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YORKVSLLE ENQUIRER. ISSUED SEMI-WEKKLT. i. m. GRIST & SONS, PnbUsben. j % jfantitg ftttcsgaper: 4?r the gramotion n)f the fotiticA, ?otiaI, Agricultural, and Commt<;tial guttata af th^$tople. {TEB" mo^?coi,! hIe'c^ak"' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE. 8. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 19QO. 3STO. 75. I I *" o?ntaa moiio nlthnni nncotlnn I roiinrpd In niimhor. Tn 1837 n nf>w mil-1 itH rulna: hut In anlto of this varvlne A ROMANCE Of By FREDERIC Copyright, 1900, by Frederick Reddall. SEVENTH DAY. CHESTER IVES AT WORK. The situation was an uncanny one. Chester had no matches and would not have dared to strike a light In the other event. The dense darkness, the rushing waters, the utter sense of Isolation, the foreboding fear that any moment might plunge him Into a chasm which would prove a nameless tomb?these tangible and untanglble fears and dangers might hove quailed the heart of the stoutest frontiersman, much less, of an Inexperienced tenderv foot, well enough versed In the wiles of Wall street but a veritable tyro to the dangers of the Colorado desert However, the stuff of which brave > men are made does not vary much the world over, and Ives was buoyed up with the hope and belief that on him rested the safety of the whole party, Including that of the girl he loved. If he saved her from this peril, she would belong to him in a dual sense. For the space of perhaps 20 minutes he tolled painfully up the bed of the ? stream. He was soaked from head to foot and his garments, heavy and aodden with the. water. Impeded his progress and held him back. Even as he floundered along be thought grimly of what a capital story the adventure would make for the sensational press of the metropolis and how the natty habitues of the cafes of Wall and Broad streets would shout with merriment could they behold blm In his present drowned out predicament Suddenly his head came In hard contact with the rocky roof, which proved that the oriflce was becoming narrower, forcing him to flatten himself out until his chin was nearly touching the water, and in this fashion he wriggled for perhaps a dozen yards farther. Then, resting for a moment and raising his eyes, he beheld through the dense gloom, but right ahead, a cluster of tiny twinkling lights. A moment's reflection satisfied him that they must be stars and that he had at last reached the open air. A few feet more, and be emerged through a crevice In the rocks on a little beach of pebbles and water worn rocks, at i the margin of which he could dimly discern the surface of a considerable stream, whose placid bosom reflected the glorious firmament overhead. Never was the sight of the canopy of heav cu aivic n civvuic* Though he did not know It then, he was on the west bank of the La Fontaine, or Fountain, river, which fed the Each sprang astride an animal and ? started at a hard gallop. cave stream and whose gravelly margin was still wet and glistening with the high water mark caused by the cloudburst of a few hours before. What next to do Ives did not know. He was a stranger to the country and totally Ignorant of the lay of the land. To proceed in the darkness seemed well nigh Impossible, yet to wait for morning would be a pitiful waste of time. He had no very exalted idea of Filley's good faith nor of that of the Dallon gang?in fact, be reposed about as much confidence in the one as the other. If Filley bungled in any way, he dreaded to think of the consequences to those dear ones left in the clutches of as cold blooded a set of wretches as ever drew trigger or bestrode stolen horseflesh. Besides, he shrewdly sus pected that Fllley would take good care to look after No. 1 and if be failed to get the money might content himself with keeping out of personal danger and perhaps giving an alarm without heed to the fate of Draper and his party. All these reflections flew through Chester's brain as he sat shivering and squeezing the water out of bis clothes on the wet bowlder. Casting bis eyes around the horizon, he noticed a white glare off to the north, showing clearly in that marvelously pure atmosphere. That, he thought must be the lights of Denver and In that direction would help most likely be found. So, weary and cold, with chattering teeth and aching In every joint, he set out along the bank of the little stream, stumbling and at times falling over the obstructions In the way. But after a couple of hours of this sort of tramping he was completely beaten. His thin city shoes were worn to shreds, and every step was acute torture. As the first pale streaks of lemon colored glow appeared in the east be sank by the way, his back against a