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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL Q.---NO. 45. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY,, NOVEMBER 30, 1899. ONE DOLLAR A YE Silver Dollars Given Aw Greenville, S( We have placed in our store a Silver Dollars. We have had made fo will unlock the box. With every Ca given a key attached to a tag. Keys month after October 1st, and the Hlob be given $5.00 as a present. This is a new and novel way we la in cash what we have heretofore paid greater number will be benofitted. SMITH & You will find the bl Men's Wear at GREENVI Sole agents for Stetson's Stiff Hats. Sc REPUBLICANS WILL' (JOlTR1OLi The United States Senate Will Now Pass Under the Control of the Re Republiean Part-. At the beginning of the approach ing ses3ion of Congruz - l: t- will hi almost a complete roorganlzadton of the United States Senate, as that body for the first time in many years will pass under the complete control of the Republicans. The majority of the Re publicans will be not less than sixteen, and in the event of the death of Sena tor daywood, of Nebraska, it will not fall below fourteen. At present, under a compromise effected during the last Congress, when neither the Republi cans nor Democrats had a clear ma jority, but the Populists and skiver Re publicans holding the balance of pow er, the Republicars were given the Presidency pro tempore of the Senate, while the Democrats were given thpe minor officials, such as secretary, ser geant-at-arms, postmaster and chap lain. The present chairmen of the Senate committees are divided among the various parties, the Republicans having all the Important chairman ships. When the new Senate convenes by the retirement of several Senators who failed of re-election, there will be much shifting about in the Senate as signments. The selection of Senate committees is not done in the manner established by the House of R.-presen tatives, where the Speaker appoints all of the members of the committees, both for the majority and minority, but in the Senate the members of the committees for the majority and minority are chosen by the caucus of the respective parties. As to the organization of the Senate there is no doubt but Senator Fryo, of Maine, will be chosen again to be Pre sident pro temoors. Secretary Cox, who comes from North Carolisa, will be replaced by a Republican official, and it is likely that a Republican ser geant-at-arms will be chosen to suc ceed Col. Bright, of Indiana. Col. Bright, however, is very popular both with the Republicans and Democrats, and his long service in the Senate chamber has rondered him a most efi3ient officer. There will doubtless be a strong effort made to retain him in the office of the sergeant-at arms, and he is likely to have the support of some of the Republican Senators. After all the organization of the Senate is not so much along political lines as in the House. No matter which pa'ty is in control of the Senate there are always to be found upon the rolls the names of Democrats and Re publicans. The Senate recognizes efficiency of service to a much greater extent than does the lower House, where politics always reigns supreme. Postmaster James A. Crystal of the Senate is another popular official, but it is said on good authority that when the reorganization of the Senato takes place that he will probably De obliged to step down and out. There will pro bably be no change in the ofllce of chaplain. The present chaplain of the Senato is Dr. Milburn, tho vener able blind divine, and ho Is well known to members of both the Senate ahid House. He served for three terms as chaplain of the House of RWpresenta tives, being chosen first by a Demo cratic Congress to succeed Rev. Dr. Powers, who was President Garfield's pastor. When the House passed under the control of the Republicans an effort was made by the Republicans to oust him from the chaplaincy of the House, but when the vote was taken enough Republicans voted for Mvil burn to re-elect him by a large ma jority. Later he was chosen chaplain of the Senate and he was succeeded in the House by Rev. Henry N. Couden, who is also blin~d. Unless Chaplain Milburn decides to voluntarily with draw there is not much doubt but thai he will again be chosen chaplain of thc Senate. It is not likely that the organiza tion of the Senate will take place foi some time after the assembling of tht body. -By the falling of an aerolito sever miles south of Crescent City, Ill., th4 residence of John Meyers was partiali wrecked and the neighborhood wai panic stricken. The'moteor came fron a point in tbe sky a little east of soutl and struck the north end of the houihe tearing away a part of the upper