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THJK LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., OCTOBER 7, 1807. 3 FULFILLMENT. |trll tr.o, wr ary v. riulcrri'<.n liftway— lis of !(.]> .i’vjH v.nfulflllod klmdowtxl by miMHotl t;t«i(l for which we JH roy- ■Vu.. is, riHin-:, tl in» is nlmost Kd : ['<•11 n:<‘. that I loriy U-i t<T choose my pith, What is of all tliy iiCo ihy t.'r<‘iit rcgri’t?” Tlio answt r <•”::!<* bn ’k wailing on the air: “My tileat rcyrotV Alas! An unswen'd in aycr.‘* —Juuat Bemiu:;tcn in Godey’s Magazine. THE SILENT GEEST. Past !) o'clock, and a bitter night. It was raininc as it had rained all day. A i;ath< ring wind lashed *he hedgerows and the shrieking boughs of the naked elms, and there was sleet in the wind. For his own reasons Ur. George Mas ters was avoiding the highway, prefer- 1 ring instead to plunge in the darkness across the lit Ids, fulling again and again in the ruts of sandy mud ridged with last week’s snow, gray and sodden. He , cursed through chattt ring teeth as he made for the far. tviukling light of the Hare and Billet. Pretty luck this fora man—on Christ mas eve too! He had spent the gray, gloomy afternoon lying among the soak ed gorse by the road edge, with the sle-g in his ears and the steady rain winning through the shag coat and the ’ gr< asy brown coat beneath it to the j flannel waistcoat that sheltered his pis- | teds. Chilled to the soul, with no dry ■ thread on him, he had waited faithful- | ly till Squire Hales’ horse hoofs splash- ! ed the mud over the gorse bushes, ami then the numbed fingertips crept under the flannel waistcoat. He half rest among the furze as the red roquolaaro i Went past him to the plash of the hoots and the jangle of the bridle reins. But when lie saw the two servants turn the corner, with holsters before th in, he sank hack into his wet nest, a pn y to natural annoyance. The horses went on toward Shooter’s hill, and a dripping figim' stood in the way they had come, shaking a helpless fist and cursing all things below the beetling sky. Then G<orgo Masters tramjied across the strip of furze clad common and bung himself through a gap in the hedge of the turnip field. He broke into a heavy ruu when he saw the light from the kitchen of the Hare and Billet blinking ’oefore him. The unfortunate footpad unhasped the gate and stepped forward to stand with the ho t of the Haro and Billet in one gathering puddle. ' “Gene by, said Mr. Masters bitter ly—“gene by—to Greenwich by this time, likely—with his two bloody minded serving men behind him—a cowardly, white liverud, gold laced hound. ’ ’ “You’rewet, George,” said the land lord. “Come you in under a roof. ” Re proof of George’s bitterness of speech was in the tone—the tone of a man who laid his own disappointments to cou- ftend with. They came up the bricked path to the { back door and passed in under the lean to roof < f ti e shed. It was quite dark, and they moved shuffling among the barrels of beer, the firewood and farm tools that covered the earth floor. The landlord raised the heavy wooden latch of the door leiyling to the house, and they passed up the two steps into the big room—kitche n and taproom in one —end shut out the night and the cold. A pleasant kitchen with tiled floor and a comforting npiss of red coals glowing in an iron basket sticking out of tho wall, a kitchen with blackened settles, long benches and tables ringed with many ale cans; a quiet kitchen, where only one man was, and he, tho hostler, in the big armchair asleep. Tho landlord roused him with his foot, and lie sat up, rubbing a Leery eye with a chilblaiued list. “Mr. George is coming in here to Bleep tonight, Bill,” said the landlord. “I take it his majesty the king won’t trouble a poor fellow a Christmas eve. Hot him some ale—a quart of ale—and Spread his coat over that chair back— main wet and main dry, Mr. George bo, I take it. ” “He’ll sleep in his chair then,” re turned tho hostler, above us now in tho man ho is, with his sword and his rook- ! laj’—come in when you was out, when tho heavy rain come on. 1 showed him up to the bedroom and kindled the* fire, ami ho lies