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ELECTRICITY AT BRISTOL.

Big Storage Battery to be Erected There
 Bristol. Ct, Jan. 3.-The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company will at once commence the erection of a mammoth storage battery here that is intended to be operated in connection with the direct current from the Berlin power house so that 1t will be possible to maintain the schedule on the Bristol end of the system. At pres ent the service is not q satisfactory one at all times, for when the travel is heavy, the big cars drag and the sched- ule gets disarranged.
 During every hour of the day that the current is turned off on the third rail at this end there is a half hour that the cars are not using of it. It is the intention to have the storage battery charging during this half hour and have it connected with the center rail from Camp station, between Plainville and Forest vile, to the terminus at Bristol.
 When the cars come along drawing down the voltage, the current from this storage battery will flow out of it into the middle rail and a higher voltage, hence better power, will be the result. When the cars are not using the power it will flow into the battery again, from the center rail, replenishing it for the next car that come along.
 Besides this, the long delayed work of re-bonding the center rail and speed ing up the cars will be done. It is in- tended to have all of the improvements under 60 days and then when the cars get off the schedule some fast running such as has never been done yet by electrically operated railroads may be expected. It is intended that the power will be as great to car com ing up the grade from F'oreetville, when the improvements are completed as it is at present at New Britain, where it is cut into the rail
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 who are able to obtain admittance are well treated, as they are given a good bowl of soup and bed similar to that of the French soldier A bath is obli- gatory on all applicants for shelter, and they are given asort of uniform to wear while their clothes are disinfected To supplement- these refuges the oauthori- ties are issuing grauitous lodging tick cts, the recipients of which are quarter ed in the low-class hotels. The flaming brasiers, which were picturesque fea- ture of the populous districts of Paris on Winter nights are to be suppressed this season, the municipality having de- cided, for reasons that are not verp ap- parent that they do little good This did not seem to be the opinion of the shivering unfortunates who used to crowd around them-Pall Mall Gazette.
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CHARITY DEPARTMENT.

The clerk of the department of chari- ties and correction has compiled the yearly record of applicants for aid, aid given and kind of aid.
 During the year 3,461 applications for assistance were received as follows: January. 399; February. 2as March, 316; April, 29S May, 243; June 264 {; July, 262; August, 2S3i September 296 :; October, 2S7; November, 276; December, 329-tbe last being the heaviest month.
 Of the number 3,064 were aided. Springside home received 492, general hospital 115, Grace hospital 52, doctors and medicine were furnished to GA. to Connecticut hospital, insane, + were sent; to school for imbeciles, 9: cash was given PA; groceries, 1125; coal, IS: shoes, 69 burials, 55; incidentals, 2.
 Tn January the largest number were aided. All of the applicants received charity. July was the heaviest month for Springside home, 54 persons being sent there; September had a record of 52, and November of 51.
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pAR1s's HOME FOR HoBoEs.
How Frances Gay Capitol Cares for
 Its Tramps.

How Frances Gay Capitol Cares for
 It's Tramps.
 The municipal authorities are taking special measures to cope with the suf- fering caused by the present intense cold Owing to the facts that the work house system does not exist in France and that there is on exact equivalent in Paris to the common lodging houses of London the shifts of the outcast population to provide themselves with nights shelter are very different in the two capitols.
 For such of the destitute as possess a few sous there are two principal resorts. The more luxurious is the Aigle dor, q sort of beggars' caravansary, installed, | by the irony of fate, in the spacious and ancient building that was once the man. sion of de la Raynie. who in his life- time was the sworn enemy and terror of all vagbonds. This establishment is kept by well-known character, M. Andre Belval, who Is feared by his clients on account of his herculean strength, but liked for his good nature, which often leads him to give credit to old customers. 4d. a night M. Belval provides each conner with bed to him. self-an appreciable luxury The ground floor is strictly reserved for the old and inflrm, and is known to the habitues as "The Senate" It is pre- ceded, curiously enough. by courtyard, known from time immemorial as the High Court" M. Beval is renowned for the strictness with which he keeps order No quarreling is allowed in the dormtories. At the first signs of a disturbance the giant proprietor is on the spot, and the celerity with which he evicts racalcltrant customers is said to be a sight to witness.
 A still more famous establishment is that of Fradln, in the Rue St Denis. In a three-storied house, supplemented by two basements, nearly a thousand ragged and forlorn individuals are &C., commodated every night in Winter. They pay sous, or twopence, for either a bowl of soup, cup of coffee, or glass of beer, and the right to sleep as best they can, huddled together at the tables or stretched on the floor. Those who visit this inferno in the course of a stunning expedition through Paris carry away with them the recollection of an odor that it may be hoped has no known equivalent. The business done by Fradin, who Is proud of referring to the big dowry he proposes to give his daughter, is most profitable, and it is surprising that there should be practically no rival establishment. The oft described "Pere Lunette'' used to be conducted on much the same lines. but it has greatly fallen in prosperity, if not in reputation-which would be difficult and has deseneTated into d mere cafe of the lowest class, though it is still shown to ingenious tourists as a typical "dosshouse.
 The official arrangement for giving a nights shelter to the absolutely penni less are very inadequate. There are only four night refuges, maintained out of the public funds. Those, however,
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centuated in time and depending al- most entirely upon the motions of the arms and body rather than the feet With the dance goes the song--a mel oncholy long drawn, often unrhymed chanting which takes the form of rude hexameler. Each district has songs peculiar to Itself, and every good singer at a rural festival has his own repertory, mostly original
 FANNIE B. WARD.
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M. DERoULEDE FOUND GUILTY.

