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ISSUED TWICE A WEEK-WEENESDAT jSL.NI* SATURDAT". L. M. GRIST & SONS, Publishers. } gt ^amiijt ijewsjajtir: ifor the |promotion of the ffulitical, giocial, Agricultural, anil ^emmencmt Jfntcrifsts of the ^outh. |mM8--w.o^Y|AEj!!i advance. "Vol. 4a. yorkville, s. a, Wednesday, October as, 1896. VoTstT . BDRGLARS THREE. By JAMES HABYEY SMITH, [Copyright, 1896, by the Author.] As a usual thing when they craoked a oribone of the three remained outside to warn with a whistle or some other previously ooncerted signal his companions inside. But on this occasion, when Jim Baxter opened the simple catch that fastened the woodshed door and thence gained access to the interior of ' the house, Wilson Graham and Harry Montgomery followed softly after him. This breach of burglarious custom was probably due to the fact that the Braith iA- ntofi ?m cnhnrKc OAmA I . Wttll UlOliOiUli nao Ui IIUV OUWU4UU, UVAMV distance from the road and several hnn- 1 dred yards from the nearest bouse. Once inside, Mr. Graham lighted the gas, and it was then the work of a very few minutes to open the sideboard and subtract therefrom the family silver and j place it in a bag brought for that pur pose. While this operation was taking ' place, Montgomery made a tour of the upper rooms. 1 "I don't exactly liko to trust Harry 1 up stairs," remarked Baxter in a surly 1 tone after he had securely tied the I mouth of the bag. "He is too soft Like 1 as not he'll go and git sentimental over ! a picture or somethin or maybe git 1 a-thinkin of his mother and leave half 1 the ornymenta" Graham, who had just opened a pearl J inlaid secretaire and was possessing ' himself of numerous valuable trinkets, ' laughed softly as he replied: "I don't think so, Jim. Only yester- ] day I gave the boy a good talking to, 1 and he promised to attend strictly to ' business in future. You must remem- < ber he is young, and unless we give him 1 a chance how is he to learn? Of course, if there was a young girl in the house? J but there isn't," he added quickly, ob- ' serving the wrathful frown on his com- ' panion's face. "I made certain that the ' only people who sleep in the house are I Mr. Braithwait and the housekeeper, 1 who is rather old and nearly deaf. The rest of the family are in Florida for I their health. If Braithwait makes a dis- J turbanoe, I reckon Harry can settle him J without any sentimental nonsense." 1 "I'd settle him," muttered Baxter 1 surlily. < "You're a savage, Jim," said Gra bam reproachfully. "How often have I told you that there is no virtue in violence. Haven't I convinced you that the ? easy way is the safe way?" < "Yah, don't give me no more of that!" said Baxter contemptuously. "I > ain't no missionary." At this juncture, when the argument < threatened to develop into a quarrel, < wnnA/v mKTT iko HAOnnflQMt>r?Q ( YVCU3 IDOW1CU UJ IIIO i^u^viuuuvu of the young burglar, carrying a considerable quantity of jewelry, loose and in boxes, vrhile he softly whistled "M'ApparL" "Not a bad haul," observed Graham, turning over the plunder as it lay on the table. "Two watches?" "They're them little tickers what the girls carry," said Baxter scornfully. "We won't get $2 apiece for 'em." "Won't we, though 1" said Graham, smiling. "They are gold, and there is an inscription on each. That means a fancy reward, of I don't know human feminine nature. Two brooches, a necklace. H'm, h'm. Very good indeed." "There was no money,", remarked Harry, adjusting his necktie before the mirror and giving his small blonde mustache a curl. "I expected as much," commented Graham, storing away the trinkets in his pockets. "Braithwait has a hundred with him, I dare say, but it isn't worth the risk. If we kill a man in the ?. irf 3/?i 1 'Td settle him," muttered Baxter. city, it's soon forgotten, but in the Bnbnrbs it creates a regular panic. The j neighbors hire detectives aud follow a man all over creation, and you can't j buy them off or compromise the matter. | Money is no object That's why I keep | telling Jim"? "Let up, will ye!" exclaimed Baxter i roughly. "I ain't killin nobody, am I?" "Certainly not But I only say"? i "Say nothin. Where's the feed box?" i Mr. Graham groaned and looked at 1 his yoong accomplice in comical alarm. < "I knew how it would be, Jim; these j lunoneons win oe me ruin or us an j some night." , "Can't help it," retorted Baxter dog- i gedly. "It's a good four mile walk from i the city and as much back, and wo tiadn't anything but a snack for supper. ( A man's got to eat, and when I'm hunay i "Well, well," said the