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: I MIR GUIK. f I 1 0 flinor Events of the Week in a * * Brief Form. IK * m *-***. ft*** 3vk &T;** Si*** ***? iNew college building. Columbia. Special.?Added to Colum"bia's handsome new structures will be this winter the $30,000 building, for the Columbia Female college. The plans of Mr. C. C. Wilson were accepted yesterday and the new building?which ??+ " Kuilflinnr Kilt t urn iriiiv uui a. uc*> uuiiunt^, iy*.?v v?v/ large additions to the p-eseat structure ?will be begun in the fall. The drawings show that the college building when completed will be of imposing appearance. The committee appointed from the "board of trustees to pass upon the plahs met yesterday morning and after deliberation accepted the plans of Mr. "Wilson from those cf three architects of this city. All of these plans were handed in about two weeks ago and during that time each of the members of the- committee has studied them carefully. At each end of the present building will be a large structure approximately 150 feet long and 50 feet wide and placed at right angles to Plain street. There will be a corridor straight through the entire building on every Ccor. ' Boy Seriously Injured. Anderson. Special.?Otis Bohanan. a l$-year-old boy. was seriously hurt last week in the overalls factory, where he is employed. The little fellow was trying to repair a broken belt, which runs one of the sewing machines when his clothing was caught by the revolving shafting. There was no room "between the shafting and the floor for him to be turned round, and he was caught against the floor and terribly bruised. His left arm was broken in hrr??> rvlacps and hf? was nrohahlv In jured internally. His clothing was almost entirely torn off. Medical attention was promptly given him and h? will recover. Palmetto News. A young man named Cleveland Wood, from this State, lies in the jail hospital in Atlanta dangerously wounded as a result of an attempt to rob a drug store a day or so ago. Wood and a professional crock named Schmidt were seen to enter the store and the proprietor fired upon them, wounding Wood severely. Schmidt and Wood were both taken to jail and the latter's father, who live3 in Edgefield, read of the affair in the papers. Mr. Wood is a poor man, having eleven -children, and has a hard time In making ends meet, but the ladles of Atlanta. hearing of his condition, and feeling sorry for the boy who has been led astray, hav> interested themselves and will endeavor to keeD the boy out of the penitentiary. ^During a violent thunder storm at Spartanburg Tuesday evening about 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Tillman Duncan was was instantly killed by a stroke of Hghtning. Mr. Duncan was at his home in the western part of that city. He had just finished eating supper, and had started to rise from the table, when the lightning struck the window and he was hurled to the floor. He was dead when h? was reached . by Drs. Leonard and Cudd. Mr. Duncan's mother, who was at the table with him. was terribly shocked, but escaped without serious injury. State Constable Holmes, of Charleston. was in Columbia Monday night in conference with the governor, attorney general and Chief Hammett and the situation in Charleston was discussed. Chief Holmes reported that the illicit sale of whiskey had decreased in CharT T*? r* p /4O/>MA/4 n mol*A WIK icoiuii. 11 T> UO ucv i'iru w uiaivv nat upon the so-called social clubs in that city who operate blind tigers under the .pretense of being social organizations. The county good roads convention met at Yorkville Monday. John G. Anderson acted as chairman and W. D. Grist as secretary. There was a full representation and an harmonious meeting of the body favoring the per capita tax and a special levy for improvement cf highways. The meeting also recommended the abolishment of the Stat" farms and the applying of the money thus expended to working the Toads. Monday afternoon, while bathing in Hunt's mill pond, just'below Huguenot Mills in Greenville, David Cochrar the 14-year old son of John Cochrah.'a carpenter, was drowned. The boy was unable to swim and while standing on a rock in the middle of the pond, lost his balance and fell Into the water, despite the efforts of his companions the youth was drowned. While engaged in excavating for some work being done at Glendale by the mill company, workmen dug up an oia cannon Dan wmcn u is oenevea was made at Glendale years ago by the old Iron works plant there. The ball discovered recently Is about four inches in diameter and has been considerably disfigured bv rust which has formed on ""'side. Race Trouble in Virginia. Roanoke, Va.. Special.?Serious trouble is threatened between tinwhites and blacks near Blue Ridge. "Several nights ago a colored woman was whipped by a parly of white men for insulting a lady during the absence of her husband. This angered the negroes to such an extent that they have been aiming themselves. Several blacks iame to Roanoke and purchased guns and ammunition. A telephone message says the whites are armed and considerable excitement exists. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP REPORT. Conditions For Past Week as Qlver Bv the Department. The week ending S a. m., Monday, July 27th, had a mean temperature ol 81.5 degrees, which is practically normal. There were no very cool nights, nor very hot days, making the temperature conditions quite favorable. The winds were generally light, variable. and very dry. There was more than the usual amount of bright sunshine. The relative humidity was unusually low throughout the week, that caused vegetation to wilt considerably in the day time, but It generally freshened during the nights, but this condition was favorable for ridding fields of grass by cultivation. The week's rainfall was very light, averaging only 0.14 inch for the State, anri consisted of widely scattered showers. These showers were beneficial whore they occurred. There is a need of rain indicated for all parts of the State, althcmgh early corn i3 the only crop that has as yet suffered to any materia] extent. The rain iS needes to counteract the severe working that crops received in ridding them of grass. Laying by Is either finished 01 well underway, and but few fields remain grassy. The drought is most evere In York and adjacent counties. Corn ia firing in the eastern counties. In places old com is safe, in other places it is in a critical condition for want of rain. Young corn is generally promising, but needs rain to maintain this condition. Some fodder has been pulled. The condition of cotton is variable to an unasual extent. A number of reports indicate steady improvement and a now promising condition, well fruited and still growing and blooming; in places there is considerable shedding, with unsatisfactory blooming. fruiting and growth, indicating no improvement, and even deterioration. A general summary of condition shows that on clayey lands, and over the western counties, the crop has improved, but that on sandy lands, and over the eastern counties, except parrs o? Hampton. Barnwell. Orangeburg, Sumter. Marlon and Marlboro, the conditions are less promising. The cotton crop would be benefitted by a general rain. Sea-island cotton is in excellent condition. Tobacco curing is making rapid progress. and in places is nearly finished, I but the crop is about half gathered. Some is burning in the fields. Marketing is underway, and prices are unsatisfactory. Early and late planted rice are doing well, while Intermediate plantings are poor and grassy in the Colleton district; the Georgetown and coast districts report an improved condition. Considerable hay was saved In prime condition. Minor crops, pastures and gardens need rain. Planting fall truck crops continues. Peas are not doing so well.?J. W. Bauer, Section Director. The State Fair. The State fair for 1903 is being anticipated already by those In charge and the premium list has been issued. The fair this year will be from Oct. 27 to Oct. 30. and in that time there will be a larger variety of exhibits here than there have been in recent years. The farmers of the State are taking a great interest in the stock and poultry j exhibits and this line will be a full one. I ? :? ?--"itton Jo HotArminpd I ilC racing ruiuumuc that their feature of the fair will not be the least. Columbia is particularly interested in horse flesh just now and the padlock at the fair frOunds is sure to be full this year when the ponies are ready to run. There will be no carnival this year by the Elks as the rule of the great order now forbbids such festivity, but the Chamber of Commerce will endeavor to arrange an attraction and street show that will eclipse the one of last year. There will be side shows, free band concerts, a floral parade, a confetti battle, and a handsome ball. The State ball will be, of course, the premier social event of the week, but there are already proposed several private entertainments of an extensive nature. The students oi the South Carolina oollege will give a german and there will be a cotillion also. The secretary will open his office in Colombia on the first Monday preceding the fair and will beb ready to record all entries. This year the gates will be opened at 9 a. m. and the build* * J hn o ft or ings will De cioseu ai o iu kUV wivv. neon thus diverting the attention of the crowds to the street shows in the heart of the city. Troops Withdrawn. Springfield, lit.. Special.?Adjutant General Scott had a conversation by telephone with Lieut. Colonel Closby, commanding the first battalion, Seventh Infanthy, I. N. G.. regarding the jail at Danville, this afternoon, in which Ool. Closby said all was quiet In that city, that the mob had dispersed and that the work of repairing the jail was progressing and would be completed. As a result of the report the adjutant ordered Companies A. and B. to return to Springfield