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mam . , WHuKi; THE TROUBLE LIES. ' 3 tJm.k ?b many thoughts ns most, An?l ot'jhoin nro really groat. X do not >ry (lie thing to boast? I only cmo the fart to utate. Yrt ot.'.rt- men accumulate 'So mil 01 wealth with something pat a. nave none, out lett too late. "Well, then, I wish I'd thought of that. J[ might. Jiavo known that stocks would rise. The indications were that way? i'k It v.r,a t"11?i;j beyond surmise, r I To buy ;l '-ot was hound to pay. \ 4,^ 3 noticed, too. t!io bther day. yy They ro.ic shy high, but I was flat I Enough to niL<!< the chance -oh. say, V I wish that i had thought ot that, i TTbv can't. I think of things in time! Mv failure lills me with disgust. It aNva.v* Kccins to me that I'm '.Behind and getting all the dust. Had it not been for this, I must Have been ioii? since a plutocrat; ICach good t!> "u, missed. I tind. is hist JJccausc 1 iliil isol think of that. ?Chicago Xcws. Margaret. ,34.0.2V VKUAKET II i; N C K 11i* l'UHI) stood umlor tlu> mTa ?l t....! . .. ~..n V i?/q y ; iMVIVMV UL ?l ^il lll'i y III rM Matthew's Church and "WOVC watched llio n.an to "\vbom slio hail been engaged six .months before como down the aisle ivitli the woman who had superseded - Jher upon his arm. -A year ago she had joyously invested tlib* man with qualities whose noble,uean existed only in the intensity of Jior own Ideals. He had rewarded her l>y losing his head under the llatlory of -'.ii jrair of sdialiow blue eyes. Margaret had stood aloof, almost as 1 mi outsider, and watched the thing from its very beginning?watched it Him (i Mdiv ucaui wjiiun nerscii which was as tlie hard departure of youth. Never by the lifting of a hand did kke seek to slay what she saw. Then <-?nn? the day when Darrel asked to luV release'. Sue reaiize 1 with a quick glance Into the future that hero was an ex,'porienee which tiuie might not gloss over. It left her a woman of clear , vision, with no vestige of the incouseQuent glamour of girlhood. Yes, i.s sii? walked from the church, when the bridal party had dispersed, a deep thankfulness tilled her heart. Tier life was yet her own. The bittcr1ICSS silo It -1 fl>U IV'IIC Tnd<; tearing away of the sheltering visions of girlhood than for any deeper .iiuit. "Now," paid, and threw haek her RJrong f>houiders while she descended the cltui'i'li fit ' "' its though she would lints throw < Ijirever this phase of . Lor life, "new work." And work it was for three years, as ( *?.iy hy day, in iter nurse's ?Ii?-ss, site ^ 1r<l the war.'. < ;' a Hospital. It was , v,h:.t the pruning of a careful is to a vine. ruder it Margaret's somewhat angular litfuve grow into a graoiousness of lwoni.'.< uliood sehlom seen. Then she met I'aul Gerhard!. and life blossomed ifor her with a resplendence of joy iv.'iioii nt tin!1 s h-M her ?1 mult. Kile stood < Ti" cvi'innK by the 1)P(1 in sr private roori i i iking down upon the ivo'-. : n v.*J: ? I,iy there. The pationt liiul jii.si heeii brought from the operating room and given into Margaret's ?i re. Oil (he whiteness of tl??> pillow tlio fair, (lamp st.imls of hair showed fttrangely familial' in s j?i i?? <>i t lu* wasted features beneath. .Margaret fVSlitfkfl Willi 1n/*lriiil 1?o ?i j 1 a r, K?. !?., Iiouvy eyelids to lift themselves. Tlion sli>.? looked i j? suddenly and saw Darn I in the doorx ;y, and know. His anxiety tor his wife, if swh it ronId lie call <!. was swallowed up in Ins nnia/.einont ;it Margaret. That the former was p- ri'am-tory the nurse saw At a jrlaneo. And in ;i < y of Dleanor Darrol? ,-iviifn nn? I ;i i i ! uh' e;ner D id pass'Ml ?there li'.irv.cvl a fearful eagerness, favoii iiie s-.n,. ; * of finding lierself in 1)10 care of the woman she believed Klie liad wro:n,*e I w: s immersed in it. .Margaret mnv tlint "what little rtrensrth her p: :ient had was dlssll?at?d in the effort to dray one word of