story The aerolte buried itself in the grount about three feet from the foundation o the house. CASTOR IA Por Infants ant Children. Thu Kind You Have Always Boughi Bears the Bignatn~re oif 9,y by Smith & Bristov )uth Carolina. handsome Oak Money-Box containin, r us a number of keys, some of whic1 sh Purchase of $1.00 or more will b< can be tried the first Saturday in eacl lers of Keys That Unlock the Box wil ye of advertising, and give to our trad< for advertising, wiih the hope that th4 BRISTOW'S st of everything in Popular Prices! LLE, S. C. 3 our special line of Mcn's $3.50 Shoes THE LATE VICE PRESIDENT. During a Brief Official Career H( Became Quite Popular With th Senators. The death of Garrett A. Hobart, vice president of the United.States, whict occurred at his home in Paterson, N J., on the 21st inst., was not entirely unexpected, but there was genera sorrow throughout the country wher the announcement was made, as Mr Hobart had won the respect of al sections in a brief oflicial career. Garrett A. Hobart was born at LonC Branch, N. J., on June 3, 1844. As i child he attended. the common school making rapid headway in his studies At 12 years of age he had finished th< village school and-was sent to a neigh buring classical school to prepare foi college. In 1859 he was ready to ente1 the sophomore class of Rutgers Col loge, where it had been determined t( send him. He etntered Rutgers i 1860, and graduated in 1863, at the ag( of 19, taking a high etand in all hi: studier. Shortly afterward he begar school teaching at Marlboro. H4 went to Paterson in 1863, and begai the atudy of law with Socrates Tuttle a leading lawyer of the town and ai oi4l frlend of his father. in 1q11, WitLl 4 aterson in the contro of the Democrats, Socrates Tuttle wai olected Mayor of the city, and Mr. Ho bart was chosen as clerk of the Cit Council. He gave such satisfactioi there that In 1871 he was elected coun sol for the board of freeholders. Ii the fall of the same year he was select ed as one of the most available men fi his party as a candidate for the lowe house of the State Legislature. H, was clected hy the largest majorit; ever given a Republican candidate He took a loading part in that body In 1873 he was ra-elected, and whei the Legislature met in 1874 he wa elected Speaker. In 1876 the Republi cans put him up as their candidate fo the State Senate, and he was elected He was re-electo-d in 1879, and in 188 was elected president of the Senate and re-elepted in 1882. His decisioni while in thech'air were seldom quee tioned and were never reversed. He ac complished much in the way of legisla tion -for his coistituents, and provei onn of the most popu-lar presding ofl0 cersand logislators the State ever had SMr. Hobart five times declined nomi nations to 'Coingress. 'An attempt wa made to secure his -nomination fo Governor in 1892, but :this also failed Ho also doclined In 1893, and did every thing he coold for his friend and neigia bor, John W. Griggs, the present A1 toey General of the United States In 1870 Mr. Hobart was a delegate-al large from his State to the R3epublica national convention. In 1880 he wa again a d elegate to the national cor vention, from the beginning of his ci roer being an ardent supporterc James G. liaine. In 1884, as a del< gate at large, he had the satisfaction seeing his friend nominated for thi Presidency. That was the year he be came a member of thme national con mittee that he might give his time an money to the election of Bllaine. Hi was a delegate at all later national col ventions. Mr. Hobart's work as chairman< the Republican State committee the election of Go,. Griggs, won it him such unstinted braise that the Ri p~ublicans of the State at once begant agitate his name as a Vice Presidentil candidate. The Republican State col vention of A pril, 1896, unanimously di clared for Hobart for a place on ti national ticket. As Vice President Mr. Hobart pri sided over the Senate with great di, nity and to the hIghest satisfactiol Hie madc-a place,for bimself in Was] ington such as few Vice Presiden have held, being admitted to the clo councils of the Presidnet and taking prominent part in all the admlnistri tion's affairs. In society he has bot especIally prominent and has relieve tl'e President in many public function -An exchange says a gentleman 1: vited some friends to dinner, and the colored servant entered the roo he accidentally dropped a platt which held a turkey. " My friends said' the gentleman, " never in n life have I witnessed an event so fraugl with disaster to the various natious e globe. In this calamity we see tI downfall of Turkey, the upsetting Grecce, the destructiton of China, ati the humiliation of A frica." --Moses Thatcher, the Salt Lal City millionaire, who has started a 1 000-acre cattle ranch in Chihuahu Mexico, though a man of good faml and education, began life se a ran hand and at one time wae consider the best cattle expert In the West. The best household remedy for all pal wvill convince the most scepdia that i just, the rub they have wanted, it's olo and not genay nod everywher. 