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1P? ^attwtts ^htttmtv. VOL. XVJ. LAURENS S. C, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER i9, i9C0. NO 17 u n u u n n u **THE SHADOW** t* OP THE n CORDILLERA;* ** Oi', The Maonofia F'ower. n ?o? BY VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ. ?? CopvmonT, moo, TV Bv Kkvim Waroman. ****'? n n u ? n u n CHAPTER VII. Unna had returned from the country with ?nrk half circles under her eyes and :111 her pretty color tcmie. "Too many long walks, ton much vie lent riding sind that sort ot thing, I've overdone it.*' she explained ?., Mrs. .Morris. But she added, seeing the look of distress on thai lady's face, "I'll soou freshen up you'll see!" She did. And when t|M. Ron son open ed she been tue uiosl popular; she was here and there and everywhere. The piquancy of her foreign flavor gave her bii additional nttrnctlveness. Her so cial triumphs now for the drat Unjo fully awakened the Important De Witte to her charms, and he wondered at his former comparative apathy. As to Liana, the awakening distress ed her greatl> lie was his mother's Idolized sun; she, Liana, was her pen niless protegee. When her happiness came t<> he weighed in the hulni. against hi; It was n<> open qucsttou which would tip the scales. And she was beginning in feel something nl niest Ii!.?- it repulsion for the man, Im maculately groomed and tailored as he was. His continual low whispers and gazing eyes, the dulcet tete-a-tetes when the family were out, the tanta lizing passages as ho waylaid her on the stairs of nn evening?all these brought her trouble and unrest. Ah, were nil men self seeking? Margaret Maitland and Liana had become fast friends, as their first meet ing promised. The experiences of the summer bad brought them closely to gether. It was the day after Anna Abbott's wedding, at which both the Rirls had been bridesmaids, and Mar garet, who was not feeling well, was lying down in her boudoir, propped up With cushions. Liana had dropped in for a few moments' chat, but, Unding her friend indisposed, had taken off her wraps and decided to pass the nft ernoon with her. "Anna looked every Inch the bride, didn't she';" said Margaret; "pretty, Hushed ami tremulous. I hope she'll be a good nttle wife to Charles, he's so desperately fond of her. And she's such a spoiled, petted creature." Liana acquiesced in nil these things, playing Idly with her big muff, which lay oil a chair beside her. Somehow her heart was heavy today. !t was "Lohengrin's Wedding March" which had fetched the heaviness, she saitl to herself. Vesterday when the strains had reached her ears in her usual senseless fashion she had felt her lips tremble, and a great, foolish sob nearly bad broken up from her thront. But of this she said no word. She began to talk instead of the guests who had been at the wedding, of the stream of men ami women, old and young, people with a great deal of manner and not much else. It amused her to sec the faultlessly dressed men i.iressing their hats, grinning vacuous ly and clacking out set phrases and to hear the women gossip turbulently about such things as the shop windows COtlld bring to view any day. from Alaskan seal garments nt one end to Jeweled barbarities in buckles nt the other, with turquoise blue fantasies In millinery coming somewhere In be tween. They talked of these people for awhile until Margaret, rising Impetu ously and letting an unregarded cush ion fall to the floor beside her, said: "Unna. I'm sick of It all- this thing they call society. It's only the cllek clacklng of a gristless mill, whose noise more than anything else pro claims its own emptiness." "One must imagine to like It." put in Llnnn, smiling archly. "That Is how one learns. This is how one could wdsh things to be. and this is how they nre." She crossed one slim tinier over another as she laid out the case. But we must Imagine to like tbcm all. No?" Margaret watched her silently. Then she reached over to u table nt the head of her couch ami picked up nn open pamphlet. It was a little cssny writ ten in the preraphaellte vein and ar gued against tin? prosaic outward fur niture of modem life and the spread ing of "the hldcotlfl town." She found the place she wanted and read: "Say what you will, we nre lost chil dren, and when alone and the dark ness begins to gather we long for the close relationship of the brothers and sisters we'knew in our childhood nnd cry for the gentle arms that once rock ed US to nleep. We a: e homesick amid this sad, mad rush for wealth und place and power. The calm of the country Invites, nnd we fnln would do witlt less things and go bnck to sim plicity nnd rest" "Child of nature," cried Margaret, suddenly turning on Llann, "how can you be satisfied?" "Perhaps I am not," answered the girl. "Well?" said Margaret. "Well," echoed Liana, and the shad ow of the dear old peaks of the Cor dillera crept over her face. But Mnrgaret hod never seen the Cordillera ami did not observe Its shad ow. She went on: "So it came about, nround the year 2001. that men began to tldnk, and they said: 'Let us go home. All Is so quiet there.' They found, having taken it little time, Hint there was a beauty In the country they had quite forgot ten, nnd the melody of the water run ning over the pebbles was a song of pleasure. They saw, too, that animals and birds that lived In the open air nev er went into decline; that the chip munk's health did not fall nor the quail have nervous prostration." "Yes," admitted Liana, who bad been Uetenlng with her cheek on her hand, Tit I? bj$i#r to eat titan Xq be **?