University of South Carolina Libraries
A LITTLE HEROINE Who Refused to Sing the Song March ing Through Georgia, GIVEN A ROUSING WELCOME In Augusta, Georgia, by the Old Confederate Veterans, Whose Honored Guest the Lit tle Lady Was. The Confederate Veterans at Au gusta last week went wild over Miss Laura Talbott Galt, of Louisville. Ky., the little girl who refused to sing "Marching Through Georgia" when ordered to do so by her teacher last year. She has been invited to Augusta by the Veterans and arrived in the city on Monday afternoon of last week. The Augusta Chronicle says long be fore the hour for the arrival of the train hundreds of men, women and children began to gather at the Union depot, anxious to be the first to catch a glimpse of the little heroine and welcome her to the city. Shortly before the scheduled hour for the arrival of the train Camp 435 met at the monument on Broad street, in full uniform, and marched to the depot in a body, beaded by the Robin son Carnival band. A carriage drawn by four white horses, and driven by Capt. Newt Heggie in person, was on hand to drive the young lady to the Albion. When the news reached the depot that the train was pulling through the yard into the station, the old Veterans fell in line, the band struck up "My Old Kentucky Home," and when the great engine of the train pushed under the shed a mighty shout, and a rebel shout at that, went up, the crowd surging wildly to the train. For a moment confusion reigned supreme. A committee, composed of Captain William Dunbar and Samuel Wilson, had gone up the road and boarded the train before it reached the city. When they appeared at the door of the Pull man, leading a beautiful young child, dressed in gray and wearing a jaunty gray cap, a mighty shout rent the air and the band struck up "Dixie." Again there was pandemonium. Miss Galt was visibly affected by the demonstration. Hundreds of hands were stretched forward to grasp hers, and it was with the utmost difficulty that she could make her way down the steps of the car. Slowly the party had to work its way through the massed people, few able to catch a glimpse of the little heroine, owining to the crush. SALUTED THE VETERANS. When Miss Galt stepped in front of the line of old soldiers and gracefully 'doffed her little Confederate cap, a third mighty shout went up and de spite the cries of the officers the men broke ranks and rushed about Miss Galt, wild with enthusiasm, all anxi ous to be the first to shake her by the hand. By this time the little lady had gained her composure, and amid renewed enthusiasm smiled her greeting to the right and left as she walked to the head of the column. From the lined up Confederate sol J.--..iers to the grand entrance of the depot Miss Gait received ovation after ovation, the people, old and young, were drawn up in line to see her. After she had taken her seat in the carriage ladies and gentlemen surged about it, anxious to shake her hand and wel come her to the city. , A procession was immediately form ed, led by the Carnival band, Camp 435 following, and Miss Galt's carriage bringing up the rear. The line of march was out Campbell street to Broad and down Broad to the main entrance of the Albion. All along the line the little lady was accorded an ovation. A large crowd of people were massed in front of the hotel entrance, pushing and craning their necks to catch a glimpse of her as she passed into the hotel Tob)by. About the carriage Camp 435 and other visit ing camps were drawn up in line. As Miss Gait arose to leave the carriage she turned and gallantly doffed her cap to the heroes of the. sixities. A mighty shout went up and the band began to play "Dixie." Miss Gait is a mere child, fifteen years of age, but 'she holds a place dear in the hearts of the Veterans of Augusta and the South. She is exceedingly pretty. On the trip to Augusta Miss Gait is accompanied by her mother, who is also an attractive woman. Mrs. Galt wore a happy smile, and no wonder, as her little daughter so graciously received the ovations that were being extended at almost every step. It is safe to say that no young child from another state ever received a warmer welcome, or with a more enthusiastic demonstration, by the people of Augusta. It is an incident of life of which any one might feel justly proud. Miss Gait will remember her trip to Augusta in the years to come, and in the Providence of God, long after the last of the heroes of the Confederacy have stepped from the scene of action and reunions are no more. --Is ONLY A SAMPLE. But yesterday's demonstration is but a sample of the honors that have been accorded to Miss Gait since her memorable act in refusing to sing or hear sung "Marching Through Geor gia." All over the South Veterans' camps have heaped honors on Miss Gait, and her visits to reunions have been in the nature of ovations. Prom inent among those doing her honor is Camp 435 of Augusta. She has been elected an honorary members of the camp, presented with a gold badge of the Confederate Survivors' association, and memoralized in resoutions, and the last honor conferred was the invi tation extended to visit the Georgia reunion in this city as the guest of the camp. While in the city she will he accorded every honor possible for the old soldiers to confer. Through out yesterday afternoon and last night Miss Gait and Mrs. Galt were kept busy receiving ladies and gentlemen who called at the hotel to welcome them. Among the visitors were hun dreds of veterans froma all over the state. For all Miss Gait had a smile and a loving word. Already she is es tablished as a favorite. ABOUT THE INCIDENT. A word in reference to the incident that made Miss Gait famous will not be amiss. From Louisville corres pondence the following information is secured in reference to her refusal to join in or even hear the singing of the "Yankee" song when ordered by her teacher in the Louisville public school three years ago, which she was at tending: year-old school girl, has created a sen sation in Louisville and set the town1 to talking by her refusal not