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ISSUED TWICE A WEEK?WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. i. m. GRIST & SONS, Publishers. T % ^amitj Staraw: 40r < ? {promotion of the {political, Social, gjriculturat, and ffommcyiat interests of the ?outh. {TERMlixo^?coV,EFiv$L^?ANCI!" VOL. 43. YORKYILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1807. NO. 92. i * *? i " LIT'L.. ?r. rip~ s ~t_ i ^ A CONFLICT ( BY RODRIGUEZ Author of "An / Copyright, 1S97, by G. P. Putnam's Sons. Synopsis of Previous Installments. In order that new readers of The Enquirer may begin with the following installment ot this story, and understand it just the same as though they had read it all from the beginning, we here give a synopsis of that portion of it which has already been published: Chapter I.?Fifteen years before the opening of the story John Lewis went to live in a place called Lee, in New Hampshire, with a little girl 6 years old, Virginia, the daughter of his deceased sister. He had a son who had been left at school, but ran away and shipped for China. Five years after Lewis went to Lee a family named Marvel also settled there. ... ? *? 1 ?? v;,._ X OUIIg waller ruarvei uiei ouu iuy?u ? > ginia Lewis. Alice Marvel, Walter's sister, and Harry Lucas also met and were reported to be in love with each other. At the opening of the story a person pnrEorting to be the missing son of John iewis arrives at Lee. Walter Marvel proposes for Virginia's hand to her uncle, who refuses, telling him that his uncle, whose name be boars, was a villain and a convict. Young Marvel draws a pistol and shoots at Lewis, but bis aim is diverted by Virginia. Soon after Lewis is found dead in his room with two bullet holes in his body. His death occurs simultaneously with the arrival of the man who claims to be his son. II.?Mr. Barnes, the celebrated detective, and Tom Burrows, another detective, take up the . case, strongly suspecting Virginia as the criminal. III.?They examine the Srounds about the house where the murer is committed and find footprints of a man and a woman, the woman's footprints strengthening their suspicions of Virginia. They also find two pistols, one marked "Virginia Lewis," the other marked "Alice Marvel." Virginia writes a letter and goes away with it. Barnes, disguised, follows her. IV.?Virginia gives her letter to one Will Everly, who posts it. Barnes keeps his eye on it, gets possession of it and thus learns the whereabouts of Walter Marvel. V.?Virginia visits Alice Marvel, who betrays a knowledge of the murderer. VI.?John Lewis, the supposed son of the murdered man, produces envelopes addressed to him to ? trove his identity. He excites suspicion y leaving bis room at midnight. VII.? An autopsy is made of the dead man, and Barnes arrives at Lee with young Marvel. CHAPTER VIII. THE INQUEST. It was decided that the iDquest should be continued that same aftenioon. The squire had notified the district attorney at Dover to be present and assist, and be arrived during the morning. All of the jurymen and witnesses were therefore notified to be present at the squire's house at 2 o'clock. This was at the suggestion of Mr. Barnes, who had a special reason for not going back to the farm. He did not wish Virginia to know that Marvel had been captured until after she had testified. To further this end Marvel was instructed to remain in one of the upper rooms, aud though he was not actually under arrest he felt constrained to obey. Mr. Barnes learned from Burrows of the strange noises that he had heard on his first night at the farm, but told his young assistant that he had probably been dreaming. When informed of the singular behavior of Sarah Carpenter, he thought that of sufficient importance to have her name added to the list of witnesses. Burrows told nothing of the information imparted by Josiah Skene. Mr. Barnes then sought the district attorney and was closeted with him for an hour, during which they arranged their plans for conducting the examination. The inquest was to be held in a large room on tho ground floor. It was well adapted for the purpose because of the fact that the squire bad allowed it to be used as a schoolroom while the selectmen were having the regular schoolhouse enlarged aud remodeled. Thus there was a raised platform at one end, upon which the squire and the witnesses could sit, while the rows of benches readily afforded seats for the jurymen and the spectators. News of any importance travels rapidly in a small town like Lee, and before the time set for the inquest quite a motley crowd of people bad congregated