other, with a gesture of impatience, "if it must be, it must Harry, see to the wine, and ; we'll find the substantial. Now, Jim, do be careful of the dishes, and don't grunt and puff while you're eating. It's vulgar." Jim Baxter grunted and puffed at ; this, but mado no other reply as ho busied himself spreading the contents i of the refrigerator on the dining room table, while Harry, from the sideboard, i produced a decanter of whisky und three bottles of claret There were a nico piece of cold ham, some tongue, cheese ; and pickles, bread and butter, anchovies < and sardines, a bottle of olives and the I remains of an oyster pie. "Quite* layout" remarked Baxter, j with a ravenous chuckle. "D'ye re- ' member the house at Barley town where i Ehere wasn't nothin bat graham crackers and winegar in the box?'' V5 "I should say so," excluimed Gra- n ham, with a look of disgast. g "Some people are too mean to live," h returned Baxter savagely. "Come, shove over that decanter, and let's pitch in. B Fingers, gents, 'cause there ain't nothin a but silver knives and forks in thiB hoase, unless I take 'em out of the bag, j( which I ain't doin. Here's luck." B "Exoellent claret, Wilson,." said the ai young burglar, holding his glass up to ys the light ci "Genuine Medoo," returned Graham, y, with the air of a connoisseur. "That's a the worst of this business. Not one gentleman out of ten is a judge of wine. ft. Now, the whisky"? "Thewhisky's all right," interrupted V Baxter ourtly. "All whisky's good; tx some.'s better'n others, but it's all good p Blow claret!" "No style about Jim," said Harry, with a smile that was half a sneer. "No, you bet there ain't," said Bax- , "Vnn rvnrrhthnr r?rtll mfl OIH 1 IIV1 OIVSJ iU4J A VW vwguuva vwa* -~w ? , Business, 'cause that's what I am. Pass j them pickles. " It was a most interesting sight. At I the head of the table sat Gruham, a smooth faced, well fed man of 40, who 1 might have passed for a prosperous i banker or a man living on an annuity; i to his right reclined rather than sat jroung Montgomery, a spruce and slender fellow, with soft blue eyes, tremulous lips and light hair, neatly brushed, while opposite Graham sat Baxter, a coarse, shaggy, grimy man af uncertain age, with small, shifty eyes, a heavy beard and a general air of brutal strength. Had it not been for the fact each man wore his hat and that the c( bag of stolen goods lay on one corner of li the table it might have been taken for t? ft small stag party, Graham personating lj the host to perfection. m The resemblance was lost, however, a at moment later. The door leading to the back stairway, directly behind Jim Bax- tt fcer, opened and revealed a spare man with long blond whiskers, wearing gi jold eyeglasses and a flowered dressing G Sown. h: Graham was the first to see the in- di trader, and his exclamation of astonish- tl ment caused Baxter to turn his head. AJ [n an instant that worthy was on his h Feet, with a pistol in his hand. Graham ti was quicker, however, and before his w xtmpanion could raise the weapon he Be wised his arm and pushed him aside. "No violence, Jim," he said sternly. B "I warn'fc goin to shoot," growjed " Jim. "I was only goin to give him a si jrack on the head." si "I won't have it," returned Graham luthoritatively. "Sit down." ? Baxter pat np his pistol and eat down. Sraham then turned to the spare gen- m tlernan, who had not moved from the n< loorway during this episode. ir "Mr. Braithwait, I presume?" "That is my name, "was the roply. a "Burglars, I presume?" "The presumption is correct. Will $< pou take a 6eat?'' g< Mr. Braithwait sat down opposite y< poung Montgomery, to whom he bowed fe gravely. There was then a moment of It silence, broken by Graham, who had resumed his place at the head of the m table. B "I am sorry," said he, "you have & made your appearance, as we can't very w svell apologize for our intrusion." "No, I suppose not," said Mr. Braitn- " svait, smiling. "Yet I am rather pleased C? that I did oome, since I always enjoy h an unusual experience." P1 "Glad you enjoy it," muttered Bax- " ter. But no ono listened to him. P^ "I was aroused by tho reflection of Q1 tho gaslight in the upper hall," explain- li sd Mr. Braithwait, "and I supposed si that the housekeeper had left it burn- w ing. She has done so more than once. I & ;amo down to extinguish it. I heard ^ voices in this room, and I entered." ei "At tho risk of your life," observed ee litraham, with a significant glance at Baxter, who had resumed eating. t( "I did not think of that," said Mr. la Braithwait simply. "My life has been