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house on fire, and then, IN . spasm Of
terror, race away with her children
from the results Of her carelessnessf
And II 90, at what psychological
moment was her reason destroyed
at sight Of the flames. or when she
found herself alone in the woods with
her children?
Or did she feel the approaching 10
turn OF the dreaded malady, and. fear
ing for the future OF her children with
out her care and oversight. spirit them
away? And. II 90. where did she
leave them?
May Have Sent Children Away.
Some few Brocktonites believe that
because the air had been full of
rumors regarding unhappiness In the
Ball home she really did arrange to
have some one come with red auto
mobile and take her children where
they might be cared for.
But such reasoning does not satisfy
the majority of those who have
worked on the case. The majority
believe that the woman. In horror at
the malady which was slowly creep
ing upon her. took her children to
some lonely spot and killed them.
then with the cunning OF the madwom-
an. hid them beyond all finding. Per-
haps the torn hands came from dig
ging in the half-frozen ground that she
might hide the silent little forms.
Perhaps the scratches on her throat
came not from her own fingers, but
from the tiny hands fighting for their
lives. And who shall say at what in
slant reason was dethroned. or what
act Of her own or another swept like
a sharp knife through the tottering
brain and left It a blank?
Perhaps Mrs. Ball knows to-day
where the children are, and, with
demoniac cunning. refuses to let the
father claim his own flesh and blood.
Perhaps. II she would, she could lead
the searching parties to the very spot
where the silent forms are buried.
Perhaps her mind was never a blank.
But history, medical and otherwise,
gives her the benefit of the doubt
Resembles Famous Stories.
Who does not recall Julian Haw-
thorne's great story, Archibald NAL
maison," whose hero, from brain
shock. reverted every seven years to
the mental state of seven years be-
fore, recalling in minutest detail every
thing that had happened when this pc
culiar psychological and mental par
oxysm had overtaken him? And poor
Archibald, when he was %, remem-
bered that on the night when he was
Fl he had hidden his bride of an hour
in a dungeon, where none of the merry
wedding guests might find her, while
he went to bring her wine and cake
from the wedding feast. And as he
went down the winding stairs the
hand Of time had touched him, setting
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Their One Meeting.

They met by chance;
they'd never met before;
They met but once,
And she was smitten sore.
They never met again
Don't care to. I allow;
They met but once
The auto and the COW.
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CouIdn,t SET Her BACK,

American ladies, when in England.
are the occasion Of many jokes. good,
bad and Indifferent. Here is a recent
one, which has for its scene the mag
nificence of Windsor castle.
Fair American-Butler, any chance
to get glimpse Of the Queen?"
Gentleman Address, am not the
butler. am the prince of Wales"
Fair American-How lucky! Ia
your mother in?--Human Life.
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in telling Of those "pranks" played In
his youth. II remember on one ccca-
sion we broke up dinner party BY
sending a plate warmer changing down
the steps. Another time we succeed
ed in ripping open every feather pill
low in the house and playing snow
storm with the feathers before any
body caught us. stood at the top
Of the stairs and showered down the
feathers while the other children held
umbrellas over themselves down
below.
But the best thing We ever did
was when my sister and decided We
wanted to collect some money. I rot
an organ and she took q plate and w
went out to collect the shekels. We
must have found the job very pleas
ant, because we got out into the sub
urbs, and then somebody recognised
the crest on the plate my sister was
carrying and took u home. Then
there was the time"
And judging by all the stories told.
these children Of some years ago were
by no means good ~ gold, who n
ways did a. they were told" and
nothing else.
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The day Of fortune Is like a harvest
day. we must be busy when the corn
is ripe.-Goethe.
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Wouldn't you like to try Natures mild
laxative, Garfield Tea? Headache Pow
ders and Digestive Tablets also upon re-
quest. Send postcard to Garfield Tea Co.,
BROOKLYN. N. Y.
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He hastens to repentance who hasti-
ly judges.-Syrus.
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success OF Forun6 VIII contlnuo 70 nnd
fault But we are determined to give
such people no just complaint
PERUNA Is A GREAT MEDICINE
It has become household word in
millions Of homes. Our faith In the
remedy Is stronger than ever. Every
xaar WA AYnAct In Aafah hlish HAyH nlanta
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It's the judgment of many smokers that
Lewis Single Binder SC cigar equals IN
quality the best l0c cigar.
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Some men wear good clothes be-
cause they can't afford not to.
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WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.
rom October to May, Colds are the most fre-
rent cause OF Headache. LAXATIVE BROMO
JIMMIE removes cause. E.W Grove on box 25c
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II you are looking for happiness,
why not try to look On the bright sids
of thingsi
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Lady Patisnt--D Doctor. what e you
do when you burn your mouth win
hot cofEsef
Doctor -0Woar.
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Important 70 Mothere.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
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came from all over New England to
Join in the search. The Brockton En-
terprise offered reward Of 500 for
the recovery Of the children, dead or
alive. Brockton citizens raised $400
more, and more detectives. profes-
sional and amateur. fiocked to the
scene.
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ing %rallroads OF pennsylvania if they
did not obey the Hepburn interstate
commerce law in regard to the own
crship Of products they transport. |
think this statement is phenomenal
declared Mr.. Til]man.
Senator G%allingcr suggested that
the law does not become operative
until May 1, and he regarded the
statement as so incredible That he
did not believe it.
ut is time the senate should do "A
little business said Mr.. Tillman. on
its own accord. We have got a doctor
in command Of a ship and all sorts
Of things are going IN. / do not
know what is going to happen next.
1t may be a declaration OF war.
The senate devoted owe two hours
to considering the bill revising the
criminal laws OF the United States
and then at 4:l5 adjourned.
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THE UNWRITTEN LAW.
Woman Acquitted for killing Man
Who Wrongcd Her.