rock and panting from exhaustion. He intended only to rest for a few moments, but fatianiA train Art thp unner hand, and he soon sank into an uneasy sleep, from which be was awakened by lusty sbouts and tbe cracking of a wbip. Opening bis leaden eyes, be found tbe day all abroad and discovered tbat tbe uproar proceeded from a teamster wbo was standing up In tbe shafts of bis wagon yelling like one possessed and snapping bis heavy whip In order to attract the attention of the sleeper. "Thought I'd fetch you," was tbe Bk&. . : THE RAIL K REDDALL. Illustrations by I. W. Taber. driver's first salutation. "Couldn leave the team, you see, so I had t holler. What's the matter, man? Loo as though you'd been through an or crusher!" Chester hobbled down the rock In cumbered bank, a sorry spectacle Ii deed. A "gentleman tramp" wool have seemed a Beau Brummel by coir parison. "How far are we from Denver?" wa DlS nrsi inquiry. "Matter o' 30 miles or so. Want t git thar? Jump up thenl" was th cheery invitation. So Ives clambere up on the off side of the shafts, an immediately the heavy springless or wagon went creaking and crashln along the rough road. In a few brief sentences Ohester at quainted him with the strange hap penings of the past 36 hours. "Gee whiz!" whistled the teamstei "That's Jim Dallon's gang; sure 'nui See here, podner, there's $6,000 w ward out for Jim! This'll be his las ride, I reckon! What yon goin to do? "Get help as quickly as possible," rc turned Ives. "You know the countr; and its customs; advise me. If tbos women are rescued alive and unharm ed, I'll answer for it that John Drape will pot another $6,000 on top of th governor's reward to the man that doe It" "You don't say! Well, 'tain't none o my bizness, but I guess I'll have to g< you," was the matter of fact response "What do you s'pose that clerk o' hia'l do? Has he got gumption?" "Yes," replied Chester, "he's go gumption enough, but I don't trust bin or the gang. You see, there may b some difficulty about getting the moo ey. Fifty thousand dollars is a larg amount, and the bank may hesitati and so cause delay. Then what hap pens? The two escorts get tired o afraid, conclude they have been foota and ride back to camp. In whlcl event I believe Dallon will be aa goo< as his word?he'll murder them oi worse I" "Like aa not," was the not verj cheering response. During this collo quy they were making slow but sun progress toward the city, but to Ive; the pace was tautalizingly tedious Ben Gallup, the teamster aforesaid, ut tered not a word fob three or four mlu utes. Then, with a mighty crack o his whip, he exclaimed: "By nosey, mat 8 tne acage: ueu dap, you lazy devils!" And, standinj up on the shafts, he urged his tean with voice and whip until they brok< Into a trot which doubled their speed Then he condescended to speak. "Don't know as they'll Interfere, bu you'd better try." , "Who, man, who? For God's saki be more explicit!" sputtered Ives. "Over yonder a piece, at Littleton,' said Gallup, pointing toward the north west with his whip. "There's an ol( military camp there?Fort Denver 1 used to be called. They're the lads fo you If they'll do the Job. S'pose It be longs to the sheriff by rights, but lt'1 take too long. He'd be all day getth ready and swearln out his warrant and habbus corpses for Jack Doe an< Dick Roe. A dose o' cold lead Is th best medicine for them fellers, am then you can 're6t them atterwards." "Fort Denver, you say?" queriei Chester, all on fire with Impatience "Then drive, man, drive, as you lov your own wife and daughters." "Can you ride hossback?" querlei Gallup. "Yes; of course," wa9 the quick re ply. "Then hold on a minute." So saylni he drove the wagon to the side of thi road, Jumped down and began to un harness the team, Ives helping wit) nervous haste, quickly divining th honest fellow's Intention. Rapidl; IkiiUtLlli^ luc iiatco auu iuc nuco, uic, each sprang astride an animal am started down the road at a hard gallop the dust rising in clouds behind them On they went for a couple of miles, am then there loomed up right ahead th trim white walls and the black muz zles of the two howitzers belonging t the little army post A couple of sen tries patrolled In front of the guard house and looked with wondering eye on the strange outfit scampering past "1 wish to speak with your com mandlng officer," said Ives. "Be gorn enough to hand hlra my card and sa; 'tis a matter of life and death!" "Yes, and It'll be wuss'n death If h ain't pritty durn lively," muttered Ber Then as the orderly turned away h called after him: "Tell the cap'n Da! Ion gang's broke loose ag'in. They'v stole a railroad train! Guess that'l fetch him," he chuckled. In less than CO seconds appeared th officer