7 PLAYING FOR THE DRINKS. ON A MISSISSIPPI STICAMlt. A Story of'the Gambling Days Before the War-How a Game of Euchre Led to Draw Poker. On a bright October morning in the fifties the good and new steamer Bello Key left her wharf at Louisville on her maiden trip to Now Orleans. Nothing particularly interosting or re markablo transpired until Cairo, Ill., was reached, where there were added to the passenger list four names George Bennett and Cyrus Poultney, of England, largo cotton buyers in the South; Mark Townsend and "Old Bob" Lockard, two of the most famous short card professional gamblers that in fosted the river craft in thoso days. The steamer like all those of the Louis ville and New Orleans Packet line, carried a piano and a string band, coin pos5ed of negroes and music, and danc ing prevailed every evening till eleven o'clock, when the card tables were shunted into the foyer, between the ladies' cabin and the gentlemen's pro monado. The great American game of poker had not yet opened up on the new r oat and it was a question of some import who should start the first game. Town send and Lockhard had followed the river for years, and were well known genorally by travelers southward by the water route, and poker was not mentioned specifically by those pre sent for the reason, probably, that in the opening game one or both of the professionals might want to play. From their manner and mancurings they were evidently anxious for a game, but not scoing the opportunity Townsend suggested to Bennett and Poultnoy that they make up a game of euchre "only for the drinks." Bennett assented, but Poultney declined for the reason that he was not versed in the game. Townsend, Lockhard and Bennett were three. Who would take the fourth hand ? " Will you play a game of euchre ?" asked Townsend of a well dressed, thin visaged, callow looking youth of about eighteen, who in course of conversa tion gave his name as Leslie Brown, of Lexington, Ky. "I doo't object, but I am not an export player, and I have not yet learned to gamble," answercd. Mr. Brown. " You are all right," returned Town sond. "the game in only for the drink, you know, ~and gentlemen do not re gard that as gambling." Towneend and Bennett and Lockard and Brawn respectively being cast for partners the game began. About the fifth deal of the cards Mr. Bennett said he had what might be regarded as a good poker hand in ordinary play of that game. "Do you ever play the game?" asked Townsend. " I have played occasionally at my clubs in E1ngland and with friends else where. Lshould not care to play promis cuously with strangers while travell r ing, especially in America." "Certainly not," observed Townsend, casting a furtive glance at Lockard. " Well, sir, what you bet on your hand as against my hand ?" asked Brown. "I will lay you ten shillings-twc . dollars and a half of your coin of the r realm," putting down a half soverigi (gold). 1 Along toward the last hand of th< third game of the rubber the young Kentuckian remarked that he had i botter poker hand than the previout one, on which ho bet $2 50, and pro posed to wager $5 that it was the bos hand out. " Now, partner," he said to Brown "there is the best trump card in th< . deck, and he ought to win for us e Don't let him get away from you if yot r cNoi instructive remarks, please,' said Townsend. Thfts little diversion was doubtlesi ~projected for a purpose, which how. ever, was not understood by Bennett .If it was intended to convey any in formatiou or instruction to Brown h< s~ did appear to notice it. .Looking over his hand Bennett smil .- ed, saying, " I have here a poker han( on which I might wager a small ~. amount. f"Well, you have taken me into camj Stwice," said Brown, " but I will tackl< ,. you again. The third time is the luci . charm, as they say in old Kentucky d What do you propose to bet til e imo ?" ." Oh, anything ; ten pounds if yoi like, I am net particular." if " I will see your fifty dollars and gi a you two hundred and fifty better," re r torted Brown. ."COomo, come, now," broke in Town Ssend, " I and the gentleman from In 1 diana on my left, are still In the gamo ~. but we can't keep still under the cir ~. oumstances of the occasion, I may sa; e I have decidedly a good poker hand. hanker after a little of the chickei e- pie, and as all appear to be In a sport ,. lye mood and want to bat, no doubt, ; will have to raise the bet $500 !"' '."See here, gentle-men," piped in olm ts Lockard, who had a peculiar manne me of accentuating the ends of his word a of three or more syllables, " don't b ~. too precipi-tato. If we are going t mn have a quiet little game for amuse Smont, I too, will signi-fy. I won a po 'of money once from a member of Corn gress on a hand like this one, and after 'seeing' the other bets, I wil n- elevate tihe pot one thousand good sin e5 olo-ons, and here they are. D~on' m bother about 'calling,' gentlemnle 3r there is no limit to my pletho-ric pure "in the consider ate treatment of ti 13 favor-ito hard." It was now Bennett's say. Hie muse ffor a moment, looked is hand ove 0carefully, put h1is cards on the tabli one by one, drew from his breast pooh id et a roll of Bank of England noter figured the amount duo the pot fc go bo0is to that point, covered in the sam< ),- saying, "1I bet 303 pounds ($1,504 a, more."~ ly " it is up to you, my young frien ahj from Lexington," interjected old Locl od ard, looking at Brown with a grin. " Jehosephat!" exclaimed the callo young scion of Kentucky sportin 15blood. "I wish my old governlor WJ nel here to play my hand. Wonder if is can handle it asi he would. Say, go' anl tlemen, give me this card in the pla<n of one in my hand and I will chip i with you and try to make the gat interesting "-picking up the jact spades, the trump card of the ouch deal. "I have no objections," said Bonne calmly. "You can hav3 it for all I care," ad ed Townsend. " Appropri-ato it by all meant drawled old Lockhard. "1 oo I am in for It, so here goo said Brown. "I will go broke a just finish the busirless by 'soeing' yo bete and a raise of $5,000. There it the last of an illepont fortune, and am not yet twenty-one." Taking ui wad of bills from his lap recent placod there by a fifth party. "I pass. I am out-'way out," 13a Townsend. " I was only bluftling ai got pinched. I crawfl-sh-lively, tot " Gentle-men," began old Lockhar "I believe I have had a little amu mont, and the substitu-tion of the ja of spados for another card In his hai by my docile young partner from Lo ington I shall never be able to compr hond. It disturbed the temper al tenor of my play entirely. Gentlo-me I am somewhat declined in the vale years. As Byron said, 'the fruits ai flowers of love are gono,' I may as w< add, so are my one thousand got simolo-ons, as my hand Is not worth sou, markoo as a poker investmer Like Othello in the finale of his clice cred career, old 'Bob' cries 'peccav and retires." It was now time for the Englishmi to seriously consider the turn allai had takon. Manifestly he was not I cinud to bet more, and he could n withdraw without considerable lot He felt absolutely certain that he hr the best hand,.especially since Tow send and Loekhard, whose motho and manner he did not understan and for whose conversation and inte larded remarks he had no liking, hi dropped out. rio turned and whispered to N Paulton, who sat near watching ti game. His friend whispered som thing in reply, when he again drew b roll, took out a thousand pound not threw it Into the pot, and, lookii Brown in the eye said : "My young American you are plucky fellow, and I don't like to w your money, but all is fair in play as war. I suppose I have the beat ban sure. Soo, four kings and a queen." "Not worth a continental. I ha, four aces and a jack." " A knave, an arrant knave," said bv standnr: and swooping the moni from the table into his hat, Brov started to move away. The Englishman in constornatii and amazOment, jumped from h chair, and in a smothered tone aske " What in she name of all the devi in bados did you want with th knave ?" Brown did not, reply, b walked out through the throng to L stateroom. The oxctomont was intense, al scores of non had boen watohing ti game all along with the keenest I tcrost. The ladies also came out their cabin to the verge of the foy to look on the animated scone. Wh they learned that " the young mat had achieved some sort of a victo over the older men they clapped the hands in approbation, although th know nothing of the game. An hour later, after the game h boon thoroughly discussed in all bearings, Bennett wen, to the clerk the boat, John Woolfolk, and co plained that he had been robb< "How so ?" asked Woolfolk. " Y played and bet to win, of course. i did your opponent. Naturally, it i - pears that he played best and won. you had any doubts about the standi of the parties of any suspicion of 1 fairness or foul play, as you admit, should not have continued In the gat These are matters that the ofhleers the boat cannot possibly control. " You may assume that the part are known to us..What