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THE INTELLIGENCER BftjifABLIBIIEU l?M. . Publlskoa ?Tory morning oxcept | Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer at 140 M'eut Wbitner Street, An derson, 8. O. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Publlabud Tuesdays and Friday? L. M. GLENN....Editor and Manager j Entered a.- second-class matter April 28, 1914 at tho post office at j Anderson, 8ou-.\ Carolina, under Ino j Act ot March 8, 1879. ??? ? -. ABBOOIATEO PRESS DISPATCHES tfslophono .821 BUBRCJBIPTIOH KATK8 DAILY On? Year .98.00 Biz Months . 9.60 Three Months.1.2b One Month.?9 Ons TVoes. .*** .10 SEMI-WEEKLY On? Year .81.60 JBLx h??nths .76 \\ ?, i .' The ZntsllUroncer !? delivered by ?arri?re in the city. Look st the painted label on your ?aper. The date thereon shone when the subscription oxplreo. 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In order to avoid delays on ac conni I ot personal absence, letters to The | .intelligencer Intended for publication should, not be addressed to any Indi vidual .connected with the paper, but I ?limply to The Intelligencer. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1916. Examination in botany: Would you cauliflower a cabbage? *-o .-, Tho "sick roan of Europo" socms now to ? buI residing !n London. As quith who it in. Having lost bia political pull, Villa automatically bocomea what ho has alwayr boon-a bandit. Tho rod cross, tho Iron cross and tho doublo cross aro about equally prominent in ibo European war. No Ebeneser, Montonogro is not a black republic \ but things aro looking .rather dark aver there Just now. Some mon aro despondent becauso they can't got out of debt,_ and aomo lyn worried hepaiiee thoy ?nn't get Ip. Whoa equal suffrage lo finally 'adopted, wo wonder if the women will bet hats, on, election results as men ?'. '?' ?- ??? ? ; Chasing Balkan butterflies ia tho favorite diversi?n ot the allies, .but catclilng them is whore'tho rub comes lix. :. V] , A noted physician tells us to dr ink Water and plenty of it, but tho prohi b? lloniatT hnudod us that dopa long : ive Gen. Momeo has been assigned to e command of tho Dardanelles, and moy now look for. a now "Monroe doctrine. e, tidal .waves' of prosperity havo toy rora Vf OT US. Tnfset, wo aro ex ?F-::;;C?y i?p? O? bel?g' SBUifcergt'd lu that kind of liquid. 1 --o ' Tho tmounl of a man's ineomo do pcud?iio? 'whoti-yt ho ia talking to Vc?ednip?n friends to. ;hc tacoma 'tax collector. We aro atlll patiently waiting for that' ?possum , and that jug ot 'almmon beer about which we passed a gentle hint a'few days ago. .., f,) Wireless teiephc^y.liftvlng b*ea add a>\ to the ; Hst of .sidenUflo 8*hleye? mon?s,; won't wipe-one hurry up ?ud inyent a ^yiess'bill? '.'. \ ' *' Wo vould"t?fco more comfort from i\w thought titat the eyes of the* war ring nations are on Bethlehem If we d?t?n/? ? knoiy that it was Bethlehem, THE ONE TERM IDEA Former President Tait io making ? series of lectures over .he country, and he is cmpliusizlng the Impor tance of lengthening thc term of the president to six or Heven years and making him ineliglblo for reelection. He thinks four yeu.ru too short a term for a president to work out IIIH pollcioH and give them a fair trial be fore tho country. After nerving ono long (erm, u president uhould retiro and give place to another. TIIIH is not a new Idea, lt has been agitated with some force for u long time, but the supporters of thc amend ment have discusHcd lt more from a theoretical standpoint and have not devoted their energies to practical efforts to uecuro fyorablo action by c ongress. That tho chungo would bc un Improvement over the pr?tent term of four years, seems to ho a generally accepted fact, und yet It would uot re move ull tho danger? und objection? to which the present system has given rino lu tho past. A preHident, after nerving a ningle long term, would want to nee his policies perpetuated und he would be tempted to use the powerful lnfluenco of his administra tion to name as a successor ono who would he in full sympathy with hl? plann and purposes. Andrew Jackson, a strong and ublo chief executive, secured tho nomina tion of Vun Buren as his successor, and his Influence was powerful enough to win tho victory for his enndidate. Van Duron's administration was a failure, largely duo, no doubt, to tho yielding of his own will to the domi nating power or Jackson. Tho Batno sort of machino agencies wore used by Hoosovolt in dictating tho nomination of Tuft, but Taft