of the day, Lieutenant Crosb'j holding between thumb and foreflnge the limp and water soaked piece o pasteboard which Ives had sent In. "This Is Mr. Ives, I presume," h said, addressing the New Yorker an looking with polite amazement at hi sorry plight. "Yes. sir, und this Is Ben Gallup, teamster who picked me up on the roa a few miles north of this place mor dead than alive. The case is most ui gent. Several women are in peril a the hands of the Dallon gang." "Pray step this way, Mr. Ives," wa the courteous request, and seats wer given them, while a messenger wa dispatched to rouse Colonel Byng, th commandant They had not long t wait The mere mention of the Da Ion gang, as Ben Gallup had sormis< was enough, and the orderly return almost immediately to say they were proceed to the colonel's quarters. They found that officer Just finlshl his breakfast, and after the necesaa Introduction Chester proceeded to t his thrilling story, which was puncti ed with sundry exclamations of "Hi 1 and "So!" from the attentive soldier "Well, Mr. Ives," he said as the f< mer ceased, pulling his gray mnstacl "strictly speaking, thlB 1b no affair 1 the military arm; 'tis a Job for t sheriff. But I'll take the responslbill and do the explaining afterward. C you guide us to the month of t rt cave?" o "I'm afraid not, sir," was the rep k "We were blindfolded after le&vi * the cars, and 1 made my exit by a tally different route, as you see," ended, ruefullv looking down at 1 '* shapeless garments, d "I presume your water tunnel is c '* available as a base of attack?" "I should say not," replied lv< 3 "even If I could find the mouth of again, which I doubt" 0 "Do you know the locality?" Coloi e Byng Inquired, turning to Gallup, w A sat silently chewing a straw all tl ^ while. 0 "Like a plctur* book!" was the 1 6 conic reply. "Why, I was one o'tl test men to drive a pick in Bo s gulch!" h "Then you're the man we warn was the clinching answer. "How mai ; men shall you need, Crosby?" " "Scuse me, Cunnel Byng," broke h Gallup, "them fellers won't be c&ug * asleep?not by no means. They mc be took unawares. You'll want ti h squads at least" 7 "How many are In the gang?" inqu 0 ed the lieutenant of Ives. '* "Not over 20, I should say. But 1 r me beg you to act quickly. Think 8 those poor women In the clutches 8 such miscreants!" "Rely upon it Mr. Ives, all shall 1 ' done that can be done, and that lmn 0 dlately. You will accompany the troo] ' I presume?" J "Most assuredly!" was the reply. "Then In that case permit me to off t you a mount and while the men a a falling In you may as well refre) 8 yourself. From what you say there ' ample time. "'Is not yet 12 o'cloc e The two watchers will not begin to e 8 pect your friend Filley for three < K four hours yet, and In any event th< r could not,be back In Bone gulch befo 3 sunset as they said. So your peop 1 are safe till then or even till tomorro 1 morning. Dallon wants the moot r more than anything else, and he woe proceed to extremities until he Is co f vinced there is no hope of getting tl i- ransom." g "I trust It may be as you say," sa 3 Ives. i. In less than an hour there rode fori - a little company of mounted troopei seasoned fighters all of them, numbe f lng exactly 20, under the command < Lieutenant Crosby. By bis side on < . ther hand rode Chester Ives and B< ? Gallup, the former much refreshed al 3 er a bath and a brush down. Thus, g will be seen, the expedition number* L Just 23 men. All that day the little force ro< t southward over the hot and dusty C< orado trail, treading their tortuoi g path among the foothills, piloted t Ben Gallup. At Bunset they were le * than two miles from Bone gulch, a i. cording to Ben, but as it was then b ] late to think of attacking that nlgi t the expedition proceeded to blvoua r No fires were kindled for fear of b n on *a onu ji f- UU/lUg I-UV41 |/iVUWUVV w ?V* ? 1 Dallon's pickets. a TO BE CONTINUED. 9 ? 3 COSTS MILLIONS. e 3 Expenses of General Elections In England a 3 America. >. Great Britain has certain elect! e laws which restrict the candidate ai make him account for all his expen 3 itures. These were made necessary 1 the frightful corruption into which t ? suffrage of England had descen ed; but if any one imagines that th corrected all the evils he is very mu ? mistaken. g The present writer was in Englai |* during the last general election in th a country and he went into the loc B details of the election machinery. I f found that in the small matters of po 7 tics, in the getting of votes through i J fluence, money and other means, t ?, English politician was, several mil 1. ahead of anything we have in Americ 3 In fact, some of the candidates hi e been "nursing" their constituencies t <r all the seven years since the form 0 general election in that counti !. There is no doubt of the fact that o [. politicians do bribe and buy, b 8 they do it on the moment. They , not generally have to purchase yea of servitude in order to get the suffra 1 of a day. In England the "nursin system keeps the distribution of weal ^ in progress for years. The writer put the following que 6 tion to the editor of one of the leadii ' newspapers of London: e "How much do you estimate this 1- lection will cost the candidates f ? parliament?" II He made some calculations on a p: and then replied: e "Curious, isn't it, that it had nev r, struck me before? Why, I find a tol - h#rp nf twn million Dounds. f "Ten million dollars for less th; four weeks' polities in an area th e could be safely placed in one of o j States, makes an American feel rat 8 er small." "Well, at any rate, we have bett laws than you have, even if we . spend the money." "Of course, in this country we spe: e more than ten millions on a preside ** tial election. When we consider i the local expenses and all the runni: of campaigns and candidates the tol 8 must amount to several times ten m 0 lions, but we must remember that s spreads over the finest empire in t e world, and leads to the election of t 0 greatest executive on earth.?Satii I- day Evening Post. * &mmmm f eaamg. rt* to no GALVESTON. n8 A far cry and a faint cry eX( iry Comes up from the fair Southland. TI A sad call and a sore call That asks for a helping hand. an ar" flu After the rush of water, after the doi seething gale, DP- Comes quivering near, In a sob and a tear, the words of a woe-laden ,e? tale. h .or Wrecked, and rhlned, and routed?liv- M lie lng that how must be fed, 1,0 Ity And over It all sounds the sorrowful fln call "Help us to bury our dead! . Saddened and sore with affliction, help- Ne 116 ' lessly weak we bow, 1 Sisters afar, wherever you are, pity us, . |y. pity us now!" 801 P? Over the crashing of thunders, over the 340 t0" Storm Kfcig's jeers; Ml he in heart-bleedlna tones comes the walls 2 lis and the _fioans and saddening bJv drip of tDe tears: f "Dead! Ye are dead. Be glad of it! 3 101 We that still live are perplexed, tra God, in Thy gra<&, show Thy pitying gn bs, face. Save us from what com- 4 it eth ne*t!" Crushed and broken in spirit?broken in heart by their grief? 5 lei Our brothers away seek the dawn of pal ho the day that will glow with the 6 ^ sun of relief. the After the surging torrents, after tne thunders cease, the be Comes joyfully hear, In a message of 7 be cheer, the words full of hope Arc and of peace: ?j>e, "Long ere you cried for our succor we _QJ t? of the North stood appalled; By Our answer we framed ere our kinship rlt< was claimed?'twas ready ere an< bj ever you called. me j~ Out of the heart of the Northland, out g of the East and the West, f ist And the glorious heart of the South ? had its part in the message: 'We Te: come, be at rest.' " 9 , poi **" A good cry and a glad cry Goes over the weary miles. , let 'Tis of good cheer and of great cheer ? 0* And changes the tears into smiles. ed * ?Baltimore American. I ?' 1 m , COS be WHAT ANARCHY IS. le- i, >a, A Name For the Eitremea of Idealiam and Ne Savagery. of 1 There are two kinds of anarchy?the ar> e anarchy of individual idealism, which F0 an/ needs no government by force, and the 8 anarchy of murder, which would assas- an< . sinate all rulers and remove all all rev acr stralnt upon the lawless instincts of ^ x" mankind. The anarchy of murder is ' ar the noisier and better known, and few j, people realize th%t the word anarchy ve- can be anything but a synonym for anc '|e violent crime. A disciple of the gentler kind of an- 1 archy describes It as a belief in the greatest amount iof liberty consistent n* with equality of liberty. That excludes le government as tb$ term is generally understood, meaning the subjection of 1! Id the non-invasive individual to a will opf not his own. The state is looked upon tb as the embodiment of government In '8, an individual or set of Individuals as- 21 T- sumlng to act as representatives or ,n f)f masters of the entire people within a vefi ;i- given area. In so governing, the state va< ;n is alleged to violate the equality of lib- ma !t- erty, and ideal anarchy would therefore 2 it abolish the state. wa ?<J To ask an anarchist what he would 8011 substitute for government, says an ver jp advocate of the theory, is like asking ab< jj. a free trader what he would substi- 8tri J8 tute for the tariff. It may be ob- n,n jy served, however, that anarchism does S8 not exclude under this definition the ?le c_ right of the Individual to defend him- quf w self against aggression, or the right No ^ of individuals to organize on a purely llru voluntary basis for self-defense. ^re 1 This theory may appeal to the ideal- tbe ^ ist as something very pretty; but to are m the coarser being, who does not know br,( the difference between liberty and li- 8en cense, and would greatly prefer license ant if the distinction could be discerned, no' anarchy appeals as a religion of ven- j?