French High Court Finds Extenuating
 Circumstances In His Case.
 Paris, Jan. 3.-The high court (sen- ate) to-day, rendering its verdict in the conspiracy cases not previously dis posed of, decided by vote of 136 to 37 that M Deroulede was guilty, and by a vote of 200 to I decided on extenuat- ing circumstances
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] shall regret-deeply regret sevcring my
self from the few friends have and there
- another reason stronger vet"
stronger than severing friendship"
Its that replied Mortimer. turning
20 the mantelpicce and pointing to a por-
trait upon il. You won't understand.
Of course II isn't 20 he expected that
YOU would. a case-hardcndt 4 bachelor
hasn't the right To understand what IL
means for a man Ia part from the wo-
man he loves with all his heart and soul"
Miss Sclay," said Courtney Eravely.
YES. I think / do understand. old fel-
low I forgive the libel OF being called a
case hardened bachelor. Love hasn't
come my way. that's all"
There's not another man I'm England.
To whom Ia speak like this" went on
Mortimer. hut if IL hadn't been FOR
Madgs. ! should have gone weeks ago.
As i Is. I'm waiting now for the word 10
start. and between ourselves. don't want
to hear il. But needs must. when "A GER
tain person drives so ! shall CO."
You have known Miss Selhy some
time. have you notg' remarked Courtney.
What are her pcoplc?"
"Wcl-to-do folks answered the other.
Selby is. I should say. a rich man: he
is also rather cracked. I'm my opinion.
hut one Of the simplest hearted fellows l
ever saw. lie is a little man. about sixty.
possessed with the belief that he is
mechanical genius. Originally Solby was
wholesale something or other in the
city. where. ! darosay. he was as keen
as the rest of them. Retiring from bus
mess Ec has devoted his time 10 discover
ing perpetual notion
quite an interesting person to know.
How did you find him7"
In this way. Selby has invented
machine which is TO change the whole
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sorts of outstanding bits of iron. you
must know. and taking il altogether was
a irlehtfullv DANGEROUS affair.
What hdppcned?"
Il WAS passing house I'm north London
one morning. when a servant girl came
rushing out from ii. almost into my arms.
She explained that a doctor was wanted
at once. 50 I volunteered my services,
and followed her downFa garden. into
Mr.. Scby's workshop. whore | found him
in a state of collapse. II appeared that
the internal machine had gone off. as 1t
may be termed. and struck its inventor
on the head. Mrs. Selhy was there, very
helpless and frightened. as We're the two
servants The only person who seemed
10 have their wits about them was
Madge.
TO make a short story of it. l man
aged To bring the old feil.w 10 life again,
and dressed his wound. II was in this
way that Madse and | came to know
each other
Mortimer suddenly ceased, and bent for
ward refilling his pipe. while Courtney
watched him unObserved.
Its "A formal engagement, | presume,
between YOU and Miss SChy?'
Yes. If / hadn't lost the money my
mother left me. we should have been
married. You know All about that, Court
ney: believed one of those lying COM
pany promoters. and was robbed
Did you lose all?'
Pretty nearly" replied Mortimer. And
now You see why I'll have To accept this
appointment which has been offered me.
Madge declares she is willing TO wait for
me. and her hearts as true as gold. yet
1t viii be an awful wrench parting from
her I don't want TO go and that's the
plain truth. You know what that fellow
in Gilbert's opera says. We do 1t, but We
don't like a.. q"
when will YOU have the word?'
cit may come any day replied MOrti-
mer. I'm waiting" ana then the two
mon smoked on I'm silence. the soft breath
OF the summer night bringing with ii the
subdued murmur of a tecming city.
what does the squire say? About
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houses. and others were devoted to the
sale ~ papers and sweets. whilst one that
had started sncrgetically as q picture
frame maker. had descended To- second
hand clothing Tn most cases the iron
rssiiincS which guarded the space eu-
phemisticaliy referred q" In the district as
IN" front garden" had suffered out
rage and violence NJ the hands OF the ma
tivss. and e general want ~ paint en-
T'i.-ized the fact that Wen;more street
Isd come down i'm the world The sun
which made Dr- Richard Mortimer'S brass
plate the only bright thing in the street.
matls every other object appear diugicr
and shshhieT than was needed. and con-
firuIsI Mrs. Lipus. Or. Mortim.r's CO.
Tenant ami houSekceper. when she de-
Sl.ireI that Wcntmorc street was a dull
place.
Tt was q hot close night. and in the
doctors sitting room. which was on the
second story, he and friend Were l"ung-
ing after supper. talking in tine intervals
between long siIsnceS. There was a dis
appointed look in the Young doctors face.
almost hahituaI tn him IT late. and one
i'I-hecuuiu- hiz handsome. manly feat
ur,s. Ills figure was taIi and strongly
iu.It. conveying the sense of resolution
au,I energy both uf which virtues he had
ulur. than an ordinary share ~. whilst
lli- companion was the anti5hrSis uf the
d1-rur. his homely face hsius quick with
vivuritv and bctrayiuE a deiicacy both of
trsIv AMI mind lie Was sylvester Court
uey. q a. rrisIcr. and knit in such friend
ship with Mortimer that il was well uiEh
l1v,. between the two men He owed his
life tn the biz. stern-fac.d medical man.
guI Courtney was not one - furg that
Their TASTES in many things were in sym
Tathy. in spite - their views differing
upon certain subjects. diverging I'm "A fash
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"Murder l)M Out" CO..
- BY Edgar Pickering. |4mhor Of -
IA Stout English Bowman. "/mg for Summer. Etc.. Etc.

