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tumorous frpartmmt. At ths Gat*. SL Peter grot out his book of ready reference and. running his thumb down along the index, said: "H'm, let me see. Tou said your name was Blimpers, didn't you?" "Yes, sir," answered the applicant for admission, "John J. Blimpers." "Ah, here you are. John J. Blimpers of Ora bo polls. Yes. Well, well, well! I see you've kept the recording angel pretty busy. Gracious, what a record! Why. you can't come In here. You ought to have known that without asking. Just look at this. Here it is recorded that you have lied and schemed and plotted for the purpose of keeping horse thieves, counterfeiters and murderers from being brought to Justice. You made It possible for a railroad company to get out of paying dama?? for killinar a child, though the little one's death was due to open violation of the law by the corporation. Through your connivance a wicked man got a divorce on the ground that his wife loved another, although the woman, whose reputation you blasted, was Innocent. You are charged here with having prevented bribers from going to prison, and worst of all, it appears that you helped a greedy man to concoct a scheme whereby he was able to build up an immense fortune by oppressing other people and robbing them of their God-given rights. There, you can read It for yourself. Why, I could not think of letting you " "But, if the court please, I " "Oh," St. Peter exclaimed, bowing humbly, "I beg your pardon. Come right In. Why didn't you tell me at the start that you did it professionally?"?Chicago Record. Thk Large Party Was There.?Not long before his death Thomas B. Reed visited some friends at their summer residence at Watch Hill. R. I. Late in the afternoon he was driven up to Westerly to take the 7 o'clock train for Boston. It was a warm evening, the horses lagged, and he missed the train, the last Boston bound train stopping at Westerly that night. As Mr. Reed had an important engagement in Boston early the next day he seemed worried until he learned that there was a Boston express which passed Westerly at 9 o'clock. Then he smiled. Going to the telegraph office he directed a telegram to the superintendent of the road In Boston, and sent the following message: "Will you stop the 9 o'clock express at Westerly tonight for a large party for Boston?" The answer came: "Yes. Will stop train." Mr. Reed read the message, and smiled. When the train pulled in Mr. Reed quietly started to board It, when the conductor said: 'Where is that large party we were to stop for?" "I am the large party," replied Mr. Reed, and he boarded the train.? Boston Herald. Was Unable to Get the Letter Back.?Miss Carey Thomas, the president of Bryn Mawr college, talked at a luncheon about the Ingenuousness of children. "A friend of mine," she said, "once showed me a letter that her little son had written her from Andover. The letter ran like this: " 'Dear Mother. I am well and I hope you are well. Will you please send me two dollars? I know the last did not last long, but It Is all spent now, and I need two dollars badly. I hope you are well. I am well. Please do not forget, two dollars.' "Then there was this postscript: " 'I was so ashamed to ask for money so soon after the last you sent that I sent after the postman to get this letter back, but it was too late; he had gone.' "?Louisville CourierJournal. Another Point op View.?Florence J Kelley, the secretary of the National Consumers' League, has at heart the | welfare of factory workers, and In her study of factory conditions has made J many odd friends, and heard many whimsical remarks, says the Minneapolis Journal. "We often ask." she said the other day, "why women dress?whether It is to please the men, or to please the J women. There seem to be only these two motives for fine dressing, but this morning a third motive was pointed out to me. "Two girls stood at a cop-wlndlng machine In a spinning mill, talking about clothes. " 'The new white dress of your's, said the first girl, 'will never please the men.' "The other, tossing her head, replied; "'H'm! I don't dress to please the men. but to worry other women.' " Where the Bullet Struck.?Speaking of the tribulations of the crossexaminer. according to the New York Times, Henry Willlmon cites this experience: In the progress of a murder trial near Kansas City, he wished to learn from a witness Just where the bullet struck the victim. "Right here In this town," replied the witness. "Yes, I know; but where did the bullet hit him?" "Near Sixth and Wyoming streets." "You don't understand me. Where did the bullet enter?" "It came in the window. "But in what part of the body did it lodge?" "It never hit his body." "Well, it certainly hit