* geance and unbridled passion. That bot n(j the mill town of Patterson, N. J., ?n with its heterogeneous population, should breed a nest of anarchists, is, tan on therefore, nothing strange. top nd The general rules by which anar- anc d- chists are guided?they object to the 1 by word "governed"?throughout the are he world, are understood to be the same d- and impress an outsider as being more ey inconsiderate of individual liberty, al- cus ch leged foundation stone of anarchy, than h?l the government of Russia, Turkey or 'ln* id Zululand. The orthodox anarchist must ' 2< at recognize no country and no law. They a :al must not nprmit any division among *e themselves. They are to recognize no judicial tribunals other than a tribunal n" of honor named by themsedves. The Hill decrees of this tribunal are lrrevoca- T es ble. The anarchists form a close body. Inst Each one, at the peril of his life, must con defend his companions. They are to tin< or look upon the social revolution as the tar .er first and highest of their duties and pin y* the first of their obligations. They the must repudiate every revolutionary leg: movement which does not have the des- offli truction of capital as its direct object, ten ' No anarchist dares to decline to ac- wai compush the mission entrusted to him put unless physically incapacitated. In equ this case he is replaced by another ran (S_ comrade. No anarchist is Allowed to ing exercise a public function without the tho authorization of the assembly, on to pop e_ take part in a foreign manifestation in tioi 'Qr the interest of the cause without the esti same permission. His only care should mo a(j be the revolution. All anarchists wei should be personally acquainted with for er one another. Anarchists are to keep opp ;al no political secrets from one anotner. the They are not to become members of but an other associations unless in the hope of row at discovering secrets interesting to anar- ere: ur chism or to unveil the actions of false offli h- comrades allied with the bourgeolse. Lai This last will be considered one of the the er most important services to be rendered gra ? i + A noiioa flrrs. QO II1C tauov-. 0 One of the leading anarchists of the wei nd higher class is Benjamin R. Tucker, of wai n- New York, a man of education and re- los< all flnement, who is, of course, opposed to T ng the murderous element. In Mr. Tuck- effli :al er's opinion there are some 300,000 per- of 1 il- sons in this country in sympathy with eag it the anarchist tendency, although the leg! he number of avowed "plumb liners" is kni he quite small. These anarchist support lnsi ir- quite a literature, and their publica- the tlons have always been admitted to the mei Is estimated that about (400,000 is it? w invested in publishing: plants de- te< ted to the propaganda of anarchy, pr trious attempts have been made to pr elude these publications from the be kited States mails; but hitherto the ap archists have been able to exert in- an ence enough to prevent such.?Lon- ga n Advertiser. ch ? or SOME FACTS ABOUT GALVESTON. 8* wc it Extensiva Commercial City and Port of gQ Texas. W1 w York World. cel . Galveston, often and not inaptly ? med the "coming New York of the nth," Is situated on Galveston Island miles west of the south pass of the ssissippl. . It is the largest and most extenely commercial city of Texas. > . It is the gateway of an enormous .de, situated as it is between the ;at Western granaries and Europe. . Lies two miles from the northeast ner of the island of Galveston. . It Is a port of entry and the princi[ seaport of the state. . Its harbor Is the best, not only on ^ s coast line of Texas; but also on the lire gulf coast, from the mouth of <jS i Mississippi 10 the Rio Grande. . Is the nearest and most accessible it-class seaport for the states of cas, Kansas, New Mexico and Cololo, the Indian Territory and the ter)ry of Arizona and parts of the states i territories adjoining those just ntloned. * , Is today the gulf terminus of most the great railway systems entering In tas. mc . Ranks third among the cotton ~~ ts of the United States. 