system of mechanics. That is his belief.
He has made himself a workshop in his
garden. and is in the habit of resorting
there to become very black and very hot,
occasionally triumphant A harmless
recreation enough for people who prefer
to get black and hot. and I'm not finding
fault with him"
Certainly. | understand that"
"Well. then. there was the wonderful
machine which was to revolutionize things
and the old fellow was as devoted to it as
If il were an idol. Sometimes the con-
trivance would stand still and refuse to
move. and then. when all hope of it's do
ing anything was abandoned. it would
suddenly start off IL had levers and all
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waiting. Then a sudden thought APP
peared to flash into his mind. and he took
out his card case. Mortimer was leaning
with his back 10 the CRATE, as though to
evade the formality of handshaking. ana
Courtney had gone from the room, as the
stranger advanced holding card
"A thousand pardons, doctor" he said
smiingly. ALLOW me 10 introduce my
self. -
Mortimer took the card mechanically,
not even glancinG at il, and not until he
was alone did he read the name. Then
with Il sharp exclamation of anger and
surprise he started anGrily. crushing the
card in his clcnChed hand.
.That man" he almost Missed. ''He of
all others to come here tonight"
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CHAPTER I.

BY a strange reversal in the natural or
der Of things Wentmorc Street. which is
In the heart OF walworth. presented itself
most repulsively i'm high summer time.
Winter Was a more congenial season TO
Wcntmore street than June. and shrouded
in fog the depressing houses assumed a
EhOulish picturesguencSs- There had been
the time when il boastcd substantial re-
sPectabiIity. hut that WAS long ago. and
a dismal atmosphere of bankruptcy how
cred now over the dwellings that frowncd
at each other from across a little fire.
Guented road. Some Of them were lodging
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ion that only bound their friendship the
closer.
Having heard your decision said
Courtney. after a lengthy silence, The
question arises, why should you go
abroad2''
"Easily answered" rctorted Mortimer.
81 am going abroad TO earn a living.
am going because Wentmdre street and a
restricted district of Walworth refuse To
support me-"
lit Is = serious step"
1T is more serious still not to take II.
can see no alternative between accept
ing the position offered me. or drifting
into a condition of impccuniosity. But
going away will be a wrench. Sylvester.
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Free Book for Men.