**-" She saiil llit? wunls slowly and precise ly. She was us proud of an English quotation as most peopio are of u Latin one. They chatted a little more until half past 5 came upon them. Thcu It wns time tor Liana to leave. When sin? had dressed for dinner that lllgllt, she went Into the library nnd. sinking Into n chair t>y tho open (Ire, began reading. She was all In soft yellow, and a bunch of yellow car nations mixed with some maidenhair was burled In sonn- creamy lace Just under .Meli shoulder. Presently De Witte paiied the portieres am' out in his head. "Meg pardon tor disturbing you. Where's mot her?" Lintia took her bead out of her book, literally and llguratlvely, with some unw illinguess. ??Your mother? She's dressing, 1 bo lleve." "Oh. all l ight: 1 only wanted a pin for my necktie. The little loop at the back has come away, and It gets eon slamly crooked." "I ''im che you a pin If that Is all you want." "Could you7, it would be so good of yon." 1 >e Witte came In and stood warming his hands by the lire. Llnutl fumbled among her Mowers and brought oil! tilt! desired pin. One of the yellow carnations that had been added to make that hunch the same sl/.e as Its companion fell to the ground when she removed its prop. De Witte picked It up. "Itrnvo!" he said. "1 had no (lower." "Bill you mustn't take mine!" "Yes, I must." he said earnestly. It wns hard work for Liana to resist even a dog's dumb prayer these days. That was why she answered: "Take it, ihen." Maua loved Mowers with an almost personal love, ami as the man was clumsy ami promised to break the car nation in getting ii through his but tonhole she offered to fasten it for him. The nails of her white lingers restdd on his dark coat and gleamed like milky agaies in \[u. ,,f !t moon light Btream. The heat of the open lire caused some of her loose. Huffy hair to lly up in his face. The man whose wishes had always been their own Just I lien t Ion wns rapid ly losing presence of mind, lie . aught her wrists suddenly ami begun show ering kisses upon them. "1 love you, and you know It." Ik said in a voice which she scarcely rec ognized for Its thickness. AS Ills lips met the llesh oil her pulses she gave a gnat hack ward start and remained at bay. panting. "How dare you'.-'' she gasped. But in a moment she hail recovered her poise. "I am sorry this has occurred. Do not lei it he renewed." And with n quiet dignity she left the room. The dinner thai followed was something dreadful for her. She wondered If the torture chambers of (he Inquisition could have looked much like this sump tuous dining room of the end of tho nineteenth century: That night she sobbed herself to sleep, questioning when the whirl in nil things would cease and reality re turn. Everything had got grotesquely mixed, Irrationally Jumbled. There seemed no -olid foothold anywhere. Just ns she was going Inlo dreams a few word- I'.ml Mni'gnrct had uttered that afternoon came hack to her. "There nre only two or three great facts in life; there is Death and there Is Love and tin re Is not much else." Yes. to be sure, one always Is con fronted with dentil her mother, her father, her grandfather, her little brotheis. that famous musician the other day. Liuna reached for her rosa ry under her pillow. "As to love"? The little sliver cross nl the end of the rosary caught the moonlight and seemed to smile a Messing. "As to love" How beautiful it ?vos, the little cross In the moonlight. Liana looked at it dreamily through the lashes of her sleepy eyelids. They flickered for n few seconds and she was asleep. ?**?**? "A gentleman waits for mademoi selle in the drawing room." announced the little French maid the next morn lug. "Iiis card," said Llniifl indifferently, reaching back one hand toward the Then unrrticctcillv, like n broken thing, she, slipped into hin arm?, mnld. while with the other si. > put the finishing touches to her morning toilet. She l ad ordered her breakfast In her room. "It Is that he had not one, mademoi selle. He bad tho wish to surprlso you." "Me?" Linns turned uround. "To surprise me? Oh, no. Ho must have asked for Mrs. Morris." "For mademoiselle," corrected the maid. As Lintia descended tho stairs a few minutes later she could see In a large mirror over tho mantel the rtgure of a man standing by the window. She found herself reaching for tho balus ; trade. I "now absurd r she murmured. "My dream last night has made mo fool ish." The man at the window seemed to bo aware of her noiseless entrance and tujrjpjdL. _ j_ "() Ii!" Tbc word was breatbcd tuucb as tb? girl bau breathed it when for th<1 first time she bud seen the mighty sea. sin- took no step forward to wel come him. but 0 great BUffusltlg Joy came Into her face. Iliocenclo crossed the room and stood before her, close, but culm. "You are so glad, little one. to neu rue? it would be too good to be true"? As it' to stop his words Liana un awares made an impulsive forward movement, ami he. seeing It, half held out his hands to her. Then unexpect edly, like a broken thing, she slipped Into his arms. For the first time since they were children making toy adobes out by the accquhl he bent down and kissed her. "Mi hello magnolia," he said, touch ing the girl's buried forehead as one would touch the petals of a flower, "nil holla magnolia." It was natural that he should re lapse into tho dear, soft Spanish of their childhood. ? ?????? M. I'cyrae's picture was well hung and made a stir at the Salon that year. The painter now wears the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor gleaming In his but tonhoh . Hut he did not secure the fortune of Mile, de Gueriu or any part of It. THE KNO Collf UClUM, In the district of Yen ('ban in the year 551 It, <'. was horn the philoso pher Confucius, one of the most unique ami remarkable men that the world has ever seen. Certainly no other has ever attained such a mastery as his over his race by the sheer merit and strength of his teachings. For over 2,000 years his system of ethics has been the basis of Chinese education, and the onl.