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? ff aa SUBETBB WATCHMAN, Established April, i860. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TSUE SOUTHRON, Eatxbiieijcd jene. 1s * e Gosolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1903. Sew Series-Yoi. XXIII. So. 8 Cfc lEittrlinnii ??r jSaufjjrmi Pablis??d 37ST7 "ETelnesiay, IST. C3r. O.^teen, SUMTER, S. C. TSRKS : $1 50 per ano am-io advance. ADTSBTI8SKIKT: Ose Square first insertion.$1 CO ?rsry subsequent iosertion. 50 Ce- tracts for three months, or longer wili t>e made at reduced rates. AH commuoie&tioDS which subserve private interests will becbarged for as advertiemeuts. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be sbarged for. TBE GROWTH OF MEXICO. What President Diaz Says About it in His Message. Mexico City, Sept. 16.-President Diaz read his semi-annual message to Congress at the opening session of that body this evening. After refer? ring to Mexico's friendly relations with all foreign Powers, he called at vtention to the compulsory arbitration treaty, which has been signed by twelve Latin-American nations, the latest signatures being Salvador and Uruguay. In regard to the present epidemic of yellow fever at Tampico, the President says the Government of the State of Tamaulipas and the local authorities have efficiently combatted the disease and have established adequate sanitary services. The President gives much space to education and notes the growth of the public schools in the Federal district and territories, and says that profes? sors liave been sent to the United States) to stn dy manual labor as prac? ticed there. The railways show a growth of 423 kilometres. Postal communications have been both improved and extend edl, and during"the past fiscal year there was a transmission of 166,000,000 letters, newspapers and packages. Both the international and foreign money order business have rotably increased. Tho telegraph receipts have increased by 20 per cent. The total Federal income for the past fiscal year amounts to 874,000,000. The efforts made by the Government toward bringing about a better inter? national understanding as to silver, have met with hearty and cordial re? sponse in the United States and Eu? rope. The national monetary commis? sion appointed by the department of finance to study the varied questions relating tb the fluctuation of silver will soon render a report on the result of its labors The President speaks at length of the measures taken by the Govern? ment to prevent the general construc? tion of railways in this country, which, in his opinion, would constitute a public danger and menace to the fu? ture prosperity of the Republic. Poenage Convicts Pardoned. Washington, D. C., Sept. 16.-The President has granted full and uncon? ditional pardons to George D. and Barancas F. Crosby, convicted at Montgomery, Ala., of violation of the peonage law. These men were indict? ed for holding Pike Swanson in a con? dition of peonage, pleaded guilty on June 30, 1903, and on the same day were sentenced to imprisonment for a 'year and a day in the United States penitentiary, at Atlanta, Ga. They have been imprisoned ever since and today were released on telegraph, in? structions from the department of justice. During the 'month of June more than eighty indictments against a number of individuals, for violation of the peonage law were returned by the grand jury at Montgomery and several convictions were secured, the sentences imposed ranging from the minimum, one year, to the maximum, five years. The President granted the pardons in the above cases upon the earnest recommendation of Judge Jones, who sentenced the prisoners. A Dry Town. Next to bad roads, the scarcity of water is operating against Camden about as much as anything else. We are informed that if Council would purchase a couple of faucets and have them attached to the two spigots on the street, the Water, Light. & Ice Company would give them tbe water. But it must be remembered that these faucets would cost in the neighbor? hood of SI.30, and if this extravagance were indulged in the the Council might be expected to feed the public. This is a dry town. Those who will drink had better bring a bottle of water with them.-Wateree Messenger. To Inspect S. C. & Ga. Extension. ! Columbia, Sept. 16.