fortunately hud a mind of his own, and tho two mon .noon came to tim parting of tho ways. If this clement of machine politics could bo ollmlnntcd, ono tenn would bo enough and lt would have nono of tho practical dangers and objections that would surround it inevitably. A successful president soldom has substantial opposition to a second nomination, and scco?d terms havo usually mot popular favor. Washing ton, Joffornon. Modlson, Monroo and Jaoksoo lost nono of tho public, con fidence by sorvlog two tormo. Clove land's experience, attor tho election of 1892, Injured him, hut his decline was duo moro to an unavoidable spilt tn his party than to any weakness of his own. Grant's socond term was net as satisfactory as his first. Had McKinley and Lincoln been spured to nerve out tho tennn to which they had boen olocted our country woiitd havo fared bettor.. Certain lt ls that Lincoln would not havo stood for tho shameful and corrupt policy of reconstruction Torcod upon the oouth by thc Repub lican party after tho war. A long single term IB an improve aient over what we now hayo, but lt la not In itself a guarantee that all tho faults and dofoctB of the present system will bo removed. PESSIMISTIC ENGLAND Tho continued ?weep of tho Connan arms is causing alarm tn England, not so much .bc cnuso tho peoplohave any substantial fcarB that their coun try cannot win ultimately but hecauso so many h hindu ra have been m a UM by tho!-c lu authority. The coalition cabinet, headed^ by Premier Asquith ls blamed'and censured In strong tonna by tho press. Tho admitted failure of the Darda noll eu .campaign has ..been followed quickly ny another blunder in the fallir.o of tho allies to bb prepared foi th?. defeuco of Sorb?a and. tho check ing of tho A ii H tro-Ger m ar. ic advance toward Constantinople. This blunder baa cost tho ul lie a tho tm prior t of all tho Balkan states with the .-exception of Serbia which -vas already at war, and it may. mean tho loss'of any aid from. Greece. Big events are stirring l-l'tho east, and England in placed in an unenviable position in her lack of preparation to meet a development of supremo importance. Gorman diplo macy has boon laughed at r^d decided, but for on co tho boasted perfection of British . diplomatic negotiations bas suffered a serious setback. < . .Unless tho British minia ry can act quickly and do something, at once to counteract the. wave ot nn tn son I sm sweeping byer, the country, les mern b. rs must step : down, and ?urren?or the burden* to o th or hands, .What' the people are clamoring for Is that th? machinery of government at home bo speeded ur? so that the avmles in the field can bo better equipped and re?, emited In .order to bring tho ,w?r tb an. early end. . The London Telegraph Bpbe&i of th* present situation a? "the darkest moment nineo the [ war began:" The pride ot the e?plre has been cut be cause things bare hot gone as smooth ly as they ought to have progressed uphcavel of popular discontent and a downfall of some of tho leaders held responsible for tho plow und blunder ing movement? that have marked the government's courue. CHANGING THE NATIONAL GAME It seems that thc United ?Btatcs gov ernment showed coiiHldcrablo wisdom after all in deciding to recognize Car ranza ua the defacto ruler of Mexico, for the prospect of ultimate peace in the war-ridden republic looms up brighter every day. Villa la on the point of giving up the fight and dis banding hiu army of thirty thousand troops now in thc states of Sonora aud Chihauhau. Villa will leave thc country and take refuge in tile United States if given aeaurances of safety. Carranza is a foxy old bird, and as a sort of sop to American recogni tion, we suppose, he has announced that bull fighting us a national sport would have to go thc limbo of dieuard cd and repudiated things, and in its stead would ho ?ubstllutcd the na tionul game of baseball. Hull fighting is essentially dogradlug, while base ball ls a clean and uplifting sport.' Tho Mexicans arc a volatile and temperamental race. It Curranza's ideas are put into effect, ho will need a pretty hefty standing army to keep tho peace when enthusiasm runs high and thu game ls close. It will bo nec essary perhaps to disarm all the male spectators and to seo that thc lovely senoritas carry no daggers concealed in their bosoms. As to tho poor um pire, Madero's fate will be like a gontio spauklng to tho torture that awaits him. THE UNFEELING GERMAN Much Indignation is being express ed in this country over tho shooting at