The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 13, 1899, Image 5
ENEMIES
OF RATTLERS.
Hogs and Black Snakes Kill the Venomous
Reptiles With Impunity.
The two greatest enemies of the rattlesnake
are the black snake and the
hog. The rattlesnake is slow and sluggish
in movement, while the black snake
is intensely rapid. The latter will circle
around his foe and with a sudden
dart grasp the venomous reptile by the
neck, so that it has no chance to use
its poisonous fangs, and quickly squeeze
it to death. A hog, especially if fat
suffers no danger from the rattlesnake.
He will march boldly up to the coiled
reptile, allow himself to be struck in
his jowls once, twice or three times, as
the case may be. and will then calmly
proceed to swallow the reptile without
concern. The reason for the hog's immunity
is due to the fact that the blood
1 vessels are so minute and infrequent on
his cheeks, where fat is predominant,
41?1 *0^0 nr? tV?? nnianti and
Uittl IUCJ iau IU vaav >?v r- ?
carry it through the porcine system.
Hogs have been used in droves to clear
some of the islands of the southern seas
of poisonous reptiles and have proved
successful
By remembering two simple facts any
one can distinguish a poisonsous serpent
from a harmless one. The venomous
reptile invariably possesses a triangularly
shaped head and a blunt nose, while
his tail is correspondingly blunt an4s
stubby. Any snake that tapers smoothly
from t ae middle of its body to the tip
of its rose and to the tip of its tail as
well, growing slender in a gradual and
regular manner, is absolutely devoid of
venom.?New York Press.
Badly Confused.
Lord Bramwell, says the biographer
of that jurist, used to tell a story illustrating
the complete paralysis which
may affect the human mind at trying
moments.
One day when he was on board a
Rhine steamboat he noticed a lady, evidently
in great distress, trying by signs
to explain to the officials some matter
of importance. Fancying that she was
a countrywoman of his own, he asked
"Do yon speak English?"
The poor lady had really lost her head,
and she conld only stammer ont, "Un
pen"?that is, a little.
Then Lord Bramwell continned the
conversation in French, bnt it became
evident that the lady understood scarcely
a word. German and Italian gave
equally bad resnlta Finally she muttered
audibly to herself >
"How I wish I were safe at home!"
"But surely you do speak English!'
exclaimed the baron.
"I can't speak anything else, "she
sobbed. "That's what makes me so
helpless among these foreigners."
A Bunch or Keys.
BY VIVIAN M. MOSES.
Partington sauntered slowly into
the club.
"Hello, Charlie Brownfield," he
called to a light-haired youth in the
vestibule. "How's your head thi6
morning?"
"Two sizes abnormal, thank you,"
replied Charlie, with a laugh. "No,
- - ?* * . 1. i I
truth is, oia man, mac puucn last
night was too weak to hurt a baby.
But Barnes was Jat his best, wasn't
he? Never saw his men play better/'
"The music was good," assented
Partington. "The floor was perfection,
too."
"Hin! There you go," growled
Brownfield. "Just so the floor is
smooth and the music good, the
devil can take the punch, for all you
care!'*
Partington laughed. "There'6
Teddy Biffles," he said, as they passed
on into the room.
Biffles was^standing near a pool
table, his coat off, one shirt sleeve
rolled up over his arm, and a billiard
cue irt his hand. He was slowly
tiffing his cigar as he chalked the
end of his cue.
"Hello, boys!" he called between
puffs, "come over and take a game."
"What are you doing?" asted
''J**** ' Brownfield; "I'll bet Teddy has some
marvelous new combination he
wants to run in on us now," he added
aloud to Partington.
"Come on, Teddy, tell us about it,"
said the latter. "We are anxious to
? ?l$ftrr>i as always," he concluded.
"Never mind about the play," said
Tfcddy; "you'll see that soon enough.
But look here, have you read your
papers yet?"
"Partington lit a cigar. "Yes,"
he said; "what about it?"
"What about it! Why, didn't you
see an account of the robbery of Mrs.
Whitson last night?"
v "Oh, yes!" cried Charlie, from the
eoe-rack. "Deuce of a racket, isn't
it? * What do you fellows think about
it?" he asked.
"It's hard to tell," replied Parting
ton; "you see, nobody knows anything
about it yet."
"Oh, yes, they do," contested
Biffles, taking up a paper fronj the
rack. "Listen here to w^at the
Telegram says:
ni*** Of course, th< robbery is
^ as yet something of a mystery. But
> tbe detectives havo a clue, and the
""Best menof the agency are working
on the case. All that is known is
what has been stated. Mr. William
Whitson entered the vacant room
where the vault is situated, late last
night. He found the vault open and
the jewels gone. How the vault was
opened is not known, but as the key
tofts door cannot be found, it is surmised
that that, too, has been stolen.
All the valuable jewels were taken
except a few set stones; the amount
ot the theft is estimated to be many
thousand dollars. * * * Other facts
were developed in the search made
by the detectives, but for good
reasons they will not be given here.
It is su^cient to say that Chief
- BoyH has discovered a sure clue,
^ "^-and the apprehension of the criminal
parties will be a matter of a very
short time?' "
"Bah!" interrupted Partington.
* *- ? ? I
Detectives on tneir trauK : aho?
ways say that. I bet they haven't
the slightest clue whatever."
"Will you bet?" exclaimed Teddy
eagerly; it was a rare thing for Partington
to bet.
Partington laughed.
"Yes, I will, this time," he said.
"What do you want to bet?"
"I tell you what, we will bet a supper,
the loser to pay for the supper
aud the winner to select the guests.
But how are you betting?" he added.
"I'll take your terms and bet you
that the thief who stole Mrs. Whitson's
diamonds is not caught in six
mouths."
"It's ft go," said Riffles. "You he i
witness, Charlie." \
"All right," replied the latter.
