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^ iQvertiser $i.")0 per Year in Advance. The glow of tho olcctriu light fell softly upon the rich tapestries, tho cio gam furoiehings ami the rare paint ings and lingered amid the blond hair of a young man, who, iu slippers and smoking jucket was reclining 'n a Morris chair before a grate, rending a paper. The man was scarcely more than a youth and his smooth shaven face was free of lines of trouble or of care. Hut in his quiet eyes a certain saduess slumbered as though real happiness, 1 ^ntentment woro not his. ? woman, robed in au ?ale blue satin, push ful, seeing him, 1 ? 'ell ovor her ->.ct tum? yyos were fully blue .ted at her ,18 and a pink ciicoks, like tho ad by the first pink ? uokIr up through the dewy dawn. jthe young man did not move; ho did not glance up from his paper, al though tho woman coughed slightly, very slightly, once or twice. Finally she walked smilingly across the room and pausing behind his chair, rested her arms upon his shoulders and patted his checks. He glanced op into her faco au 1 her smile deepened, showing a shado ivy dimple iu her cheek. "Hello, Agnes," ho said, simply, turning his oyes back to his paper. The woman removed her arms from his shoulders and stood quite still and erect, a thumb and linger toying with a lock of his hair and wistfulness creeping Into her eyes. " I?I did not know you had come, Raymond," sho faltered. ? I have been hero ten minutes," he returned. ? I did not think it neces sary to sound a trumpet when l ar rived." The color left tho woman's face and her hps trembled, but she did not re ply. After awhile she walked over to a window and gazed out at the stars, while the man turned his paper over aud continued his roading. Ouco or twice the woman turned her head and glanced at the man, but she did not speak and ho did not look up. Then she pushed a footstool to the side of his chair and sat down upon it, let ting her elbow rest upon his knee and gazing at tho coals in the grate. "Please put down your paper, dear," she said. " I want to talk to you." The paper dropped from the man's fingers and for a moment he gazed in silonce at tho woman's hair that glowed like a golden crown in the bright glare of the electric light. .lust tho sug gestion of a frown stole across his face und he sighed softly. Still the woman did not tnko her eyos from tho firo; sho did not speak, and tho man took a cigar from his pockot and, lighting it, threw the burning match into the grate. . M Well?" ho asked, impatiently. " Raymond," she replied, very slow ly, " did you realize that tomorrow is the anniversary of our wedding? We havo been married three years to morrow, Raymond." Again a sigh escaped tho man. It was a vory soft sigh, but the woman heard it and glanced quickly, seareh iugly into his face. He did not re turn her glance, but gazed silently into the fire. Sadly sho turned her faco again to wards the glowiug coals in the grate aud sat in silence for a long time. " Well," repealed the man, dually, " what of it, Agnes?" " Raymond," she said, suddenly, leaning forward and staring intently into tho lire, " you do not?you do not love mo any more, do you?" Thcro was a sob iu her voico and the man moved uneasily. " I love you as much as I over did," he replied, resignedly. " As much ns you evei did? Then? then, you never loved me, Raymond." The other hesitated, chewing stub bornly at tho end of his cigar. Then ho replied, speaking softly, but de liberately: "No Agnes. I never truly loved you." A sudden cy escaped the. woman in spite of her efforts to control herself, and tho man's face darkened. Rut when the woman spoke her voico was calm and steady. " Why, then, did you marry me, Raymond?" " You know why I married you," he replied. " You know the parents of both of us were anxious that we should wed. Father never gave mo a mo ment's peace until I agreed. He even threatened to disinherit me if I refus ed. And so?and so?oh, well, I was young and?I didn't much care." "Then it was my money, and not me, you married, Raymond?" " Well, yes, I suppose so," he im plied, blowing a cloud of smoke into the air. " Yes, I suppose it was on account of your money that the folks wanted me to marry you. But I didn't care for your money, Agnes; you know I didn't. I haven't touched a cent of it." He leaned forward and flicked tho ash from his cigar into the flames, while the woman sat perfectly still, watching the embers. " While 1 didn't care particularly for you," he coutinued, patronizingly, " there was no one else I loved and so I didn't much caro. Having a fortune of my own I thought that perhaps it was propor that 1 should marry a wo man of means. The folks wanted it, the world expected it, and?[agreed." " I see," said the woman quietly. The man bent forward and rested his hand upon the gold of the woman's hair. " X have tried to he a good husband to you, Agnes," ho said. " I have en deavored to provide you all the luxur ies to which you havo beenacustomed. I havo never domed you anything I thought would add to your happiness. Tho women looked up suddouly. Uer eyes were intonsoly bright. A bright red spot glarod on each cheek. ** Raymond," she said, " you havo lavished your wealth upon me, but you have denied mo everything." "Denied you everything?" ho cried almost angrily. '"Yes. you havo denied me that which is everything to a wife?tho lovo of hor husband. That is everything, Raymond." She arose slowly and crossed the room. Under the portiere she paused and glanced back at the man sitting with his chin resting in his hand and fazing at the dying embers on the earth. t ?