0. Its port charges are as low or rei fer than any other port in the Unit- f 1 States. ,tn 1. It is the only seaport on the gulf ist, west of the Mississippi, into pu ich a vessel drawing more than 10 * t can enter. i. Has steamship lines to Liverpool, w York, New Orleans and the ports Texas as far as the Mexican bound- pr< r. 3. Has harbor area of 24 feet depth 1 over 1,300 acres; of 30 feet depth 1 over 463 acres (the next largest Ext bor on the Texas coast has only 100 es of 24 feet depth of water. Ch 1. Has the lowest maximum temper- j ire of any city in Texas. 5. Has the finest beach in America ceJ I is a famous summer and winter re- vjA t. th( 5. Has a public free school system excelled in the United States. ' 1. Has never been visited by any epmlc disease since the yellow fever . urge of 1867. be| 3. Has 40 miles of street railways in j sratlon. f ! \ ? li?Ui 4U.AM/.U/M.4 7, XltLB CICUlili; Uglll till UUgUUUk L11C y (plant owned by the city). ). Is the wealthiest city of Its size th( the United States; has millions in- Th ited in docks, warehouses, grain ele- pr| :ors, flouring mills, marine ways, ha nufacturing and mercantile houses. j I. The first settlement of Galveston be] s made in 1837. The city is hand- bo] nely laid out upon ground which lies tQ y even, elevated six or eight feet ls >ve the sea level. Its streets are ho sight, broad and elegant; those run- pl8 g parallel with the bay are deslgnaas avenues and those at right an- m s as streets. The city presents a jn lint look to the visitor from the co, rth. The streets are flat and sandy, ou1 ;d on each side by trees that stay ^ en the year round. Nearly all of ml residences are built of wood, and m surrounded with high plank or ^ ck walls. Inside these courts are mc il-troplcal plants, such as banana wl] 1 wild orange trees, oleanders, mag- wh las, etc. The city is strikingly slmi- Th in appearance to Mobile, Ala., and ^ h are like New Orleans, except up- wh a smaller scale. The water supply COI largely from elevated cisterns or ma ks which are set upon the house- q 8. There are a number of churches C0l 1 schools of various kinds, an opera pr? ise and seven public halls; there lng two libraries, two theatres, three j8g rket places and 14 hotels; in public gt? Idings Galveston has a postoffice, ger torn house, United States court M ise, a county court house, a county jQl 1 city prison and a city hall. Th 1. The population of Galveston is Bl? >ut 39,000. ar? THE LEGION OF HONOR. f/) prt ory of the Order Instituted By Napoleon, cal he order of the Legion of Honor was tituted in May, 1802, by Napoleon as Ch sul. In class it is an order "of dls- re^ ;tion and reward for civil and mill- ln y services." Under the first em? the distinction conferred invested person decorated with the rank of lonary, officer, commander, grand gfl3 cer or grand cross. Napoleon's ossible purpose in creating the order s through its medium to protect re- Fr< )lican principles and the laws of 1 iality and to abolish difference of an< k in society, every social grade be- cor considered eligible. History asserts, ma ugh, that his real purpose was to bre tularlze the idea of personal distinc- Ch i, and thereby pave the way for the na iblishment of the empire and of the rer re exclusive titles of nobility that nei ?e to accompany it: The proposal ha' its institution was at first violently Ch losed by the legislative body and the tribunate on democratic grounds; Gn it was eventually carried by a nar- Sh( r majority. The three great classes the ated by the order were the grand mil cers, commanders and legionaries, file :er. Napoleon as emperor, divided oul grand officers into knights of the tiv nd eagle (the highest grade) and gai nd officers. When the Bourbons Si"e restored to the throne the legion hoi s retained, but remodeled so as to for i much of its original character. tin he eagle was called a cross and the 1 gy of Napoleon was replaced by that the tfenry IV. The knights of the grand ian :le became the grand crosses, the the lonaries were transformed into Ch ghts, and the numerous educational noi titutions founded by Napoleon for poi education of the children of the Tlr mbers of the order were materially dee iry class called officers were adi d. When Louis Napoleon bee esident of the republic part of operty of Louis Phlllippe, which en restored to the state, was art as an endowment for the leg id new regulations were made rding the pensions of the diffei isses. The original form of the < ation was restored, which under cond empire was much modified. >rn, then, It consisted of a crosi points of white enamel edged \ Id, the points connected wltt eath of laurel proper, and In nier, wiih ttii ttzuxe uircic uutu BIAS ADMIRAL 8ICABO. Hear Admiral Montgomery 81c id of apoplexy at his summer h< Westernvllle, N. Y., last Frl >rnlng at 9 o'clock. th the words, "Napoleon III, Em ir des Francals," was a head of iperor. The cross Is enslgned by perial crown of France and worn :hed. to a red ribbon. Since the bile of 1879 was created, the de? s been changed again, ["he membership of the order In is 69,179; but by the legislative act Is was reduced to 59,208 in 1877. 