there, burning two of tho big was caudles, and if he don’t drink the bottle of claret, it's opened and will have to bo paid for too. Terry don’t like him, Terry don’t. Hear to him howling. Ke’th whined like that eve r sin’ the old gentleman some. Hark to ’uu again, now the wind’s quiet. ” Tho mongrel fastened by the front door was baying howl upon howj. A kick at the panel and a command to lie down from tha landlord appeared to soothe him for tho moment, but tho long whines soon broke o it again. Tho deg wailed to the wind, .vhich answered with fierce gusts of passion and hurtling of gleet against the lattice panes. When the dog was silent for awhile and the wind pauw-d to gather itself for new effort, the rain pattered gently, tho clock ticked to the chorus of a choir of crickets, and East Wickham’s belfry jangled in the distance. Tim men in tho kitchen were sitting in the shadow of an idea. “He don’t seem to lie moving, ” said the hostler, breaking the silence. “He’s not awake now f< r sure. ’ ’ Tho others looked at him with sud den interest, as if the presence up stairs had passed from their thoughts. “There’s a purse above stairs, I make no doubt, and a gold sueezin box up there, as'll keep awake, if they’ve any sense,” Bill went on, grinning at the subtlety and success of his conversa tion, but not looking at his companions. “There’s gomuthiug I don’t like, Wil- lum, ” Mr. Masters remarked, “about old gentlemen'* purses. ” “I wouldn’t like,” put in the land- V>rd, apparently addressing a pewter iV*siire, “an ole gentleman to lost) his pti I'M here, (lives the house a bail name, that sort of thing, and a good name,” he continued, facing his subordinate— “a good name to a house of entertain ment is better than rubies.” Having delivered himself of this sen timent, he spread his hands over the arms of hi;; Windsor chair and leaned forward with an air of awaiting sug gestions. But none came. He coughed, looked at Mr. Masters end went on. “There was a dear old gentleman come here—let me sec—why, it was as near as possible a year ago.” “It was a year a":),” put in George. “W 11, he come here (I’ll have to go out and kick that dog), and ‘Is this the Deptford road,’ he says, ‘my mec?’ and you says, ‘Matter o’ 20 mile, master, and a Lad road for a lonely traveler to leave a comfortable public behind on.’ the lean to shed and employed the time in taking off his boots. Aft r a glance at the other he sat down with the bill hook hidden by his coat flap. Both men smarted at the first creak of the stair. George stood at the stair foot, blink ing in the sudden light. “Ho's a-slecping like the dead,” he THE PENAL COLONY PLAN. Sulieoinmlttn* Jitl *mlu even hear him -rniug yet. I 1.: i whispered. “Can’t ] breathe. Ilis candle: see them through the keyhole. Come ! ou. ” All three stood together for a moment at the bottom of the stairway. There was a moment’s hesitation, while the ! landlord and Mr. Masters adjusted the procession behind Bill, who had planted his foot ou the bottom stair. At this in- ! opp< rtr.ne instant the tall clock in the I comer struck 1 with a shrill, met.'.llic And he says, ‘My horse is r.t the gate- ' stroke, and Bill withdrew his foot sud denly, dropping the billhook. It fell to tho red tiles of the floor, which (gave back clang ou clang. Aghast at this mishap, tho host push ed his clumsy lingered servant back into his place in the corner, Mr. Masters and himself rt seating themselves with a hastily assumed appearance of g- niul domesticity. But no startled guest appearing on tho stairs after ten minutes of complete silence, the procession reformed in it.