"Let's get a brandy and soda on it. I
I don't feel like playing pool." I
The invitation .' was declined by i
Partington, who said he wanted the <
exquisite pleasure of beating Teddy. 1
Brownfield retired to the cafe, and ;
the play went 011 uninterrupted. 1
"I have a little mystery myself," <
said Partington, as he sent a ball j
whirling across the table. "Let me 1
tell you about it. This morning,
when I was dressing, I found this ?
bunch of keys in my trousers'
pocket. Where they came from, I ]
U rt H U rt l/>n n f 1/1 AO ' '
liavcu t me it'aot luca.
Here he produced a bunch of keys 1
and handed them to his companion.
"Do you know whose they are?" 1
he asked.
Biffles examined the keys careful- i
ly. There were three ordinary-looking
keys on a silver ring; there was <
nothiug peculiar in the keys, but i
there was in the ring. It was a
curiously cut, round piece of silver. <
At one place it bulged out into the j
head of a dragon, finely carved. The
rest of the ring was minutely chased, i
and seemingly, there was no place I
which to slip the keys on to the i
ring.
"Never saw it before," said Biffles; i
"funny, isu't ie?"
"Decidedly; where do you think it ]
could have come from?"
"Must have gotten it at the dance," i
Biffles suggested.
"Couldn't have," replied Parting- ]
ton; "aiairc wear tnetse trousers at ]
the dance." "You see," he added,
as he straightened up after making a .
shot, "I went to the races yesterday, f
came back, and went to tea at the i
Carlton's; from there I went to my
room, about ten o'clock. There I ;
took off these togs and got into array ,
for the dance. Just as 1 was leaving
my room T remembered I had not
taken my keys; I went back i
to my room, got my keys out
of one of the pockets of this i
pair of trousers and put them into
my overooat pocket. They were i
there when I came back from the j
dance last night, and, of course, .1
found them there this morning. But j
this bunch I found in the left-hand i
pocket of these trousers. Now, <
where did they come from?if you t
can tell?" <
"Must have got them at the Carl- 1
ton's," suggested Bifffes. i
"No, I am sure I did not," Par- ]
tington replied. j
They were very much mystified. ?
The puzzle seemed to have no solu- j
tion. A crowd of clubmen came over |
from the other tables, and the story .
was repeated to each, and the keys i
handed around, but no one had ever
seen them before, and no one could {
offer a probable explanation. I
"Mighty peculiar," sneered a ,
young man, named Denny. "If I i
were Partington I wouldn't tell it <
around so much." j
"If you were Partington, no one j
would believe you," replied Biffles t
in a low voice; he had been standing |
near to him. <
That night Partington was walk- i
ing dpwn the avenue on his way to i
take the cars to the ferry. He was i
going over to the Brooklyn shore to f
see his fiancee, Miss Auburn, who |
was at that time paying a visit over |
the river.
He had been engaged to Miss
Auburn for some time, and they
were very dear to each other. They
were entirely congenial, their
natures and tastes running in the
same line, and they had gTown to be
each a part of the other's life. The
best of understandings existed between
them, bringing happiness to
each, and as -both were people far
above the ordinary level, they had
every reason to expect that happiness
to last forever.
Partington was thinking of all this
when he hoard a step behind him."Is
not this Mr. Partington?" asked
a voice at his ha felt a
touch upon his shoulder. 1
He turned and saw a large man of \
a rather dignified bearing.. <
"Yes, I am he," Partington replied. ;
"Then I arrest you in the name of I
the State,'! 6aid the man, and opening
his coat he drew out a paper. i
"On what charge?" asked Partington,
completely surprised. <
"On the charge of grand larceny," (
replied the detective?"here is the
warrant." and he read the paper to
him.
"Why, this is absurd," said Partington,
when he concluded. "I
know nothing at all about it; these
people are friends of mine. I know
the Whitsons very well."
"Yes, we know you go there," answered
the man, with agrin. "Come
now," he added, growing suddenly
stern, "will you go to the station
quietly, or shall I have to call help
for you?"
"Oh, I will go with you to the
station-house," replied Partington;
"there is no harm in that."
When they arrived before the
magistrate Partington was searched.
"You have been arrested on a warrant,
with good evidence, Mr. Partington,
and we will have to search
you," he said. |
Partington's pockets were turned
inside out. When the bunch of keys
was produced, a cry of surprise
broke from the group of officers and
policemen that had formed around
him.
"Well, he's a cool 'un!" said one.
"The idea of carrying it about
with him!" said another.
"He ain't got a thing but brass!"
put in a third.
A few coins were taken from Partington's
pocket and laid on the
counter.
"There's the bogus ones," said the
detective who had arrested him,
pushing two silver dollars towards
the magistrate.
Partington was getting angry. He
did not know what they were talkingabout.
"Young man," said the magistrate
?he had dropped the "Mr Partington,"
now?"this hunch of keys
corresponds exactly with the
description given by Mr. Whtt!
of his bunch ..on which is
his safe key,?here is the key,"
showing him a little flat brass one.
"And these two dollars are counterfeits,
and are exactly like this one
i
LAiierejn
my Ttrawer, which ^ounc^
jnder the safe last night." ^
,'l don't know anything about
that," replied Partington. "Those
iwo dollars were given me in change
yesterday. I know that, because
diey were the only large coins I had
with me. As for the keys, I can tell
rou all I know about them," and he
epeated the tale he had told at the
dub, of how he had found the keys
n his pocket that morning, without
snowing how they got there.
The men listened with incredulous
mules.
"A very likely tale," said one, as
Partington finished.
"Well, he's a bold one, trying to
run that off on us," said another.
"A fool could have done better
than that," laughed a third.
-'That story doesn't sound true,"
remarked the magistrate.
"Fools!" said Partington to himself.
"I'll show them whether it is
true or not."
"I bind you over to the Court of
General Sessions for fifty thousand
Jollars," said the magistrate.