only to. sing "Marching Through Georgia,' but to refuse to hear it sung by her classmates. As a result of her breech of discipline her passae to the high school is endangered. The matter has been taken up by friends, and will be aired at the next meeting of the board of school trustees. Confeder ate Veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy have been aroused, aud already tne agitation has resulted in the possibility of reopening the ight agaiust the teaching of Civil War history in the public schools, because of the alleged unfairness of the so called popular histories. " 'The little rebel,' Miss Laura Tal bott Galt, is the grand-daughter of Mrs. Laura.Talbott Ross, a member of the Daughters of the American Rev olution, and an ardent an.1 unrecon structed member of the Albert Sydney Johnson chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy." Of the incident Miss Galt is quoted as follows by the above correpondent: "I am too loyal to my parents and my ancestors to permit the South or the cause for which her sons fought to be slandered or misrepresented, and I will not sing, nor will I listen to the singing of such songs as 'March ing Through Georgia,' which I hold are unfair to the South, and are re sented by all true Southerners. As to my defense of Admiral Semmes, I had a perfect right to do so, and was backed by other histories every bit as good.as Barnes'. He was a good ad miral, a loyal Confederate, and is en titled to all that can be said in his behalf. I hope I will be promoted to the high school. My record has been good in all my studies and surely all my good marks cannot be taken away just because I refused to hear a song which is an insult to my ears." NOT SPOILED A BIT. Another detailed account of the in cident is the following, clipped from the Lost Cause, a Confederate maga zine published at Louisville: "The father and the grandfather of little Laura Galt were Confederate soldiers. Both of them are dead. Her grandfather, Dr. Galt, was the first surgeon of the First Kentucky calvary, which regiment was com manded by the late Ben Hardin Helm. There are those who remember Dr. Galt when he wore a Confederate uni form and defended the cause of the South. There are others who remem ber Dr. Galt when he was an honored citizen of Davies county, Kentucky, and both as citizen and soldier we all respect his memory. "His grand-daughter, little Laura Galt, who declined to sing 'Marching Through Georgia,' is a pupil in the public school of the city of Louisville, where she lives. She is obedient and respectful to all those who are set in authority over her. But when her teacher requested .her to sing that song she declined to do so, because its sentiments are a reflection on the honor and integrity of her dead an cestors." "Little Miss Galt is a gracious little maiden who seems not to have been spoiled by all the attention and noto riety given her. THOUGHT IT A SHIAXE A reporter asked her a few ques tions and her responses, put together, make the following explanation of her school girl conduct: "I have received many letters from old soldiers from all over the country. When I think of what those dear old Confederates suffered for the cause they loved so dearly, I feel how unde served is all the praise they give me for the little act of duty of mine. I always keep these letters among my treasures. I had read other histories of the war and knew the truth about the battle between the Kearsarge and the Alabama. For this reason I would not say, as my teacher tried to force the class to say, that it was a breach of honor in Admiral Semmes to escape on the Deerhound instead of giving his sword to Captain Winslow when the Kearsage htd fired broad side after broadside into the Confed erate cruiser after the white fiag was raised. As for putting my fingers in my ears, I did that because I would not listen to a song that de clares such a tyran~t and coward as Sherman and his disgraceful, and hor rible march through Georgia and the Carolinas to be glorious. I did not think at the time that my teacher would think it very bad. I felt that forcing the Southern girls who were in the room to sing or listen to such a song was an insult that I could not stand." ________ Can't Stop BoHl Weevil. More than 500 delegates and about 2,000 lay visitors were present at the opening session of the National Boll Weevil and Cotton convention at Dallas, Texas, on Thursday. The most conspicuous figure was James Wilson, the secretary of agriculture in President Roosevelt's cabinet. Mr. Wilson delivered the principal address of the day. He said that he had come to Texas more than a week ago to look into the cotton situation. He did not hesitate to call attention to the defective methods of Texas farm ing as he had observed them and to declare that under them all the money in the United States treasury could not exterminate the boll weevil pest. He advocated better methods -particularly deep ploughing. The United States government, Mr. Wil son said, had spent this year more than $100,000 in Texas to help the farmers. He declared that the boll weevil pest could not be exterminated. He said: "You are here today in the interest of the cotton crop of the United States. As far as my observa tion and information go we cannot exterminate the boll weevil pest, and you cannot keep it this side of the Sabine and the Mississippi river either. It is going across? Murder and Suicide. Dr. E. W. Light, a prominent den tist committed suicide Sunday night Nov. 8, at his home in Saginaw, Mich. after fatally shooting his wife and daughter, Ruby, a young girl of 18. The tragedy was not discovered until Wednesday. A friend in Bay City, alarmed by a letter he received from Dr. Light, went to Saginaw and en tered the Light home. Mrs. Light was found on her bed, with a bullet through her head, but not quite dead, while the daughter had escaped in her oight dress, as far as the kitchen, where she was shot down and killed it the door. Dr. Light had then re urned upstairs; and~ committed sui ide. Hie left letters behind in which e confesses