesday morning. Captair Febb also pays visits to his home ir harleston. When here he does nol urt himself with work. He and Mob, y often get behind with their work, ad then an inspector is taken off thu >ad to help them. This soft snaj mually falls to Inspector Moody, one Mr. Haselden's cousin. He has no regular work in the State lepensary, bus help. Messrs. Webi; od Mobley. They go to work at 8 a ., and leave at 1 p. in., for dinner !ten staying from one and a half t< vo and a half hours. On October 2( apt. Webb went to dinnex at 1 p.* m. ad returned at 4:30 p. 'n. Mr. Moods soms really afraid they will catch up r, at least, I suppose he has such a ar, for I and others have seen kin mjoying a quiet nap in the dispensar3 the afternoon. But as he is Mr :aselden's cousin he can sleep on hii .b. His naps come high, for the Stat. 16ys him $100 a month. Mr. Mobley talks of mistakes. Her. one in which he figured. It is hii uty to furnish inspectors the state ients they use in checking up dispen rs' accounts. He furnished one to ar ispector to check up the Allendal, ispenser, but charged against thal is penner about 66,000 worth of liquoe hlich had been sent to the Abbevill, ispensary. Naturally the Ailendal, ispenser was soared nearly to death ir he seemed to be badly in the hole [e refused to accept any such inspec on and another trip had to be made 'he State lost the expense of the extri to Allendale, beside. the inspec >r s time. All the invoices I made out for thi ispensers were verified by some on. the board of control office. Th< sason for having such a verificatioR as to detect errors and correct them in the rush of business I made mis istakes the verification by them wa > catch them, but they did not alway 0 this. Such errors, therefore, are a iuch,,if not more, theirs than m'ine. m willing to compare my record to rrectness with any of them in thi Ispensary and I am willing, to go ti ue books for my proof. But this ha o bearing on my case for I was no red for incompetency, but was don. p as "as a personal courtesy "to Mr liles in sustaining his action as to m3 tispension, and this, too, when he tolk [r. Douthit he would not have sum ended me had he known at the tim. he facts in the case as he learnet hem afterward. Why did he not asi efore suspending ? They are prating so about mistakes will just say here that the board ias reek admitted some of my chargel rhen it passed a resolution as to mak ng a change in the way of markinj he boxes so as to prevent mistakes lut still this does not stop them, a ril be seen from the following letter rhich proves that mistakes continui n the shipng dpart..ment:. VARNVILLE, 8. 0., Oct 9, 1899. 1 IDear Sir: I only ordered six 1-gallon i domijohns of X corn and six 1-gallon i demijohne of 80 rye. Through some I mistake I received thirty-six 1-gallon demijohns of X corn and thirty-six I 1-gallon demijohns of 80 rye, which overstocks me considerably. R. A. RICE, Dispenser. I I guess it does overstock him con- I siderably-nearly two whole barrels c more than he ordered. Varnville is a c small place and thiA overistocking will I take him perhaps a year to sell. C As the other side seems to have run I out of ammunition, I fire the above few rounds to show I have plenty on I hand. They appear to want to let c them die out, so I have written this to z keep up interest. When they do at- I tempt to reply I will fire the heavy I gins I hold in reserve. f D. A. G. OUzTs. TRUTH REV XAID IN DREAM I A STORY OF AOTUAL LIPE. The Innocent Wift Has the hteal Murderer Shown to Her By Her Slain Husband in a Vision of the Night. The Thornton murder, which oc curred at the McKinley mines, In Vir ginia, has developed into one of the strangest sensations of the times and the profound mystery which develop e~l the bloody deed has been revealed by a dream. The innocent wife of the murdered man, who was incarcerated in jail, charged with the crime, seemed to have had some strange visitation dur- 0 Ing her sleep in her prison cell, and d the unknown murderer was revealed :e to her in a dream, in which her dead husband told her that. her cousin, George Ray, was his murderer. John Thornton, who was so myste riously assassinated on the morning of July 30th, was a popular mining man who had many friends at Prosperity, where he resided, and also at Webb City, his former home. He was thirty four years of age when killed. About eight years ago he married a girl, and for several months they lived happily together. She was insanelY jealous, and he seemed to often delight in trifl ing with her jealous feelings and to amuse himself by exciting her suspi cions, especially when she chanced to provoke or irritate him. On one occasion he