- old order and went up. Outside the bedroom door tlrw held their breath and listened—not a sound “There’s a man bed; a real gentle- post, and he'd be better in the stable,’ ! and he walks in and orders candles uirl supper.' ’ “Did he have thorn?” asked tho hou- i tier breathlessly. “He he.tl all he ordered and mere,” | said the landlord slowly, “hut he went on that night after all.” He looked at j his con pan ion, appreciated the reminis- ’ cenee in the eye of George, the child like admiration for superior achieve- ; ment in that of Bill, and pursued: “Y< s,” he w» ut on, “and when he went ! he left his gold watch and sueezin box ; and It) guineas in a red silk bag. He ' didn't want ’em where ho was going.” “Where was that?” “Don’t I tell you? Deptford.” Thi y all laugh d gnyly, and the land lord took out a stone bottle and thick glass rummers from tho corner cup board. “His majesty King George, wot you'iv so fond of—here’s his health, ami our gracious Qn on Charlotte, and long to reign over us.” George gave tho toast, and they drained their glasses. “Giniver!” said the hostler and add ed tentatively, “A man could do any thing wof’s drunk Giniver,” “Anything short o’ murder ho could. ” assented George, “but it’s nothing short o’ murder would do for that dog o’ yourn, Tom.” Indeed, the dog’s long drawn howls stiil disturb d their Christmas festivi ties. Moved by this incongruity, tho landlord went out and kicked it. “Can’t you shut the door?” he asked. “This ain't no weather for a poor man with his living to get and his pockets as empty as the day he was born. ” “Well,” said the landlord, “our pockets was empty enough last Christ mas here, afore that ole gentleman called.” And still no sound from tho room up fite.irs, “ lucre's another purse up thiro thi. night,” remarked the footpad, “wait ing for them as is sportsmen enough to take it, as two bold lads did last Christ mas eve. ” The chill wind must have made its entry still felt in tho room, for the landlord shivered again, and the foot pad wiped the palms of his hands upon his knees. “And another old man,” ho said. “1 was the man that did it, and I suppose it'll be my job again. That dog howhl fit to wake the dead. I don’t like thin indoors work, with doors and curtain;) and stairs u-creaking and having to wash your hands this weather. I’m a man that earns his living in the open air, I am, where things is straightfor ward and nothing can’t come creeping up behind you without your seeing it. ” The landlord suddenly lifted tho wooden latch of the inner door, held hin candle above his head and peered into the darkness. “\o one there,” ho said, “and I could have sworn that minute I heard a ' breath. I don’t like your talk tonight, George. Wake the dead and washing of your hands indeed! Ain’t it enough to”— Ho stopped abruptly to pour out more spirit. “Oh, let him talk, master!” cried the hostler. “It puts heart into a man, it do, talking over old times.” George chuckled grimly, and when he had drained his glass ho said cheer fully : ‘ ‘ Aye, that does it. It all comes back to mo. It was him as held tho light by the door when I ruu in, and it was mo as— Ho bled very free, he did, very free.” “Yes, I held tho light, though much against my wish, mind you. Thank them as be,” said the landlord, regard ing his grimy fingers with satisfaction— “thank them as be, my hands is clean.” “They won’t bo ch an long then. It’s mo what holds tho light tonight,” said George firmly, and ho took the caudlo and walked to tho foot of the stairs. “Not a sound.*” he said. Tho landlord had risen, the shook headed man shifted his big shoulder ou tho bench where ho lay, and tho expres sion rose in his face of a terrier await ing with eager uoso tho rush from cov er of his first rat. “If,” said ho hesitatingly—“if it conies to that, you can both hold tho light—sooner than them guineas should get up and ride oif in the morning. I know a young man what would as lief hold a billhook as a caudle any day of the week. ’ ’ And he looked so savage that the landlord was unaffectedly shocked. But George came back to the table for an other dram, and after it had been ten dered him remarked that that young man would not want for a backer. Then he knocked tho dump priming out of hi* pistol ou tho table edge uud tilled the pan. • “I’ll just listen once again, if so be he’s soundly off,” and he disappeared Cautiliusly up tho winding stairs, turn- I ing hack to add, “And don’t any of you come creeping up behind me, for I don't like it.” The other two looked anywhere but at ouch other, without speaking. There was no sound from above after the stair* hud ceased to creak uqder the footpad’s weight. Outside the dog howled, a long, low baying that never ceased. The hostler fetched a billhook from the clock below, the and the bid the ticking of rushing of the wind without moaning plaint of the dog. A stealtliier man than the hostler, the landlord thrust a sleek band for ward to gra^p the latch of the d<xir. It was unsecured and opened a little way under bis g-mtlcpressure. Through the ! foot of opening they could see the two waxen candl* s iliune in the sockets as | they burned by the sleeping man. By ; their light his legs nnxleled themselves under the white counterpane. His fact ; and shoulders were in the deep shadow.