the intended crime. He ;tated in the letters tbat he felt in ~anity coming on and that he dreaded eing shut up, and leaving his loved ynes unprotected. An Ugly Affair. The house of Mr. Jerough near Iayesville was burned on Tuesday reek ago. The fire was of incendiary rigin. It seems that a negro hand vas not satisfied with an account of 1s with Mr. Jerough. Mr. Jerough s overseer for Dr. Banker. The negro bhreatened to kill him and all of his :amily and burned him out, and there ;eems to be no doubt of his doing the atter, for he has dissappeared since he fire. There have been no steps aln to apprehend him. NEGROES IN CONFERENCE. Booker Washington as Usual Gives the Leaders Good Advice. At Washington on Tuesday of last week Booker T. Washington spoke at the conference of negro leaders on the race problem. Despite the fact that the special problems of the city negro and rape and lynching were before the conference for discussion, he carefully avoided them, devoting his time to general advice to the conference. "I feel," he said, "if I had listened more and talked less than I have done, I should have accomplished more in the work I have tried to do." He referred to the need for harmony among organ izations and repeated that the Nation al Siocological society had a work to do which no other organization could perform. Continuing, he said: "I am glad we are getting to the point where we can come together without regard to de nomination, even to party, to discuss these problems. There are two things that I want to say to you. I hope you will bear in mind that the great body of your people live in the south. There are 8,000,000 in the south and they will be there for years. If vou will help us you will keep in touch with us who are striving to better the conditions there. There are those of us who expect to remain right in the south and if our people suffer to suffer with them. In the discussions of this conference condemnations of wrong should have a large part, but a very large part should be given to bringing out something constructive. There are wrongs to be sure. Some of us live in sections where we hear them and eat them for breakfast, dinner and supper. But along with condem nation there is a demand for some thing constructive. What can you actually project or what relief can you bring?" Before leaving the floor Prof. Wash ington was asked by the Rev. Henry Johnson of Baltimore if he saw any tendency toward the adoption of his own constructive theories, to which the leader replied: "My own feeling is that we must do our duty in the light of human progress and if we find immediate results or not we should trust to God to help us out." J. W. Lyons, the negro leader and register of the treasury, also spoke, advising the conference to ferret out the crimes which had brought about the numerous lynchings in order to show the wrong done the race. A committee was appointed to show by the records the truth of the state ment made by the Rev. Dr. Caruthers of Washington that the white men of Chicago bad been guilty of the social crime more than the entire negro race in the same length of time. A XURDEROUS MINER Shooti Into Crowd of People Coming Out of Theatre. At Wallace, Idaho, two persons were killed and two wounded in a shooting affray at the entrance of the opera house last Tuesday night week. The shootmng took place just as the theatregoers were leaving the theatre. The dead: Dr. W. F. Fims, shot through head. William Cuff, miner, shot three times. The wounded. Chief of Police McGovern, shot through band. Opera House Policeman Rose, shot in leg. The trouble across over Cuff insist ing on smoking a cigar in the gallery. House Policeman Rose ordered him to stop, but he refused. The police man took the cigar away from.Cuff, after a struggle. Cuff left the theatre vowing vengeance. He returned with a revolver and waited until the per formance was over. Rose was the frst to leave the opera house. As he stepped outside, Cuff began firing. The first shot missed and Rose return ed the fire. Dr. Fims, who was escorting a lady, followel Rose out and as be did so, a bullet presumbably from Cuff's revolver, struck him in the head, killing him instantly. Other policemen appeared and a general fusilade followed. Tbe panic stricken theatre-goers rushed back into the foyer, men and womeni~being trampled upon in the mad rush to get away. Cuff continued firing, wounding Chief of Police McGovern and Special Officer Rose. Cuff then started to escape but was intercepted at a side exit by Policeman Quinn, who kept up a run ning fire, three bullets taking effect. Cuff fell unconscious and died in 15 minutes. A number of people were injured in the stampede. Cuff was a miner and served in the Phillippines with an Ohio regiment. Dr. Fims is a well known surgeon of Wallace and leaves a family. Neighborly and Otherwise. In a country near Atlanta when the stock law was adpoted two adjoining farmers fought against each other in the election. The stock law crowd won and shortly after the no-law farmer's cattle got into the pro-law fellow's crop. They were seized until the owner came for them and asked the damages. "Well," said the stock law farmer, "I am a law-abiding citizen and as there were 14 head of your stock in my crop the bill is $7." The bill was paid, but shortly after about 20 head of the -pro-law man's cattle got into the other man's field. Pro-law went over to recover his cat tle and took his wallet along. "What are the damages?" he asked. "Nothing at all," .said the no-law man. ".Because I'm neighbor and-not a law-abiding citizen." The Prise-Winning Crank. The opening of congress brought with it the usual number of cranks that infest the capitol, but the prize winner was Hon. George A. Lear who was there with the claim that he had been elected to congress by 1,000,000 majority. He sent a letter of notifi cation to the clerk of the house to this effect and he was duly gathered in by the capitol police. Fighting the Tobacco Trust. Over 300 tobacco growers, repre senting the white Burley districts of Ohio and Kentucky, held a