\ road to political prefer ment has led through examinations based on bis works. He has made the Chinese a race of philosophers, a con tented and happy |.pie. His control over their daily conduct Is shown every day. A missionary happened to be out walking one day with a party of friends, and a company < f native chil dren began to follow at their heels. At first the children began making humorous remarks, but soon their com ments been mo vulgar and Insulting. The missionary turned and quietly asked: "Have your parents given you no (mining? Confucius says that a parent Is honored by the manners of the child." The children stopped short, looked shamefaced at each other and without a word slunk away. How near Confucius came to the true philosophy of life Is shown by his state ment of i be "supremo rule," "Do not do unto others what yon would not that others should do unit) you."?Les lie's Popular Monthly. "You referred to your friend as a dead game sportsman." "Yes. He always buys his birds In the market house. Dead game Is his Specially."- Washington Star. Unw riicy Cut I? the Vnl <roi. In tlit; morning many eat gnudes, a porridge mode of Indian corn flour mixed with milk, or a soupo malgro With cream, Iben curds, ?>r goat's cheese, of a peculiar kind, homemade, culled fromage fort, a well deserved name, tor I have never seen a woman partake of it. It is made of dried curds and old goat's c heese, kept in wood ashes for a year, the two grated and mixed to get her, with salt, peppor, brandy and sometimes gitrllC. These Ingredients being put Into an earthen pot, the goal's cheese acts as leaven, and fer mentation begins. When It has sub sided, the whole presents the appear ance of yellowish, sticky, strong smell ing, curdled cream, far fron: appetiz ing. In my opinion, which Is not, how ever, that of a great many Burgun dinns. White wlno Is the general beverage at breakfast. For the midday dinner there Is often salt pork, cured at home, boiled with different kinds of veg etables?cabbages, potatoes, turnips, beans, carrots or peas?the broth being Utilized for soup In the evenings. As a change, the wives prepare occa sionally a ragout de mutton, sometimes a pot nu feu for Sunday dinner, and, the people thereabout being extreme ly sociable, they Invite each other fre quently anil do not mind sacrificing ducks, fowls, geese, pigeons or rab bits In honor of their guests.?Black wood. The Umi.-r.ni Girl. In Donegal there Is a custom of en gaging both farm bands and servants for six months at hiring fairs, the girls receiving board and only n low wage because their Ignorance hitherto has made tbotn only (it for tho roughest work. It Is, however, more astonishing that girls from these poor little homes should know anything at alt about service than that they should be, ns some, of course, are, bad server' . Their ow n homes have mud floors, win dows that do not open, no stairs, hard ly any kitchen utensils, no range, the cooking scarcely extends beyond boil ing potatoes and cooking grltidleeakes, SO how can they know even the names, still less the uses, of the thousand nnd one things In our houses? How learn to scrub or sweep or dust? Yet given a short training, not too lote in life, nnd a good example, nnd there Is not a servant the world over to compare With a gootl Irish servant. She lias a heart which Is wholly given to her mistress, she never degenerates Into a mere machine, and she may lie trusted to cling even closer In times of trouble, sickness or poverty than when all goes smoothly.?(Jood Words. An extract from the New York Even ing Post of Oct. 2, 1807, may afford some amusement to travelers by water In this progressive age: Mr. Fulton's new Invented steam boat, Which Is fitted up in a nent style for passengers, nnd Is intended to run from New York to Albnny ns a pocket, left here this noon with 00 passen gers, against o strong bead wind. Not withstanding which, It was Judged that she moved through the waters at the re to of nix miles an hour. Btun th# ^/i The Kind You Hate Always Bought Mfaatttl IT IvS MARVISIvO?S HISTORY. GREAT KKCOlU* OK THE PAST. The linadlng One Hundred Kvnnte of ih? Nineteenth Century. Christian Herald. An oveutful century truly has bet i this uluctcunth century of the Uhrie Uan era now witbiu a month of its close From whatsoever standpoint It is r> warded, its history in marvelous. 1 the knowledge we have gained durin. Us progress, id our osvn globe, it stand unparalleled. Tnere baa been wonder ful progress also in science, In educa tum, and in too adaptation of natural forces to human purposed. Political and territorial changes,too, have mad< this a very ditTcreut world from tha' of 1800 [t was not possible in Bmal pace to even mention tbeevoots whicl nuku the century memorable, but b nay he interesting to recall a hundred which, if oot the moot Important, art .huso that havo had th- greatest it llu neu In shaping and ucveloping tto condition of the nations. WARS AND REVOLUTIONS. Battle of Austern z, Nupohon de ? tits Aut-trians and It uadans, 180"> Btitle of Trafalgar, Noitou sink: French Ueet, 1805. Moscow burned bv the Kussians ti entrap Napoleon, 1812. liattio cd Watorljo, Napoleon van qulshed, 1815. H title of Navarlno, securing Greek Independence, 1827. Crimean war, Great Britain, France tnd Saruinia nj.-iiimt Russia, 1863 55. I idia mutiny, in which Dative sol diera massacre Foolish men women am. children, is.">7. Franco Austrian war, 1859, ft 1 owet 1,1 < "aribaldl'a campa gu unil> Ing Italy. 18150. no great civil war in America. 1861-65. Surrender of L'etoGranta tppomattox, April 9, 1805. Auatro-Pru-slan war Decisive bat tie, Satlowa, July 3, l^i'i Franco Prussian war. I) chive bat de, Sedan,September 1,1870; foliowei iy federation of German Stales in Gei man i moire. Russo Turkish war. Battle of Plevna, December 1U, 1S77. ^A Bombardment of Alexandria by tin Brltiah, 1882, followed by the occupa urn of E i> pi. War between Chineso and Japanese. 