him somewhere?he Is dead." "Hit him in the head," said the witness. A Whistler Stort.?A friend of the late James McNeil Whistler saw him on the street in London, a few year9 ago. says Harper's Weekly, talking to a very ragged little newsboy. As he approached to speak to the artist, he noticed that the boy was as dirty a specimen of the London "Newsy"' as he had ever encountered?he seemed smeared all over?literally covered with dirt. Whistler had Just asked him a question, and the boy answered: "Yes. sir, I've been selling papers three years." "How old are you?" inquired Whistler. "Seven, sir." "Oh, you must be more than that." "No, sir, I ain't." Then turning to his friend, who had overheard the conversation. Whistler said. "I don't think he could get that dirty In seven years, do you?" illiscfUanrous Sradiiifi. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchangee. CHEROKEE. Gaffney Ledger, July 21: Cement is being laid upon the sidewalk in front of Carroll & B.vers' store and the National Bank on Limestone street, and on a portion of Frederick street. ....Tuesday morning in the mayor's court Clint Robhs, colored, was tried for transporting liquor. His guilt was proved and he was fined ten dollars, with the usual alternative of Its equal in labor on the ohalngang. The fine was paid. The"*e was no case on docket yesterday morning. CHESTER. Lantern, July 21: Solicitor. J. K. Henry lett Wednesday morning for Harris Llthia Springs, where he will remain for abou: two weeks. After leturning he expects to go to the mountains for a while. He was accompanied oy his sister, Mrs. T. G. Patrick and Misses Helen and Gladys Patrick, of White Oak No. 9. the local freight opeiated on the S. A. L. road between Chester and Abbeville, with Mr. W. E. Williams as engineer and Captuln Duncan as conductor, was wrecked about eleven o'clock yesterday morning at the 48 mile post, three miles south of here. The tender, twelve cars and the caboose left the track and were considerably mashed up. Two persons were hurt, both colored. William Martin, Jr., of Chester, a bridge man. i was hurt, but not fatally. Robert Heath of Waxhaw, a brakeman. was seriously hurt. He died at 12 io'cIock last night. Six rail lengths of track were torn up by the wreck. It is not known what caused the cars to leave the track. The engine stayed on the rails, hence the engineer and fireman were rot endangered, yet doubtless they didn't feel that way. Many people visited the scene of the wreck yesterday and last night Mr. A. Wilks, who has been flagman on the Carolina & North-Western passenger for some time, has been [promoted to conductor. He left Wednesday morning on the local freight on his first regular run. He has acted In the capacity of conductor on special trains before, of course. Mr. W. M. Kelsey Is the flagman on the passenger now Senator P. L. Hardin went to Clover this morning In response to a phone message saying that his brother, Dr. E. K. Hardin, was seriously ill. Mr. Hardin was not Informed as to the nature of the Illness, but feared that it was occasioned by a paralytic stroke Mrs. Addle Hudson, wife of Mr. Thos. Hudson, died in Winnsboro, and the remains were brought here and burled In Evergreen cemetery Tuesday, after funeral servicer by Dr. Moffatt. She was 24 years old and left three children Messrs. L. T. Nichols, J. H. Marion onh r r Caldwell aDDeared before the town council on Tuesday and asked for an exclusive franchise for 50 years to operate street cars in the city of Chester. They also asked the privilege of transmitting and selling power. The council had the matter under consideration at two meetings, but It did not see Its way clear to grant the request.... Among Chester's many varied Institutions and organizatloi s, one of the least touted, but at tne same time, most highly marked by rare consistency of effort and achievement, Is the Sprlngsteln band. This organization, growing out of the desire of a few musically Inclined young men to Increase their musical powers, has developed at a rate which Is marvelous. From a crowd of novices the organization has grown to be one of the best In all the up-country. The countless occasions on which the Sprlngsteln band has furnished music for some notable public gathering and the constant demand that Is being made for their services arc ample proofs that the organization is recognized not only by the natives, but by outsiders as well, as an organization of the first class. The band as now composed numbers twenty-five members. None of these Is of the transient character, but every man Is a bona fide resident, having the Interests of the organization at heart. Among these are severed performers who have been declared by their Instructors to be most promising