real coneern from her husband, and followed I).:it<1 from Ihe room. DjiitcI's eyes narrowed to pin points fis lie watched her. Suddenly he aught n fold of lier apron, erushing its tine whiteness in his hand. "MnrRsirel" i Is voice was husky "I see now -what :i mistake " Slip looked at liiin dully, with knlt1lng brows. Ii was liard at a bound 1o being h. r mind to this. Then, as she "would have avoided unnecessary t'onJnj.d ri, she drew her apron from Jus grasp. "Mistake!" It r eyes pierced tlx- shifting ones and held them. "M -take! You did but one wise thing in all your weak, vacillating life, as far as I know, mid it was when von married I Kleanor!" \ His oyes writhed under liers, bill -die "Would not release them. "Why," sbe went on, "she loves you 3n spite of tho fact that she knows yon as you are. To me it seems incvedihle, it is incredible. She must l>p nearer the divine than Ave are." Her look went beyond him to the *V>or of tho sick room, and he breathed more freely. Now It came back. *WJiat I knew what Ho had saved IAa <1" * * ? 1 - .... .Kim ,>V?I| nii|i|)U?r I I 11IIIIK IFlm now, when I know what IIo 1ms snvort me for? Within a month [ am to ho tho wifp of Paul Gerhnrdt." Th* jcreat oculist's naino was familJar rnouKli for Darrol. It was a pity timi CSorliardt himself, bending at tlvift moment. ovor a pair of sightless oyos, roam not Un?t lifted his hond and Jnofltrd into those of tho woman ho ' | Tlio man who did look Into them wondorod if, aftor all. nnd In spite of aiarjMret'H heauty, he had not had n Tinrrow oneape. Strenuousnt'ss was tlje our* thinj? In life to he avoided. Tiift tbought k turned to h1? wife with m tfiiNc of relief. Henry!" The nurse conauered her aversion enough to toucb his arm. "Ever since the operation your wife has yearned?hungered for stune sign that you really eared." Ills weak under Hp protruded itself sullenly. It was the look which his wife knew best on his face. To Margaret it was revoallngly new.< "(?'o in now," slio said quietly, "and give her what she has been craving for." I lie shifted from one font to the other in hesitating uncertainty. Then, as it was always easier for him to ( yield than to resist, he moved slowly back along the corridor. His wife's eyes went Quickly from one fiice to the other as they re-entered the room. Darrcl took a chair beside her. "You must hurry up and get well," lie said awkwardly, patting the white hand which lay on the counterpane. She scarcely seemed to breathe while she waited, her eyes lixod on his face. ' Still he hesitated, feeling Margaret's 1 compelling eyes upon him. "The bouse?does not seem?like 1 home without you?little girl." . ,1 i.i UIU'iiiiim' ui mi? wunis moved him, for Dnrrol was easily moved emotionally. Slowly, in faint waves, the color rose to Kleanor Darrel's temples, seeming to force the moisture into her oyes as it came. Margaret thought Involuntarily of parched ground when a healing rain has fallen upon it. The wife's lingers were clinging like u'Miuii.N aiounu nor nusnanus. Parr 1 looked around for Margaret, but sin' had loft the room, fooling hor wa.V Mindly out. Then ho stooped, lnying his face against the white one near his own. Margaret's face ns she ran down the hospital steps that evening to the n: in who stood waiting for her at h.-s horses' heads was a benediction. Cerhardt turned to it afresh as he gatherod up the reins in his strong hand. "T don't know that 1 like you to look like that." he said, smiling, "when I am not the cause. It makes me jealous." The eyes which raised themselves to his wero glowing -with the wonder of faith which has become certainly.? St. Louis Star. Aii Kskiino Pnlui??n-Tri?ii. The Eskimos along 111 <? Yukon Ttivor have nn odd method of catching salmon, which is described by Mr. Jeremiah Lynch in "Throe Years in tho I Klondike." The Eskimos lake boards a fool wide ancl an inch (hick, and nail them