Brussels ot Mles Cavell, an Eng lish nurse, who wno accused of aiding Belgians to cBcapo to England from their bleeding country. American diplomatic representatives, entered a pica for tho young woman asking for delay in order that an appeal might bo niado to thc Gorman govornmont, but this was refused and tho execu tion was carried out with brutal haste. Her offence was not as great aa that of the Bpy, who is generally taken out and shot, and it does not neem tbot the death penalty should hdvo beon inflicted so ruthlessly even if tho accused had beca a man. Mod ern civlllzatioa ls kinder to womon than it ls to mon, and thia finer feel ing universally expressed in thought and action in civilized countries to ward women is seldom violated. But tho German ls war mad. A lust for blood acorns to havo driven him be yond tho linc of civilized conduct Into a fit ate of primitive barbarism. Miss Cavcll'a fate puta aaothor stain on Gorman arms, and in tho infamy of hor treatment her name rill stand on tho tshamef ul record of Teutonic crime i with Louvain and the Lusitania. WIRELESS TELEPHONY j iScicnco ls making tremendous strides these days, and tho latest achievement ls tho transmission of the human voice over long distances. Thia is'accomplished by wireless tele phony. At Gie government station at Arl lupton experiments cl a highly satisfactory kind ora being carried on, and sufficient/tests have been m ado to assure the success ot tho new method of communication., A few weeks ago thc president of a telephone company speaking In New York was hoard distinctly at San Francisco on*.; even in far away Hono lulu, and clear answers from these remote points were given in return. .Wi roi cu n telephony over short ranges had proven feasible before this ox p?riment over long distanc?e was mudo. This present experiment be gins with'a conversation through oh ordinary telephone transmitter,, over a wire, to the. radio station, where the message is automatically taken . np and transmitted SB a wireless mes sage to the receiving station? where lt ls picked up by small antennae and-conducted by wiro to a telephone receiver and , the spoken message heard tn the ordinary way. Sound, as is ; generally known, ls tho effect upon tho car of tho vibra tion of sound, waree, the pitch being determined, by the length of tho Waves, or perhaps moro accurately by th? freQuency'.'or number bf -vibrations a second they make,. ; Many, sounds ara pitched so high that they cannot ^;detc?ted by Ute human ear. There is no chance to listen, on the wireless party line as so many curious, people do cn the ordinary telephones. Wh?n a radiogram ls sent it ts pitched la a 'certain key, not distinguishable by the ear, but perceptible only to a receiver pitched In the same key to re ceive tho message--just as the vibra and there ia likely, to come a mighty tiena ot ai tuning fork will set to vib rating another of. tho same pitch while not affecting othor fortes nearer. Wireless telephony may come into general uso soon, and it will then be ,.. :;! ihle to apeak any where around the world without leaving your office. If you have a message for the gover nor of Cuam, or if you would like to indulge in a confidential chat with the emperor of Japan, ali you will huvo to do ls to call up the perhon you v/ar.t and talk-and-pay for thc mes sage. A LINE o' DOPE Weather Forecast-Tuesday fair; ^Vcdncsday fair, cooler in western pur gion. -0 "Yes a few people aro calling In tho ofllce paying their tuxes," elated county Treasurer G. N. C. Dolcman yesterday. "Tho first few days that tho ofllce was opori there wcro more tli m I thought there would he nnd it might he said that there is a little stream of taxpayers now." lt ls a good idea to pay up your tuxes as soon as possible; It -will bo off your mind and also you will have Bottled a debt. -o Oscar Donalds received a flesh wound In tho fae o on Sunday night having been shot wit ii a plBtol said to have been in the hands of Jano Chamblee. Tho trouble ojcurrod at East End and before tho city officers could arrive Jano had mado her flight. Oscar is in the hospital and is not dungeroUBly wounded. -o ! "Messrs. Bob Cochran and C. E. Wil liams of Abbeville were In tho city yesterday boosting the Abboville county fair which will bo hold on No vember 3, 4 and fi. Tho committee has planned tor one of the biggest fairs over hold in Abbeville county and guarantee splendid attractions for each of the thrco days. Wednesday tho merchants will have a parade, Thursday there will he