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DEAD AND DYING!
Twenty-Eight Lives are
Taken by Wreckers.
PASSENGER TRAIN PLUNGES
THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Wrecl Becomes a Fiery Holocaust.
BODIES OF UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS
MANGLED IN THE RIVER’S BED.
THE WRECKERS APPEAR AND ROB
DEAD AND DYING VICTIMS.
Twenty-eight persons killed outright
some of whom are so badly mangled,
bruised and charred that recognition
so far has been impossible, with a
dozen more so terribly injured that
they will all die, is the result of a
wreck at the Cahaba river on the Bir-
mingham Mineral railroad, twenty-
seven miles from Birmingham, Ala.,
early Sunday morning.
Men, women and children, with faces
and hands blackenod by the same flames
that burned away their arms and legs,
are among those whose death is a sure
sequence of the accident.
Among the dead and among those
who have not yet been identified are
trunks without a head and trunks
without arms and without legs. Trunks
so horribly blistered and blackened
that identification is practically an im¬
possibility.
Tho horror was perpetrated shortly
after 7 o’clock Sunday morning and
the terrible mannci; in which it w'as
accomplished opens a new chapter in
the book of horrors, Nothing like it
was ever approximated in the south
and to railroad men, conversant with
matters of the kind, but one disaster
equal to this is recalled, that at Ashtab¬
ula, O., known the country over as
the Ashtabula horror. In many re¬
spects, too, this one is similar to that,
which occurred in ’70. Then a fast
moving passenger train went at full
speed through a high bridge carrying
one on board with it. Now, as
then, the train quickly caught fire and
those who might have escaped death
in the long rapid fall were cremated
before they could be rescued.
But the accident at Cahaba river was
rendered decidedly more horrible by
the fact that it was the work of train
wreckers, and by the further fact that
the wreckers, ghoul-like, descended
upon the dead and dying while those
in whom life was yet left were calling
for help—for rescue from the ap¬
proaching flames.
The bridge is on the Brierfield and
Bloeton branch and is six miles west
of Gurney. It was an iron structure
110 feet high, resting upon four piers.
In addition to the pier on either side
of the river there were two piers which
supported a span over the stream. The
bridge was 400 feet long and the span
iu the middle was 150 feet in length.
The middle span was built upon iron
work sixty feet high, while the iron
work itself was held up by two stone
piers fifty feet high.
The bridge was put up after the most
approved style and across it the trains
go without slacking speed to any great
degree.
l’lungo Off the Bridge.
Engineer ' White approached the
bridge, and seeing everything clear
plunged upon the rails at good speed.
Almost immediately after the train
strung out on the bridge the engineer
opened his whistle, and the shrill
blasts that went out advised the pas¬
that something was wrong. But
before a second thought could come
there was a bumping sensation*, follow¬
ed by a wild, downward plunge.
So quick did it happen that the echo
of the whistle was still ringing in the
~«ars of the passengers when they felt
the plunge they were taking. With
great force the cars struck, came to a
standstill, and almost as quick there
was a flash. It was then that the few
in whom life was left realized for the
first time w'hat had happened.
The passengers were thrown irom
the seats and seats were torn from
their fastenings. The stoves broke
from rheir iron bands and the hot em¬
bers were scattered around. Piled
upon the seats, w ith the seats piled
upon the stoves, were the passengers
when the coaches hit the hard rocks in
the bed of the river.
But for the few who were dragged
from the wreck before the flames
reached them nothing but the pile of
ashes and the debris would have been
left to tell what had taken place. As
it is the few who survive are unable to
tell much about it. Rather the rem¬
nants of the terrible work tell the
story than those who were rescued.
A number of farmers, whose homes
were in the neighborhood, were at¬
tracted to the scene and to the best of
their ability began tfl'e work of resene.
But by the time help arrived the
flames had nearly run their course. A
few' had managed to escape through
broken windows, while others were
yet remote from the blaze, and it was
these the farmers helped out.
To the injured they turned their at¬
tention first, Then removing 'the
dead was accomplished.
While some were rescuing the hurt
and dead others w ere doing what they
could to relieve the w ounded. A mes¬
senger was sent to Hargrove, a station
a mile away, and the railroad people
were notified. But by the time help
came from the outside there was noth¬
ing to do except begin the work of re¬
claiming the wrecked train.