threatened so often?you know I am a lj railroad man?that I give little thought to risk of an undertaking. Professionals, I suppose?" h' He looked at Montgomery, who nod- 21 fled nonchalantly and lighted a ciga- P rette. B Mr. Braithwait coughed. ?i-l lJ.Ji ?t A*,* XT I WISH }'UU WUUiuii u, J-iu oaiu ucprecatingly. "Apart from the looks, I h' can't bear cigarette smoke. There's a box of very line Conchas on the sideboard. Thank yon," to Graham, "if you will join me. Thank you again." L Graham laughed with genuine enjoyment, yet without vulgarity. "I like you," he said frankly, "aud M I am sorry that, in spite of the line of business"? He waved his cigar at the bag. it "Of course, yes, of course, I know that can't bo helped," said Mr. Braith- oi wait, smoking away easily, "and that's bi another reason why I'm glad I came. I fe suppose yoa have in that bag somo A trinkets belonging to my wifo and li daughters that have a special value as ni mementos. I hear that you gentlemen E( are frequently forced to sell your plun- ci der at a simply ruinous sacrifice, and it bi occurred to me that if we could come to Borne arrangement?you understand?" P' "Perfectly," answered Graham. "It gJ can be done, and I will open negotiations at an early date, provided, of ti course, "he added severely, "that you at play fair." SI "That is understood. As a business D man I uocept the situation. My loss is your gain." hi At this the youngest burglar broke si- sc lence for the first time. li "You are a philosopher," fie eaia 111 ? a tone of admiration. sc " Wb at sen si ble m an is not?" respond- bi ed Mr. Braithwait cheerfully. "I sup- tl pose it is capable of proof that tho uc- T cumulatod wisdom of tbo ancients bi amounts simply to the homely proverb, ^ 'What can't be cured must be endured.' F( My business is a sort of wur, and I have ny defeats as well as my victories. 1 B must bear them both with equanimity." jc "So is ours," said tho youngest bur;lar. "As Horace 8ays in his 'Epistles,' Ceedimur, et totidem plagis cousuminus hostem.' " pi "Permit me," returned Mr. Braithait, "to reply with Catullus, 'Nil lihi tam valde plaoeat Rhamnusia viro, quod temere invitis suscipiatur eria.' " Montgomery flushed slighlty, and laxter growled an incoherent protest gainst the use of foreign languages. "Of oourse, I do not claim that I en)y being robbed," continued Mr. Iraithwait, "but I realize that it is not 9 bad as it might be. Last week you 'ould have caught me with $2,000 in ?sh in the house, and last month you 'ould have horribly scared my wife ad daughters." "Not for worlds," murmured Mr. [ontgomery. "Well, you might have done so. Jmnon hnuo onrVi a rlptftfltfttinn flf rob era, except when Ihey are in jaiL The leasure of your visit?I hinted that I In an instant Baxter was on h Is feet. juld extract pleasure from adversity? es in the fact that it brings me in contct with a profession I have previous' known only by hearsay. I suppose I iay take it for granted you gentlemen re experts?" "We've been there before,"said Bax>r coarsely. "If an experience of 14 years is any aarantee, (hen I am an expert," said ruliam, with a certain air of pride in is tones "Onr friend, there," noding at Baxter, "has, I believo, been in ie profession since childhood, while [r. ," indicating Montgomery with is cigar?"you'll excuse my not meuoning names?is a beginner. A skilled orkman, I admit, but this is only his icond year." "I don't wonder that he, "and Mr. raithwait glanced slightly at Baxter, remains in the business, but that you lould follow the vocation for 14 years irprises me greatly." / "Indeed?" queried Graham, withpersptible stiffness. "Why?" "Because you appear to be a sensible ian, and I should not think the busi388 would pay. What is your annual icouio as a burglary" "On an average, I should say $3,000 year." "And you are an expert 1 I receive^ ),uuu a yeur, auu ? tuu urn/ usoxobduu jneral freight agent and have been 12 jars in the businesa Then I may inir that these two gentlemen make mnch sss than $3,000?" "I've seen the week when I didn't iake hod carrier's wages," growled axter, who had now finished eating 3d was i eparing to smoke a black ooden pipe. "You're not so sensible as I thought," (joined Mr. Braithwait frankly. "I in easily imagine a man exposing imsclf to dreadful dangers and cruel rivations when there is a groat prize i view. An explorer like Stanley, a ioneer like Pike or Fremont, a conaeror like Cortez or a revolutionist ke Washington could well brave hardlip and peril when success meant ealth as well as the plaudits of their dlow men. The early settlers