together lengthwise in a triangular spoilt, a little wider than a good-sized salmon. This is submerged in live feet of water a foot from the surface and twenty yards from tho shore. The salmon, swimminr; along the side of tho shore against the strong ] current, sro stralirbi in(/? thic trap ami <-:iim??t pot hack, ami those in the rear press on those in front. We saw eighteen larpe salmon taken from one of these spouts in a few minutes. and the Indians said tliev caupht scores every day while the runs eon- ; tinned. At an ohl Russian settlement wo observed how the natives live and prepare for tlie winter. The lish wen? running plentifully, and every Indian, j even to the little children, was hnsy bringing tlieni up from tiie hank, open- J ing thcin and hanging tlieni on tho trees, or temporary scaffolds, or tops of huts and ealdus, in every eonceiv- ; nlilo wIim'o > I - , t .< .^.IlilKMl n Ml |I I |)L' put Id dry nut of reach ol' the dogs. j The run !;ists alinut six weeks, and In that interval the natives must provide food for their families and dogs until next season. Very few wild animals exist on 1his lower Yukon, and with the addition of geese and ducks, salmon is Hie only food that the conntry provides for its inhabitants. Xo grain is cultivated. The Indians hoy (lour and light supplies from the traders. paying in dogs and furs, for tlicy imp ail through the !<?ng winter* Tflloplioiir (ilrln iif Kiiro|J!?? A London correspondent who has n I.ondon-Paris-Mllan wire in his room writes that in his opinion the telephone girl is not quite an angel. ITo finds fiie Loudon telephone girls slow and indifferent th>> i-Vi-rw-ii . . V ..x .. I.(I'll- ? I I I\ 1 iHi].. : tiii.-nt. When the Whltlaker Wright trial wax proceeding lie found himself !a(f with some news nud rushed to the telephone. Absolute silence followed liis frantic ringing, until he almost pulled the telephone from tho wall. After twenty minutes or so a sweet voi o said: "Xumln'r, please?" -nut." he protest -d. "1 have heen ringing for half an hour!" "Oh. really! 1 nin so sorry. 1 was driuklug my tea!" In I'aris the girls aro absent-minded and usually make the connection badly. l.ui luiv?- Invariably n 11 excuse and will not hoar remonstrances. The Italian telephone girl by the side of her London si lid Paris sisters shines | indeed. Sh" is obliged to repent the j number wanted, and so seldom makes* i it wrong connection, she is prompt, and not except:anally pert, but she is lazy, and will often tell you that the person , you want does not roply when she has j made no effort to ring him up. Itnn.e ! Sccolo. , Tim I'lucnril Niiir.ftnrp, Speaking of the placard nuisance in I New York, which is daily growing more and more obnoxious, the Herald in a recent editorial says: "Wo iiood a crusader against the placard nuisance in Manhattan. Si| are in evidence everywhere recoin- I mending soups and soaps, teas and tobaccos. Particularly offensive arc tlio huge advortisinontn painted along tho fonco surrounding tlio now library site at Bryant Park?disfiguring our finest though faro. "Nome one recommends that tho public shall refuse to buy wares thai are thrust upon their gaze In an offensive manner. If this wore done it would va?tly improve tho city's ap* poarance." Surely it is high time that sorno united action be taken to put an end to this abuse. The metropolitan newspapers could speedily bring about a reform, and by doing so they would gain the lasting gratitude of a long? suffering community. An Orenn N??w?pf?por, rnw A > n iiiit j\1111 ii aieairiRmp uonipnny linn made arrangements for an ocean newspaper on its ships. The news is to be telegraphed from Helle Isle, off the NefvfouDdlaud const. . . j I I I I tsjrvKNjrvJcsirsjcsjfsj* l SOUTH CAROLINA I jj STATE NEWS ITEMS. ^ Charge of Cruelty to Animals. Scleral railroad contractors, whj u>u Biiiuulh U1V I1C? lllio IU VUIIIieil with