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BROUGHT TO AUGUSTA.
The Remains of w. b. Reynolds,
Who Committed Suicide.
Augusta Evening News, Aug and.

Augusta Evening News, Aug and.
The remains of Mr.. w. B: Rey.
nolds, who killed himself in Sa.
vannah yesterday by swallowing
an overdose of laudanum, were
brought. to Augusta at noon to-day,
and were carried to his fathers
home, twelve miles from the city,
over in Carolina, for burial.
Mr.. Reynolds has been in Au-
gusta for the last.two months stay
ing with Mr.. Jack Holder, and he
only left here for Savannah last
Sunday.
Since his departure Mr.. Holder
received letter from Reynolds
telling him his intentions to COM
NIT suicide.
Some time ago Reynolds inher-
tied $1,000 from his mothers
estate, and after blowing in all his
tin he became Respondent and
suicided.
CAPE HORNS POST OFFICE.
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AWonderful Watch.

A mechanical marvel lately ex-
hibited in st. Petersburg is a musi-
cal watch which was made by a
Russian peasant in the reign OF
Catherine. It is about the size of
a hens egg, and contains a repre-
sentation of the tomb of Christ,
with the Roman sentinsls. On
pressing spring the stone rolls
away from the tomb, the sentinels
fall down, the angels appear and
the holy women enter the sepulcher'
and the. same chant which is sung
in the Greek church on Easter eve
is actually performed.
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Filled His Mouth with Powder.

CA1cAeo, July 2s.-Tired of life
William II. Irving, of Charles
street, Winthrop Beach, Mass,
committed suicide on the lake
shore.
The method used was horrible
and most revolving. A partly filed
can of powder by his side and the
torn and mangled face indicated
that the suicide had filed his
mouth with powder and then,
probably with a lighted match,
had caused it to explode. In the
pocket of his coat was found a
notebook, in which was this in
formation:
"My name is W. H. Irving, of
Winthrop Beach, Mass. In case
of accident or serious illness notify
Mrs. w. II. Irving, at the above
address.
"Note to City Authorities
send my body home, as my wife
has no money to bury it. Don't
pury me in a pauper's grave. l
have been tired of life for two
years, but have lived for my baby's
sake. I can't live longer. l have no
work and am out of money. This
world is but a stage and the cur
tain has rung down upon one of
it's main scenes.
w. II. IRVING"
The man was about forty years
old and was well dressed.
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tits amatter of pride and con-
graduation that in the midst of
this epidemic of bank failnres the
Southern banks stand so firm.
Comptroller Eckles has COM
plimented the banking institutions
of this section npon the asafe and
conservative manner" in which
they are conducted, and says
their management is highly COM
menda5le. Especially has South
Carolina to congratulate herself
upon the absence of even the
slightest furry in her banking
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News
and Herald.
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Thought She Was Ill.

Million.
An extremely ludicrous incident
occurred III a Lancashire church
on recent Sunday. A young lady,
evidently astranger, Of naturally
pale complexion, accidentally let
her handkerchief fall on the floor.
By repeatedly stopping to reach it
furtively she attracted the notice
of a gentleman in the pew behind,
who thought she was about to faint.
With the best of motives, there
fore, he took her gently under the
arms and raised her up, gently to
her surprise. AS she tried to re-
lease herself another gentleman
went to her assistance, and before
the young lady knew what was the
matter they were moving her out
into the aisle.
Naturally she was too much as
tonished to find words for protest,
and they had managed to half
carry, half lead her some distance,
when she directed an appealing
look to another gentleman in a
pew, as if asking him to help also.
He, too, promptly rose from his
seat and helped to lift her up and
carry her into the vestry room.
There she recovered her powers of
speech and mutual explanations
soon exposed the ludicrousness OF
the situation.
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CAPE HORNS POST OFFICE,
There is None simpler-And it
Has No Postmaster Attached.

