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a Bloody Bride.

A Richmond, Virginia, special TO the
Chicago Daily Times: Information
reached here tonight of n sensational
and horrible murder which occurred in
high life in Carroll county, in this
| State, on Saturday. The parties to
| the affair are Mrs. Travers, a bride
of few days, accomplished, beauti-
| full, wealthy, who murdered her hus-
/ band, John Travers, seventy years of
age, in cold blood. Mrs. Travers is
not yet twenty, and, it seems, married
| TraVers, who was one of the wealthiest
men in the State, for his money. Be
fore the orange blossoms had become
disarranged she regretted the step.
On the day before the murder the hus-
band attended dinner party in the
neighbOThOod. His attention to an
other lady on that occasion was the
subject of sharp repremand by the
newly made wife on his return home.
Sharp words followed, bnt none of the
household dreamed of the horrible Sc
quel that was to follow. At ten O'Clock
the couple retired apparently in a good
humor with each other. From what
followed it seems that the wife left
her partners side in the bed about
midnight, secured a carvingkuife
chamber on the first floor, and cut
her husbands throat from ear to ear.
The woman, who is of powerful phys
ical build, then dragged the body of
the murdered man from the bed to the
creek, about fifty yards distant, throw
ing it into the water, hoping, it is sup
posed, by this means TO conceal her
connection with the revolving deed.
Early yesterday morning two fisher
men, who were fishing in the brook,
discovered the body, and traced the
crime by the bloody trail left ON the
ground by the dragging of the body
from the house to the waters edge, to
the TraVers mansion. An invCstiga-
ton followed, when it was found that
the woman had destroyed the bed
clothes, which were doubtless drench-
ed in gore, by burning them. The in
StTument of the bloody crime was
found in the search that followed,
driven down between the hearth
stones. When arrested and brought
ilto the presence of her murdered
spouse, Mrs. Travcrs denied any
knowledge of or connection with the
murder but later in the day, it is said,
when brought before the cOrOncr's Jury
the woman candidly confessed her
tilAi sNll'A NSllNl llltl 0llC lltlNI
ed to become the possesSOr of her
husbands wealth, whom she did not
love, in order that she might we'd the
only man for whom she had any at
fection. The jury took a recess i'm
the afternoon, when the mudereSs
seized the Opport rtunity, when the at
tentiOu of the officer who had her in
charge was attracted 10y some one in
the crowd, to commit suicide. She
drew a small knife from her pocket,
and inflicted several wounds in the
chest, but was detected and disarmed
before she had inflicted any injury ola
serious nature. The affair has created
the most intense excitement in the
community in which it occurred, and
the versions that reach here tonight
are conflicting. The murderess is in
Jail,
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Should the Nethoaists srsak Out.
New York SIM.


The General Conference Of the south
ern Methodists began its session at At
lanta, Ga, on Wednesday last, and the
religious denomination founded by
Wesley is much interested in its de-
lihcrations.
Next to the Baptists, the MethOdists
are more numerous in the south than
any other religious body. y number of
the colorcd, people are members of that
church, but since the war the negro
communicates have formed them
selves into a separate conference, so
that the one now in session at Atlanta
represents only the white Methodist.
There is a mOmentOus question which
ought to occupy the thoughts Of south
ern Mcthodists, and to which they
would do well to give an answer. 1t
is this. Should a great religious con-
ference ignore the fact that through
means which religion condemns
through fraud and conspiracy, lying,
perjury, forgery, trickey and disgrace
full 'barter-Rutherford b. Hayes is now
the nominal President of the United
States?
Can the Southern Methodfsts, p vast
body of people who are ban. ed togeth-
er t9 propagate Christianity, EXPECT
70 command t'Ge respect of thinking
men ,ney fail to denounce the
wrong by which Hayes was put into
the White House?
What have the Southern Methodists
to say about the theft of the electoral
votes of Florida, and have they no
words of condemnation for the man in
the White House who was part y
to it?
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A Bit Of Married Experience.