the Seaboard Air Lino#were ar- ^ rested a few days ago at Unioa, chained with crnolty to animals and f working mules on which the harilcsr, had made terrible bleeding sores. Thu ' men are out o.i $200 bond cach. 1 * * Mortgage Filed by Seaboard. A $75,00^0,000 mortgage, given by Lho Seaboard Air Line railway to tne ( Continental Trust* Company, of DaLl- i hiore, has been recorded by the cle-'ic j nf court at I'nlon. The mortgage runs j for fifty years at four per cent inter- | est. payable iu Koltf. and is recorded n i every county the road passes through ! It required several days to record it, j as it filled about thirty pages of the i clerk's big book. ? * To Transfer Quarantine Plant. A mooting of the Charleston board of health has just been held to receive i thfi rpnnrt nf nnofnnllnn if- I t< o on the appraisement of the property on James Island, a) the entrance to the harbor, with a view of the transfer of the station to the United States marine hospital service by the state board of liealli. At a recent meeting of the state board, preliminary steps ! wore taken to transfer the quarantine ' plants at Charleston, Beaufort, George?- j town and Fort Hoyal to the federal 1 government. * * Farmers to Fix Cotton Price. .T. M. lCdwards, of Spartanburg j county, attended a recent meeting of the farmers of the state, held in C > | lnmbia, to discuss tlie plan so gener- I ally agitated throughout the south of j fixing a stated price on cotton to hold ! during the season and prevent wild fluctuations, as well as to secure o good price for the staple. The meeting was formally organ! e<i and officers elected and committees appointed to assist in carrying ! <.;11 tho ivmusurps swl vnmtnrl n? 111.? mooting* The hody was thorough'./ } representative, there being present) planters from every county in che . state. * * * Daughters of Isabella Organized. Charleston Inflows Atlanta in the! organization of a local court of the j Daughters of Isabella. Efforts have been in progress in the city for some , time to induce the organization of the order, but until recently no well directed steps were taken. The movement for the organization were crystallized by lite efforts of Mrs. Bat toy. cf Augusta. Oa., who i= ! ihp territorial deputy of Georg'ii, as | \\? 11 as the Brand regent of Augusta | court, and a recent address hv her ' awakened considerable enthusiasm and interest in the organization. * ?> Charged Willi Fi.-inf] Tobacco Houses. Sheriff Birch, of Florence count'*, I was in Oharh-ton recently invest it; i'* < ing the character of Hrown, the iilieg- j ed incendiary, who was arrested i about Sen day; ago in New York city i and aiter much legal delay brought tri Florence to s.and trial for tiie firing of tobacco warehouses. The evidence seemed strong against Brown, when he was first arrested, but j there now seems to be some questi. nj as to whether he is really the guilty | party, and Sheriff I'.irch lias assayo.l ( fllf* melt i\f i n vncl i?>f? t iiwr i ..? ?% ? r? *-r?.. ; .... w. . 11 ? v.. i. ,i?'iuh i uu iiiavii'i , j Ilrown form* rly \vt>rl\<*?l at a laundry : estabii.shnieni in Charlesion and the! Florence sheriff had a long interview with Brown s former employers. Sheriff Birch is not yet prepared t j . e . 'ss an opinion mi the ease, hut ha 1 | makes it clear that hr ha? some doub.s , on the matter of Brown's guilt. # * Piorff- Carolinian Dead. .lames Mc.Mahin. w!.i was one of the pioneer citizens of Spartanburg county died at his heme in that city a few days ago, at the adxanced age of ST years. The cruise of death was infirmities incident, to old During thu eany y< ar.s or i^pnnaniiiirir's history i Mr. McV:ikin embarked in (ho morcan- J tile business. and through frugality j run! keen judgment amassed consider- ! able prop rty. owning several build-j inps in (he ! iiK'ni'ss section of the' town, ili' retired a number of years ago from active work and for months before his death r> stained at his homo, rarely being frcii on iho streets. 