about the squire's grounds. There were men and women, farmers, workmen and idlers, all more or less interested in the proceedings which were about to commence, and each had some theory, all his own, as to the identity of the guilty one. One man remembered a farm hand who had been discharged by Lewis and who had left the town, breathing vengeance. Another had met a suspicious looking tramp prowling about Riverside on the very day of the crime. Being reminded by a neighbor that he had spent all of Saturday and Sunday over in Dover, he was forced to admit that it might have been on Friday when he had met the tramp; but, nothing disconcerted, ho continued to urge his opinion that that individual would yet be proved to have a guilty connection with the affair. This proposition was ridiculed by another, for the simple fact that nothing had been stolen would tend to exonerate a tramp, who could not possibly have any other motive but theft, and then he drew attention to the suspiciously close arrival of the man who claimed to be the son and who would now come in for a share in the property. But yet another had only that morning heard that the entire property would go to the daughter, and so settled that theory. An old lady at this juncture mysteriously announced that the whole truth of the matter had been revealed to her in a vision, but just what it was she declined to state "till the proper timo comes." So they argued and talked over the situation, till at length Mr. Tupper, the district attorney, appeared, walkii. with Mr. Barnee. All then knew tha. the investigation would at once begin and forthwith pushed their way into the room which was to be the scene of the inquiry. The proceedings began promptly. The squire entered, followed by Mr. Tupper and the two detectives, and took a seat in a leather. covered chair, which had )F EVIDENCE. $ OTTOLENGUI. Lrtist In Crime." been brought from his library and placed tipon the stand, a similar one awaiting the witnesses. Mr. Tapper and Mr. Barnes took chairs at a small wooden a# fV*o coniro nnH Rnr . | tows went to a seat among the crowd. The jurymen were called, and, as they responded to their names, were directed to places on benches placed laterally beside the stand at the end nearest to the witness chair. It is worthy of remark that, though this was in a small, isolated country town, the composition of this jury was far above the average to be met with in large cities. Here all were men of families and identified with the interests of the community in which they lived. Each, as he sat, was the embodiment of earnestness and sincerity. Rough garbed though they were, they possessed shrewd minds and good common sense and therefore would make admirable jurors. The preliminaries over, the examination was begun. Mr. Barnes was asked to take the stand, and he testified to the discovery of the crime, and the position and condition of the corpse as first seen by himself, when he accompanied the squire to the house 011 Monday morning, and to other facts which have been already told. The next witness was Dr. Snow. The squire interrogated him. "Dr. Snow," he asked, "have you prepared a report of the autopsy made by you yesterday upon the body of the ? UCWttOOUI "I made a thorough examination and have notes of all that I discovered which could, in my opinion, be of the least assistance." "Very well. What then do you find to have been the cause of death?" "The man was shot. The ball is of large size. 1 am not expert enough to give the exact caliber, but think it is a No. 32." "Did you succeed in finding the ball?" "Yes, here it is." He passed it to the squire, who in turn handed it to Mr. Tupper. "Dr. Snow," said the latter, "can you tell how long the deceased lived after the shooting?" "I found the bullet lodged in the heart; therefore death must have been instantaneous." "Did you find any other marks of violence?" "In addition to the wound which proved fatal I found another, which was only superficial." "Did you find that ball also?" "No; it only passed a short distance through the body and emerged again." "Can you describe the direction which it took?" "From the front toward the back." "How was the body dressed?" "In a nightdress, and it is a noticeable fact that thougli there are two wounds there is but one hole through the garment." "Did the fatal bullet pass through that hole?" "It would seem that it did, but as the nightdress is a loosely fitting garment it '3 impossible to say, as the two wounds ire so close together." Mr. Barnes whispered to Mr. Tupper, wno tnen conimuea: "Was this last wound above or below