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' ' ' Klil&^SlMl-WEEK^P l. m. grist & sons, publishers.! ^amilj Ueirspaper: <jfor the promotion of the golitital, ftociat, gujricultural, ami gommeyial Interests of the |eopte. {n?Jcramnce' established 185;T YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1902. NO. 66. . ? ~ f r ' By ?IB WAL Copyright, 11)00, by Sir Walter Beasant , UUArTUIl V. THE 8PA. ip-??RENDERS flocked lntc the town. At the out W ly set. though the pump room was full everj morning and the gar ']?xV dens and the long roon; In the evening were mmi well attended, the spa lacked animation. The music pleased the singers pleased, the colored lamps dangled in chains between the branches and pleased, yet the company was dull, There was little noise of conversation and no mirth or laughter; the family groups were not broken up; the people looked at each other and walked round and round In silence. After the-firsl round or so, when they had seen all the dresses, the girls yawned and wanted to sit down. ^ To me it was amusing only to see the people in their fine dresses marchinj round and round wmie tue music piay ed. trailing their skirts on the floor, swinging their hoops and handling their fans: for the lack of young mer talking to the clergy from the cathe y druls and the colleges, and casting at each other glances of envy if one was better dressed or of scorn when ont was worse dressed than themselves. As for the men?"Jack." said Cap tain Crowle, "1 keep looking about me I try the pumproom in the morning the ordinary at dinner, the taverns after dinner. My lad. there is not on< among them all who is fit to be matec with our Molly. Gentlemen, are they! I like not the manner of these gentle men. They are mostly young, bui drink hard already. Their faces an red and swollen at 25. What will thej be at 40? My girl shall marry none ol them, nor shall she dance with them She shall stay at home." * In fact, during the first week or twt after the opening of the spa Molly re * malned at home and was not seen Ir the long room or in the gardens. The town was nearly full, many ol ? the visitors having to pot up wit! moan lodgings In the crazy old courts of which there are so many in Lynn *> when the first arrival from Londoc took place. It was that of a clergy mac named Benjamin Purden. Artium Ma glster. formerly of Trinity college Cambridge. He was a man of Insig nificant presence, his figure being small and thin, but finely dressed. His head was almost hidden by a full ecclesias tical wig. Apparently he was between 40 and 50 years of age. He looked about him and surveyed the eompanj with an air of superiority, as if he had been a person of rank. He came 10 us uown uie river uy a tilt boat from -abridge and accepted contentedly quite a humble lodging barely furnished with a chair and e flock bed. "Humility becomes divine,' he said in a high authoritative voice "The room will serve. A coal fire anc an open window will remove the must! f ness." He was perhaps, though w< must allow a good deal to his profes slon. too fond of preaching. He preach ed in the morning at the pumproom. It was presently learned that Mr. ^ Purden had offered to take the services 41 at St. Nicholas' for a few weeks in order to enable the curate to attend the bedside of a dying parent. He undertook this duty without asking for any fee or pay, a fact which greatly increased his reputation. A day or two after Mr. Furden's arrival came a carriage and four containing a very fine lady indeed, with ber maid and her man. She drove to the Crown, the people all looking after her. A large coat of arms was embla zoned on the door of her carriage, witli 4 a coronet and supporters. Her man was dressed in a noble livery of pah green, with scarlet epaulets. A litth crowd gathered round the door of tin Crown while the footman held the dooi open and the lady spoke with the land lord. "Sir," she said, inclining her head graciously and smiling upon the crowd, "I have been directed to ask for thy good offices in procuring a lodging. 