1894. a. imrico-Spaniah war, Manila, Mn\ I, 1898; Santiago, July 3, lM'S. War by Great Britain against South African republics, IS'.i'j 19U0. France becomes an empire, 1801 : M ?opu lie, 1848 ; ?? ? mpire again, lo?2; third republic, 1870. General outlmak of revolution throughout Europe, 1848. Borne, si 'zed fromtuu pom.', become* capital of L'oited Italy, 1870. EXPLORATION. In tho An tu . Expedition of Si' John Franklin, 1845; D Long, 1870; Greely, 1881 ; Peary, 1892 : Nansen 1894; Ihm ol the Abruzzl (farthesi ..ru ). moo. In the Antarctic : Biecoc, J831 : II I ??ny, 1838; D U-ville, 1840; U 1841 ; vVilker, 1812; Borobgrevink, IS9S. In Afr'ea. ; Li v Inge tone, i^iti".'?: , ; -tnley, 187.*) 87 : Speko and Grant 1803. 1 In America : John 0. Fremont's j mr noy westward to the Pacific, 1842 10. INVENTION. Firit steamboat, the Ulemont, made t voyage from New York to Albany. 1807 ; ti.o first steamboat to cross tin ltd an tie, tho Savannah, 1810. First railroad, Stockton and Darling? on, Fngland, 1825] Baltimore anc Ohio, fourteen miles long, 1830. Lighting tho streets by pas, first ex lerlnient In L'mdon, 1807. Klectric light produced by EJlaOc't a ?olioation ol subdivision, 1878. pho McCurmick reaper 11 vented, 1834. Howe's sewing machine, 1846. Tho electric telegraph, Samuel F B Morso. 18IJ7. Pirat line in the Uuitei States. 1814 Tho telephone Iii at exhibited, 1870. Tno phonograph, 1877 88 Gable, laid across tliu Atlantic. 18,">7 ; perfected 1866. Kiectric railroad at Edison's home at Menlo Park, 18^0. Photograph : F rat experiment hy Daguerre, 1829; first auccesaful por trait by Moreu, 1039. Tho spectroscope, first used, 1802; perfected, 1859. Roeutg-n rays found to penetrate solids, 1890. SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN. Slavery aholiohed in tho British do minions, I8.'I.'J. Alexandria II, emporor of Russia, emancipates twenty-three million serfs, 1861. Lincoln'a omancipation proolama lion, 1802 First international exposition In Hydo Park, London, 1851. First settlement Of an International quarrel by arbitration Instead of war (Alabama claims of tho United States against England) 1871. Intorna'Umal Peace Congress sum monod by Russia nieots at The Hague, 1899. Organization of tho Rod Crots Society at Geneva, 1804, Organization of tho Woman's Chris tlan Temporanco Union 1873. First college sottlomont established, 180(1. Tho Christian Herald adopts f>.000 fdii dron orphaned by tho India famine, 1900. RELIGIOUS. Organization of tho American board of commissioners for foreign missions, 1810. First missionaries sent out, 1 s 11 Organization of tho (Wat Sunday school union In London, I80:i. Ameri can, 1821. British and Forolgn Blhlo socloty founded, 1804. American Biblo socloty organized, 181?. First Young Men's Christian associa tion established by George Williams In London, 1814. Tho Irquisltlnn abolished by the Spanish cortos, 1820. Beginning of tho Salvation Army, 18?.r). Doctrine of Papal Infallibility form ally endorsed by tho Ecumenical coun oil, 1870. Blhlo revision . Now Tcotar.nont Issued, 1881 ; O d Testament. 1885. Organization of tho first Young Poo pie's Society of Christian Endeavor, 1881. Organization of tho Order of Kind's Daughtors, 188G. DISASTERS. Earthquakes: Ca.'aca? J811!; India (2,000 poisons killed), 1819; Canton, China. (0 000 perls ed) 1830; Calabria (1 t)00 norsons burled), 1836; San Dom ingo (5,000 killed). 1812; Southorn I'alv (14 000 lives lost) 1862 ; Calabria (10 000 killed). 1857 ; Quito (5.000 deat.hp), 1859; M^ndoza, South America (7 OPOdeaUn-), 1800; Vianlla(1,000 .leat.he), 18U3; Mlty lene (1,000 deathr), 1867 I Ar. qulpa and dlstrlot (25.000 deaths). 1868 ; San Jose, Colombia (14,000 doatha), 1875; Solo (4,000 death-), 1883; Charleston, S. C (property worth $5,000,000 destroyed ? d 41 ives lo??), 188?; in th.> K vera (2.0U0 death-), 1*^7 : Japan (4 but) dead 5,000 woundcu) 1801. Famines: I "eland, 1840: Russia (America contributed through The Christian Be raid t? cart'o of corn, Bent n the board the [/??) 1 s?H : In ] I8.'I7, 1800, 1805 1808 ls7d lsH7 1899 In the last two named years, then Aoro large American contributions in money and grain th ough Toe Cm-is tian Herald. Io 1807 iheso eontrliui Mona amounted to 9400 000 Including ?orij on board ti><> C tv ol Fverott; in 1809 and 1000 *<>U0 00U, including corn ? n board to Q .no The great ? e in Chicago, .^71 Tim Conetnauph Hood, destroying Johnstown, Pa., l 889 Tidal wave at Ciiveaton, Tex., 1000 Tidal wuvu in Japan sweeps nwaj 50 000 houeca and kills 2, IIP persona. 1889. LITERATURE Ooothe publiabee F.ust, 1808. \'icior Hugo writes L.-a Alioorablos, 1802 Fhomas Carlylc'a History id the F enob Revolution published, 1837. K"i?h Waldo Rmersou'a Islasaya, 1841-71. Jona U' kM.'ri Modern Painterb puhliahed, 1843 00. WbiU-er'a I Vein.-. I8:i<; 75. Harriet Bencher Stowe'e UncleT< m'a Ca hin, 1851 52 Darwin'o u It/In of Species, 1859. STATESMANSHIP. President Monroe propounds tho doc trine that bears his mime, 1823. Sir it 'bort I V-el Premier o( Groat Britain, 1834 Jotin bUertnan, U. S. secretary of ? ???usury, resumes specie payments, 1870. Abraham L'nc^'n elected president Un He.I Slates, 1800. W. IS, Gladston becomes premier of Groat Britain, 1808 Blsmark mad president of tho eabl net, Prussia, 1802. Count Cavour, liberator of Italy, sp ool n ted premier, 18? Louls Ko-jsut'i dictator of Hungary. 1840. MISCELLANEOUS. Cold dUcover-d in California, lsls; fn Australia. 1851; lathe Trauavactl, 1887 : in the Klondike, 1807. Diamond minus worked in tho Trans vaal. 1*70. Opening of the Mont Cenis tunnel, 1871. 1 ..ist spike of the Union Pan Ho rail road driven, 1800. Trans-Slbertun railroad operated, 18011. Opening of the Sm /. canal, 1809. Alu-k? ended t>y llussla to the U ulted S?