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THE RATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTS L. C. HAYNS, Pres't. F. O. FORD, Cashier. Capital, ?250,000. Undivided rn.Ats } $110,000. . Facilities of our magnificent Keir Vsmlt [containing 410 Safety-Lock Boxea Differ ent Sizes are offered to our patrons and the public at $3.00 to 310.00 per ?nnnm wm* '^0 THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, 61. Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hajue, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXVII EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1902. NO. 37. I The Sj I often think that the aph which proclaims the truth that : make the sum of human things invented by a member of the p Bion to which I have the honor 1 long, for in no walk of life moro in the detective business is the i acy of this statement more ofter more positively born out. In a which passed through my hands Beven years ago and which creal profound sensation under the nar "The Margrave Mystery," it wai p/esence of ? tiny witness, about tenth of an inch in dimension, onabled me to .track tho perpeii . of the crime, and to bring him tc scaffold which he merited. One morning, early in June, 1 celved a telegram from headquai bidding me to proceed at once to village of Margrave, in Berks: where a certain Dr. Powis desire interview mo immediately. Arrive the doctor's residence after a 40 j * utes' journey in an express from ^ erloo, I was ushered into his libr and found him awaiting me with xious eyes. He was a broad-shouldered, f faced man, with eyes and mouth wi proclaimed honesty and steadfastr of purpose, but it was obvious to that he was uuder the influence some terrible shock, and his very ? words proved that my diagnosis' of emotions was correct. "A horrible and painful episode '. Just occurred, Mr. Harding," he s: Bpeaking very hurriedly. "My pa tie Slr William Margrave, of Margr; Hall, has been poisoned by a bol of "physic sent to him from this ho; by me-understand that-a bottle -physic prepared by me, with my o hands, last evening and taken by : messenger to his house. Unless t mystery is cleared up before the quest, I shall be in a dreadful pc tion, and may even have to stand i trial at the assizes. For Heavei sake, tell me what is to be done." "I can tell you, Dr. Powis, what not to be done," I answered, witho hesitation, "and that is not to exci .yourself thus unnecessarily. By pi serving your calmness as much as pc Bible, and giving me a -lear and co else account of this affair, you wi be helping the cause of justice, and have no doubt that I sha.ll be able aid you to some extent." '"Very well, then," he exclaimed, ri ing and pacing the room nervous! "I may tell you at once that for sorx time past I have been attending S William for gout, and have been i the; habit of sending him a bottle < physic; .every Wednesday evening, t counteract the effects of the complair in some degree. Last night I prepare Mw? JJT?WMIUU ?B" UMiai lu mr om fen downstairs, and having despatched m messenger with the physic, I sat dow; to read the Lancet in my study unti bedtime." He paused, wrung his hands in ar gulsh, and then went on. "All wen on as usual, but about midnight I wa summoned from my. bed by a footraai from the Hall. He merely announcei that Sip William had been taken ver; ill-was in violent agonies-and tba the servants believed bim to be dying WLhout a word I followed the mai back to the house*, and only arrivei in time to find the poor old baronet or the point of death, whilst he gaspec out to me, as I knelt over him, thes( words : "'Analyze the medicine! Analyz, the medicine!' "He never spoke again, and from th< manner in which his body was con torted, and from the odor in the room it was obvious to me that he had swal lowed a dose of the deadly druj known as oil of almonds-in othei words, prussic acid. "Directly I had lain the dead mai upon his bed (for in his struggles h< tad fallen to the floor) I turned t< examine the bottle of medicine, anc one whiff at the drug told me wha had occurred. A" infusion of prussic acid had been added to the gout mix ture, and to its addition S! William': death was to be traced. "I sent for the