1 am a simple person, hut a body musi have cleanliness and room to turn nbnnt." "Madam," said the landlord, "there Is but one lodging in the town which Is worthy of your ladyship. I have myself across the market place a house which contains three or foui rooms. These I would submit to your ladyship's consideration." This was an excellent beginning The lady took the rooms at the renl proposed and without haggling. There were two bedrooms for herself and hei maid and one room in which she could sit. The man found lodgings else where. It appeared from his state ment that his mistress was none othei than the Lady Anastasia, widow ol the late Lord Langstou and sister ol the living Earl of Selsey. It was there fore quite true, as Sam Scrapie had an nounced. that persons of quality were coming to the spa. The Lady Anastasia at this time wa< about 2d years of age, a handsome woman still, though no longer in the first flush of her beauty. Her dress as well as her manner proclaimed the woman of fashion. I confess that as a simple sailor, one who could not pre tend to lie a gentleman and had nevei before seen a woman of rank, mucl less conversed with one, I was ejuite ready, after she had honored me witt BY ~ ^ TER BE8ANT. I a few words of condescension and I UnHnooa tn li(v>nmd lipr (slflVP. . She could bear herself with the greatest dignity and even severity, as certain 1 ladies discovered who presumed upon her kindness and assumed familiarity. But. while she could freeze with a frown and humiliate with a look, she could and did the next moment sub1 due the most obdurate and disarm the ' most resentful with her gracious smile 1 and with her voice, which was the ' softest, the most musical and the most 1 moving that you can imagine. She 1 had been a widow for two years, and, ' having now put off the weeds, she was 1 rejoicing at the freedom which the world allows to young widows of for. tune and rank. The mayor bade her welcome to the spa. "Madam," he said, "this town j until yesterday was but a seaport and we ourselves for the most part merchants and sailors. We are not people 't of fashion. We do not call ourselves ' courtiers, but you will find us honest, and we hope that you will believe In | our honesty when we venture, with all ' respect, to declare ourselves greatly 1 honored by this visit of your lady; ship.! "Indeed, worshipful sir and reverend , sir. and you, gentlemen, I am grateful for your kind words. I am here only In the pursuit of health. I want nothing more, believe me, but to drink your sovereign waters, of which my phy| sician speaks most highly, and. when , my health allows me, to attend your I church." I "We hope to offer your ladyship more . than the puinproom." the mayor conI tinued. "We have devised in our hum, ble way rooms for the entertainment ] of the company with music and gar[ dens, and we hope to have assemblies for dancing in the town hall. They are not such entertainments as your i ladyship is accustomed to adorn, but . such as they are we shall be deeply , honored if you will condescend to join them. Yon will find the gentry and [ their ladies of the county and others , not unworthy of your ladyship's acquaiutauce." , "Sir. I accept your invitation with i great pleasure. These gayeties are ini deed unexpected. 1 look forward, gen. tlemen, to making the acquaintance be, fore mauy days of your ladies as well." So she rose and dropped a courtesy I while her man threw open the door, I and the deputation withdrew. In the evening the lady came to the i long room soon after the music com I menced. Mr. Prappet, bowing low, Inr vited her to honor the evening by dancI Ing a minuet He presented a gentleman. the son of a Norfolk squire, who, l with many blushes, being still young, I led out this lady, all jewels, silk, rib, bons and patches, and with such grace i as he could command performed the 1 stately dance of the fashionable assem. bly. I This done, the master of the ceremo nics presented another gentleman, and i her ladyship condescended to a second . dance, after which she retired and sat . down. The flrst gentleman then danced with another lady. The second gentleman succeeded him. and dance foli lowed dance. Mr. Prappet presented to Lady Anastasia those of the ladies t who belonged to the gentry, and she was presently surrounded by a court or company, with whom she discoursed pleasantly and graciously. The spa had found a leader. The next arrival from London was Sir Harry Malyns. a baronet and couni try gentleman whose life was wholly i devoted to the pleasures of town. Those who had seen the withered old anatomy carried out of his carriage i laughed at the thought of this ancient i person still devoted to the pleasures ol the town. "Nay." said the varlet, grinning. "IUit wait till you see him dressed. Wait till he lias passed through my hands. You think he is at his last gasp. Indeed I thought so myself when I gave him his sack posset and I put him to bed. but he will recover. , | Sir Harry Is not so old but he can still ' bear some fatigues." I % 1 noil' was UUUUier wuuoe annul : roused no ringing of bells or salutai tious by the horns. This was a certain Colonel Lanyon, who wore the > king's scarlet, having served and rei ceived promotion in the king's armiek. > He drank the hardest, he played the i deepest, he