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1 081 HilS 11.IF E, 1 A Brave Firerman's Sacrific in Effort to save 1om0. A FATAL HOTEL FIR. Many Leaped to Their Death. EitI Persons Killed and a Numb r In jured While Fleeing From the West hotel in City of Minneapolis. At Minneapo'is. Mino., eight per sons dead of sui.:'. aion or of injuries sustained in let -P from a "tire proof'' el builieg, a scre of per sons ir j :d a a buildig damaged $25,000 by i:e. -me .ard water in an epitvme of the revisedC ravages caused by adiS-sesr which befoll the West hotl, munepoin avenue and Fifth street. Ve dnesd:.y, ttrowing seven huadrel guests and employes into a panie. The dad: Fire Captain J;hn lierwin, fell from the fcu-th tifllo to the Fifth street sidewalk while atterpng t- save a WOman's life. W. G. N.'esels. Minseapoli, iUto cated in his room on sh oor. Thomas Summcervile. Sprinzdeld, Ma&., salesman ror Atkins & Co., s.,Lcateo in nLs zo:m on aixth iloor. J. E. Wolfe, Northwestern agent for Sperry & Alexander cc mpany of N York, sutocated in roem. Clinton B. Lamme, New York, travellirg mar; m.D::ted in his room. J. B. PeYsnoer, Nw ork, travel ing man, jumpdl Ir the seventa story. Mrs. M. E. Hodgs, Minneapolis. jumped from st venth story, Wm. Bisek, N..w Yoik, suffocated In room. The tire was e )uined to the ekvt tor shaft and the two top floors in cne corner of the building, but a dense smcke pervaded everywhere and the wild excitement which 7ollowed the first alarm hurried people into balls and out on window ledges in a frantic attempt to save themselves, Toe tire started in a packing room on the tirst floor near the elevator. The wood in the elevator shaft caught fire and burned like inder. A sheet of 11ime 20 feet wide mounted .he shaft to the seventh story, eay ng an i :mense volvme of smoke which frg'tened the guests cut of tueir senses and started a panic. The smoke spread to most all parts of the hotel, causing many persons to lIse their way m the con fusion. Five pers-ns were found suf focated in their rooms after the fire was out. Capt. John Berwin of a book and ladder company, having broken open a window Ln the seventh IlDor whieh he bad reached y means of a scrling ladder: stumrbld onto the bz'dy of Mrs. Emeline Biarlow, an aged women He strapped the uno nscious form to his back and started down the ladder, when midway between the seventh arnd sixth storits, the strap broke, Bending over to balance the bady for a moment, he then leasntd at the risk of his life, and threw the won'an to ward a prc jecting ledge on the dloor below. A pparently' being revived by the fresh air or by the stock. the aged woman graapea the projection and held on. Later she was rescued. But in throwing the woman to safety. Capt. Barwin lost his balance arnd fell to the paviment. He ,vas instantly kill, d. J. E Wol'e, 50 years old, travf1ing representative for Sperry & Alexan der, wholesale hardware merchants of New York, mit a horrible death. He was burned in his room and the con dition of the furniture indicated that he had fought the flames until the last. All the clothing had been torn fin m the bed and it was apparent that the man had sought to smother the flames which eventually consumed him. Tne excitement was so intense that J. B. Peisniger of New York and Mrs. M. E. Hodges of Minneapolis, who were on window ledges near an alley, not being encouraged by tue cor wd in Fifth street, leaped I ram the seventh floor to the pavement. Peisniger's clothes caught tdre and he tumbled, burning, through the air He struck a railing near the Hennepin avenue side ot the hotel and was cut in two. -There 'were many thrilling rescues from the top ioor. ASSAULTED A CRILD. Young N. wh-erry Negro Chargd With a Heinous Crime. A dispatch from Newberry to The State says Clarence Butler, a negro about 17 years old, was brought to jil there Wednesday nigh by Sheriff Mt. M. Buford, charged with felonious asault. The victim is a negro child, about 7 years old, daughter of Louis Jesse,liviz g on the plantation of Mr. Joo. R. Spearmian, near Silver Street. The crime is alleged to have, been committed crnTuesday evening of last week about 5 o'clock. The child was in the house alone. Hier cries were heard and scme of the people on the plantation hastened tO her rescue and saw a man- running from the house. The child at once told the story 01 the assault and it was as said tharan examination corroi orated her t'ate ments Mr. Spearman telephoned .t sheriff Buford, and yesterday, Wtn a war rant issued on the it f 2rration of the father .of the child, yj Magistrate Cannon B'ease, he wea. in search of -is man'. jAfound aim at Saluda Oldtown Wedgs.da, evening and brught him to jailTere Sheriff Buforo is oeing congratulat ed today on the swiftnelis of the cap ture. To the promptnes and skill with which he has always discharged the d uties cf ais citce, as in this'case many attribuie the good order of the county, and the infre quency of seri ous crime. F'ound Dead. At Charleston L. P. Fouche, of Anderson, a pharmacy student of the South Carolina Mtede al college, was fond wounded en Comizng street at an early hour Friday. morning. He ad been shot in the stomach, and a friend, L. S. Maxwell, who was with *him, was taken into custody by the police, whi2m Fomiche~ was sent to the Roper Hospitik~ Ka' Investegation seemed to establish .