servant who hat summoned me and bade him ride tc the police station and inform the nigh inspector cf what had occurred, anc then lay down upon the sofa in thf dining-room till 8 o'clock, when tilt official in question arrived in company with the police doctor. Tho latte) agreed with me that the deceased nae met his death through poisoning bj prussic acid, and I can assure you Mr. Harding, that from his manner to ward me it was plain he considered that I was to blame, and that through some criminal overnight I had commit ted a blunder and sent Sir William tc his death. "However, he said nothing of thc sort to me, and, having taken an offi cial note of the affair, went away. The body now lies at the Hall awaiting the inquest., which will doubtless be held on the day after tomorrow, and you will, therefore, appr?cia 'e my position, Mr. Harding. If something is not ad duced by that time to show that the ?horrible affair has come about through no fault of mine my reputation will be shattered, and I shall be a ruined man." "One moment," I said. "I should like to see this messenger of j'ours." "You shall do so at once." returned the doctor, and, ringing the bell, he told the maid who answered it to send bim in. The messenger, Travers by name, was a tall, thin man, with bushy sid? whiskers and neatly-parted black hair. He answered my questions in a Straightforward manner, and informed me that he had conveyed the mr-dlvine ns usual to Margrave Hall, where he had handed it to the footman. His master, he added, had seemed perfect ly composed and calm when he hand led him the bottle, and he was quite at a loss to account for the extraordi nary inciderJL It was-so obvious to both Dr. Powis and myself that this man could have had no earthly reason for desiring the li/e of the departed baronet that we did not trcible to ouestion him very closely, for after all he was but a messenger, and could not bc expected to give us much vital information. Having thanked, him for his words, ! tetii hiss be contri withdrew, amt hi t Button. t went away as silently as he had en tered. "He seems right enough," I''said, when the door had closed upon his retreating form. "What about the servants at the Hall?"? "All of them are absolutely trust worthy, and all of them loved poor Slr William as a father. He lived in thc house quite alone save for the ser vants, and was a bachelor, his only surviving relative being a brother, who, however, has not been heard of for a long time." "And the brother succeeds him, I presume?" I asked quickly. "Yes. There is no other heir, and thouh the gentleman has not been in evidence for some years. I expect he will turn up now that a large estate and ?20,000 per annum await him." "No doubt," I replied drily; and then having asked Dr. Powis a great many more questions, all of which ho an swered most satisfactorily, I took roy leave, promising (o go on to the Hall and see if I could elicit anything there. "Let me know," I said, as I shook hands in parting; "let me know by wire the exact hour of the inquest and I will come down, co as tc back you up if you need any assistance. And let me advise you, Dr. Powis, to agitate yourself as little as possible, fer I hope and believe that this mystery will be traced to its fountain head be fore you and I are much older." "Heaven grant it so," he said wear ily, and then taking my hat and stick I set out for the Hall. Every information that I desired was given me at that place, but it helped me but little. I Journeyed back to town at 4 p. m., tellirg myself that the affair was a black mystery and that the doctor's position was,- indeed, a sad one. The jury would, of course, take the view that ce had blundered in preparing the physic, and h* would be a ruined man. Next morning I received a note from the doctor that ran thus: "Dear Mr. Harding-The inquest is fixed for next Friday at 12 noon, at the Hall itself. I would have wired you tho information, but as I have some other news to commun''-'- I write instead. "The news in question is that my messengers, Travers, has suddenly dis appeared. He went, out at 7 o'clock this evening and has not returned. Following so closely on the terrible tragedy at the Hall, the disappearance