secret meeting in New York on Thursday for the purpose of arranging details of a loan of $10,000,000 offered by the New York Security Warehouse com pany to handle the crop so as to wrest the control of the product from the tobacco trust. A Valuable Dollar. A silver dollar coined in 1804 was sold at Denver, Col., on Fridry by R. . Parvin of Denver to H. G. of Port land, Ore.. for $2,000. The coin was bought by J1. W. Dexter of Denver in 1885 for $1,000. Since then a sale has been made at $1,200, which was the recor until to-day. KILED BY HAZERS. ik Medical Student Was Killed by Savage ILitistion in Baltimore. LAID NUBE ON BIG ICE CAKE. I Relative of the Slain Youth Tells of the Treatment the Victim Received and Calls it Foul Murder. Martin Loew, twenty-seven years ld. a dental student at the University of Maryland Medical College, who died on Sunday from the effects of brutal bazing by fellowstudents at a Greek letter society initiation, was a New Yorker. He bad been a student at the Maryland College for three years, and was to have graduated in June, 1904. The New York American says Dr. Leopold Hitschmann, of No. 61 East Eighty-sixth street, New York, a cousin cf young Loew, was bitter in his denunciations of the treatment his relative received. "A fellow student of Martin came all the way from Baltimore and gave me full details of the case," said Dr. Hirschmann. "He said that a week ago last Saturday Martin received notice that he was admitted into Phi Psi Chi fraternity and was wanted immediate ly at Mechanics' Hall, No. 100 North Paca street. He hurried to the hall and was met by twenty-five members of the "frat." DROPPED TWENTY-FIVE FEET. "He was told to undress, and after doing so was blindfolded and taken into a room, where he was laid upon a cake of ice. "He was then carried upstairs to the balcony and thrown over the rail, a drop of twenty-five feet. On the floor beneath stood a num ber of students holding a sheet. "When Martin fell into this he was tossed up and down until he was un conscious. After being revieved he was beaten until his body was a mass of bruises. "That night he was in such a wretched condition that his room mate stayed up all night with him. Whiskey and quinine were given to him during the night, and in the morning Martin said that he felt re lieved. AFTER SECOND DEGREE -DEATH. "The following Saturday. Martin took the 'Second Degree,' while his chum, Eph Stone, took the 'First Degree.' Before starting for the hall he said that he was afraid. Little is known of what happened at this meeting. "The following morning my cousin was found dead and his chum was in a serious condition. "The latter has given out contradic tory statements and the true facts of the case may ever remain a mystery. "I was a medical student and knew all about hazing, but this case is ac tual murder. He was a strong, athle tic young man, of the best habits, and neither drank nor smoked. The guilty ones should be sent to the gallows. They are murderers." FOR A R AZORT1ESS SHAVE. A Harmless Mixture That Will Do It Better ThaD a Razor. Dr. Wolfram E. Dreyf us, chief chemist of the New York Department of public Charities, has compounded a little mixture which, if rubbed over the face, will shave you as quickly and as well as the finest Shefield razor. This is the wonder-working com pound: Barrii sulphidl, 25 parts. Saponis pulvis, 5 parts. Talci, farinae, 35 parts. Tritici farinae, 35 parts. Benzaldehdi, quarter solution. It appears in the new hospital formulary which Dr. Dreyfus issued recently. This formulary contains 38 formulas and is the most exten tensive ever used by a hospital. Dr. Dreyfus has been working for a long time on this "pulvis depilatorius," or shaving powder, and after many experiments he says that he has found something that is satisfactory and harmless. The several ingredients mentioned above when mixed together make a power. For the new scientific ra zorless shave you take one teaspoon ful of the powder and mix it with three teaspoonfuls of water, making a paste which you apply to the face in a moderately thick and even layer with a brush from your otherwise discarded shaving outfit. After four or five minutes moisten the lather with a sponge, and in five minutes more you can wash the mixture off, leaving a breadless, gashless face. As Dr. Dreyf us explained it, this new shaving mixture didn't seem so wonderful after all. The essential ingredient is barium sulphide, which is contained in all depilatory mix tures and is also used extensively in tanning. A solution in which the barium sulphide is the chief ingre dent is rubbed over the hide and the bair can easily be scraped off imumedi ately after. Barium suiphide, how ever, is very powerful, and the trouble with all depilatory powders, even those which are used as an adjunct to surgical operations, is that they are injurious to the skin. Dr. Dreyf us therefore looked around for something hat would render the powerful sul phide harmless.. The ingredients which he found would have that effect, and which are set down in the formula given above, have strange and impressive names, but they are really our every day friends. Saponis pulvis is plain powdered soap which makes a lather Talci veneti pulvis is talcum powder, and Tritici farinae is wheat flour, both of which are cosmetic in their effects. Benzaldehyde is practically an artificial almond oil, the pleasant rdor of which neutralizes that of the barium suiphide, which is not so pleasant. A dash of this over the face, a ten ninute wait, a wash, and there you are, looking as clean and feeling much etter than if you had submitted to >ne of the old-fashioned razor opera ions with "Witch hazel or bay rum ir?" accompaniments. The new :air grows much more slowly, but )therwise the effect is the same as hat of a razor shave, except the cost >f the new process which is hardly worth considering. Learning the Ropes. The State says the speaker's lobby n Washington has been furnished with three elgant Persian rugs tbat ost $2,000 apiece, and several new nembers hesitated to walk upon them mtil they