11 o | served during tin- memorable years of * 'OI-'CS in tlio cause of il'.e Confcder- j acy, proving him elf a brave soldier 1 in tho > tniggle. Tlio deceased i.< survived by six J children, as follows: John and Thom- j nn iii .uiiiMii iiiid .Misses i nrrio, i,ny i and Annie McMnkin, of Spartanburg, and Mrs. AIl><-rt fJi!! *" i-1, who lives near Abbeville. A Tribute to a Negro Bishop. The Charleston News and Courier ^ays: We have Keen nothing in any of our negro'Ioving northern eonteml?oraries to match the very remnrkablo inrirlA^t rhrif or^'in?p/?/i ?*? i . S. (!, When the court runvoncd (hero yesterday morning R. K. Allison, the oldest v r i ?e j,inef*t<>r Im.', annotnu' i the <ii :it'?> of lih-ihop Isotn C, Clint mi. <! ;m African Methodist church, and moved that the rourt adjourn in res|jc-c; so his memory until Monday next. Tlie motion was seconded hy Major Wylie, of the Lancaster har. and by Solicitor llentv. The speakers all paid proper tribute to the Innunted dead. .Judge SVatfH granted the motion and ordered tho adjournment of tho r-niArf nviiPfl?oin? hl? appreciation of the character .an-J nervlces of the blKhop to his people and to the cause of religion. Bishop Clinton was a negro, ard ha 1 | )een exercising the office of the niin- i stry for more than fifty fear.s. He vas a slave in his early life and lived it peace with his white neighbors ull lis life. The action of the court in Lancaster ?, ,vas a notable tribute to the dead bish,ti Tha ...? ?l? *> ? >iv uinjcl uu \r HU1U iUWIUJI! lilt! sourt adjourned, and the lawyers who seconded the motion and the judge ivho granted the motion, are all na- [ :ivo South Carolinians and thoroughgoing democrats. Did anybody ever hear of a court ( idjourning in any northern state in respect to the memory of a negro preacher, bishop or otherwise? Wo tmve always thought that we understood the negro question better in the south than our politically solicitous neighbors on the nflior of tin :dd line. 5 * i* ,1 Forecaster Goes to Arizona. I Forecaster L. N. Jesunofsky, at ] Charleston, has received orders, as- i signing him to the climatic and crop department, with headquarters at I'he- { nix, Arizona, and ho will leave shortly for his new field of duty. The remov- , al of Forecaster Jesunofsky takes from Charleston one of the best men in the service and one whose presence on the south Atlantic coast was espe fumy uesirame on account of his | knowledge of tropical storms which endanger the coast at certain periods of the year. He holds certificates of award from leading meteorological institutions 111 Europe for special treatises on the weather. Mr. .lesunofsky has heen in charge of the Charleston bureau for thirteen years. He was ordered away from the city several years ago, but on the petition of a number of business men, the order was rescinded. He is prominent in Masonic circles, and his departure will be generally regretted. * * Will Not Preach Yet Awhile. A recent. Augusta, Ga., dispatch was as follows: Colonel James 11. Tillman will ma enter tho ministry, right away anyhow. And if ho did not take such a stop ho has his u>xt picked for h:s first sermon. In speaking of the report that lie intended to enter the Methodist ministry, the colonel said: "I am amazed that so serious a matter, for tho sole purpose of a newspaper sensation, has been telegraphed all over tho country. Surely 1 might he permitted to attend to my own affairs. Since my return to Kdgefleld 1 have diligently applied myself to the practice of my profession nml tno ' court calendars will show that it .s ' now larger than ever. "The utter falsity of this dispatch j is. shown by the letter that 1 hnvn ro. i ceived from Mr. Curry. Here is what j Mr. Curry has to say on the matter"Colonel .Mm Tillman, Edgefield, S. C.?Dear