Partington sat down and wrote a
note to his attorneys. In another
hour the bail had been paid and Partington
was again out on the street.
He looked at his watch and found
it was past ten o'clock.
"The devil!" he muttered, "it's too
late to go and see Jean!"
The next morning Partington was
sittingin his room, smoking. Papers
were piled all over the floor, and a
large stack was on a chair near his
rocker.
"Well, James," he remarked to his
servant, "they have some of them
some sense. Here's the Advertiser,
makes fun of the whole business.
That editor is all right. Put down a
year's subscription for the Advertiser,
James."
The servant did as he was told.
Partington continued his examination
of the papers before him.
"Now, here's a man with a sarcas
tic vein. He is no good; let him go.
Well, here's our old friend the Journal;
let's see what he has 10 say
about it."
"What, the devil!" he exclaimed
as he folded out the paper, "this
man's a fool; 'Young Partington,
me of the upper ten of metropolitan
society, caught in the toils! A great
jrime! He robs his friend, Mrs.
Whitson, and boasts of the deed.
Society outraged!' Well, that's
pretty, indeed, isn't it, James?" the
young man asked his servant.
'Some people will be tools, and I
?uess we will have to teach them
better sense. Two years for the
Journal, James; thisfellow promises
to be interesting."
Partington continued reading for
an hour, seeing what the different
papers had to say about his arrest.
^.11 of them had long accounts of it,
with vague speculations as to the
>utcome. Some believed Partington
noocent, and treated the affair as a
xdice blunder. But others, and
;h6se were in a large majority,
thought that the criminal had been
aught, and looked upon the robbery
is a great society sensation. Some
were audacious In their remarks,
ind one journal went so far as to
juggest Partington as the probable
perpetrator of other crimes which
lad been mystifying the police for
some time. Partington was not at
ill worried, but he was angry. He
lid not see why the papers should
^e so blind as to suppose he really
jould have stolen the jewels. Thev
>ught to have known better, he
;hought. But the truth was, the
jolice officers seemed to have made
>ut a bad case against him. It seemed
that the bunch of kevs that he
lad found in his pocket the last I
nornlng was the very bunch stolen |
rom the vault with the if , 'To I
low did,th?*- ?vv ,mo pocket?
Partington did not* know; the mys- <
ery seemed greater than ever to
lim. And then, again, those coins,
hose two counterfeit dollars, which
vere line evidently dropped
tnder the safe by the m !C ft c I
>ne had given them to him in change
yesterday; he remembered that, but
tie could not remember whom.
However, Partington was not going
to worry over it. He knew he was
innocent, and he knew it would all
come out right, so he determined to
do his best to discover the culprit
and to free himself, and then let
things take their course. He had no
doubt of being able to establish his
innocence.
Partington arose from his chair,
where he had been thinking over all i
this, and asked for his mail. He
looked*eagerly for a letter from Miss
Auburn, but found none. He was
disappointed.
"Maybe she has not heard of it
yet," he said. "It will come later."
He started out of the house, but
soon returned, as it was sleeting and
snowing in turns; everything was
wet and sloppy and extremely disagreeable.
Partington determined
to stay at home. In the course of the
day some of his friends came in to
i talk about the matter of his arrest.
Chief among them was Teddy
Biffles. "It's
a shame, old man," said that
one warmly, "a beastly shame.
Those papers ought to be run out of
the business. We have all cut otf
the Journal down at the Club already."
Partington laughed.
"Why, I have just subscribed for
up?rs." he said. "I want to see
what the fellow has to say about
mo."
His friends were all sympathetic,
and all determined to do everything
they could to exonerate him. Partington
was a general favorite with
the young men, who admired both
his wit and his will, while his large
fortune and sterling traits of character
made him much liked by all the
older people of the set in which he
moved. So he and his friends sat
and talked over the situation, and in
the afternoon they went out to "work
the case up," as Teddy Bjffles put it
with a grin.
Partington returned late at night,
tired and worried; they had accomplished
nothing. He called for hie
mail, confident of a letter from his
betrothed; but again he was disappointed;
there was none.
- - /.
"Something must have her
from writing," he said. Hii belief
in her faith in him was not ihaken
in the least. He had no feafaof her
doubting him; they knew each other
too well for that.
The next morning ami evening
Partington was hard at work, and
could not go to see Miss Auburn.
Each time the mail came he asked
for a letter, and each time he received
none. He was puzzled, but he
was not worried. He determined to
go and see her that afternoon de*f>ite
whatever happened. On his
way to the ferry he stopped by the
Club, it being the first tihie he had
been there since the night of his arrest.
The old porter approached him
with a grin of welcome,and a paper
in his hand.
"Here's a letter for vou. sah. Reen I
here nios' two days, sat. Wondered
why you didn't come, kut thought I
better keep it, sah.
Partington took tre letter and
gave the negro a coin Then he retired
to a window to read in peace.
It was the letter frouMis9 Auburn,
the letter he had so .cng been looking
for; it had been ft the Club ever
since the morning a;er his arrest.
Partington was hapjy again.
Time passed on, aid the period for
the sitting of the corl at which Partington
was to be tied drew near.
No further facts hacbeen developed,
and the case stood 1st as it was on
the night after the theft. Partington
and his friendshad worked assiduously,
and no stone had been
left unturned to fre' the young man
from the chain of dinning evidence
which had been dawn about him. ,
The best secret ser ice had been em- ]
ployed and the bes legal advice had,
but to no avail, lie sharpest out- i
look had been kep in all the stores (
and shops, for anysigns of the mis- i
sing jewels, but othing had been ;
found. The thiefor thieves, who- <
ever they were, lul done their work j
well, leaving no tace behind them, ;
and they had suceeded in throwing |
upon an innocen' man circumstan- |
tial evidence ofan incriminating <
nature, from whch it seemed iin- |
possible for him o escape. i
"If I only coud find out where <
those two countrfeit dollars came i
from!" said Ted<y Biffles quite despondently
to Chrlie Brownfield one i
afternoon. f
Charlie shookiis head.