swore the loudest and he was always ready to take offense. Yet he was tolerated and even liked, because he was good company. He sang , songs: he told anecdotes: he had seen : service in the West Indies and in many > other places; he had passed through many adventures: he assumed, and I successfully, the manner of a good . sportsman, free with his money, who . played deep, paid his debts of honor at once and expected to be paid in Ske manner. Last of all came the prince of tills company. Lord Fylingdale himself. Sir Harry Malyns being asked if he ? knew his lordship, shook his head. "We of the gay world," he said, speak; ing as a young man. "do not commonly ; include Lord Fyliridale among the ; beans and bucks. There is in him a 5 certain haughtiness which forbids the ? familiarities common among our5 selves." "Is he. then, a saint?" "Why. sir. I know nothing about i saints. There are none." ; Sam Setnple showed good sense in i going around to visit his old friends. Among others he called upon Cnptf Crowle, to whom he behaved with s gular discernment, in such a way would please the old man. for board ship we like a cheerful sail one who takes punishment wlthc sniveling and bears no malice the after. A ship is like a boys' scho where a flogging wipes out the offer I and master and boy become go friends after It, whatever the beinoi ness of the crime. "Sir." said Sam, standing before t captain modestly, "you will und stand, first of all. that I am remind in coming here of the last time tt 1 saw you." "Aye, my lad, I have not forgottei The captain did not rise from his ar chair, nor did he offer Sam his hai He waited to learn in what spirit t young man approached him. "Believe me, sir." said Sam, "I i not unmindful of a certain less< rough perhaps, but deserved. The p sumption of youth, Ignorance of t world. Ignorance of the prize to whi I aspired, may be my excuse, If a were needed. I was then both you antf Ignorant" It must be admitt that Sam possessed the gift of won "Indeed I was too young to und stand the humble nature of my orif and ray position and too Ignorant understand my own presumptit Therefore, sir, before I say anythi more I beg your forgiveness, xi presumption, sir. can never, I assi you. be repeated. I know at least i own plaee and the distance between certain young lady and myself." "Why. my lad." said the capta "since you talk In that modest waj bear no malice?none?wherefore b( is my hand In token of forgivene And so on that head we will speak more." He extended his band, which St took, still in humble attitude. "1 am deeply grateful, captain," said. "You will perhaps before lo find out how grateful I can be." Tin lo fact, did show the depth of his gra I '^i tmmwto * tanuam Of A AOA/OCt IQUiat tude. "Well, sir, 1 am now In high I vor with my Lord Fylingdale, < whom you waited this moruing." "I hope his favor will end in a sn place. Satn. Forget not the ma point. Well, your patron is a good and a proper man to look at. Sit dow Sam. Take a glass of bome brew< You must want it after tbe ale of Lr dou. which is. so far as I remembi but poor stuff. Well, now, about yo noble lord. He is a married man. suppose?" "Unfortunately, no. He Is diffiei to please." All! And 1 suppose, like most you noblemen, something of a profliga eli. Sam? Or a gambler, likely? O who has ruined many innocents? Eb The captain looked mighty cunning. "Sir - sir" - Sam spread out I hands in expostulation?"you distrt uie. I.ord Kylingdale a profligat Lord F'ylingdale a gambler? Lord F lingdale a libertine? Sir ?Capta Crowle"? lie spoke very earnest The tears came into his eyes. He l? his hand upon the captain's knee. "S I assure you. be is. on the contrary, t best of men. There is no more vlri ous nobleman in the country. J tongue is tied as his lordship's sec tary. else could I tell of good dee< Truly his right hand knowetb not wt bis left hand doeth. My lord Is goodness." "Aye. aye. This Is good hearing, deed." "Lord Fyllngdale a gambler? W1 he may take part at a table, but no1 gambler. No man Is less a gambl What doth It matter to him If he wi or loses a little? He neither desires win nor does he fear to lose. You w I dure say, see him in the cardroom ji to eucourage the spirit of the co puny." "A very noble gentleman, indee< The captain drank a glass of his hoi brewed. "A very noble gentleman, ti ly. Go on, Samuel Semple." "Also he is one who? Captain, there is one thing in the world that i patron abhors it is the man who rui innocency and leaves his victim starve. No, sir; his lordship is a m of the nicest honor and the high principle." "He has a secretary who is gratef at least," observed the captain. "Ilis sword is ever