Sir: II seems the press s doing some tall lying about a let t o - | they claim I have received from yo.i with reference to your decision to preach. Also as to our relation. "I was shocked this morning to see the account in The Atlanta Constitution about the letter that never cair.e to nie. Your past experience with newspaper reports of things will he p you i<> solve *iiis one. At least I piv.v , so. The part of the report that s ahsolutely false is that 'I received a b\- 1 tor from you.' Second, (hat I am .1 relation of yours.' "I would consider it an honor ? ? bear some kiyship to you and your now sainted father, whom I loved. This report was started in South Ca"ilina and (lie news reached me he ? through a friend that you had hern converted and was coinu to nreach. i mentioned the ropor to a friend here and you see what it has gathered. "J trust and pray the report, is true. I have watehed with much interest your care< r and in your hours of trial my sympathies and prayers have bee.i with you. I am a native South Carolina hoy and you know how 1 feel towards those our state have loved an! j honored. 1 write you this that I may j place the ldame where it belongs, th> press. Will you kindly write me if I th?' report is true. I feel greatly inte' ested in you. and would rejoice m ?* heart to hear such triad news fro?i you. Praying Cod's blessings upon you. 1 beg to remain yours very sin 1 corely, C. P. cnillV "Koanoke, Va." CMPN r\rr Dt'rfrn r- i /-* i -v um l/ vr rji i i en r iu n I , "Two physicians had a long and | stubborn fight with an abscess on my ' right liiiig," writes J. F. Hughes, of I)nPont, Ga., "and gave mo up. Ev- I erybody thought my time had come. As a last resort 1 tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. The hen- l efit I received was striking and 1 was oji my feet in a few days. Now I've ' entirely regained my health." It confillers all Coughs, Colds and Throat and Dung troubles. Guaranteed by Pickens Drug Co. Price, fine and $1.00. Trial bottles free. tf v? aa o ?mui nti( JU(\ tStSUUU lYIAiN. Erroneona Publication that Created! Seneaton ir. Corrected. A Danville, Va., sperial published Monday was an Instance of mistaken Identity. No such person as : ?. H. Biuhanni is known in Jonfsboro, Oa.. the town's only banker is the Hon. A. ('. Hlalock j state senator-elect and well known! an a eiretimspeet baehelor. Tho banker whose misfortune "n Danville is chr< nielerl resides In Jonesboro, Nortii Carolina. Suicide Prevented. Tho. star; linpc announcement that a preventive of suicide had been dis wfviv.u mil unci ust ilililj. i\. I llli down .system 01 despondency invariably precede sulcldrt and something ban been found thnt. will prevent that condition which maker. "ui.ido likely. At the flrfct thought of self destruction, take Electric Hitters. It being a great ionic and nervine, will strengthen the nerves and build up the system. It's also a great Htomach, Liver and Kidney regulator. Only BOc. Satisfaclon guaranteed by Plckei^ Drug Co. i PORT NOW DOOMED stronghold of Russians is at Mercy of Japs, BESEIGERS CONFIDENT iricis Reached Through Success of Mikado's Indomitable Forces Gaining Vulnerable Shelling Positions. Port Arthur is doomed. The correspondent of the Associated Press at 'he Foo has received information, ih? K/tllnUtlli ? ... 