>*tcs, 1807. K.rst scsaion of the parliament of Un u d Canada, 1 y'i7. The Australian under one govern ment, 1900. Maximllllan executed In Mexico, ls'i7. Kxon'oioa of tho emj)eror from Bra zil, 1880. Assassinations: L'ncoln, 1805; G?r Odd, IH81 : IS in per or Alexander 11 i 1 : Cm not, president of France, 1894: Suah of Persia, 1890; King Bumouri of 1 aly, l'.illi). Expulsion of Jews from Russia, 1882 id. Massacre of missionaries ard con vert- in China, 1000. Army draft riots in N< w Y >rk, 1803 Chloroform first USOtl, 1817. Vaccination legalI'/.od, 18 13. 1* stour discovers rem?-ny for hydro phobia by Inoculation, 1884 The Rosetta Stone (urutshes key to niuroglphs, 1841, A STRANG K I'KxSloN BIO IVY Widow Ol a Trooper Made Bono (lciary Ol ller Own Aw. A pension has been allowed recently to fch? widow ol a soldier of tin- Sixth United Suites Cavalry for whose (b ath .im benebolary was responsible, Wluu ihis startling biet would seem U debar the widow, the peculiar and interest ng circuinstances of the. soldier's d ? in hie r< ndercd it proper for the pen* iion olliciala to pass favorably upon her Application, It appears that the eoldler, accord ing to the coroni r's verdict, came to oia death May 7, 1888, through chok ing wnh a leather watch chain In the hands of his wife while she was pro .ectii.g her life. The widow's state hient before the jury disclosed a re markable series ol incident-', and was corroborated in all essential respects t>y other witnesses. Shu testified that nor husband had been drinking beavl.y 'or a week. She had gone to him at 12 o'clock and told him that dinner *as ready, lie made no response, and after the meal as finished, and the diners had gonr. lie came and told her to prepare, dinner at once. She at lirst remonstrated, hut observing a strange look upon bis face, became frightened and began to do as commanded, Toe tiushanu then said, v/ltb an oath, that he Mas going to kill her, ami struck Her, knocking h>-r against tlu tahl i, The wife then lied from the house, thinking to tind some of tho nu n about he place who would quiet or restrain ner husband. She ran to a tiold where, men were ploughing and hcsougln their interference, or protection. Ttiey refused, saying they could do nothing with the man. Meantime ho had gathered up tho baby, mounted a norse and followed in pursuit of tier. The husband rodo up to Iiis wile, who begged him not to hurt her. 11 > re plied, with an oath that he would break her bones and would kill her; that she must die. lie then threw the baby to ihe ground, pulled his six shooter from nls licit, tried to make his horse run over her, and reaclu d out trying to striko her with bis revolver. As he leaned over ho fell from his horso to the ground on his sidu and back. I i falling be fell against his wife, knock ing her down. She jumped up, tine* { herself upon her husoand, Intending to ' get his revolver away from him. She, aid hold of his leather watch chain, which ho woro around his neck. This leather guard fastened with a Blip knot. The wlfo clutched tho chain with one hand and with the other held one of her husband's hands. Sho was exhaurted, and lay in that condition for four or live minutes. He did not strugglo, but made a queer noise in his throat. When tho womau recovered she arose, hid tho revolver, and ran to the houso. When the men went to where her husb-tnil lay they found him dead, The wife had unintentionally strangled her hiihband. Her pern ion has been granted and she is drawlng,$8 a month - mmw? - ? - 4m*mm? ?The late Senator Davis, of Mln ncsotn, died from blood poieoniiq cauacd by tho dyo from his horn gottlnj, Into a brulso on his foot. OASTOniA. Beart tb? _/) IM Kind You Have Always Bou?W Signatare <4 AN INCltKASU OP SUICIDES A HAKK EVENT AMONG NEGHOE9. "till Ai p ?*?>h They Have no Remorse Hfll Dewtruo Inn was Ouoo an Kvi tletlOO of Insanity. Tho rapid inorease of suicides in tho South la nl inning and provokes tin -??riou? study of our thinking people. l"\fty years ago a suicide was a ran eveut among the while race, and m Ver heard of UtnOFg tlie negroes. When it d'd occur, it was considered an evi dence of Insanity. I d ? not recall but ono Instance in my youth and that wat a woman who jumped into a deep well when no help was within reach. Hut nowadays almost every daily paper' contains an a count of one o?" more s- If murders, ai d even negroe ? 1 avo taken lie Info ittoo, for ih >y will imitate evnrj vioo and frailty of the whites. Ol ! Li wis, who is my wooil chopoer, a?k. d me the other day how it was that tho white folka kill " ders'Ives so much, and the niggers dident." " Because," Bald I, " white folks are more easily ovoioomo with grief or, remorse, or distress, than negroes Y u i. eg roes don't borrow trouble, nor take it hard when it dots come. You don't give yourselves much anxiot) about tomorrow, or next week, or next year. You don't grieve long over a death in the family ; your emotional natui e Is of a low grad. ; your murrlag? relation is loost ; in fact, it a on the decline since fret dorn oatne, Tho mar riage records show that your legal marriages art ?? per cent, less, accord ing to population, than in tho white race, and the deer, aso gets less ami less every year. Your young men and women don't marry ; lot y just take up and quit when they please, and so the men don't earo very much about the welfare of their children, if thoy have my. Besides all this, Uncle Lewis your race has a trait of stealing little things, and this accounls in a great measure for their indifference to the laying up of something for tho futon : something for the winter or the rainy days, or for oltl ago. If the worst comes to tin.: worst, tlu-y know they can steal or beg. If your young folks, men and womeu, haven't got but a dollar in the world, they will spend it for a water melon, or au OXOUrslOD, and t ?ko the ehanoi s. Now, Uncle Ljwis, you re member when there wasn't a chain gang in the South., nor a heinous crime nor it brutal outrage, committed by your oeople, from tho Potomac river