- ; of tho faded green curtain:; of the hali tester. At the sight of the lied tho heart of tin* hostler became suddenly sick within ; him. With white lips and shaking knees ' he vacated his place in the procession ami pushing past tiio landlord, who wai still poising himself at the stairhead, he ! made his way to tho room below. At 1 that moment, could their limbs have borne them, his companions would have followed him. They huddled together in the corner of tho lauding, holding their breath and listening until the taproom d<x>r opened and shut and they '| knew themselves alone with vho sleeper. , For the terror of those Grained min- j utes it might have been the old man lx*- ; hind th? curtains who was the ambush ed watcher. Tho wind had lulled, and the rain, falling ceaselessly and silently, made no sound ou the thatched nxif. For awhile the dog was silent in the yard. This was an old man, scant of breath, or surely his breathing could have been heard in the dreadful calrancss of the night. The landlord, with his shoulders raised, had stolen on tiptoe into the room. Cue of the candles was now gut tering and flaring preparatory to going out. Tho fragment of the other burned on with a long, red, smoking wick, lighting up the bright point of the rusty case knife clinched in his fingers. He glanced upward at tlio brutal fea tures of the footpad Their eyes met ; with the same thought ia each. It was the recollection of that other night, | when they had stolen into that room to ! rob another helpless, sleeping old man of sleep and life. The great silence was not to he borne. ; The footpad put out his hand uud thrust the landlord forward by the shoulder. 1 He drew buck, stumbling heavily. As he recovered himself they both sprang forward toward the bed and tore back the old green curtains. Behind those, his poor white face thrown back over the pillows, lay the 1 old man, his thin hands rigidly grasp ing tha edges of the sheet drawn up close under his chin. They leaned ovei tho bed anil half drew back. * “By God, ’tis very like him!” said tho landlord in a whisper. George had his hands on tho sheet and pulled it back roughly. “It is him, by God!” ho cried. Foi as he pulled back tlio sheet tho last candle flared up and died down and went out. Its last light shone on the sleeper’s threat, gushed across—horri bly gaping—red and wet. This was no stranger, but the man they had murder ed a yi ar ago. They had left him just so last Christinas morning. There was a heavy fall on tlio floor , in the dark, and some one rushed to the stair, screaming loudly. The dog in tho yard whined with pleasure to hear a human voice, and then once more thero was tho silence of death in the Hare and Billet. • •••»•• In tho red ha/.o of early Christmas morning tho hostler came up tho sodden . lane, uud with him, plashing in tho ! white water of tho curt ruts, walked tho villugo constable and tho bell ring- j ers, who had adjourned from East Wickham belfry to drink in Christmas at the Old Fox. Marching with them were the unsteady white gaiters of two grenadiers furloughing in the village. A wet and miserable dog, who drag- I ged a broken chain, leaped forward in delight at their coining, and through j the unlatched door the party poured into ! the house. A grenadier drew his bayo net and tramped up stairs like a bold man, and the crowd hustled one another i to follow him. In the best liedroom the landlord lay dead on the floor—dead beside the white Counterpane and unpressed pillows of an eiiq.ty bod. Something wrong with hi* heart, folk said. By tho gate of the strawyard tho constable picked up a brass barreled pis tol, and wandering about ou the wet atraw they found a man with cropped block hair and a heavy jowl, who gib bered and said he was hi* *acml majesty King George, and God hies* him.