married my wife about thirty-five
years ago. The ceremony was per-
formed about seven O'Clock in the
morning. Before retiring that even
ing we had a good talk with each 9TH
cr, and the result has Swectened our
entire lives. We agreed that each
should always be watchful and care
full, never, by word or act, to hurt the
feelings of the other. We were both
young, hOt-tempered, both positive in
our likes and dislikes, and both some
what eXacting and infleXible-iust the
material for n life of c0njugal Warfare.
Well, for q few years we found it hard
work to always live by our agreement.
Occasionally mot often) a word or
look would slip off the tongue or face
before it could he caught or Orsuppressed;
but we never allowed the sun to 90
down upon our wrath. Before retir-
ing OF night on such occasions there
was always confession and forgive
ness, and the culprit would become
more careful in future.
Our tempers and dispositions be-
came gradually more congenial, 50
that after few years we came to be
one i'll reality, as the matrimonial Ger
emOny had pronounced us nominally.
In thinking back we find that for
than twenty years our little agree
ment has been unhroken, and there
has been no occasion for confession
and forgiveness. In business we have
had adversely and prosperity, failure
and success. We raised a family of
children about US, and we are simple
enough to believe that we have better
children and better grandchildren be-
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"What's the matter, Jim?, she
asked. He came forward with hand
extended toward the little instrument.
"a little more fire and Well blow
upr' he gasped.
"TOm would hear the explosion and
stop his train. That might prevent
the collisionp' was Drucie's reply.
1t was now evident that the sound
ahead was that of Tom Gray's train,
and the girl prepared to warn her
lover of the danger. The tracks We're
quite close, and she told the fire boy
to watch the machinery while she at
tended to that part of the warming
work which she had allotted to herself.
The sound of the train on the other
track grew more distinct, and
the daring girl faneied that she heard
No. coming through the valley be-
"Yes, it's Toni" she cried, to en-
courage the boy at the lever, 81 see
his light, nOww
Then she leaned out of the window
and shouted at the top of her voice:
"Switch at Colby Switch at Col
by. Colby, six? Colby, six"
Many times she repeated her cry,
and all at once she dashed by the
heavy train.
Right into her lovers face, as he
leaned from his engine, she shouted,
''Sr-itch at Colbyw and heard the
shrieks that told her that he would
obey.
"Saved! saved, Jimw she cried
with joy, turning upon the breathless
boy, who already was checking the
Bellies speed.
"Golly-whiz! Drucie, they ought
to give us a train!n he said laughing.
"If we can ever stop the Belle. We'll
go back; but the girls got her spunk
up and would run on forever!"
Drucie Miller returned to the Win
dow with heart filled with thankful
ness, for Tom had heard. and already
was running on to the switch atColby.
After awhile the Belle was got un-
der control and backed with lessened
fires.
"Listen!" suddenly cried Jim.
"Ies, number six is coming; butwe
don't fear her nOw," said Drucie,
with a smile. '"Tom and his passen-
gers are safe on the switch!"
The next tmOment number six dashed
by, and Drucie laughed and actually
clapped her hands.
The meeting between Tom Gray
and his love cannot be described.
"GOur headlight seemed a meteor"
he said to her: "and l knew your
voice. didn't know why. l guess
you made time coming down."
"Timcw cried Jim: "I don't think
the wheels touched the rails mOre'm
half the time. If it had been day,
the mile stones would have looked like
a raken
There was laugh at the boys eX-
aggeration, and then Tom took Dru-
Gle aside and kissed her.
1t was not the only kiss she got that
night, for all the women on the train
kissed the girl who had saved their
lives, and Tom Gray said he Wouldn't
get Jealous when the mOustached pas
sengers bent over Drucie, blushing
like rose.
The story of Drucie's feat crept into
into the papers, and, though my sto-
ry may be old to some of my readers,
| have told it because l believe it. will
bear repetition.
Dick Lambert forgave Drucie for
running away with his engine, and
Jim The fire boy, never grows weary
of telling about than rum
Tom Gray is still on the road, but
Drucie does not listen to the click,
click of the sounder any more. Every
night at eight she holds little hoy
up to the window, andhe cries "papa"
and clasps his little hands as an en-
gine dashes by.
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VAN DORM AND FORREST.
By Gen. D. H. Maury, Of Riehmond, Va.