the other? What I wish to know is, was it high enough for the bullet to have come from a pistol fired from the lawn and through the window?" "Yes. I thought of that point, and therefore measured the height of the window sill from the ground and from the floor inside. I found by these measurements that the sill is about five feet from the lawn outside and only two feet above the floor within. Tho wound which wo are now considering is above the fatal one, though only slightly so, and is so located that if the deceased had been standing it would have been about four feet above the floor, and so two feet higher than the window sill." "Then, in your opinion, that wound may have been made by some one on the lawn?" "I am sure that it would have been possible. Of course it might depend on how near Air. Lewis stood to the window." As tho doctor was about to withdraw Mr. Tupper stopped him by asking: "Will you pleaso tell us if you found any marks, scars, you know, or birthmarks, by which the identity of the corpse might be established?" "Nothing whatever. The fnce and bead have b-eu burned beyond all possibility of recognition." "Were these burns of such a nature that they may havo been the cause of death?" "I should say not, but of course if a man were burned as badly as that ho might subsequently die, though not so quickly." Mr. Tupper, addressing the squire, said: "I suppose there is no doubt as to the identity of the body, but in the face of tho fact that the features are so much disfigured it would perhaps be as well to seek some evidence in this direction." "I have no duubt," said the squire, "that Miss Lewis may be able to help us better than any one, though I will 6uy this much myself: When I first saw the body lying by the chimney and T fkub tltOTA U'Ofa I R'UUl'U UVC1 lli, A 1JUHVXU vunv i/uv*v a iiarno ou the nightdress in large letters. " "I saw that also," said Dr. Snow. "It is in indelible ink and done with a stencil plat<>. As might be expected, the name is John Lewis." "That in itself seems almost conclusive," observed the squire, "but we can ask Miss Lewis about the matter when she is culled." Dr. Snow was then allowed to leave the stand. "Now," said Mr. Tupper, "if we can we ninst try to discover the time of the crime. I believe, squire, you are the one who last saw Mr. Lewis alive. Can you tell at what hour that was, as near as possible?" "I went to see Mr. Lewis on the night of the murder and was in the parlor with him nearly an hour. I must have gone about 8 o'clock, for it was but half past when I reached my own koine." "Then, of course, he was alive at that hour. The detective, Mr. Barnes, has described to us the tracks which he found in the snow and also the discovery of the two pistols. These, he thinks, were fired at the time when or immediately after the snow had ceased falling last night. Whether either of these shots caused the death of Mr. Lewis or not, at least it is possible tbat one ox tbcm made the flesh wound which Dr. Snow has described. It will be well, therefore, to fix the time when the snowstorm oeased." Jef Harrison was then called and swore to the facta which he had related to Mr. Barnes, and added that he had again qnestioned his daughters and tbat they substantiated the opinion which he had given. The next person called was Sarah Carpenter. She came in from an adjoining room, as did all the witnesses, it having been considered important that one should not hear the testimony of the others prior to being examined. Miss Carpenter sat down rather stiffly, and it was evident that she was a reluctant witness. "You are a servant at Riverside farm?" asked Mr. Tupper. "I assist Miss Lewis in taking care of the house, but I do not call myself a servant," was the reply. The lawyer had evidently gained her ill will at the outset, but he took no notice of the asperity of her manner. "Are there any servants at all?" "I suppose so." "How many?" "I don't call any of them servants. There are four men who work on the farm and a boy to do the chores." "Do any of these sleep in the house?" "No; they all sleep in a separate outbuilding. " "How far is that building from the main dwelling?" "It is oil tbe other side of the road altogether. Mr. Lewis bought the farm opposite his own a bent two years ago, and ever since he has had the men sleep there." "And where do yon sleep?" "In my own house," answered the girl with an indignant toss of her head. She jumped off the stand and burst into tears. But her temper affected Mr. Tupper as little as though he had been made of stone. With perfect composure he continued : "At what time do you