1. i ... i i;n<iuiiiLj u; ? men IJU^UIIU quuttiiuu, that the Japanese are now occupying positions which place the cast side of the town at their mercy. The lust assault lias gained important positions which insure their ability to enter the main east forts whenever they arc ready. "The Japanese calculate that if the Russians do not surrender now, they will bo capable of prolonging the iightiug by making then flnal stand ai' Liati promontory and Tiger's Tail for a month longer with the mere hope of continuing t!ic struggle. '"Long before the- second Pacific squadron arrives in the Pacific the Japanese Hag, it is now believed, will wave over the wrecked citadel." This will end Viceroy Alexieff's dream of an unconquerable city. The Japanese have not occupied the main fails and highest points r>i cast hills, but they occupied in overwhelming numbers positions which will enable them to drive the Russians back whenever they desire. When the Japanese occupy the east port ridge they will completely dominate tlie other Russian forts wflli their artillery. Relief in St. Petersburg. A St. Petersburg special of Thursday says: There is a scarcely veiled feelin<r i\f t'nHnf t'l? ? /%?* ??K O# 1 ? .* ,...,.1 ? ...f-, wi iiv l i inv/d^iiwiu 01. r riiM hiJiiift that the day lias passed without bringing news of the fall of Port Arthur. There had been considerable fear that the Japane.se might push home the linal attack. It is now felt that there may come4 another period of respite. The authorities state they are without direct news from Fort Arthur, and everyone is depending upon foreign service for tidings of the devoted garrison. Nothing of importance lias developed ;tt the region of Mukden. Detailed reports of the operations against Port Arthur indicate that the prolonged attack is nearing its end and that the .Japanese are now enter itig upon the Inst stage of the memorable siege. l'"or ilit' first time tho Associated Pro s correspondent with General Xogi's army has been permitted to send dispatches direct from Port Arthur, and these show that practically all the outlying defenses are in the hands of the Japanese, who are sanguine of immediate victory. The armies of Oyama and Kuropatkin still confront each other along the Shnkhe river, inactive, except for skirmishes and artillery < x( auges. FOR INTIMIDATING WITNESS. Brother of Alleged Counterfeiter Plae??H llnrfcf RfinW := A I At Atlanta. Ga., Thursday, Kugene Mansion was placed under a $r?00 bond hy the fedc ral court to appear and answer lo the charge of intimidating a I'nited Slates witness. Mr. Manston had a difficulty with Will Howell, a witness who testified against Charles A. Manston. his brother, in the famous counterfeiting case. A true bill ?as found against birn, and he was arrested and required to furnish bond. According to the federal statute, tlie penalty is a fine ol $r?00 or three months' ^rnprisonmenf, or both. Franco-American Treaty Discussed. raris newspapers devote leading articles to the Franco-American arbitration treaty, the former pointing out that this is the first Agreement of its kind t hat the United H t at * has made with a European nation. Symptoms of Liver Disease. Sick headache, constipation, biliousness, melancholia, dizziness, dullness and drowsiness, coated tonK'ie, slimy teeth, bad breath. Iiydale's Liver Tablets will relieve any of these symptom? in a few hours and speedily correct the trouble. They act upon the liver. bile, bladder and duel, intestines and bowels as a stimulant and tonic. Those who use those tablets llxid their action porfeet and rooulta satisfactory. Fifty chocolate coated tablets in eac.ft lmx. I'rlce, 25 cents. cf MIKE HAGGERTY ARRESTED. Onc of Memphis Gamblers Charged With 1? r>.. - r-? - to nwii uuwr?. Mllce llaggerty, one of the quintet of gamblers charged with ihe murder of two deputy sheriffs, killed while raiding a gambling house in Memphis last Fiimmer, was apprehended Thur\ day on a 'Frisco train near Tupelo, Miss. llaggerty had been released op bond, but tlio action of the court in granting bail was; overruled by the supreme court of the state. Papers were lamied for his re-ar cut. LAST TUNNEL IS OPENEsDk Trains Will Be Run Into Birmingham A?1/>n?s C.r-mt TU?i last tnnnr-l on the Seaboard Air Lino railway ban been driven througTT, and the track completed from Atlanta to Hlrmingham except a stretch of five miles at this tunnel. Trains will run into HirmiriKbam December 1. The construction has cost $7,425,000, approximately $48,000 per mile. i ' ! ! ! I I f^EILBSl | ^ AVtgctablePfcparalLonforAs- ! s Imitating IheFoodandReguIa- 1$, _ ting tiic Stomachs ancl Bowels of ? J_ J tV-4~^l! fl P..I I B iwiiuuva L?igcouuu,viiLVi iiir s f\ess and Rest .Contains nei liter fig Opium,Morphine nor Mineral, (ffl Kot "NAlfcC OTIC. , Fimpe afOttl fir SAMUEL PiTCIlEft || f\vr/J(ut SeetZ' ? [wl dix.Sttuut ? | Skj j /{ofAtllf Snffit - a jinis; Sertt * 1 ?' ! A 'jlfKSZt&r,* I l)Cff{tSr4H/ - 1 JSH % Ctrmficd Sugar 1 TSfiH A WTntriyrvrn flavor. / ,'..,1 # i Apcrfecl Remedy forConstipnlion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea m I Worms .Convulsions .Feverish v % ness and Loss of Sleep. 3' \ Facsimile Sitfrmlurc of NEW YORK. __ fj i SMiaHi. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. ^ ^ IMIHIIIIiMlllillllllWIM?IIIW EDUCATIONAL FIGURES. United States Commissioner's Report ' Shows Decrease in Pupils. The report of the commissioner of ' education lor the liscal year ending j June MO, 1004, made public at Washin;;! on Sunday by the secretary of j the enterior, shows 10,009,1501 pupds or 20 per cent of the entire- population of tlio country attended the public schools during the year. As compared v itli the previous Fix year... this percentage shews a slight decrease in the number of pupils* as ! compared with the total population. The total cost of the public school system is given at $251,-157,025. This is an inc ease of ?10,000,000 over tho I,reviews vtxir. It jimouiits to t'A IK iw?i* capita ?>( total population and $22.75 per oapi'.a per pupil. Since 1870 the proportion of male , teachers I as decreased from 39 po;* | ccnt of the entire number to 2l> per cent of tk" entire number ilie past year. The average compensation for male teachers la^t year was $49.'.'S, and $40.51 fur females. This is a slight increase over the previous year. The enrollment in the private schools for the year is given as 1, 013,870. IJy the addition of pupils in elementary schools, academies, institu'ions for higher education, evening c.-hools, business schools, private tehools, private- kindergartens. Indian /jchoola, state schocl* and schools for orphans, the grand total of 18,187,918 pupils is reported. The report estimates that the average schooling giv ?n to each pupil in 1870 was 07.2 days, and 1903, 103.4 days. The report shows that last year 1,578,632 colored children were enroll| ed in the common schools for that I race in the former sixteen slave slates and the District of Columbia. The en i ,.,.n i- <i? . ! luiuiniii mi Km, iin? ursi year sta| tistlcs were taken of the colored schools, was 571.506. Since 18TG it lt? ' estimated that $230,000,0ti0 has be?n expended In the education of the col ored children in the former slave states, and nearly $000,000,000 for the same purpose for the while children of the same section. Ninety-six reform schools are rei corded, with "1 -1 r?8 inmates, 21.C03 cJ : whom are learning useful trades. #Get Your Money's Worth. Yost Ret your money's worth when | you buy JOlliott's Kmulsifled Oil Lial* ment. A full half pint bottle costs but i 25 cents, and you get your money back i f not satisfied with results. Uso It i ; in your family and on your stock, i You'll not be disappointed. tf Aiieged Boodler Gce3 Hence. John A. Sheridan, former mcmb#? 1 ! of (he house of delegated, who mr, indicted on a bribery charge, ronv vi 1 i rd and sentenced to the penitcntiar? 1 i for Ave years, ifi (iead at the Joffersob ' hospital, in St. I/onis, of tuberculoid* j' ||Ayer'sPill: Want your moustache or beard | I a beautiful brown or ricb black? Use I ..A to uj loiWf of Ihifly days tnA nam* I rj ! Nan?1*?m*|y enzrjved. The <-?* ? trr made of 14 Clock Allalr, tn>t lmlc.a<l will <o'?piir with any 00 wal<l>. 1 I wl*lh*r you daairr Ihf di?l paool Of I or (.ruts' Hunting IHtWrta Cbal*. 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