-he fact Friday that Foucht- hmd shot hImself proba bly changir g his pistol from his pistol from his coat p-:cset to his hip pocket The wound is. not serious and the vim an i nndobhe recover. ~IOTRAD OY&11IA M!ISER Worth sali Fortune But Lves on Few- C nts Daily. With 850,O in the bank and as much more invested in tax titles in Omaha, Lincoln, Denver and other Western cities, A. J. Seaman, a wel! known ebaracter of Onha. has reduc e-i his living expenses to the minim um, Spending only 22 cents dailv for ,,ard ana ro:>m sna tess tMan 55 year for clothina. Fashion, either in clothing. his room or his table cuts no 1 tigure with the old maa. He has limi ted his board bill to 15 cents each day and has maintained that -tandard for many years. "And I guess 1 git along bout as well as any other fellow he sa s. "I guess I live about as cheap as any man in the United Statts," says Seaman. "Anv man can live on an economical basis all right if he will ist watch expenses. "P-ople have been lying abou. me. They say I dont spend but 7 cents a day on bread and meat and coit3 and te. It's a lie. I spend 15 cents every day, and I have not tasted cc Ifee nor tea for nearly thirty years. I dcnt mind people teliling the truth about me but I dont want no lies.' Seamain is a tax title buyer, ann annually makes a pi'grimage from O.naha through the Western cities. goizg as far as Denver and Kansas City. He invests $5o,000 in this bus iness, and as fast as he can dispose (f a piece of properi-y on whicb he!holds a ciaim he transfers his money into new titles. "I'm glad I ain't got no in folks," says Seaman. "Kin folks always want you to help them out with a iittle money. I aint got any and I'm glad I aint. "Do you see these shoes?" sald Sea man, hoiding up a substantial boot. 1 bjught em at a second-band store. Gave 50 cents for em. That was two years ago, and I'll wear them for an other yEar at least. I dint throw away no money on cobblers, either. Whren my shoes need mending I just do it myself. I put this sole on with a piece of leather and some carpat tacks. But its good just the same. "Then these trousers. I paid a dol lar for them and bought them- new. They were the first pants I bought from a store for fitteen years. My ve3t cost 10 cents at a Isecond- hand store and mycoat another 20 cents. I got beat on this coat, though. It aint near as good as one I bought for 15 cents about fLur years ago A-: the hat cost me another 10 ceots, too. I bought it from a man who had jost bought a new hat. I saw him come out of a hat store aad I braced him and got his old bat. It's a pretty good fit. And he gave my dime.to the clerk arad told him to tuy a ci gar with it. Thats mighty wasteful, and that clerk will never bs worth -any thing unless he quits smoking. "But say, I got a bargin in ny su-nmer hat. Went down'last winter a-d bcught a strw bat for 2 cents. Then I put it away, and when sum. mer came 1 %as ready with my new straw hat." Counting his entire ward robe, Seawantwas dres~sed in less than 2 worth tf cl tbing. Some years ago Seam mn and a friend "bached" and at that time Seaman igured that he was spending 81 203 a week for his meale. "That was too xpensve, so I left that friend, It only costs ma $1.05 when I live alone he says. Frequently Seaman buys a a loaf of bread or a pie and takes It home w ith him where he eats It in his rconx. "And Ire got the coal trust beat all to pieces." he says. "How is that ?". 'Well, 1 dont use any coal at all. I stay down town untill bed time. Then I go home and go right to bed. When I get up In the morn ing, and eat my bread and take a glass of cold water, I. get right down town. So, you see, I haven't got the least use for a fire. And that's how I beat the coal trust. "I was extra hungry this morning, and my break fast cost 8 cents. - I know it was ex pensive, but I wanted somnetbirg ex tra today. But I made up oo It at super and kept wIthin my -limit of 15 cents for the day." Seamon is a a ember cf the Young Men's Christian ass~ciation and spends ,almost all his time in that buildlrg. Here he t~ansacts all his business, ar:d thus escapes paying cifice rent. ie is a devout student of the Bible, and in his younger days was a member of the Congregational church. How ever, he Is now Inclined to'scoff at the sectarian question and stands for a broaer view of the Bible and its teachings. "Scme people In this world want to make a great spludge," says the old man. "Instead of pay ing their debts they make new ones whenever they can get credit. But you bet I don't." Eclipses for 1906. In the yaar 1906 there will be five ecipses of the sun and two of the moon. 1. A total eclipse of. the moon, February 8-9 visible here, the begin ning visible generally in North and South.America and the western parts of A frica and Enrope; the ending vis ible generally in North America, wes tern and central South America, jtjer eastern portions of Austri? ha~ thel extreme northeast ofa. 2 Partial eclm of the sun Feb ruary S-9 not Yible here, but visible to the region' around the south pole. 3 A grtial eclipse of the sun JI4'2; invisible here. 4. A total eclipse of the moon August 4: nou~visible in eastern part of the U~nited States, but the begin ning visible in the western portions of our ccuntry, just before sunrise. 5. A - partial eclipse of the sun August 19; invisible here, but visible to Alaska. northorn Greenland and a large area around the north pole. Tne Wife as a Banker. Women are savers rather than spenders. And when they spend they spend to good advantage. A dollar in a woman's hands goes twice as far as a dollar in the bands of a man. If you want to save money let your wife be the banker. This is for the work ingman, whiether he labors with his Ihands or toils with his brain. -This is for bhe married man and for tus man about to be married. It is f6'' men in every elass of life. It. is -the best advice for the avelag~e man every where. .Give this a trial dur ing the presenlt-year upon which we have just entsred and see if you are. not btter off at its beginning. Famnily Burned to Death. Savag grsons, comprising an 'amily,;were burned to det fire which gSestro'yed the homei' Isac Syler, at Pleasaht, Juniat rIt.E le -a&ughter, Mrs. -a.ar.ela Iter's five. THi LOBLOLLY PINB. An Interestirg R, port Concerning Recent