"I can't makeinything out of it," |
he said; "it all sems lost to me." <
"But Saint dos not think so," re- |
plied Teddy (thy called Partington
"The Saint.") 'Heseems quite confident
of estabishing an alibi, at
least. But he till thinks he will |
catch the man who did it all," he [
added mournfuly. I
"I don't beli'Ve he can even es- |
tablish an alili," said Brownfield. ,
"You see, he vent from the races to
the Carlton's. He left there at nine,
o'clock and talied to Young for half
an hour, gettinf to his room about
ten. The nejct time he showed up
was half an hotr later, at the dance.
Now that leavis from nine o'clock
to ten thirty to be accounted for, for
Young is somewhere in Europe, and
we can't find him anywhere. I've
sent about a hundred cablegrams
myself. Now, from nine o'clock till
ten thirty is exactly the time which
Whitson gives as the only time in
which the robbery could have been
committed. This being" so, ann tne
circumstance of the keys and the
money being against Saint, no jury
would take his word, unsupported,
that he spent an hour and a half
walking from the Carlton's to his
rooms at the Imperial. I see no
hope whatever," Brownfield ended
sadly.
"Something JO^st be
now?" f
"Round at the Auburn's," answer- ?
ed Brownfield, smiling. "Is it not
beautiful the way that girl sticks up ]
to the old man?" 1
"It certainly is. And when every
one else is daubting Partington ^
Tltafc flrirt-io o getn." '
"It almost mak4*5 one wa,R to marry,"
said Brownfield, with asarcastic ^
smile. Charlie was a cynic t
Biffl^s stood up and begat to pace j
the floor. t
"Some one to see Mr. Partington,"I;,
saic the servant, at the doo. I M
"I'll see him, Charlie," ?aid tlie Sj
latter's companion as he left tin p(
room. uj
A few minutes later he tturned,
I wildly excited, and rushed into the p,
roont.
"Come on, Charlie!" h> cried, r,
waving his hat, "come on; i's all ^
right. Thank Gcd. it's all right! ,
Let's go tell the Saint." An they ^
ran out of the room together. ij
Partington was at the Aiurn's, c
sitting on a sofa with his flaree. n
"Don't worry, dear," thilatter
was saying, "it will be all ght; I ^
kn?)w it will be all right in tlend." g(
"I am not worrying, deart^'he g.
said, kissing her softly as Ispoke.
"I could not worry about ffthing jy
so lung as 3Tou loved me; (thing ^
could make me unhappy if <y you ^
cared for me. I have no ubt it
will come out all right. I he not e(
doubted from the' first. Yot; will
arrive to-night, I guess, and it will ^
prove the alibi." f
"No, but Young won't con' she a,
said, shaking her head, "or lvould tl
have cabled you when he It and j
this is the last ship before thrial,
for that comes off in two day n,
Partington tried to reasst her, j,
and told her not to worry, itould ^
all be right, and that he was feet- tt
Iy happy. tj
"But I am not happy," ? ex- j,
J claimed, "I am not happy, will hj
- ? iuHirpfl iruilivouls
HOI nave j ww j>--p ? a * ~
shall not suffer. Oh, God she |j
cried throwing her arms up tards c<
. the heavens, "why do you lhim tl
i sutfer so, why do you let the iisent
! suffer, while the guilty go unjish- gj
, ed?" c
, "Hush, Jean," he said tly,
"you must not talk that wajGod A
; is right, and God is just, and Jwill. tl
see that uo harm comes wh? He t<
, intends that none shall be."
"Oh, but I am so miserableshe fi
t cried, and laying her head his *
i shoulder, she sobbed piteousli a
A few minutes afterwardbere p
was a knock on the door, aParI
|
hi-- mi - in. t i i ) ii a
tington said, "Come in."
In walked Teddy Biffles and ChaN
lie Brownfield and a little ragged
street urchin, with his "slfine" box
slung across his shoulder.
'I've won my bet. Saint. I've won
my bet," cried Teddy, teasingly, as
he opened the door.
"Why, what's happened, Teddy,
vfbat's hap?. Why hello, Charlie!
And here's Tony! Well, what does
all this mean?" asked Partington,
quite bewildered.
"Why, it means that the secret is ;
out at last," answered Brownfield,
"and you are all right, and that this
is the smartest little boy in the land,"
and here he pushed forward the ragged
little boot-black. ^ (
"Why, Tony," said Miss Auburn,
"Tony, what does this mean?" i
They all knew Tony. He was one
of Partington's proteges. The for- '
met had once befriended him and |
helped him out of trouble, and Tony |
had ever since worshipped the young
man. Many were the notes and the j
flowers he had carried from him to
Miss Auburn.
"Well, mum," the boy began, "you
see we've caught 'em mum. We've
caught 'em, and they've put 'em in
the lockup."
"Caught who,?" asked Partington.
"The people who stole the diamonds
and put it off on you, of course.
Don't be stupid Saint."
"But how did it happen?" asked
the letter, eagerly.
"Let Tony tell it," said Teddy;
he's the man who did the work."
"Well, sir, you see, sir, I was down
at Unc' Martin's pawn shop the
uther day, an' a woman come in an
bought somethin.' Unc' Martin, he
was sick, an' he had me stayin' in
the shop. Well, I thought I had
seen that woman before, an' w'en
she gave me the dollar I dropped it, 1
iin' time it hit the floor I knowed it 1
was counterflt. So I put the money 1
in my pocket an' hollered to Unc'
Martin that I was going out, an'
followed hei, an' I seed w'ere she'^
lives. I watched that place two f
jr three days, an' I see she
had a man wid her; he's that man
up at the trac' w'at keeps a number |
six." (He meant the book-maker at \
3tand No. 6, at the race track.) S
"That is Tooker," exclaimed Partington.