leave Riverside for your own home?" "When I feel inclined." "Come," said Mr.Tupper with just a little sternness, "answer my question." "I did answer it." "Answer it again! What time do yon leave the farm?" "When I get through my work," she answered sullenly. "AhI That is better! Now, then, tell us about what time that is usually?" "I can't tell. I have not kept track of it." "Well, then, at what time did you start for home on Sunday evening?" "Look here! What right have you to ask me all these questions?" Then quickly turning to the coroner she continued, "Squire, have I got to answer everything this man asks of me?" "You must tell all that you know," replied the squire. "And what if ! won't?" "You would bo guilty of oontempt" "And what of that?" "I could have you confined in jail and kept there until you were willing to answer the questions." She pondered over this awhile and then, turning to Mr. Tupper again, said sharply: "Tell me at once what it is you are trying to get out of me?" "I want to know at what time the shot was fired that killed Mr. Lewis." "How should I know?" "You would have heard the report if you had been in the house." "And how do you know I was in the house?" "That is what you must tell us." "Well, then, I was not in the house." "If not in the house, where were you when the shot was fired?" But she was too shrewd to be caught in thiB trap and replied: "I did not say I heard the shot." "You said you were not in the house when the shooting took place. How 1.1 1 ? cuuiu yuu uu sure ui tuat uuicaa |uu heard it froru some other point?" "You said I would have heard it if I bad boon in the house," replied the girl triumphantly, but Mr. Tupper quickly went on: "Ah! Then you mean to say that you did not hear the report?" "I don't mean to say anything of the kind," she retorted with similar rapidity. This was a trick of Mr. Tupper's to get his witness excited and then by rapid questioning to surprise her into such uu admission as she had just made. The words were scarcely uttered before she saw their import, and she continued savagely: "You are making me say what I don't mean. Why don't you ask for what you want to know without so much boating round the bush?" "Well, then, come. to.the point Did you hear the pistol shot on Snnday night?" But the girl kept silent awhile and then jumped off the stand, and dropping into a seat burst into tears. Mr. Tupper and Mr. Barnes talked in low tones for several minutes, and then the former whispered to the squire, who called to the stand the workmen alluded to by the last witness. The squire himself questioned them, while the lawyer and detective consulted. The witnesses appeared separately, but their testimony shed no light on the matter, as the four ?lder men had spent the evening at the saloon, while the younger had retired to the house across the road and had gone to sleep at ? o'clock on the evening in question, and he declared that he bad heard noth ing during the night. By this time Sarah Carpenter had recovered from her emotion and was sitting qnietly on the front bench. Will Everly was then oalled and took the stand. As he did so Sarah seemed mnch agitated, and with difficulty kept her composure. Mr. Barnes, who was watching her, notioed her discomfort and smiled to himself as one conscious of being correct in some surmise. Mr. Tupper proceeded. "Mr. Everly," said he, "I believe you are a friend of Mr. Walter Marvel?" "I hope so, sir." "You are under some obligation to him, I believe?" "Yes, indeed. He saved my life." "How was that?" In reply Everly related the incident in detail. Mr. Tapper continued: "You consider then that you owe your life to this young man?" "I do, most emphatically. I should hesitate at nothing to do him a service." "I have heard that you have repeatedly said that you would risk your life for him. Is that true?" "It is. Did he not risk his life for me?" All through the above Burrows, who was watchiug Mr. Barnes, was surprised to notice that Mr. Barnes was keenly scrutinizing the girl Sarah Carpenter, who was in evident distress, and be at length suspected that this examination of Everly was really in some way aimed at the young woman. Mr. Tupper continued: " Were you present when Marvel quarreled with the deceased?" "He did not quarrel with Mr. Lewis," answered Everly with some heat. "He simply did what any man would?he resented a gross insult." "I think he fired at Mr. Lewis, did he not?" Everly was a little confused as he replied: "He was very much excited and took out his pistol. I don't think he would really have fired it, but Miss Lewis struck his arm and the weapon was discharged. 