1 ?sent membership is about 60,000. A NEW CENTURY REVIVAL. ensive Plans In England and This Cou For a Concerted Movement. urch Economist. U1 of the free churches of Engli i joined in an effort to open the i itury with a great evangelical ral. Eight days are to be given i task, apart from the months jparation, which have already b gun. In this task of preparation rlstian Endeavor and other Jay 1 brought into use. The meetings rin on Saturday night January r the month selected,'cover the i lowing Sundays and terminate >nday evening. The London meeti i to be held in advance of thos< ; province; this for local eflf ere are to be six London centn ncipal centres, each of which 1 ve many subordinate centres, n other cities of England the ni r of principal centres, each with rdinate ones, will number from six, according to size, and the w already begun to see that no c wever small, is omitted from in. The date will be about a f< rht after the close or'the Lou tetlngs. Evangelists from one t< number will be sent to each city, *d!ng to size, and pastors will 1 t. Jhere will be special services Ikmen, for car drivers, for fallen 1 ;n, newspaper boys, etc. Some ?se will be held at early hours in trning, one of them at 3 a. m. T II be held at any hour those 10m they are held can best atte e aim is, first to reach people of ides and to provide meetings a iere and at any times; second, iverge these meetings upon cent ss meetings. "here is a movement on root in i intry to make this year a year tyer and preparation for the Inc< r new century. A call to this en< ued to the people of the Unl ites and Is Bigned by many rer itatlve men, including such nai those of the Rev. Dr. J. H. Barro ieph Strong, Washington Gladd eodore L. Cuyler, C. I. Scofield, i ihops Gilbert, of Minnesota; Le 1, of Ohio; Doane, of Albany; j jws, of New York, etc. The apr :o Christians to make the year on< lyer, work and preparation and e :ion by Bible study and study ssionary and other progress ristia'n work, in order that a gr Ival of religion may be prepared the opening year of the new centi WHERE CHINA'S GOVERNMENT IS. criptlon of the City of Refuge Called Gnan. sm the London Globe, 'he Empress Dowager, Prince Ti 3 other Chinese notabilities wh isciences have assured them of be inly responsible for the recent o ;ak of the anti-foreign movement Ina, have fled westward across C to the town which may be said resent the very cradle of the C le Empire of today. The fugitl ye left Peking for the interior ina, and it Is said that they are sir way to the famous city of an, the capital of the province ?n-SI, and situated on an affluent s Hoel-Ho. Si-Gnan is about les southwest of Peking as the cr 8, and it is regarded as practicj : of the question to follow the fu es with anything like a properly ilzed punitive force. The choice Gnan as a city of refuge by the i ders of the political creed, "Ch the Chinese," is certainly very g. 'he city is said to have been built i twelfth century before the Chrl era, and at this day, after Peki ( most important town in North' Ina and the capital of the ent thwest of China, so far as exte mlatlon and trade are concern nes out of number Si-Gnan has b itroyed, and has arisen again out mlt- fortune It has always maintained its ame Importance as the great entrepot of the the trade between the Western world and had the centre of China, set Today the population of China conIon, slsts of Tibetans, Mongolians, Tarre ars and Mohammedans. The last named rent became Chinese subjects after the great iec- Isham revolt which lasted from 1865 to the 1873. The town contains a colossal As stone statue of Buddha, and a mural v i of tablet kept in one of the temples is rith probably the oldest existing e valence 1 a of Christian mission activity ^ in that the part of Asia, as it speaks of the Nestoged rian Mission of the year 781. The name of this town, one of the oldest in the whole world, is really Shangan, which means "everlasting peace." Baron von Richthofen visited Sl-Gnan in the sixties, and he has left 6n record the following description of the place: Si-Gnan is still an imposing city, and it is really the capital of Northwestern unum, uimuugu me guvciuvi gcuciw of Shen-Si and Kamsu prefers to reside in Lan-Tchou on account of the large extent of extramural territory committed to his care. On approaching SlGnan from the east there Is nothing In the character of the country to bespeak 3b the approach to a great capital. At the ? end of a ravine lying between two terf races the long straight city walls