saw pages throwing ciga :ette stumps on them. There is ithing like learning the ropes. Cans'c Thou Forget? Canst thou fo-get, beloved, our first awakening From out the shadowy calms of doubts and dreams, To know Love's perfect stulight round us breaking, Bathing our beings in its glorious gleams Canst thou forget? A sky of rose and gold was o'er us glowing, Around us was the morning breath of May: Then met our soul-tides, thence together flow ing, Then kissed our thought-waves, mingling on their way; Caust thou forget? Canst thou forget when first thy loving fingers Laid gently back the locks upon my brow? Ah, to my woman's thought that touch still lingers And softly glides along my forehead now. Canst thou forget? Canst thou forget when every twilight tender, Mid dews and sweets, behold our slow steps rove, And when the nights, which come in starry splendor, Seemed dim and pallid to our heaven of love? Canst thou forget? Canst thou forget the childlike heart-outpour ig Of her whose fond faith knew no faltering fears? The lashes dropped to veil her eyes' adoring, Her speaking silence, and her blissful tears? Canst thou forget? Canst thou forget the last mournful meeting. The trembling form clasped to thy anguished breast; The heart against thine own now wildly beat ing, Now fluttering faint, grief-wrung, and fear vppresd Canst thou forget? Canst thou forget, though all love's spell be broken, The wild farewell which rent our souls apart? And that last gift, Affection's holiest token, The severed-tress, which lay upon thy heart Canst thou forget? Canst thou forget, belov'd:one-comes there never The angel of sweet visions to thy rest? Brings she not back the fond hopes fled forever. Wbile one last name thrills through thy sleeping breast? Canst thou forget? A GRAND NONUENT. President Davis' Tribute to the Wo men of the South. The Augusta Chronicle says, at a dinner the other night in that city the conversation naturally drifted to the coming reunion, and things rela tive to the Confederacy. For once, the older members of the party monopolized the conversation. For once the younger ones were content to be mere listeners. "One thing is certain," said the judge, as he put down his sherry glass, "if I had anything to do with the state school commission I would see to it, that in every school throughout the state there was a copy of The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy. It's a wonderful book, sir," he said address ing himself to the Major, "a wonder ful book. Not only is it full of his torical data,to show that the~Southern states had rightfully the power to withdraw from a union into which they had, as soverign communities, volun tarily entered, but it proves beyond a doubt, sir, misapprehensions created by industriously circulated misrepre sentations as to the acts and purposes of the people, as well as the general government of the Confederate states. And it is as full of beautiful thoughts as any epic poem ever written. "Talk about a monument to the wo men of the Confederacy," he continued taking in the ladies of the party with a wave 'of his hand, "you may rear a shaft of costly marble, you may build a college rich with the grace of ancient architecture, but you will never get anything more beautiful as a tribute of love to the women of the Confeder acy, than the dedication of Mr. Davis' book. "Did you ever hear it?' No? Well, listen! He says: To The Women of the Confederacy, Whose pious ministrations to our wounded soldiers soothed the last hours of those Who died far from the object of their tender love; whose do mestic labors Contributed much to supply the wants of our defenders in the field; Whose zealous faith in our cause Shone a guiding star undimmed by the darkest clouds of war, Whose forcitude Sustained them. under all the priva tions to which they were subjected; Whose annual tribute expresses their enduring grief, love and reverence for our sacred dead. And Whose patriotism t. Will teach their children temulate tbe deeds of our revolution ary sires These pages are dedicated by their Countryman. Jefferson Davis." They Must Go. At Gainesville, Ga., last week an in dignation meeting, attended by 200 of the best citizens of the city; was held in the city hall for the purpt se of adopting plans to suppress the sale of whiskey and the operation of objec tionable resort in the city. A Law and Order league was formed before the meeting adjourned and 100 prom inent citizens volunteered to serve on a committee to wait upon the per sons operating the blind tigers and other places and informing them that they would be given only three days in- which to get out of the city and the county. Rev. J. W. Wynne, pas tor of the First Baptist church, was named as spokesman of the commit tee. A Negro's Sound Logic. Brown Rodger, colored, was hanged at Union on Friday for the murder of Rodger Fant, white. The deed was committed on April 5 of this year. Deceased had two more hourse to live but he declared himself ready. He walked upon the trap at 12 o'clock and live minutes were consumed in tieing the knot and reading the death sentence. At 12.21 he was declared dead by Dr. J. M. Lawson, the coun ty physician. Rodger was visited Friday by Rev. A. G. Wardlaw, Rev. Croswell McGee and others. He told them he was ready to go. He also said if he was hung all those who have been let off on self-defense ought to be brought up and hung. Wireless Plays Queer Pranks. Mrs. Langtry saw Sig. Marconi for the tirst time the other evening, says the Chicago Tribune, and the incident caused her to tell her own peculiar ex periences with wireless telegram. "I had dined with a friend the night before I left London," she said, "and when we passed a vessel I tele graphed by the new method, "The ocean does not part us.' "Ten days later I had a telegram back from my friends with a request to explain what it meant. It read: "The ocean has no pantson.' " Two Years Of Teddy. Having overthrown civil service re form, resurrected the negro question, sown profound distrust among the property interests of tbe East and giv en the