seems suspicious, and I presume you will use all your influence at Soiland Yard to have him traced. "Now, what does this mean?" .1 asked myself, as I read and re-read the letter. "Why on earth should the mes senger vanish at' this point? Assum ing even that he was responsible for the crime, what possible motive could he have possessed for committing it?" However, it was of little use to ques tion myself thus, and I went to work immediately to have the man traced. All our efforts in this direction proved useless, and when I went down to Mar grave to attend the inquest on Friday, the man was still beyond our reach. Dr. Powis, who looked exceedingly haggard, was very pleased to see me, but his face fell when I told him that Travers was not to be discovered. The jury will say that I have got him out of the country for some rea son of my own," he mumbled help lessly; but perceiving that the coroner was at this moment entering the li brary where the inquest was to be held, he checked bis speech and fol lowed thc official silently into the apartment. The jury were called in, sworn, and ? eate were allotted to them. The usual formalities followed, and then the ex amination of the witnesses took place. These included Dr. Powis, two of the Hall servants, and the present baronet, Arthur Marg ive. who had read of his relative's shocking end in the papers, and who had come down to the Hall immediately to take up his reside nce there and to give the lawyers any aid that*might be required. The evidence of the servants was disposed of very quickly, and was of small service. Thc doctor's turn fol lowed, and it was evident from the manner in which the coroner ad dressed him thc lattter believed the physician to have been guilty of gross carelessness ir the handling of the drugs. The doctor felt that the coroner was taking this harsh view, and it did not help to make him more com fortable. On the contrary, it broke down completely what little nerve was left in him. and when, at length, he was curtly told that he might stand down, he collapsed completely, and was obliged to seek the nearest chair. Arthur Margrave's turn now came. He was a tall, cleanshaven young man, rrith easy, confident manner and pleasant voice. He told how he had been wandering about the continent for the past few years, had recently returned to England, where he had re sided at his London club1 for somo five years. He was^convinced that his rel ative had had no tendency toward sui cide, and that the present tragedy must be attributed to something else. That was all he had to tell, and very well and very glibly he told it. ; Ho was abou*. to glide from/ the apartment when something that-1 had not noticed previously sprung, to my gaze, and even as it did so an illumi nating intelligence swept my entire consciousness. Rising io my feet I said, in a loud, clear tone: "Mr. Coroner, I must ask;for an ad journment of this inquest,'as I'have new evidence to offer." The coroner startcd/Margrave stood rooted to tho floor, and the doctor's face lit up with joy. "New evidence." said the coroner; "of what nature?" "The nature of my evidence," I re plied triumphantly, "will take the form of 'an accusation of 'wilful murder' against the last witness, Arthur Mar grave." A low murmur went around tho room, and wutching Marara vo'a tUo, I fc*w Voe Relor nen? wd so, His knsaa. Bhcok, his hands twitched-if evei guilt was written in a man's face and In a man's figure, they were written in his fac? and his figure at that mo ment. But ? was resolved to lose rio time in following up my master clew, and taking from my bag a pair of bushy whiskers and a black wig which I carried for the purposes of my busi ness, I clapped them onto Arthur Mar grave as he stood there, rigid and amazed, and then turning to Dr. Powis, who was regarding the scene with eyed of amazement, I cried out: "Dr. Powis, do you recognize Mr. Margrave in his new character, or rather his old one?" "Hoavcn have mercy on me!" shout ed the doctor, leaping back, "lt ia John Travers, my missing messenger." "Exactly so," I returned, as I re moved the disguise and quietly hand cuffed the terror-stricken scoundrel, "exactly so; and there is no doubt, doc tor, that your old