In spite of improved modern
methods of communication, the
southern extremity of South
America still retains it's favor of
aloofness and romance. The trip
around the Horn, still necessarily
made by sailing vessels because
they cannot SO easily tread the
mazes of the Straits of Magellan,
is no easier than it was to the early
navigators, save hatperhaps mod
'ern sailing ships are safer and
more manageable than those of the
sixteenth century. Even yet, how
ever, sailing ships may hover
vainly off the Horn for the better
part of a month, and that curious
international mail box kept at the
Horn still has it's uses.
Landsmen who have heard of
this singular survival are tempted
to doubt its existence, but sailors
persistently affirm that it is still.
there. Cape Horn isla5 great mass
OF rock rising abruptly from the:
rock stands covered barrel, the
international Postofice of a region
more than 500 miles from any
thing that resembles civilization.
1t is the custom of captains pass
ing round the Horn to send boat
ashore at this point if possible,
take out whatever mail is going in
the direction of the vessel, and
drop in whatever it is desired shall
go in the other direction.
International comfy would pro-
tect the mail box if need be, but
no pirates lurk about that region,
and whatever natives may be there
would have small use for the con-
teuts of the mail box. 1t is the
worlds most southern Postoffice,
more than twenty degrees south of
Cape Town, and more than ten de-
grees south of any post town in
noaonioo
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Rattlesnake in His Breeches.

Philadelphia Record.
ASHLAND, Pa, pa son of
David McKelvey, residing at
Rocktown, while running through
the woods near his home was at
tackled by a rattlesnake which he
had trod.upon. The snake fastened
its fangs to the boys pantaloons
and unable to withdraw them.
The frightened boy started home
at breakneok speed, dragging the
snake with him, where it was
killed. The lad was not hurt.
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venienced than Americans, as q
latter hold the islands.
A Profitable Potato Season.

Richmond Times.
The Irish potato season, which
has just ended, has been most
profitable one on the eastern shore
for years past. The shipment has
been larger and the prices have
been and are yet the very top of
the market. During the past three
weeks over $500 car loads of pota-
toes have passed over the penin-
sula. One days shipment from
Cape Charles alone amounted to
between eight and nine thousand
barrels, or fifty car loads. The
sweet potato season will be in full
blast in a few weeks.
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Edgefield County Y. NJ. g. A.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE CoMM.rTEE )s
OF YOU'VE MEMS CHRISTIAN As'Ns,
Edgefeld, S. c., July 1S.
To the Young MEMS Christian As-I
sociatioms of Eagefeld lsoa0asy,
and the. friends Of tie aoork: IS
DEAR BRETHREN:
The fourth County Convention
will be held at Good Hope BAPTIST
Church on Friday, Saturday, and.
Sunday, August 18th, 18th, and
2Oth.
More than three years have pass:
ed since the inception of this wors,
and as we look over the field to-
day we are deeply gratifed at the
measure of success which has att
tended it. Almost every town and
community in the county has felt
its influence. Strong associations
have been planted at seven points;
while Young Mems Prayer Meet
iEgs and Bible classes have sprung
up here and there, presenting the
movement in every stage of its
development.
Probably there is no other:
county containing SO many Young
Mems Christian Associations, and
yet under the present system there
must be room for at least fifty.
AS this is the oldest county work
in existence, there are yet many
problems unsettled, and hence this
convention will be of great inter-
est and Importance.
Every Association in the county
is urged to send a large delegation
of active members. Ministers OF
the Gospel and members of eyen-
gelical churches everywhere are
given a cordial invitation.
All the sessions of the CONVEX
lions will be open to the public.
From the programme soonto be
issued, it will be seen that the va
.ious subjects will be discussed by
many of our ablest men at home
md abroad.
The prayers of Gods people are
asked in behalf of this gathering.
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Not any of our unregistered
Chinese residents have yet been
sent back to their own country un-
der the provision of the Exclusion
act, and the half dozen of them
who have been arrested under it
were speedily released to await the
orders of the government. It has
been interesting to- observe how
the whole of these peculiar people
have stood together, solidly and
impassively, through the period of
fifteen months since the enactment
of the Geary law. 1t is not often
that any large body of white men
are SO unanimous, o5edient, and
patient as these yellow men have
been all along. The Chinese in
the United States are certainly q
remarkable people. They are un-
obtrusive, industrious, sober, prov
ident, and well-mannered; they
cannot be accused of inordinate
yiciousness; and it must be said
that, in this part of the country
there are few criminals or law.
breakers among them. New York
Sun.
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A Thirty-Pouud Nugget of Gold.
Portland Morning orgonian.