In the springof 1868, Forrest was in
| Middle Tennssee, commanding a bri-
| gade i'll the cavalry crops of Van Dorm.
BY one of his bold and slxlllful move
ments he captured Federal brigade
commanded by Gen. COburn, and du-
Iy reported the capture of the men,
horses, arms and equipment, to Gen.
Bragg who ordered that all of the prop
erty should be turned in to the proper
officer of the army. But Forests men
had acted OH the principle that the
the spoils Ofwar belong to the victor,
Gen. Bragg's supply officers received
but few contributions from Forests
fortunate operations, and Van Dorm
was instructed to call him to account
and enforce obedience to the order of
the General commanding the army.
Accordingly Van Dorm sent for For
rest and sternly asked him why he
had not turned in the arms, ETC., cap
tured with COlburn's brigade.
Forrest replied; because haven't
got 'em."
''Then," said Van Dorm, "yOur pres
ent statement is at variance with your
written report"
Forrest replied: "Gen. Van Dorm, 1
am not in the habit of being spoken to
in this way, aud l won't allow it -
and when your time comes that your
rank won't interpose, you answer to
me for this, sir"
''Gen. Forrest, my rank shall never
stand between me and any man who
feels aggrieved by me, and / am at
your service now, sir.
Forrest paused moment, passed his
hand across his forehead, and said,
"Gen. Van Dorm, There are enough
Yankees for you and me tOtight, with
out our fighting each other, and you
and l can afford to let this matter stop
right here. | am sorry l spoke to you
as / did, and hope you will forget it."
Van Dorm said cordially, "Gen. For
rest, / am very glad to hear you speak
so, and assure you | shall never again
think of your wOrds-nO man will
ever question your readiness to fight
any man or anything. But, understand,
| shall expect yOutO obey my orders.
And thus ended the most remarkable
collision that ever occurred between
two of the bravest men in the world.
Each confident in his own courage, and
well knowing that of the other, were
perhaps the only two living men who
could afford to settle Il controversy.
Van Dorm then turned to Forrest and
said: General, | have work for you
right nOw," and sent him off in pur-
suit of the raiding column of Col.
Straight, which had passed intoNOrth
Alabama, and moving towards Rome,
Georgia.
These gallant men never met again |
in this world. Van Dorm was murdered |
within few days after this, their last |
interview.
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A Cat IN Love.

Mr.. Frederic II. Balfour, an Eng
lishnan, writes to the London Spec
tator that he has seen cat give evil
dence of being in love with a terrier,
and that the 'spooning" going on be-
tween them was very comic. "On
one OCCASION" he says, ain my pres
ence, the dog (whO was seated on the
lady's lap, feeling dissatisfied or ag-
grived at something or other that was
taking place, vented his feelings in a
long, low whine or howl. The cat,
who was on the hearth-rug, turned
her head and gazed with a wistful,
sympathetic expression at her suffer
ing friend for some seconds. At last,
unable to listen to his weeping any
longer, she sprang upon the lady's
knees, put her paws around the dogs
neck and kissed his cheek with her
lips. This occurred twice, the second
time the dog responding to her caTess-
es by licking her back in the tenderest
manner conceivable" An English
lady, Miss Turner Andrews, has just
written a book called "The Thoughts
of Animals Put into Words" which
is said to be founded upon authentic
incidents Of animal sagacity. Pity
that she could not have worked up
Mr.. Balfour's little anecdOte!
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Snake Fsseinatisa.
Forest and Stream,