AT El Paso, Texas, having follow
ed Robert j.. Schram to his room and
shot him down after he refused to
right her wrong by marrying her
just two days after the verdict Of
not guilty in the Bradley case, in
Washington, Mary Adolf was found
not guilty OF murder and released,
both on the plea OF "nnwritten law
and temporarily insanity.
She admitted killing Schram, but
said after she nurscd his dying wife
at L~aJounta, Col, he made love to
her, promised to marry her, and then
betrayed her and left for I'll Paso,
where, when she followed and asked
him to keep his promise and marry
her, he struck her.
Women Rugged her as she stepped
forth free and they squeezed the
hands OF the jury and said, GOD
bless you" t
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TRAGIC ENDING.
Merrymakcrs Are Driven Into Their
Homes ana Burnt Up.

A dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria
says news has reached here of a ter
rible tragedy which occurred at the
village OF Dragosh, ncar Monastir,
Il town in Macedonia. several days
ago. While a festival was in pro-
gress and the villagers were dane
ing upon the lawns in the public
parks, a large band of Greeks sud
after driving them into their houses,
set nre to the buildings and burned
them to death. The victims includ-
ed one and children. and num-
bcred, it IS said, between twenty-five
and forty ave.
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This" he continued. "may givs
some light as showing why the sec.
rotary finds 1t SO difficult to answer
inquiries we have propounded. This
Is the letter giving reasons why he
refused to recognize bidders for
bonds"
In reply Mr.. Tillman read from I'D
wards letter: you are advised that
under tho reservation made by The
department allotment was first made
to individuals and institutions for
amounts not exceeding $4,000. The
remainder was allotted to the highest
national bank
This course was followed" the
letter continued, because 1t was not
deemed wise in the currency strin-
gency making allotments to individ-
uals which resulted in leaving 90
per cent. purchase price in the
banks and allowed them to take out
circulation on tho Panama bonds.
This circular made no reservation
OF bids declared Mr.. Tillman.
This Is purely an executive function
ana when the facts arc brought out
think they will show. that the sec
rotary Of tho treasury has utterly
disrcgarded tho law in his anxiety.
laudable as it may have boon, to
supply currency to New York against
other parts Of the country"
Mr.. Tillman then turned to Mr..
Aldrich and INDUCED in some per-
sonal references to him. He decla"-
ed that nothing could have consider
alton in the senate while the chair
man Of the finance committee was
out Of tho chamber.
I'VE have to sit here" he said,
until his great parsonage comes
through the door"
Mr.. Tillman declared that the Re
the chairman Of the committee on
finance. "The senator" added Mr..
Tillman. looking at MIR. Aldrich,
knows the great power and intlu-
cncc which he dcScrvcdly holds with
the senate and with the country,
and it is not worth while for him to
amcc mock modcsty. He is too great
a man to have any affectation Of any
Sort
Mr.. Aldrich said he had great
in the secretary of the
treasury aud did not wish to discuss
this question until he had before him
the statement and suggestions OF the
secretary. He was satisfied that in
a short time they would be laid be-
fore the senate and he thought the
secretary should be given time to
reply in the best possible manner.
He was sure the secretary had done
what he thought was best.
Mr.. Tillman d~isavowcd any intcn-
ton Of saying MIR. Cortclyou had not
done what he thought the best. "Un-
he added, lin this coun-
try we find ourselves subjected TO
what appeals 10 some Of us as usur-
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REFUSED AID TO his SISTER
And So He Shot Down and Murder
ed NJ. SviridOff.