* I?1?do not blame, you, dear," she said, with a sob. " Perhaps?per haps?I would not?rated, if?if?I loved you loss." ? * * When her husband entered, Agues gavo a startlod cry. "Oh, Raymond," sho exclaimed, "Raymond, dear, what has happened?" Ills face waa ashen; his eye* wero dull and listless; his hands wero trem bling. Helplessly he staggered to a chair and covered his face with his bauds, while she stood beside him, torror in her eyes, hor lips dumb. " It is all gonei" the man groaned. " It is all gone, Agnes -all gone!" "All gone?" she. asked. "You mean-" lie olUiOhed the arms of his chair desperately. " The corner," he cried. "1 tried to protect it; I tried to head them olT, but 1 couldn't. Tho bottom fell out, Agnes, and?and?oh, (Jodl" Ho sprang to his feet and strode across the room. Then he turned suddenly. " Agnes," he cried, " we aro beg gars; " we are penniless. Everything Fs gouol" " No, dear," she replied, almost cheerfully, ?? not everything. My money is yours, doar--all yours." He turned away his head and grew still paler. His lips parted and he tried to speak, but he could uot. He held out his hands to her as one who is groping in the darkness. "It is gone," ho groaned, at last. " God, Agnes, forgive me, but I tried? I tried to save myself, and l used your monoy, too. And it is gone?all gouol" His hands dropped to bis side in ah. solute helplessness. The womau put her arms around his neck and he fell the silk of her tresses against his cluck. " No, dear," she whispered, " all is not gone, for my love for you remains, and-" " Hut you arc penniless," ho said; " you have notliing." "No, I have nothing," she said very slowly, very sadly. ?? I havo nothing, not not even? your love. Hut 1 will not complain. I am?your wife, Raymond, and I will help. We can rent somo of our rooms; I will take pupils in music and you?you can certainly do something." " 1 can do something; 1 will do something!" he cried, resolutely. " I?I?(Jod bless you, Agucsl" The mnu sank into a chair and watched his wife as Bhe walked to a small table in the corner of tho room and commenced arranging somo roses in a vase. As she bent over the llowers, the glow of the electric light glistened softly upon tho wonderful gold of her hair. And the man sat immovable, fascina ted by the beauteous picture. She turned' her head slightly and he saw the soft gleam of her cheek and the shadows playing around her dimple. A thrill swept through bun and he leaned forward and bowed his head in silent worship. Then he'raised his hoi d again and she, unconscious of his newly awakened devotion, smiled at the roses in her hand and hummed a love song, soft and tender^ Lmpuslvely the man caught her hand n his aud pressed her linger lips to his ips. She turned and laced him in wonder, and he look her in his arm and tangled his lingers in ihe gold of her tresses. She. tried to speak but he folded her arms around his neck and covered her face with kisses. Then he smiled down into her eyes. Rer lips parted, but she could not speak. For a mo ment she ga/.ed into his earnest face, tho light of Ineffable happiness shining in her eyes. And then " Uitlle sweetheart," ho cried, ? l love you; I love you I" And then?her arms tightened around his neck; her head sank upon his shoulder like a child's and ho heard her crying softly to herself. REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON. Interesting Sketch of IIla Km lv Life and Naval Service. The remains of the late William T. Sampson, rear admiral in the United Slates navy aud communder-in-chief of the North Allaut;c squadron in ihe war with Spain, were laid to rest in Washington, D. C, on the 9th inst., ami the funeral pageant was one of the most notable ever sceu in this country. NRW YouKjMay 8.?Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson, retired, of the United Stales navy, died of a broken heart, says the Washington correspondent of the New York World. Admiral Sampson came to Washing ton last September. He was relieved of duly as commandant of the Roslon navy yard just before the beginning of tho Sell Icy court of inquiry. Slorios' came from Rosien that he was in fail ing health, both mentally and physi cally, but they were denied by the ad miral's relatives. Ho went to a Now Hampshire summer resort in August. At that time his step was icoble and his mind confused. Afler lio came to Washington ho became steadily worse. Samp3ou did not realize, except vaguely, that there was u Schley in quiry. He was more vitally concorned in that court than anybody except SUCH A CHANGE. Not only 'n feelings but in looks. The skin is clear, the eyes are bright, the clieeks are plump. No more pain and misery, no more sick headache, no more I'aundice. What worked the change r )r. l'ieree's Golden Medical Discovery, which cured the disease of the stomach that prevented proper nutrition, and also cleansed the clogged and sluggish liver. Dr. Pierre's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion aud nutrition. It cures diseases of lungs, heart, liver, and other organs which seem remote from the stomach because many of these dis eases have their cause in a diseased con dition of the stomach Involving the allied organs of digestion and nutrition. " I sent you a letter about a yesr ago," writes I Mrs. I. lolls Hamilton, of Pnrmlngton. Marion Co., west v.i. ?I Mated my case as plainly ns I could, and received a letter from you In a few days, tolling ine to use Or. I'letee's Golden Med ical Discovery and ' Favorite Prescription '?a bottle of each. I used three of each, and feel like n new woman Don't suffer any pain or misery nny more. Before using your medicines I suffered all the time?had Jaundice. CAttged ' from food not digesting properly. I would have siclc headache tnree and four times in a week. Could not do the work myself. I commenced using your medicines aa recommended for liver comolnlnt, and think I am cured now. I asked our doctoY if he couldn't cure tue, and he said he could give me medicine to help me but the trouble might return any time. I doctored three yenrs without any-relief. Haven't had sick headache sine? I look the first bottle of your medicine.? \ Dr. Pierce'* Pellet* cure const!patio*. Long Hair "About a year ago my hair was coming out very fast, so I bought ? bottle of Aycr's Hair Vigor. It stopped the falling and made my hair grow very rapidly, until now it is 45 inches in length." ? Mrs. A. Boydston, Atchison, Kans. There's another hunger than that of the stomach. Hair hunger* for instance. Hungry hair needs food, needs hair vigor?Aycr's. This is why we say that Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color, and makes the hair gr?w long and heavy. $|.0O a bsttlc. Ali onwlits. i If your druggist cannot supply you, 1 send us ono dollar a>id we will express I you a bottlo. Bo sure aiidglvu tho nnino W of your uearost ezproxa olnco. Address, B J.C.AYEKCO.,lx>well, Muss. 1 Schloy, He nover know what the ver dict was, for Ins mental processes had become so involved with disease (hat it was impossible, to make him under stand, evon if the attempt had been made. He was retired on February <.Hh last, wheu he had reached the age of 02, and after 45 years of active ser vice in the navy. The date of his re tiromeut was the auniversary of his en trnuce to the navy. Ho comprehended nono of tho twists and turns of tho Schloy court. Ho was ignorant of the fact that the presi dent, on au appeal from Admiral Schloy, had upheld the Undings of the court. He died without understanding that he had been placed on tho retired list. None of the events from last Septem ber wore clear in his mind, aud to most of them he was utterly oblivious. He might have understood that Theodore Roosevelt, who, as assistant secretary of war, helped select him for the com mand of the North Atlantic lleet that destroyed Corvera's vessels at Santiago, had become president, but that is doubtful. Hie mind failed faster than his body, for he was able to tako walks in tho vi cinity of bis homo, but could not talk coherently on any but the simplest topics. Ho could not frame words uor could be articulate them. The disease was commonly diagnosed as aphasia, but in reality it was softoning of the brain, with degeneration of the arterial system. More than a year ago Sampson's friends noticed that his highly trained mind was refusing to work. His con dition was kept a profound secret. The first intimation Washington had of his failmg powers was when he came hero last summer aud visited the navy department. While in one of the bureau oHlces he broke down absolute ly, aud for a few minutes became men tally irresponsible. He was sent back to Roston in company with an atten dant, and the navy department at ouco took steps to rebove him from duty and to make the remainder of his life as comfortable as possible. Soon after ward the order was issued putting him on waiting orders. Admiral Sampson was a quiet, re served man, tall, erect, and singularly handsome, says the New York World. In his later years his brown beard and hair were streaked with gray. His eyes wore deep brown in color, and wore his most attractive feature. He unbent only among his intiiuutes, and then he was jolly and companionable. He looked more like a student than n lighting man, although he was a line specimen of the American sailor when he was in uniform. He was fond of society and participated iu the gayeties of Washington while he livod there. Samps,.n't! career was remarkable, evou in this country whore poor hoys become great men so frequently. lie was born in l'ahnyra, Wayne County, N. Y., on February 9, 1810. Palmyra is the town where Joseph Smith claim ed to have dug up the Mormon bible or book of the I /alter Day Saints. When a boy young Sampson lived in a most bumble home near Rible Hill. His father was a common laborer who worked by the day and around the village at whatever ho could lind to do. Ho dug gardens aud trenches, mowed lawns, attended carpenters and masons, and did all manner of work for small wages. The family was very poor. Youug Sampson, who was the eldest of eight children, was Pont to the vil lage school. After school he helped Iiis father. There are many people in Palmyra now who remember when