tm automobile parade and on Friday jthero will be a parado of all tho G chu ol children in tito county. Thora jrUL be horse rac ing every day. (Sam J. Emmerson of tho Ebeneser Calf., was in tho city yesterday on his way to Hodgos whereto went to visit his brother. He ls a'bon ot tho lato Sam J. Emmerson ??'the 'Ebeneezer i carr, ago. lt bau [icon 14 years since years ago. It hos boon 14 yearn ince he paid a visit boro and is very much impressed with the progress mado in1 Anderson during those years. lito total receipts at tho Standard Warehouse up until Saturday night thia season oro 4,718, bales of cotton ,ns compared With 0.23& las* year same rdatc. This is a decrease of 620 bales. TILLMAN POINTS A MORAL Venerable Senator Moved to Write by leece nt Outrrareous Events in Chff-'iCslon. Trenton, S. C., October 23, 7913. Senator Tillman gave out the fol lowing today: For a week all eye3 In South Caro lina Stave beon turned on Charles ten. Tho first thing ?he people read when Uley ' got the morning . paper ls the newe from Ch ar 1 es ton,1 "Why? . . The riot in tho Democratic execu tive committee room ls 'IKic first real ly serious trouble between Democrats . wo have thad in the state since 1894, when the Darlington riot provoked so many angry passions, and our entire wplto population was divided, into bit ter and vindicativo factions,,-' .! have been led ti look up Governor Till man's message to tho general assem bly itt November, 1894 Li order- to re fresh my momory. I came across this telegram: -, "Charleston, S ; C., Marda* 31, 1914. , "Governor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. CV "No company In this commant*. will sustain tho cons tabular' tn their meth ods bf entorchas the dispensary law. This brigade will uphold and defend the honor of the state, .tut will not lend Itself to foment civil waT.'ftmong bur own brevaren." "T. -At Hng^nln. "Brlgadler-Qeflerai. " , Genera! Kugenln,~undoubtedly, was j the spokesman of a l?rge : majority ? of the people of Charleston of that day. Who applauded bia indent and outrageous telegram : to the .governor and comm an der-In-chief. v ^<kivern?r . Tfllman found 1 that there waa flagrant and repeated .violations of the dispensary law -ta Tarlington, nd Warrants wree being surfed -to sesrcW private houses, -fdr Which au- , thorlty waa .found lu the dispensary < law.; : The bltnd " tigers .;and?.-. their friends kt Darlington:wore voi y : ag gresive and insultedth? constables on every occasion. ; ?Spy w'.'? ft com mon-name for constable. Governor TSllmansent tho chief constable there with 23 picked men. Tba state con stables then were men of rtood char acter, good habits,' quiet n?Ci- courteous In the dia.ihnrge of their duties; - iio doubt they ar* the same now, ' Uta blind tigers permitted;- tao warrants ' " ' I to be served by the 23 constables thou.;.i they had browbeaten | foi.v. Thu constables hud finished their work witli tlie help ot the sheriff and went to the depot to take t'lio train for home. They were followed by a mob of angry citizens. A quarroi a ru HU between a citizen aud a con stable. Thc citizen applied an in sulting epithet, aud t!ie two men drem their pistols at the sama timo and fired on each other. A riot followed in wbiohi two citizens wore killed and two wounded und one constable hilled and two wounded, one seriously-he died within a year afterward:? from tho wound. Uibellion against the state government on account of whis key had broken in full fury and tue people of tho state were on the verge of civil war, not in t.:o county only, ns IB now thc case, but all over tho otate. Inntchd of having thc pleasure ol seeing the constables run, as they had anticipated, the mob hud to do so. The constables retreated south ward into t';e country, whore they wero hunted for three days1 and nights by thib same mob, which waa threatening to lynch them if thcy were caught. Tic mob could have found the constables at any time, but they never closed In. The experiences they had had taught them a lesson. It wus to quell tills riot und to re store order that t'ic troops had been ordored to Darlington. Thc Colum bia companies refuued to go, or were not allowed to go by a mob gathered on the streets which threatened to burn the state dispensary aud to hang tho governor. Fooling was In toneoly bitter everywhere. After t'.io failure of tho Columbia companies to go, Qovornor Tillman ordered tho Fourth Brigade under arms, and Ad jutant General Barley was given n special train to go to Charleston in