of ! Si-Gnan come suddenly into view. The city lies four square, and has a main entrance gate in the middle of each i wall, and before each city gate there Is an extensive suburb, which is really a little town of Itself, and in turn has its ard own ramparts. ime When von Rlchthofen visited Sl-Gnan day the city walls had been completely destroyed as they were not able to wlth stand the attacks made by the Mohamipe medans. The gates are finer than those the in Peking; but the walls are not quite the so strongly built as those of the Chiat nese metropolis. The streets are for . re- the most part laid out at right angles. ilgn The houses form a square, -of which each side Is 10 u, three-quarters of a 1872 German mile In length. Within a tlon special rampart, in the most northerly The part of the city, are the magistrate's buildings, and the quarters of the Manchu garrison. The Chinese geography books give very accurate details of the ruins of the 36 palaces of olden days, ntry but it Is said that these ruins are scarcely to be discovered now. The population of Si-Gnan is estimated at rather more than 1,000,000, and this and estimate includes 50,000 Mohammedans. ' lew v , , , re" PRESIDENTIAL TICKETS. L tO _____ of Ltrier Number "This Year Than In Anv Previ the #M Cawpiffa. v ielp The country has a larger supply and will a greater variety of presidential tickets be- than It was ever blessed with before, two An eveTP dozen of them have been on placed upon the political bulletin board, ngs ?nd there may be one or two more addi in ed. The list stands as follows up-toect. date: " J8_ Democratic?William J. Bryan, of will Nebraska; Adlal Stevenson, of Illinois. Republican?William McKlnley, of lm- Ohio; Theodore Roosevelt, of New 8U. York. one Silver Republican?William J. Bryan, ork of Nebraska; Adlal E. Stevenson, of Ity, Illinois. the Fusion Populist?William J. Bryan, of jrt- Nebraska; Adlal E. Stevenson, of 1111don nols. > 10 Mid-Road Populist?Wharton Barker, ac- of Pennsylvania; Ignatius Donnelly, of ielp Minnesota. Prohibition?John J. Woolley, of 1111for nils; Henry B. Metcalf, of Rhode Is- , wo land. of Social Democrats?Eugene V. Debs, the of Indiana; Job Haniman, of Callforhey nla. for Social Labor?Joseph F. Malloney, of ind. Massachusetts; Valentine Remmell, of all Pennsylvania. ny- United Christian?J. F. ,R. Leonard, to of Iowa; Charles M. Sheldon, of Kantral sas. Antl-Imperlallst?William J. Bryan, :hls of Nebraska; no endorsement. of National?Donaldson Caffrey, of >m- Louisiana; Archibald M. Howe, of ! is Massachusetts. ted National Union Reform?Seth Ellis. >re- of Ohio; Samuel T. Nicholson, of Pennnes sylvania. ws, It Is Impossible to imagine why some-# len, of these tickets were nominated, or ind what object their supporters hope to on- accomplish. \ n- Prvon anH Stnvononn ara hanlrnH hv >eal three parties, an honor which no other ; of presidential ticket ever enjoyed before, du- Of the minor tickets the Populists of will poll tne largest vote; but that will live be a mere trifle compared to the vote eat cast for the two big tickets. for ' iry. MANUFACTURING IN THE SOUTH. Some Figures Showing Its Wonderful Growth In Recent Years. SI- Augusta Chronicle. A most Interesting feature In the report of Secretary Hester, of New Orjan leans, is the portion given the statistics of growth In cotton manufacturing ?8e In the South. In 1890 we tnought the ut South had a considerable cotton man." ufacturing Interest; but a nas nearly ; n doubled the number of factories In the t ~ past 10 years and more thffn trebled the ,hj number of spindles. Mr. Hester shows that the number of V08 f mills In the South has Increased from 336 in 1890 to 663 in 1900, a gain of 327 9 g" mills. In the matter of spindles, an ln" teresting comparison Is given, going ?f back to 1860. In 1860 the spindles in ? the South were 295,359; In i870, 338,660; in 1880, 561,360; in 1890, 1,819,291; in 1895, ?W 3,177,310, and In 1900, 6,267,163. The Llly consumption of cotton for the year endlng with August, 1890, was 546,894, while or- the consumption of the year just closed of was 1,597,112. This Is wonderful development in this great Industry, and It v" has not yet reached the point of slower lna development. There was an increase fit- of 113 in the number ,Qf mills last year and of more than a million and a quarin ter spindles. Bt The total consumption' of cotton in the South was 1,597,112 bales, an in- N nfiT. crease of 197,713 bales. The consumpern tion of Northern mills was, according :ire to Mr. Hester, 2,300,000 bales, which ,nt added to the consumption of the South1A' ern mills, gives an aggregate consumption for the entire country of 3,897,000 Ben bales, or more than 40 per cent, of the of crop. #