the tall, grave young fellow dug in the street beside his father. In 1857 Representative E, B. Alor gan, of the Wayne County district, had a vacancy at Annapolis. He offered the place to soveral of the weII-to do boys of the district. They all refused it. Then somebody spoke of young Sampson, the son of the village laborer, Who was recommended to Mr. Morgan as an honest, upright and intelligent young man struggling to got along under the most adverse circumstances. Mr. Morgan asked Sampson if he would like to go to Annapolis. The proposition was so far beyond anything of which Sampson had ever dreamed that be said himself in after life that ho did not boliove Mr. Mor gan was in earnest. He gladly accepted, went to tho naval academy and graduated first in his class. He was made a second lieutenant in 1802 aud served on tho practice ship John Adams. From the John Adams he went to the Patapsco. He was lieuteuant and executive of ficer of that ship when she was sunk by a torpedo iu Charleston harbor in January. 18(55. He was made a lieutenant com mander in iand was instructor at the naval academy from 1808 to 1871. He served on the Congress in 1872 and 187.'!, and in 1874 was made a com rnander and assigned to the Alert. From 1870 to 1878 ho was again at tho naval academy, and in 1880 after vari ous tours duty on shore and sea he was made superintendent of the naval ac ademy while- still a commander. Before that time no ono below the rank of captain hail held that ofllee. He recoived his captain's commission in 1880 and in 1803 booarao chief of the bureau of ordnance. When the Maine was blown up in Havana harbor and President Mc Kinley decided on a court of Inquiry, Captain Sampson was chosen both by the president and by Secretary Ijong to bo president of the court. lie re turned to Washington with the report and was almost immediately placed in command of the North Atlantic fleot, superseding Hear Admiral Sicard. He was in command during all the opera tions in West Indian waters. After his roturn to Washington he was placed in charge of the Boston navy yard where he remained until his health failed. Fruit, Its quality influences the selling price. Profitable fruit growing insured only when enough actual Potash is in the fertilizer. Neither quantity nor good quality possible without Potash. n Wi ile for out frtt books giving details. GBRMAN KAI.t WORKS, 93 Nituu St.. New Voik Citjr. PK ACH KKI?NS ATChKMSON President Hartseog Huh Ke Hljfued?Cudet Thoruwell and the Sophomores Have Been Reinstated* The investigation of the recent trou bles in Olemson College, which wuh undo luut week by the board of trus tees, has resulted in the reinstatement of Cadet Thornwell, who was suspend ed by the faculty, and the sophomore class will bo allowed to return and re sumo their studies. The charges made by tho committee of students agaiust Presideut Harl/.og were withdrawn, and President Harl/.og has tendered' his resignation to take effect at the I pleasure of the trustees. President Hartzog's resignation was placed in the hands of the board sev eral days before. He said he tendered it so the trustees might not feel any embarrassment or hesitancy on his ac count in mukitig tho most rigid and thoiough invostigation. When tho trustees met Friday morning Cadet. Claude Douthit, chair man of the student committee which preferred the chaigcs against the pres ident, submitted the following signed statement: Whereas, Tho students of Clemson College have preferred charges against President Hartzog, and these charges havo developed sulliciently t.i show to the board of trustees that Micro is a wide-spread disaffection against Presi dent Ilarlzog on tho part of the stu dents, we are therefore willing to leave the further investigation of this matter in the hands of the trustoos. Ponding this investigation we will not press our charges. (Signed) CLAUDK DOUTHIT. M. 10. Xr.iui.Ku. .F. T. liOUKRTSON, Jr. S*. M. Ward, Jr. David Koiin. Id. B. boykin. W. e. G. Black. B. H. Cakdnkh. Ni:\vton I). Walkku. 41 Do 1 understand," asked Senator Till mail, " that the committee pro poses to drop these charges and leave this whole matter now to tho trustees, willing to accept and abide by our de cision?" Douthit said this was the in tention. "Then," said Senntor Tillinau, " there is nothing for the board to do but to go iuto executive session and make up its decision regarding young Thornwell and the sophomores. That is unless President Ilarlzog wants to go on with the investigation of the charges. What do you say, Mr. Ilart ZOli?" President Ilarlzog replied that he was toady and willing now, as he had been all along, to go into a full and complete iuvestigation as to his con duct and administration of the college. 