-Chairman Gar ris, of the railroad commission, and CoL J. H. Averill will leave here in the morning to begin their tour of special inspection of the South Caroli? na and Georgia Extension division of the Southern Eailway. They will be accompanied by Mr. Lum, the engineer of the Southern, Superintendent Heether and other officials. They will first make a critical examination of the nppjr end of the road from Rock Hill to Blacksburg. Bueklen's Arnica Salve Has world-wide fame for marvellous cures. It surpasses 8ny other salve, lotion, ointment or balm for Cuts, Corns, Burn?, Boils, Sores, Felons, Ulcers, Tetter, Salt RheaFever Sores, Chapped Hands, Skin "i?ruptions ; infallible for Piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c at J. F. W. De Lorme's Druggist. HELO FOR MURDER. The Thirteen-Year-Old Boy Poison er of His Stepmother. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 16.-Thirteen year-old John H. Dry was today held for the grand jury without bail on the charge of murdering his step? mother, Mrs.-Olin Simpson Dry, three weeks ago by administering to her a dose of strychnine mixed in salts which the boy had originally prepared, according to his own confession, for the purpose of killing the sister of his stepmother, a Miss Marsula Simpson. The hearing today brought out a criticism from State's Atttorney Til ton upon the manner Mayor Riddick had handled the case ic the absence of Mr. Tilton from the city. Facts Vs. Rhetoric. Mr. Richard H. Edmonds has de? voted his talents, for a number of years, in helping mightily to upbuild the South. He has met, from time to time, with much discouragement, /but bis faith has not faltered and his work has never lagged. In a recent letter to his paper, . The Manufactur? ers' Record, he shows by invincible facts and figures, the great progress that the South has made in the past few decades. The text for Mr. Edmond's article is the recent lectue delivered by Hon. John Temple Graves at Chau? tauqua and in Chicago in which he advocates the separation of the races as the solution of the negro problem. In order to set forth this problem which envelops the South, and to con? vince his hearers that there is crying need for this race separation he draws a somewhat highly colored pic? ture of our conditions as follows: "To the white men of the South the problem hampers its material develop? ment. It halts our growth. By the records of the census, it frightens im? migration from industrial competition with the negro. It largely deters capi? tal from investment in the shadow of an unsolvea problem. It makes a standard of labor that prejudices all our Southern poor against menial but honorable service. It depresses agri? culture on the farms and property in the suburbs, and -drives all who can afford the change to the safeiy afford? ed by proximity and police protection in the cities. The South is unequal? led in the four great basic raw materi? als of coal, iron, cotton and lumber.1 And yet, while $100,000,000 of our money goes yearly to Europe at 4 per cent, these great fields are scantly developed. And thus, while one great section of our country is halted in development, the free movement of men and money in all sections is hin? dered toward the inviting field of op? portunity." With these statements Mr. Edmonds takes issue and perhaps is extreme in estimating the injury to the South from Mr. Graves' remarks, as the lat? ter is in his'rhetorical picture. He sees many thousands, perhaps milllions, of copies of Mr. Graves' speech "dis? tributed by Northern and Western railroads seeking to keep immigration from the South," and declares "it will counteract the good work of a hundred immigration agents working for the South." We don't forsee such serious results, but we take pleasure in giving circulation to the encourag? ing statistics that Mr Edmonds cites in refutation of Mr. Graves's state? ments. He starts out with showing that the South of today has at last captured the cotton market,'thanks to W. P. Brown, one of her own sons, and that, through his lawful strategy the. crop of this year will net us $600,000,000. He says : "Estimating this crop at $600,000, 000, the total value of the last four crops, seed included, has been about $2,200,000,000, while the total value of the four preceding crops , seed includ? ed, was about $1,600,000,000. Let us take this year's crop at $600,000,000. Of this the Scuth will consume in its own mills over $2,000,000 bales, and in doing so will ?add to the value of the raw staple about 200,000,000; the value of the cottociseed-mill products will add another $100,000,000 so the South will this year have poured into it en? tirely from other sections and other countries for cotton products alone about $900,000,000." He shows, too, that the value of Southern agricultural crops other than cotton will be in excess of $900,000, 000, making a grand total of $1,500,000 against $600, (DOO, 000 in 1880. During the same period the South's manufac? tured and mineral products have grown from $474,0C0,C00 to $1,700,000,000. The grand total is from $1,074,000,000 to $3,200,000,000. In 1880, the pig iron production at the South was 397,000 tons. It is now over 3,500,000 tons. In 1880, the South's coal output was 9,?C0,000 tons. It is now over 60,000,000 tons. In 1880, tlie South had 26,000 miles of railway. It has now 60,000 miles. In 1880 it had a lumber product value of $39,000,000. It is now $188,000,000. We do not think there is as much contradiction between the positions of Mr. Graves and Mr. Edwards as the latter does, lt is not our idea< that Mr. Graves intended to play the role of the pessimist, and imply that this section had not marvelously advanced ; but simply that it had labored under a dreadful incubus and a serions handicap as compared with other sec? tions of the country. We know that with the negro the South has made the marvelous advance that Mr. Ed? wards sets forth in his convincing sta? tistics, but it has been in spite of the negro handicap, and not because of it. Under vast trials and in the face of greatest obstructions, the South has done mighty thing's. Mr. Edwards be? lieves in setting these forth and boast? ing of what wa have done, rather than in parading our racial misfortunes. Augusta Chronicle. Ask your physician if Glenn Springs Mineral Water is not what you need. THE STORM OH THE COAST. Havoc Played With Vessels About the Delaware Capes. Wind Reached a Velocity of 80 Miles an Hour and Rain Fell in Torrents. Delaware Breakwater, Del., Sept. 16.-The Southern storm, which had been coming up the Atlatic coast for several days, struck the Delaware capes early this morning with almost cyclonic force and as a result at least ?ve lives were lost. The storm lasted from 3 a. m., to 7 a. m. The wind reached a maximum velocity of eighty miles an hour and the rain fell in tor? rents. The most serious accident re? ported was that which wrecked the schooner Hattie A. Marsh, whose cap? tain, J. B. Mehaffey, and four mem? bers of the crew were drowned. The Marsh hailed from New London, Conn, and was bound from Painters Point, Maine, for Philadelphia, with a cargo of paving stone. She was caught in the terrific wind storm out? side the new stone breakwater. The captain tried to reach the harbor of refuge, but before he could do so the vessel had to anchor and try to ride the storm. Her anchors, however, did not hold, . and the schooner, with her dead weight of stone, was dashed upon the rocks of the harbor refuge. The steam pilot boat Philadelphia went to the rescue, but only succeeded in saving Mate Norman Campbell and one seaman. In the old harbor, southwest of the maritime reporting station, three schooners draggd their anchors and collided. They were the Emily F. Northam, Adeline Townsend and Sea Bird. The Sea Bird, which was a two masted vessel, sank, and her crew was rescued and landed on the point of Cape Henlopen. The men were cared for at the life saving station. The Northam had her jibboom carried away and her yawl stove. The Town? send lost her head gear and jibboom. The barges Elmwood, Gilberton and Kalmia, laden with coal from Phila? delphia for Eastern points, were sunk in Delaware Bay, westward of the Brown Shoal. Their crews were rescued by the tug Tamaqua, which was towing the barges. The tug Spar? tan, which was towing the coal barges, is reported to have sunk. There are no tidings of the Spartan's crew. It is reported that three coal barges were sunk in the ocean off the cape's and that their crews are probably lost. An unknown bark is anchored off Ocean City, Md., with distress signals in her rigging. The pilot boat Phila? delphia has gone to her assistance. Considerable money damage was done to the breakwater. The harbor of refuge, east end light and the day mark on the breakwater were carried away. The fury of the storm was also felt at Lewes, near here. Many trees were blown down and chimneys damaged. The smokestack of the city power house fell and considerably damaged the building. New York Torn by the Gale. New York, Sept. 16.