to the K o Grande, Now more uro in i Georgia alone over 4,000of your people in the cbalngangs, anu there would be 4 0?0 more if ad tho litlla stealings weru punished." Uncle Lewis had stopped cutting and was leaning on ills ax helve. " D^t'e all so," raid he, " and boss I knows it, and b.;ss what 1 wants to know is i 1? : What must wo poor niggers do about it V" Tliero is the rub, 1 couldn't 10.1 him, but 1 did say, " Uncle L-jwis, your race has got some mighty good traits. I and I liku to havo you about us : you are kind-hearted, good natured, easy to please, and don't carry malice or revenge in your hearts; jou steal, but you don't cheat anybody, The white i race won't steal, hut they will cheat or lake advantage in a trade, and that is worse, if you tru.it a negro with any thing he win not abase your confldenoe, but a White man will embezzle ami de fraud and even the cashiers of banks will appropriate the bank's money, an., falsify llio hooks for months and years, "wcry race has its race traits, both had and good. Some of your bad ones were almost run out by slavery, but they 1 have come hack again, and ail your college education does not stop it. It makt s it worse. There Is nothing will stop it but work, constant work, every day, under some gooii employer. Work on the farm is your best safeguard, or work as mechanics under good conirae tors. Your puoplo make good mech anics, and the white peoole employ them and patronize them just a- will ingly as tticy do white mechanics. The negro blacksmiths and masons get good employ me tit hero and every Whei e, and as for cooking and washing ami nursing your women have it all. Toe two rac s would tit together nicely if it wa.-n't for politics and idleness " An idle negro is a dangerous creature auu should be ink n up and put to work. He is much more dangerous than an idle white man, for ho has no shame, and fears not God nor regards man. If I were a law-maker, I would make continued idleness a crime, for, as U :n Franklin says, " It is the parent of vioo." 1 started to wrlta about suicides, but got to preaching U.icle Liwisa sermon and got til: the track. Nineteen bun ?red years ago Plutarch, tho Greek historian said that s K-muriler was cowardice for a brave man won d suffer rather than take the life that O nl gave nun. Self-murder was a heinous crime under the old 10 iglish law. Tue estate of tho felo de so was confiscated, and taken away from his family. His body was buried on the highway without a e. Ihn and a sharp stake thrust through it to mark tho accursed spot. Suicide was unuer the ban of the church, and no prayers were said for his soul. In no oivinzid country has suicide been ju-titi id, except in such cases as tnat of Saul, who foil on his sword because, as be said, " L st these unclrcumoiscd Pn ills tines tnmst me througu and abuse me." Or perhaps that other notable case tho Scriptures record, that of .Indus, whoso remorse was so dreadful ho preferred hell or anything that would bo a change. Hut generally It is "bolter to endure the His wo have, than lly to th.iso wo anow not of." Almost ovory day wo read of young men and young women killing them Selves because of disappointment or dissipation, or about love or money. They must believo thoro Is no hereaf ter, or a!l punishment ends with this life. Surely no Christian man or wo man would tblnkof self-murder. Wait, wait, young man, young woman ; wait, 1 say?sutT :r and he strong : only cow ards kill themselves. The soul is lock ed up In this casket and God only has tho key. Walt and trust Him. Ito morso for a great crime may atono somewhat for solf-murdor. Miss Mor rison might havo klllud horself alter sho killed her rival, at id It would have, seemed ncrolc. Wnen Othello discov ered his groat mistake In killing Oes demona, his peroration was grand as [ ho said. " I took tho circumcised dog by tho throat and smote him thus," , and then stained himself and died, for, ' as Shakespeare says, "He wa great of heart.1 In ancient Greece and Rune heir notable warriors sometimes killed i themselves, rather than suffer the , -.tings of defeat in battle. In Japan military < flicors commit what is called harakari (ripping open tho abdomen) t ? avoid personal disgrace. Hut in our land tho pistol or poison has supercoded ' all other means of sulcidn. It would ! savo thousands of llvoa If tho pistol was abolished by law. Not ono should be ollowod In any household ; they are entirely too convonlent for murderer . sulcido or robbery or revenge. And the sale of poison should bo so togu lated that no one could buy It except upon the most oareiul Inquiry as to Its intended use. Human Ufo Is too altered to be endangered by pistols nnd poison, for, as St. P iul save, " We uro made in tin- imago o' God." Weil, we see that Mr. Crumplckor, or Stumpeuoker, or some such name, from Indiana, has opened tho ball at Washington with bis usual screech owl howl against the South. Ho was in such a malignant hurry that be got in tho tirst bill, and it ia to reduce the representation of tho South in Congress. Ho reminds mo of Hainan, whose atom ach would not digest his food as long as he saw Mordecai sitting at the king's gate. 11" has begun to build a gallows for us. Let him beware, for it was Ha inan who was hanged. Some of these rabid it-publicans remind mo of old Cato, tho it unau ensor, who bated ?he Cartbegenlanssobad that he never voted un uny question in tho Hunan Senate without adding, " And I also vote that Carthage be destroyed " Hut nobody caret; we will yet have a School book commission in every Southern State. Tho South ia moving right along In spito of Northern Insults an Northern literature. 