order to carry them to Darlington. Mind you, they were not ordered to go there to protect thc constables In searching houses, but to keep men having the ' governor's commission from being lynched. These men were under his orders trying to onforce tho dispensary law. Thc governor wai In honor bound to protect these con stables, and exerted lils whole'power to do so. Tho whole story of that lamentable tragedy is told in my mos sago to tf.ie general assembly, Novem ber, 1894. To go Into details hore and now I havo neither the time nor tho inclination. Charleston's cltizem then, as they aro now, were Intent on having their own sweet will, and or governing themselves regardless vi any legislative enactments. Blind tigers and Brazen dlsobed lenee of tho dispensary law hai beer tho prevailing condition in Charles ton for 21 years. That city In effect seceded from the slate, or. nullified tho lawn passed by the legislature For 21 years tho city has sneered at aad resisted, and refused' absolute!; to obey tiho law in rogard to' whls key .and tho spirit which causod till: is tho direct cause ot the recent lamen tablo and disgraceful outbreak; th spirit of lawlessness has become chronic. "Tho'stat? bo damned. Wi want our own way." appears to bo V'.u feollng. Tho better educated an< more neatly claeso shave approved am participated in thi3 policy. Not onl; toughs havo boen lawless. A.com inanity which systematically and wit! malice aforethought disobeys ono lat must necessarily loso respect for al law and suffer tue consoqnenccr. Char teston sowed tho wind in 185)1 an ls now reaping thc wihrlv/Ind. Tlie Washington Light Infantry under tho governor's ordern now aip holds tho law. The editor of tt? Ornngoburg Times and. Democrat ha recently visited Charleston and th following appears in his last issue: "Someone lei's you that tho force of both sides wero about to fig1' when the Washington Light ihfantr took cbargo of tho street." This same famous and histor! company did not behave so woll i 1894. Co vern or Tillman hy proel; matlo'i <had- disbanded 'many militai, comp.vales, among them this one. .' belonr.-ed to the Fourth Brigade an had '.ho carno feelings as> Generl Hugonin,* and had boen disbamk with Dther companies. When fie di maa.', was made for them to turn i tholi arms they , claimed their Hf h were private property; and when tl governor a second time, demande them, after ?having examined tho la in regard to the matter and found th; tho arms were . state property r., owned by the citizens, the corapat employed a lawyer to appeal to Jud; doff, of the United States. ; circa 'iourt, now senator from West Vf gi ii ia, to grant an injunction again "one B. R. Tillman, styling hhnse as governor, etc." Tho case was.s. gued in Baltimore, and over w sol ml r evidence and unanswerable ^rguihon were presented to the judge,' but tl uidgn delayed his decision and' I < know that B. R. Tillman wont out < office while the honorable Judge "he the papers.": I have no desire to rake ovor thei old ashes Iii order to .inflame an body's mind.. My.purpose is to' tca< a moral tesson- and to. show. tho - vit necessity of obeying law- and su mitt lag to the mle of tho maJorR Democracy means 'the rule of the m Inri fy end' 4bW Bl'bml??inn ?f -th,S-.ft?i r.r?ty. f. h arie ?ton mt; ct lt am iii ???son seine day.,Th?:V?wu?r.v,f better fer ita prosperity and hapi Deas and tho happiness of its poop! Its citizens1'!ip must give ur? tho desi to rulo or run. B, R. Tillman. .----_ Hore-French Success. . . . .ifj*arls, Oct. 23.--The,French; ?to tho important position known as "I courtine" despite fl OTC o TO s ls lane Tho -106608 of the GsTmaus were i rictus. The French took two hund? prisoners. 3fore French Optimism. London, Oct.' 25.--^FTench troo routed three divisions of Butgarlf Batairday. on the Grad'/te: Vooland&i IRnbrovo font, according to % >Hai dispatch filed ot Saloniki Sut unir The Bulga ?ian forces were denim : ? ?: v i-f if .}: t / ? Us to \y v/ very large part of our business to offer you wide selec tions in fabrics as well as styles-hence our MICHAELS-STERN CLOTHES this year-both Suits and Overcoats-show a really wonderful range. In suits we show all manner of stripes, plaids, cheeks, tweeds and plain cloths. In overcoats the same and at prices that make the values seem very far out of the ordinary. Suits-$10 to $25 Overcoats-$10 up The Store with a Conscience' SOCIETY IN OOO DSHAPE Has Profited by Itu lOQtk Anniversary I Celebration. I Pendleton, Oct. 25.