musicians. With these In the ranks there Is reason to believe that the day Is not far distant when Chester's band will be recognized as the equal of any In the south. The organization Is now on a stable financial basis. By means of concerts, festivals and the like enough money has been cleared to liquidate all debt that has accrued and to furnish a nucleus almost sufficient to furnish the organization with new uniforms. These uniforms have already been purchased and are now In transit. When they arrive the band will be able to present a most striking appearance, the uniforms being very handsome both In texture and general makeup. They are black with appropriate braiding and facings. Or the cap will appear the letters "S. C. B.," while just below these initials will be the word "Chester." This band is a permanent organization. Under the directorship of Profs. Herndon and T /vo I* koa irlvon ciloh ui'iilotwpq lira JJI i uu ii uao p, * v OUVM V T.Uv..?.V of excellence and progresslveness that there can now be no doubt of the public suppt rt. This Is merited, and it Is to be hoped during the years to come that the city will regard this company of musicians as a public asset as well as a source of public Interest and public pride. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, July 21: A perspiring company of spectators streamed into the city hall Tuesday to witness the hearing of Archie Medlin for obtaining a little sorrel mare from Mr. Lee Wilson's stables In Dallas last Sunday by false pretense and then for cruelty to animals In driving her to death. Esquire S. S. Morris had given notice in open court the day before in setting that trial for Tuesday afternoon that the e was to be a baseball game later . the afternoon and that the parties to the trial and any others who felt Interested had better be on time. The folks were there?all good people, nice people, warm people. Mr. A. G. Mangum conducted the prosecution. Messrs. G. W. Wilson and A. L. Bulwinkle represented the defense. At the conclusion of the argument the court discharged the prisoner on the count of cruelty, hut bound him over to court on the a ^cusatlon of having obtained the hors* by false pretense, j It seemed difficult to establish clearly by the evidence the contention that the boy had abused or over-driven the beast. But the evidence was more convincing that he had made false representations to obtain the horse from the stables. On Saturday the boy Inquired about a team, but Mr. Wilson declined to let him have the team without pay In advance. Sunday morning, the defendant appeared at the stable in the absence of Mr. Wilson and represented to Mr. Wilson's little son and to the stable boy that he had arranged with Mr. Wilson to get a team. The horse was hitched to the buggy and delivered to the applicant. Toung Medlln Is a son of Drayton Medlln who is In the state prison for slaying Will Brown at the Old Mill several years ago and who Is to be liberated in October under pardon by Governor Aycock Mr. J. T. McDill is to leave Gastonla. We regret to chronicle this for he Is one of the best men In the place. He will retire from business here the first of September, after which time It will be conducted at the same stand by Messrs. R. W. Edwards ana j. r. Miner, an. McDlll's further plans are Indicated in the following Item taken from the Due West Presbyterian: "Mr. J. T. McDUl of Gastonla, N. C., has formed a partnership with Mr. H. M. Young of Due West. Mr. McDUl and family will return to Due West the last of this year. The new firm will begin business Jan. lBt. We understand Mr. McDlll Is to build a residence on the Drennan lot In front of the Dr. Henry place." Mr. Thos. I* Rhyne and his little son Earl, were In town Wednesday. Mr. Rhyne came over to dispose of the remnant of his cotton crop, and received 10} cents for It. Last spring Mr. Rhyne decided to raise more sweet potatoes and less cotton. His potato patch this year contains about 4J acres and Is heavily fertilized with home made compost. Mr. Rhyne says he now has potatoes as large as a chair-post? though not as long?and that he feels confident of getting 800 bushels from his four acres. FAMOUS MONKEY TRAINER. Greatest In Hie Line, Succumbs to Excessive Heat. Among the deaths In New York from the fierce heat was one Jake Cook, who gained much celebrity as a monkey trainer, he being attached to the zoological gardens. New York papers devote considerable space to what he accomplished In his peculiar field. The Sun says: Wide fame as a monkey trainer came to Cook a dozen years later. In 1885 the American minister to Portugal purchased from some Lascar sailors, returned from the East Indies, a three-year-old chimpanzee and presented It to the park department of this city. Placed under Cook's direction this animal became the most famous educated chimpanzee of the day. Cook named his new pet Mr. Crow1 TT~ Llm o nfAn/^orfllllv it?y. nr iuuiiu uuu a nvuuvitu.