—Ar gon; ut. s%to Inspect Itettirii* to Atlnnt*. Atlanta, Sept. 28.—The subcommit tee to which the joint penitentiary com- j mittee of the senate and house of repre- ! eentatives delegated authority to prepare i a bill providing for the future muinte- | nance of Georgia’s convicts, and to se- ; cure land on which such convicts can b-.' i , i confined, under the now system pro- pi sod by Judge Turner, has rufurned from its journey of inspection among the sea islands off tlio Georgia COiAt The subcommittee did not buy an is land, or even decide to re< oimm-nd sacii a purchase, but it did bring back infor mation concerning tiie islands tout will 1)6 of very great value lo the it-g«*iatuie when the question of bx-ating too m-w penitentiary conies up. The result of the subcommittee's de liberations, which must b- printed in the shape of an official report ami inaded to ail the members of tin* two main committees before Oct. 10. is fore shadowed by the action -or rarher the lack of action—taken on the trip Tin: subcommittee proposes to make no posi tive reconijnendat.on as to any piece ot property, but will schedule in .me tabic ad tiie real estate offered to them, with lull description as to locality, accessi bility, price, acreage, arabdity, ware! supply, healliifuluesa and soil condi tions. Six islands will be submitted - Sapelo, Ossa haw, Litt<e St. Simon's, Little Cumberland, Long and Central. All will be urged upon the committee by those owners and attorney's who are in- tmested, along with several island farms aoout which little is now known. Tin: n-port will also present favorably a hi!; built on the skeleton submit ten by Rep resentative Hall, providing for tne care of convicts by a commission-and In. erection of a reformatory. OCTOBER REPORT IG OUT. Coii:iui4riiofier of Agriculture NV*bifct Jha- 4<>ur*ti-4 oh t'oitoii. Atlanta, Sept 28. —The monthly crop report na« just been issued by Coaiiniss.oner Nesbitt of the rtato agri cultural department. It contains the j following concerning cotton: “The cotton crop, which a few weeks ago premised to bo the largest eve: grown, lias suffered a severe backset. Notwithstanding this indisputable con dition, as well as the fact that tiie world’s surplus from the past season i« very small, both indicating tho proba bility of a strong demand, price* have opened very low, ruling at least a cent less tnan at the same period last year. “The large surplus of manufactured goods on hand will partly, but not en tirely, account for this anomalous con dition of the cotton market. It is cer tain that a large supply of cotton will be necessary to meet current demands. It is also cqrtain that the crop will fall short of August expectations, but it i- always a risky business for a farmer to speculate on his cotton crop. Generally speaking, it pays bettor to sell the cru;i as it is gathered.” COLLIER MAKES BIG HIT. Ailaulluo AiMramir* tlia Couvnutloii of MxT'tr* ttiicl AI (l**r niHii. Columbus, O.. Sept. 28.—The first annual couferenca of the mayors and aldermen of the United States was 1 called to order at 11 a. m. by Mayo! j Black of this city, about lt>0 regularly accredited delegates being present in the Auditorium. The mayor’s opening remark* wore brief and formal and he , closed by introducing Governor Asa S. Bushnell of Ohio, who delivered an ad dress of welcome. At the close of the governor’* wel come Mayor Black presented Mayor (J. A. Collier of Atlanta, Ga., who re sponded for the visitor* in a speech glowing with sentiment* of patriotism, one piesenting the importance of good municipal government with great force ! and eloquence. He complimented Ohio upon the aid that she extended to At lanta at the time of the first cotton ex position and closed w ith a feeling trib ute to the common love of country that had called tne delegates together. Mayor Collier’s address was received with enthusiastic applause. Itlua Kldga Koa l <>n llie Hlook. Atlanta, Sept. 28.