people administration spiced with scandal, our officious little Presi dent has taken a whack at interna tional law and challenged Columbia to battle. Congress will have to sit non on the little man. AN OUTRAGE. Dispensary Constables Arrested and Put in Jail at the INSTANCE OF A DIVE KEEPER, Because They Refused to Allow Him to Shoot Them When They Raided His Blind Tiger Den in Charleston. Not content with the indictment of the five dispensary constables in the court of common pleas a few days ago on the charge of assaulting him in his place of business in the city of Charleston last August, R. D. Wie ters, who ran a blind tiger in Charles ton, carried his case into the United States court Saturday, securing an order from Judge Simonton for the arrest of State Constables Bateman, Hay, Gidean, Grady and May. Two of the constables were arrested by the United States Marshal, and in de fault of $6,000 bond each were sent to jail. It is probable that three others will be arrested on a similar proceed ing, and the action of the prosecutors has created quite a sensation. CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. The Columbia State says "all the trouble arises from a difficulty which the constables had with law-breakers by the name of Wieters, men who claim that they are not naturalized citizens, and have brought suit for damages in the federal court and have also instituted criminal proceedings in the same court. Action of a crimi nal nature has been brought in the state courts and the grand jury has returned a true bill on each of the several counts. "Governor Heyward was annoyed last week because in the case of Mr. William Lykes against Chicco's driver; the indictment was thrown out by the grand jury, while on the other hand true bills under several counts were brought in against the constables, who had the fight with the Wieters people. The first action brought by Wieters was a civil suit for $10,000 damages against the constables, and in addition they have been arrested by the United States marshal and are now in jail in Charleston in default of $5,000 bond each. WAS AN OUTRAGE. "The case of Mr. Lykes was con sidered an outrage. He was run down by one of Chicco's drivers and received injuries which came near costing him his life. Mr. Lykes is a farmer in Richland county, and is - known as a most honorable man. He would not use his pistol in attempting to 'stop Chicco's driver, and for this was com mended by the governor. Orders have been issued by the governor and by Mr. Hammett that they would toler ate no fighting on the part of the con stables, and the Wieters- affray is the first violation of that order. How ever, Gov. Heyward must think the provocation great, for he has not yet discharged the men who are in trouble. "Mr. Hammet was in Charleston Saturday and hurried back to Colum bia to consult with the governor and the attorney general, thinking that of more importance than to try to get bond for the arrested men. Mr. Ham mett's report 2f the facts in the case gave the governor quite a surprise, for the best men had been selected for this work and they had been instruct ed to be cautious and prudent. This is the first serious unpleasantness since the governor came into office." GOV. BEYWARD TALES OUT. In speaking of the matter Satur day night Gov. Heyward said: "I found the law upon the books and un der my oath of offce it is my duty to enforce it. Charleston is treated like any other part of the state. The only way to endeavor to enforce the law in Charleston is to order the chief to raid suspected places, for the juries refuse to find true bills. At the pres nt term of court the grand jury threw out the bill against a negro driver in Chicco's employ, who was charged with assult in driving over one of the constables acting in the discharge of his duties. Mr. .Lykes was seriously injured, and it was feared at one time that he would die. WILL EN~FORCE THE LAW. "It is exasperating that the plain tiff. in this case-a man whose place of business, I understand, has been raid ed frequently-should consider him self immune from the laws of this State, and when called upon to ob serve the laws, institutes in the fed eral courts civil proceedings against the officers of the law. Wieters claim ed damages on the ground that he is not a citizen of the United States, bur, owes his allegiance to a foreign pow er and by virtue of such action has the officers thrown into jail to await release by giving bond for $5,000 each. Such action shall not deter me in the effort to enforce the dispensary law In the enforcement of this law, Chareston must be treated like any other part of the State." The matter has been referred to the office of the attorney general to take steps to secure the release of the con stables. Mr. Gunter and the governor discussed the matter at length last night. Killed His Brother. A snecial to The State says just outside of the corporate limits of Greenville a sad accident took place on Tuesday, Ngov. 10, resulting in the death of a young negro, the son of Dink Walker, a respectable man who lives on Geo. B. Thurston's palce. A negro came to Walker's with a shot gun and sat it down against a stump in the field, where two of Walker's sons were at work. One of. them picked up the gun and raised.