^ ?.??. able animal and made him more like human kind than any other beast had ever been. In his table manners, particularly, Mr. Crowley shone. He would sit down at the table with Cook, arrange his napkin, carve the viands with tils knife, use his fork properly, drink from a glass, and at the end of the meal clink glasses with Jake in a toast. Mr. Crowley had a large wardrobe and dressed himself with as great ease as any man. In addition Cook taught him to perform any number of gymnastic stunts. Four years after Mr. Crowley's arrival Kitty Crowley appeared on the scene. She was a three-year-old chimpanzee bought from a wild animal dealer of Hamburg, Germany. Within the three months before her arrival Cook had lost his first wife and two children. The attention and affection he had bestowed on them he now gave unreservedly to Mr. Crowley and Kitty. Were either of them sick, he would spend the entire night sleeping by its cage with an alarm clock to arouse him hourly. All the dedlcacies obtainable he would give the patient with its medicine. Oranges, broth, eggs, port wine, milk punches, champagne ?nothing was too good. It didn't mattor if ho did nav for manv of these lux uries from his own pocket. He was bound that his Invalids should have as good treatment as any sick man In the world. They got It. Kitty used to cry when Cook left her. She was exacting and demanded much of his time. Once he forgot to say "Good-by. Kitty." as was his custom, and she grabbed his hand and bit to the bone. The attack was Inspired by Jealousy and Cook knew It. He did not use a whip on her?he never did with any of the monkeys?but simply turned to her and said: "Why did you do that, Kitty?" In speaking of the Incident, Cook used to say that Kitty knew he was speaking in a kindly tone and that she ran to him and groveled at his feet, exhibiting unmistakable signs of repentance. Mr. Crowley, despite the utmost care, died In 1890. Kitty was never the same afterward, and in the next year she was taken with her last Illness. Cook was sleeping outside the cage. She called to him, he said, and he awoke to find her with her arms outstretched to him through the bars. He went Into the cage, took her In his arms and held her until she died. One of the Compensations. Four years ago Marshall, who Is a night worker, was far out on the South Side, according to the Chicago Record-Herald. As he got off the car he noticed a blind man feeling his way along with the aid of a cane. Though he was in a hurry he turned back. "Shall I help you across the street?" he said. "If you please, sir: I am always nervous when I come to a street where there Is a car line." The man with good eyes led the other safely to the sidewalk. "Thank you, sir," said the blind man. "May I ask your name?" "Marshall, and may I ask yours?" "Surely." tame the answer. They talked Tor a few minutes. Then the blind man said: "I must get along now. They will be waiting for me at home." "Shall I go with you?" volunteered the Samaritan. "Oh. no. it is not necessary. God provides a guardian for me at nearly every crossing. I can get home t.ll right. Good night." Tapping his cane on the sidewalk he walked away. "Such optimism," mused Marshall as he turned away. He was so engrossed that he stumbled at the curbstone and fell. For two weeks he nursed a bruised knee. A week ago. in a crowd of thousands, a young man, who was in much of a hurry, saw a blind man coming. He hesitated. Then he asked the blind man if he could help him across the street. "Hullo, Marshall, haven't heard your voice for four years. How are you. anyway?" and a happy smile lighted up the blind man's face. "Never met you but once, you know, away out south it was. Very kind of you, I am sure." 1 (Timely fashion lips. FOR THE LADIES. Helpful Hints on What to Wear and How to Wear It. ? Extremely fancy capes?call them so for want of a better and more descriptive title?are among the latest things In summer wraps. Delightfully frivolous and coquettish-looking little things they are; and very far removed from the dowdy and matronly garment that we used to know as a dress cape. The newest ones are usually planned ensulte with the gown, and In this way are Intended to complete the threepiece costume which Dame Fashion dictates as her latest caprice. In silk. In linen, and In the lighter woolens? eujiejine, IICIIIICIUI, aiiu ou\;ii urn/ Win just that last touch that makes the outdoor toilette a finished picture. Laces, particularly the heavy and effective kinds, are used lavishly, and fantastic frills and fringes are the