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THE BAMBERG HERALD. ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 5, 1899. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR, ^^M???????? - 01 BOYS IN NEW YORK; South Carolinians Giveu Much Honor iu the Great Dewey Parade. YOUNGEST SET OF OFFICERS. Greeted All Along the Line With Cheers? What Schley and Depew Said to Kohn. New York, September 30.?Nothing like the Dewey celebration here to-day has ever been seen in this land, and never before has a private citizen received such an ovation as Dewey received to-day. It was a wondrous and marvelous demonstration. For hours, a whole day, hun* dreds of thousands stood patiently watching the troops going by. It 'was a far greater ovation than was ever dreamed of. They say here that 'there were several millions jammed -along the line to see the parade, and it is not hard to helieve. For seven * long miles, from the Battery to the Seven-mile Junction, and beyond, there stood a wall of humanity cheering itself hoarse. It is hard to describe such a great demonstration and useless to undertake it in a brief dispatch, especially as my special attention is due the Palmetto contingent. It was my -good fortune to ride in the carriage with Governor McSweeney, by virtue of being one of his aides, over the miles of the line of parade, a block or two behind Dewey, and to catch the focus of the wonderful demonstration shown a man.as plain and simple as the Admiral. Thinking the carriage would come to t.h? Hoffman House. Governor McSweeney waited rather late, and when he and Gen. Floyd and Miles McSweeney got to the City Hall Mr. George F. Spinney said we "got damned near getting left." There Mr. Downes and Mr. Kenney, who were to ride with us to the "Sandy Hook," which was to take the party to the starting point, so as to avoid ^ the crowds. f HOBNOBBED WITH DEWEY, SCHLEY AND DEPEW. While on the "Sandy Hook" Governor McSweeney, Gen. Floyd and I had the privilege of meeting many of the distinguished visitors aboard. .All who rode in the carriages were aboard. First of all came Mr. Croker; he asked about politics. Later on Senator Depew asked me to say to the editor of The News and Courier that' he had gotten a new hat, and he emphasized the new. Admiral Schley asked me to thank The JNiews ana uouner ior us kuiu ncm- mentof him. . J Later on, witnessing the group of s Governors from North Carolina, 1 South Carolina, New Jersey and fc Tennessee break the old saying abont tka long time between drinks," I told f it to some newspaper men aboard, c and, by way of reward, was intro- 1 duced to Admiral Dewey and Mayor t Van Wyek. a Admiral Dewey asked particularly c about his friend, Judge Brawley, and c spoke of their friendship. Later in e the day Judge Brawley met Admiral d Dewey on the reviewing stand. The f ovation began at the beginning of a the march and ended when all was F over and not before. 0 SThe South Carolina troops started e x ? from their quarters shortly after 8 o'clock, reached their station at 11, * and remained'there until 2 o'clock, " and passed the reviewing stand at C 5.05. They had a day of it, but go v home proud of their State and that thev were in the memorable parade. L OUR TROOPS MADE A FIXE SHOW.11 It was one continuous ovation for 0 the Carolinians. They had the fin-' j est representation in line and made v a fine show. As soon as the crowds r along the line knew our boys they would whoop and yell for them, and s say all kinds of pleasant things. ^ Whenever the parade was blocked j and the regiment bad to halt the e ' men of South Carolina were greeted x f with all kinds of delicacies. People j threw eatables at the men, and fruit r and flowers got tiresome. " Boxes of ( lunch wejce frequent. At 71st street a an enthusiastic admirer brought out j a pail of champagne punch. On 72d f street there was a regular South Carolina banner, and Col. Frost l\ad the j men port arms, while the Artillery j j Band played "Dixie," and all went I c - wild with enthusiasm. J t People along the line would cry j '< out: "You're all right!" "'Rah for 1 . Carolina!" and "Look at the Recon'* * structed Rebels!" s PIXIE HEARTILY CHEERED. j j The Artillery Band played fine * music, and whenever it struck up "Dixie" Jthere was the greatest ap- j * ? plause. At rest, the Greenville cornpany gave its yell, much to the \ ^^^^amusement of all. ?. The South Carolinians had the [ * youngest set of officers in line and1 wore the regulation fatigue uniform. ] There were mounted in line: Cols W. B. Wilson, H. F. Gatfuey, Folk, George D. Tillman, Jr., IT. X. Gun- , .