messenger knew ! what he was doing when he took up his situation with you. Further evi dence will, of course, have to be col lected as to Mr. Margrave's alleged residence at his London club during the past few months; and I venture to think that the club is a myth, and that we shall have no difficulty in proving lt to be such. However, all the necessary evidence will be forth coming at the further hearing, and in view of these developments I must ask, Mr. Coroner, for an adjournment." "It is granted," he said, without a moment's hesitancy. "I hereby ad journ the hearing until this day fort night." "By which time," I added quickly, "I have every reason to believe that my case will be complete." ****** We went to work with ? will at Scotland Yaru, and very sooh proved that Arthur Margrave had been seen at no London club during the past six months; and in view of the fact that he was unable io account for his whereabouts, the coroner's jury, tak ing into account also my evidence and the evidence of Dr. Powis, returned a vo?lict of "wilful murder" against him after a very short deliberation. This verdict was confirmed a month later at the assizes, and he was con demned to death, while Dr. Powis re ceived the congratulations of the whole district Upon the glad knowledge that ho was freed from all suspicion of having blundered on that fatal night. On the eve of Margrave's execution he sent for the governor of the jail and made a full confession. It seemed that, being anxious to inherit his brother's estate, and believing that if he lived be might marry and have is sue, thc villain had conceived the no tion of disguising himself as a man servant, ii ad waited fpr a vacancy to occur in Dr. Powis' household, and then had obtained the post of messen ger, knowing that all <hp medicine sent to ims^inucnerrs housejvoiild .be tance to the doctor's surgery one night, he had obtained several drops of prussic acid, and on the following night had taken advantage ot' his posi tion as messenger to infuse the poison into the medicine he was conveying to his relative's house. He had disap peared from the doctor's residence af terward, in order that he might dis card his disguise and turn up as his brother's heir. And how had I associated the gen tlemanly witness at the inquest with the servant I had met in Dr. Powis' library? Well. I had noticed that thc messen ger's left boot contained a split button midway, and the very same mutilation appeared on the same button in Mr. Arthur Margrave's boot. I put the two unusual breakages together, and act ing on the hint brought a murderer to his doom, being actuated, as I have said, by nothing more or less than a split boot button.-Tit-Bits. GUAINT AND CURIOUS. The only gem which cannot be imi tated is the opal. Its delicate tints cannot be simulated. The Siamese 'nave an instrument which they call the ranat. a species of harmonicon, with 17 different wood en keys, united by cords and resting upon a stand, each strip of wood giv ing a different note. The instrument is played with two wooden hammers. Holland is thc cow's paradise; there the family cow is the family pet. She is washed, combed and potted, her tail is plaited up and tied with blue ribbons as carefully and elaborately as the hair of an only daughter, while her health, food and digestive powers are as carefully considered as an in fant's. A curious custom takes place in vil lages of the Luxemburg district, Bel gium, every May. After Sunday ser vice numbers of lads clusler round the church entrance, and as the girls come out seize them one by one, one lad grasping a girl by the shoulder and thc other by the heels, thc two lifting her well up while a third bump kin passes under the human * bridge thus formed. This is done in (he presence of thc parents, who them selves have* passed through the same ordeal. A notorious old house is to be demol ished in Edinburgh, Scotland. The den is situated in what has been known for generations as the West Port, wh:?re. in olden days, tho hoads and limbs of covenanters, witches and criminals of every kind used to be fixed to the gates. Here, in a hovel, known as the Begijars hotel, lived Burke and Hare and carried on their nefarious trafile at a time when all the country was roused and excite J over stories of "body-snatchers," as they wero called. Siolen bodies and desecrated churchyard? were terrible enough, but tho wholesale smothering of human beings to procure bodies to sell to doctors for dissection was a crime undreamt of by even the most .hardened "snatcher." till Ihe disclos ures following thcr arrest of Burke and Hare. The verb "to burke" remains in thc language. Til? Frt?ltt I ?