immediately, leaving Companies H and I at Danville. Mr. J. A. Sullivan, of the reportorial staff, and. in the absence of Mr. John H Marshall, acting city editor of The News and Courier, died suddenly Monday night at 9:30 o'clock, in the re porters' rooms. A colored section hand named Hampton was taken to Colombia Wednesday night with a fractured skull. Hampton had some words with a section boss named Ross and the negro had been struck with a heavy iron pinch bar. such as is used in track laying and repairing. He was in a very serious condition. anotSER^H The Brakes Refused to Work ano| Accident Follows. VESTIBULE RUNS INTO WORK TRAIN Fireman and Postal Clerk Killed, and Seven Others lnjured--Train Thrown Into Ditch. Washington, Special.?Two were killed and seven injured in a rear-end collision between the Southern vestibule limited on the Southern Railway, and a work train at Springfield, Va., seven miles below Alexandria Tuesday morning. The engines and several of the cars were badly damaged. The killed are: W. W. Woodward. Jonesville, Va., 29 years old, postal clerk; Walter Meeks, a fireman. The Injured: Benjamin Rawiing, Orange. Va., postal clerk, both legs broken, may die; Engineer Harrington, engineer of the passenger train, seriouslyinjured about the heed, may die; John L. Thompson, Washington, postal clerk. In charge of the mail cars on the limited, wrist badly cut; J. Frank Keller, postal clerk. Lantzer's Mills, Va., right arm broken; Fred J, Larrick, postal clerk, contusion of right leg and foot; T. A. Fontaine. Bethel Hill, N. C., badly bruised; one unknown passenger. The Souehrn is double tracking tne line between lrere and Atlanta and a work train had been on the eiding at Springfield, getting ballast out of the pit The brakes refused to work and the train got beyond the- control of its crew, slipped out onto the main track. The limited is the crack train of the Southern between here and New Orleans and is due in this city at 6:42. It 1 was between half an hour and an hour late and was running at a high rate of speed. Engineer Harrington was unable to see the work train until within 800 yards of it The collision occurred about 15 feet south of the siding and the baggage, mail and express, and several passenger cars were thrown in a ditch. The engine of the limited waa turned on its side and the other engine was badly wrecked. The tracks were made impassable for some houa. Fontaine, Keller and Rawlings were brought to this city and treated at the Emergency Hospital. Engineer Harrington and the other injured were taken to Alexandria. Pnnullsts Unite. Denver. Special.?Amalgamation into one party was effected by the two factions of the People's party in national conference. The following address was reported by the committee and was adopted: "The manifest unrest which everywhere appears in the nation demonstrates the dissatisfaction of the American people with the present management of government and argues the necessity of the reform forces coming together in united action at the ballot box to obtain proper legislation whereby the right of the people to self-government may be had for themselves and their posterity. Experience having demonstrated the futility of any attempt to secure the enactment of our truth either through the Republican or Democratic parties, we I believe the time is now at hand when the United People's party should declare itself emphatically opposed to ? V* r\y* /\f thAQP any aimiauon wan ?r?iuc. ... parties and unqualifiedly in favor of national political action." After reciting the fundamental principles of the Populist party, as enunciated at Omaha, July 4. 1898, the address concludes as follows: "With these principles firmly established, equal justice would . prevail, special privileges would be eliminated and I ours would be. as patriots everywhere desire, government of the people, for the people, by the people." mils Shut Down. Whitinsville. Mass., Special ?A large part of the cotton manufacturing industry in this section will suspend operations on August 1 for one week with the outlook pointing to further gradual curtailment in several mills after resumption of work on August 10. Notices announcing the shut down were posted by four of the largest Companies Tuesday. If. is understood the decision to close was In accordance with an agreenient among certain at the New England mills troas urers to decrease the production during August on account of the unfaror-1 -VI" market AUIU WbVVU Mw. ? ... The Furniture Men. New York, Special.?Labor and a<* rertlsing, were the themes discussed by the Furniture Association of America at Monday's session of its annual convention. The principal speech of the evening was made by David M. Parry, of Indianapolis, Ind., president of the National Association of Manufacturers. Crap Shooting in Church. Atlanta. Special.?Reports received from Camakaga, where it was reported that two negroes had been killed and many others wounded, as a result of a