Messengers were hurried in every
’ direction for physicians and every phy¬
sician in that section was quickly
drawn to the scene. Then as the doc¬
tors worked upon the wounded,
the dead, as far as recovered,
were removed to the hillside to
await the coming of the railroad
officials. As the bodies were removed
attempts were made to identify them
as far as possible, and by the time the
wrecking train reached the scene, of
the twenty-eight bodies recovered only
nine had been identified.
In the long row of blanketed and
burned corpses were trunks without a
head, trunks without hands and feet
and bodies, some without one leg and
some without either leg. Hands, too,
were burned away while the destruc¬
tion of wearing apparel left naught by
which the name or the home of the
person might be told.
Immediately after the rescuers be¬
gan their work they found three small
children upon the banks of the stream.
Neither of the children had a foot left,
while their bodies were blistered and
burned almost to a crisp. Yet they
were all alive.
Of the injured some were able to
give their names, but many were un¬
able to talk. Some of the living had
given an arm to the ashes, while others
had left a leg behind. One poor creature
had neither arm or leg left and was sim¬
ply a mass of flesh which rose and fell
as he breathed.
From those w r ho could talk, eaoh
giving his own name and address, a
partial list of the rescued was obtained
by the physicians.
Caused by Wreckers.
The opening in the bridge above, the
wrecked train below, the dead and
wounded upon the banks of the stream
did not tell how the fearful catastrophe
came about. Still r. brief investiga¬
tion and the declaration of one of the
injured passengers were enough to
satisfy the most skeptical that train
wreckers had caused it all.
An investigation of the engine show¬
ed that the lever was reversed, thus
indicating plainly that Engineer White
had attempted to stop his train after
reaching the bridge, the probabilities
being that the engine was reversed at
the same instant the whistle shrieked
out its alarm.
The fireman was on the opposite side
of the engine and when he discovered
that they were sinking he made a des¬
perate leap. He managed to clear the
ponderous machine and shot through
the air 110 feet, lighting at the bottom
in four feet of water. He was knock¬
ed senseless and had an arm broken by
the fall, but in a few minutes came
around all right.
But even the fireman is not able to
throw- any light on the subject. He
was on his side of the engine and he,
too, heard the shrill whistle, but be¬
fore he had time to ask anything or to
do anything he felt the track beneath
him giving wav and made his perilous
jump.
Goiilish Work.
While one of the physicians was
dressing the wounds of one of the
passengers the passenger told the
physician that he had seen three men
enter the burning car. Thinking
that the men came to aid in the
rescue calls were made to them by pas¬
sengers who were burning. The men
paid no heed to the appeals, but quiet¬
ly began going through the pockets
of the dead and the injured.
.
Then, when they had secured
everything they could find, the men
applied fire to the car at points where
it was not burning and passed on to
the next car, where they again de¬
spoiled the,dead and robbed the help¬
less hurt.
It is confidently believed the train
was wrecked by these three men and
that the work was accomplished by re¬
moving a rail on the bridge.
From Later Dispatches.
Birm'n jharn was a town of mourning
Monday, and as funeral procession a c -
ter funeral procession wended it*
way through the streets to the ceme¬
tery or to some railroad depot, where
a body was to be shipped to loved
ones awaiting it at home,citizens stood
motionless upon the sidewalks with
uncovered heads.
By transferring the dead and
wounded from the Cahaba river
bridge to Birmingham and to Bloeton
all interest in the wreck has left the
place, where nothing but the debris of
the train is, unless, pei’cliance, it
develops that some one yet rests in
the pile of ashes, cinders and rubbish
that marks the spot where the train
went to its doom.
With the railroad officials, who have
been untiring in their work of re¬
claiming the dead since they reached
the scene, the impression prevails that
the full extent of the casualties has
been ascertained.
By counting the number of bodies
that were taken to Bloeton, with those
claimed by parties at the scene and
those carried to Birmingham, it is
known that twenty-six persons lost
their lives, and in nearly every in¬
stance identification has been satisfac¬
tory enough to warrant the disposition
of the bodies.
In Bloeton, a town in which every¬
one knows everyone else, the scene
beggars description.
With the aid of the undertaker, the
officials have been able to make out a
list of the dead. That list is a long
one, and, while it may not cover the
full loss, it is believed to be correct,
and is so given. It is:
Railroad Employes.
FRANK WHITE, engineer.