>"r Al.wny* Oppiii "I may bc up your way prc ty sfl?ft;" Sfiid tho scientist W tho orht/f: "Good." M?ld ih? crat8? "Unn'i in at &?y Itow.'^WVfMtod Plat" tipsier1 Westminster A^ey ?rrai mm hs .J Joseph [7i\ani?erlain, ? Ablest British ? Statesman ? Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the British Colonial Secretary, was born in Lon don, but early removed to Birming ham, where he started life as a mem ber of the firm of Nettlefold & Cham berlain, screw makers. His business capacity was so great that the firm became paramount in the trade, and in eighteen years his fortune was so considerable.that he retired from busi ness to devote himself to municipal affairs. He has had three wives. Each or ms marriages were tinged witiLJSb. m'ance. His close$^am-iliid a C5?^ Vam Visrri-r' -o??*^T>erlain also had a beautiful sister. Harriet Kenrick and Mary Chamberlain were as devoted as their brothers, and the upshot of this general affection was that Joe Chamberlain married Harriet and Wil liam Kenrick married Mary. The first Mrs. Chamberlain died in two years, ?ind "Brummagem Joe" took for a second wife her cousin, Florence Kenrick, who lett' him a widower after seven years of uxorial devotion. There being no more Kenricks available just then, our Colonial Secretary remained alone for thirteen long years, wedded only to his political dogmas. In 1SS7, ?? lille visiting the United States as chairman of the Fisheries Commission (Bering Sea), he met the .daughter of Mr. Cleveland's Secretary of War, Judge Endicott, fell in love at tirst sight, and, notwithstanding his .1fty two years, induced her to become his third wife. Mr. Chnmberlair never takes exercise, wherein Englishmen c; ?'ot understand him. Iis fad is. or? ls. At Moor Green, ls palatial ho. !n Birmingham, he cu'lvates the ryledones on a large/cale. Two .e is never withov-his mon l a rare bloom \< his button amberlaln is the blest states ngia nd, and the lost fearless, . ne is honest.-Ne York Press. moi thin ocle, hole. man ii beean: Poor SufTcrei Some men are kept s/ousy talking common sense to their ?vos that they don't have time to H'e auy them selves.-New York Pt6. Feminin??*** Thc woman who vps is thc woman whose eyes are alwr beautiful. Tear less eyes are dull aicold.-New York Press. N. JOSEPH CH, i Real Ruler of Gr ea A good 's more to be pClfeed I than gr?'f'?'. but lt'^ much tho j IDHI? tWiletoWii^ _ ,,v Ra OplD tm nged fop the Eororiation. I Kcwupnper Holder. Aujextremely simple and very clever j little"device, designed for holding al newspaper of for securing n bunch of j letter^ or other memoranda, ls shown in th?! accompanying cut, thc Invention of Mhjhnel J. Wldenbofer. It is cou-j struejted entirely of galvanized wire, and lis designed to be fastened to the : door flamb, porch rail or gate post for j the purpose of receiving ?he paper from the tarrier, and to secure it until lt ls the pleasure of the inmates of the j house to remove it. This prevents the papel from being blown away, its construction can be readily seen from companying cut, and it will also N E W.SPAFER HOLDER. be aeen that it can be adapted for mary other uses, such as in offices and shops. Sttcceflpful Printing THec;iiiplig. Tlei'e are three big modern printing telea-.iph systems each with its special field of usefulness. Tho saving that t lu-jare destined to effect in telegraph wir? is enormous. They do more than donde, and in some eases more than rebo. as much work as the quadruplex overthe same wire. In other words, they make one wire do as much ns twoor three are now doing. Tiley will iheeforc save ?