accepted mode for trimming the edges. Some of them are very cleverly fashioned to admit of the simulation of a sleeve in the shoulder portion, the fullness most often being merely tacked together to let the arm slip through. Some of the shorter ones have the line lengthened and built out over the arm, this part merely lying flat on the dress sleeve, and there being no presence whatsoever of the usual arm covering. ? One of the most favored decorations for the full skirts that are so much in vcgue are round pastilles of silk or velvet, applied with button holing directly to the fabric. The velvet Is usually of the chlfTon variety, while when silk is used it is either chameleon or plalded. These round coins or pastlles are mounted upon canvas or crinoline. When applied with button-holing the edges are left raw, the foundation cut in a trifle from the edge;but when they are to be attached invisibly the edges are turned under, and the catching stitch is applied from the under side of the goods. Graded sizes make the best Impression in this mode, the larger ones at the edge and the size diminishes from the hem upwards. ? The plain tailored coat and skirt of linen, long or short, close fitting or loose, is, when well made, one of the smartest costumes of the summer for certain purposes, but there is, of course, more variety in the blouse and skirt morning frocks, which need not assume rigid tailored severity, though overtrlmmlng ruins them for their purpose. ? In the silk coats, taffeta perhaps holds precedence, but the soft chiffon faille, several of the satin finished supple silks, and the crapes are all well liked by the cloak-makers for evening wear, while for carriage use taffeta Is at the head of the silk list. Some of the exquisite brocaded silks in one tone ?? flnwpr nolorfnsrs are util lzed for evening coats elaborately trimmed In lace, and are especially charming over sheer white frocks or one tone frocks in delicate tints. ? A linen bolero and skirt plain tn line, with heavy raised embroidery borders and fine traillngs raised and open work embroidery running from these borders Into the body of skirt and coat, is a useful and attractive costume, and all sorts of coat and skirt costumes In embroidered linen are well liked, provided they are smartly made and have J the necessary note of elegance. Better a frock of plain linen than a shoddy and pretentious one of embroidered lln-i en; but the embroidered linen gown at Its best Is the height of the mode for certain occasions. ? Dark blue Is Just now a seasonable and favorite color. ? Blue and brown veils are worn with brown hats. For light or white hats, white veils with black dots look best. ? The smart black gown of lace or voile for the matron is much Improved by light touches of emerald, turquoise, dahlia or ciel-bleu panne. A band laid beneath two lines of black Insertion lace around a yoke finishing in a front chou or a couple of cockade rosettes does much for a black bodice, but this and a rosette or a little band of similar fashion on the sleeve Is emough; more would spoil the effect ? Suspender styles still hold good, In spite of the many predictions to the contrary voiced earlier In the season; but more Interesting developments of the style are being made all the while. One of the prettiest of the many adaptations was made with a nine-gore skirt. The suspenders?wide ones, too ?rose from an oddly shaped bit (which bloused a little above the girdle) and ended In another shaped piece. Both the shaped pieces were scalloped, the scallops facing each other, and both suspender girdle and skirt were trimmed with buttons and worked buttonholes. GREED AND WAR. People Force Their Rulers Into War For Aggrandizement Wars between states are not frequent and are decldely shorter?we could hardly, for instance, think of a hundred years' war, and doubt the possibility of a war lasting a generation? but the conduct of the people In respect to war shows definite retrogression. The evil spirit of the old ruling class, with Its ambitions and Its thirst for aggrandizement., nas spretuj uuwuwaru almost to the bottom. The peoples are hungering for plunder as much as ever the old kings and nobles did. They want more trade, they say, and by trade they mean more conquered markets in which they can establish a monopoly. That is what the Germans mean when they urge their government to risk a war for the sake of ascendency in Morocco, and so to place their people "in the sunshine;" that is what all the sacrifices for a great fleet mean in the same country, and the eager applause of a sovereign who has an ambitious Weltpolltik; that Is what the French mean when they seek aggrandizement in Western Africa; and that is what we mean when we fret In a rather