then ? It Is our provlnce to advise you or any p a songer as to card playing on a pub -water way. You should have oxercht your own judgment. As to the you man that won your money, we kn, Snothing about him. No one connect with this boat ever saw or heard him before he came on board at Lotu I yileo. It is a fact that the other p ties are notorious all over the WI and South. They are unquestional dangerous characters and their f ratl nity ramify all the navigable wati :from Wheeling, W. Va., to the Bell: . ad an onficer or employe of this b< interfered in the slightest with ti game, involving as it did, thousands dollars, he would very likely have be marked for assassination the first por tunity. Therefore we cannot aifr to take such chances. " There is no such thing as exc - sivenoss In steamboat travel. - necessarily have to cater to all clas ,of white people, and it is not our pol to discriminate in our passenger 1 If we did we would be comnpolled to I out of butsinoss. We regret thtat I lost your money-not an uncommon - currence, by any means, on steambo I -but we can do nothing to help yeu recover it, if such a thing were poi I ble. Thte parties engage'.I in the ga r with you will probably leave the bj 5 at the next landing, althouagh two ha 3 paid their passage to New Orleans 3 one to0 Natchez, Miss.'' - To those acqutainted with the gat t of poker and considering the Inclo' connected with this game, it is 1)1 ,that it was a well planned schema I Townsend and Lockhard to enti the 10nglishman and secure his mnon t no matter by what game or means play. Having loarned at Carlo t 0 they were cotton buyers, the infore 5 was that, they had plenty of man and they resolved to follow th ti After gotting on the boat they thoui r perhaps that Bonnett and I'oul t, wore too high toned to play poker o -crowded steamb~oat and the game a, euchre was suggested. r Neither Townsend nor Lockha , had any considerable amount of morm )) Certainly not enough for the purpt of the game as played. It was belie d that Brown had not more than $11 <- $20. Luckily for the projectors of game they encountered a man , w cash galore, who came on board g boat at Columbus, Ky., a "gonticr aR gambler,'' " Colonel Tont" Claibol II a wealthy planter of Mississippi. U 1- an understanding by him of the schi me he agrecod to furnish the funds n'e in sary. It. was he who ilanel the ro no Brown's lap with the writing attached' of -" Be careful and don't bot more than ro $5,000 at a time. Tho strangest part of this affair i8 tt, that neither Townsend nor Lockhard ever saw young Brown before the d- gamO of ouchro was made up, and ,, there could not possibly have boon any 1i collusivo arrangement or understand ,, ing betwoon them. Believing that i, Brown might be a pliant tool for their )d purposo, they usd him. How readily ur h caught on and took the measuro of is. the game has been shown.-Now York I Ilerald, 1 lI'E SAW TIlHE FALIANO Si'AlS Id id lie Was F'ox Hunting at the Ti me I." Haln For Shelter in Great Flear. d, A correspondent of the lRichmond ,k l)ispatch says that ex-mayor John W. id ilaughawout, o! Lexington, Va., who X. colebrated his 85th anniversary on . Thursday, November 2,1809, was a wit id noss of the groat meteoric shower n which took place in 1833. He is the of' oldest native born inhabitant of Lox id iugton, and is a vigorous man yet, and fll is to be soon daily on the streets on )d gaged in conversatiou or groeting his a numerous friende. He has a vivid re collection of the " falling of the stars," k- as the old people called the meteoric storm of that timc, which happened on the morning of Nov. 11, 1833. le takes i great delight in telling his "1 great rs fright " on that occasion, and says he certainly wanted to see the dieplay LAwhich is predicted to take place either today or within the next few days. On d the day preceding the " failing of the stars " " Old Huck" bad made arrange ments with a boon companion of his by the namo of Tidd, an old field school r' mate for a fox huntand chase the next d norning. "Old Huck " is even now known as the mighty hunter of Rock r bridge County, and possibly with the SxcCptioln of the iast two years has never failed to take his annual doer ' hunt, is In order to get an early start, which 0' was at 3 o'clock in the morning, " Old Ig Huck " spent the night with Tidd, but a on arising found that Tidd could not a go, as he was sick. He would not miss In the sport of running the fox, and went n alone, but first woko the echoes with d his horn, which brought forth his pack of fourteen well-trained hounds. .N ith ve the hounds he struck for the Brushy Hills, about two miles away. Th woods a then extended to witthin a short dis y tance of