44 The committee has withdrawn their charges on thoir owu volition, not in any way at my suggestion," he said, 44 and it is not a compromise on my part. 1 urn willing to go on with un open in vestigation, or 1 am willing to leave it all in the lands of tho M US toes. 1 believe they will do justice and that is all I want. The matter rests entirely with them." 44 1 would like to say," said Cadet Douthit, 44 lhat our committee has taken this step only after inuiuul con sideration, and with the good of Clem* son college the sole purpose iu view." 44 Then," oald Senator Tillmau, 44 I move that the board now go into ex ecutive session. This was carried and tho board retired. They wore in ses sion over two hours. Finally wheu it was stated that the trustees wore ready to auuounce their decision the faculty nnd students reassembled in the chapel. Tho decisions were road by Senator Tillinau. He read them iu a most im pressive manner. The students cheer ed roundly the decisions in regard to Cadot Thornwell and to the sopho more clans, hut there was no disorder oi unseemly demonstration. The de cisions are as follows: The board after moat searching in vestigation into the causes which led to the suspension of Cadet Thornwell and tho action of the faculty in refus ing tho petition of the class for rein statement, lind as follows: First. That tho offense was not of such magnitude and seriousness as to warrant the sentence imposed, and lhat the punishment was entirely dis proportionate to the seriousness of tho offense. Tho evidence shows that ttie faculty was never iu possession of all tho facts in tho case, aud while there wuio some grounds for its action, we feol that the trial was not conducted with that seriousness nnd thoroughness which should obtain in any caso which involves the character and good name of a cadet. Tho mengeriiuss of the minutes and inability of the faculty to pic;ic.nt to the board in written form a record ot the proceedings is censurable, and we shall expect, il never to occur again. Wo oau understand bow there ruighl ho a difference of opinion, as ap pears to have exhtiat in tho faculty, on Account of tho incomplete evidence before it. The faculty divided evident ly on tho question of intent. On tho one hand, there was a belief that the students understood their oblign'ion iu r gard to this propuity. On tl eother, the. Con lot i >n of the cadi ts ihat cus tom hud It d tin m to believe they had tho right to tako those tost tubes in fluenced the judgmonl of somo mem bers of the faculty to the extent that the vote for susponsion was 16, while those who voted against such punish ment wore III, and tho orror was in not giving the boncflt of tho doubt to tho boy. It is also an extenuating circum stance as to tho sovortty of punish ment that at the last mooting of the board it laid groat slross, by resolution, upon the lax discipline and somewhet OAl Benrath? Bifnatnr? TOI1IA. ?Ihe Kind You Have Always loose way in which the cojjpge was being run, and ordered a strenuous ef fort to remedy it. The action of the faculty upon thie, tho first serious case that had come beforo it, was possibly the result of its desire to comply with tho expressed demands of tho board. It is therefore o"dered that Cadet Thornwell be reinstated to his rights and privileges as a cadet in this college. The action of this class iu leaving the college without exhausting all remedies and making an appeal to tho board for redress of grievances is one of great ouriousucss. No colloge can be successfully run at which discipline is not strictly maintained?least of ull an institution with such a largo num ber of students as wo have bore aud situated us Clemson College is in the country. It in the purpose and inten tion of the board to require from any student who may avail himself ot tho oppoiiuuitios that we oiTor here im* plicil obedience to all lawful authority. Any combinations having for their ob ject the destruction of discipline and subversion of good will be punished to tho extent of our power. Understand, wo want it distinctly understood, that the idoa which seems to prevail to somo extent among the cadets that they have tho right to assemble in muss-meeting or class-meeting aud legislate on col lege affairs cannot ho too strongly con demned. The facul'.y is clothed with authority to govern the college under rules and regulations which are acces sible to the studeuts, aud there is no excuse for the claim of ignorauco of the right of appeal to tho trustees in ' any case involving their rights. This board has on several occasions pre viously shown its willingness and pur poso to give a patient hearing to the students and to redress grievances. I We want to stress with all duo solemn ity the feeling of the trustees that, rather than to submit to mob law tak ing coutrol Of Clemson and having the students attempt to coerce the faculty or to resist the college authorities, we will lay it down as a gen oral principle of the college government horo that we will in future, if necessary, dismiss the entire student body and begin" anew before we will tolerate the con tinuance of any such spirit. Hut in the enso before us, as it is the lirst that has como before tho board iu tho history of tho college, we Und that the sophomores did uot appeal to the trustees, which they should have done, but they left tho college without that due consideration which they should have given to euch a serious slop. It may bo stated in extenua tion of their offense that thoir sense of justice had been outraged and their hot and ImpuMve young blood had led them to resort to this revolutionary action because they wero sensible of the wrong done their classmate aud unwilling to subject themselves to similar treatment. We sympathize with the chivalrous feeling which led them to do this vVe have sons of our