feeble way because our rivals contend successfully against us In securing commercial custom. It is true we do not try to monopolize, but part, at least of that forbearance arises from a profound and usually true conviction that fre trade helps us to make profit in all markets. This passion for more profit is the root of the present restless jealousy under which every nation suspects its neighbor and begs of Its government to obtain more territory in which subject populations can be compelled to buy its goods. Sometimes this passion shows ItsHf In rather base, as well as foolish forms, the governments being urged by masses of voters to employ their "influence" to secure "concessions." often for Individual firms. The diplomatists, to do them Justice, dislike this pressure exceedingly; it seems to them like asking bribes; but they must, of course, obey Instructions. And so in Pekin railway and mining concessions are granted to avoid menaces; and in Constantinople loans are granted, and in Morocco loans will be granted on condition that the money shall be spent in buying goods, usually cannon, from the countries giving the accommodation. It is the plan of the old money lenders, who made their customers take part of their loans in pictures or bad champagne.?London Spectator. BRITI8H NAVAL MUTINY. Events at Odassa Paralleled 108 Years Ago?Red Flag Was Hoisted. "There are no historic parallels," said Lord Acton, but even if his statement be true regarding everything else it is not true in regard to the mutiny on the Knlaz Potemklne. There have been mutinies In various navies before; sailors have arisen against their officers and have murdered them:warships have been delivered into an enemy's hands; mutinous warships have trained their guns on cities inhabited by countrymen of the rebel sailors, and have even engaged in battle with other vessels of squadrons of which they had previously been a part. The most celebrated mutinies in the history of the British navy occured in 1797 at Splthead and Nore. These outbreaks were due to legitimate grievances suffered by the crews. Provisions had increased in price by 30 per cent, but while the pay of army and militia had been augmented the seamen had been overlooked. Petitions were sent to Lord Howe in which the sailors declared that their requests for better pay were prompted by no spirit of disaffection: "It is Indigence and extreme penury alone that cause our complaint." Howe took no notice of the appeals and the commander of the fleet, in a dispatch to the Admlrallty, stated that the men were in a very ugly mood and expressed the hope that the ships would not be ordered to sea till some answer had been given to the men's request. Nevertheless the vessels at Splthead received orders to get away. The crews thereupon mutlned, ran up the rigging and cheered, and elected a parliament of delegates from each ship. Vice Admiral Sir Alan Gardner argued with the delegates from the men, but without effect and the admiral reported to London that it was Impossible to think of vigorous measures against the seamen. They later told their officers that they would wait two days for a reply from the Admiralty, and if none arrived would put the officers ashore. Four members of the Admiralty Board went in great haste to Portsmouth and gave assurances to the mutineers that their grievances in regard to pay would be remedied. The men, however, demanded that the King and Parliment sanction the proposals made by the Admiralty, and that a general pardpn be guaranteed. Admiral Gardner, member of the board, thereupon lost his temper and declared that every fifth seaman would be hanged. His words resulted in a fight, but no one was seriously hurt, and, In the words of an officer of the fleet, me "men conducted themselves with a degree of prudence and decency of which I thought them incapable." A number of unpopular officers were put ashore, and then the government, finding itself helpless, said It would grant the men's demands. The fleet dropped down to St. Helen's, the men expecting to receive news that Parliament had voted the grant necessary for the increase In pay. Their expectations were not realized. The house of Lords deprecated all mention of the mutiny. In the house of Commons there was delay In voting the supplies. The admiralty maintained an attitude of secretlveness. Soon, moreover, the admiralty Issued orders directing officers to use the most vigorous means to Insure discipline. Within a week the mutiny broke out afresh, the sailors refusing to obey an order to put to sea. Most of the ships were seized without much resistance from the officers, but on the delegates of the fleet proceeding to the London, which carried the flag of Vice Admiral -Colpoys, a conflict