had aroused her jealous fury to such an extent that she got a pistol and attempted to kill him, on the streets of Webb City, but the bullet missed its mark. Two years later she again tried to kill him, but he seized the pistol and in the scufile for it Mrs. Thornton was shot in the stomach, but soon recovered. After that they lived more peaceably together, and seemed happy and devoted to each other, except for oc casional little family tilts, when she would become infuriated with anger, almost always the result of jealousy. Once in her life she vowed that she would never be happy until she had drunk John Thornton's heart's blood, but when her anger passed away she was the same loving and affectionate, but suspicious wife. On Saturday night, July 29th, John Thornton went to his usual work as night engineer and watchman at the Bulldog mihe, one of the McKinley roup, just west of Prosperity. It was in cusgem .tn rewm..r -ht -41L when the miL . -"A.ng a nignat shift. About midnight he received a visit from a friend, E. D. Hawkins, the night watchman of the Good Enough mine, close by. During their conver setion Hawkins noticed a new ring on Thornton's finger and spoke of it ad miring ly. Thornton said : " Yes I paid S9 for it on the installment plan at 26 cents a week." Saying this, he took off the ring and handed It to Hawkins who examined it and then re turned it to Thornton. The two men chatted pleasantly together until after 1 o'clock, when Hawkins took his de parture. He was the last person, ex cept the assassin, who ever saw John Thornton alive. Next morning about 8 o'clock J. 1R. Cornett, an employee of the Victor mine, was passing, and glancing into the engine room saw Thornton lying down, apparentiy asleep. Ho called to him, but receiving no response shook him, and then discovered that the man was dead, with his throat cut from ear to ear and a immense gap ing wound and mass of clotted blood Ipresenting a ghastly spectacle. Thorn ton had been lying face downward in a pool of blood and a mass of cinders from the boiler, and his face was covered with cinders and ashes and his own life's blood. Cornett soon spread the alarm and the coroner appeared. When the mur dered man's face was washod a bullet hole was found in the right tom ple. The coroner's jury returned a verdict to the effect that John Thornton had -come to his death at the hands of some aperson or persons to the jury unknown. It was a mystery to which no clew could be found until Rawkins, the man who had last seen Thornton alive, ap p peared. He told about his visit so Thornton and his chat about the ring. It was then noticed that the ring was gone, and robbory was supposed to have be en the motivye of the murder. While the mystined miners and vil lagers discussed the strange killing and advanced various theories as to its cause and as to the assassin, a curious coincidence happened at the Thornton home. The wife of the murdered man handed her mother a gold ring and told her to put in on- John's finger; that she wanted him buried with the ring on the finger where he had worn it. Those who heard of this incident and had heard dlawkins tel) of seeing this same ring on Thornton's, finger the night before coupled the two incidents together and thought they had found a solution of the mystery and had dis covered the assassin. Mrs. Thornton was asked where she got the ring. " I shook it out of John's clothes," she answered, unconscious of the part Sthe ring was to play in leading to her accusation of the murder. There was -talk on every side. The wife of the'dead man was believed Sbe the assassin or an accomplice. Her seveal attempts t ill her hs iand were recalled, as also her asser Ion that she would never be happy tll she had drank John Thornton s heart's blood. The gossips told of Mrs. Thornton's ast,and the dark spote in her career were magnified until she was made a lend in human shape. The more they alked the more firml!y convinced were hey of the woman's guilt and no other theory was considerea and no other clew was sought. Her guilt was ully established, accordibg to all ae epted theories, and on Monday a war aut was Issued for the arrest o! Mrs. Phornton on the charge of murder in he first degree. In some respects the ase resembled the great Maybrick nurder sensation, but a merciful and nysterious spirit or power revealed he truth and saved Mrs. Thornton rom the awful fate of Mrs. Maybriok. In jail charged with her husband's nurder, Mrs. Thornton seemed as ounded and unable to realize the sltua 4on or to understand why she should ie accused of murder. But her pro estations of Innocence and expressions If astonishment were all accepted as a art of the tragedy which