ready to defe the helpless and to uphold the virtuo i Would to heaven there were more li the right honorable the Earl of Fylii i dale!" I "Look you. Master Sam," said the ci tain. "Your good opinion of your ] i tron does you credit. I honor you your generous words. I have never far, and I am now past 70, encountei any man who was either saint or anj but in every man have I always fou some flaw whether of temper or of a J o. *1 1 .1.. GUCl. LiiUi i uu nut jncauu lieve all that you make out." Sam Semple sighed and rose. "I t not for your entire belief, sir. It v i be sufficient if you learn, as I h? learned, the great worth of this exali and incomparable nobleman. As flaws, we are all human, but I know none. So I take my leave. I venti to hope, sir, that your good lady a your lovely ward?I use the word w due respect?are in good health." So he departed, leaving the capti thoughtful. tin And now they were all among us, the in- vile crew brought together for our unas doing by this lord so noble and so exon alted. And we were already entangled or, in a whole mesh of lies and conspira>ut cies, the result of which you have now re- to learn. ?'? TO BE CONTINUED. ise pistdlanwusi finding. lie ~ er- ABOUT CHILD LABOR. ed . Iflt (JlmttanooKH Tradesman Han Invea? tiKBtrd ConditlonN In ThiH State. m- A representative of the Chattanooga id. Tradesman has been investigating the lie child labor law of this state and says: In so far as South Carolina is conim cerned it will be no doubt a great sur_ >n? prise to people to learn how few chilre* dren under 12 years of age are emhe ployed in the mills. The Tradesman's? ch facts were obtained this summer, when ny none of the children of mill operatives ng are at school, hence their number in e(! the mills is greater at this season than at any other. er" The following are some of the facts: ?'D Lewis W. Parker, president of the Victor Manufacturing company, says that there ar 380 operatives in the mill, n? of whom there are 27 children under ,a* 12 years of age. Mr. Parker regrets ,re that the number is unusually large at this time, which is due to the fact thai 1 a the school closed July 1. This mill operates a school nine months in the ' year, paying three teachers and the expenses of the school gene-ally out of its own funds. ss John A. Law, president of the Saxon 110 mills, Spartanburg, says he has 275 people on his pav roll. Of these, 9 are children under 12 years old, and they will be put out as soon as school beDQ gins, he says. There is a free school in the village running eight months in ^ the year. Arthur T. Smith, of the Langley Manufacturing company, says that mill has 900 employees at work, of whom 14 are under 12 years old. This corporation runs a free school four months of the year and the county five months, making nine in all. Mr. Smith states that every one of these children will go to school on the reopening. - 1.1 * <hA Dio/I. l James jl<. err, prcaiuuu ui me x iwu mont Manufacturing company, says ^ that there are 1.4^3 names on his pay roll, of which 56 are between the ages of 10 and 12 years. All of these are sweepers and jackers and are children of small families who are dependent upon them for a living. There is not one under 10 and only 13 under 11. There is a regular graded school with -J a principal and seven teachers, and ja. running ten months in the year, and on all of it is paid for by the company. Ellison A. Smyth, of the Pelzer and Ug Belton mills, says in the Pelzer mill jn there are 2,543 operatives, of whom 2a [ly are under 12 years old, and in the rn, Belton mill there are 541 operatives, of whom 13 are less than 12 years old. m- He says: "At both Pelzer and Belton er, we have a contract book, which is or signed by the head of every family we I employ, and in which it is agreed that all children under 12 years of age are alt to go to the school provided by the mills every day the schools are open, ng and children over 12 are to be employed te, in the mill. Our school runs for nine ne or ten months and will reopen on the ?" 1st of September. I find that during this holiday time some of the children lis under 12 years of age do get into the iss mill to work, though they are not want:e? ed and their employment is forbidden, > but often the children want to work 3 ?n-aoroe Of f>nnrsp. there L11J clUU IIlCli\C LIICH ??ubvw. v?. f ly. are special exceptions made to our 12 lid year rule in individual cases, owing to >lr, the poverty and needs of the widowed he mother or the invalid father, or, in the tu- case of orphans, to the condition of >ly want in which the grandparents are re- found to be." 3s. J. I. Wegtervelt, of the Brandon iat mills, Greenville, says there are 207 emall ployees in the mill. Nine are males under 12 and three remales under 12, 1?