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A Victim of “Thirteen.”
Gun Muucb, wl o was oue of the
Philadelphia enumerators, is in tho
toils of the “ihirteeu” superstition.
Hu was sworn in as a census enumera
tor on May 13, aud finished his woi k
on June 13. His list included just
1313 names, and .there were thirteen
dead persons in as many houses when
he called. This combination of cir
cumstances has preyed on his miud
until he admits having lost thirteen
pounds since the day he begau work
as an enumerator. Someone asked
him if he wasn’t afraid he would die
inside a year. “No, I’m not afraid of
that,” replied he. “What worries me
is that I may only get sl3 for my
work.”
Midi* Seeks a Chance.
“A man who wishes (o sell your Ma
jesty a gold brieU." announced the
Chamberlain In a loud voice.
King Midas started from his soft.
Oriental couch.
“Has the man a large black mous
tache, and does he wear a silk hat with
a very broad brim?” he eagerly asked.
“Yes, your Majesty,” the Chamber
lain replied, bowing low.
"Admit him!” commanded the King.
Then, turning to his courtiers with a
■mile, the first they had seen upon nis
Tisage in years, he said:
“Here, at last, is something which
probably will not turn to gold the min
ute I touch it!"—Detroit Journal.
•
Passing of the Horse.
Bo soon as nature goes nn Improvement,
there Is a change. The candle gave way to
electricity. The spinning wheel to ma-'hln
ry, the horse to the automobile. The fact
that Hostotter’s Stomach Hitters has been
•old for over half a eentury. proves its valuo.
There is nothing to equnl It for stomach or
liver trouble. It is Nature’s own remedy,
and the only one to cure dyspepsia or weak
•tomach.
A QiiMtlnn.
Ethel -“Mama,why Is ttas wife of a lor<l ealle-l
•Lady'T" Mm-“Becnus* that la her title.”
Ethel -“But can't p- p e see that the • ally
without being told ao?“— Brooklyn Life.
lacb package of Tctsam Fadxlkjj* Dtx
tolcrs more goods than any other dye nn>l
•olors them better too. bold by all
drcgKbts.
The Viewpoint of Eiperlonc#.
Smart Set: Newlywed -Do** your wife ever
threaten to e home to her mother?
Oldboy—Why, my boy, 1 wouldn’t consider
that a threat.
Tle Best Proscription for Chill*
and Fever Is a bottle of OltOVK’s Tastki.ks*
CbulTumc. U Is simply iron and quinine in
a tasteless lorm. No cure—no pay. Price SJo.
Before the ISolncurimt lon
“They say Mias Singleton ie a transtnlgra
lion Ist.”
“Yea! She thinks she most once have been the
Wicked Ilea whom no man pureuoUtl”— Lite.
A Colonel in tho British South African
army says that Adams’ Tutti Fruttl was a
blessing to his meu while marching
A Suburban Sensation.
•'Oh, David, Mr. Jones 1* ,a somnambulist,
and last night he got up In hie sleep and milked
hlsoow ”
"Graolous, Is that so? I wish he would stay
ever hero and cut our grass Chi ago Record.
FITS permanently cured No fits or nervous-
Bess after first day’s uso of Dr. Kline’s Groat
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise ftoe.
Dr. R. U. K link. Ltd., 981 Arch St.. Phlla., Pa
Too Small to Claim Attention.
“We don't hear so much about women’s bath
lng suits this season.”
"No There are so many bigger subjects to
talk about."—i Uicago Timas-Gerald.
Plso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat mid lungs. V. m
O. Em>slxv, Van Out eu, lud , Feb. 10, ISOS.
A Gram mat leal Form
"Will yon love me then as now?” "You evi
dently think my love for you is In tense!"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces lufiatumo
tlon, allays pain, cures wind colic, iic. a bottle.
At Times.
A—‘‘Your wife drese.-s plainly, doesn't she?"
B —" Well, I’ve seen her considerably ruffled."-
Philadelphia Bulieltn.
Fight Your Liver,
if you want to. But look out, or it will get
the start of you. If it docs, you will have dys
pepsia, indigestion, biliousness, sick headache,
poor blood, constipation.