<>o.OOO or $70.000 on a nng'e circuit between New York and ^hbago, and similarly, in proportion o he distance, between other large .entes of population. Whether they viii save much labor seems to be loultful. but the work required will ie mich less skillful and not nearly so xhiustlng. Tiley are all excessively onplieated, and they cost several hoisand dollars per set to construct. Ifi.ce they are only available tor ser ice between large cities where there ! sufficient volume of telegraph busi est to make lt worth while employing 10.11.-Donald Murray, in Everybody's [aiazine. Woman's Wroncs. Il would seem that woman's rights institute ress. her wrongs.-New York j in ! th i th I di I on i re ! Di on I ge? mn tyr lat kin reg Fri is "Wil wn ope In hon inst any pre! reoi sag tapi by i 1MBERLAIN. t Britain.) w tjggs, contrary lo the common lon( arc not us digestible as tho?-? faa^'c befrfl wen ewttsdi Tl com jeno Lon Oi Kyc fa iii t he. fan? and Tl man fere a sii DU?8 taw MOSTEO I i MST B ATTLE I j A Sham Fighi on the Tragic Field fr of Little Bis: Horn. J fe A Shcridnn (Wyo.) correspondent Writes to thc St. Louis Republic: Here, near the spot where Custer fell, tweu ly-slx years after the heroic Seventh Cavalry was by a ferocious and over powering force of yelling Indians an nihilated, was enacted a mimic but lifelike imitatlou of that massacre. About 1500 Crows and Cheyennes, hid eous and menacing in their war paint, swooped down upon and surrounded 200 men from Fort McKenzie in the presence of thousands of spectators, who thus saw the first genuine repro duction of the slaughter of Custer and his men. The light of twenty-six years ago was without witnesses and after the last yell was heard and the last scalp had been lifted there was no one of the gallant baud of troopers left to tell the tale. The scene of carnage has been described only in the unwilling speech of the Indian conquerors and the imagination of the writer. Two hundred and sixty soldiers lie buried on the rolling plains of Mon tana, and so 200 blue-coated men from Fort McKenzie met the yelling horde of CroAvs recently. THE CUSTER BATTLEFI Mnjor Saunders was thc "Custer." Rehearsing 1000 Indians for the sham fight was no small task. It required diplomacy, as well as executive ability. . , World'll Fanteet Kunnor. The fastest runner in thc world is Arthur F. Duffy, formerly of George town University, D. C. He is now ric ing with great success in England. Tile latest c*py of the Field to hand throws considerable light on Arthur F. Duffy'8 100-yard race at Wolver hampton, over which there was such Duffy woi* the scratch "one* inindr^, : ARTHUR F. DUFFY. ten seconds, ano was a starter *n e handicap "one hundred" also. In e second heat he covered the full stance in nine and four-fifths see ds, which equals his own English :'ord made at Leicester last year, iff y's time in the final was ten see ds. OotupU'x Tclcernpliy. experiments have been made by the ?eral telegraph department of Ger my to test the octuplex system ol logrnphie telegraphy invented by thc 3 Professor Rowland, of Johns Hop s University. The apparatus to l>e lllarly used between Hamburg and inkfort will shortly be installed. It claimed that the octuplex system 1 permit 1S.000 words per hour to be t over a single wire by twenty raters. By the Hughes system now use in Berlin only 2200 words per r can be despatched. The sending rument resembles a typewriter, and letter can be telegraphed by (le asing its corresponding key. The ?iving instrument prints the mes e on a sheet of paper, not on a i, in convenient form for delivery nail or otherwise.-Chicago Post. Jan:ineae Folded Fan. lough the Japanese folded fan is n mon object in this country, little is wu of its manufacture, says the don Express. ic of the largest factories is at ?to. where an average of 3.000,000 > yearly are turned out. Spain is principal customer for Hie Kyoto ;, Italy coming next in importance then America and .Mexico. ie fans are not at all easy to itifacture. As many as eight dif nt workmen are required to make :igl<' frame, while before thc fan is bed it hus to pasy through th?? Sr? of ?