- although they are just a few months removed from that age. These are more than usual on account of the ^ a school being closed, whlcn is run ten er* months. 'ns Thomas F. Parker, president of the Monaghan mills, Greenville, says there are 388 operatives in the mill, of whom 23 are under 12 years. There is a m" school open for nine months. P. C. Poag, superintendent of the Goldville Manufacturing company, says 1116 there are G9 operatives in this mill, of ru" wnom 8"*nre under 12 years. It. T. Fewell, president of the Arcade* " mills. Rock Hill, reports that there are ^ 189 operatives, of whom 20 are under lua 12 years. He declares that there is not a mill man in the state who wants to an employ children under 12. but it is Pftt CD sometimes done from kindness of heart and sympathy. ' This is the record for South Carolina so far as it goes, and it shows a sur. n(^ prising state of affairs when one conas* siders the many, "investigations" made of conditions by northern writers. They have greatly exaggerated the situation, with an object in view, and have aP* accepted their statements as truth. j^a" According to the showing made, there is no need for any legislation on the SO " subject in this state, for the mill owners themselves do not want to employ ' * children under 12 years of age and they * A ...Umi hp] ipvp UO not uu su CAtC|ii n IKM tuvj ? they are doing good to the children themselves and their families. LSk * * * t*il| A Boy Who Did His Di'Ty.?A genive tleman went into a fancy shop one day ted to buy something. It was early, and for the shopkeeper's little boy and he were Of alone in the house. The shopkeeper are to go upstairs to get his cash box .nd in order to procure some change, but Itb before doing so he went into the little room next to the shop and whispered lin to the boy: "Watch the gentleman that he does' not steal anything," and bringing him out, sat him on the counter. As soon as the shopkeeper returned the child sang out: "Pa, he didn't steal anything. I watched him."?London Tit-Bits. TESTING A GUN. How the Indian* Proved the Efficacy of the Pale Face*' Thunder Stick. i "I will tell you the story of how the first shotgun was brought to Lake Superior, as it was told In my presence by old Chief Muskwa (Bear) one night years ago in a tepee near Grand Portage on the north shore," said an old timer. "We were out on an exploring trip when we ran across Muskwa's band. Among the Indians was a big halfbreed called Joe Piskwe. He was a native born grafter, and when he found that he could not beg, borrow or steal our tobacco and whisky he proceeded to bargain for a little. We were all tenderfeet and had the usual curiosity of this species of human beings as tu the legends and doings of the Indians, so we arranged with Big Joe to have a seance that night in Muska's wigwam. "The scene was really impressive and not untinged with romance. On one side of the fire sat the aged chier on a pile of bear skins and blankets. Around him were seated the sub-chiefs and warriors, and facing him the young men and boys of t$e tribe. The squaws, girls and dogs rustled for themselves outside the tepee, they not being considered worthy of being Instructed in the traditions of the tribe. Piskwe acted as interpreter and the seance lasted until the early dawn. "The old chief himself, over 100 years of age. began to speak in short, slow sentences: 'Many years ago,' he said, 'when my grandfather was a young brave, the Blackrobes came to visit the Chippewas of the big lake. With them were many voyageurs and they had guns and much tackle to take fish. The DlonlrrAKna wmil/1 nnf flllnw fl 91111 tfl be taken from its case, telling us that their mission was peace, not war. We were curious about the guns, but we , held our tongues. Some of the voyageurs could speak our tongue, and they told us of tne great trading post far beyond the rapids at the end of the great sea water (probably Mackinac Island), where the Indians could buy guns, cloth, beads and other wonderful things, if they had furs of the mink, beaver and other animals found in great plenty. After some days the Blackrobes left us and went off down the lake. " 'It was the end of the summer. A great council was called near this spot and long consultations were held, and it was finally decided to send two great canoes to visit the trading post described by the white men. All that winter the Chippewas hunted and trapped for fur as they never had before, and in the spring great packs of pelts lay in the head chief's wigwam. Two great war canoes were built by the squaws and a band