own, some of us, aud were boys our selves once. Therefore, we are ready to make duo allowances for this hlundei of youth and permit Buch of the class as desiro to do so to resume their studies imnndiately or at the beginning of the new tossion, as they may elect. Such studeuts as avail themselves of tins privilege will be re ceived in the college upon the follow ing conditions: (1) They must pre sent a petition to the president of the college asking reinstatement. (2) They must make, good, by extra labor, the time lost and the work that is required in the course, and examinations which are customary must he, passed as though nothing had occurred. In view, however, of the time already lost and of the nearness of the end of this term, such examinations will be re quired until the opening of the next Bossion. It was nearly 1 o'clock when Sena* tor Till man finished reading, and as all the trustees were in a hurry to get away to catch a train to Greenville, a motion to adjourn was quickly put and carried. FROM VOLCANO TO THE SEA. A River of L-OVQ Rushed Five Miles in Two Minutes With Resistless Force. The greatest disaster of modern times is the destruction of the town of St. Pierre, in the island of Martinique, which belongs to the French West Indies. At 7 o'clock a. m. on the 8lh insi. a storm of sleam, mud and lire en veloped tho city and roadstead of St. Pierre, destroying every house in the city and community. Not more than 20 persons escaped with their lives. Eighteen vessels were burned and sunk with all on board, including four American vessels and a steamer from Quebec named Poraima. The United Slates consul and family are reported among tho victims. It is estimated that 40,000 persons perished as a result of the volcauic eruption in the island of Martinique. Tho latest availablo llgurea show that the total population of the islaud of Martinique is 185,000 pooplo, and that '25,000 liven at St. Pierre, nearly all of whom huvo perished. Mont Pelee, a volcanic mountain, some ten miles north of St. Pierre, tho commercial capital of Martinique, is tho mountain which mado a faint show of eruption 00 y?urs ago. On May iird it began to throw out dense clouds of smoke. At midnight tho same day (lames, accompanied with rumbling noises, lighted the sky over an lm meuse urea, causing widespread terror. May 4 hot ashes oovercd the wholo city quarter of St. Pierre au inch thick and made Mont Pelee invislblo. At noon, May 5, a stream of burning lava rush ing 4,400 feet down the mountain side, following the dry bed of a torrent and reachiug sea, live nnlos from tho moun tain, in throe mjuutos. In its rush the llory Hood swopt from its path plan tations, building*., factories, cattle aud human beings over a breadth of about half a milo. At the roar ot tho mouth of tho river Hlancho stood tho largo (hierin sugar factory, one of the finest in the islaud. It is now completely entombed iu lava. The tall chimney alone is visible. One huudred and fifty persons are estimated to have perished there, iucluding the owner's sou. As the lava rushed into the sea, the latter receded 300 feet all along the west roast. Returning with greater strongth, a big wave covered the wholo sea front of St, Pierre, but doing little dutuage ashore or afloat. Terrible detonations, heard hundreds of miles northward, followed at snort irregular Intervals aud couliuuod at night. The electric light failed, but tho town was lit up by lurid llaBhes if llame from the mountain. The terror stricken inhabitants rushed for the hills iu their night clothes, screaming, shoutiug and waillug, made wilh ter ror. Tho IMissono family escaped lo St. Lucia iu a small steamer. Thirty-five persons, mostly women and children, arrived in the forenoon of the 0th and furnished the above details. The men remained at Martinique. Tho same aftornoon later, telegraphic commuui tiou wus interrupted with both tho islands of Martinique aud Vincente. During tho afternoon of tin 8th the British steamer Itoddam, which had loft St. IiUcia at midnight on the 7ih for Martinique, crawled slowly into tho Castries harbor, unrecognizable, gray with ashes, her rigging dismantled and sails aud awnings hanging about, torn aud charred. (Japt. Whatter reported that having just cast anchor oil St. Pierre at 8 a. m, in lino weather, succeeding au awful thunderstorm during the night, he was talking to the ship's agent, .Joseph riis8ono, who was in a boat alongside, when he saw a Iremondou* cloud of smoke and glowing cinders > ashing with terrific rapidity over the t?