JAMES BOWLING, express messenger.
GEORGE CARNEY, flagman.
A. P. CONNELL, conductor.
TOM STREETER, porter.
S. WEBB, bridge flagman.
Passengers.
BBUCE PHILLIPS. Bloeton.
L. W. MARTIN, Bloeton.
MRS. HENRY H ANBURY and TWO
CHILDREN, Birmingham.
REV. R. H. BLOUNT, Birmingham.
MISS ADA POWERS, Bloeton.
D. J. POWERS. Bloeton.
MRS. EMMA POWERS and TWO CHIL¬
DREN, Bloeton.
MRS. R. LITTLE, Bloeton.
JAMES GARDNER, MOTHER and SIS¬
TER, Bloeton.
MR. GIBBS and WIFE, Adger.
MR. WEBB, Toccoa.
MRS. S. J. GLEADALE, Helena.
THOMAS GLEADALE, Helena, aged five.
The injured are:
HENRY HANBURY, will probably die.
ANDREW BRYSON, will die.
E. RECKLS.
WILL GARDNER.
MISS BOOTH.
SAM STUART, fireman.
A CHILD OF MRS. POWELL.
MRS. WALKER, all slightly hurt.
List Reaches Thirty.
Three more victims were taken
from the Cahaba river wreck Monday
night and Tuesday morning. This
makes the number of dead recovered
thirty, and the impression prevails
that there are yet others buried some¬
where under the debris.
GEORGIA’S ELECTORAL VOTE.
Secretary of State Candler Compiles Re¬
turns of the Late Election.
The secretary of state has made out
the certificate required by law for
presidential electors, The vote of
each elector of the different political
parties is given, and this show's the
strength of democrats, populists, gold
democrats, republicans and prohibi¬
tionists.
The electors will meet in Atlanta
January 11th to cast the vote of the
state for Bryan and Sevall, and will
elect a messenger to take the sealed
package, containing the electoral vote
of Georgia, to Washington.
In the meantime the secretary of
state is required by law' to make four
copies of the certificate of election.
One copy goes to the secretary of state
at Washington, and three are left for
the electors to dispose of.
These certificates have been made
out and delivered to the governor, who
has signed them.
The governor certifies that the vote
for electors w'as as follow's:
James W. Robertson 94,232
J. J. Hunt......... 94,234
Phil P. Johnson .... 94,209
John A. Wilkes..... 93,682
George Bright...... 94,192
J. J. Bull.......... 94.253
L. L. Middlebrooks. 94,256
Roland Ellis........ 94,240
R. M. W. Glynn.... 94.228
J. M. Smith........ 94.228
William O. Pike.... 94,244
E. P. Davis........ 94.254
A. F. Daley........ 94,266
The other candidates received votes
as follows:
Gold Democx-atie Vote.
W. M. Hammond........... 2,788
M. A. Candler.............. 2.783
A. R. Lawton............... JO 807
R. H. Powell............... JO
H. A, Matthews............ JO 803
J. K. Orr................... JO
M. J. Clarke............... JO
Win. Henry Ross........... to 809
D. B. Hamilton............. JO
E. B. Tate............ .... . to
H. H. Perry................ to 803
H. H. Hickman............. 2.803
J. M. Wilkerson............ 2,536
Republican Vote.
J. F. Hanson..... ......60,091
James Longstreet. ......60,107
W. R. Leakin.... ......60,098
C. W. Arnold..... ......60,092
F. W. Gano...... ......60.087
31. L. Covington .. ......60,092
W. H. Smyfh..... ......60,092
3Iarion Erwin..... ......60,091
J. A. Crawford.... ......60,096
W. F. Bowers .... ......60,092
S. A. Darnell..... ......59,906
W. H. Stallings ... ......60,106
C. Downing...... ......27,010
Populist Vote.
Win. H. Felton 467
Chas. E. 3IcGregor 467
W. H. Saffold..... i—
H. C. Newton..... r—
B. F. O’Neal...... l—
Thomas P. Davis .. 467
James L. Chupp ... 467
W. S. Whitaker.. . 467
S. B. Austin...... 467
J. J. Green....... 467
A. L. Nance...... 467
Wm. Lansdell.... , 467
W. W. Bennett..... 467
Prohibition Vote.