fight between negroes, state that only two negroes were seriously wounded and five others severely injured. The trouble originated over a game of crap dice in a negro church near Camakaga. Several negroes bare been arrested. H^nindustrial Southern Statistics. ' Baltimore, Special.?In last week's Issue The Manufacturers' Record pre seats figures of assessed valuation ol property for each of the Southern States in I860, 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1902 as the basis for an estimate that the complete figures of the census of 1900 will show the South possessed in that year more than $14,000,000,000 worth of property of all kinds, only about $2,000,000,000 less than that possessed by the whole country in 1860. These preliminary figures obtained from official sources enable one to trace the growth of material wealth in the South during the past 20 years. The Manufacturers' Record says: "These figures show an increase between 1S60 and 1880 in assessed valuation averaging about $26,000,000 a year, the actual increase, of course, having been largely made with the lightening of the reconstruction burden. Between 1880 and 1890 the assessed valuation increased from $3,051,175,098 to $4,659,614,833, or $1,608,339,735 an average of $160,000,000 a year. In the next ten years the increase was to $6,467,553,031, or but $798,038,198, an average of less than $90,000,000 a -year. Bat during the next two years, between 1900 and 1902, there was an advance to $5,916,960,712, or $459,407,681, more than half the advance between 1890 and 1900. The total advance between 1880 and 1902 was $2,365,785,614, or nearly Qi nop rent "Material betterment of the South thus indicated is more clearly shown In comparing the true .valuation of property in the South with that of property in the rest of the country. The increase in true valuation between 1860 and 1880 was from $6,286,214,108 to $7,505,000, or $1,218,785,892 equal to only 19 per cent, in the South while in the rest of the country it was from $9,873,401,960 to $36,139,000,000, or $26,263,598,040, equal to 266 per cent During the next ten years, with the wonderful industrial, agricultural and railroad expansion In the South, the rates of increase in the South and in the rest of the country became about the same. Between 1880 and 1890 the tru* valuation increased from $7,505,000,000 to $11,150,532,304, or $3,645,532,304 equal to 48 per cent, in. the South and in the rest of the country the increase was from $36.137,000,000 to $53,886,558,893, equal to $17,749,558,893, or 49 per cent. "If there was the same rate of increase between 1890 and 1900 as between 1880 and 1890 the true valuation of property in the South for 1900 would be $16,787,810,000. If the actual increase was the same the true valuation would be $14,796,064,608. If the same proportion of assessed valuation to true valuation obtained in 1900 as in 1890 the true valuation for 1900 would be $13,311,104,954. The total in 1900 of farm values, $3,951,631,632, of capital in manufacturing, $1,153,002,368; of railroads, $2,734,888,000; total $7,839,522,000. The sum is 36 per cent, greater than the sum of the values of those three leading classes of property in 1890. riahog-ny Wrappers. Fayettevllle, Special.?Samples of tobacco were shown in town last week from the farm of Hon. J. G. Shaw, in Seventy-tirst township, which were mahogany wrappers all through. Mr. can. superintendent of Mr. W. M. Morean's Dlantation. savs that such to baeco he sold for 47 cents last year. Messrs. Morgan and Shaw will together cure 50 barns, and it is generally of very fine grade. Yo'ing Mr. Eugene M. Morgan has a small crop, rather better even than the others, averaging wiapper A all through. Another Victim Dies. Lowell, Mass., Special.?Mrs. Eliza Galloway, one of the victims of Wednesday's magazine explosion, died Sunday at St. John's hospital. She is the third of this family killed by the expiosion, her husband and son having lost their ilves. A little girl of 9, now in the hospital, is the only survivor of the family. Postofflce Robbed. Salisbury, N. C.. Special.?The postoffice at Mocksville was burglarized between 2 o'clock and 2:30 Saturday morning by unknown parties, who secured |590 in stamps and $85 in cash from the safe. The door of the building was opened by the use of a chisel, af ter which the handle of the lock of the safe was pried off and nitro-glycerine poured Into the cavity thus made. The resulting explosion tore away the outer door, and the Inner door was forced without much difficulty. Three men are suspected and officers are on their trial. Convicts Kill Three. Sacramento, Cal., Special.?The chief . clc-rk of the Folsom prison has telephoned that three of the sheriff's posse were killed and that two convicts are 1 l.ought to have been wounded. It is stated that preparations are being made to set fire to the Grand Victory mine in which the convicts have taken refuge. . . r : v NEWSY CLEANINGS* ' An elevated