AZ Krasno-Ufimsk. Russia, Sylri-
doff. president of the local Hcmst-
vo, was shot to death by a brother
OF Mile. Ragozinnikova. tho murder
osS of General Maximonsky, director
OF the department Of prisons OF the
ministry Of the interior, on October
28 last. 1t Is supposed that the muir
der was committed in cvcng for
the refusal Of M. Sylridof to make
any 10 In behalf Of Mile. Rago-
zinnikova during her trial.
Mile. RigozinnikoYa was a daugh-
ter OF a teacher in the imperial
conservatory OF Music OF Porn pro-
vince. She presented herself at the
weekly reception Of General Maxi
moifsky in st. Petersburg, and when
admitted to his presence, drew a re-
volvcr and fred seven shots at the
general, six bullots taking effect. On
oct. 3 Mile. Ragozinnikoya was
hanged.
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DREAMS AND GHOSTS.
Meeting and Talking with Spirits
of Living and Dead.
Prof. Bacr, OF Berlin University,
Says During Sleep Our Spirits
About Heaven and Earth.

Wander About Heaven and Earth,
The mind has q back door.
The brain has often been called
the house of the mind. should not
be surprised to learn that it has a
back door. like other houses.
1t is through this exit that the
soul escapes in the silent hours-in
the hour hen we are in the strange
d~cath-llke condition which we call
sleep. At such times it roams abroad
IN search of adventures, and fire.
quently 1t finds very curious and even
astonishing ones
In sleep we pass out of the body
into a wonderful region, with which
in u waking moments we arc not at
all acquainted. What and where Is
this region, and who are tho people
VINO inhabit 1t. Such questions are
most interesting, and now for the
hrst time forward a wise man
who ventures to answer them.
The wise mans name Is Professor
Moritz Baer, who occupies the chair
or phycho-physics in the University
or Berlin. He says that the mvs-
tcrious country which we visit in our
can is the Hereafter, and that the
people VIC meet there are i'm reality
ghosts. some day, after we arc dead,
we may come to know them better.
Each day Of your existence on
earth, says Professor Bacr, may be
regarded as a life in miniature.
Night comes, and you dic-tcmpor-
arily. The whole term OF your sur
vival in the world is a series of little
lilc-timeS, interrupted by brief per-
iods of seeming death, which we call
sleep.
The likeness of sleep to death has
been the subject Of q vast deal Of
philosophical comment. BUTT is much
closer II more striking than Is gen
orally imagined. When you fail into
Slumbcr. your eyes turn upward,
your heartbeat Slackcns, your pulse
becomes fccblcr, and your breathing
slows down. Your condition, in a
word, c~0untcrfcits death most re
.markahly.
IF the death were real, your soul
would take its departure for good
and all, never to return. But in this
temporary state (according to the
theory of Professor Bacr) it merely
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mentary character OF such
which hasten to escape us even as W,
are trying to rcall them.
One thing fairly certain is that the
ghosts of the dead have no power &c
communicate with us, unless it be In
dreams. If they possessed such pow
or, they would undoubtedly exercise
III yet quitting aside all the phcnom-
eha OF so-caled "spiritualism" as
hopelessly discredited) they give us
no opportunity Of the kind, though
we would SO eagerly grasp it.
Deep down in the human mind
'here exists Il belief that the dead.
generally speaking, are hostile aud
dangerous to the living. Hence the
dread which will withhold not only q
clllid, but almost any grown person
OF either sex from passing alone
.hough a graveyard at night. Indeed,
~ IS Safo to say that nothing in the
world, or out OF it, is regarded with
Such universal fear as Il ghost--this
100, notwithstanding the fact that no
authenticated instance is on record
III "hich a Specre or apparition of
any kind did harm to a living crea-
lure. The superStitution in question
IS doubtless an inheritance from our
most remote ancestors, who believed
that the dead wore liable to assume
the guiso and role of malignant de-
Wis; but 1t seems strange that mod
ern enlightenment should not have
done away with so "nonsensical a no
ton.
Oddly enough, however, when I'm
our dreams we encounter the ghosts
or the dead, we are unterrifed. no
40 so, indeed, appears quite natural
and a matter of course. For under
such conditions the point Of view is
changed. We ourselves are phan.
toms likewise according to Profes-
sor Bacr), and we meet them, those
others, on an equal footing. They
are not afraid Of us, and why should
we he afraid Of them?
AT the bottom Of the ghost-fcar is
a dread OF the mysterious, the un-
known and the intangible. But,
when your soul has made a tcmpor-
airy escape through the minds back
door, it finds itself in Il world where.
as one might say. all the relations Of
things are altered. 1t has arrived,
to say, behind tho scenes, and Gas
circumstances ON the Stage)
the mystery becomes mere matter OF
course. lntangibility is normal in
the realm Of the Hcreafter-cspecial-
~, when oneself is a part Of it.
Professor Bacr advances his ideas
the subject not as a statement OF
asccrtained fact, OF curse tho mat
ter being onG respecting which OK
act knowledge is obviously impossi-
bic but as a theory, which, he
thinks, finds endorsement in definite
and logical evidences. It is not prac-
ticable here, for lack Of space, even
IN ,iyc iLC.~. r--', ... -
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OFFICER KILLED.
SEot BY a Convict Who Escaped
Two Months Ago.
w. A. Clyde, of Sumter,
Shot to Death While Trying to Ar
rest II Negro Convict.