ensued, an officer was wounded, and the marines fired upooi the' men, killing or mortally wounding five. Lieut. Bover, who gave the order to fire was seized, but even in the heat of the conflict the men granted a hearing to him. They went so far as to place a rope about his neck, but did not hang him. Colpoys cfime forward and declared that Bover had only obeyed orders. Bover was freed and Colpoys was threatened with death and confined. Though Parllment granted the Increase in supplies, the ill-feeling continued. Then the government sent Howe with full power to redress the Thpro had bee<n much talk of sailing: one of the shipB Into Breast, but upon Howe's arrival It ceased. The crews expressed contrition for their action. Howe announced the King's pardon, removed the unpopular officers. and persuaded the men to put to sea. The mutiny, at the Nore was a more serious affair. On May 2, 1797, four of the ships of the North sea squadron, which had been detailed to watch the Dutch fleet, hoisted the red flag wheal at the Nore, sent their officers ashore, and anchored across the Thames, beginning a partial blockade of the Port of London. Such ships as were off Yarmouth also gave evidence of mutiny. Richard Parker, who had been a midshipman, had been court-martialed four years previously for Insubordination, and had been discharged as unfit for service, was selected as leader of the mutineers. Demands for a more equitable division of prize money were made. It was also asked that the articles of war should be amended and the penalties mitigated. The members of the Admiralty Board refused to grant the demands, but offered a pardon If the demands were withdrawn. The answer of the mutineers was the firing upon the fort at Sheerness and the holding up of 150 vessels and the subsequent boarding and plundering of them when the mutineers' own supplies ran low. The Admiralty convinced that strong measures were necessary, mobilized 15,000 troops, ordered the fort at Tilbury to bombard the rebel ships, charged the batteries on the river to fire if necessary, and directed the removal of the bouys and beacons at the mouth of the Thames. The vessels, after some bloodshed, submitted, one by one. Parker was captured and, with some of his closest lieutenants, was executed. Nearly 200 of the mutineers were Imprisoned, and a number were publicly flogged. On Sept. 22, 1797, while in the West Indies, the crew of the British frigate Hermlone murdered their officers In cold blood, afterward carrying the ship to the Spanish port of La Guayra, where they delivered her Into the hands of the French, then a.t war with England. ?New York Times. The Longest Lawsuit.?a lawsuit which makes Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce seem like a summary proceeding. Is still pending in Spain, and is probably the longest suit In point of time In the history of the world. The case, which Is between the Marquis de VIuna and the Count Torres de Cabrera, began In 1517, and arose out of a dispute over a pension. The sum In controversy would have reached fabulous millions, had not four centuries of attorneys, barristers and court officials taken considerate and effectual meas| ures to prevent Its attaining unwieldy proportions. In 1871 the case was deemed just about ripe for a decision, but for one reason or another it has been continuously postponed. However. the Judges have now become apprehensive lest the case run over into Its fifth century, and. as this might reflect upon the promptitude of Spanish procedure, word has gone forth that the wheels of justice are to be accelerated to a burst of speed that will secure the giving of a judgment within a period not to exceed two years.? Law Notes. THE SETTLING UP 18 CERTAIN. You may take the world as It comes and goes. And you will be sure to And, That fate will square the accounts she 1 owes, Whoever comes out behind; And all things bad that a man has done, By whatsoever induced, Return at last to him, one by one, As the chickens come home to roost. You may scrape and toll and pinch and save While your hoarded wealth expands, Till the cold, dark shadow of the grave Is nearing your life's last sands: You will have your balances struck some night, And you'll find your hoard reduced, You'll view your life In another light, When the chickens come home to roost. You can stint your soul and starve your heart With the husks of a barren creed. But Christ will know If you play a part. Will know In your hour of need; And then as you wait for death to come What hope can there be reduced From a creed alone? You will lie there dumb While your chickens come home to roost. Sow as you will, there's a time to reap, For the Rood and the bad as well And conscience, whether we wake or sleep Is