Perhaps you have these already. Then
take one of Ayer’s Piiis at bedtime. These
pills gently and surely master the liver; they
are an easy and safe laxative for the whole
family; they give prompt relief and make a
1 permanent cure. Always keep a box of them
I in the house.
I 25 cents a box. All druggists.
$ “ I hava raised a family of eleven children, all living at the
1 present time, and I would not think 1 could keep house without
I Ayer’s Fills, 1 have used them for twenty years, and there is no
s family laxative their equal.” —S. C. Daxden, Myrtle, Mi„
I May 22, 1900.
i /y WnnU'J for the beat
t. 3T La B W p||l “K l*k ▼'
/ft If p l B PUbHehed. 1,000 df
/Tl fa I al Uocredln Tort Cos
A*. ' 1 \ C., 1,100 in Andsr
, * o, ‘ C ounty. >r.u lr.
Charleston. 1,13S in Memphis One agent sells
•60 in one week, WOO to *IO.OO pm- j y , u ,„
In answering state your experioii.-o If any
j. l. /sienoLs & eo„
He. 912-024 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ua
Wooln? Under Difficulties.
The diffieulites of a lover In Brazil
are many. On Sunday evening he Is
; welcomed into the bosom of his be
| loved’s family and I® received In the
parlor, where a row of chairs extends
along the four walls. The chairs are
occupied by the family, and in the
presence of all aud In the midst of gen
eral conversation the unfortunate
young m3n is supposed to do his woo
ing. If he desires to take his fiancee
to the theatre, her family accompany
her. and they walk ou ahead, leaving
him to follow.
It is not regarded as correct for the
young people ever to be alone, and, of
course, the natural result is that clan
destine wooing is very usual.
The Wolf-Bog of the North.
Heck, from head to shoulders, a mass
of bristling hair, sharp pointed ears,
long-snouted. Ups snarling, fangs drip
ping; yelping rather than barking;
wolfish of aspect and not nice to look
upon when in anger—this Is tne husky,
or wolf dog of the North. Much has
been said of the Klondike, but these
magnificent brutes, which In the be
ginning made that frigid El Dorado
possible, have received little more than
passing comment. Nor has this neg
lect been due to their being but the
humble servants of the master, man.
They are far from humble, as their
wild ancestry attests. Tney may be
beaten into submission, but that will
not prevent them still snarling their
hatred. They may be starved Into ap
parent docility and then die suddenly,
with teeth fast locked In a brother's
throat, torn to pieces by their com
rades. llaiher, has little attention
been accorded them because the in
terest of man has gravitated inexor
ably toward the natural, mineral and
social features of that far northerly
land.
But the husky is far from uninter
esting. Asa type of endurance, no
better evolved product of natural se
lection need be sought. If ever a
species has been born and bred of hard
times, it has. Only the fittest, in a
hard struggle for existence extending
through a thousand generations, have
survived. Aud they are well ht. Do
mesticated by the savage autochthons
of that forbidding region, they may not
only account their remote ancestors as
wild wolves, but often their immediate
forebears.—Harper’s Weekly.
Pinky Prettines*.
Among the very most fetching of the
handsome heavy linen dresses which
are seen upon the best dressed women
are the occasional ones of coral pink.
These are beautifully fresh looking,
and very many of them show a white
collar (sailor or otherwise) which is
rather cut out to display the soft, white
under-blouse.
One such dress Is but a series of
tucks, not tucks “on the straight,” but
rather, rascally, difficult tucks, which
are very close together at the waist
line, but spread to a distance of two
inches apart where they cease, just be
low the knee, the fullness forming a
flare round the feet.
Though graduated to correspond, the
tucks in the blouse continue the length
of this little garment, as do those in
the sleeve.
This dress is equally lovely in old
blue or Wedgewood green.
St. Sophia Hospital in Athens,
A children's hospital has been open
ed at Athens. The scheme originated
with Princess Sophia, of Greece, and
the other members of the royal family
are deeply interested in it. The insti
tution iucludes twelve separate build
ings. It is called the SL Sophia Hos
pital.
i*t .'.oah Bjrr;p. TaOU iiowl. > *• Kl
‘US3S3? i Ttop*’* lj M*
REQUEST BY KRUGER
Transvaal President Sought Pro
tection of United States,
BIT OF NEWS JUST MADE PUBLIC
The Deport Cornea From London Hat
Itring* Forth a Denial From Ofll
cluls at Washington.