-Greater New York, and its environs for several miles in all directions were visited to? day by the fiercest wind and rain storm known hereabouts in years. To? day began with rain which increased as the wind, from the east, grew stronger, and for two hours about midday, the combined fury of the ele? ments wrought damage on land and water amounting in the aggregate to many thousands of dollars. The gale culminated at noon in a wind velocity of fifty-four miles an hour. Apparent? ly solid sheets of water drove, across the city, drenching every unfortunate caught without shelter, and the gauges at the weather bureau register? ed 1.30 inches precipitation in two hours. Then the storm subsided. By the middle of the afternoon the wind had dropped to a mere breeze and the sun broke through the clouds. The gale was especially severe at sea, causing havoc to the shipping down the bay, where many vessels were sunk or wrecked. The worst of the damage was reported from Staten Island. The entire fleet of the Staten Island Yacht Club, at anchor, was either sunk or wrecked. The pilot boat Hermit was driven ashore and there was a collision between a schoon? er and a barkentine. The tug boat James Kaig was wrecked in Hell Gate. The crew escaped. The hurricane burst with cyclonic force to the centre of the city, loosening the 250-foot spire of St Bartholomew's Protestant Epis? copal Church in Madison avenue. The streets of Manhattan Borough were strewn with broken signs and other debris. Scores of plate glass windows along Broadway were broken. The vicinity of the "Flat Iron" build? ing, at 23d street, suffered heavily in this respect. In the "Flat Iron" itself forty windows were smashed. Occu pnts of the building said they felt the huge structrue sway in the gale and many were so badly scared that they left the building. An express wagon was blown over while turning the Flat Iron corner, and the driver and James Billings who was crossing the avenue, were both seriously hurt. A score o? others were more or less injured in this neighborhood. Gustby Wickman, of Queens Bor? ough, was instantly killed during the heavy part of the storm by being struck by a broken trolley wire. Mrs. Hunder Sonntagg, of Carlstadt, N. J., while crossing a street in that town, was struck on the hand by a live trolley wire that had been blow down by the wind. Death occurred instantly. Wrecks on the Florida Coast. Miami, Fla., September IC- The auxilairy schooner Klondyke, C. A. Ball, master, laden with valuable fittings from the British steamer In chuiva, brings the first authentic re? ports from the several wrecks north ol this point. About a mile north of Boynton the Standard Oil Company's barge No. 93, oil laden, is hard aground on the beach. The tug having her in tow has gone north for another oil barge into which to pump the cargo. As this vessel lies on a sandy bottom and is practically uninjured, she may be saved. About five miles south and nearly opposite Delray, the British steamship Inchulva is a total wreck. The Inchulvia had a mixed cargo of about 5,000 tons. She was from Gal? veston to Liverpool. Nine of the crew of this steamer were drowned. When the vessel commenced to break up the chief engineer went to his cabin to save 3100 and was not seen again. Three others were washed overboard. The other five were drowned in an attempt to reach the shore. Just north of Jupiter is the lumber laden three masted schooner Harriett L Thomas, from Pensacola. Her cargo is being landed, but the vessel will prove a to? tal loss. The American schooner Martha T. Thomas, lumber laden, bound from Apalachicola to Baltimore, is reported ashore nine miles north of Jupiter. This may be the Harriett L Thomas above referred to, the error growing out of a similarity of names. These are the only wrecks of conse? quence reported on the east coast cf Florida. .Yellow Fever in Mexico. Laredo, Texas, Sept. 16.--The quar? antine established against Nuevo Caredo, Mexico, by the State and Federal autnhorities is being most rigidly maintained, it having been de? monstrated beyond a donbt that yellow fever exists there. Dr. George Tabor, of Austin, chief State health officer; Dr. H J. Hamil? ton, marine hospital surgeon, and sev? eral other prominent physicians, made a thorough examination of two fever cases in Neuvo Laredo today, and posi? tively pronounced one of them yellow fever and the other "very suspicious,'' with symptoms of yellow fever. The quarantine authorities have de? cided that all traffic must cease be? tween Laredo, Texas, and Mexico points, and therefore, no more trains will he allowed to cross the interna? tional bridge. There was a general exodus today, nearly five hundred people, principally women and children leaving for San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Substitute For Sugar Found. ? Washington, Sept. 14.