A new 64-page booklet. entitled ''Vigor.
Manliness and HEALTH will be sent TO
any reader of this paper free of charge
if they will write the author as below
]. NEWTON HATHAWAY, MD
22la L. S. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga.
Write your name plainly and give post
office address
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J. Newton Hathaway, Md. 22l2 Z South
Broad street. Atlanta. Ga. in a few
weeks by a method entirely his own.
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('To BE Continued.)

kidney remedy that can be depended
on will be found in Prickly Ash Bitters.
IL heals and Strengthens
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Opium, Morphine Free Treatment.

Cure guaranteed at home without pain
Trial free. DIR. Tucker, IS and 20 Broad
ST.. Atlanta. Ga.
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WH.TECA7S AFTER TOLsERT
NcCOr:air!. Postmaster Again Sun Out
OF Town By Mob.

Ii.roElu,X, :. G., April 5.-.Iame>
~. TIj,rt, who Wa exp. llsd from
Gre:2wo,l COMFY in November, 1898,
after narrowly escaping severe handling,
and whose brother is c)ntrsting the seat
Of Congressman Lltimcr i'll the Third
district, narrowly escaped falling into
the hands of i mob Wednesday night.
AT midnight a band Of masked men
Went - the house Tolbert was in. He
was warned AMI - capped from the back
door while the mob was surrounding
the house Tclbert fied to the depot and
got on II train that was passing, bu
fearing moo at Troy, he stopped at Tn
next station and i supposed 10 hIy-
spent th- night in the woods. In th,
morning he appeared al the hOu,c % W.
". S.urk. y and appealed for pro,actiOn.
lie WEs concealed for several u,ul-, bu,
wa, located. and II is supposed drew "a
pistol wheI y" was found, for tn. l3si r,.-
port was that' he had been ARRESTED iof
CARRYING concealed wslDp-s.
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Remarkable Cure of rheumatism

KENNA. Jackson Co., w. Va.
About three years ago my wife
had an attack of rheumatism which
confined her to her bed for a month
and rendered her unable TO walk a
step without assistance, her limbs
bcirg swollen to double their normal
size. Mr.. :. Maddox insisted on my
using Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
| purchased a fifty cent bottle and
used 1t according TO the directions
and the next morning she walked to
breakfast without assistance in any
manner, and she has not had a SINH
lar attack since A. Il. PARSONS.
For sale by Hannah Bros, II South
PalafOX street.
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MANY MEET DERTHlal WRECK


ToET WpsIH. T.x.. April 5.-Thc
rDa.nh5uua pj,>ergrr train II jhn Fort
Warth and Denver CRY railroad WA
wrecked this morning u-a- Charming
[, Is repart>d six or seven people are
killed. among them the Wells Fargo
express messenger, Chapman. Superin-
reudent G0ole and Trainmaster Mills,
In a special car, with number of ply
sicians, left fur the scene.
The wreck was caused by a waSh0ut
The entire train except one coach was
burned.
The fireman and express messenger
cannot b. found. Ii Is believed they
were burned in the wreck The local
Wells Fargo office received a message
from Claiming 10 the effect il was inn
possible 10 tell the number Of passengers
killed
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VIII Not Resort 20 Force.

TRAN6FoET, XIV, April ). Repre-
.,rtsrlycs 0f The Bockham administra-
-.n deny that force VIII la used 10 dis
ndg, the Republicans from possession 81
-ar >tarchoUse a. soon a. the court IF
sIr-al> renders a decision I'm the contest
,a~e. They say no hostile movement
'r.l bo made until after the supreme
cart AZ Washington has rendered it,
.ar-son, and then only i'm the event the
t.lutlcans refuse 70 Yacate. R-puhll-
.aH Governor Tavl0r has returned here.
8 squad Of soldiers under command Of
-.eg'enant Colonel Morrow was drawn
"a. ru front ~ the state capitol square
vn.la the tram stopped and let him off.
rr vas escorted 10 the executive office
.r3.r guard.
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OPELSA, Ala. April The seven
re,nth annual convention of the Ala
bama Sunday schools is in session here
The convention met in the Mrthodisr
CHURCH. An address IF welcome was de
hvcrrd Z. ID. Sanford. which was replied
O. bv Y. l.. Thom0>un Rev. J. F. pur-
ser made a few remarks on the spiritual
opportunity of the convention, and Rev
e.. o. Barhman diS,our>cd ON the pur-
pose and plan Of th" association work
several hundred have arrived and many
are arriving uu every tr.Ia
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HE KILLING OF GoEBEL
Nru,l y said to Have Made Scnsa-
tiUnaI Confession