—Judge Newman has ordered the sale of the Blue Ridge and Atlantic railroad. Some time ago Judge Newman issued an order direct ing Special Commissioner \V. H. Black to sell the road at an upset price of $?5,000. On Aug. 7 Mr. Black offered the road for sale, but the highest bid was only 110,000. Judge Newman re fused to confirm a sale at |4 >,000, and has just issued an order which directs Mr. Black to ayain advertise and sell tlio road, this time to the highest lad der. _ Alnbauiittua Uu <«* Nashville. DRCATUit. Ala., Sept. 28. —Notwith- ataudiug the postponement of Alabama day at the Tennessee Centennial, uu excursion consisting of 18 couches has left here with l.oOO people. All ar rangements Irud been made for Alabama day. and when the postponement was announced it was decided to carry out the original program. A Joke on a PLrcnologlft. The jokes that practical jokers play upon wise men arc sometime* as funny as they are elaborate. A case in point is paid to have occurred some years ago in England when a humor loving in dividual who rejoiced in the possession of a fine vegetable garden found therein one evening a large turnip. It so hap pened that this particular turnip v.as marvelously like in it* shape to a man s head and bore a very decided resem blance, too, to the features of a man. Tho joker, perceiving a fine chance to make a point and struck by the curious resemblance of the turnip, had a east ' made of it and sent the cart to u phre nologist, requesting him to examine itr i Lamps and to make a report. After sitting in judgment open the cast for some time, tin pin ;:clogi=r, re ; the story goes, reported that while he j could not judge accurately from the cant : it was his opinion that it was tho head 1 of a person f acute min i and deep re search; that lie had the orgnu of quid: i perception and also of perseverance; well developed, and that there weie j signs that he was also a person of e::- turerno credulity. This opinion was sent By mail, and the pliret-ologi t expressed, in closing, tho hope that at some time , he might have the privilege of examin ing the head itself. The reply was sent that tho ownri | would gladly comply with this request, but that unfortunately ho could not do so, since the original had h< on eaten by I himself and his family several weeks before with their mutter, at dinner. What the phrenologist thought of th< reply is not stated.—Harper's Round Table. Teaclncc a Turk Manners. The governor, who was seated, counting the heads of his rosary, cu a small divan, remained seated as I ap proached. without attempting to li <■ ci salute me. Neither had he any chair or other (resting place to offer mo and merely held out his hand, saying, “V -u are welcome.” Taking his baud with a firm grip, I lifted him gently from thr divan and said, “I am glad to see you.” When I got hi* astonished excellency well on his legs, I wheeled him round suddenly and dropped on the middle r.< the divan where lie had been seated, leaving him standing. Kr.id B n Takii looked bewildered, gazed first at nr and then at his guards, and I think v.: still meditating whether to bolt or call his scowling attendants to seize and bastinado me, when I addressed him, “How thoughtful of you tohavoprepar d this comfortable divan for me to si: upon, without providing for yourself a chair or evtn a stool where yon ccuhl sit to entertain me!” He murmured, “The divan is my scat. ” “Ah,” I said, , “soyou intended to remain seated while I the representative cf tho greatest sov ereign in the world, accredited to your 1 lord the sultan as envoy, came to call , ou you! I shall report your conduct to tho sultan, as also the behavior of your , guards. ” Whereupon the kaid begged ; pardon, and the two sat together upon the divan and made friends. As Hay passed out tho captain of the guards said, “You are right.”