of picked men was sent away to find the traders. " 'My grandfather was a great hun- , ter and he went along with heavy packs of beaver skins that he had got , during the winter. Late in the fall the canoes returned and they brought with them many wonderful things from the traders, but only one gun. No more could be obtained, and only about 20 charges of powder and ball could be bought. To procure this gun beaver skins had to be piled up alongside of it on one side until the pile was of equal height with the muzzle of the gun when rested with the butt end on the floor, and mink, fisher, marten and other skins had to be similiarly piled upon the other side. My grandfather had enough peltry to do this, and he it was who obtained the much coveted gun. " 'The Indians then held a dance and feast, and the proud owner of the gun demonstrated how it was loaded and fired off. As the powder flashed amid the smoke and roar of the discharge, the Indians fell on their faces trembling with fear, but, seeing thai no harm followed the alarming explosion. they were clamorous for a further demonstration as to the use of the piece for destroying their relentless ! foes, the Sioux. " 'The gun was loaded this time [with a bullet and then a target was sought for. " 'Away near the shore of the lake sat an old squaw upon a rock. She was so old that she had no relations or friends left. She was nearly blind, and had lost all her teeth, and during the coming winter she must have been left upon the trail to die. So it was decided by the chieis that the gun should be tried upon her. Silently my grandfather crept up behind the old woman and when about 12 paces, he fired the charge into her back. She fell off the rock, kicked once or twice and then lay dead. Thus were the people shown the power of the white men. and greatly did tney marvel and fear it.' "During the relation of the story ot the butchery of the old squaw not a sign of disapproval was visible upon the stolid faces of old Muskwa's abor iginal hearers. The old chief himself seemed rather to enjoy the recital, as he was silent for a few moments, displaying his toothless gums in a ghastly grin. Big Joe was visibly delighted with the story, and evidently enjoyea the distinction of being the one to convey the tale of the heartless deed to the white visitors. Piskwe himself was afterward'killed by a white man. named Jim Ruttle, after a desperate fight on Mayhew's dock, at Grand Marais. Ruttle stood his trial for murder before Judge Stearns in this county and was sent to Stillwater, but was subsequently pardoned. He also is now dead. "When Muskwa nad finished his tale, he remarked that he was weary, and rolling over on his blankets, dropped into slumber. The seance then closed, and the whites and Indians filed out of the tepee."?Duluth Herald. PRESIDENT'S FINE SHOOTING. AntoniiiheN n Boer Who EnKaxei to Match Him. An Oyster'Bay special to the Chicago Record-Herald says: President Roosevelt has beaten the Dutch. That is to say, he has beaten a Boer officer at target practice, and it is said he broke a record. At any rate, no such shooting has ever been done before around Oyster Bay, and Commandant W. D. Snyman, an officer on Gen. De Wet's staff, declares he never saw such skill in South Africa. The match was between the president, his son, Archie, Commandant Snyman, Joubert Reitz, son of the former secretary of state ol the Orange Free State, and Mr. Chanler. Mr. Roosevelt recently received a 32ealibre revolver as a gift from a friend in Germany, and said he would like tc try Jt. commandant snyman, wno is celebrated all through South Africa as a crack shot, proposed a match. The president was ready. So a new target, with a three-inch black bull's eye, was produced today and set up in a field back of the president's house. Fifty yards were measured off and the president took the first shot. The bullet struck the bull's eye almost exactly In the center. "Bully shot/ shouted Commandant Snyman, "but an accident, I do believe," he added Jestingly to the president. "Let me see if I can't give you another accident nearly as good," said the president, raising the pistol. Crack it went again, and when Commandant Snyman and the others saw that the second bullet had penetrated the hole made by the first one thefr faces became very stern. The president smiled "Bully good gun," he exclaimed, and took aim for the third shot. That, too followed the other two shots so accurately that there was only one hole, a trifle enlarged and ragged, yet the third bull's eye. The men standing about him were surprised, but the president continued to talk about what a "bully good gun" it was and fired twice more, All