L1UI~yILLE, XIV, April G.-It l.
ported here this morning that
Aautzay has confessed that he paid
Irm Howard TO kill Governor Goe-
a-.. that the plot was hatched in
-..a office of Powers and that $1,000
Ea- paid over. 1t l. further alleged
..a: Governor Taylor had agreed 10
.ardon Howard if he was detected
,a the crime.
FRANKFORT, April 6.-loutzey'
-.a:emeuts implicats Governor Tay-
a-. u being asserted that he was
one ~ the eight men who knew of
ta- conspiracy to Kill GOebel and
carried il into effect. The cOnspir-
acv was entered into in Powers Of
ice and the men implicated are
TAYLOR. Powers, John l.. Powers,
Charles Finlay, w. p. Culton, Jim
Howard. probably Henry Howard
aue other man and GDutzey him
self. Noutzev went out of the room
aud got 81 500 and turned il over to
t.e proper person.
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PLUMER is AGAIN
Defeated BY B0ERS
His Cavalry Makes Two At
tacks Oh the Enemy.
BRITISH HARD PRESSED
Left Their Dead on Field Relief Col
umn Reported Approaching Mafe-
king From the Suuth-Boer FOrcs
Threatens BlOcmE1utcin.

LONDON. April 5.-N special dispatch
from Lor-nzD Marquee says sharp fight
ing occurred April III the neighbor-
hood of MafekinI The garrison mads
IL sorJic while General Plumpr'S cavalry
aJtucAcd the Beers at Ramarhlabamn.
Both attacks were rypui>"d.
Detached bodies Of BOer horse. NUM-
bering 500 20 1000 cach. have appeared
At several placs> 10 the >outhward and
eastward Of BilemfOnt'in. threatening
the railroad, bUt communication bv wlrs
and r;Ll Il not N the least affected. One
of these forces l. near list Sp.1ugfOn-
tcin, Oh the BlOemfOntcin railroad, and
General Gatacre' : forces are reported 10
beabout 10 engage II. Lord RObcfs seem
ingly declines 10 send columns chasing
the BOer bands. He Ia r"serving hIa
cavalry and transport animals fOf ths
forward movement.
Explanations having direct origin ia
the wAz office as tn why Lord Roberts u
inactive are that there has been n l0ck
of horses for remounts. but new horses
are arriving by train loads hourly. The
pressure ON the railroad Is 81 great thaT
pIlNdlt PARCELS ana I0c O4lfCES ucWsIHt-
pers have not been forwarded from Caps
Town for three weeks.
The situation i'll the Free State re
mains far from clear and Is uDsatls-
factory t. British observers. The sick
ness among the Beer prisoners at 81
mOnStOwn continues 10 increase. Five
men died April ,. The prisoners wh0
were on board the transport MonRolian
have bltn transferred 10 the shore camp
Uulps, the sickness aIutr> il Is not likely
that more prisoners w!ll he sent ~ st.
Helena. \ dispatch from Cape Town
dated Wednesday announces the depart
ure for TN; fUut of the second con.
tinycut of Canadian mounted infantry.
AdviceS from MafekiHg say thaT
M,herc, Il native chief >outhwari. haA
broken out against ;he Beers. Theirs
was heavy firing iu The direction Of his
chief kraIl March -.
Twenty " Colonel Plumer's men wers
found dead on the t-Id and siX others
were made prisoners. The federal losses
were small.
RUmors reach here that Il relief column
is ap2roaching Mafcaing from the south.
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ATLANTA. April Limitations have
been sent 10y Assistant Adjutant Byrd
- members Of Governor Gamblers staff
inviting thcm 10 meet the chief exectivp
IN Albany, April "A, which l. governor :
dav al the Albany chautauOua The
members of the staff Will beon hand and
the o,casiou Wiu 'e one of the most
prominent during tha chautauqua. Coy
crn0r Gambler Will drljy,r an address ON
that day a. will also Colonel Phil G
Byrd, assistant adIutant general. Col
1nal Byrd VII >prak oH the rcoyganized
militia Of the state
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thing uew. Your dealer should ulv.
them.
We aim 70 lave all goods on -4l,
thoroughly reliable. because there j.
-nch a tfing aS maintaining a.,
grade all 9loug the line. and no mat.
ter how low an article may be
priced at this store You caa rely uI
il quality at al time. We kDer
only what We can recommend. and
we recommeud only whar w know
i trustworthy. When we tell you
the merits Of purchase you can
rely on the assurance. Whites.