of this 3d every other country, the gold hunt's of 1849, the pirates who ravaged the (as, all were actuated by the hope of a >rtune at one swoop, but to Tisk prison, > say nothing of life itself, for a day (borer's wages"? "But," spoke up Montgomery quickr, "there is fame, if not fortune." "Pardon me. In what way?" "In tho usual way. Who has not sard of Hickey, tho man who craoked ) banks before they tripped him up; eters, the New England cracksman; routhers, the Chicago expert?" "I hope," said Braithwait gently, "I on't offend you when I say I never eard of those gentlemen. " "Is it nossible?" "Honestly, I never did." "You have surely heard of Red eary?" "I can't recall his name." "George Post? Louis Ludlum? Pete [cCartney? Miles Ogle?" "Don't know them." "Perhaps," sarcastically, "you don't sad the papers?" "Yes, I do, aud I have a good mem:y. " I can say without boasting that I ive on my .tongue's end all the proissional, literury and artistic names in merica and many in Europe. In my brary I have many biographies, but ane of which a burglar is the theme, Dr do I recall tho name of a celebrated iminal, unless," pleasantly, "he has 3CU banged." "Yot there are famous names In our rofession," persisted the young burlar, somewhat sullenly. "Oh, yes," admitted Mr. Braithwait, iking a small drink of claret. "Literuro has preserved Claude Duval, Jack heppard, Dick Turpiu?all hung?Fra iavolo, who was shot, and even our >vn James and Younger boys, and I ave heard vaguely of one Billy tho Kid, imowhere out west. In a general sense, teraturo and the drama arc saturated ith bandits, brigauds and outlaws, imotimes comical, sometimes heroic, at you will exouso me if I maintain mt you stand on a different footing, hose fellows always had a poetical acking; somebody or something had riven them to their illegal calling, bnt )u cuii scarcely make a similar claim." "I dou't know about that," protested axter doggedly. "Who'd give me a ib?" "Did you ever try?" "No; nor I ain't goin to." "As I supposed. Honest work 1h LgntifQlj therefore you are absolutely without excuse. No one 1ms usurped yoru name and fortune, stolon your ancestral home or intended bride; neither have you been outlawed for your political or roligious beliefs or unjustly aocused of crime." The big burglar looked extremely blank at this pointed address and took, grumbling, a drink of whisky. Mr. Graham promptly came to his companion's relief. "You have made out a prima facie case, as the lawyers say, but the facl remains that there is a fascination in the life we lead and some romance. There is mystery about it, for one thing, and danger for another. Then we certainly have the sympathy of a certain olass of society when we are prisoners." "Is not the sympathy to which you allude confined to murdorers, especially thnon rohn lrill t.hfifr wives?" "As a rule, yes," admitted Graham, "but the people who have sympathy for murderers generally havo such a superabundance that they can spare some for us. I have known burglars tc receive six bouquets in a single day, and from real ladies too." "I am afraid," said Mr. firaithwait, with a smile, "that the sympathy extended with such small discretion has little market VAlue. Bat let us pass that by and glance at the disagreeable side of your profession. For instanoe, this night you have walked from the city, the nearest point of which is three miles." "We come four," growled Baxter. "Well, four, and four back is oight It could not have been a pleasant walk, as the night is cloudy and the roads are heavy from recent rains." "There warn't no choice," said Baxter savagely. "Wo had to walk." "There it is," said Mr. Braithwait triumphantly, "you had to walk. Now, I don't have to walk; I ride in the train or my carriage at any hour of the day or night. No honest man has to walk if he has money, and of course you have." "The point," admitted Mr. Graham reluotantly, "is well taken." "I feel certain of it Nor is tbis the only,instance in which your pleasure is mnrppd hv fear. The verv fame for which yon strive is a constant bar to your enjoyment. If you take lodging at a hotel, yon are ejected. You may be refused admittance to any respectable theater; in any place of entertainment, except the very lowest, yon cannot make a new acquaintance for fear ho may be a detective plotting yonr capture; you are compelled to eat, drink and sleep among vile associates and vulgar surroundings, and all for a pitiful $8,000 ayearl By heaven, it is worth $30,0001" "You use strong language, sir," exclaimed the youngest burglar, rising and pacing the floor in an