Portland Morning orgonian.
BARKER CITY. July 1o.-The
recent gold strike made at the
Virtue mine near this city, is the
richest and most extensive re-
vealed for years. This afternoon
a chunk was taken out weighing
thirty pounds, when is estimated
to contain $4,000. On account of
the extreme richness of the ore it
is not run through the mill, but
is pounded in o large mortar.
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Gold for America.

LONDON, Aug. 2.-During the last
week the rate for long discount has
been Q; for short discount, ]. The
tendency is steadily upward. 1t is
understood that $1o,ooo,o00 will
shipped within the next two weeks
to the United States, and the be-
lief is that several millions more
will be sent over before the end OF
the year.
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A Brunswick, Ga, negro weighing
12O pounds ate a watermelon
weighing forty pounds all by him.
self last week. This negro was
either to eat the whole melon or
paw for it in case of his failure to
do so. He disposed of it without
any trouble and asked for more.
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BURIED TREASURE FOUND.
A Pile of Old Gold Coins Unearth-
ed in spartanburg County.
Columbia State.

n Columbia State.
Mr.. w. II. Lyles returned to
the city yesterday from a stay at
Ibis summer home at Landrum's
on the Asheville and Spartanburg
road, the State line. He tells the
.|story of the remarkable find Of
hurried treasure upon the plantation
1adjoining his place by poor
1white farmer. The treasure is all
lin gold coin, some of the coins
fbeing 175 years old. ALI of it is
1.-THE coin of foreign countries and
1.-THE dates range from 1919 to 1892.
"A few days ago white farmer
WAS ploughing in the field. His
pillow turned up two Of these gold
coins. He picked them up and
went ahead. His wife came along
shortly afterwards, hoeing. She
dug up two more. Then they stop
ped work and went back to the
spot, beginning to dig. In short
time they unearthed g pile, with
mo other covering than the earth,
of over 100 of the gold coins.
Bach one of them was as bright
sand.shiny as if it had just come
from the mint. The money value
;ofthe gold itself is about $500.
Some time ago the same farmer
dug up an old skillet near the
same place. 1t it supposed that
the coins were buried therein.
The land upon which this gold
found formerly belonged to
Thomas Earle, but there is no
clue to solve the riddle of how
this treafure came to . be buried
there. It is supposed to have
been a collection of rare coins
made by some man with a fancy
forsuch things during the present
century and buried there for safe
keeping during the war.
The value Of the coins, on ac-
count of their age and rarity, is no
doubt, very considerable. The
coins are: Spanish, English, Ger
man, etc.
Mr, Lyles secured two Of them.
Yhey are beauties. One Of them
afhe size .of q FIVE dollar gold
sscription in Latin "Phillip V, by
the grace of God, King of Spain /
and India" This surrounds the
head of Philip. On the diverse is
the crown and coat arms of Philip
and this inscription: SThe fear of
God is the beginning of wisdom"
The other coin is larger.
Surrounding the head of woman
Louis queen no doubt, is the in
T.
"Louis XIV, by the grace
of God, King of France aad
Navarro, 1779.' On the diverse
is the maltese cross with feur de
lisin the center and the inscription
in Latin Christ reigns, conquers
and rules"
The farmer will doubtless
realize a handsome sum for his
find.
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MR.. ". B. REIYN0LDS..
Several Theories as to What
Prompted the Deed.