1 so j that " Hir tiara Frletohle" Is to ho played in At lanta I wonder if that dramatic lio will bo patronized by any self-respect ing Southern man or woman ? Many vears ago a Yankee troupe came to Ititne with ' Uaole Tom's Cabin," and wo egged them out of town. That's what we done. They may abuse us from afar otT, but t! ey a.'iau't conn down here and rub it in. Bill arp. IHK PENSION KUH OK CUB STATIC. Tho Rules and ItogutMii >na Under the New Act-New .Applications Are Ke (] Hired. Til is) year there are a number of ? changes In the pension department of the State government which should receive the careful attention of all mem bers of county boards and applicants as well. In tho tirat place each pen sioner has to make an entirely now application. In <"d-r that the pen slonera or those Intending t" get on the hat may fully understand the rtquirt moms the Stute board bus prepared ai.d issued the following "rules for the guid ance of county boards ol pensions, as iiu'hor z-d by thu act approved Feb. 1U, 1900," which are given for the infor mation of thu veterana. (1) The county pension boards will meet as n q ilred by law in January at tho county beats, for tho purpose of cx a.tuning the applications of the \ arious BX Confederate soldiers and Bailors and widows who are applicants for non siona under act approved Fob. 19th, I'JUU. Said applications must have the approval of too county board before tue State board will approve. (2) The attention of tho county pen aiou hoards ia directed to the certili ate of Hie two witnossca, which required that hey shall not be on tho pension roll. This ia a change from the old form and too much attention cannot bo given to It. (3) Do not send to this olll ;u disap proved applicununs for neraiona. (4) Do not use. oi l hlauka, but those prepared um.er act l'JDU. They will ho designated by "Application, under act 1900." (;>) It will bo necessary for every old pensioner to maae new applicaiioua ex aotly aa If they were applying for the lir-t time. (li) The county boards oro cautioned to provide tho applicants with hlanka suitable to his or her individual case. The State Hoard will not consider ap plications where this rulo has not been observed. (7) Class A.?Those who as a result uf wounds received in tho war are physically helpless, or who whilo in auch service lost both arms, or both legs or sight; or who aro dioablcd by paralysis and aro unable to mako a living, and win s ! Income does not ex coed 116000. Tula doo-t not Include aoluiera wuoae disabilities arise from dist asca and caueea slnco tho war. Class B.?Tbose wtio have loat one arm or one leu and whoao lncoino does not exceed $150.00. Class C, No. 1.?Thoso soldiers and sailors disabled oy wounda during the w,ir, whoao income dooa not exceed $150 00. Ciass C, No 2?Those who have readied the age ol 00 years and whoao income does not exceed $70 00. C a a C, No II ?Widows of thoao who lost tneir lives wolle in the aorvice of the Stale or tho Confederate States, and ?hose Income does not exceed $100 00. Claa- C. No. 4 ?Widows above tho ago of bO yearn wtioso income dooa not exceed $100 00. County hoards cannot bo too careful in tiies.-. matters of "income" and "physical condition." lie Is a vory poor man whoao gross Incomo from a-ior, rent, and other sources dooa not exceed $70.UU, or poor lands, If any, t hat will not produce tills amount eross Property aulllclont to produce 875 In applicant's or his wlfo'a name debars him. Where soldiers or widows dis pose Of their property bv giving or aclllng to tholr children they aro de nn r rod. Widows of pensioners who remarry aro not entitled any longer to pen sions. Pensioners who havo moved to an other Stale aro no longer entitled to a pension. Thoso who lia/o moved to another county must have thoir names transferred and draw their pensions from that county. Pleaso note vory carefully tho follow Ing: Lit. county hoards act promptly ami fairly, giving the Stale b.iard ful. Information with complut'3 reports by town-hips for each county, and writing tho names alphabetically, full and clear, and beginning with Class A, and giving their reasons for approving. In in iking reports to the State hoard the eports should bo slgnod by each mem bor ol tho county pension b <a-d. .1. P, DBKHAM, Comptroller General, C ? ? -man. W. I) sTARLINO, W. B Jami:s W II HaUDIN. ?A coal Hold of ext aordinary large dimensions has boon discovered In tin 11 mat district, on tho Danube river m Soutborn Hungary. Tho lio d has a length of about thirty-four miles by, live miles in width. Ton coal Is sam to bo of flrst-cla-s quality, and that thousands of millions of tons can hi mined there, and that oven at tht greatest output, posslblo tho deposits will last for conturlos. Another ad vantago is that tho ti -Id Is situated vory favorably, not far from tho Hun garlan Stato. Ktilway linos, and right In the groat riiivigab'o river ol tho Austro Hungarian monarchy, the Dtnube. A syndicate with a capita of 26 000 000 flirins Is now botng or gamz-td for the early exploitation ol the field. ?This is tho last month of th< nlnot.imnth century. On tho night ftl the 31H watoh meet n /s will bo holdall ovor the country and "watching thi old year out" will bo attended wlib unusual Interest. BCKIKIY iv W \hlllNC*TON. Tho AmblitoM ui . society Leader Has tit-i n Mpjictl in ill" Hud. Tli" Washington correspondent of the News und Courier relates too fol lowing story oi the reckless extrava gance and loordioate umb tioa ol M^. Cusbuai K, Davis, whoso uu&btnd dioi recently ; "By the dcntli of her distinguished husband ono HtUU tiOUS woman is out of t ie raee for 800lit I udvaouCui nl. Thtl is Mrs. Cusham K Davis, wife of tho statesman who has iaoor< U so untiring* ly In his Senatorial work, und whose lust utterance was th tt he rogrettod to die whil ? there wit, still word to bj done for his country. Karely has thoro boon u woman moro talked about, more purposely conspicuous, moro ambitious in olll i d circles than Mrs. Davis Pbrougu her husband's posiikoo siio was entitled to much social consideration, hut usiilo from that she found many