>wn ami port, completely, in an Instant, MIV' ? oping the former in a sheet of ll >tt< and raining lire on board. The agent had just time to climb on board when his boat disappeared. Several of the crew of the Roddam were quit kly scorched to death. By superhuman efforts, having steam up, the cable was slipped und the steamer hacked away from the shore, aud nine hours later, managed to reach C.c.trit'8. Ten of. the itoiluaiii's men were UJng dead, contorted aud burned out of human 1 semblance, amoug the black cinders which covered the ship's deck to a depth of six inches. Two more of the crow have since died. The survivors of the Uoddam's crew | were loud in their praise ot the heroic conduct of their captain iu steering his vessel out of danger wilh his OWU bauds, which wore badly burned by tho rain of fire which kept falling on the ship for miles after she got under way. Beyond burns all over his body the captain 18 sate, 118 is also the ship's agent, though he is badly scorched. Mr. 1'lissono is believed to be the sole survivor of the forty thousand in habitants of St. Pierre who remained there, for the. town and the shipping in the port have boon utterly destroyed, the West Indian and Panama com pany's repairing steamer g ing lirst, then the Quebec liner Kornini?, (Japt. Muggah ol the latter waving his hand in farewell to the Itoddam as his ves sel sank with a terrific explosion. The British royal mail steamer Ksk which called on' Martinique at 1(J p. m. is reported standing off shore five miles, sounding her whistle ami sending up rockets. She received no answer. The whole sea front was blazing for miles. The Ksk sent a boat ashore, hut could not laud on account of the terrific beat,which was accompanied by lou 1 explosion'. Not a living soul ap peared ashore after the boat had wait ed for two hours. Fire and ashes fell all over the steamer. An Economic Widowkr.?Out in Bvanston, III., theie is a man who has buried two wives, to tho memory of whom he desires to do Utting honor, but he is at least temporarily restrain ed by relatives of the second wife. This bare statement would undoubted ly give color to an inference that the relatives of the second wife are mean and narrow, but, of course, there aro two aides to the qucstiou. The other side appears when it is made known that the bereaved hut-hand wanted to inscribe Iiis tribute to the memory of his lirst wifo on u tombstone erected to his second and paid for by her re latives. The husband was paying u mournful visit to the graveyard one day when his attention was attracted to the fact that, while there wcro four available sides to the monument which marked his second wife's last resting place, only one was in use for purposes of eulogy and epitaph. Phis seemed to him to be a waste, especially in view of the fact that his first wife's virtues wore still unheralded. He therefore engaged the stone-cutter to supply the deficiency. The relatives heard of it and succeeded in obtaining a temporary restraining order from ihe court. David Dickson, the most successful farmer that over lived in Georgia, snid: "Speed the plow, wet or dry." If tho rains were frequent, It did no harm to the land or plants; if very dry plowing kept the soil porous, allowing the moisture to rise, giving air to the plants nnd absorbing tho dews and fogs of night. Thus the intelligent farmer never permits wet or dry weather to entirely slop operations on hi8farm. He always finds something to engage his atteution nnd to keep the teams or laborors busy on his farm. Hev. Thomas Dixon has been look ing over some piles of Southern news papers dating back to 1805, and, to his astonishment, finds that Booker T. Washington's platform of negro educa tion was advocated in speeches de livered by Confoderato genorals after their return from tho civil war. OASTOJUA. Bear? the *h8 Kind You Have Always Bought The World's Greatest Fever Medicine. Kor all forms of fover take .?< H'Nhon'm <Ml! fAi ami FKVKK TONIC. It ia mm tim8B hotter than quinine and does in a single day what slow qui nine cannot do in lO days. It's splendid cures are In atrl king contrast to the feeble euren made l>y quinine. COSTS GO CENTS IF IT CURES. THE YOUNGBLOOD LUMBBK COMPANY Orrioi and Works, North Auousta 8. 0 ? onr-R, Sash, Blind? and ?allder'? HR.rdwi.re. FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING AND INSIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN GEORGIA PINE. All correspondence given prompt at tention. C AI/SUBTA, OA. Why Not Save The Middle-Man's Profit? The McPhall Piano or Kindergarten Organ direct to the buyer from fac tory. Write me if you wish to buy an Organ or Piano, for I oan save you money. I travel South Carolina, and would be pleased to oall and show you m v Pianos and Organs. A postal card will bring me to you. L. A. McCORD, Laurent, - - South Carolina. AYegetable Prcp?calionror As - similatinij theFood andllegiila ting thcSlouiachs and Bowels of Infants/(.hildb'kn Promotes Digc9lion.Cheerful ness and Rest.Contains neither Onium.Morpliine nor Mineral. Not TiARC otic . Jtoc^x affXJDrSAMUEL PiTVHKR /\imfjcut Seat" /tlx.Smttn ? sinitr Srtfi f Hbtft Send * Cttrtfitd Skiaar A perfect Remedy forConslipa tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss of Sleek. Facsimile Signature or NEW YORK. Al h> inon11\s c?ltl J5 DdShS - J jCl NTS LXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Childron. The Kind You Have . Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THC CENTAUR COMPANY. HI W YORK CITY. Southeastern Lime and Cement Co., Charleston, S. C Headquarters for Highest Grade Paints and Oils. Agents for Jno. W. Masury's Hlghest-Clape Roady-Mlxed Paint and Railroad Colors. Also for "Standard Shades" Cold Water Paint, tho FlDe'ton the Market. MASURY'S PAINT Is tho Loading Paint on tho Market. SB 'STANDARD SHAD KS" Cold Water Paint Is tho Favorite. ?Dealers in Building Material of all Kinds. Atlantic Coast Line. Traffic Department. Wilmington, N C. March 26, 1902. -FAST LINK Between < harleaton and Columbia and Upper South Carolina, and North Caro lina . CONDKNSRI) HCHKDUI.K. In elTect January 16th, 1902, OOlNU WKST. No 68 No 52 IV K *A M l.v Charleston .5 25 0 00 Lanes .7 35 7ft Sumter.0 15 0 25 Ar Columbia.10 40 11 05 P M Prosperity. W 29 Newherry . 