rest II Negro Convict.
Policeman Clyde, Of Sumter, was
shot and killed about twelve o'clocl,
Monday night by Toney Moses. col
ored, an escaped convict, near Bos.
sards, Sumter county. Moses es-
capped about two months ago from
the Sumter ~chaingang. He was To-
Gated Monday night at a house near
Bossards. Officer Clyde and Consta-
Die Nunnamaker went out to can
ture him, as a reward had been Of
'cred for his capture. The officers
vent to the house and demanded adj
~nittance. Mr.. Clyde went to one
loor and Mr.. Nunnamaker TO another
loor. Mr.. Clyde forced his way into
me house with his characteristic
raVer and found Moses under q
bed.
He called upon Moses to come out
ana surrender, but Moses reply was
n shot from n shotgun, which took
effect in Mr.. Clyde's abdomen. The
popular and efficient officer succumb-
cd to the terrible wound within n few
hours, exhibiting rare fortitude and
iorbearance. Mr.. Nunnamaker went
TO the assistance of his injured
brother officer and medical assistance
was ecurc as soon as possible.
Mr.. Clyde meanwhile being taken
to the house OF Mr.. Marion Dorm.
where he died about two O'Clock
Tuesday morning. The affair has
created Consideration in Sumter and
Is regretted beyond expression. Mr..
Clyde'S brother officers of the Sum
ter police force are using every
means to locate his murderer.
The city of Sumter has offered a
reward OF 500 for the arrest OF
Moses. While public sentiment IS
very bitter against Moses still it can
not be said that excitement runs
high.
Less than a month ago this gen
ial and kind hearted officers little
~2-ycar-old child was burned to death.
The coroncr's jury returned a YER
dict in accordance with the facts.
and implicated Daphne McDanicls.
one OF the ONE i'm the house at
the time Of the shooting, who was
placed in Jail.
The murdered officer has many
in O~rangcburg. having lived
h""" Cow" ""n~r "hc~ ~. r~,,,~r v---.
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,"vu., ,"u, me urcam ire is in a
certain sense a real life, and not
merely Il magic lantern show in
which Imagination uncontrolled. in
fantastic colorS, paints a multitute
Of slidcS'-may be put, as he offers
them tentatively, III the form Of
questions:
TO begin with. what is this strange
realm which we visit in our dreams?
Professor Bacr believes that it is
actual. and by no mHans purely in
aginary. 1t is not ever an "undis-
covered country for we spend there
no small part Of our time limit. But
where arc we to suppose that it Is
located? Is it near or far away? Or
are we to suppose that it Is simply an
invisible world, through which we
unconsciouSly wander In Our waking
moments. thourgh unable to discern
tho people (viewless under waking
conditions) who inhabit it?
Again, shall we. after we die, as
Stunning in permanent fashion the
ghostly state. ourselves become in
habitants of this mysterious country?
And. if so, what will be our condi-
ton therein? Shall We be happy. or
otherwise? In classical literature
one finds again and again the idea,
which the scientists seem to have
persistcntly entertained that the
souls Of the departed suffer from a
chronic melancholy. Thus the heroes
Of the Trojan war, as Ulysses found
them when he vcnturcd into ilades,
continually lamcnting their lot, wish
ing that they we're alive again. But
has such a notion any proper basis?
Professor Bacr's belief is quite OPP
posite. At all events. he deems 1T a
mistake to believe hat the ghosts
we meet in our ~wandcrings through
the domain in the Beyond are Dur-
and Achilles which Odysscns met, an
altogether aimlcsS and vcgctativc OK
i~stcncc. He thinks we may rather
suppose that they have occupations
OF one sort or another, useful in
ways we know not of.
If the w%andcrings of the ghost, in
sleep are under any sort of control,
it would be interesting to KNOW by
what they are directed. Nothing
seemingly, could be moro h|aphazard
Scenes and Incidents follow II an.
other IN no orderly sequence, APP
~parcntly, and people come and SC
without any Obvious rhyme or rca
son. Many dreams, Of course, arc
very ~plcaSurablc, while others are
far from agreeable and sometimes
oven terrifying. But, as Profcsso'
Baer suggests, there Is no reason 70
supposing that in the region OF tin
Hcrcafter-if his theory, identifying
it with the country We visit in on
slumbcrs. be accepted is a place dc
void OF nnplcaSantncsses.
rho ghost that walks in dreams
according to his idea, Is none othc
than tho suhconscious, or sccondar!
self-the strange double" which II
| habits every n OF us, doing niue
+ OF our thinking for us, yet only
: rare instances revealing ltsolf in sue
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co11O.l GlNNtD.
Little Over Ten Thousanda Bales
Up to Sixteenth of January
Which is Nearly Two Thousand Bales
less Than the Number Ginned Un
to the Same Time Last Year.