either a heaven or hell. And every wronR will find Its place. And every passion loosed Drifts back and meets you face to face. When the chickens come home to roost. Whether you're over or under the sod, The result will be the same; You cannot escape the hand of God; You must bear your sin or shame. No matter what's carved on a marble slab, When the Items are all produced, You'll find that St. Peter was keepInR tab, And that chickens come home to roost. LION'8 STRENGTH. Noted Hunter Killed with One Blow of Animal's Paw. The Indian mall to hand brings us vivid and pathetic details of the death of Major Carnegy during his lion shooting exploit In the Gird forest district. The major, of course. Is the political offloer of the Viceroy, and the expedition had been arranged by Lord Lamlngton on the site of the lion hunt prepared for Lord Curzon five years ago, but never fulfilled. It Is believed there are sixty or seventy Hons In the Gird, ana the major, having spent the last couple of years In the vicinity, knew the Junagadh better than any one else. On March 9 a tracker arrived who had been attacked by a Hon while riding Into camp, and while he dropped his weapons and escaped. It was only by abandoning his pony and seeing ihe animal carried off. The "shoot" was divided Into three parties, with the major in the second, and It entered the jungle to the depth of about ten miles. The major and his two friends, Mr. du Boulay and OapL Foljambe, selected a tree, each ranging along a nullah and the two latter fired at a fine lion, wounding him high in the right shoulder. The major also hit a lioness. The natives also flred their oldfashioned guns, and it was thought safe to descend the trees for a consultation and search for the wounded quarry'- The lioness appeared and ran for a shikari, but the major flred and dropped her dead. Then there was a pause for drinks, and the party began to follow the lion's trail down the nullah for a mile or so. Now and then the party ascended trees to keep a lookout, and at last the party came into a clearing, with waist high grass instead of trees. Suddenly there was a roar, and the lion dashed out, making straight for the major, who fired one shot, Just grazing the breast. Simultaneously there was a struggling cloud of dust, in which the natives say they saw the lion beat the major down with a blow of his paw. Capt. Foljambe flred. Mr. du Boulay ran up and fired point blank at the lion's heart; a native flred Into its hindquarters, while others clubbed it with a rifle butt and swords. The major was found to be dead. The body was carried on a charpoy by torchlight and conveyed back to Rajkote by special train, and the shock caused by the news throughout the Junagadh dlstrict was Intensely felt. It Is added that the lion measured eleven feet from tip to tall. The others shot were two lions, rather less In size, and a lioness (the major's) of nine feet.?Pall Mall Gazette. ' THE CRIMINAL 8QU1RREL. He is a Thief and a Murderer and a Forest Destroyer. I wish to take away for all time the character of the squirrel. He is a thief and a murderer. Admired by ignorant city people and by Journalists, he devotes his life to eating (the eggs and killing the young of harmless and useful birds, which, if roMniitsrt to live and Increase, | I*" - ? would protect the forests from harmful Insects. By killing these birds the squirrel takes rank as a (forest destroyer. Moreover, the red (squirrel Is not the only sinner. In my opinion the gray Is almost, If not quite as bad. I have killed many squirrels caught In the act of eating eggs or young birds. Any bird that sejlects a nesting place which Is also adapted to the use of squirrels Is almost certain to be ejected. When a forest has been destroyed by fires, lumbermen or Insects, it Is almost Impossible for natural re-foresting to take place If squirrels are abundant In an adjoining tract, because they eat the seeds. Fifty seeds per head each day would be a low estimate. Yet even this would make 18,250 In a year. And seeds are no.t the only thing. In winter the ground Is often strewn with twigs that have been stripped of buds by squirrels. The trees attacked are generally situated at the border of a dense forest and would, If let alone, yield the greatest seed crop. A single squirrel thus destroys In one day thousands of seeds In the germ. In Montana I have seen the grays rob birds' nests. ? Country Life In America. A Lack of Firmness.?A very matter of fact Scotchman called to see a neighbor, an old Irish woman, who had been ailing for some time, when the following conversation took place at the door: "And how do you find yourself today. Bridget?" "Sure, your honor, I'm mighty bad. 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