agitatod way. "I do," admitted the master of the house, "because my business sense is outruged by your stupidity." "Stupidity I" echoed Graham sharply. "That is the word," returned Mr. Braithwait sternly. "Your profession requires acutencss, courage, skill, caution and endurance. Gentlemen, these are admirable traits, and with them you might be anything but burglars. The banking institutions, railways, pri vato and civic corporations are eager for such men. They pay them large wages and grant them great privileges. The governments, state and national, want such men, and are looking for them, while they are skulking through city alleys or walking miry roads at midnight. Gentlemen, with all yom qualifications, you lack the one essential to success?common sense." "Permit me," said Graham, leaning over the table and speaking with much force, "to oall your attention to the fact that we are bright enough to keep sooiety eternally on the defensive. " "Granted," said Mr. Braithwait "Small in numbers though we are, we necessitate the employment of a police foroe in every village, town and city in the Union, to say nothing of special constables and private watchmen. We force every bank and corporation to sink thousands in costly safes, locks and other safeguards, and no householder is ever free from apprehension on our account We are one against many, so to speak, but we make the ?? ?-w.rr,k1a rWlM OTArcifiA thifl power without brains?" "Aye, could we?" supplemented Montgomery, with flashing eyes. "Granted again," said Mr. Braithwait cheerfully, "but qaite foreign to Baxter made a dash for the door. the point at issue. Society is terrorized through its inertness, and when society enters on an active warfaro ycu gentlnmen cannot make a show of resistance. And even under our present policy of passive resistance there is but ore thing that vill savo a criminal from the eventful clutch of the law, and that is ?death." The youngest .burglar turned whito, and Baxter cursed softly. "You cannot, with all your brightness, commit a crime without leaving a trace," went on Mr. Braithwait impassively, "and every modern appliance is a stumbling block in your path. The modern bank safe, equipped with time locks, is impregnable; tho electric light has made our streets as safe by night as day, and the telegraph has lengthened the arm of justice until it encircles the globe." "And yet," retorted Graham, with a slight sneer, "yon have been robbed." "And yet I have been robbed." re peated Mr. Braithwait calmly. " Without interfering sadly with my comfort and easo, I oannot make my house a bank or 6urround myself with an army of watchmen, and I don't like dogs. So I have been robbed. Yet," Mr. 1 Braithwait looked Mr. Graham quietly in the eye, "yet I am not entirely defenseless. " ? "Hellol" said Baxter, breathing t hard. "Have you been up to somethin?" s 1 "You shall judge whether I have { ' rightly accused you of lack common ? 1 senso. Before attacking this house did you make yourself acquainted with the f surroundings?" c "I did," answered Graham confi- t 1 dently. \ "Eto you know that I am a railroad t 1 man?" t "uertainiy." ^ "Did you notice a wire running t through the woods at the rear of my c honeer < ; "No!" cried Graham violently. 8 1 "A strange oversight on your part, f ' Very stupid. It is a telephone wire, and j leads from my chamber above to my office in the city. Now 'or the application of my remarks. From the moment of your entrance I was aware of your 1 movements, and instantly explained the 1 situation to the night operator. Ho, of oourse, notified the police"? 1 "And while you kept us engaged in conversation"? cried Graham, advano1 ing threateningly. "The police were coming on a special train to my assistance," said Mr. Braithwait, taking a second cigar. "D?n you!" exclaimed Baxter 1 threateningly. "Stop!" cried Graham, interposing. "We have no time for that. Let us run!" "Don't!" said the host warningly. "The house is surrounded, and you will oertainly be shot Accept the situation, as I did. You, gentlemen, have been my guests this evening, and 1 have been highly entertained. May I hope that the pleasure has been mutual?" t Before any one could answer, the door 1: leading to the woodshed was thrown e ' open, and four policemen appeared on 1 ' the threshold. Montgomery sank help- 8 lessly into a chair. Baxter made a dash c ' for the door, while Graham remained r ' impassive, but all were alike handcuff- t 1 ed expeditiously. 1 1 "Sir," said Graham, taking a cigar t from the box, "our misfortune is direct- f 1 ly due to the uncontrollable appetite of A 1 our companion, but none the less I con- r 1 gratulate yon upon your ingenuity." ? 