A London special says: President
Kruger at one time made a formal ap
plication to the United States to grant
him a sanctuary in case the necessity
arose. This occurred, according to
Secretary of State Reite, of the Trans
vaal republic, the day Lord Roberts
entered Pretoria.
The details of the event have been
related to a representative of the Asso
ciated Press, by Mr. F. W. Unger,
who has just returned from theTraus
vaal, and who secured the information
from Secretary Reitz and others.
After quoting the secretary as say
ing President Kruger would never
take to the mountains, on accouut of
his age, bnt would retreat down the
line, finally escaping to Portuguese
territory, Mr. Unger said that the
day the British entered Pretoria Pres
ident Kruger sent for Mr. W. Stanley
Hollis, the United States ccnsul at
Lorenzo Marques, and Mr. Hollis was
taken to Machadodorp in a special car.
President Kruger asked him if his
government would grant (President
Kruger) an asylum in the Lorenzo
Marques consulate until President
Kiugermade other arrangements for
his departure.
President Kruger expressed fears
concerning his treatment by the Por
tuguese government and wished to
guard agaiust any possible British
landing parties. Mr. Hollis asked for
time to consult with his. government,
and President Krnger assured him he
would receive a week’s notice before
putting the plan into exeentiou.
In consequence of this Visit to the
Transvaal and the transmission of
President Kruger’s request to Wash
ington, Mr. Hollis received instruc
tions from Secretary Hay not to leave
Portuguese territory again. He was
thus compelled to neglect the interests
of the British prisoners at Noolt
Gedacht.
DENIAL IS MADE.
It is said at the state department in
Washington that no formal application
has ever come from Consul Hollis for
sanctuary in the American consulate
for President Kruger, and that the
instructions sent to the consul to con
fine his energies to his consular duties
was not a result of any discussion of
an asylum for the Boer president, as
the department was not aware that
Mr. Hollis had visited the president.
It appears that some intimation on
the subject reached the Washington
officials, but it is stated to have not
been sricb a formal application as
would have been requisite. Had for
mal application been made, it is stated
that it would have been passed upon
by the president, but there has been
nothing communicated which called
for such action.
JUDGE’S CHARGE SEVERE.
Powers' Friend* Coni<lor Instruction* to
Jury To > Sweeping;.
The final instructions were read to
the jury by Judge Cautrill in the
Powers trial Tuesday afternoon, and
Judge James Sims made the opening
argument for the defense. Defendant
Powers was in such a nervous aud
critical condition that his attorneys
tiled a physician’s affidavit that he was
unable to attend the night sessioD,but
Judge Cautrill said a cot could be
provided for him aud he could lie
down during the speeches. Powers
was able to sit up, however.
The instructions to the jury were
considered by defendant’s attorneys as
being entirely too severe and as tend
ing to lessen Powers’ chances of ac
quittal, although they are still confi
dent of a verdict in his favor.
Huntington’s Daughter Hi Europe.
A dispatch from London by the As
sociated Press said the Princess Hatz
tieldt, (laughter of C. P. Huntington,
was booked to sail for the United
States on board the steamer Majestio
August 15th.
REBUTTAL TESTIMONY
Taken In Power* Ch* Wherein tho De
fendant'* Store I* Cont rad'Cted.
A large number of witnesses in re
buttal for the prosecutiou was heard
at Georgetown, Ky., Saturday in the
trial of former Seere'ary State Powers,
for alleged complicity in the Goe
bel shooting. Some of them were
strong in their contradiction-* of wit
uessea for the defensense. Ihe prose
cution laid much store by the testi
mony of two witnesses who swore to
seeing Caleb Powers with other lead
ers of the mountain crowd ou tne
evening of January 25th. The defen
dant had testified that he was ill in
his room sll tLat afternoon.
* GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Many New Industries Established During
tho Past Week.