Lexington. Near where the a present roservoir stands he loosed his hounds, and their music soon rang out n in the morning air as they struck the A trail. He followed, crossing hill and d* dale, until the summit was reached, J8 where he sat down to rest and listen at to the hounds an they ran around first ut one hill and then another, back and is forth. The night was porfectly clear, and id the heavens were bedecked with stars, '10 which twinkled and sparkled. "Old n- Huck ' mused and finally looked up at of the heavene, when suddenly a star al 0 poared to leave its position and fly Dn across the heavens, leaving a streak like a rocket, then disappear in the ry west. This did not disconcert him ic >Ir the least. Another star, much mor( cy brilliant than its predecessor, sho eastward. Then several chased across ad Matters were now getting interesting, Its but not exactly pleaFtant, tAeveral more of took " a shoot," and this brought "Old "l Huck " to his feet with great sudden. 3d noes. He no longer heard his hounds ou he was all eyos. Could there be any So thing wrona ? le had never seen st I many "failing stars" at once. Th stars now began to move in droves, ani ng those chills which many a one has ox in- p)rionced when frightened began ti 0ou run races up) and down Ils 51pinal col no. umn The stars now began to fall ti of the treetops, and the chills increased. inlproportion, perspiration beaded lhh los forehead. The stars next bogan to fal lOt at his feet, and now his hat rested no 11on his head but upon his hair, whicl lie stood straight up. The trees stood fort ed like gigantic devils, and evorything ng was stars, stars, stars, stars. .U Is past Ewd life moved befor-o him like a rapidly ,d moving panorama. Theoreason for thui of leaves not taking fire was that thos .is- were yet damp with dow. Thus he r-ea. a~r soned until a star struck him on hi 1st arm. Lie smelled to see i h. could do )y toot the sulphur. There was nothing er to indlicato it. By now tihe stars weort irs falling like the flakes of a terrific snow~ (0. storm. Tihen he thought that, judg >at mont day had come. Down the moun mt' tain-side he rushed headlohg, ovet of logs, rook s, and brush. Through bien ion lhe dashed ; nothing stoppoed him in hih ~P- mad Ilight. Thus for a mile or mor< rd he raced along until the reservoir hil was rcached, and then he turned anc 1u- expected to see the everlasting hillh Mo in full blaze. lie saw their outlines se but no fire, ieaiping with its all-devour icy lng tongues. Nothing but the " rail ist- of stars " not abated in the least. H1 go again turned his face towards Lexing mou ton and pressed on with greater vigo: ac- -thlin king that to be with his friend ats was bettor than to be alone. Lexing to ton's outlines appeared, and again n 3si' conflagration was going on-nothin "me but the storm of " falling stars " an oat the brilliant glare. On he pressed, a ive streaks of dawn, heralds of approach ad lng day, appeared in the east. Througl Wood's creek he dashed and upl th "me hill ho pressedl. Lexington was reach nts ed, and the houses stood intact, an' ain the storm was abating. As he reache I of the main street the stars had disal: '&l) peared, and the day was breaking. A cy, old resident hailed him from acrom of the street and asked him where he ha bat boon at such an early hour. lie r< flco plied that he had been to a neig hbor ey, to get his gun. Tihis was passinlgl n'strange, for from the d istant hills cam themsic of the hounds, and tho ol ton man remarked upon it, an dsaid that h n a feared that " Old hiuck " had been of hunting, and that the " falling stars had chased him home in his frigh rdt This eventful chase nerved as a joki ey- for years to come with the 01(1 peopi sod5 --nevertheless, the " stars foil." > r the -" The lies the blamed newspape' rith publish, about us'" said one politicia the to another, " is lonough to dlrive a ma nan to drink." " Yes, that's so," r'eplie ne, the other ; " but still we have no caum pen for complait." " Why not ?" aske 11m1 the first, in surprise. " Well, it migl ces- be much worse," was the rc ply, " thi [1 in might publish the tru." TillE DEWEY i(jMl.MUDDLIE. Advmiral Dewey Ila" Fallen Undi ontleinationx of His Urlends Protests Against tho Treatmnt It celved tromi the Publio. The transfer of the gift house Washington from Admiral Dewey his wife caused a great deal of indi nation, which was not allayed the no day when Mrs. Dewey made a deod gift to the son, George G. Dowey. T rosentment of the contributors w general, and attacks upon the Admir in the Washington and Now Yoi papers wore acrimonious and seat Ing. A protest in the Wash ington Sti said that the contributors had reast to think that the home would