I always told you he was a j
scoundrel, Teddy." '
"I know you did," the latter re- *
plied. "I am a fool, if you will ex- 1
:ju9e the language. Miss Auburn,?
but the provocation is strong." j
They all laughed.
"Go on, Tony," said Charlie. .
"Well, then I followed Tooker an'
Ins wife all aroun'," continued the ]
boy, "an' I got three more of those l
bad dollars by watchin' w'ere they i
bought at. Atf*^ery one of those 1
dollars is jes like those two o' yours 1
they took out o' your pocket that
night," said the boy with a grin. *
"But how was It they got into my j
pocket, is what I want to know,"
said Partington. (
"Must have got'em from that man \
at the races, sir," suggested the boy i
"I'll tell you how it was, old man,"
said Biffles laying his hand on Partington's
arm. "Miss Auburn, I
have been doing something I should
not have done,?I have been betting 1
at the races; one day,?the day be- *
fore the arrest, I ran out of money
up there, and borrowed some from 1
Partington, here. My luck came *
back to me and I won, and when I
paid the Saint back what I owed j
him, I paid him part in silver; I remember
that well. Now, the
money with which I paid him, I got ^
from Tooker, at No. 6. It must have j
been counterfeit money, for the do- l
feet on the dollars he had in his
c'-> win *oOKer Him_
ound on him and his wife at the T
itation to-night." if
"That all explains the money" said
Partington, "but what about the ?
seys?" a]
Hj
"Tony found out that, too. The C(
voman put them in your pocket. cj
rell him about *hem, Tony."
"I saw her ^oin'somethln'at your w
)ocket th*c day at the races, an' 0i
hough* she was try in' to pick it. fc
lut w'en I saw she had not done or
hat, I never thought no more about **
f 'f 51' T fAlin/1 thAOrt .. ? L.
v, bin m. iuuiiu iiiudc uunar? ui ners
ras >18' like yours. Then I knew tv
he had put those keys in your **
ocket, an wen I asked her about it "
DC
p at the station, she fessed." gj(
"She confessed!' exclaimed both
artington and Miss Auburn. aD
"Yes, said Teddy, she confessed, tic
ittle Tony there did it all; he scar- ne
I her badly. co:
Oh, you little angel! said Miss
uburn, catching the ragged urchin
iher arms and kissing his dirty ^
hiek; I can never thank you too
itch.
Ill look out for Tony, said Partiug>n,patting
him on the head. I will
3e hat you get a good home and a
oodeducation, little man. ^
Theboy was too pleased to speak.
[e oily looked his gratitude with
lose fight, black, eyes of his that ^
e turnd to such good use.
Then*verything is all fixed? ask- j
i Miss^uburn joyously. in
Yes, t is all fixed, answered jja?
;rownfierj. The womaD has con- j
?ssed to . all. She stole the jewels, fj0
ud droppi the tell-tale dollar in sen
ie vault w,eu she went to put the N.
>wels in hepocket. Then she had i
> go,' and i was found there the Cla
ext morning Teddy has told you sea
ow Parting^ got the ones like it. phi
nd the woma 8aid she was afraid I
) Keep me Kejanci airaia to tnrow vy
tern away. S* 8he slipped them e*8;
Uo some one's tcket; she did not
now whose. Yo see, it was the '
aint's. And thi. wise little man ^
ere saw it all a^ kept his own .J
Dunsel, and Terretei it all out, like
le little hen that In is." pm
"He shall bi treateclike a hero," $3,
aid Partingtm. "Te?|y, what mis- j
hief are you >p to ove- there?" C.
Teddy had ben talkng to Miss rac
uburn oyer b the window, and tw(
hey were exarining s?me papers stai
>gether.
"It is a pap? exonerating you (
cm all charges,said Miss Auburn. ^,e
rith a smiling fa<j, ?and Teddy has
nother ordering yoir bafr money
aid to you.*' * goj
"Yes, and here's* ttegram from ^
X. : >
Young:, saying ho arrived here tonight,
and that he had not had time
to cable before he sailed."
''Then you see I was right," said
Partington, shaking his finger at his
fiancee; "Young did get here in time
for the trial."
"But, that heavens, we don't need
him now," said Charlie.
"But he's in time for my supper,"
said Biffle9. "Look here, Saint, I've
won my bet, and I claim payment."
"And I'll make it, cheerfully,"
said Partington; "choose your party,
Teddy, and we'll have it this very!
night."
"I choose this very party," said
Biftles. "with the one addition of
Young."
"Am I to be the only lady present?"
asked Miss Auburn, in mock
' The only one," said Teddy, with
a bow.
"Oh, my, won't I be popular," she
laughed.
"Oh. not half so popular as Tony
here," said Partington, teasingly,
hut looking fondly at nis finance.
And two hours later, a happy little
party sat down to supper in the
big dining room of the Imperial
Hotel.
STAGE GLINTS.
Ethel Barrymore was the maid of
honor at the wedding of Richard Harding
Davis.
Lillian Russell is said to carry an
?80,000 life insurance policy in favor
)f her daughter.
Most of the museum freaks in Illinois
ire indignant over the new law against :
sheir public display there.
Rudolph Aronson meditates a roof i
jarden for Havana and a season next
rintor nnnnlor lio/it on^raa 1
Billy Barry and Hngh Fay are dead,
rat William Barry, Jr., and Miss Elfie 1
Fay, daughter of Hugh, have formed a
lartnership for the vaudevilles.
A New York bill prohibiting theater
proprietors or managers from charging .
nore than the advertised price of ad
niasion passed both houses at Albany. (
John E. Kellerd will be featured with
tfme. Modjeska next season, the reper- j
;ory including "Macbeth," "Much Ado
!ibout Nothing," "Nary Stuart" and j
i new play. ,
Sarah Bernhardt next season will (
present a play in which she impersonates
:he young Duke of Reicbstadt (Napoeon
II). She also makes a trial with 1
3hakespeare's "Hamlet."