1 "Thanks," said Mr. Braithwait t "Did I not tell you that you were t 1 stupid?" t Mr. Graham bowed. t "Ton have taught us a lesson," he v ' said gravely. "I think it is time to j abandon tho business." * t 1 "Well, I'll be"?Baxter gasped, and c 1 could say no mora T "Wo are disgraced!" exclaimed the youngest burglar bitterly. g Mr. Braithwait waved his hand. ^ 1 "I am sleepy," he said, with a yawn, j "Gentlemen, good night I will see yon 1 again?in court" jj 1 THE END. ~ ( Democratic Greoo?. ^ i Greece is, nndoubtedly, the most c democratio nation in Europe?perhaps * in the world. In southeastern Europe 1 the rule of the Turk obliterated all so- 1 i oial distinctions and swept away every 1 i vestige of feudalism. Roumania alone, J which was never so completely under f the Turkish yoke, retains an aristocratio j class, but Servia, Bulgaria and Greece s : are democratio to the .core. In Servia ^ and Bulgaria, however, the Slavonio in- t ; stinct of obedience exists, the value of 8 which is nowhere better shown than in & the admirably disciplined Bulgarian army. In Greeoe every man is, in his a own opinion, as good as his fellow?not 8 only socially, but morally and intelleo- \ tually. Wealth, ability and high charao- ? ' tor, of course, count for something, but t they are only regarded as accidental to I the individual. There is little respect t for dignities?so little, indeed, that it f i has been said every soldier in the army t is a general, and every sailor in the c i navy an admiral. A cabinet minister, t i seeking re-election to the chamber, ( i throws open his drawing room to his 1 constituents. Men of every rank and ( class of society?lawyers, doctors, stu- I dents, cabmen, laborers?troop in, wearing their hats and smoking cigarettes, r ? Not that they mean any disrespect, far c from it, but they see no reason for mak- t ing any alteration in their usual habits, t They come to express their views on the r WjpiUCJ Ui biiU UUJ xuv; u4?v*?vDmw v candidate at length and warmly grasp t his hand. They ask any little favor they t may want and go their way.?Fort- a nightly Review. a Where Butter la Blue. ' "What was the most striking thing you 1 saw in Inc.a?1' was asked of a woman 1 who has just returned from a tour c round the world. "Butter," she replied. "That seems 9 strange, but it's a fact that in India 9 butter made from the thin milk of the i native cow is blue instead of yellow. 1 "When I came across this azure sub- E stance, I vowed I would never touoh it, 9 but others did so, with ovident enjoy- 9 ment, and, curiosity getting the upper t hand, I tried the butter and to my sur- t ?if /InliniAna Vrvn urhn cno H JjflBtJ JLUUUU IV UU11V/1UUO* A VU VT 44V wv the golden pots of fresh butter used in America cen hardly realize what it is f to soe bread painted blue. I "The blue butter of India is prefer- c able to the stuff they serve as butter in t Norway and Sweden," continued the c globe trottor, "for there we had noth- J ing but oleomargarine."?Philadelphia s Times. a 1 Manufacture of Monstrosities. At Prague a man called Proschaska was j. arrested some time ago for selling to a . Hamburg firm a number of children whoso growth had been checked by a peculiar di- } et that they might bo exhibited as lillipu ' tians. For every child 300 florins were t paid. The inventors of the system and the h parents of tho children as well have been ? punished by the courts. Two years ago a . regular manufactory of distortions and | monstrous shapes in young children for begging purposes was discovered and sup- 1 pressed in Croatia. c ?ilisccUancous grading. ^ydi ? menc CHARLES F. CRISP. years An ["he Sonth's Greatest Statesman Goes to qqJJ ( His Reward. died The etate of Georgia is in mourning but a ind the whole nation is sad, for an- and >ther truly great American has passed great iway. Ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp The lied in Atlanta last Friday afternoon selves it about 2 o'clock, idea < Speaker Crisp had been seriously ill tectic or many weeks. He was ill when :ongress adjourned ; but just about hat time it was thought that Georgia vas undecided as to what to do on .j^y ,he silver question, and against the idvice of friends who were acquainted ^ vith his physical condition, he hurried print o his state to make a number of . ipeecbes. How be met ana van- arg luished Secretary Smith at several . , ippointments, and how he was at last * ^ t breed to retirement on account of ^ >hysical exhaustion, is still fresh in ^ \ build W0U^( ^ ^ board EX-SPEAKER CHARLES F. CRISP. <pb he public memory. He went to his thick lome at Americus, and there contract- minu (d malarial fever, on account of which of th< le hurried to Atlanta and entered a the t anitarium. The fever was quickly The ivercome; but this was not all. For went nore than two years Mr. Crisp had the b teen suffering from heart trouble, tippei rhis, the fever had aggravated, and fell ic he immediate cause of his death was "0! atty degeneration of the heart. His ginee leath was not unexpeeted. It was had a lot thought that he could get well ; tut at the same time it was believed waik? hat he would linger for several a reni nonths at least, and the fatal sumnons was, therefore, sudden. But pers, he great man was not afraid. He end o vas conscious to the last, and although made lis end was with a paroxism of pain, and , he departure of his great spirit left then ?n the dead face an expression that ut? tl vas calm and serene. the ri Charles Frederick Crisp was born in Thi Sheffield, England, on January 29, the c 845. His parents, though English, about lad some years before taken up Geor- for n< pa as the country of their adoption, Du ind at the time of the birth of their Were on were in Sheffield on a visit. Mr. eaten Crisp's father was a celebrated actor jy av< vhq along in the '30's and '40's, was balan [Uite popular, especially in South while Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. but tl When he was 17 years of age, Char- in ag es F. Crisp was placed in the Georgia ment, oilitary. institution, then located in paten Marietta, Ga. He remained there or several years and then, in 1861, gE( oined the Confederate army. He was gecre, oon made a lieutenant in the Tenth DjjVSj Virginia Infantry with which he fought ^ mtil May, 1863, when he was captured t}iat ( ind held a prisoner of war until reme< ifter the surrender. cheat After the war Mr. Crisp studied law, secre, ind was elected to the position of reKUj olicitor for the judicial district in itg_f vhich he lived.. Next he went to the comp ;eneral assembly, and after serving foun^ here four years, he was elected a judge. are n n 1882, he resigned the office of judge j att o accept the Democratic nomination ^oard or congress. He was elected, and at R cou he time of his death had been in tVia iongress 14 years. It had already jJat's ieen settled also that so soon as the meai? leorgia legislature should re-assemble, t jj le would be elected to the seat that at Qj leneral Gordon now occupies in the , , Jnited States senate. reeul Mr. Crisp's career in congress is a ? natter of national history. It was >nly a short time after he took his seat intil he began to show the kind of P0SS?J netal of which he was made. He ai lever counted odds; but it was when ^ ilaphing bis steel against that of the P'ant nost powerful of his opponents, that tant le appeared to be in bis glory. Time a'r? a ind again he discomfitted Tom Reed 00 ^0< ind other Republican leaders, and it huma vas on acount of his well known fit- a less for such an important position, wate> hat he was selected by unanimous nor a lonsent to lead the fight against the s|; rorce bill. Then, afterward, notwith- wor^ tanding the prejudice against the P^apt: outh and ex-Confederates especially, ver'l2 t was on account of his own inherent mo9P nerif, that he was the first southern an^ c nan since the war to be elected to the curre peakership. That he has filled the I)0Se peaker's chair with remarkable abili- sorae y and fairness, even under the most stag? rying circumstances, is admitted on wee(* ill sides by friend und foe alike. If Mr. Crisp ever had a material Ho ault, the fact has never become known, perau during bis entire political life, inclu- the c ling his 14 years in congress, not a warm hing has been brought against bim "Bi letrimental to his character, that the of a >ublic would believe. His aim was to earne erve the nation first and then Georgia me." md the south. At the expiration of "Pi lis term as speaker, New York parties ty an ipproached him with an ofter to take cold,' lim into partnership in a law firm on the b< erms greatly advantageous to himself, it into rhey proposed to guarantee him an is the ncorae of $25,000 and assured him Thi hat there was reasons to believe'that send < lis share would quickly run up to burst 150,000. But he told them no; his cours - ' 1 ? J ?