Tests. The forest service department of agr'culture has just rendered an In teresting report concerning tests re cently made at a large saw mill near Charleston, to determine thestrength of loblolly pine. The c~mpany oper ating the mill has under its control about 45,000 acres of loblolly pine and and it was through their ( f 1rts that the department hba been making the tests mentioned. Tais timber which is known on the local market as North Carolina pine, forms the greager part of the lum ber ort at this mill. The loblolly pine forms a useful construction timber of moderate strength, it is of very rapid growth and reproduces readily. For these reasons it will remain one of the most important timber trees in the South. Correct data on its strength will be of permanent value. It is found much more convenient to take the testing machine to the mill instead of bringing the lirge sticks of timber to the laboratory from the mill. Tae condition to which the stock of timber is subj ,eted after be ing cut in the forest determine to Eome degree how it will act when put in use where it will have to carry a load or bear a strain. It sometimes be comes an important matter to know the history of the sticks tested. The logs from which it is desired to cut the test pieces, can be selected in the: f )rEst, marked and subsequently iden tified at the log pond. A concise his tory of each log is kept, showing the locatio'n of the tree In the forest, the kind of soil in which it grew, the time of cutting, and the length of the time the log lies in the water. On arriving at the mill, the log is sawed any way desired, and can then be tested short ly af ter coming from the saw or laid aside for the purpose of air drying or kiln drying before testing. E ery step o f im;ortance in the life of the log after cutting is thus known, and many pecularities which arise in the be havior of sticks when tested can be explainEd. The testing machine is set up in the mill and driven by the mill machinery. The sawyer in the mill saws exactly the kind of sticks desired, and the pieces intended for test are sent di rectly to the testing machi-e. The plan of work at Charles.ton in cluded investigations to defermine the e frect of knots on the strength of the timber; the relative strength of 3ir dried and kiln dried timber; the if at of rate of growth upon the stegtl ; the influence of the relative strength of sap and heart wood, and the iciluence on the strength of the m-thcd of sawing. Judging from the inquiries received in the service, a widespread interest is manifested in this line of work, and without doubt many questions yet undecided will be definitely answered on the completion cf the tests. The specifications for instance under which engineers and architects re ceive joists are very imperfect because no one knows - the exact degree of weakening. which arises from the presence of knotsof various sizes and kinds in the joists. Again there is a common . prejudice 'against sap wood on acciunt of the suppose weak ness. -. The experiments now going on are most important and interesting tc ubtr men and builders generally, and will be carried on yet for some time. COTTON GINNED. The Figures as Compied by the Cen sens Bureau. Acoording to a bulletin Issued by the, census bureau on Tuesday of last week 9. 721,773 bales of cotton were ginned to Jan. 1, 1906, counting round as half bales and excluding linters. Number of round bales included 263, 424; sea island bales 93,939. There was no report for the corresponding period last year and comparative stat istics are not avilable. The report showing the quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of 1905 by States and territor es is as follows: Active State or Territory Bales ginneries Alabama..-.-.....1,175 985 3.722 Arkansas-.-...-.-... 510.710 2 289 Florida........... 72,884 290 Georgia......-...1,669 917 4.9G3 Indian Territory..- 296,248 523 Kansas ......... - Kentucky...-.... 1,213 3 Louisiana.-..-...457,27 ' 2,057 Mississippi...-...1,030,912 3,841 Missouri.......... 35377 77 North Carolina. . .. 629 850 2,809 Oklahoma.........279,163 324 South Carolina.. .. -1,075,826 3,156 Tennessee-....... 240,001 723 'Texas-..........2.231,835 4,152 Virginia.......... 14,640 121 The above statistics have been com piled f rom telegraphic reporti of the special agents who canvassed the gin neries, and are subject to slight cor rections when checked against the in dividual returns of t.he ginners being transmitted to the cifle through the mails. The last report showed 9,29:?191 Jmes, countIi ofmd as hai'-ales, ginned to Dec. 13, 1905. ' Running bales counting round Ts af bales, and not including linters.' showdown on Rural. Postmaster General Oortleyou in his report outlines a policy of strick ter adher nce to the legal : culation of rural mall routes. Most important to rural route patrons Is his intention to "discontinue without delay any route where it is found on inspection that because of a lack of appreciation of the service the expenditure involv ed is unwarranted," and the an nouncement that where patronage is insuffcient to warrant a dialy delivery substitution will be made of a every other-day service. Not every route is appreciative and two many patrons look upon the service as something to which they ha~ve 'the same general right as they have to receive mail at a pistoffce. :The $14,000,00 deficit ha brought/the government to the conclusion that -there is listle sense in spending the people's money on those who do not appreciate it. aas Two Jobs. James BMceLaughlin is the only member of the District of ' Columbia b~r with two widely different and dis tinct professio - He is an excellent lawyer and an o ained minister of the Methodist Ep1 pal Church and regularly preachkes to Washington con' regations. Shot Him Dead Ashdo'ene, a