—“Memoirs of Trio of Prom ncnt Nov/ York Lawyers In Trouble. SAID TO BE SHREWD SWINDLERS Sir John Drummond Hay. Irrigation t'ougrm* Convenes. Lincoln, Nob., Sept. 28—The Na tional Irrigation congress assembled here, 18 states being represented. After welcoming speeches by Governor Hol comb, Mayor Graham and Chancellor McLean, of the State university. Presi dent Moses, of the executive commit tee, delivered an address. What a Woman Says About a Trunk. “When a woman tells you a trunk is light, look out for it. “ Theso are tho words of a baggage expressman, and ho ought to know. He had gone to a house in the suburbs in response to a hurry call and found the house in a great bus tle. The lady was going to leave town in an hour, and her trunk was up stairs and had to ho brought down and loaded into the wagon. “It’s not very heavy, ” she said to the man, whereat he spat on his hands and called in his helper. He had all he could do to lift one end. “Fve found it always the case,” said he, “that when a woman says a trunk is light it’s dead Burelo be heavy, and when she says it’s heavy I can usually handle it with one hand. I don’t know why a woman is this wny, unless she thinks I charge her more for a heavy trunk and will never fi»d out how much it weighs unless she tills me. But if that is so, why does sh<> tell me that a light trunk is heavy? I’ll give it up.”—Nebraska State Journal Itlltert on 4'Ottoii itoiiucml. Raleigh, Sept. 25.—The railway com mission has, upon petition of the.North Carolina Freight association, ordered a considerable reduction of rates on cot ton. to go into effort Oct. 10, making these the same as tiiose on the North Carolina railway. It was found that rates were as low as in any state, but not uniform oit the various systems. Wales Licensed to Give ITUs. The Prince of Wales, at tho Int meeting of the Royal College of Ph.yji- cians, having been solemnly elected a member of that august body, from now ou bus the right to commence medical practice in the United Kingdom with out any interference on tho part of the authorities. It is hardly necessary to say that England's future kin^ under stands little or nothing ahont medicine and that his doctorship of medicine as well as his brevet as a physician is only of an honorary character.—Chicago Record. Charged With Kx'orUiic, hr Thrnals nl ICx|M>«i>rr, SevxtMl T liouvtml Uollitrs Front Sattiiiul Kcllrr, toiiuor Mikiotgof of a Discretionsrjr 1'uot tonCeru 'lii.it Failed L*at Aiitreit. New YottK. Sept. 28 -C uenel Rob ert A. Ammon, William A Sweetzei and William Woods, lawyers, liavs beau attested charged With biankmatb ing Samuel Keller, former manager ot E. S. Dean »5e Co., ui. 'retiouary pool operators, who failed in March last. The arrests w.-re made at Mr. Keller'f resilience. According to Captain Mc- Clurkv, chief of the detective bur n: c.| the New Yoik police department, the evidence of blackmail was found in Sw<.-*.;tzt-r’s possession and tho detectives saw the money passeeiL Captain McClurky said that after the closing of the E. S. D‘an <Ni Co's. <>tfi e. Kelter was arrested on a civil order <>l arrest and later di-charged. Anirnm and Swettzer were his lawyers m the 'case and after Keller’s msebarge the lawyers took Wood int') partnershij; with them, who writing letter# to Keller declaring that he had certain documents, tne prouuoiion oi which would send Keller to jail for a long time, in those letters. Captain Mo- Clurky says, there was a de.-lamt'oii that the lawyers would destroy rheso do'aments for $:50.(K)t>. Keller consulted with his lawyers and the matter win laid before Captain Mo- Ciurky. Keller was toiu to write a let ter acceding to tlio lawyers’ demand# ami making an appointment to meet them for the purpose of handing over a portion of the money. Provision was made for the concealment of officers in such a position that they could see and hear everything that transpired. Ac cordingly a letter was sent to Wo<xl by Keller and an appointment made to meet at Keller’s house. Keller w as pro vided with ten $100 bills, which had been marked. Throe detectives were fu.nee'led in the back parlor w hen the lawyers arrived. The detectives say they heard Wood make a verbal demand for $10,000. Kel ler temporized and finally forced th« lawyers to compromise on $0.;i00. Thev agreed to accept $1,000 in cash, $2,000 on Oct. 15, and the balance in monthly payments of $1,000 each. Thi' next move on the board was the handing over of the marked money. Wood re counted the bills uud put them in hi# pocket. The detectives then made their ap pearance and made the three lawyer* prisoners. Wool was searched ou the spot and the marked bill* found in hi* pocket. THREE KILLED BY TRAIN. Frigh'fiil Aocident atm Itailronil CrossiuQ Near (.Tiunlai-, I’omum) I vanla. Chester, Pa., Sept. 28.