Augusta Chronicle.
w. B. Reynolds, the man who
suicided by taking morphine in
Savannah on Tuesday, was well
known here.
About ten days ago, just after
Lancaster killed himself, Reynolds
told some friends thathe was go
ing to follow the photographers
example. Two days after uttering
the threat he made an inefectuai
attempt to end his life, by taking
morphine.
Reynolds was very much in love
with handsome young lady in.
Augusta, and spent much money
on her, keeping her supplied with.
rare flowers and presenting her
with anumber of jewels. When
the young lady left for Savannah
last week Reynolds followed her.
1t issaid he was very much smitten
with her, but his action was notre-
ciprocated.
The Savannah News gives the
following account of the suicide:
W. B. Reynolds formerly a Belt
Line motorman suicided early yes
terday morning in a.house of ILL
fame on South Broad street by
taking about four grains of NOR
phine.
Why Reynolds took his own life
is something of a mystery, tits
thought by some he did it on &C
count of his wife's unfaithfulness.
It is believed, too, that he put an
end to his career because he had
run through a small inheritance.
He was apparently under the in
fuence of liquor and seemed to be
in good spirits when he went to
the house. He was nervous, how
ever, despite his free and easy hui
NOR. On several occasions he went
out on a piazza, but no special at
tention was paid to this, as it was
supposed he was only gong out to
get ice water. But it was not ice
water he went out for.
He was worried in mind and to |
end his troubles took a large dose
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Behring Sea Decision.

LONDON, Aug. 2.-The decision
of the Behring Sea question is ex-
pected in a fortnight.
A dispatch to-day says that
every point has been adjudicated
and in every instance. that Russell
Webster, counsel for Great Britain,
has been sustained.
The decision is unanimous on
all points except one, to which
Judge. Harlan, and Senator Morgan
dissent. This refers to the seal
fisheries on the high seas.
The regulations to close the sea-
sons are very stringent.
= NJ
venienced than Americans, as Che.
- = .
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0THOs. ]. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR
few more friends, and troubles of