obstacles In her path toward luudursiilp when she lirstcamo to Washington, and if she surmounted some of them it was due ooioly to her untiring t II iris und not by reason of oUUOUrag? moot received from the wives ol S mutor Davls'a friends and associates in tll? SeuatO. "Mrs D.ivis is of tho type .1 UOOi squo. Her massive biauty del go tod lo snow .iself in ihe most startling of costumes, and in glv::ig ontertaintUuuts tins wo man's aim was 10 aeh eve something out of the ordinary, o i her reception Uay Mrs. Davis has n. en known to wear a Grecian costume complete, and with ono rounded arm exposed she would ontertam her guests With selec tions on the harp. List wintci 0..0 made her first ready start ing Old for popularity When She l"ok for the season a large in insiou on F.rragut square anil oiilerluiUOl. in cessantly foi ono month, !?" - ry nignt there was a dinner, end party or in formal dance, by day liiere wereiunou eons and hroaafasts galore, auu tlio climax was ruueued wht n Iiv ? thousand invitations were sent out for an even ing reception. It proved to be tlio rush of too season ami substantiated the statement thai a Washing lou crush can he a tiling tu marvt i ai ami dread, I went to this rocepllou at 11 3d o'clock when buuureds had already left and were departing in tnroogs, Otit at even this late hour it look exuctiy twenty minutes to react) a dressing room. Many arriving guests t.u ntil from the entrance in despair uuwllliiig lo pene tratti so dense a crowd, and others ar rived ut the scene of guyoty, Out did not attempt to greet tlio Hostess of tho evening. Tue house was Cleared of furniture und the confusion in tlio dre.-siiig room was Weli-nigu pitiable, so great was the devastation of oostiy wraps and gowns De icutooperu cloaks were tossed etv n rows deep upon the Hour, their owners wading through the billows of finery in a vain atu mpt to lind what belonged to them. Several wome.i fainted ami Oozuus of them carried ll mnces, mill .is und even gal.'/ j sleeves home, in their arms, ineir costumes having been liti rally torn to pieces In the crowd. Tnose who reached the neigh Kiriiood of the supper table were deluged with salads and wine, auu 1 board on an sides mat conditions had been infinitely worse an tiour earlioi. " Tile Da Vises engaged an tqnaliy roomy house this season on 11 street, opposite tho French embassy aud oio->o to tne Metropolitan Club. Mr.-. Da vis's plans and thoughts for tne future covered a wide area. It was ner dream to attain to lb-si place in tho ottljial set. ami had qoi death Intervened u is not Improbable mat Senator Davis would have become S.-orotary of .natu in tho event of John 11 ay'a resigning. "To-day all niese aspiring dreams are shattered, and ll Sirs. D.vis re turns to Wasbingtoe she wil Hud mat the position of wife to a stati smao de ceased Is far from the pleasant one of wife of u living, uotive politician." A CI.KAN MVi,i;i' 1 was mo no m hour unu tneru .>ere a d< /. itl " hands gathered in tne to >acco wareiiouoo? all very bl.uk. Various forms ol ojiiy gaming had Oeen triod ai bOUl luliy satisfying luoir gaming instincts, Tiien Steve, who was Dig and fat, oa>d: " Boys, less make- up er puss. L,-?s all pul in er ulctCu , and den tot do pile go lo de pu-soti What names oo Oea' eatings. Marse Junmy'il OUUejcdge.' This was agreed tu aud soon tnere was a little ht ap of IllOKolS on loo box round wnicn Ho y were gathered. " N.irt,' said Steve, wt-'.i draw for dj fust go." I'no next inuiUdOt ho grinned with delight a-, he ore* lue m.irked sup iroin Marse Jimmy's nut, He paused lor a spuje us no ^vj mo wolgh'.y mailer ad.-qdU.U oiisidira lion J men he said slowly : " Um, yaos; de hos eatings ! Wdll| 1 sa>s, 'pottsum, taters, waiei m litoua a amaii DlaOK hand snot forwaiu and snatched up one of too coins "Wnatcner doio', Uliarlle, you sneakin' hound dOjJ ? ' roared S.uvc, in rago. " Shot up, yOU h am' fool nlggor 11 answered Charlie Outiantly, " Yj tbink Lo gwino to stay in dis yore game, wnun yo' done gone name all doy la Y ' ?Carson one ol to .-u m* nan lines in St. Luus are being tq lipped with telephones, Tne listrum ml Is plaood in mo rear of ach car, too negative wire being connected through tho wheels to the rail, and the positive wire being lined ?Ith a simple device resembling a jolntod ti lling pole, by which connection is secure'! with a private overhead wire paralleling the trolley. Tne motorra to is at ail times able to COtnmuniJUt0 directly with tue off! .lu. ? a lunatic who osoaped from tho Wisconsin asylum luring bis freedom stood tho civil service examination and passed at the head of tnooiass. II j wus given high commendation ny tne board and was at tho hea l of tho list for an early appolntmont when his identity wus di-c v re I, ami he was returned to the asyium. ?Tne latest dlVOroe statistics for Paris show a steady Increase. Tho number of cases now rotchis an aver* tgeof 300 monthly, of wblcn 210 are from the working classes a i l DJ Iroin the arlstocralic. upp r e.i i-s oori otttt vTwar -?*??' i vlist. For 20 yearn Or I Newton II whaway haa so success!u ly treue.I ohri>nlo diseaa* en that he is acknowledged today to atadn at the head ol Ins profoaaion in this hue. His exclusive method of treatment for Var.cocele and Stricte,re, without tne aid ol knife or cautory curea In 00 per cent, of all cased In the treatmonl of the lo88 of Vital Porcee. Nervoua iMeordera, Kidney and Urinary Complaints, i'aralyala, Blood Poisoning, Rheumatism, Ca'arrh, and dis tiancs peculiar to women, he in equally auoccBflfui i>r Hathaway's praotW is more ihan doubl" that of mn' otoor apoo taiist. (Jaaoa pronounced heb-'-hs i>v oihor physicians readily yield 10 hir traaimnut, Wfito him today fully atioui your tiase. He makes no charge for <>.on?u">?tion or advice, either at his OtUoe or by mail. J. Newton Hathaway, M. 1)., '11% H th broad Btroot, Atlant?, <>n.