Calder B. Willingham..... .5,633
Wm. S. Witham........... .5,613
Robert B. Reppard........ .5,613
Louis B. Banchelle....... .5,613
James O. 3Iaugham....... .5,613
Hubert 31. Smith......... .5,613
Danifel Morrison.......... .5,613
Thomas H. Stout......... .5,613
William C. Richardson .5,613
Benjamin C. Smith........ .5,613
Virgil R. Smith........... .5,313
Robert E. L. Harris....... .5,613
James L. Grady.......... .5,613
HUSBAND AND WIFE KILLED.
Supposed to l»e the "Work of Parties Whom
the Dead Man Prosecuted.
At 11 o’clock 3Ionday night, Wil¬
liam Whaley and his wife living in
Sevier county, Tenn., were shot down
and killed by tw*o men who broke into
their house. The murder was done in
cold blood and there is no clue to the
identity of the guilty parties. Many
seem to think, however, that the per¬
petrators of the tragedy were members
of a gang Whaley recently had prose¬
cuted before the grand jury.
Freight Trains Collide.
Two freight trains collided on the
Western and Atlantic railroad two
miles from Acworth, Ga., Tuesday af¬
ternoon with serious results. The en¬
gines plowed into each other, and both
were completely demolished. Fifteen
loaded freight cars were destroyed.
The engineers and firemen of both
trains jumped just in time to save their
lives, and they escaped with slight in¬
juries.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST
GATHERED AT RANDOM
And Presented in Condensed Form for
the Entertainment and Delectation
of the Hasty Reader.
Governor Atkinson has issued a re¬
ward of $‘250 for the man who assassi¬
nated Colonel A. R. Zachary at his
home in Morgan county.
Irwin county made 4,000 bales of
cotton this season, besides shipping
her product of naval stores to the
value of $220,000, and timber to
Darien to the value of $310,000.
* * *
Four brick blocks are to be built on
Central avenue at Fitzgerald by the
merchants who were recently burned
out. The city officers who have just
qualified are arranging for an artesian
well and a brick and stone city hall, to
be located across the street from the
site where Irwin county’s $30,000
courthouse is soon to be erected.
Comptroller General Wright has
sent out instructions to tax collectors
about special taxes. Liquor dealers
pay a business tax of $150 instead $100
as heretofore; circuses, instead of pay¬
ing $300 a day, pay $200 a day in towns
under 3,000 inhabitants, $300 per day
in towns of from 3,000 to 4,000 inhab¬
itants, and $400 per day in towns over
4,000 inhabitants.
State School Commissioner Glenn
has lately issued state licenses to
twenty-three school teachers, The
licenses were based upon the grade
made in the regular annual examina¬
tions as shown by papers. The con •
ieience of a state license upon a teach-
er is a great honor, and one that is ob¬
tained only after hard work. The ex¬
aminations are prepared carefully and
with a view of allowing only compe¬
tent teachers to obtain the state license
and who measure fully up to the stan¬
dard required by law. This is in pur¬
suance of a policy of improving the
system.
The death of Colonel Henry J. La¬
mar, of Macon, was a surprise.
Though he had been in bad health for
some time, Mr. Lamar’s death was un¬
expected. He was one of Georgia’s
best known and most highly respected
citizens, and a wealthy and very suc¬
cessful business man. For many
years he had been the leading whole¬
sale and retail druggist in Georgia.
He owns six drug stores in Macon, and
also owns drug stores in other cities in
Georgia. He was president of the La¬
mar Drug Company, of Atlanta ; and
the chief proprietor of S. S. S. and
Bradfield’s Regulator.
Among the important measures sign¬
ed by the governor is the act authoriz¬
ing the city of Augusta to grant the
exclusive use of its streets for the
transfer of freight and passengers by
steam, electricity or other motive pow¬
er. It is understood that under this
act the city proposes to grant the fran¬
chise for a consideration amounting to
$35,000 per annum in cash and other
sums in notes. On this question there
is a heavy litigation now before the
supreme court to be argued before a
full bench of six justices at the Janu¬
ary session qf the court. In that case
it is sought to enjoin the city from
granting this exclusive right.