The more important of the new in
dustries reported the past week includo
box factories in Florida and Texas;
brass foundry at Charlotte, N. C.; can
nery in Virginia; a $23,000 chair and ta
ble factory in North Georgia; a $150,-
000 ligar manufacturing company at
Tampa, Fla.; coal mines in the Bir
mingham and Fairmont districts; coffin
factory in Atlanta; copper and gold
mines in the Dahlonega district; a
cotton mill in South Carolina; a cotton
seed oil mill in Georgia; a municipal
electric light waterworks plant at
Wrightsville, Ga; a ferry company at Sa
vannah; two fertilizer factories in Vir
ginia; flouring mills in North Caro
lina, Texas and Virginia; a $25,030
fruit evaporating plaut at Pensacola; a
harrow factory in Mississippi; a coiled
hoop factory in Florida; an ice factory
at Columbus, Ga. ;iron works in South
west Virginia, knitting and yarn mills
in Alabama, Georgia aud Tennessee;
lumber mills iu Florida, Mississippi
and West V ;inia; machine shops in
New Orlee- j; a branch packing house
for the A: ours at Louisville; a roof
ing mauut itory (rebuilt) in Atlanta;
a spoke aad handle factory in Alaba
ma; steel works at Newport News; a
sugar refinery at Tampa; a tannery in
Virginia; a telephone exchange at Ma
con, Ga.; tobacco factories iu Ken
tucky aud North Carolina.—Trades
man (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
APPROPRIATION FIGURES.
Calculation of Clerk* Show* L**t Con-
Kies* I‘niil Ont *710,150,80:5.88.
The volume of appropriations re
quired by law to be prepared and pub
lished at the end of each session of
congress under the direction of the
committee on appropriations of the
senate aud the house, has been com
pleted for the first session of the fifty
sixth congress by Thomas P. Cleaves
and James C. Courts, chief clerks,
respectively, of the committees. A
summary of the appropriations shows
the grand total of 5710,150,862,88.
The details of bills are as follows:
Agriculture $ 4,023,500.00
Army 114,220,095.55
Diplomatic 1,771,168.76
District of Columbia.. 7,577.363.31
Fortification 7,383,628.00
Indian 8,197,989.24
Legislative 24,175,652.53
Military academy 674,306.67
Naval.. 65,140,916 67
Pension t 145,245,230.00
Postolfice 113,658,238.75
River and harbor 560,000.00
Sundry civil 65,819,915.45
Deficiency 15,688,330.61
Miscellaneous 132,712,220.00
Grand total 710,150,862.88
APPEALED TO REPUBLICANS.
Miss Jewett, of . Anti-Lynching Fame,
“Snnbbed” By Hanna.
Ferhaps the most interesting visitor
at the national Republican headquar
ters in New York Monday was Lillian
C. Jewett, the so-called “Joan of Arc”
of the Anti-Lynching League of Bos
ton. Miss Jewett waited for some
time while Governor Roosevelt was
talking with Senator Hanna, She
then had au audience with the chair
man herself. When Senator Hanna
was asked about the matter, he re
plied:
“Poor girl. She wanted the Repub
lican national committee to indorse
the Anti-LynchingLeague. Of course
we could not do it. We all deprecate
lynching. I told her that all moral
persous and law-abiding ones are
against lynching. This is not a party
matter.”
WRECK INJURES MANY.
Southern Train Has Sma*li Up In City
Limit* of Tennille, Oft.
The Southern train from Augusta,
Ga., due at Tennille at 12:15 noon
Monday, was wrecked inside the town.
The train left Sandersville, three
miles distant, on time. Just one mile
from Tennille there is a steep grade,
and it is supposed that several cars,
including two coaches and oue box
car, broke loose from the rest of the
train. As the front section slacked
speed for Tennille tbs second section
collided with it, smashing oue coach
aud box almost to splinters aud wreck
ing several others.
'lhere was an excursion from Ten
nille to Savannah and a large crowd
was aboard to go on the excursion.
There were quite a number of these so
badly injured that they were placed
under medical attention.
BRYAN USES PHONOGRAPH.
Part* of Hi* Speech of Acceptance I*
Talked Into the Machine.
At Chicago Monday Mr. Bryan clos
eted himself with a phonograph and
delivered over again parte of the speech
of acceptance he made at Indianapolis.
Those sections in which the candidate
promised to call an extra session of
congress to deal with the Philippine
problem and the closing peroration
were the principal parts of the speech
that went iuto the phonograph. It is
expected that the Bryan speech, as
ground ont by the phonograph, will
play an important part in the cam
paign.