five shots struck so nearly in the same hole that it looks as though but one bullet, a large and Jagged one, had penetrated the bull's eye. When the last of the five shots had been fired, the president handed the revolved to Commandant Snyman and said: "Now, Rnvmnn. vnn trv it. There's a trood string for you, but a Boer ought to beat it." Hesitatingly the commandant took the pistol and stretching himself on the grass, blazed away. He missed the bull's eye about half an Inch. "I'll make it the second time," he said, and again fired. But again missed the bull's eye. "That's enough," he said, getting up and handing the pistol back to the president. "I can shoot on the veldt, Mr. President, as well as any man in South Africa, but I don't believe there's a man in all Africa can shoot witli you." "It's a Boer's luck, the same old fate of defeat over again," said Mr. Reitz, putting his hand on Snyman's shoulder. The president smiled, and taking the commandant by the hand, shook if heartily and said: "Well, command ant, you've been beaten by a Dutchman, and that isn't so bad." All laughed at the president's readj joke. This ended the pistol shooting, and then it was suggested that they have a match with rifles. Archie ran to the house for his father's Krag-Jorgensen and 100 yards were paced olT from the target. With the rifle the presidenl was given first shot, and made a bull's eye. Then Commandant Snyman shof and made the first ring outside the bull's eye. The president's second shof made a bull's eye, but not so good a shot as the first one. Ten shots were fired by each, and the president made seven bull's eyes. None of the othei contestants made a bull's eye with either pistol or rifle. Commandant Snyman's score was next to the president's, but still far behind it. The commandant thinks thai the president's achievement of putting five 32-calibre bullets consecutively in the same hole is a world's record. He says he never has seen anything thai can Approach it and has never heard ol such a score being made at 50 yards. XEW COINS FOR FILIPINOS. DeMlirnM Now Under Consideration by the War Department. Uncle Sam is not going to provide the Filipino with new dollars just at the present time. Congress thought it besl to avoid interfering too radically all at once with the money of the archipelago, and so directed no change except in the smaller pieces?the hall dollar, quarter dollar and dime. These subsidiary coins, of brand new design, will soon jingle in the pockets of the natives of those distant Pacific islands, Following out the idea, which is being applied to pretty nearly everything ir the Philippines at present, that na tive industry and talent should be employed wherever practicable, a young Filipino artist was engaged to make the designs. His name In Figueroa, and he is by no means a novice at the business, having been educated in Europe, He is, in fact, a graduate of the ate liers of Paris, and the medalions executed by him at the order of the American government are all most creditable works of art. In the design presented herewith the denomination is one peso, which is the equivalent of a dollar, but this is a more matter of detail. As already explained, there will be no dollar, but obverse and reverse of the subsidiary pieces will all be of the same patterns, only differing in size. Also, the dime will be marked "ten centavos" the quarter dollar "two centavos," and the half dollar "fifty centavos." There are three designs now in possession of the war department, all ol them made by Figueroa. It Is not yet certain which one will be selected fl' nally, but the choice will probably fall upon the pattern which has for the obverse a female figure in a loose robe, holding a hammer in her right hand and resting the latter upon an anvil ' before her. Her hair is streaming in ' the wind and her feet are bare. Be1 hind her, in the distance, is the famous volcano of Luzon?the smoking mountain not many miles from Manila. The reverse of this design represents i an American eagle holding a branch 1 or arrows and mounted upon a shield > with stars and stripes?the familiar heraldic device of the United States. The words "United States of America." are in raised letters around the edge. On the obverse, beneath the female figure described, is the word "Fllipi' nas," with the demonination on the op. > posite side of the rim of the coin. i In the other two designs the reverse > has always the American eagle, but in 1 one of them the shield is omitted and . there is a wreath in place of it, with i stars above the bird. The stars In each I case are 13 in number, for the original colonies. In one design the obverse I has a large head