-it to his shoulder, aiming as if to shoot, when his brother passed in front of the gun just as it was accidentally tired. The load entered his head and blew off one side of it. The boy that was killed is 18 years old and the one who fired the gun is 14 years old. The white .friends of the family ex press much regret at the unfortunate occurrence. Warned by a Dead Man. The Salisbury, N. C., Sun relates the following: Mr. J. S. Marable, who died on Monday night related several days before his death a re markable esperience. IHe was covers ing with his physician, Dr. W. W. McKenzie, to whom he stated that he had been warned of his death. "Some weeks ago," said Mr. Marable, "when I was walking home I became so weak that I was compelled to sit upon a rock to rest. While resting Tom Sparnell (Mr. Sparnell has been dead for several months) came to me and said, "Well old fellow, your time is, about up and you had better get ready to die. I knew Tom Sparnell was dead, but I could see and hear him itinctly." FACE ROCKS OF NATURE. Specimen Profiles in the California Mountains. All outdoors is a puzzle picture, like those made for sharpening children's wits. Clouds pile themselves Into fantastic shapes and cast weird shadows on the ground. Trees and shrubs mimic things of animal kind, and rocks as sume forms so foreign to their sub stance that It sees as if only the hand of a master artist could have made them so. There are many people in the world like Wordsworth's Peter Bell: A primrise by the river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more. To Peter Bell a rock's a rock, a tree's a tree, a cloud's a cloud, and it is nothing more. However, we are not all Peter Bells, and if we go to Mount Tamalpals we find some astonishing modellings by nature. Of these the most familiar are the Veiled Prophet ess and the Old Lady of Tamalpais. On a ragged cliff so high that the se quoias of Mill Valley seem like stunt ed shrubs, the bowknot of Tamalpals railway a narrow ribbon and the Gold, en Gate but a shiny streak, sits the Veiled Prophetess of Tamalpais. Im mutable, Inscrutable, sphinx-like, the faces of the seeress is turned ever to ward San Francisco, and only the winds from the ocean may gather from her lips the secrets of the fut ure. A few minutes' walk from the tav ern of Tamalpals on the trail that cir cles the crest of the mountain brings one to the Old Lady that guards the path where It narrows on a rocky, sheer-walled ledge. The profile is per fect. But Tamalpais has not the only col lection of nature sculpture in Cali fornia. There is the George Washing ton rock, about thirty-five miles north west of Los Angeles, in the Santa Su sana Mountains. A chiselled monu ment could hardly bear truer likeness to George Washington than does this rock. With Squaw Rock comes a romance. A. chiefs daughter loved a white hunt. er. He died. She returned to her father's wigwam. The chief turned her out and she found a resting place in Russian River. When the Indian women went next day to the river for water they saw engraved on the rock where the river's course turns sharp. ly the features of the chief's daugh ter. The Great Spirit had fashioned ai marker for her grave. But nature is versatile. Her rock pictures are not all alike. -The caves of La Jolla clai a style of art, unique, distinctive. Looking out from within out of these great caves the entrance forins a perfect silhoutte of a woman, tall, stately, In trailing robes. Unlike the people of the mountain, this fig ure does not play at hide and seek. Perhaps she is the image of constancy; this White Lady of La Jolla.-Sunset Magazine. Indian Medicine Man. Ernest Thompson-Seton was talking about the Indian medicine man the other day. "Did you ever notice," said he, "that the Indian doctor's two .prime reme dies are to-day the prime remedies of the most advanced medical science also They are massage and the vapor bath. The early explorers all ridiculed these two features of the medicine man's treatment as much as they did any of the rest; but enlightened phy sicians have adopted them now. 0f course, the medical men practiced all sorts of fraud and deception. But they were shrewd judges of character, and that was the reason of their holding the positions they did. Here is an ex ample of It: "Running Deer and Lame Dog had a quarrel. It was smoothed over and forgotten. A year afterward Running Deer was found dead one morning in his tepee. The medicine man retired and remained Invisible for two days. Then he called a council "When all were seated In order, he said. 'I have fasted and had visions, and knowledge has been granted ta me. You see this knife. There are three spots of blood on this side the blade, three on the other side. I wipe off the blood; this side Is clean, thi4 side is clean. I put the knife behind me, so, In the council fire. Each ma~ shall stand In turn. When the bloo4 spots come back on the blade, tha man will be the guilty one. "'Storm Cloud, stand up. No blood comes on the blade. Storm Cloud, sit down; you are not guilty.' "'Blue Buffalo, stand up. No blood comes on the blade. Blue Buffalo, sit down; you are not guilty. - "'Lame Dog, stand up. See, the blood comes back on the blade. Lam4 Dog is guilty.' "Confronted by this supernatural proof of his guilt, Lame Dog broke down and confessed, and was thius brought to -justice through shrewd judgment and a simple trick of sleight of hand." "Uncle" Russell Sage.. The wasteful "bulls" and "bears" of Wall Street, who generally live fasil and exhaust their capital of cash and vitality in self-indulgence, are fond oi jeering at "Uncle Russell" and callind him "miser" and other opprobious names. The "accommodation" he af. fords them when in a "deal" fails to excite their gratitude, especially since they know he always gets back his money with good interest, while they often lose theirs. They are hardly just. If they but imitated their "uin cle's" moderation they hight hope per. haps to live and prosper as long as hes Whatever may be said of Mr. Sage'~ strong grip on the dollar, the figureo his last birthday clearly demonstrated the excellence of some points of his eharacter.