ROBINSONCONFESSED
Mrs, Inzer’s Assailant Tried and
Quickly Convicted.
SENTENCED TO HANG SEPTEMBER IST
Prisoner Wa* Carried to Marietta Frout
Atlanta Fader Strong Military Guard.
Thu* Forestalling a Lynching.
At Marietta, Ga., Friday 3ara Rob
inson, alias Sam Bixby, was tried and
convicted of assaulting Mrs Inzer,
and sentenced to be hanged Septem
ber Ist. *
The town was perfectly quiet and
orderly and no demonstrations were
made. The trial was orderly and
properly and well conducted in every
way. With the amount of feeling that
existed at first there would, iu all
probability, have been another lynch
ing had it not been for the precautions
taken.
At 8:30 o’clock Friday morning the
special train from Atlanta bearing
Robinson, in charge of Sheriff Bishop
and Constable Brewer and escorted by
150 soldiers of the Fifth Georgia regi
ment, in charge of Major Barker, ar
rived. The train was stopped at Pow
der Springs crossing, a quarter of a
mile south of the depot, where the
prisoner and escort got off. The pris
oner and sheriffs were placed in the
middle of a square formed by about
100 soldiers with advance and rear
guards and in this position marched
to the court house.
The front doors of the courtroom
had been locked all the morning aud
baliffs placed at the rear stairway, al
lowing only jurors, lawyers, newspa
per men aud parties to the trial to en
ter the courtroom, so there weie but
few present to hear it.
The prisoner was brought in and
guards stationed in front and down
the hall of the courthouse and no one
was allowed to come near.
At 9 o’clock the attorneys for the
state and defense began to panel a
jury. The evidence was all in at 10
o’clock and at five minutes after 10
o’clock the speeches of the two attor
neys for the defendant and the solicitor
general had all been made.
The judge took five minutes in
charging the jury, making his charge
very full aud covering all the poiuts.
The jury returned their verdict in
seven minutes.
It developed that Robinson had al
ready made a full confession to his
attorney in the Tower in Atlanta. He
gave all the details of the crime, and
reviewed the shocking tragedy with
minute description. He was advised
to plead guilty iu court, but instead
decided to make a fight for his life,
evidently hoping to create doubt in
the minds of the jurors. In this he
failed miserably and would have con
victed himself his statement had
there been nothiug else to fasten the
guilt beyoud a doubt.
' Mrs. Inzer, her face and head
shrouded in bandages, was present aud
was still suffering great pain, aud was
a nervous wreck. Her story was told
in a subdued voice. She told it as
though she realized that iu the telling
a great crime to humanity was to be
avenged. She gave all the horrible
details, but not until she was told that
it was absolutely necessary. Her
identification of Robiusou was com
plete aud emphatic. She did not hes
itate a moment when she saw him.
“That is the man.” she said posi
tively. “I would know him anywhere
I should see him.”
After Mrs. Inzer had told her story
Robinson was carried iuto an ante
room by bis counsel and was asked
if she had told the truth. He said
that every word she had sworn was
true, and that he was the guilty man
as ho confessed in Atlanta. His coun
sel then told trim that it would do no
good to tell the jury a lie. He was al
most pleaded with to tell the truth,
bnt he obstinately refused, and when
he was put ou the stand to make hi*
statement, said:
“Gentiemeu of the jury, lam ask
ing for mercy. Mercy is what I want.
He thou told a contradictory story,
making so many misstatements as to
cause a general smile throughout the
court room. Iu closing his statement
he said; “I am guilty of this crime.
It is the first, aud 1 hope it will bo the
lasi.”
The trial was held before Judge
Gober, of the Blue Ridge circuit, aud
when it was over the prisoner was
brought from the court room and
placed among the soldiers again. Ik®
crowd did not kuow whether he had
been convicted or not, as no oue wa®
allowed to leave the courthouse until
after the soldiers got under march.
They reached the train through solid
walls of surging, growling humanity.
All fiually got on board aud the pick
ets were drawn iu nearer the train.
The pickets held the crowd back
nntil after the train staited aud then
swung upou the platform. The train
left Marietta et 11 o’clock, reaching
Atlanta at 11:45. The soldiers escort
ed the negro back to tuo Tower and
their duty was done.