railroad is to connect St. Taul and Minneapolis. Blackpool claims to be the best lighted town in England, i The latest count shows that there are Shout 2000 of the Thousand Islands. ? Oreat Britain lias consented to a Bub ! .1 ? .. Sr. T Anflnn gaiinii uiiHuiiiaiiv: iu ajuumvu. Five hundred firms have b">en found guilty of evading the stamp tax iu Mexico City and will be fined. About 50,000 acres of land have been withdrawn from entry for the reservoir , site at Owens River, Col. President Harris, of Amherst, told the Teachers' Convention in Boston that college athletics help morals. The cable steamer Scotia has been purchased in London for use as a cable repair steamer for the Pacific cable. A Connecticut judge has declared a man dead for being absent from the State without tidings for seven years. A monster electric locomotive .built in Schenectady. X. Y.. for hauling heavy trains proved successful in its first trial. It is claimed that there are over 1.000,000 habitual vegetarians in the United States, and not one drunkard is to be found among them. Louis Julian MJllet, of Chicago, has been appointed chief of the department of mural and decorative painting of tbe-World's Fair In St. Louis. Running a leaky gasoline automobile will be made a misdemeanor In San Francisco, as It now Is in Detroit. Gasoline disintegrates asphalt pavement Governor Bates, of Massachusetts, has appointed a special-committee to revise the laws in regard to the relations between employers and employes. Entomologist L. 0. Iloward, of tha Department of Agriculture, soys that the enormous Increase in the numbers of mosquitoes in the country, particularly epidemic along the North Atlantic coast, is attributable to the unusually heavy rains of this spring and-summer. PROMINENT PEOPLE. J Thomas A. Edison is an enthusiastic all-around automoblllst. Queen Alexandra has become as popular in Ireland as King Edward. Emperor William of Germai^r is so Infatuated with the automobile that he is neglecting his ordinary horseback exercise. Prince Herbert Bismarck has asked Professor Erich Narcks, the biographer of Emperor William I., to write' a life of his father. Professor W. E. Olivet, of Baltimore, has been appointed instructor of modern languages at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Professor Willis L. Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau, takes a trip in Europe to consult foreign weather officials on meteorological conditions. John W. Bates, of Weymouth, Mass., has in his possession the original old flint-lock rifle used by John L. Burns at Gettysburg, to whom a monument has beeu dedicated on tlie battlefield. Former Governor Bates is now living , in.retirement on his large farm near Eldora, Iowa. He has aged rapidly since the death of his son. A valuation of ^500,000 has been placed on his farm. By the will of Spencer C. Doty, of Yonkers, N. Y.. the descendants of the | Mayflowers pioneers of New York come into possession or a small nowicu trunk which came over in the famous ship. Clarkson Henry Tredgold. who has come to the front of South African politics as the newly appointed Attorney General of Southern Rhodesia, was formerly Solicitor General at Bulawny. He has been a lawyer for fourteen years. Sir Frederick Treves, the famous English surgeon who has just retired, established a record in performing 1000 consecutive operations for appendicitis without a death. He hates the ordinary name of the trouble, which is of American origin, and prefers ' perityphlitis.'' Negroes Going South. Evansville, Ind., Special.?For 24 hours many strange negroes have been passing through the city on their way to the South where they will seek homes. Many of them came from Danville, 111., and points on the Illinois Central Railway. Two coaches filled with negroes gassed through at one time. A number of the negroes who left Evan3vllle duflng the recent riots have not returned. The feeling agains* the neg-roes in the southern Indiana towns haa grown more intense since the trouble in Evansville. Decorations Destroyed. London, By Cable.?According to telegrams received here from Cork, a special police force has been appointed there to watch night and day in order to prevent the destruction of decoralions by those who are opposed to the visit of King Edward and Queen Alexandra to Cork. The decorations along the route to be followed by the royal procession, which were already far advanced, were found In several instances to have been pulled down and otherwise damaged. News of the Day. In an Interview Judge Alton B. Parker is quoted as saying: "I shall remain on the bench; it is my ideal." Witnesses ai ^uiumua, ? fled that they saw J. B. Marcum shot by Curtis Jett. Stocks were again weaker in Wall street. Judge George Gray, of Delaware, has agreed to serve as a member cf the Alabama Coal Strike Commission provided the commission will meet in August. , "Every man has a weak spot, if you only know where to find it," runs the old