a fiendish roman had committed. Her guilt was egarded as certain and the unfortu iate woman had no defenders. She con found that her only hope was in power than man, and that in rder to prove her innocence she must nd the murderer. In her adversity she had lost her riends. She felt as if all the world ad deserted her, and in her wretched e0s she sought relief in prayer. Im oring Almighty God to be merciful nd reveal to her the murderer of her usband and free her from the charge f guilt and open her prison door, the ejected woman feel asleep and dream d that her dead husband had returned o her. When he appeared before her he asked him if he could not tell her who killed him. He bowed his head md told her to send for her cousin, leorge Ray, and accuse him. The dream seemed so real to the Im )rlsoned woman that when she awoke ihe could not control her emotion. 3he was sure that what her husband ld her was true, and whether what ihe had seen was a spirit or only the Iream of a disordered mind, she could not tell, but she was so fully convinced that George Ray was her husband's assassin that she could not rest until he was brought before her. Day finally dawned, and the anxious prisoner told her jailer her dream. So firmly was he impressed by its vividness that he consented to send for George Ray. A deputy sheriff visited Ray and told him Mrs. Thornton wanted to see him at the Cartage jail. He went with the officer, and together they entered the woman's quarters, where she met them. After a few commonplace remarks were passed be tween them, Mrs. Thornton turned to Ray with a look that seemed to pene trate his very soul, and said : " George, I'm in prison charged with a terrible crime, and i you have any idea who murdered John Thorn ton for God's sake tell me, for I don't want to suffer for this crime." Ray sat motionless and almost dum founded. The woman's earnest and impressive manner completely un nerved him and the abruptness of the question threw him off his guard. For several minutes he was silent, but the woman's eyes were riveted upon him, and he seemed owerless to turn his oyes away from her penetrating gaze. Hie In A le nat her pleadinglyand piteously, and then broke down and began crying. " I done it," were the only words he laid, until the deputy sheriff began to luestion him, when he mode a clean breast of it and told all. He said he went to the engine room and found Phornton asleep in a chair ; then he shot him. When the bullet struck Fhornton he opened his eyes and seemed to recognise his assassin as he fell from the chair. Then flay drew a razor, and, to make sure of the job, out the dying man's throat from ear to ear, almost severing the head from the body. He then took Thornton's money, a roll of bills, and his ring, and returned to Thornton's house, arriving at 3:10 o'clock. Ray gave as his motive for killing Thornton the hatred he bore the latter for repeatedly cursing and abus. ing him for loafing about the house and living off him instead of going to work Rayis a consumptive in a very ebl condition. His feet are swollen with rheumatism, and he felt unable to work. On the day preceding the night of the killing, Thornton had been very abusive to Ray, and the con sumptive boy, driven to desperation, determnined to kill him. He took the money and ring to give the idea that Thornton had been murdered and robbed by tramps. Ray told where the roll of bills was 3oncealed in an old stove, and where bhe razor had been driven into the ground, in the stable. The money us found as he described it, it being a roil of bills amounting to $75, and the razor was dug up in the stable. Ray showed the offmers an old mining shaft, lno which he had thrown the pistol, but as it contained several feet of water, and they were convinced of the accuracy of his confession the officers deemed further search unneces Ray was committed to prison and Mrs. Thornton was released, her in nocence having been proved by the discovery of the murderer of her hus band, as revealed to her in a dream. -To designate a minister as " Rev erend Brown " is a i'ulgarism that vie l4tes correct foam and good taste, and yet not only is the phrs used by news paper repor ters, but it is heard even in presbyteries, in reports and minutes, md, worst of all, sometimes ministers themselves are guilty of this illiterate tolecism. The correct form is " Rev. hr. Brown," or "IRev. John Brown,'' r the most dignified form is " The R~ev. .John Brown." -Ages ago music was considered the food of love, but now the menu sonsists mostly of bonbons and ioe cream. Give Alligator Liniment, a trial, it's sure to please you. Tl e sale has gradually increased until it's siml wonderful that