collector, +-agJ7wounded to -v-..onVr ROME FROM WAR. startling Scence Enacted in.'ihe City or Moscow. I was passing the empty university last Saturday morrilog. Minute snow was lashing through the air before a bitter wind, but it thawed as it fell, and people went slopping through the filthy puddles, in galoshes, as ;s the fashion here. Training in disorder thrc.ugh the dirt and wind, mixed up with the market people and the little open droskies that dash up and down the streets like our handsoms, cime a string of soldiers slowly making their way westward, They had just passed the booths where the butchers and othe loyalists slaughtered the students. They had reached the point were the Ocssacks shot blindly into the procession that had accompanied the funeral of the student B:3umann. There they halt ed because the cross road in front was blocked with traffic and a few passers by began to look at them curiously. They were not to be called a cal umn, nor were they organized as an advance party. They were not organ ized at all, but a few calvery came rst, their hairy little horses throw .np a steam into the wind; then a few infantry, not more than a batal ion, I think, covered with filth, their uniforms torn and patched, some in low caps, like our own men, some in high furey caps matted with mud and snow. Behind followed * a ramble line of carts, and it was the sight of tMe men stretched inside them with dirty bandages rcund their heads, or arms, or feet which showed to us what -the party really was. They were the soldiers returning from the war-the van of the great and ruined army coming home. At last they had completed the 5,000 or 6,000 miles of their j urney through the siberian plains and were alive in the heart of their own country. And this is how they were received. The municipality had intended to arrange some sort of festivilities at the station. Tney had intended to give little presents to the men-choc olates and cigarettes, I suppose-and little decorations for the officers with the inscription: "To the Defenders of the Country." Whether those festivities were ever held and those little presents given I cannot say. The papers had anncun ced thfi G i s - idiers would begla to arrive on Sunday. The governa ment took care that they should ar rive on Saturday. - The presents m3y possibly have been rushed cut in carts to meet them, thcugh it would be more like the Russian cificials to re tain the cfferings of their patriotism for themselves. But so little interest was taken in the whole thing that the evening-ps4 pers continued-to announce-diitijathe army would1begin td arrf'eizt: day and as far as I can discover-ao.-arsh er notice of any -indiwas takeirofthe defenders of- the :ountry. So 5ther. drifted westiard of the dirty striets and dissappeared into their barracks. The reservistsaniong them appear to have been dismised at once. At .all eventbe crowds of -beggars who -tlithreats indcuffsy violently -de niand'tiie-:milk-of-thumsn kindness up on the straetshavE been increased -by many tattered creature 'who- limp about in traces-oi departed uniforms, and as they pass the people? say "A soldier from the war.-=-Monoor C~r respondence Neno!rk Sun.: THE WAGES OFSIN. A Man and Woman Commit Suicide in Raleigh. A special dispatch from Baleigh, N. C., says a sensational double suicide was discovered there Monday after no'on, in which a man of some promi nence and well know and a woman of easy virture figured. The man was William H. Hood, who for a number of years was deputy register of deeds of this city and county and whose fa ther was register -of deeds until his death, about five years ago. The wo man was a resident of "EIsst Raleigh and was known among her associates as "Violet." She had been in Rtleigh but a few months and her family name has not yet been definitely learned. Mr. Hood, who held a position with the leading department store here, had been drinking heavily for the last te-- days. On Saturday night he and the girl, who was apparently between 20 and 25 years old, went to the house of and old colored woman. This af ternoon the bodies of the two were found there and nine empty lauda num vials revealed the means used by the suicides. Hocd left an invalid wliow and a child. It is statd-tri bW idetow would not permit his body to be tak en to his home after she learned the circuamstances of th~e suocide. Hood was a man who had many friends here and in other states, and dissipa tion seems to have been the sole cause of his ruin and death. Three months ago he was treated in an institution for the drink habit. KILLED HIS s0J.IN-L&W. Family Fracas in Lexington Conty . Leads to Fatal Resn1a. . The Lexington Dise'ech says on Fri. day night, a few miles above Summit, la omicide, which shocked the entire comnunity, took place, Mr. Samuel W. ,tockman, a prominent and well known (armer, killing his son-in-law, Mr. Hamniton Hartley, a successful buslnes man 'tSummit. The killing took place in the r'did in front of Mr. Stockman's house, an'dseems to have been the result of somek.family trou ble. The details of the deplorable af fair will be made known in'$3ourt. The jury of inquest rendered. akverdict in substance, "that Hampton \ H artley' came to his death from );unshot wounds i'nflicted by Sanhnel Stdeckman, and that Will Taylor was aceessary to the killing." This Mr. P' ris from Newherrv county'. man drove to Lexinzgtce accompanied by Mr. Ta rendered himself to the The dead man was~ years old and leaves a' children. Mr. Stcckm' ive years old and is ing ball. G. T. GS Sharpe are'counsel' Solicitor Timmerr on the part of tb Dreher and E. I Mr. Hartley' St. James chn'r WOMEN WANTED, Granite City IW., 'Iss To Many Old Bachelors. "God give us men!" cried Poet Holland in lofty ve ; but what Gran ite City wants is women. In this rtlurishing Illinois town which