1 think it was an accident." "But did he not utter threats against Mr. Lewis as he went away?" "He only said what was natural under the circumstances?that ho wonld get even. But I kuow Walter, and I doubt if he remembered what he had said as long as the next day." "Mr. Everly," said the lawyer impressively, "it is very worthy of you to defend your friend, but be careful lest in doing so you damage your own cause." And Borrows saw Sarah Carpenter shrink closer into the corner, vainly endeavoring to appear unconcerned. "Why, what do you mean?" asked Everly. "I will be candid with you. You have just admitted that you woald imperil your life to serve your friend. You knew, after the quarrel between these men, that John LewiB would ever be a barrier to keep Marvel from marrying the woman of his choice. Do you see your position now?" "Not clearly! Go on!" said the witness hoarsely. "Unless you can prove that you were not at Riverside that night, it might be thought?I say it might be?that you committed this crime." Everly hung his head as he replied, "I was at the farm." This statement was followed by a suppressed cry from the corner where Sarah Carpenter was sitting. All those present looked grave, for the words, as Everly spoke them, sounded ulmost like a confession of guilt. Mr. Barnes alone seemed not to be surprised. "What were you doing at the farm?" asked Mr. Tupper, resuming the examination. ' 'I went there to see Miss Carpenter." He blushed deeply. "Are you in love with that lady?" The women present thought this a merciless question, but though the color deepened on his check Everly straightened himself up as he replied: "Miss Carpenter has promised to be my wife." This caused quite a sensation. It was tolerably well known that they were fond of each other's society, but every one hud considered it a "boy and girl" affair, as the two had grown up together and had been schoolmutes. "How loug were you ut the farm that night?" continued the lawyer. "From 6 until half past 8." "You went at that hour?" "Yes." "Before you did so did you meet Mr. Lewis?" Everly hesitated a moment, then replied: "I think I would rather not answer that question." "As you choose. You need not criminate yourself. When you left Riverside, where did you go?" "I went straight to the saloon." "Do you know at what time you reached there?" "At a quarter to 9. I had an appointment with a friend at that hour and just kept it." "Wasyour friend punctual also?" "Ho was waiting for me. That is how I fix the time so accurately. He claimed that I was late, and we compared watches." "Could you prove this by your friend?" "He lives near here. You can Bend for him if you wish. It is Mr. Harrison's son, Joe." Mr. Tugper requested the squire to send for this man at once, and a messenger was dispatched for him. Mr. Tupper continued: "Do yon own a pistol?" "Yes, sir." "Can you send for it?" "I have it with me." Taking it from his pocket, he handed it to the lawyer, who examined it closely and then said: "I see that one barrel has been flred off. Did you discharge it?" "I did." "When?" "I prefer not to say." "What is the caliber of this weapon?" "Tt narries a Nn. 82 cartridge." "Did you ever see the weapon which Mr. Marvel had on the night of the trouble at the farm?" "Yes, sir." "What kind of pistol is it?" "It Is of the same pattern as this. There are five, to my knowledge, in Lee." "Can you tell us who the owners of these weapons are and how it happens i that they are all alike?" "Besides mine there are four, owned respectively by Walter, Harry Lucas, Miss Marvel and Miss Lewis. Each has the owner's name engraved on the stock. About two years ago the ladies expressed a desire to learn to shoot, and Harry Lucas bought the pistols. The four would frequently meet and practice at targets. As to mine, I saw Walter's, took a fancy to it and got one." "I suppose you all are fairly good , shots?" "All are experts." ( At this moment the young man who { had been sent for arrived, and Everly i was allowed to leave the stand. The newcomer took his place, and Mr. Tup- i per questioned him. "What is your name?" , "Joseph Harrison, commonly called Joe." , "Do you remember where you were last Sunday night?" I The witnees hesitated and glanced toward Everly. To reassure him, the , lawyer said: ' 'It is all right. You need not hesitate to speak. It was at Mr. Everly's request that you were called." At this he seemed much relieved. "Obi Very well I I met Everly by appointment at the saloon." "At what time did he reach there?" "At a quarter to 9 by his watch, but 10 minutes to 9 by