- ?i i ?i n *, >eopie unu maue mm au lie was, auu n. ie must continue to serve them. Ai- yours hough for years in a position where he ly bi ioulil become the possessor of wealth, your N. v ed poor. His estate is not worth more now than when he comed his congressional career 14 i ago. d the greatest thing that can be )f Mr. Crisp is that he lived and a Democrat. Not a politician; Democrat?a man who believed acted on the principle of the est good to the greatest number, strong can take care of them3 he thought, and accordingly his jf government was for the prom of the weak. WISE OFFICE RATS. lln<1 A Tknf Haa? tl. A VAtT. C* OVUOIAJO A. uaii JLWC?V ?UO AlOff" fangled Traps. e employes of the Jersey City ing company have for a long time troubled with rats. The rodents f unusual size, and are extremeId. They are boldest after dark, hink nothing of running over the >f the employes. ?eral cats were placed in the ing, with the hope that they i exterminate the rats, but the ' made it so warm for the cats they were driven away, rious schemes have been worked trap the rodents but with little ss. Finally Engineer August e hit upon a scheme that for a bade fair to be just the thing, cured an old zinc oil tank, about : in height, and then-fastened on ;dge a 2-foot piece of board, he arranged the board so that uld swing up and down with one inside the tank. He placed a of bologna sausage, fasteued with bber band, on the edge of the 1 which projected over the inside ? tank, and half filled the vessel a__ a _ waipr. A lew pieces ox cueeae placed along the other end of the I to coax the rats on. e trap was set where rats are est, in the basement, and in a few tes a rat climbed upon the end 5 board which protruded outside auk and rested upon a support, rodent ate the cheese, and then for the bologna. As it reached >ait the other end of the board i up, and the rat, with a squeal, ito the water and was drowned, b, that's the trick," said the enr, and his assistant said August , great head. , thin ten minutes six more rats id the plank, and then there was, larkable display of rat's cuteness. o rodents climbed the pile of paand, while one stood on the safe f the board, the other carefully its way to the tempting bologna devoured half of it. The rats chhanged places, and the other le rest of the bologna and half lbber band. s engineer scratched his head and* ttber spectators said something ' p people going to a lot of trouble )tbing. ring the afternoon no more rats caught, but a lot of cheese was by them. The engineer solemn* era that he saw the rats not only ce one another on the board ? -?* J A tne tempting oait was uevuuiou, 3at the rodents actually engaged ame of see-saw, simply for amuse, August still has faith in his t trap, but nobody else has. :ret or Bad Compelion.?The t of a bad complexion, says a cian in "Life and Health," is a v ligestion, and we generally trace ;o a bad liver. One of the best iies for a sluggish liver is > and pleasant. Dieting is the t. of the cure. The best liver ator for persons of sedentary habind those are the ones whose lexions are muddy?is to be 1 in apples, eaten baked if they ot well digested when eaten raw. mded the pupils of a well-known ling school, and among them was ntry girl whose complexion was avy of all her associates. I found she was a very light eater at her i, but she had a peculiar custom ;ing a plate of apples to her room gbt and eating them slowly as /Udied her lessons. This was her ar practice. e atmosphere.?Even if it were )le for man to live without breathir, he could not exist on the earth were without an atmosphere. s derive caroon, tne most unporelement of their food, from the d without plants there could be ad for animals and therefore no ^n beings. Water also comes from tmosphere, but if there was no *, there could be neither plants nimals. If food and water could ipplied in some other way the I would still be uninhabitable by 9 and animals, owing to the sef of the cold. Without an athere there would be no winds, onsequently no waves or ocean uts. The sea?if we may supone to have been supplied by unknown cause?would be a ant pool, uninhabitable by seaor fish. w Alcohol Warns?The Temce Cause relates anecdcie about >ft repeated argument of the ing effects of alcohol, us follows : it, doctor, i must nave some Kind stimulant," cried die invalid stly. "I am cold, and it warms ecisely," came the doctor's crusswer. "See here; this stick is ' taking up a stick of wood from )x beside the hearth and tossing > the fire. "Now it is warm, but stick benefited ?" i sick man watched the wood first out little puffs of smoke and then into flame, and replied: "Of e not; it is burning itself." d so are you when you warm elf with alcohol; you are literalirning up the delicate tissues of stomach and brain."