go to ti Admiral's son, George Dewey, and ni to a brand now wife taken in his o ago. But they wore not appeast when the now wife made the transf< to his son, and many odd and sons tional rumore were hlying about tl city. Ono report had it that the transk was made to preserve the house, 1 Admiral Dowey feared a Buit f( breach of promise will he institutc against him by a lady employed in tU bureau of equipment, of which the A4 miral was the head beforo ho was -A signed to the charge of the Asiat e(uadron in 1897. It was stated upc what appeared to be reliable authorit that an ongagement of marriago e: isted between the two at the timo 4 the Admiral's departure from th country more than two years ag There is doop regret mingled with tI indignation, but no one felt called u on to defend his causeo, and even h bst friends admitted that he h shown bad taste In the matter, to si the least. In a desperato effort to stop criticis of his action Admiral Dewey caused statement to be made that he intend( to transfer his home to his son, Georg but in order to avoid any legal campi cations it was first necessary to gii the home to his wife and then for h to transfor it to the son. Unfortunate the idea got in the minds of the pe plo that the transfor was with the ul dortanding that Mrs. Dewey woui in time, give the house to the lomt Catholic church, which has been an ious for some time to acquire the pr porty as a parsonage. She is a Cath lie convert, which magnified the pa she might have played in the transf, and to accentuate the feeling again her. Mrs. Mildred Dowey, the Admira wife, signed the papers transferril the property to the Admiral's son, a the home passed into tho legal c( trol of the young man. It Is said ti Admiral and Mrs. Dewey will contin to occupy it for a time, but that th will eventally movo out and take thcir residence in the elogant mansi of Mrs. Dowey, which is located in more fashionablo section of the ell Mrs. lewey is immensely wealthy, aL in add ition to a magnificent city hot she owns a beautiful country plat where the Doweys will no doubt 11 during the summor months. Admiral Dewey felt compolled come out in an interview in which makes complaint against what claims to be the unjust and unpard< able condemnation of his course transferring his house to his wifo, w subsequently transforrod the propeo to the Admiral's son, George. T Ariral d~ y~drf tm in his condemnation of the newspal and the public for criticising his act and declare that he would not h accepted the house had he underst that a string was attached to it. claims the right to dispose of it accc ing to his own ideas, and he belie ho was doing an act which viould m universal approval by giving the ho to his wife so she might have the plc ur3 of boestowing it upon his son. 'rThe Admiral Is reported to ha made the following remarkable sti mont: "While 1 was a hero two men ago I am now reduced to such a pl tion that certain peoplo1 cannot things too villiano0us, too scurrill about me ; and no one defends me. I was so much of a here then and1 American people thought well enou of me to give me this house, why not seine of those p)eople defend now ? " if I had known how much troul how much villanous abuse was to co upon mne as the result of accept) this house I would never have takr at'tho hands of the American p)ooj When I sailed into Manila Bay os dangerous grounds, with death even worse in front of us, J. lit thought that in such a brief period time af ter I returned to my native Ii theo Amnerican people would count anee such monstrous atttacks upon because I wats doing what I considoe to be the most gracious thing I co do, to present my home to my bride "1 (10 not intend to arraign the ont 'Americani people for the acts of a fi -but I ant hurt, I am cut to the qui SI never felt, so badly in all rny life, want the American people to know I want them to know that if I coul a would return to the contributors to -fund the house purchased with it. would never in the world have acoc o ed it if I had known what it would men i I should feel to-morrow a Ifeel to-night, 1 would cut it all, thr up everything, go on the retired and go abroad. In fact I feol so couraged, so worn out to-night the Sscarcely knowr what I will do. I har Sfoel like living in a country wher cr-n be attacked in such an outrage mn-mnnor without, being defended by, Yone." d e -Siberia, long looked upon b. frozen waste, is becoming a veriti " Mecca forimmigrants. Their nun 5. last year was 400,000 and with inor e lng facIlities of travel the moven o thither is likely to become of a voli comparable to the flow of popula toward the United States at its h ecit. The attractions are fertilit '8 soil and mIneral wealth. Boety n