had a population of 6.700 ac cording to the census of 1900, and WhiLh now claims 10,000, there are ten men to each woman. The majority of these men are bachelors-partcularly the business and professional men-and as a con s: quence more than half of the hous es in Granite City are rcomicg and boarding houses. While there has been no formal mcvament to induce an irflixof wo men the marriageable men of the town wou'd be much obliged, to say the least, if desirable members of the fair sex would place themselves with in reaching distarce. The young bachelors of the town are so busy making money-and there is hardly a one of them who does not rake in from $5 to $10 a day-1gat they have no time to go courting at a distance ; yet they would prove.therv. selvel the marryingest .lov of men in the cuntry if they only bad a chance. Over at Alb-,n there is Mayor Beall, the fi d uf R seelt, wao is pr ac'i -icg against race suicic e as I ard as te knows hos ; and as the ec ioes of hL exhortations reach the ears of the lonesome young b Lchelors at Gran ite City they are as sad as sad can be. Even som ^ the city officials can not get wives. They are City Attor ney Maur c. Sullivan and City Clerk Gcorge FArnish, for example. Er mayor J B Jadd was forced to go out of cffice last spring still unwed ded, thcugh not unwilling. THE FAMER. He is the Most Indepeopant of all Mankind. Harper's Weekly suggests that in these piping days of agricultural pros perity we should not forget the iine old farmer's toast not uncom.aonly found on E aglish drinking vessels in former times. _ It goes as follows: "Lat thd wealthy and great R >ll in splender and state, I envy thcm not, I.declare it, I eae' my own lamb, My chickens and. ham, I shear my own fleece and I wear it. I have lawns, I have towers, I have fruits, I have flwer, The lark is my. morning alarmer; So my jolly boys now, Here's God speed the plou h, Long life and success to the farm :bhe young man on the farm who is tempted to go to the town or city, iving up a substantial certainty for -dobtful prospects :wculd do well to bonsider thet itaixpressed in these ungs.. efarber's life is the most 1ndpeneitand is beset with less temptionithin any other. I- is the nearest to nature and the farthest away from the degenerating artificial ities of the modern world. It is be cause of this artificiality and its false standards that the ten-dollar- a. week clerk, who may be fircd any day and not be ~able to pay his laundry bll, is ledtqconsider himelf the superIor of the strong, sun browned . harvester who gathers his cropg on his own land. They are higher pr zas than those that are wor' by the successful farm er, but those higher prizes are too ften secured In part through a morai compromise and a sacrifice of self res pect which the farmer is never called upon to make. A Fisny a frair. The newspaper controversy be. tween D. H. Means, clerk of the sink. ing fuod commission, and Jessie T. Gauntt, late private secretary Secre tary of State M. R. Cooper and pres ent secretary of State is calculated tc make the people sit up and pay atten tion. As the Newberry Observer says the gist of the whole thing Is that there has probably been "graft" in the secretary's offce. It looks that way, though the proof is only circumstantial and inferential, Five books of the cifice are missing-said to have been destroyed by a very mysterious fire in the secretary's of fice-a fire that seems to have known precisely wnere these books were and to have gone for them and scarcely anything else. Four of the books were books Gof original entry, In which Mr. Gauntt, while private sec retary and afterwar di as secretary of state entered the charter fees o: the offce; the other was a book kept by Mr. Means himself showing fees turned over to him. Mr. Means ex planation of the books puts Mr. Sec retary Gauntt is a very awkward posi tion before the public. Mr. Gaunt eere n~r aa~ae-=a and is trying to Injure him. Tnere will likely be some revelations by an investigating committee oefore the matter Is ended. South Carolina cannot afford to let r if >ial scandals like this be fcught out in the news paper. A thoroughand impartial In vestig .tion is needed and there is reaso" o hope that the whole, affair w1r sifted to the bottom. - Sensation eto Fa~ing. The sensation of falling,. -down/- a precipice is cne that Th'-f persons have had an opportunity of recording. Prof. Albert Helm, well -kiown geol ogist, has been able. to . descritbe the experience to the Swiss-Alpine sClub, and relates that he was not troubled in breathing and felt none'of the par-. alyz'ng terror that so often over-. whelms victimsof sndden catastrophe. He felt perfect tranquility, shiough remarkably- quicikened mental activi ty. Old memories were reviewed and then his ears were filled with soft musical sounds, and consciousness was lost as the ground.. was struck. There was no pain nor sensation of shock. - Gnus, you owe to your mothrM be on the look-uutfr o to make whateve' teturn you can for her ear ofeacrifice and planning for ryrs .ness and well-being. Treat her a a .I unvar-ying c >urtesy, defer -md seek her comfort and pleas ...,ve all others, and never be im tient, for she has had great patience bh you. - -A 3.03Aeft friend Is his mother, the bo who endeavors to pay haheowes his mother, is the Swno will be most so-.ght after by. he people who are worth while, and e apt to make the most successful IT is the duty of all parents to see~ -their children are tanght froi habyhood to take proper care o& anouarel foz thefanld - -- -her and -"ably A Nw Year Pray'.r. 0, thou Master of all times and sea sons Thou who dost mark the ages in ttelr fight, Grant this new year my gift to Thee may be. To lcva my fellow man, to be, to do For Ism what I wL uld have him (o far me! That selfsameness may cause my every