—Three per- aotis were killed on the Baltimore and Ohio track a few miles below this city by a passenger train crashing into a wagon. The rictim* are: Mytro Dobrinski, aged 155. George Bahi win, aged 6. Maud Ba.dwiit, aged 12. The Dobrinski child and the Baldwin boy were instantly kibed, and the lit tin girt lived only a few minute*. Th« horse was also killed. I'lirre Mon Ivilleil bf Train. Zanesville. O., Sept. 28.—A heavy fog obscured the tracks so that a hand car was struck about 3 miles out by th« inspection train of the Muskingum Val iev officers, and three men were killed and iwo injured. The dead are: Ei- ward Davis, Winfield Halsey aud Wil liam Meneive. Injured: George Hal* •ev aud John Davoe. - — -*•»- — Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when tho languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal Thero are insects which pass several years in the preparatory states of exist ence and finally, when perfect, live hut • few hours. - -••*- • — Stands at the Head Aug. J. Bogel, the leading drug gist of Shreveport. Lj., says : “J)r. King's New Discovery is the only thing that cures my cough, and it is the best seller I have.” -J. F. Camp bell, merchant of Safford, Ariz., writes: “Dr. King’s New Discovery is all that is claimed for it; it never fails, and is a sure cure for Consump tion, Coughs and Colds. I cannot say enough for its merits.” Dr. bilious fevers. No medicine will act 1 King’s New Discovery forComsump- nore surely in counteracting and free- . tion, Coughs and Colds is not an ex- ing the system from the malarial periment. It has been tried foru poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con-| quarter of a century, and to-day stipation, Dizziness yield to Electric stands at the heal. It never riis»p- Victim* of the Ifeli Kilen Fire. Biumlnohoi. Ala., .Sept 28. — Tha- rescue party at work in mine No. 2 at Bell Ellon, which lias been burning ovei. a week, so far smothered the fiatnes a* to he able to recover the bodies of threi of tbe entombed miners. The corpse* were those of Herman Kramer, Hub bard Foley ami Henry Reeves. All were badly charred and decomposed. It is uncertain now how many more bodies are in the mine. Three are known to he three, but there may he even rnora. Governor Taylor Won't Hesl^u. Atlanta, Sept. 28.—Governor Boh Taylor of Tennessee will not resign next mouth, as it was reported that he would do. Governor Taylor stated dur ing the early summer months that ho would resign ill October. It was under stood that the reason for this move was that he wanted to devote Ins time to tho lecture platform. But he ha* changed his mind. “No. I will not resign until my term expires.” he stated while here. •T have daddedtto go on until my ler.'n end*.” Bitters, fffle. and $1.00 per bottle at DuPre Drug Co.’* Drug Store. point*. Free Drug Co’». trial bottles ut DuPre Job* For Two Floridian*. Washington, .Sept. 28 —Tiie follow ing presidential appointments have been announced: John T. Dare, appraiser ol merchandise for the district of San Francisco, Cal.; Joseph E. Lee, rollectof of customs, district of St. John's Fia.; Dennis Egan, postmaster, Jacksouvil.e, Fia.; Parker O. Kelioch, surgeon in the marine hospital service. It Did Rain. Uncle George—You told us you were laying up money for a rainy day, and you spent every cent of it on your vaca tion. Tom—That’s all right. It rained every day I was away.—Watchman. No woman wants to be a new woman except an old woman. The “Bicyclist’s Best Friend” ia- a familiar name for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, always ready for emer gencies. While u specific for piles, it also instantly relieves and cure* cuts, bruises, suit rheum, eczema and all uffeciioTS of the skin. It never fail*.