-Baltliore Sun. PLAYING WITH FIEE. The Republicans Mfessing With the Race Problem in Congress. The Washington correspondent of The State says widespread comment was aroused at the capitol Friday by the action of Representative Dick of Ohio introducing a resolution provid ing for a congressional inquiry into the alleged disfranchisement of vot rs in the south and for the reduction of congressional representations of hose States wherein such conditions: a~re found to exist. Representative Dick is an intimate riend of Senator Hlanna, a strong man in the house, and one of the big men in the Republican party. For this reason there is rightly attached a. faneaching significance to his reso lution that others of the same charac ter introduced by less prominent Re publicans entirely lacked. The resolu tion, after reciting the law regarding the suffrage, says: "Whereas, it is a matter of com mon information and belief that the right of some male citizens being 2] yerso ge to vote at elections named FAM NIMA L1IEES Prevention Is Far Better Than The Trouble of Cure. - DISEASES OF THE SWINE althful Food, Drink, Shelter and Surroundings-Keep Animals VIg orous and Thrifty-Look Out Care fully for Digestion-Benefits of Cleanliness. We should endeavor to prevent the ippearance of disease, rather than to :ure it after it has come. Sanitation, iot medication, is what will reduce li1ease among farm animals to- tie' minimum. Disease is by far the more :ommon among swine than among* yther farm animals in this country. Annually above ten per cent. of our swine die of disease. Yet there are nen who have raised swine extensiveli .or fifteen to twenty years with as little iisease among them as among the best-kept horses or cattle. These men bave reared pure-bred swine, and some Df them are in the region where corn ,s largely fed. It cannot, therefore, be said that so much disease among swine is due to in-breeding, or wholly to the large feeding of corn. There Is no reason why swine should be more subject to disease than other farm anU. mals. The fact that they are, is -be cause they are treated differently. Their quarters are alowed to become more filthy; they are given drink that other anima's would .not -be exp-cted to -use; their leed is thrown in the mud and their own manure;- and their she:ters are of the poorest description and devoid of all means of ventilatIon. The men who have raised swine with little disease, have given their swine pure drink, a variety of clean, whole some food, comfortable well-ventilated shelters and clean, dry quarters. It must not, however, be Inferred. that therd is among other farm nimals no more disease than there should be. If more care were taken to provide sheep, cattle and horses with only healthful food, drink, shelter and suM roundigs, it is safe to say that there would be much less disease among -, them. The investigations of European veterinaries, and of Drs. Law, Giant and others in this country, have shown-,-t that bovine tuberculosis is most prey alent among cows kept in damp, foul, anventilated stables, or upon, wet land where the air and food are contazti pated. In other words, sanitation and hygiene are opposed to bovine tuber' culosis. Nor Is this disease an excep tion. Sanitary measures are the best preventive of every disease amicting our farm animals. The preponderance of evidence Is that swin-plague, bovine -tuberculosis Coot-rot, glanders, etc., are produced. by a microbe.. However, it has been established without doubt that those conditions which are unwholesome to higher animal life-are most favorable to the microbes which are supposed to produce these diseases. Thus, these microbes flourish in water contami nated with decaying organic matter, or in damp, decomposing litter; and while they are not Introduced Intothe system through pure drink or food, they are Introduced through foul, dirty drink and food oftener than by any other medium. - The measures recommended for the - prevention of disease would also be de sirable were no disease to be feared. - It is firmly established that animain in low bodily condition are more sub. ject to disease -than vigorous, thrifty 'anials. That which males the farm animal thrifty and vigorous, and there. fore les liable to disease, also makes it rofitable. The more wholesome- the food, drink and surroundings -of~the - animal, the stronger Its 'appetite and the more thorough its digestion,' It eats well, the excess above the food of support Is at the manimum and as this measures the gain the profit Is large. As digestion Is svigorous 'the amount of food which escapes assImi latIon is reduced to the mninimum, Where "poor condition" Is not allowed - to exist disease is scarcely known, and at the same time the-animal makes the largest return for the food con sumned. While we have need for a -- hundred veterinaries to each one 'e now have, their work, as that of the physician of the human body, will be largely in teaching sanitation. FARM ECONOMICS. A mixture of kerosene and lamp black Is a good application to keep steel surfaces bright. - If the whiffletree breaks don't throw it into a corner. Remove the irons. They can be fitted to new wood. - The farther- you are from market the greater Is your need of condensing products by feeding grain to anima By keeping the cattle off the pas ture one day longer in the Spring yoi may keep them upon It two days long er in the Fall. A handy thing to have Is a box con taining an assortment of bolts nuts, rivets, nails, and a hammer, pinchers ind cold-chisel. The paint brush that proved to be a bargain was cleaned in turpentine each time Its work was done, dried, and hung up by its handle. Diogenes with his lantern could noU have found a good excuse for dil tools. Perserverance Is not a bad substi. tute for ateacherIn acquiringskll. in said amendment to the constitu tion named aforesaid, except for par ticipation in the rebellion or other crime, is denied and abridged in cer tain States, therefore, "Resolved, That the matter be re ferred to the committee on election of tbe president, vice-president and rep resenmatives in congress, whose duty it shall be and who shall have full and ample power to investigate and inquire into the validity of the elec tion laws of tbe several States and the manner of their enforcement, and whether the right to vote at any elec tion for the choice of electors for president and vice-president of the United States, representatives in con gress or the members of the legisla ture of any State is denied to the male inhabitants of any of the States, be ing 21 years of age and a citizen of the United States, except for par ticipation in the rebellion or other crime." Oca business with the Phillip pines, imports and exports, amounts to less than S 15 000( per soldier who meets death in our "island posses