12 42 Clinton. 126 Laurena. 1 47 (ireenville. 8 *6 Bpartanburg. 8 30 1 AM Lv Buinter. 0 45 Ar Camdcn. 11 16 P M Lancaster. 2 37 Hock Hill . 3 H> Yorkville. 4 18 UlackBlmrg . 5 25 Bhelby, N.c. ooo Hulherfnrd'on. N. C. 7 15 Marion. 8 30 Winnsboro. 7 13 t harlotte N. C. !? 20 Henderaonville, N. C . ... 0 11 Aahoville N. G. 7 15 UOINO HA?T. No 68 No 89 ?I'M IA M Ar Charleston.,. 020 n 81 Lanes.7 35 0 45 Sumter.018 8 ?i Lv Columbia.4 4 I 0 55 Prosperity. 3 20 Nowherry.800 Clinton.2 22 Laurents. 202 Greenville.12 2 P M Spartanhurg.12 15 Ar Bumter.6 15 Camden. 4 15 A M Lancaster.in, 55 Kock Hill.10|00 Yorkville.9 15 lilaoksburg.8 15 Shelby, N C.7 15 Ilu?i>rfordton, N. C_fi*,05 Lv Marion.5 00 Wlnnsboro.10 18 t harlotte, N.C.8 10 Henderaonville, N. 0...9 02 Aahoville, N. C.8 Uu ?Daily. ;Tuesdays. Thursdaye, and Sat urdays. Noa. 52 and 53 8olid trains between Charleston and Greenville, 8. ' Noa. 68 and 60 carry Through Coach be tween Charleston und Columbia. II M Kmerson, flen'l Paaa, Agt? T. M. Kmerson, Tratlic Manager; J. K. Kenly, Gen. Man. Tlic Entering Wcd&e To your consideration is gon orally tho cost, though cost should always ho rolativo to valuo to ho a fair tost. The lumber we soli may not always bo tho cheapest in prico, but it's always ohoapost in the long run, bocauso wo givo tho best valuo. Thoroughly kiln-driod,pro perly sawod and pinned, yon'il find it "matches" well, and will bo a life-long source of satisfao tion. R.H.Hudgens & Son. Agents Wanted. Life of T. DeWitt Taltnnge, by hie Bon, Rev. Prank Dewltt Talmape, and associate editors of Christian Herald. Only boos: endorsed by Tabling i family. Enormous profit-for agents who aot qntokly. Outfit ten oents. Write Im mediately CLARK Sc CO., 222 8. 4th 8t., Philadelphia, Pa. Mention this paper. Columbia, Ntwbgrry AlanmsR 8. Charleston, Greenville, Columbia, Atlanta SHORT LINK. Sehe lule in efTeot April, 13l1i, 10 % kahtkkn htan, ak? TIMK. Read Duwu. Read Dp Leave AHanta SAL. 8 40amAr 8 50 pm Athena.If 'Dam tl m pm Klborton .II 5>am 5 17 pin ALhcville .12 57pm I 05 pm Greenwood.1 22pm 3 35 pm Ar Clinton ....Dinner... 2 10pm 245 pm C. A W. c. leave. Glenn Springs.,OA W ?.1U UUamA r i i>U| ui Bp ii i an Inn .'. ... 1216pm A SO Greenville.12 22j>m x 25 Ar l.atircnn.Dinner.. 1 12 2 06 SOUTHBOUND. ?No. 22 No. 63, Lv Laurena. 0 00am 2 00pm Parka..... t; 10 2 08 Clinton. 0 40 2 22 GoldviUe.... .om 2 ;i Kinard.7 OS 2 43 Gary. 7 17 2 4!) Jalapa. 7 20 2 61 Newberry.8 oil 3 in Proaperity..... 8 26 ? W Blight . 8 42 ?34 Little Mountain .8.55 3.39 Cbapin.0 15 B 61 Hilton . 0 24 3*7 White Rock.;_ 9 29 4 01 Ualentine. 9.87 I Irmo. 9 52 4 11 Leaphart.10.02 4J2 Ar Columbia.10 30 I 4 > ?Daily Freight except Sunday. NORTHBOUND. ?No. 85 No. 52 Lv Columbia.12 80am 11 main Leaphart.12 48 ll 30 Irmo. 1*00 II :ii Malenline . 1 15 11 Ii White Rock. l['2i 11*01 Hilton .1 29 11 64 Chapin. 1,311 12 02 Little Mountain. 1 50 12 I2pni Sligba.2;<)2 |2;1U Prosperity. 2 22 12.26 Newberry.3 no 12.39 .lalapa.3.22 12 61 Cary.3|SI 12 69 Kinard. 3 40 1 ? '.'> GoldviUe. .... 3 51 1,16 til in ton . 4 30 1 27 Parka . .. . 4 60 I 39 Ar Laurena. 5 Ml 117 A. C. L. Leave Columbia.165pm Ar 10 60 Bum tor. 6 20 9 25 Ar unarleston. 9 20 Lv li.Qn_ Tram f>3 and (2 arrive and depart from new iin oii depot. Trains Nob. 22 and 85 from ACL freight depot. Weat Gervais atrcet. For Ralea, Time Tables, or further in formation call on any Agent, or writo to H. M. Kmkkson, Oen. Freight ami I'ss senge? Agt? T. M. Kmkkson, Traffic M'gr Wilmington, N. C. J. K. Livinoston, Sol. Ag't, Hank <>i Columbia, W. o. Childs. President, Columbia, 8. c. Oharieston and Western Carolina R. R A um m r a AND Ahiikvii.i.k HllOHT I.1NB. In effect April 18, ltW?. I.v Aiken.HOO a Augusta.10 05 a 2 i? i> Ar Greenwood.IS 40 p . Waterloo. 112 p . " Anderson. 7 16 i? " liaureim.1 40 p !> 36 a ?' (ireenvllle.......825p 1U :iu a " Glenn Springs _ ... .4 45p . " Bpartanhurg .3 90 p 0 00 a ? Haluda. 5 33 p " Hcndersouville. *?S 1 ? P " Asheville. 7 16 p Liv Ashevlllo. 7 06 a ?? Spartanhurg,. . 12 15 a ? <??? p " IGreenville.12 22a 1 ?SiP " B?rens.?tu?.1 45 p 4 Ii) p Ar Waterloo.232p . I," Ami ii. . 7 26 a " Or er wood...807 p . Ar Augusta. . 5 40 n 11 .'! > a Alken . 7 .10 IiV Greenville . I2 22(>m Ar Clinton. 2 22pm Newberry... . ;t iiupm Prosperity. 3 W\>m Ar Alleudale. Ii 20 v " Fairfax. 0 82 p " Yemasnee. 10 2 a 7 ;<6 p ?' Beaufort.11 40 a 8 85 P Port Royal.II /5a 811p l.v l'ort itoyal .I Co p ? j0 a Beaufort.114 p (i 50 a Yamastee.2 30 p 7 40 a Fairfax..... 8 48 a Allendale. 8 68 a Ar Augusta. .. .H00_a Close connections at Oreenwood for all points on 8. A. L. and C. & O. Railway, and at Kpartanhurg with Southern Rail way. For any information relative to tlekeU, rates, schedules, eto., address VV. J. Cram, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augus ta. Qa_ II i<m it/mi Cured in thirty toslxy days irnnVlf Ten days treatment FRKK. lllLlf Would be glad to have names UI u |Juj o( ftU 8llffer1ng with Dropsy O. E. COLLUM DROPSY MEDI CINE CO., ?12 ia Downdes Building, Atlanta, G*. ^ , , . "