MIR. EnITOR-An article in q late
issue of your most instructive paper,
entitled "Snake FasGinatiOn, brings,
in relation to the same subject, an in
cident to mind which occurred near
two years ago, Eto which l was a
witness, and which may be of interest
to some of your readers. About five
o'clock one June afternoon, as / was
fastening through the woods to regain
my carriage, having just left " ",a
stream, "where was wn,,t with line
and hook to decHii-I;e the Ieaping fish
es," my attention was attracted by
hearing on my right the shrill, diseOr-
dant notes, as those of bird whose
eggs aF young are endangered. l
stopped, and saw that at a distance of
twenty feet, on horizontal branch of
a stunted apple tree, was seated cat
bird, from whose throat the tones pro-
Ceeded. 1t seemed in great distress,
as, fiuttering its wings and swaying
lit body to and fro, it repeated the
plaintive cries which first drew my at
tentiOn to it. In all its seeming agony
it moved not from the limb, but ciung
to it as if it were its only protection
In wonder ] gaZed, but not long. A
TuStlmg in the leaves below drew my
eyes from the bird. STOPPING, | drawled
nearer and nearer. L lOokede again,
and on the ground, beneath TN branch
on which the bird was perched, was a
blaok snake from two and q half to
three feet in length, with body in close
coil, head erect, and moving with an
undulating, pendulOus motion, tongue
flashing and eyes riVeted on its vic
tim, only three feet above him. Again
he Tustled the leaves with his tail, and
quickly Withdrawing it, left but a
small pQrtion-perhaps three or four
inehes-out of the coil, which part he
caused to vibrate with dazzling rapidi-
ty. The motion of its head increased.
| fancied its eyes gained hrilliancy i'll
its eageness. All this time the poor
bird continued its cries and flutterings,
but, as / watched, its struggles grew
weaker, its fiuttering less. 1t would
sit for time with dropping head and
closed eyes, as though asleep, and
then, as if suddenly awakened, would
feebly raise its wings and utter a low,
sad cry. At last these ceased, and the
poor bird, after vainly struggling to
retain its hold upon the limb, fell as if
lifeless to the ground, Immediately
the snake uncOiled himself and
stretched out his head to grasp the
bird. At that moment ! killed him.
gently raised the bird from the
ground, and, placing it in the palm of
my hand, / could feel the violent pull
sati0ns Of its heart, as with closed
eyes and tightly clenched feet, it lay
insensible, l carried it quite a dis
tauce before the first signs of con-
sciousness appeared. Then a tremOr
ran through its body, its feet un-
clasped, it's wings made slight mo-
ton, its eyes opened, and, raising
itself on its feet, it stood tOttering.-
Then, as if endowed with new life and
strength, il spread Its wings and
swiftly flew to its native woods.
MIsAL.
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North Pole Wheat.

Some four years ago, says the Nir-
ginia' New Chronicle, a farmer i'll Sur
prise Valley found in the stomach of a
goose which he had shot a quantity of
grain similar to no cereal that he ever
seen. He planted the grain and is now
prOducingw it.sOmewhat resembles
wheat, but is twice as large and has a
beardless head. The straw makes ex-
cellent hay, and telegram is astonisI-
ingly prolific. 1t is believed that the
goose from whose stomach the grain
was taken came from the North Pole,
and that the grain is such as grows in
latitudes as yet unreached by naviga-
tors. The goose that brought the
grain down tOSUrprise Valley was pro-
baby troubled a fit Ofindigestion
On the down trip, which accounts for
the fact. that the grain was intact
when the migratory was shot. sam
Piles have been sent to various parts of
California to he planted,
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stripped naked, the truth stands out
confessed and unmistakable, that
there is no real navy worthy TO bear
the name. Yet the regular pay roll of
this beggarly collection of hulks is
seven and half millions year, and
as much more is voted, even under
the profession of economy, to keep it
patched up and painted for external
show. The American people cannot
regard this spectacle with much favor,
and members of Congress will not
find their constituents in temper to
approve of such prodigahty.
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Long ago we said that Gen. Grants
known disregard of constitutions
and such fiimsy things as laws, and his
fondness for bayOnets, sustained, con
cealed and aided the laws by which
Hayes was "declared, and insured his
Inauguration, and he and his are only
trusees holding for Grant till 'Sl. This
isthe real Republicanpolicy and its pro-
gramme consists in educating the peo-
pie to aequiescence in gilded fraud, sub
mission TO fraudulent power, cultiva-
ton Of the doctrine Of "dOing evil that
good may result, hushing up villiany,
condoning crime, summed up in tuat
miserable, cOwardly, corrupt state
ment that "Mr. Hayes has done NOR
forus thanTilldcncould." d."-J3mchJUT6
! Mus,
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JAS. V. BROOKS. Ma"hiui~t.
THOS. j. WALkERI Travelling Agent.
Brooks Il Walker.