Tromsk and Kooznesk lie 23,1(17 sqi n miles of coal lands, while the existi d of iron ore yielding as high as 60 0 cent. in close proximity to coal in d Amur territory, gives promise of t industrial future. Wheat ripen, y the region of Irkutsk within 107 and the cold season lasts only 97 in to IS A STORE 11ofBf; Full of Bargains I al Like the New Store is turning ,k loose in this section. Every day is r a busy one at this store. The crowds )n to that visit this store daily, and the d piles of dry goods and shoes they (I take away with them fully demon strates our policy "The best goods for the money, the same goods for )r less money." All who have done business with us or know us will agree with us in the assertion that i- since our opening this new store, no March 14th, last, we have turne, . loose more good, round, plump value, ? than any other store that has e*&. L. done business in this city. I Our Big 5c. and 4c. Counter. 1000 yards 10c. Satine in colors a only, 5c. cr2000 yards 12jc. Worsted, all I- colors, only 5c. 3r 2500 yards good Fleeced Outing, ly only 4c. a- I lot Ladies' Ribbed Vests, c-ily 9c. 6 1 lot Ladies' Hloavy Ribbed Vests K only 15c. o U- 1 lot Ladies' Dongola $1 2 shoes rtonly $1. At 1 lot Men's $2.25 Box Calf shoes L's only $1.69. I Big values in Dress Goods, Wraps. Ia Lowest prices on Domestics, Jeans, u3 Flannels. Ontings, Calicoesetc. ey up ,, MAHON & ARNOLD, y. nd NO. 2xx UPPIUR MAIN STRZET, so '" J. II. MouoA N & BRO.'s OLD SrAND. ve to Agents for McCall Bazar Patterns. he he m- -At present the two greatest rail In way tunnels of the world are those ho percing the 11t. Gothard &a 3Most 'tY Conis. It will not now be many years he before that other groat mountain of >or the Alpino range, the implon, will 1dor g2sbe pierced, so that men may pass [on, to an'i"otp? tra'ns beneath its mighty ave summit. ioi it is true, are od progressing slowly, G dily, and 0 surel.- More than 2,600 en r d' a work Ehe length of the cutting a ed the north end is now about 1,500 yards, uset that at the south end only about 800 UCyards. The work Is now progresek.g a- at the rate of five yards a day at each end. It is impossible to foretell the IVO probable date of completioa, owing to o-the changing nature of the strata ; but the when the two gangs of workmen meet in the middle they will have completed 1the longest tunnel in the world, for uay they will haveocut through thirteen If5 miles of mountain. 'he --According to an official report of the gh1 United Statoeconsul general at Stock do holm, the government of Sweden owns oand operates 2 284 mIles of railway nothe rolling stock: of which conmuste of 1l0, 52locomotives, 428 ba..rgage cars, 892 me passenger coaches, 3 dining cars, 45 agpostal wagons, 6 combined coaohes and Lig baggage, 21 prison Vans, 216 st care 1.and 12,161 freig~h t carl. The anual ro prollts during the forty-three year. of und government ownership of the railway. ,lie havo averaged more than one and one of hidmillion dollars in American bnd money, besides the accumulation of a on- fund o f $2,282,104 for pensioning em me ployes retired on account of age er in ed Jury, and a fund of *2,079,2i9 for the drelief of widows and children of de ceased employee. ire -There are few people who can. >w, claim to have heard their ewn funeral ok. sermon. Rev. E. R. Johnson, of Mul I berry, Indiana, once Passed.uthrough it. this unique experience. While suffer d I ing from an attack of catalepsy Mr. bho Johnson was declared dead, and as be I was lying in his coffin he hearcT his fun pt- oral sermon preached by a brother ost minister. H~e was eomscious of what s I was taking place about him,, heard ow the physician p renounce him dead, list and witnessed the preparatlops made lie- for his burial. The spell was broken ,t I just after the eulogy had been pro dl y nounced and histrestoration to health e I :followed. ous -The Senate has always been oon-* any trolled by lawyers, and klaine was at a disadvantage because he did not be long to the profession. The law-lords is a were disposed to disparage and lout ible him, but he was disrespeotful to the ber verge of irreverence. " Doth the Sen eas- ator from Maine think I am an idjit ont (idiot, ?" roared Thurman, in reply to imo an interrogatory Blaine put to him one onday intePcferirad debate, ig"Well," bellowed Blaine, "that depends y of entirely on the answer you make to !reonj my <question in tare ---There is a sinc and lead mine in Da mo vidtson County, North Oarolina, which per is in the control of en English syndi the cate, which is doing well, This mine an carries copper in its ore, while 'the v in other zinc and lead mine in the sae lays county which is down 000f f~ ays, similar ore, but without a~