few more friends, and troubles of
q domestic nature came upon him,
which in his state were hard to
overcome.
Acting Coroner Naughtin viewed
the body at the infrmary and con-
cluded that it was unnecessary to
hold an inquest. The body will
be sent to his relatives and friends
in South Carolina to-day.
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In cases where dandruff, scalp
dieases, falling and grayness of the
hair appear, do not neglect them,
but apply a proper remedy and
tonic like Halls Hair Renewer.
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all the time" was correct. Defanc
of law, he said, can only result i
anarchy and a reign of violence
and no Christian patriot would ad
wise such course. No matterSi
the laws are passed by menof yop
own choice or not. Hero was Elm
peror at the time Paul enjoina,
obedience to all law and said 9Th
powers that be are ordained d
God" St;
A strisi; execution of law i
necessary for the well-being D
society. Among the many objee
tions urged against the bill IS tha
"the State has been digraced b
going into the liquor business
We would like to ask, he said
when has the State not been in ths
liquor business? Has it not fol
years legalized the liquor traffic
and shared, in the name of re1e-
nue., the profits from it? 1t is moi
"going in the business" but dis.
solving it's numerous partnerships
with those who have conducted It;
to the injury of its citizens, and
going to take the business, which
they propose materially to curtail
underits own Immediate supery5.
sion, appointing only such agents
as are men of integrity and whose
moral character is endorsed by
their fellow citizens. sjS
But "it is a monopoly" and the
State might as we'll monopolizs
the drug business, is urged as an
objection. l;# +
There can be no comparison be-
tween the drug business and the
liquor business. Public necessity
demands medicines; but if the
druggist should go into the!
strychnine business the State
would justified in interfering as Il
has in the traffic which has proved
80 destructive and ruinous to its:
citizens. 1t is the duty of the State
to protect tho health of its citis.
zens by every means in its poweE
The advantages of the new law
are already apparent in this city,
and to give practical demonstras
tion of its beneficial working he
read a listkof statistics he had
copied from the police 7 books
showing the omparative numbs
into effect With those Of prec Ding
years:
In 1889, from the 1st the to the
18th of July, there were AZ arrests,
rs white, II colored.
In 1890, 29-14 white, ID
colored.
In 1893, 6-5 whites, 1 colored;
2 of these were feom liquor held
over.
Fourth of July was more likes
Sabbath day, and quite a contrast
to previous fourths, when sober
citizens kept indoors to avoid
collision with drunken rowdies.
In visiting among my parishion-
ers I hear of blessed results. One
lady tells of a husband and father
who had not spent an evening at
home for ten years not spending
an evening out since the bar rooms
were closed.
A large class of young men,
particularly those whose homes
are not in the city, drank because
of the pleasant surr oundings Of
the bar room, with its music,
pictures and flowers. This temp
tation is now taken out of their
way, for the dispensaries offer no
such inducements. They are not
kept open after dark, and do not
sell by the single drink. Habitual
drinkers and minors cannot
purchase a drop. So the dispen-
sary has none of these injurious
features of the bar rooms, and
may prove a great blessing to the
entire State.
Not any of our unregistered
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AS a hair dressing and for the
yention of badness, Ayers
Hair Vigor has no equal in merit
and efficiency. clean, and healthy
and gives vitality and color to
weak, faded, and gray hai,. most
popular of t,i,et articles.
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Sensitive people can purchas|
Humphreys Specifics by simpl]
asking the druggists for the needeI
number alone, without disclosinl
or mentioning the disease fd
which it a cure.
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by two ticks of the clock.
If the facts could only be fully
known, it would no doubt be found
that one good natured man does
more for the health of q neighbor-
hood than four doctors.
Bread from Gods table is only
given to those who are willing to
work and fight for it.
Shadows are black, but they
have no teeth.
The world loses nothing when a
bad man dies, no matter how much
money he is worth.
The best places in heaven are for
those who are willing to have a
hard time on earth for Christ.
There are men SO small that
when they give quarter for the
heathen they think that God ought
to give them 9 big wheat. crop.
Tie devil keeps close % the eman
Many people g7i;s'| sI
ravens at home, pass for doves in
society.
Testimony is a duty. If God is
doing anything for you tell it.
st. Paul was probably the only
preacher who never complained of
being over worked, and yet there
never was an heur of his Christian
life that he didn't keep the devil
busy.
Faith without any works is an
engine without any fire under the
boiler.
It is never safe to undertake to
live a single day without God.
The bank of heaven is the only
bank we know of these hard times
that invites a run upon it.
RAMS HORN.
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fell is the floor. Those IN the room
rushed to his side and found him
unconscious. This alarmed the
inmates of the house, and ice wa-
tor was freely applied to the un-
conscious man. This and other
methods of restoration we're used,
but to no effect.
Reynolds remained limp and
lifeless to all appearances. Toe
proprietress of the house summon
ed DR.. Nichols, who went imme-
diately to the unconscious man,
but he found that there was little
or no hope for his recovery. A
general congestion had set in. The
doctor believes that the chill had
existed from the beginning of un-
consciousness. The congestion con-
tinued until ensued. Upon careful
examination it was found from the
appearance of the pupils of the
mans eyes that very little of the
morphine taken had been absorbed
up to the time that the doctor had
arrived, this being prevented by
the congestiye chill.
Although fully aware that the
man was beyond human aid, the
doctor made every effort to save
him by the use of the remedies
usually applied in such cases.
After working for two hours he
gave the case up.
Reynolds was finally carried to
st. Joseph's infrmary, but he had
scarcely been in the infrmary
fifteen minutes when he expired.
A search was made of his pockets
and a red envelope containing
about a grain of morphine was
found. It 1s presumed from the
folds of the paper that it originally
contained five grains. The name
Of the druggist did not appear on
y y u
the package, and it is impossible
to learn from whom the drug was
obtained.
A pawn ticket showing that Rey.
nolds had pawned his watch fol
$5, and two or three small items
together with a letter addressed
"Snow" were found in the pockets
of the dead man's trousers.
Reynolds was twenty-five years
old. he was originally from Edge
field, S. c., and came here some
months ago as moterman on th'
Barnard street line. He held tn,
place until March 1st, when he re
ceived a legacy from his mother
estate. He realized from thi
$1,000 in cash, and a small farm
He took the money and sold tn
farm, and with what he could ge
together went on a drunk. Wit
the going Of his money went hi
friends and he soon realized tina
he was broke. He was out of EN-
ployment, had no money, and yer
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For the Thoughtful.

There is no greater rogue Chan a
pious rascal.
From life to death is measured
by two ticks of the clock.
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The man was about forty years
old and was well dressed.
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