A theater is likely to be built in that
part of London known as the City.
There have been two since the Blackfriars
of Shakespeare's time, but they
ivere torn down long ago.
Now that Hawaii has entered on a
lew career, in order to furnish some:hing
else besides prosperity to laugh
>ver a company has been organized to
present the Hoyt farces in Honolulu.
On a recent Sunday at the Chapel
Royal, London, a special service was
leld and the offertory was handed over
n bulk to the English Actors' Benevoent
fund, which has a pattern here in
die Actors' fund of America.
"Cyrano de Bergerac" is being play?d
by one star in the west with just
?- m>_ _ a?i _
lev en people. xue urn uci, uicuumuo
Bourgogne scene, he manages by having
ill the turmoil and quarrel take place
)ff the stage, with somebody in sight of
:he audience looking off into the wings
ind telling of it. / 1
THE GLASS OF FASH/ON. !
Very small gold buttons adorn the [
Dodices of net, lace and crepe de chine
gowns.
^ee that your hat matches your costume
if you want the very latest touch <
fashion. i \
The ugly fashion of veiling the flow- 1
irs on our hats with mousseline or tulle <
las reappeared again. I
For evening dress young girls' gowns i
ire made of tulle trimmed with rose 1
jetals or green leaves, the former on
link tulle over pink silk being especial- *
y attractive.
Pretty evening gowns fo?_,*?rately fc
?o * ? ?>"?? vuicnclennes lace. 0
'hey are made over white silk and fin- a
ihed with yellow satin ribbon bows. p
Pretty little collar clasps come in all fc
>rts of pretty designs to fasten ribbons if
round the neck. There are butterflies v
ad conventional patterns in various u
)lors, in enamel and with mock pre- t<
ous stones. fi<
Embroidered muslin well covered *
ith incrustations of applique lace is d
3e of the most fashionable materials 1?
>r thin gowns. Made over mauve, blue ?
pink taffeta, with a tuck of black in d
te finish, it is charming. ft
Large hats which are something beceen
the old fashioned picture hats J.
id the poke shapes are the coming
pie for midsummer wear, and the
ivelty in trimming is covering the inle
of the brim with flowers. ^
Straw designs wrought out on silver cj
d gold cloth, net and chiffon inser- 0
>ns. figure largely among the milli- 0f
ry materials. A new and very stylish
mbination is a holland colored straw nj
mmed with black velvet and white ^
iffon, and this sort of hat is especially
od style for morning wear.?New c0
>rk Sun. * be
TOPICS OF THE TURF.
" in
rhe native horses of the island of Lu- da
i stand not over 14 hands. ^
Liottie Smart, 2:09%7 has been a mile oe
g spring at Overland park, Denver,
2:19.
Dr. Robinson, 2:17%, owned by A.
Cochran, Mount Pleasant, Pa., has r?l
tn converted to the pace.
3ingen, 2:06%, has been exhibited ^
nine classes at two horse shows and ^
i received nine blue ribbons. *0*
k.11 sections of the country nearly,
m Maine to California, are repre- c
ted in the 2:04 pace at Glens Falls,
Y- tac
5atsy K, 2:18%, driven by Stote R. M.
rk, has turned the fastest mile of the sa'
son at Belmont park track, Philadela,
going the route in 2:12%.
lelen R. 2:19^', recently purchased i
A. H. Merrill, Dan vers, Mass., won crj
bt races last season and was timed
I driven bj^ a boy who received his tor
ck education along with the filly. j
L statistician has figured it out that of ;
3 year on the one thousand one hun- of i
d and odd tracks of the National and pri
?erican Trotting associations the ^e6
ses and stakes will aggregate about | ?UJ
650,000. [*]
Rensselaer Wilkes, 2:11^, owned by his
W. Anderson, Norwalk, 0., will be cat
ed this season for the first time in hai
) years. Don Thomas will have the
llion in charge, and the first start 'J11
1 be made at Hartford in the falL
Jay Bros., Pisgah, Ky., have sold thi
8-year-old stallion Goodwin, by
fhland Denmark, to to to Porto Rica &
is makes the second Highland Den- par
rk to cross the water, Cupid having ton<
te to Japan two years ago.?HorseIL
^ teeii
,/ i
4- \ \
WHAT ChfclCAGOA
I nappetimins Revelation Pure
Food Inquiry Con
Chicagoans find the revelations made
by Senator Mason'9 pure food investigating
committee very unappetizing.
Startling proof of the extent to which
food adulteration is carried on is given
bv wholesale. One d
w lUTvcvjga^iuu
brought out the following facts:
"That a commodity for sale throughout
the United States and in popular
use among dairymen and milkmen for i
the preservation of milk and cream, and
by bakers for the preservation of cream '
puffs, chocolate eclaires and similar
pastry, is a product of wood alcohol,
which is absolutely poisonous; that this
preparation is used by undertakers for
the preservation of dead bodies and by
health authorities for the disinfection
of buildings where virulent diseases
have been treated.
"That ground tarred rope has been (
used to adulterate ginger.
"That absolutely pure flour is a rare
commodity: that it is adulterated with
ground stone and clay from Tennessee <
and Georgia. }
"That pure buckwheat flour is rarely
to be purchased after it passes through j
the hands of a jobber or a wholesaler; f
that one barrel of pure buckwheat flour t
is generally mired with two barrels of
inferior spring wheat flour that c*n be f
purchased for less than one-third the (
price of the buckwheat. . .
"That nearly all powdered sugar is
composed in great part of cornstarch.
"That nearly all blacfc pepper is 1
adulterated with what is known as
'buckwheat shorts' (bulls).
"That retail hnttar dealers in the citv
daily violate the oleomargarine law. i
"That flavors sold at soda water i
fountains ae the jnice of strawberries, I
bananas and pineapples are chemical
compositions. ?