deed; That I may know no hate-no bitter ness, But love the world as even Thou tast loved Grant me thy peace which years can - never bring Peace withih my heart-peace to fol low men; Far this new year whic'1 thou hast given me I must return to thee when thou de mand. I ask not for myself material things, That come ana pass away like com mon dust; I only plead that thou to m-w w'1 give To ]iv3 the lifewhich thou dost live in me. 0. thou Master, in whose' sight the pasirg Of a thousand years is but a single clay, Wilt thou not heed this prayer and grant to m. Its arswer as tle gift of Thy new year. SUArs Dl13PAJlS&lY. - The SDporters of the Lastitution Rold a Caucn. Tae dispensary supporters in the general assembly are miking prepara tions to rally against tne unslaugnt of adverse legislation proposed by ardent anti-dLspensary people. Toursday night in the ways and means commit. tee r. om of the house a caucus was held and the dispensary peuple put their Leads together. Taey a so began to count noses, and The Slate says ac coi ding to the statement of one of the members who attended .he meeting, the result was entirely satisfactory. He made the prediction that the dis pensary as an Institution would not be "put out of business" at this ses sion of the general a8semb Y. The dispensary people have intro duced no bill as yet. In this they think that they have showed i:cre. tion for they will fight for it if they see that some legislation must bo.-Yuc through. Senator Riysor h~w had the engrossing depirtmove at work on the billwhich. he introduced last session, but he-may not introduce it. Senator Manning has been spoken of as, one wno will probably Introduce the bill which is finally decided upon. The dispensary people claim to have their hopes raised by bhe result of the can cus Thursday night. Senator Timan was- in Columbia Thursda.y and while he did not parti cipate in any caucas he is said to have talked freely with the members of the legislature who consulted with him on the dispensary situation. rae Moral Law. Andrew Hamilton, the life insurance lobbyist, declares that of the 3800,000 e xpended by him in his lobby work, not one dellar was expoended con trary to the moral law. It is fortu nate for the country that the Hamil ton idea of morals does not .generally prevail. The idea that the use of mney to debauch legislatures and corrupt judges 1s not contrary to mar ala would, if generally acapted, make government a fare and reduce the people to abject slavery. Tnere was a time when many thoughtful men believed that the Hamilton code 01 morals poevailed generally, but re cent developments prove that, after all a majority of the people are hon est and will insist that publIc busi ness be honestly cared for. It requir ed a long time, and multiplied perse cutions, to arouse the people to a realizing sense of the fact that the Hamilton c ide of morals proyalled in high financial circles, but wher they were finally aroused -they took speedy action -with the result that a great many men who had long posec as statesmen, patriots and "defenderi of national honor" were exposed tc public contempt. The Hamilton code of morals will be ably defended by the Amalgamated Association of Porch limbers, the Burglar's Benevolent and Protective Asscciation, the Sandbaggers" Mutual Association, and kindred organizations. But it will be scored by men who believe in the moral code handed down upon Sinia and who are trying to live upright and pure lives. A Badge Of Shame. The Lake County Herald, published at Painesvlle, O.1io, directs an open ter- to--rake ooney's representativE in the state legislature. It was report ed that this representative had an nounced that he expected to receine a railroad pass during -zisaarwame*d would accept and u-se suc ta pass. The. Herald dircts attention to the ic1 that this member of the legisla~w is presumed to act as the attorney in the state legislature fo?$he People of Lake county, and.tha,~wil be re qired to vote on 1 rtant Mailroad legislation. T e raid pleads with this represent9re to reject.the pass, and to-standas a free representative: of pub1Jfterst In commenting nthe ye The Commoner says the as a good one, and lt is hoped itwill be heeded. Tne free pass is one 'f the great evils of the day, and no public official is in a. position to dis charge his duty to the. people if. he places himself under 'obligations to theerprationls. The battle a~gainst -the free pass is not a temporary strug gle. Unless we are prepared to con fess that popular government, is a e pass sd.Tn ine me lime let it be understood every where that a free' pass in the hands [of a public official is a badge of shame. Ohild Burned. elton Jamison, a negro living on Mr. Lem Berry's place near Swansea. lost a child Ta~ursday from a severe burn. The child's clothing in some way caught fire and at least one half the skin on its entire body and extreum ities was burned, the cuticle peeling off. The child was 21 months old and did not seeem to suffer any pain. It lived about 18 hours after keing burn Alleged Assassin. Charles. Zimmerman, wio eh't. e. Instantly killed a m- btevens ju2st acrot Mi~a- line in Edgefield cubnty Wednesday night, was lodged in jail there this evening for safe keep lg by Messrs. W. D. and J. G Pad gett. Stevens, it is said, was sitting in his home and was shot by Zimmer man through an open window. Both pares are negroes. Some of he U)f, uderi R memberinig haw some r f t ese money-mad men posed during the presiden-ial campaign of 1898, how they assumed f )r nemselves on mono poly upon the virtue a-d the patriot ism of tie cmuatry, It is it.teresting consider with 9ome dev-e of par tic .larity th rev ration I t s Say i& wuuld require a great naay chap ters for be telling of the whole story. Bat in order that one may be Impr- ss. ed with the rap