* * *
The winter residence of Mr. Mark
Hanna in Thomasville has been put in
order, and Mr. and Mrs. Hanna, with
a}l their children, will arrive early in
January. President-elect McKinley
has been invited to come to Thomas¬
ville to visit Mr. Hanna, and while he
has not given any positive reply, it is
understood that he is planning to flee
from the wintry blasts of a severe
dime, as well as from the fiendish
hordes of office seekers to spend at
least a fortnight in the picturesque and
reposeful little Georgia city. It is ex¬
pected that the president-elect will
arrive in Thomasville on or about the
15th of January, and it is believed
that he will engage most of his time
quietly figuring on his cabinet slate.
Senator Brown's Widow Dead.
3Irs. Elizabeth Brow n, the widow of
the late ex-Senator Joseph E. Brow n,
died at her home in Atlanta last Satur¬
day morning after an illness of short
duration. The sad intelligence of 3Irs.
Brown’s death will carry sorrow and
gloom to many households throughout
the entire state, and her death w ill be
universally mourned by those who
loved her for her many noble traits of
character and kind and gentle nature
and disposition. 3Irs. Brown’s death,
although sudden, w'as not entirely un¬
expected, as her illness was known to
be of a serious nature some days ago.
All day Christmas her children were
at her bedside, and Friday night it was
seen that the end w'as near at hand,
She rapidly sank through the night,
and just at break of day her spirit
passed into the great unknown. When
death came the entire family was at
the bedside.
No New Trial for Ryder.
At Columbus last Saturday Judge
Butt refused to grant Dr. W. L. Ryder
a new* trial. This was the third time
set for the hearing of the motion for
a new trial, and the entire day was
consumed in the consideration of the
matter.
The state was represented by Solici¬
tor Gilbert, Judge 3Iartin, J. H. 31c-
Gehee and 3Ir. S. B. Hatcher, and the
defense by J. H. Worrill, C. J. Thorn¬
ton, A. A. Carson and Dupont Guerry.
When the case wa3 first called, on
December 5th, the defense offered
sixty-seven grounds on which they
asked for a new trial. One was that
one of the jurors, Mr. Culpepper, was
a cousin of Mr. Bickley, who assisted
in the prosecution; another was that
H. Jamerson, another one of the jurors,
had before the trial expressed the opin¬
ion that Ryder should be hanged.
When the argument was all in Judge
Butt overruled the motion.
The case will be carried to the su¬
preme court. The bill of exceptions
will allege errors on the part of the
court in charging and then in not
charging the jury on certain matters.
It will charge the court with other
errors, tell of the popular prejudice
in Talbot county at the time and claim
Jamerson and Culpepper were incom¬
petent jurors.
Governor Signs Anti-Trust Rill.
The Calvin auti-trus+ bill, a measure
more drastic and radi al ;han the Clive
bill, which the legislature refused to
pass six years ago, has become law by
the approval of the governor, who has
signed the act, and under its provis¬
ions any corporation party to any
agreement, contract, arrangement,
combination or trust made with a view
or tending to lessen competition in the
importation sale or manufacture of
articles other than agricultural products
or live stock in the possession of pro¬
ducers or raisers, forfeits its charter,
and its officers or agents implicated iu
the transaction are punishable by fine
of from $100 to $5,000 or imprison¬
ment in the penitentiary from one to
ten years, or by both fine and imprison¬
ment in the discretion of the court.
It is made the duty of judges of the
supreme court to instruct the grand
jury as to the provisions of the act, in
order that indictments may be brought
in such cases, and it is made the duty
of the attorney general to institute
proceedings to forfeit the charters of
offending corporations chartered by
this state, and to restrain offending
foreign corporations from doing busi¬
ness within the limits of the state.
Persons or corporations injured by
such combinations may sue for damages
and recover.
This bill is seen to be of immense
importance when it is remembered
that Georgia manufacturers have join¬
ed with others throughout the south to
curtail production and that arrange¬
ments for the curtailment of produc¬
tion are common all over the country
and are becoming more common.
Harry and “Me Lud” Flee.
Harry Hill and “Me Lord Beres-
ford” have been pardoned by Governor
Atkinson. The cases of those tw^>
young men are interesting.
Almost every person in Georgia is
familiar with the details of the famous
Hill case. At the time the case came
up no little was said about it in the
new'spapers of the state. At the time
of his arrest on the charge of forgery
Harry Hill was a prominent young
man and was one of the best known
men in Atlanta. He held a position
of some prominence in society and in
the business world.