"That pure vanilla extract for flavor- j
ing purposes is almost unknown, and l
that the flavorings for such extracts as t
are sold in the market are in the main ?
derived from cumin; that lemon and
other flavoring extracts are also adulterated
to a very great extent." '
A. S. Mitchell, chemist of the Wisconsin
dairy food commission, testified
that the cream cf tartar ordinarily sold
by grocers consisted mainly of phos- *
phate of lime and alum mixed with 1
starch. He went extensively into the
question of the adulteration of wheat '
flour and buckwheat flour, the use of
cocoanut shells and peanut shells in r
food products, and confirmed the testi- c
mony with reference to the adulters- ?
tion of coffee with "black jack"?the "*
inferior bean shipped here from Ger- c
many and Brazil. And at this point in*
the testimony Senator Mason remarked, E
"We'll introduce a bill that will stop g
the Germans from sending any more cf y
that stuff here." f
C. Y. Knight, secretary of the Nx- o
tional and Illinois Dairy associations,
produced four packages purchased by ^
himself and said to contain creamery 0
butter. As a matter of fact lie had been n
supplied with oleomargarine, for which e
he had paid from 18 to 20 tents a pound. ^
The first package had nowhere about it
- -- x iiiA
any mark indicating me nature u* iuc
contents. Another package had the
word "oleomargarine" faintly stamped
on brown paper on the inside. Each of
the other packages was stamped in a J
corner of the brown paper wrapper, so
turned down that no purchaser would
notice the stamp until after careful c
search for it. "
J. J. Berry, of the West Chicago 8
3irup Refining company, testified that I
most of the jellies sold on the market i
were fraudulent, being made of the
:ores and parings of apples, mixed with t
a;lucose and sugar and colored and flav- 1
oredtosuit Glucose,.50per cent; sug- j
it, 10 per cent, and apple juice, 40 perl *
jent, is the trade recipe for j*
:ago Letter.
4M"* Farm, Dinappear.
On the 10th pf last i*onth, at Nong- JJJ
'an near the town of Knmpharaphi. vt
n the Mekong, an island 6 sen wide ic
nd 14 sen in length entirely disapeared.
There were a number of large
rees, ten feet in circumference, on the
iland, and it was partly under cultiation.
The owner searched for it dur- ?*
ag three or four days, but was unable
5 find it or bear any news of it It
sems that in the month March there w
re always a number of island floating ^
own the Mekong. The owner ot the **
irge one that has just disappeared has
sen many of them pass, and says they ^
isappear in a few years. The owners B
re continually in search of their prop- a
rty, which rather upsets one's notions 84
bout the fixity of a landed estate.? ^
angkok Times. a
/"'aKmAn T n PnhfL. A#
v""" VI
"A cabman who carried two officers ac
om Tacon to Belascodin streets se
larged 80 cents," say9 The Times of Di
aba. "As there is an established rate he
' fare, which is 20 cents in the day- si<
me and 80 cents after 11 o'clock at th
gbt. the cabman thought he bad an sa
sy mark when he got' the 80 cents,
at this morning be fonnd out to the
ntrary, for the officers took the nnm- ar
r of the cab, and he was gathered in ^
time for conrt, and there he paid ^
od interest on the 80 cents for keepg
it overnight 'Fine him $5 or five w
ys,' was the court's stem remark as
a innocent look'^a-"^ ..tun.- uuuun.?i ' l
rare ine oesit. '
Try This. in
Write on a piece of paper the number,.
presenting your age, multiply by 2, m
d 8,798, divide by 2, then subtract
a number representing your age. and J*?
fore your eyes will be something von
tie expected to see.?Wisconsin State cf
arnaJ. "
? W
Jour Stomach is one of the first
mptoms of a coming Bilious at- 1
:k. Cure it with a few doses Dr. Mo
A. Simmons Liver Medicine. For
e by Hughson-Ligon Co.
Ar
A Vivid Picture. Ar
iVe look into a cradle and behold a
dug male babe. At the age of 10 Ar
is a noisy kid with half the but- Ar
is off his pants and an eye for -^r
launess; at 15 he is a devil in a
nt shop, at 20 he is the publisher Ar
a country newspaper at the head Ar
every enterprise calculated to im- Ar
>ve tne town or enrich the busi13
men thereof; at So he's an
aciated wofnout man with a bald
id and boles in bis pocket, and at Ar
he's a corps in a cheap coffin and Ar
only resources left behind two Ar 1
ies of long primer, a Washington A?
ndpress and a suuscription uuuk ?
;h 678 delinquent subscribers, who Ar
8 up and march past hia, coffin Ar
dng "he was a public-spirted fel- Ar
r, but he could never save any-. Ar
"* " Ar'
a |? i
anion's Pepsin Chill Tonlccontains Amor- tV '
uh Quinine to neutralize and destroy the
asite in the blood; Pure Iron to enrich and Ar j
p np the blood, and Pure Soluble Pepsin a
litest every dose ffiven. It recommends
If to pbysidans. Tasteless and pruaranI.
50cJ Sold by Dr. A. J. China.
.A
- persons. t3
-? annually an av- . ^
,v-,o00 pouno, 0{ cheese. ^
. * V. >'' ' *
-Cj LliUU^ilUU tuua VI W$ter? M>'
consumed in London during ? *< tea- %
son. * ~
Frequent moistening of a broom adds ^
to its usefulness and also* saf& the J
carpet .. -y-;
It is estimated that, the gfofJe over; N . about
168,000,000 acres of land are nnder
wheat
Ponies have an average weight of 440
pounds; that of horses varies from i
000 pounds to 1,540 pounds.
There were 249,145 marriages in
England and Wales last year, more * jjjj
than in any year since 1876.