We respectfully invite tho attention of
the citizens OF Columbia, NnurS and Hu-
joining counties that we IIgC opened g.
sewing Machine Repair shop. We can talk"
any old machine, put in new parts, whCTg
necessary, all the latest improvements, and
make II as good as new, to the delight aud
Satisfaction Of owners, and at very small
charge.
J. V. Brooks has had fifteen years cNpvfi-
ence In the manufacturing and REPAIRING
Of all kinds OF Sewing Machines, ana viii
give satisfaction or no cGnrEc made.
Cans, Pistols and Locks repaired. Keys
lifted, and all kinds O! light luuchiucry re-
paired with ncRtncss and dispatch, and
warranted.
We keep Machine Needles, oil and Al
tachmCntS. GIVE uS a cal.
Correspondence with the country solicit
eG.
Agents for the latest improved Wheeler
and Wilson Machines.
re- Omce-Fleming Block, Dr. Sheppard'S
old stand, opposite First Presbyterian
Church. Garden Street, Columbia, Tenn
dec2l-77-ly.
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The agricultural development of the
United States has been tremendous of
late years. Thus the corn crop i'm
creased from 76s, 100000 bushels in
1867, to ] ,340, 0,00Q,0 ,0QQin 1915, or nearly
LOG nor cont. in a single decade. The
hog product has more tnan doubled in
the same period, being in the last year
9,O4S, $50 head. The yield of wheat
last year was $50, 100000 bushels, OIL
5O,O0O,O 600 than was ever heluTe pro-
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Our Rotten Navy.
Washincton Sentinel.


During the eight years that Secor
RObesOn was Secretary of the Navy,
that Department was run like a close
corporation in the interest of contrac-
tors and i0bbcrs, and was governed by
the rule of Addition, Division, and ST.
Ience. Enormous appropriations were
procured through Garfield, Hale, and
others, Who uniformly defended the
false reports and fabricated figures of
RobeSOn, and We're habitually sus-
tanned by Republican majorities i'll the
House and Senate.
In his annual report of Nov. %,
1875, Robson said:
"1he number of vessels of every
class and description now borne on
the al register is liz. Thes G carry,
all toiu, i, Iti1 guns, and are of l52,-
1872 tons measurement. 1t is gratify-
ing to be able to report that The nary
is nO5C IN q stronger ana more efficient
cORClHiOH than il has ereJ' been at any
time, at least since the commence
ment of your administration"
In his last report, Nov. %, 1876, he
said:
"There are now belonging to the
navy of the United States 146 vessels,
of $50, 137 tons measurement. EXclu-
sive of howitzers and Gatlings, they
carry LIP guns. Our navy is now,
in the character aid condition of its
ships and material, i'll condition far
superior to that in which it was in
1863, and, indeed, far more poonerfM
for oar aUdrlikc purposes than h has
coe1 before been IN time Of peace"
Beginning with the first fiscal year
under Robson, the expenditures, ex-
elusive of various deficiencies, were as
follows:
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Whether England's star he dimnled
or extinguished, we can imagine no
greater curse to humanity than the
absolute 3soendency of such colossal,
Gruel and higoted despOtism as Russia.
-RichmOpd Wig.
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MAN AND BEAST!

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SO long as Rutherford B. Hayes re-
mains in the White House the young
men of the country are taught the
lesson that success condones political
Yillalny.