mine. We compared watches." j "Was there any special object in this meeting?" Again did Harrison let his eyes wander toward Everly, but the latter held bis head bowed on his breast and gave , no answering sign. The question was j repeated and the witness answered: "Yes, sir. He wanted me to take a letter for him." "Did ho have it already written when he entered the saloon?" "No, sir. He wrote it after I met him." 1 "Where did you take this letter?" "To Epping." "Why could he not have sent it by ' rjail?" "Well, you see, I don't suppose as bow it makes any difference, now that Mr. Lewis is dead. But at that time, than moro t.rrino tn finil WnltAT MflTVfll. and Will was afraid, if he sent a letter by the post, he might be putting the an thorities on the right track." "This letter, then, was addressed to Walter Marvel?" ( "Yes, sir." | "Did you deliver it to him that night?" ( "No, not till next morning. I put up j at the hotel, and then hunted him up in | the morning." ( "Where did you find him?" j "His mother owns an old house down there. It is out of repair and ain't been ( used for years. But Walter keeps one , room fixed up, so's when he goes hunting ( he can stop overnight, and it was there , I found him." "Did Mr. Marvel read the letter be- } fore you, ami did he make any remark?" ( "Yes, and he said, 'Will is u good { friend and has done more for me than ( many would.' " At this point Sarah Carpenter caused J considerable excitement by jumping up | and exclaiming: "You are all going on the wrong ( track. Let me go on the stand again, | and 1 will prove it." Mr. Barnes smiled quietly, and Burrows kuew from the 1 expression of his face that this was just j what he had been counting upon. Her ^ request being granted, the girl did not wait for the formality of questions, but J spoke rapidly: "I am sorry now that I did not tell 1 all I knew awhile ago. I did hear the ' report of a pistol?yes, and more than one. I did not tell before, because I was * afraid it was Will who had done the : shooting. But now I know it was not. ' He left me at half past 8 o'clock to keep i his appointment, and I went into the house to get my things on. We had been 1 up at the barn. When I was ready to ' start for home, I found that I had.lost ( my key. Thinking I must have dropped ( it in the barn, I went there to look for ! it. While there und fully half an hour 1 after Will had left rue I suddenly heard 1 the report of a pistol, and then another, 1 and I think a third, though I can't be ' sure. I know, though, that I ran to the j door of the barn, and saw a man run 1 across the lawn and down the road. I don't know why, but it struck me it 1 was Will at the time, and that is why I 1 have Leeu so troubled ever since. But 1 now I know differently, for, thank God, he has proved that ho went straight to 1 the saloon. You suggested to him that < he might have committed this crime to < serve his friend, but none of you see 1 that, though he is innocent of having 1 risked his life in that way, he is ready ' to risk it now by letting it seem that he ] is guilty, that no suspicion may attach * to Walter Marvel. My God, are you < all blind?" ] TO BE CONTINUED. ? 8?*" Fifty years ago the tomato was ' considered unfit for the table. Now there is no vetetable more popular. ' Thousands of acres are devoted to its ' culture for market. It has been great- ' ly improved. ' ittisceUnncous Reading. VICTOR HUGO IN DEMAND. As a Result of the Strictures on "Les Mise rabies." It is a fact, says the Philadelphia Record, that contumacious humanity, like the "Mary, Mary, quite contrary," of the nursery book, is hound to go just the way the moralist don't want it to go. For instance, since the threatened suppression of Hugo's noble "Les Miserables," that work has enjoyed unusual popularity in Philadelphia. Now Hugo himself has well said that guarantees are the same to facts that repose is to a man, so to see that our facts were well-backed, a call at the principal libraries were in order. One fact there is no getting around : the i 1. 