The latest estimate of the population .
of England and Wales is 31,000,000, ' -V 3j|
the women being In a majority of 960,- * ^
During the year ended June 30, 1888,
the mines of Illinois produced 18,600,000
tons of coal. They could have pro- ' ~j
duced 41,000,000 tons. . While
the number of children and : 1
j-outh In the United States is 21,082,- ^
(72, the total enrollment of American
Sunday schools is but 9,718,432.
The Japanese diet has voted $17,50Ql- ; *
)00 for public improvements in Formosa.
Most of the money will be expend- : i
sd in railway and harbor work.
A queen bee sometimes lays at 'tb* -- ^
ate of two eggs a minute. As she lives j
four or five years she must lay about
1 onn rrfVUfc 11 I .
were accll Wed, leaving 45
widows and^HzWtherless children. . 4
Of the 109,020 inhabitants of the Ha- ' 4
vaiian Islands 44,000 are Confndafr* .. j|
sts, Buddhists and Shintolsts, who 0
lave come In from China and Japan*
At Roubaix, one of the socialist./ J
strongholds of France, the 11,000 puh/ ic
school children receive free v
ind clothing at the expense of <1*
1 The nails of two fingers ueref -gtaw ' ^
with the same degree of rapidity.. Thtt ^ -. /jj
lail of the middle finger grows
Lhe greatest rapidity and that o^tha
thumb the least.
The free library of the Phllfldelp^^/^^B
ZJity Institute, founded In. 1852, COB^ |
nins 23,000 volumes. It is called ~ J|
'free," but tbose wbo wisn to
jooks must pay $2 a year. - .;p:
The Chinese bellere that the Yelkrsr a
1ver has always been of Its present mv
olor except one day about 3,000" yeto|^ ^9
igo, on which occasion a great man '
^as bom and the river was perfect^T^
A Spanish author has written Ire
lovels of a unique description. Tha
rst is without the letter A, the second-^
without ?, the third without 1? the JHj
ourth without O and the fifth withLike
mauy articles of the feminla^ ^ f
jilet, the muff was first the property"Smb m
t the women of the nobility
fiddle of the seventeenth
ry woman of fashion carried f\
Stout people who wish to redti^B ?
hemselves should diminish the quaapal
ity of bread, sugar, Xatr^ml butter Vm ,*pp
heir diet, but not suddenly leave off^^f.
.nythfiijf to which they have ' / ' jf'
labltutted through a long life %
Snipe are scarce in Germans Thuy^. ^ jT
ost $1.12 apiece in the ill? > # **126--apiece
to amateur. hnntenfe^HBH|8;
.ny rate it is known that 100 amatmBpjR
iunters spent $2,500 last year vSKBpft
lunster bagging altogether 20 blrAy^
The New Zealand birth rate b?i \
>een steadily dlrnmbsiung uuruig-iga ^T^
ist two decades. In 1882 It was
>er 1,000;'today it Is 25.96, or ;>Jj
*hat of any European c&imtry ^ikX 149
Ir^^d and France. EngHfjjj^"
Official returns v,-ri^norT1o4^fiHj6|
dicate that at the end of 1896 tMHg\ ~7
ileage was 23,352, an increase for tiMg ~
tar of 172 miles. Total rceeipjtrf \
?8 on all lines were 1,399,383,64*
ancs, an increase over- 13STI of
5,104 francs, or $9,183,000. %
It Is estimated that England's ^
coal will last 200 y^ars longer
>rth America's 600 years. It Is apt ^i&ll
tely, however, that these snpptips
111 ever be needed, as it is probable/ "
at before many decades have passed "" ?"Si
iwer will be gained in other ways. ^
Waves travel faster than the wljd \T^\
hich causes them, and in the bay of
iscay frequently during "the autumn . .>??
id winter in calm weather a heavy > ~J|r
ja gets up and rolls In on the coastal *?|
lurs before the gale which causes ^ |fi
rrives and of which It Is the prelidfe
The Spanish reporter of The Tinea
Cuba notes the following distressing /-r
cldent: "Severe FalL?FindingIf
working on a big piece of tlm^ryr^|
in Pablo Prieto, on the Regino wbaif
suddenly fell damaging himself cost' />
lerably. He had been standing rf,
e end of the timber which he Wail
Three steamship lines ply Inf. JffSj
ceen Australia and China and Japan 4
e now calling regularly at the port of Janila,
Philippine Islands. These a? %
e China Navigation company, IfHSSgSB
astern and AnstralianSteamship
iny and the Nippon Yrisen Xaisha(V:
There are no large factories for makg
shoes in Mexico, as In the UhlM
ates. There are extensive establndh
ents in Leon, Mexico City and Otft* ?
lajara, but they are ndt exactly faeries.
The shoes are -made tinder a
nd of tenement system. Workmen
ive a stipulated sum for each pallet *
oes made, according to qnality.
1LS0N & SL'MMERTON R. Ri Kg]
Mme Table No". 1, to take effect SjSS I
nday, June 13,1898.
trains going north.
Wilsons Mill 9 10am
Jordan 9 36 am . 'ir Js
Davis Station 9 46
Summerton
Millard
Packsvilie 11 30am? >
Tindal 11 66 a m -B'B
W. & S. Junction 12 27 p m ' / :jM
Sumter 12 30 D m f I
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Sumter 2 00pm MM
W. & S. Junction 2 03 pm. ?l
Tindal 2 20pm Ml
Packsville 2 38pm ffg
Silver 2 60p nv \
Millard 3 06pm
Millard 3 86pm ' ml
Summerton 3 50 p in .MflM
Davis 4 2(Jp m JH|
Jordan 44SkTtai^^
Wilsons MilL.. ? 615pua
1ETWEEN MIIiCARP A ST. PAUIA,>
Millard 10 15 am 8 05j>jgM||^H
St Paul 1(^25 *
St Paul
Millard
11 trains dail>t>A^^M^^^^M^^^^^M
THOp