we have yet to refnd teamount paid for ra single bottle, and we sell it on its merits. Bold everywhere. REAP OF BUSINES Sign of the Do [s what interests the trading uo most they are at once interested, ave just closed the heaviest week's business of our existence in your midst, and Its all due to our efforts in placing the most suitable. the most stylish, the mos etisfaco and the most economical, dek of first. lass Dry Goods and Shoes In the State. It is our desire to save mon for those who deal with us.We urchase our stock In the nick of time, efore the reat advance along all lines; everything a on the move, the merchant who pur chased early scored a victory. There is a great demand for just the kind of merchandise we have, at the prices we ask. You can buy good goods here too oheap to fool with trashy merchandise. Capes and Jackets. 5.000 Wraps of every description, choice Md new ; just the kind and just the price that you thougth of paying. 1 lot Tan Covert Jacwe~e, latest out, only p4.98. 1 lot Handsome Black Kersey Jackets, )nly $0.98. 1101 All Wool Beaver, newest styles, $3.48. I lot Novelties, braided, at 89.75. Capes In all grades, prices up to $18. Children's Jackets-we have a very strong lino. 1 Special Lot of Misses Jackets at $5. Ready Made Wrappers. Just arrived, 1 lot Percale, nicely made. 75 gents. I lot Percale Flounced Skirts $1. Flannelettes in pretty designs $1 to $1.75. Valuable Underwear. Is the kind that cost you a little and gives you a heap of comfort and service. We nave It. Ladies, 10 cents to 52; ients, 20 cents to $1.50; misses'and children s at any price you wish to pay. Jeans, Flannels, Domestics. We bought these goods when the ther mometer was playing around " 98 in the shade " and we are now giving the trade the benefit of vigilance. below we name our salesmen who will be glad to servo you. Geo. M. Buchanan, Thos. S. Maxwe)i, L. Albert James, Walter C. Willis, Paul C. Parkins, J. Thos. Ai nold, Chas. M. Bowen, W. 0. Estes, 0. 11. Mahon, John Parkins, W. F. Gresham, MAHON & ARNOLD, NO. ar UPPER MAIN STRXXT, J. H. MOR1AN & Bno.'s OLD &TAND. Agents for McCall Bazarlatterns. DUTOH WORDS. Here are some of the Dutch words that are oftenest in print in connec tion with the news of the Transvaal, and their pronunciation and meaning Bower fountain -.---.-... ........ V # -'.. ier Boor (boo-er)..........a..... Bultenlander (boy-ten-lont-er)... .... .. . .. .._.... .. .. .... qFr i nar Burgher (buhr-ker)... . .....citzen Burregarregt (buhr-ker-rekt)...... . ...... . ......... .. Citizenship Johkerr (unk-hare)...........,........ .Memnbors of the Volkraad gntlemn Ooom (ome).................Uncle Raad (rahd). ............... senate Raadsheer (rahd-har).., .....Snato.r Raadskuie (rahde-~hays). . .Senate house Rand (rahnt).........Margin ; edge Stat (tah )...............State Statkunde (Btaht..kuhn-de)...,.Politics Staatsraad (stahts-rahd)........... ...............Courcil of State Stad (st..... ..................Cty Stemmer (stemmer).... Voter; elector Transvaal (t'ans-fahl)........... ....................ircular ; valley Trek (6reok)......Draught ; journey Trekken (treck-en)... to draw; to travel Treekpaard (treck-pahrd)........... ......................Draught horse Uit (cyt)- ...............Out ; out of Uiander (oylt-lont-er ).Foreigner Vaal (fahi).................Valley Vaderlandsliefe (fah-ter--loats-leef-te).. ... Love of one's country; patriotism Veldfelt).......Field ; open lands ......,..........General Commandan Veldwaohter (felt-vock-ter).........., .......................Rural guard ........Lower house of Congress .................Franchise ; privilege Vreemdeling (frame-de-ling)........ .. .........................Stranger Witwaterarand (vit-vot-tererout) .. ..........Margin of the white water UNDER No OBLIGATION-OnI return ing from the barn early one morning the old man found his wife in tears. " Wha' oher crying about, Melissy?" "'Nthe-on-uvour darters-was stole las' night," she sobbed. " The red-headed un ?" he asked la conically. " Yes-pore Mag-she was the beat gal-" " Bob Souttls ?" " Uv course ; hasn't been no other feller waitin' on her. Ain't yvou goin to pursue after 'em an' arrest -im 1" '"U, course not," he replied, sternly. "I'm not under obligations to help Bob Scuttles out of no difficulty. Let him go ahead and work out his sentence same's I've been doint fur the las' 46 years." -Rev. John L. Scudder, of Jersey City, in the fourth of his sermons on " Marriage Beils," said : " In the Gar'A den of E en there were two persons-s man and his wife." The Boston Jour nal says : "No, there were three. The serpent was with them. Always the triangle that has inspired so many novels, poemi,.plas."