merely, in profile, i while in the third pattern there is a figure of a seated man in a breechcloth, leaning upon an anvil and with : a hammer in his right hand, the same old volcano being seen in the distance, smoking. Quite possibly certain elements of all three designs will be com bined in the final choice made by the I war department. The coin will be minted at Manila, where a factory will be established for the purpose. It will be a somewhat costly affair, inasmuch as the establishment of a new mint is no trifle. It requires a small army of employees I and there must be a complete chemical laboratory under the charge of an as sayer, who determines the quantities of i silver contained in deposits of bullion. [ Besides, there must be an expensive : mechanical plai.f, including big melting : furnaces and machines for rolling, cut' ting and stamping the white metal. Eventually, as a matter of course? > and before many years have passed? : millions of dollar pieces will be minted 1 by this government annually in Mas nila. Gold, too, will doubtless be coined ! as well as silver, and this will require additional machinery, with a larger , force to handle the business. Mean1 while the requisite machines and fur: naces for melting and assaying will be purchased by the war department in : this country and forwarded to the Phil: ippines on one of our transports.? ! Washington Letter. , WHERE WOMEN ARE BUTCHERS. Because of War's Devastation They Took the Places of Men. i Of all the occupations that of a butcher seems one of the least suitable t for the fair sex; yet there is at least , one country where this trade is entiret ly monopolized by women and "no men need apply." That country is Paraguay, where many occupations which among us are ' invariably assumed by the sterner sex, fall to the lot of women. The cause of , this state of things is the heroic war ! waged by Paraguay more than 30 years ago against the overwhelming forces of Brazil, the Argentine Republic and Uruguay combined. This war, which f lasted nve years, Dore many singuiai points of resemblance to the recent I Boer war. It ended in the almost toL tal annihilation of the able-bodied male , population of the country, and the results may be read in the following flg[ ures: Population of Paraguay in 1867, . 1,337,439; in 1873 (three years after the , termination of the war) it amounted to . only 221,079, and of these nearly all , were women, children and very old , men. When the war was^jver the peoL pie had been reduced to the most ab, ject proverty and were on the verge of , starvation, being driven to such ex. pedients as to eat cats, dogs and t horses. Worse still, owing to the destruction of the male population, per, feet anarchy prevailed, and all the work formerly performed by males fell on the fair sex. They rebuilt the , houses which had been burned down, | tilled the fields and wove for them, selves rough homespun clothing from . the cotton grown on their own fields. >| To this day the butchers in all parts of Paraguay are women, in me public slaughter houses the cattle are dispatched by men who sever the spinal column by cutting It with a sharp cut, lass Just behind the nape of the neck. When the animal falls to the ground its throat is cut and it is allowed to 1 bled to death. This is the only part of the work done by men. Carcasses ' are then conveyed to the butchers' 1 stalls, where the meat is cut up and sawed by women, who are dexterous in the use of the saw and knife. It is then served out to customers, also by wo! men?not generally by weight, but by ' the piece?and the price is so low that ! a pound of the best meat may be ; bought for a penny. Women of all ages act the part of butchers; some are young and pretty, others old and wrinkled. The women are great bargainers and keen as mustard to pull a new arrival almost to , pieces in the hope of securing his eus torn. These women butchers earn good wages and many of those in business on their own account acquire a modest fortune. In the larger towns the meat is only allowed to be sold in the public market place where stalls (owned by the municipality) are let at auction to the highest bidders. The public have every security that the meat is fresh; for all that is left unsold at night is destroyed by the authorities?a needful precaution for a warm climate. The result is that just previous to closing time there is a great reduction in prices and a crowd of bargain hunters appear on ' the scene?economical house-wives, keepers of cheap restaurants and the like?rather than see the meat thrown away or destroyed the keepers of the stalls sell the remainder at almost any ' price.?Milwaukee Sentinel.