<? (?wer than t?ia peopje; pres natl ord i wi tl: worl near fool: A reco: cess pom whoi Oil sixte Phill itt th j degn Mrs. Stuyvesant Fifi?, Society Lertnfli Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is uow the real leader of the New York swell set. She MRS. STUYVESANT FISH. delights in novelties and this is how she has fought her way to the top. Time and again .Mrs. Fish has en acted the roi. of the society Moses and has led the children of fashion out of tile dull monotony of convention iutc the land of the bizarre. Novelty ls Mrs. Fish's -watchword. It -was she that first ventured to give a barn dance ELD AS IT IS TO-DAY. nt Newport nt which the guests ap peared in thc costumes of Freuch peas ants of a century or two ago, and in dulged lu such bucolic sports as hunt ing eggs in the hay lofts and milking the cows lu the stalls. It was Mrs. Fish, too, that introduced the "reversi ble" dance, where all clothes were worn hind side before, and tho back of each head was covered with a mask. Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the dignity of such a per formance as this, thee ls no question concerning Mrs. Fish's cleverness. Her friends and her foes agree that she is '" ".'~M ""."""/?ntlnn aflil adroit in exe cution.- She is quic?iwiueu ?uu un sighted, and though her tongue may be sharp sometimes to cruelty, her ob servations invariably possess a keen ness and a point that command atten tion. She is a very wealthy woman lind her husband is Fresidont of th* Illinois Central Railroad. Prime Minister Balfour's naree The Right Hon. Arthur James Bal four, who becomes Prime Minister in .ucccssion to the Marquis of Salisbury, s tho sou of Lord Salisbury's sister and s fifty-four years of age. He was educated at Eton and Trin fy College, Cambridge, and was .looted to Parliament in 1S74. He oined Lord Randolph Churchill's 'Fourth Party." In 1SS5 Lord Salis ?ury took him into thc Ministry, and uto the Cabinet next year as Seere ary for Scotland. It was at the end f 1887 that he made his mark, when s Chief Secretary for Ireland, he used .hat force he could control to crush pposition in Ireland, and cynically neored at thc Home Rule members lu arliament. He lcd in the prepara on of the Couservative Home R'de 'gislation. In 1S01 ho was chosen Conservative ador in the Commons and took the ace of First Lord of the Treasury tho Cabinet, which lie holds in this linnet, too. Ile bas written books on lilosophy and theology, on bimct lism and on golf. He is unmarried. Though his first appointment was garcled as a gross piece of nepotism, r. Balfour more than justified it by e ability and executive grasp.he has own. Tho selection of Mr. Balfour moans, obabfy, that there are to bo no sori s changes in the Ministry for the ililli wm wm w t?S??? ARTII?R J. DALFOUR. ent-probably till the King's coro lin is over, and he is restored to nary health. A Cabinet crisis now, i the Kiug seriously ill, and the lc of the session of Parliament ly finished, would be awkward and Ish. A Record In Duels. Budapest student has created a rd In duels by lighting eight in sue lon and disabling each of his op tnts until the eighth AV:?> reached, ii he was wounded in the wrist. ! fuel is used exclusively in tho en melting furnaces of the new idelphia mint. The temperature eic furi'UCtt* mn l><? raised tg 1000 Gc pri ab: qu dre ow wo cos th< S?i poe als ing eqi esc; par slip the fan Nei fan can "bu in s ried "A M\ troll TENDER-HEARTED BESS. 8he wouldn't bent the carpets, ?~ Sho wouldn't whip the cream, v . She wonldn't pound tho beeiBtoak; Too cruel it did seem. She wouldn't striko tho matches, A . ?he'd give hot tea no blows; > She made no hit nt baking, She wouldn't wring her clothes, ?ho wouldn't cut n chicken, Or think of drowning care, >r She wouldn't mash potatoes Or bang her golden hair. She wouldn't do all these things, My tender-hearted I3ess, And so she 8mashed ail records At downright lnzlm-ss. -Now York Su* HUMOROUS. Hoax-Here comes the interrogation mark. Joax-Because he's a question able character. Nell-Mr. Sapphcdde doesn't talk much, does he? Belle-No, but he gen erally manages to tell all he knows. She-Men are so weak. Do you think they will ever learn to say no? He Undoubtedly, when women propose. Blobbs-Skinnum is rather exclu sive, isn't he?" Slobbs-Yes, there are very few people with whom he asso ciates now. Fact is, he's in jail." Stern Parent-Young man, do you think you can support my daughter on $10 a week? -Nervy Suitor-I'm will ing to try if that's the .best you can do. Muggins-Do you think women dress to please their husbands? Buggins Not on your lire. If they did they .wouldn't run up such infernally big bills. "Absence makes the heart grow fond er," remarked the sentimental youth. "Oh! I don't know," returned the mat ter-of-fact girl. "Did you ever try pres-1 ents." "Death is never idle," sagely ob served the Wise Guy. "Oh, I don't know," remarked the Simple Mug. "It occasionally takes a Dey off in Al giers." Ida-There is that editor ordering people around again. 