w tIC CnIl1c Time Last fGnr.
The census bureau Thursday is
sued a report showing that the cot
ton In the United States ginned from
tho growth Of 1907 to January 16
was 1~0,337,607 bales, against 12,-
1850 bales for the same period
last ear and 9,9S9,624 bales for
the same period in 1906. Active
ginneries numbered 27,37O.
Round bales were counted as half
BALES. The number Of round bales
hclude 1862 for 1908, 258.7I7
br 1907, and 270,G69 for 1906. Sea
ISLAND included 8O,187 for 1908, &c.
f26 for 1907, and 104,71O for 1906.
The distribution of sea island cot
ton for 1908 by States is as follows:
Florida, 27,421; Georgia, 40.i36;
South Carolina, 1880.
Running bales ginned by States
follow:
Alabama. 1,O7o,1o3 bales; s,441
ginneries.
Arkansas, G67,leG bales; 2,1oa
ginneries.
Florida, 50, 473 bales; 247 gin
neries.
Georgia, 1~,771,913 bales: 453S
g%inncries.
Kentucky, l,341 bales; Q gin
ncrics.
Louisiana, 59G,47G bales, 1,s49
ginncries.
Mississippi, l,2S7,927 bales: $50
ginuGripS
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A GENTLE: ROAST
Given Secretary CorteIyou BY
Senator Tilman Because He
FAILED TO RESPOND

To II Resolution of tho senate I'm
Reference to the Issue of Panama
Bonds.-Scnator AIdrich Defends
Cortclyou and Mako Excuses for
Him, Which Causes Senator Till
man to Use Some Caustic Remarks.
Just before the United States
Senate adjourned Tuesday Senator
Aldrich received a letter from Sec
rotary Cortelyou explaining the de-
lay that has beer experienced in his
reply to the resolution calling on
him Tor Information concerning the
recent Panama canal bond issue and
the letter was promptly laid before
the senate. Earlier In the day Sena-
tor Tillman INDUCED In caustic com
ment upon what he characterized
as he secretary's apparent disc
b%edience" to a senate resolution.
In his letter Mr.. Cortelyou said:
II am sorry that there should
have been a misunderstanding as to
the time when my answer to the
senate resolution regarding the
treasury operations would be sent in.
Had | been advised Of your request
to know when it might be expected,
] would have replied that | required
4 little moro time to go over the
mass of figures it involved. 1t is my
desire, of course. that all business
Of this kind Shall be disposed Of
promptly, but this matter is SO i'm
portant that | have felt it desirable
that every feature OF the report
should be clearly stated, both for the
information OF the senate and in
justice to the department. 1t Is my
desire and intention to submit a
complete response to the resolution
II | hope to have it ready III the
course OF the next few days-in all
probability about the beginning Of
next week.
The amount of work involved in
the preparation of such voluminous
data may not be fully appreciated
by some. but it should be remember
ed hat the force in all the bureaus
here, which have to do intimately
with financial matters, have been