-The agricul? tural department is inquiring into the statement of Consul General Richard Guenther that a new plant has been discovered in South America which promises to supplant the sugar cane and the sugar beet. Scientifically the plant is known as the Eupatcrium re bandium, and it contains a large amount of saccharine matter and a high percentage of natural sugar pro? perties which are easy to extract. According to Mr. Guenther, a lump the size of a pea will sufficiently sweeten a cup of coffee, as the pro? duct made ::roni the plant is from twenty to thirty times sweeter than cane or beet jmgar. It is said to be easily cultivated in coantries having climatic conditions similar to those of the southern portion of the United States.-New York Times. . Child Killed by Carelessness. Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 16.-While firing with a revolver at a hog, which was eating up a brood of young chick? ens at her home at Gull Point late yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Louise Tideman accidentally shot and killed the little'daughter of William Doug? lass, a neighbor, the bullet entering the back of the head of the little girl, passing through the brain. The two houses occupied by the families are distant about fifty yards. In the rear of the Douglass home the children had constructed them a play house of boards and canvass, and they were playing in there when the little-girl met death. The bullet passed through a board, entering the back of the lit? tle girl's head. Mrs. Tideman was not aware of the fact that the children were in the play bouse. When the bul? let struck the little girl she fell for? ward. Her playmates, although hear? ing the shots, did not know what had occurred until their efforts to make her rise proved fruitless. Washington, Sept. 16.-Commis? sioner Richards of the general land office has dismissed W. E. Murphy of Georgia, cheif clerk of the office of the surveyor general for Arizona, on account of irregularities in the ad? ministration of that office. He was suspended from office Aug. 22 and his dismissal is made to take effect then. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 17.-As a result of an alleged altercation be? tween Russell Sherri!!, a young man of prominent family and Thomas and Chai White, well known business men of Concern, N. C., Sherrill was shot and killed at his home in Rowan County early this morning by the two Whites. It is stated tliat Sherrill had been approached by the two Whites, who asked Sherrill to make certain apologies. This morning they called on Sherrill and repeated their request, and upon his refusal the Whites open? ed fire, mortally wounding Sherrill, who died in a few moments. The Whites surrendered to the authorities. is Indigestion a Disease ? The best medical authorities say that in? digestion is not always caused by a dis? eased stomach, but may result from a dis? ordered liver, constipation, excitement, etc. The cause is of little consequence when Rydales Stomach Tablet* are taken, as they never fail to digest the food, check fermentation, free the stomach from ir? ritating acids and an excess of gas. Thej relieve at once. Belching, Heartburn. Sou. Stomach, Fullness after Eating, etc. Ry? dales Stomach Tablets have a specific ton ic effect on the stomach and organs of as? similation and aie guaranteed to cure th<? wor?t forms of stomach trouble. For sale by all dealers. BUTCHERIES CONTINUE. THE POWERS STILL TALKING PEACE While the Turks are Committing Atrocities that Pass the Bounds of Imagination. London, Sept. 17.-The efforts of the powers, according to the latest telegrams, are directed both at Con? stantinople and Sofia towards an en? deavor to avert war. It is stated that all the ambassadors at Constantinople have drawn the porte's attention to the danger of permitting a continua? tion of the excesses in Macedonia by the Turkish troops and irregulars. The Daily Chronicle says it under? stands that Great Britain has decided on a still stronger step in the dispatch of a British squadron in support of her diplomatic endeavors at Constanti? nople to put an end to the massacres. It is impossible, however, to confirm or deny the Daily Chronicle's state? ment. Most of the special correspondents in the near east consider war inevi? table, but think it may yet be d?lay ed, neither the Bulgarians nor Turks being prepared for it. THE SITUATION. Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 16.