1 l h,. UUU& UltS UCCU iu ^icnici uciuauu i/j every class of people than ever before. People who are wondering why they should really top-shelve it are reading it again to help them make their decision ; those who never dreamed there was anything suppressive in it are fairly crying for it, while the mass of humanity which is only waiting for the cue as to whether anything lively may be found are waiting their turn. Moral: the effect that any suppression has amoug unlearned readers may well be considered by the suppressors before they thus advertise what they seem to consider a work's shortcoming. Perhaps it will amuse you to look over some of these sayings which were marked in much-thumbed volumes of this work that happened to come in while a librarian was speaking of it to the writer : Examine the road over which the siu has passed. The great dangers lie within ourselves. One must eat or be eaten. It is better to be the tooth than the grass. Conscience is the quality of innate science which we have within us. There are no trivial facts in humanity. There is a way of avoiding which rocomhloa Qpplrincr In loye there are do friends. He (Javert) observed that society unpardoningly excludes two classes of men?those who attack it and those who guard it. The convent is supreme egotism, having for its result supreme abnegatioh. The peculiarity of prudery is to place all the more sentinels in proportion as the fortress is the less menaced. The first symptom of true love in a young mati is timidity ; in a young girl it is boldness. Love has no middle course; it either ruins or it saves. The sewers is the confidence of the city. Love is the folly of men and the wit of God. The devil, who is cunning, took to hatiDg man ; man who is still more cunning, took to loving woman. A heart needs a bone to gnaw. The truth is the whole truth. It is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live. ipuu rrucnov nv acnDQC Xliti lUUI/ltl VI' uuvituu. rhe Single Tax Plan Proposed by Henry George. The following is the single tax Chicago convention's platform, written by the late Henry George in 1893 : We assert as our fundamental principle the self-evident truth enunciated in the Declaration of Indipendence, that all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. We hold that all men are equally entitled to the use and enjoyment of what God has created and what is gained by the general growth and improvement of the community of which they are part. Therefore, no one should be permitted to bold natural epportunities without a fair return to Jl for any special privilege, thus accorded him, and that value which the growth and improvement of the community attach to land should be taken for the use of the community. We hold that each man is entitled :o all that his labor produces. Theretore, no tax should be levied on the products of labor. To carry out these principles we are n favor of raising all public revenues for national, state, county and municipal purposes by a single tax on land values, irrespective of improvements, ind of the abolition of all forms of iirect and indirect taxation. Since in all our states we now levy some tax on the value of laud, the single tax can be instituted by the simple and easy way of abolishing, one if'ter another, all other taxes now evied, aud commensurately increasing :he tax on land values until we draw jpon that one source for all expenses jf government, the revenues being livided between local governments, state governments and the geueral government as the revenue from direct :axes are divided between the local ind state governments, or a direct issessment being made by the general government upon the states collected n this mauner. The single tax we propose is not a ax on laud, aud therefore would not fall on the use of land and become a ov nn Ixhor It is a tax, uot on land, but on the value of land. Thus it would not fall jn all land, but only od valuable land, md on that not in proportion to the use made of it, but in proportion to its value?the premium which the user of land must pay to the owner, either in purchase money or rent, for permission to use valuable land. It would .hus be a tax, not on the use and improvement of land, but on the ownership of land, taking what would othjrwise go to the owner as owner, and not the user. In assessments under the single tax ill values created by individual use or improvement would be excluded, and the only value taken into consideration would be the value attaching to tue uitre muu uy reusuu ui ueiguuurhood, etc., to be determined by impartial periodical assessments. Thus the farmer would have do more taxes to pay than the speculator who held a similar piece of land idle, and the man who, on a city lot, erected a valuable building would be taxed no more than a man who held a similar lot vacant. Tne single tax, in short, would call upon men to contribute to the public revenues, not in proportion to what they produce or accumulate, but in proportion to the value of the natural opportunities they hold. It would compel them to pay just as much for holding land idle as for putting it to the fullest use. Notions About Sleep.?The natives of