The jury found him guilty of for¬
gery and he was sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary. There w-ere other
cases pending against him under the
same charge but. they were nol prossed
and he accepted his sentence without
attempting to obtain a new trial. Since
his confinement at the two camps at
which he worked while a convict he
proved himself to be a model prisoner
and no complaint was ever made as
regards his behavior.
The story of Lord Beresford’s fall
and conviction is one of interest, and
is also known throughout the state. It
has been told many times, and was at
one time the sensation of the day.
Almost six years ago Sydney Las-
celles, a -well-mannered young English¬
man fresh from the shores of England,
came to the little town of Rome, Ga.
He bore the name of Beresford, and
no one knew his real name but his peo¬
ple in the old country.
His pleasant manner and graceful
bearing attracted all with whom he
came in contact, and he soon became
the lord of Rome society. His exceed¬
ingly English bearing caused him to
be dubbed the “lord,” and he was
known by the name of Lord Beres¬
ford.
It was believed that he was a gen¬
uine lord, traveling in this country for
pleasure and recreation. The lord was
dined and wined by the best‘people of
Rome, and was the most popular young
man in town.
He represented a London concern,
and was here for the purpose of buying
the Etna mines, owned by Colonel D.
B. Hamilton, of Rome. He looked at
the mines and spent a great deal of
time at the home of 3Ir. Hamilton.
On one occasion he was called to
New* York on business, and having no
ready cash, 3Ir. Hamilton cashed a
draft on London for him. When the
draft, w hich w as for $900, was present¬
ed at the bank, it was not honored,
and then it w as that the discovery was
made that the supposed lord was no
lord at all.
Beresford was brought back and
placed on trial in the superior court of
Floyd county.- He was convicted on
the section of the code w hich makes it
forgery for any person to sign a ficti¬
tious name to a paper. His sentence
was six years in the pen. The case
was appealed and carried to the United
States supreme court. The trial in
higher courts did not change the de¬
cision of the superior court.
Since his confinement in the peni¬
tentiary Beresford has been one of the
best prisoners in the entire peniten¬
tiary. The Gress Lumber Co., at
whose camps Beresford was working,
desired it to be said that he was a
i model prisoner, and one of the best,
if not the very best, men in their camp.
An oak, still living in Tilford, near
Earnham, is mentioned in a charter of
Henry of Bois under the date of 1250.
A Quiet Retreat.
“Whoopiy tells me that he is going
to get entirely away from society and
its excitements, for a good long rest.”
“Yes; he has arranged to spend the
"w inter in Philadelphia. ”■—Detroit
Press.
To Pay a Penalty for Dining
Is rather hard. Isn’t It? Yet how many are
compelled to do this after every meal. Dy*.
pepsta, that inexorable persecutor, never
censes to torment of its own volition, and rarely
yields to ordinary medication. But tranquillity
of the stomach is in store for those who pursue
a course of Hoetetter’s Stomach Hitters. Thl*
line corrective also remedies malarial and ki<k-
ney complaints, rheumatism, ccustipation, bil¬
ious ness and nervousness.
An Illinois farmer sold his wife for flC.
Wives must be pretty dear in that country.
i|
Is misery to thousands of people who have
the tnmt of scrofula in their blood. For this
terrible affliction there is no remedy equal to
9
Sarsaparilla
Tlte best—in tact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hood’s Pills
Chinese Mandarins’ Buttons.
Buttons play an important part in
the dress of the Chinese mandarins.
Those of the first and second class
wear a button of coral red, suggested,
perhaps, by a cock’s comb, since the
cock is the bird that adorns their
breast. The third elass is gorgeous
with a robe on which a peacock is em¬
blazoned, while from the center of the
red fringe of silk upon the hat rises a
sapphire button, The purple button
of the fourth class is an opaque, dark
purple stone, and the bird depicted on
the robe is the pelican. A silver
pheasant on the robe and a clear crys¬
tal button on the hat are the rank of
the fifth class. The sixth class is en¬
titled to wear an embroidered stork
and a jade stone button; the seventh a
partridge and an embossed gold but¬
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reduced to a quail and the gold button
becomes plain, while the ninth-class
mandarin has to be content with a
common sparrow for his emblem and
with silver for his button.
THE CHANGE OE LIFE.
INTELLIGENT WOMEN PREPARE
FOR THE TRYING ORDEAL.
A Time When Women Are Susceptible
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The anxiety felt by women as the
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