dity with which these E xosures cncerning the ' def anders of national honor" and the "represen tatives tf itegrity" crowd upon one another, let him carefu ly r-ad the daily newspapers of December 3L, 1905. G aneing over a newspaper of thalt is u- we find considerable attention paid to these "d-fanders of national honor." F-r instar ce, we are told that the federal grand jury in 'sission at Caicago returned indictments against several of these "defenderi' holding positions in connection with one of the great railroad companies twenty-six accounts being named, and the c:arge seing that they Ihad vio lated the a&i-rebate law alio. 0We of the m st crsgicuous of these "defenders" have aied, it devOAD that during the early days of his cart ' had bee2 imprisoned as a conv c: in a state penitentiary, and that dur ing al: the days of his impris'rnment his wife had displyed great devotion. It fur thber developed that soon after he was released from prison he deserted thatr faithful wifA, and the next th'ng that was heard (i, him he turned up-in the city of Chicgo with a brand new wife, and became one ot the noisiest assailan s of the democratic party and oneo of the most v hement cnampions of "nato-al honor." It developed !u ther that jast be fore he died this man was pr paring to desert his second wife and -o insiall ia his home a third f .vorite. Apol ogizng, as we must. for making any reference whatever to the dead, it is cerainly not out of p ae, when it cimes to tte discharge of a duty to the livirg, to direct attention to this rV.Iation of what he make bold t say has come t2 be a characteristic of some of the conspicuous assailants of the democratic pity and pompous "defenders of the nation honor." In the same issue of this publica tion, the faithful wife of one of these "defenders of national honor" living 'at Boston tels the story of her hus band's perfidy and describes the great embarras--o. to which she has h.,l Iu in the Poatectlon of her sim ple rihts. In the -sazne Pasue a Sani Francisco dispatch informs i.bat as soon as the president of one of Ine great' trusts of this c untry-s man who on his own acc.-unt has posed as "a defender of national hon'r" and to whom reptiolican ne wspapers have pointed as a model I r the young men of the cuntry-obtains a divorce f rom the wife who during the days of his poverty was ever faithful to him, he will proceed to wed an actress. In the same publication great gains is taken to deny a report that the organizer of one of the great trusts will soon marry a variety show performer. "D fenderb of national honor," indeed! Church Days for 1906 The season of lent will occur un usally early in the year of 19.6. Ii begins on Febuary' 28, and ends on April 25, too early for the ladies to do mucn with the E aster bonnet. Fol lowing are the datcs of church days for the year 1806: Epiphany, January 6. Septaugesima sunday, F.bway 11. S xages'ma Eu aday, Febuary 18 dgang iagesima Su'nday, Feaiuary 25. Shrove Tu:-aday, Febuary -27. A sh Wednesday., February 28. Q -adregtsima- Sunday,:-March 4. PLim Sunday, April ,8. - Go-d Friday, A prtl:3 - E s~er Sunday, A pril 15. Low Sunday, April 22 Rgat'on Sarday, May 20. Ascension Day, May 24. White Sunday, June .10. Corpus Christi, June 14. Advent Sanday,- December 2, Caristmas day, Decemb -r 25. Nlew Y 'ar's Day, 1906 comss on M:,nday; Valentin6's day on Wednes day Washingtode birthday on Thurs day; Memorliaday on Wedneslay; Independence day on Wednesday; Labor day on Monday, Sept. 3; Hall owe'en on Wednesday, Oat. 31; Thanksgiving day on Nov. 29; Ohrist mas day on Tuesday Dreaded Spotted Fever. A dispatch from Newport, R. I. says nearly all of 1.500 apprentices at the naval training station live in con stant dread that the fatal spottec' fever may strike anyone of them next one boy having already developed In sanity and has been removed to the insane asylum at Washington. Death& of J. F. Rolfe, of Nlebraska, Harry Gale Bootenburg, of lEtononma, VEr ginia, makres seven fatalities so far out of eleven cases, which, with- --tue death of Frederick F.iend,. 0rash ville, Ill., is e moment. This a nsbegan for eumigatfcn of-former Spanish cruiser Rsina Mercedes. The cfflcer5 are fi>dded with letters from parents rking aboui the health of their boys. Horrib'e tu dhery.. A dispatch from Tifles, Caucasia says nearly 350-persons were killed or injured In the attck made by Cos sacks on the Armenian seminary there, following the throwing of t wo bombs from that institution at a pas ing patrol. Four Cossacks were woun ded and a boy killed by the explosion of the bombs. The artillary was sum moned and the seminary surrounded and shelled. The buildirg soon burst into flames and the oombs and cartri dges scored therein exploded. Thirty three persons perished during the coniagra,tlon, whIle 300 were ir jured by fire or wounded by the shells. Tae troops EubSQuentlyl shelled another Armenian house where bombs and werpns were hidden and killed eight revoijonists.. Satrificed Her Life., Three woa were burned to death and one was In~irgl Saturday in a tire that destroyed a b~arding house at 111 MissourI avenue, ft. Lhuis. The building caught fire from the fur nace. The dea~f Mrs. Fauline Her mann, Miss Jewel] Reed, laughter of proprietor; Mrs. Pulvermaktier. Mrs. Higer, aged 70 years, who 'was. siclf jumped from an uppor wind6' break ing a 1eg. Miss:JewilTReed Z.st her lfe In trying':to save othersy-She rushed into the street an4. ':sd for help. Then she dash'd. k ingo the house to alarm -.th-ocupankts. The 'unree bodies were found in thei bath room. The city superintendents of schools at their annual meeting in Columbia last week adopted a resolution that In their opinion children should not be sent to school before they are eght years old. This resolutioni VOLCANOES IN MARYLAND. -4 Prove to Be ti%. Oldest Rock Forma. tion in the United States. Prof. Philip R. 