-Although no formal replies have been received to the Bulgarian government's note, it is stated .that the representatives of three great powers have repeated their counsels to Bulgaria to remain quiet, as in the event of a war with Turkey, Bulgaria need not expect any help in foreign quarters. It is further reported that the same diplomats vis? ited Gen. Petroff and endeavored to persuade him to postpone the mobili? zation of Bulgarian forces, but the premier declined. A telegram from Burgas reports thpt a general massacre is beginning throughout the district of Losengrad. A telegram from Uskub says the mobilization of the Turkish army is proceeding rapidly, whilst disptaches from Constantinople assert that the military party is urging the sultan to order his troops to cross the Bulgarian frontier without a declaration of war. which the party regards as unneces? sary, inasmuch as Bulagria is a vassal state of Turkey. The sultan is said to be still hesitating. FERDINAND HOME. Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 16.-Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria arrived here to? day from Euxincgrad. A semi-official statement just issued says : "The details recieved here of the atrocities daily committed by Tukish soldiers pass the bounds of imagination. The general opinion is that Adrianople will soon be entirely depopulated of " Christian element" g Sofia. Bulgaria, Sept. 17.-The for? eign office here has received reliable information that the Turks have de? stroyed the town of Kastoria, thirty six miles south of Monastir," and have massacred the population. The report of a massacre at Kastoria comes from sources admitting of little doubt, though the details are lacking. It was received with the gravest concern by the officials here. The pop? ulation of Kastoria number about .10, 000 persons and the massacre of such a number in one place, if the report be true, exceeds anything which has yet occurred in Macedonia. At the present critical moment, when popu? lar feeling is intense, the effect of i*he report of such stupendous slaughter may be most serious. The press is assuming a bellicose tone, The Dnevnik tonight complains that the Government's partial mobili? zation of three divisions is utterly in? adequate and urges the immediate mobilization of the whole Bulgarian army. The Government, while steadily pro? ceeding with the partial mobilization plans, is endeavoring to avooid unnec? essarily exciting the people and con? sequently has resolved not to mobi? lize any part of the Sofia garrison. The war office has recalled the Bul? garian officers who were studying in the military schools of Russia, France, Austria and Italy. Modern Education. A small girl who has just begun to attend school brought home a pump? kin seed and told her mother that the teacher said that, although the seed was white, the pumpkin would be yellow. "And what will the color of the vines be?" asked the mother. The little girl replied that the teacher had not taught her that. "But," said the mother, "you know, dear, for we have pumpkin vines iu our garden." "Of course I do, but we ain't ex? pected to know anything until we are taught."-Youth's Companion. San Francisco, Sept. 16.-Postal Inspector James E. Erwin, indicted by the federal grand jury at Washing? ton, D. C., for allged conspiracy to defraud the government, was arrested this afternoon by the United States marshal. Bail, which had been fixed at So,OOO was promptly furnished. Thos. Richard, chairman of the Berkeley town trustees, and C. K. Witter qualified on Erwins' bond. A Good Liver. A bad liver means a bad breath, bad completion, poor digestion and often constipation. A good healthy active liver means a fine clear skin, free from pimples and spots, bright eyes, buoyant spirits, m other words trood health. Make the Liver healthy and keep it healthy by using Ky dales L?er Tablets. They act specifi? cally on the liver as a mild stimulant and tonic, arousing it to activity. They gently stimulate the muscular walls of the bow? els and intestines and thus assist nature to restore a regular habit. For sale by all dealers. . DRISCOLL hm HiS MILLIONS. Mine Owner Who Spends Only Thirty Dollars a $onth. Patrick Driscoll owns four of the best paying silver and gold mines in the Ch lo ric J valley of Moga ve county, Arizona, and has an income of over $90,000 a year, yet he spends no more than 830 a month for Iiis personal com? fort, says The San Francisco Exami? ner. Many generous gifts, however, come from the Driscoll bank account to poor miners and their suffering families. Driscoll is supposed to be worth be? tween 81,200,000 and 81,600,000. His income from his mines is 86,000 a month, andie draws about 815,000 a year dividends on railroad stock in which he invested in the early days. He has no relatives as far as he knows. The