1 wonder what makes him so dictatorial? May-Oh, I guess he is used to having people sub mit to him. A dollar held close to tho eye will hide the sun," observed the Wisc Guy.' "Yes," chuckled the Simple Mug; "and the further a dollar is away the big ger it seems." Mrs. Newlywed-My husband never talks about the coffee his mother used to make. Mrs. Knowitall-h dare say not. His mother used to keep a boarding house. Wigg-No; I can't say that Talka lot is a friend of mine. I merely have a speaking acquaintance with him. Wagg-Most people only have a lis tenins acquaintance. Hook-You can't make Henpecke believe that the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. Nye-How's that? Hook His wife makes him tend to the chil dren. "i'd nice to know why they call this i.?m a 'Limited,'" said the disgusted, passenger; "I don't see anything" lim ited about it." "You don't" laughed the engineer. "Well, it's limited to ten miles an h ... A Heavy Bluff-"Oh. maw," said the 10-year-old hopeful, "do you see how wet my clothos are?" "Yes. young man," spoke mamma, sternly, "and you have been ir. swimming." "No. maw." "Then how did you get wet?" "Why, some boys wanted mc to go in swimming, and I ran away so :ast I perspired." SAKABULA PLUMES. Feathers from a ICare South African Bird lteeonlly Introduced Hore. An echo of tb-3 late war in South Africa is to be found in New York in the form of ornaments made from the sakabula plumes. They are very beau tiful. They are made by a widow of a, Boer officer, who is now trying to support herself in this way. The saka bula is as rare a bird in South Africa is the impeyan is in the Himalayas, t nelongs to the pheasant family and >ears some resemblance to the ban dya in the Philippines. The tail feath rs are curved, slender, and of a jvon lerful chestnut, color, which shades rom Hie lightest hue into a red brown, Imost maroon. At the tip of each eather is a white eye, which throws be surrounding tint into very high elief. The other feathers are small nd. brilliant, some of them having semi-metallic lustre on the edge. They were used by the Zulu and tatabela warriors as an ornament of ie highest value, and are said to have iany superstitions a^aching to them. They are a part of thc head-dressing ! the chiefs and of the professional liform of the witch-finders. These edicine men manufactured a head .essing of the plumage, combined i th small, dried bladders, skewers, id ornaments, fashioned out of tusks id lions' teeth. The tail-feathers ood up and produced an effect that ? both picturesque and ghastly. Enclmid** Genteel l?nr?lar. rhe story of thc Glasgow burglar, odfellow, who has just been sent to ison for six years, is very remark le. Goodfcllow did his plundering [te in thc genteelest manner. He ;ssed and spoke like a gentleman and ned a beautiful yacht, in which he uld drop gracefully down to some ist watering place and plunder lt on ; quiet. After the burglaries he led away, no one for a moment sus sing the aristocratic visitor. He o had a carriage and pair of dash ? gray horses that assisted him lally as a blind and as a means of ape. A favorite trick was to accom iy his predestined victims to church, > out before them and go through house while the owner and his lily were at worship.-Chicago vs. nu Experience Wnn In Mine*). Did you ever salt sheep?" asked tho mer of the new hired hand who ie from Colorado. No." replied the new hired hand, t I've had considerable experience lalting mines."-Ohio'State Journal. Married, bnt Not Happy. 5o you and Tom were finally mar . eh. Nell?" 'cs, but we're not happy." Vby, how's that?" Vc didn't marry each other."-D<* i Freo Pr?tas;