'thler gives an ac count of a discovery which he made lu -the western Maryiaid mountains, say' the Baltimore American. Three peaks. the pzincipal one - named Buzzards Knot crown a plateau about six miles from the city. it was for Prof. Uhler to discover that the three prominences are in fact volcanoes, and that tney are the very oldest type of volcanic rock that is found in the United States. These peaks are of a different form from volcanoes like Vesuvius. In the latter form of volcano molten lava and stenes are forced up by superheated steam, leaving a deep hole, but in these craters in western Maryland thb whole mountain was originally in a inolten condition a:.-i tne top crust was forced upward in a dome-shaped form, and such lava as did -escape was-forced out in vents at various places. The volcanic rock of the region is metal bearing, and speciments of gray, green and gold copper were found by Dr. Uhler. The domes of the craters were somewhat elliptical.in shape. In Mountain Climbing. .highest point at which climbers have stiayed~foany length of time, is 20.992 feet, on the dunalayas, where an exploring party painfu2v stayed for six weeks in 1902. Higher sm; afl1,'910 feet, is the extreme point of Mrs. Bul lock Workman's ascents, the greatest height reached by a woman. Mr. Bul lock Workman kept on to a point 23, 893 feet high, which is the greatest height reached by any mountain climb er. The -altitudes reached by Mr. and Mrs. Bullock Workman were above those at which M. Berson, the aero naut, began Liss artificial inhalation of oxygen. At 26,240 feet the aeronauts in general begin the continued inspira tion of oxygen, and neglect of this .pre caution was responsible for the death of MM. Croce, Spinelli and Sirel at 28, 208 feet, and their ccmpanion, Tissan dier, just escaping by a miracle. Mount Everest, the highest point of the globe, is only some 700 feet higher. 28,995 feet, and 3,000 above that begin the cirrus clouds that are composed of spicules of ice. At 35,424 feet is the highest point ever reached by man. This is the height attained by M. Ber son in his balloon on July 31, 1901. London Post. His Musc!es Obey nm. Medical circles in: Vienna are being edified by some remarkable of muscular action -whh a e about 30 year- -' po . . uitscles is so great/that he can perform feats that would usually be deemed incredible. He can co his abdominal muscles so as to showvf undulating movement massing upwar and downwara; his larynx goes-'up, down without the aid of the tongue - and he can even cause his pupils el to contract or dilate thus showing nfi.ance of will over so-called-. l untary actions. By contracting the diaphragm abe to displace his heart by,,.., irches. One of his marvelod#_. narrated by a Lancet correspondot the "transposition of- the Into the space occupied -u kungs.-E:change. . Oxygen to Cirt a.-3V - Diamond may cut daninm O~'L" gen cuts metals, at l$ast>~ There there is a daily exhibitiopi ottrand proce5s'forieutting~ m a jet of oxygen. Theap~par~p sists essentially fb.. blow>. - along a guide:n front of-.thm plates or partto be cut at-the rat about sixiz 6per mt., One- o-bblow ppadlv oxyy 'l flame, whch metal- gr It is te be cut perature correspoiding with The: fofowing blow pipe deUl ofpre oxygen which enter buston with the hot melatilau ducing a clear channel like aa~' about onereightha in'ch thick, maijer oi the metall6eina 'uaf - y the oprtn.-x ne A Real Rapid-Fir'e Gun.7V A new deathrdealing instrume~t been invented. A Lithmninan gete man, M. Feodor Troltz, has .otd~ gun, worked by electricity, which~ii fire from t,000 to 12,000 shots a mnt.< The range of this new weapo~~ miles, and its destructive claims on its behalf are e~n~esol put in thruamuesuch -ia to magazine rifles. The gun one man to work it. uminou's Shrimps. Luminous shrimps have been ered by the Prince of .Monacai~ course of his deep sea fishing- n Mediterranean. They live at-aa from 1,100 to 1,600 fathoms. of the size of fine, ;-d i~ studded 'with- smal hrsei~ spots. These lightgtteir .a1a gloom of the deep water. cuS1 - skaways -In Mexico. In Mexico railways are beingexwi , ed and facilities-for tr'ansportation.are being improved. The port of Vera Crus c has, at a cost of some T 000,000, been made Into one of the finest harbora in h world, and Its miles of annicent stone quays shame the flimsy wooden water fronts that characterize New. York and San Francisco. An Offense to Royalty. - A governess named Kathie Schmidt was prosecuted for lese majeste b cause she wrote her name In a -visitors' book at a hotel at Gross-Llchterfelds, immediately beneath the signature.9-d . the king of Saxony and the twogmy It is alrays treter to take things a the come than to attempt to catch4 the as. they o .. Give Them a Chance. Do not try to make the child think as you do "Going at him with pin eers,--nippmng him there and pinching hm here, " Is a deplorable thing f0r a teacher or a parent to d>. Kather thank the ,Jord that he has a mind of hissownssd that heuseslit. Do ycur part by furthering its development. in such a way that Its inherent or! ginality will remain Intact. "Bettier for a young man to think too highly of himself than too meanly; tot trash,~' his powers too much than not to trust ' them enough," orce said a minister4 to his co ggationl. If ycu taeez &iitfIlis to this ieliw, as ma~u of bla hearers did, :16ok about.. andisee awhd. ar e theones and-yonr ki id that they are dfthiose who "hesitteand are lost;" ut those who havgt~ittd themselves. And this theysofan l hava itioat ind vfdgality, that4 mightanfoce .God planted, 'which gives theilll t. do, and- the power t ~~ Ta wo ane.caunTsryUar de. m nding Cnejdy-4dir number be given a place - riddent's cab! ntitolook after the a 62 and glrl, wIgcbwoulld n~