old miner had experienced all the prospector's poverty and hardships untii he was past middle age, when he drifted down to the Calico min?s, in San Benardino county, California, in 1881. There he found a mine which he sold for 815,000. This gave him his first capital to deal with in mining on his own account. From Calico he went to Arizona, and in two years located abase ore mine of silver, gold and lead in combinations. The Diana and Antrim mines became his. He invested his prof? its in the Harqua Hala mines and doubled his wealth in a few years. From that time he has been prospect? ing to a degree undreamed of by him. He has never changed his manner of living. He is over 60 and in fine health. Every day he may be seen walking about the little town of King man or over to Williams, where he bas lumber interests. No one would believe from his appearance that he had property. He lives alene in a cabin, cooks his ow? meals-of flap? jacks, pork, bacon and oatmeal-and sleeps in a bunk of redwood filled with straw and covered with blankets. Among the many stories told of Driscoll in the northern part of the Territory is one of the time he bet "a half" on an election and lost. When he was told that he must pay up, he got a penny somewhere in that region, where coins less tban a nickel are never used, and, splitting it in half with an axe, presented it to the win? ner of the wager in full payment of his bet of "a half." The old man loves to have people marvel- at his cheap, primitive way of living while he is so wealthy, and he always re? lates in the Kingman and Ash Fork . saloons what he hears strangers say tc nim about the "rich old Irishman who lives in a cabin." Be lias a grain of generosity and is not a, miser, even if he does call himself cue. A year ago, when a miner's eyes were blown cut in blasting operations at Clifton, Driscoll made quiet inquiries concerning the man. When he learn? ed that a wife and six children were dependent upon the blinded man's wages, the old fellow sent a bank check for 85,COO to the family, and the gift was kept so secret that it cid not become known until several months later. Several times the bodies of Driscolls poor friends in the mines have been sent to relatives in the Eastern States and even to Ireland at his expense. Labor-Union Outrage on Chinese La? borers in Nevada. Washington. Sept. 17.-The Chinese minister called at the State depart? ment today and laid before Acting Secretary A dee a dispatch, which he had received from the Chinese consul general at San Francisco, detailing an attack made last night on a number of Chinese at Tonopah, Nev. The consul general reported that the labor union of that place .drove all the Chinese away and that seven cr eight were severely injured, one. an old man, be? ing nearly killed. He also reported that five Chinese are missing and ask? ed for protection. Acting Secretary Adee wired the Governor of Nevada, asking for an im? mediate investigation, and requesting, that he afford every protection in his power to the Chinese . residents of Tonopah. Rydales Elixir. The new scientific discovery for diseases of the throat and lungs, acts upon a new principle differing greatly from the old style Cough Medicines which are compos? ed chiefly of wild cherry and tar. -which do little more than stimulate the lining of the throat and lungs. Rv dales Elixir strike? at the root of the trouble, it kills the mi? crobes that cause throat and lung diseases. It removes the cause and hastens recovery by helping nature restore the diseased or? gans to health For sale by all dealers. A dispach from Austin, Texas, rc* ports that the dreadful cotton boli weevil will not invade a cotton field where the castor bean is growing. A farmer living near Merrilltown tried the experiment on a forty-acre field of cotton, and not a boll weevil or anj other insect has appeared on thc plants. He has a big yield of cotton,, while his neighbors have had their crop destroyed by the pest. The dis? covery will be worth 850,COO to him if it is verified. The State of Texas has offered a reward of that sum for a remedy for eradicating the pest. News and Courier. - - i ?~^ A Boy's Wild Ride for Life. With family around expecting him to die, and a son riding for life, 18 miles, to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Con? sumption, Coughs and Colds, W. H. Brown, of Leesville, Ind.. endured death's agonies from asthma; but this -wonderful medicine gave instant relief and soon cured him. He writes: "I now sleep soundly every night."' 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