adage. The trouble is that every i man has too many weak spots. It is , more important fcr ua to try to find one strong spot in ourselves, and then develop that spot so that It will i spread over our whole moral structure. J" ; : 1 * . si i i ? BILL ARP. I ssCTsss*iisiaunnixsssssssssi The saddest and the sweetest things ever written were concerning death and love. Montgomery, Scott, Longfellow, Lindley and Bourdlllon and many others found their tenderest sentiments on these subjects. Lindley wrote his sweetest gems on the death of a young lady. Just such another would he have written had he lived until our loved one died. iTThou art gone from our gaze like a j beautiful dream, Thy grace and thy beauty no more will be seen; Tho' lost to sight, to memory dear, Thou ever wilt remain; The only hope our hearts. can cheer-* The hope to meet again," tj Longfellow says: "The air is full of farewells to tho dying And mournings for the dead. There Is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there? There is no fireside, however defended. But has one vacant chair." ? Montgomery says: "Friend after friend departs. Who has not lost a friend? , There Is no nnion here of hearta V . M That finds not here an end." And Longfellow Bays, by way of consolation: a "There is no death. What seems so Is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Whose portal we call death." All this very solemn and rery sad, but it has its counterpart wneu iuojr wrote of love. Scott says: . . s,\ 'In peace love tunes the shepherd'* reed, fn war he mounts the warrior's steed,' In courts Is seen In r*5 attire, In hamlets dances on the green. Love rules the camp, the court, th* grove. And men below and saints above, For love is heaven and heaven is love." Solemn says. "Love is as strong as death" and "God from necessity Is love" and "Love thy neighbor as thy> self." And Wordsworth says, "A motherTi love Is the holiest thing alive." A mother's love! I was watching the eagerness with which our neighbor, Mrs. Munford, was cherishing the memory of her lost daughter, the sweet girl who had charge of the library books committee and whose memory now seems like a beautiful dream?* dream to us, but not to the mother who never will forget. When the Cherokee Club prepared to make amemorial for Mary she pleaded for the privilege of placing it where Mary wttfc wont to sit and have sweet companionship with those she loved. Her beautiful home was nothing and money wan nothing. She said the library is In debt Ave or six hundred dollars. Please let me pay It off, for Mary felt like It . was her debt. Let me have the floor varnished and have chairs bought instead of benches, and I want some nicer tables for Mary's sake. Ple&sa let me have a memorial for Mary hem and give it her name?The Mary Munford Memorial Library?" And so It was done. Who could refuse a mother's tears for the memory of her loving daughter, and so it was done andt the sign over the door will be the Mary Munford Memorial library. But thl3 is. not all of a mother's love. She is going to buy the books that Mary would have bought and make a donation each and every year. Now, good people, all who tarry or . pass through Cartersvllle stop a little while and see what love has done?* mother's love. I wish that committee appointed on Mr. Stovall's bill would come and see this model library and go back and plead for that $6,(XXk wherewith to bujld the Winnie Da via * ^ Memorial hall. - The patriotic women want It and so do the veterans whosn time is nearly out May it be your l&ftt and best work for Miss Winnie, whom we all loved.?Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. . 1 Mob Holds Up a Train. Huntington, W. Va., Special.?A Chesapeake & Ohio express train waa held up by a mob of 200 men near Clifton Forge, late Friday night, and a desperate effort was made to take regro prisoners from the train. Over a hundred shots were fired by the mob and when the train reached here 2b bullets were buried in the woodwork of the smoking car and all of the window glass had been shot out. At Clifton Forge the two negro prisoner* were taken on board to be brought tn Covington, Va.. for safe keeping. Robert Lee Dead. Jeffersonville, Ind., Special.?Robert. Lee, the negro wno snot roucemu Louis Ma9eey, at Evansvllle, July and started the riot that resulted ia the death and injury of many citizen*, died here in prison Friday from the effects of a wound in the lungs caused by a bullet fired by Massey. Lee's wife was killed by a train a few days before the riot. Postmaster-General Payne conferred ith the President at Oyster Bay. Wisdom cf Experience. "What is your opinion cs to long engagements?" c.uerled the young cnrtrfrHrm lightly Ill U11 W IIUiK ? . _ turned to thoughts cf a matrimonial nature. "They're the wcrri over," answered the man who had found it necessary to comb his hair with a towel for Io, these many moons. "A long engagement means a short bar.!: balance la begin housekeeping on." Til - jgi