the Philippine Islands have many peculiar notions and practices. They are indolent in the extreme?in which respect they can hardly be called peculiar?and never tire of sit ting still and gazing at notbing in particular. One of the rudest acts, in their eyes, is to step over a person asleep on the floor. Sleeping is with them a very solemn matter. They are strongly averse to waking any one, the idea being that during sleep the soul is abseDt from the body, and may not have time to return if slumber is suddenly broken. If you call upon a native, and are told, "he is asleep," you may as well depart. To get a servant to rouse you, you must give him the strictest of orders. Then, at the time appointed, be will stand at your side and call: "Seuor, senor!" repeatedly, each time more loudly than before, until you are half awake ; then he will return to the lower note, and again raise bis voice gradually till you are fully conscious. The Injustice of Society.?It is very curious that some people may do with perfect impunity what will ruin others in the estimation of society, and it is one of the social puzzles of the day why certain people who talked about go under, while others who may have done exactly the 'iame thing (and the world knows it) apparently keep their positions. Tnm TVAmon mat? havo Haatl Anilflllv * I?w "vmvu ""J ? J J foolish, and one is an much in the swim as ever, while Mrs. Grundy stares coldly at the other through her lorgnette and declines to continue her acquaintance. The business methods of a couple of men may be similar, yet one goes scot free, and is even praised for his so-called bharpness, while the other is called dishonorable and "shady." This obvious injustice is a feature of Vanity Fair, whose edicts are all too apt to give to him who hath and to take away from him who hath not, and whose only criterion cf respectability is success. It Altered the Case.?The late French Senator, Renaud, was an earnest Christian, and some one tells a good story of bis practical application of Christianity to daily life: When Renaud first came to Paris from his home in the Pyrenees, he engaged a room at a hotel and paid a month's rent?in advance. The proprietor asked him if he would have a receipt. "It is not necessary, replied Renaud. "God witnessed the payment." "nn vnn helieve in God?" sneered the host. "Most assuredly," replied Renaud, "don't you?" "Not I, monsieur." "Ah," said the senator, "in that case, please make me out a receipt!" |6T Hot-house grapes are the costliest of fruits in the New York market. They are never less than 75 cents a pound, and when they are most costly, in February and March, they sell for nine dollars a pound, sometimes going as high as ten dollars a pound. At prices ranging up to two dollars a pound there is a ready sale for them ; at the higher prices they are sold almost exclusively for the use of invalids. The next most costly fruit is the hot-house peach. Hot-house peaches sell in February at $2.50 each. They are used by invalids, but such peaches are also often sold for gifts. They are presented as flowers or as bonbons would be. ^ * - ? - XJr? 4T>ni _Tho I OBACCO A IN U l nr., iic,Aivi ? jl uv danger of tobacco-smoking is manifested, Dr. Troitski thinks, in its effect upon the action of the heart. During a series of observations he found in every case, varying according to the condition of the individual, smoking produced an acceleration of the pulserate and a slight elevation of temperature. Representing the temperature of those who do not smoke by 1,000, that of moderate smokers would be 1008, and while the heart in the former case was making 1000 pulsations, in the latter it would beat 1,180 times. f&T There are 182,000 miles of railroad in the United States, capitalized at $10,568,000,000. The operation of this mileage gave employment last year to an industrial army of 826,000 people. The number of passengers carried was 511,000,000; the number of tons of freight transported was 756,000,000; on/i th? not. puruines were over $377, 000,000. It is significant that out of the 511,000,000 passengers carried, only 181 were killed ; but there were 1,861 fatalities among the employees.| He Knew How.?A Maine newspaper says that a horse in that town wanted a drink. He went to the fountain, where he found another horse harnessed to a wagon standing in such a way that he could not reach the water. He took the bridle of the horse that was in his way, and pulled it until he had backed him from the water ; and then he got his drink. S@T The invention of the typewriter has given employment to half a million people.