-Altor paying all . bills, expenses of our celebration tiie Poudlcton Formera' society ba3 j about dorablo amount of money in ita treasury it bad -when starling out to I celebrate tts. ono hundredth anniver- j saTy--wo also bavo more than six ] times aa many paid- up memberships ! as was on our roil when starting out ! to have the centennial. Our farmers'j ball has boen put in fine repair with newer and much, substantif I repair ' work all over, outside aud-inside; in j fact tho whole square looks Uko lt has. had a thorough brightening up.spell 'which is to tho credit ot every mem ber, who contributed . In tho name of tho society I tl ?auk all the newspapers and the distinguished speakers as well as visiting members in making our col th ration a great, success. - J. C. Stribling for tho Society.. BEPORT SHOWS PECHE ASE IN COTTON GINNED (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) 1914......... ... u?<?- 474,788 1913... ... ............. 435,690 1912 ...... .?./... .. .. 347,130 North Craolina. 1915... ... . 204,665 1914...:. 301.108 1913 .. ., .Y .. .. '.'. ... R52,lf>3 1912 ... .... ... ... .. 356,223 '- Oklahoma. 1915...... ..... ... ..... .65,985 1014.. ...... ... .... .....46lk449 1013..N ... ... ... ... .: 1912... ... ... ... ... ... .. '398.345 Ko ?Mi Carolina 1915.;;?.. ... ... ... .. . 581.^73 1914.....'.' ... .... 093,444 1918 .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .619.720 1912. ................. 540,319 ; Tennessee. 1915... ... ... . . .. 79.247 1M4... ... . ...102,177.' 1913. .. ...... ..... ...131,933 1812.... ... ........... >, 60,719 ? .- Texas. . 1015..; .... ...2,000,211 1914.,... ... ... ... .. 55.T15.772 1?13... ... .. . .. ? ..2,451.2179 1912.. ... . i .Tl.. ... ... . .3,229,621 All Other giaie-s. 1&1S..;. \ .?v:,.v..-;:',,.-; ". .. . 20,657, 1014..... . ... -88,9$il 1913. ... ... .. .. - 32,484 1M2;..,. ,. ., 23,690 The next ginning . report of \ the census' bureau will be issued nt 10 a? in.i Noemb?r 8 and will show tho quantity of cotton ginned prior to November 1. Tho World's Largest Arrh>, (Tho Philadelphia Record, 1st.) i Today will see the completion of tho groat $12,000,000 railroad bridge over Hejl Gate, wheo tile two halves o? tho largest steel arch ia tho world, which have beeo slowly growing out 1 toward each other for many months, ' I will be joined.. No ceremonies will mark tho event, though from ,, an ' englneerlug as woll as, a popular I point o fvlow, lt is one' of-'aupTome .x Interest. Tho bridge will C?OBO the . last remaining ga pin thc lino which ls to link the metropolitan.' ?opn?ers ', of tho east from Washington to Bos ton in an unbroken overland route of steel rails. As an engineering feat the steel, arch across .'Hell Gate has few, to - , enviai it' in tba world; end tho great*? .*' noss of the feat is made tho grcator by the marvelous accuracy ' with ". which it was carried out. Tho dis tance spanned by tho arch, between? ; the mammoth concrete lowers upon"'! which its endB rost, ls 1,017 f^et. in tho fabrication of the arch: lft.flOO tons ot Bleel wtre employed, yet tho ' ? latest computations mndo by tho engl- 1 neera check up to within, eno-iourth )'\'? of an inch. ThlB quarter inch r?pre I sen ts-ail possible inacouracies in trl I an-'ilation. of tte distance across tho river, all possible inaccuracies tn the manufacture of the thousands of i separate pieces of st? that- went \ to . tho strdcturo, in tho riveting of ' piece to ploc?, in the calculation ot . the expansl. a and contraction of ibo metal under changing temperature, and* in the building np of -the'con crete towers from foundations reach" lng down 120 feet, below the swater level. Widower Married a Widower. A clergyman, wno was a widowes had KHT^-jrown-?p "da'?ghtsrs. H??7-^ lng occasion-' *? go away for a % - " weeks, hf\ wrote tionie from time to timd. r?h one of his letr>ra he In formed' them that ho liad'' ""married v. ; a whTow *lth abd children ? " V.Tjh'f* created a stu ?n/.^he- .House hold, When the- vicar - returned homo," one of his'daughter; h^r eyes red with, weeping, saki: < ?^v? . > .?'..:?.; "Whore's, the widow you married, tallier?" ?^.?lT, . I , married %ojf ' fyCi an?ther man, ; 1 ou^ht ,1 ohavc told you .hat.*. . - ~ ? ' ?:' ..:' . v.T? ?.' ; , -\ ;? ; . Five Iboasaad. Belgian Wethes. ! / Londen? Get, ?5.-Tho Gormans have kilted- aw- Belgians la the Lt cae province ?nd ; 5.000 . through out- Belgium elnco the .wai; began, T*hc Echo Belgo estimates; >.'; ?V . Marriage ls a contract abd thara ate lota pt vContract; Junipers. .