* ter, and Mauldin, Lieut. Cols. George Rembert, Louis J. Bristow, Julius F. Redding. E. J. Watson, A. G. IVarce, i? xfttii.wil 13. 1^. j miiv? x .v., Hyatt. Col. Frost, commanding1, was : mounted, as was Adjf. Glenn and i Major Rlythe. THE COM PA NIKS IX LINE. I k The companies in line were: The! % (Jerman Fusiliersand Sumter Guards j Capt. Schroder, Lieut. Robb; Wash- j ingtoii Light Infantry, ('apt. Cogs-j ' well, Lieuts. Robeson and Mclnnes; Richland Volunteers, ('apt. Kirk4 land, Lietits. Glenn and Cook ; Sumter Light Infantry, ('apt. Lee, Lieuts Miller and Ruigess; Tiunnonsvilie * Guards, Capt. Keith and Lieut. .-^Charles; Greenville Guards. Capt. - Klythe, Lieuts. Davis and Benet; Smythe Rifles, Capt. West and Lieuts. Smythe and Woodside. Major Schaehte was at tho head of the troops, after the statT, and his men kept fine line and time. Admiral Dewey gave a hand clap as the Palmetto boys marched by in review to the strains of "Home Again." Governor McSweeney was given three cheers for his men as they went by, and Gen. Floyd says they can't be beat. Col. Frost, commanding, kept the regiment in beautiful shape. THE MAGIC OF A NAME. There must be something magnetic about South Carolina's name, for Governor McSweeney was cheered all along the line, and the troops were given a hearty reception, in fact a small ovation. It has been a day in history, and South Carolina as usual has taken a prominent place in the picture. Mrs. Andrew Simonds was a guest on the reviewing stand. when ouk troops return. The majority of the men leave here in the morning on a section of the | Coast Line at 9 o'clock. The troops J over the Southern leave at midnight. The last section leaves here Wednesday evening 9 P. M. All are well and happy. the two heroes of the hour. New York, September 30.?Special: The greatest demonstration in the parade was for Dewey and next to him Schley. The 10th Pennsylvania regiment just back from the Philippines, was most generously stnnlanrlpfl alone- the entire route.? August Kohn in News and Courier. The information that the postoffice department has not entirely abandoned the project of delivering mail in boxes along star routes without expense to patrons will, no doubt, be received with a great deal of pleasare by a great many people. Further than the statement published elsewhere, we are not prepared to say my thing definite on the subject just it this time. The readers of the Enjuirer remember very well the splenlid fight that Dr. Stokes and others nade for the necessary appropria;ion during the last congress. In our )pinion, it was the best and most inelligent fight that southern representatives haye been able to put up n recent years. It was not, it will >e remembered, a pretended fight 'for buncombe;" but a real fight, vhich all but overwhelmed the cold)looded senate committee, which vould have agreed to the appropriaion had it not been for the enforced ibsence of one favorable member. Jut it seems that Dr. Stokes was not atisfied with that. He has managed o persuade Postmaster General Smith to take an unusual step on his >wn responsibility and call for bids or the necessary service, even without express authority-.from congress. t does not necessarily follow that his free delivery system is yet to be idopted.- That will depend largely >n the result of the bidding; but the hances of success are good. Howver, whether contracts are let as inlieated or not, Dr. Stokes has per- , ormed good service for the State, aid in the name of a large number of ( >eoole in this section., we take it up n ourselves to return to bim espe- , ial thanks.?Yorkville Enquirer. , WILLIAM L. ARTHUR DEAD. ?nce a Leading Merchant of Camden, but Latterly of Nashville, Tenn. , Camden, September29.?News has >een received here of the death this norniug of Mr. William L. Arthur, f Nashville, Tenn., formerly a promnent merchant of Camden. Hisrenains will be brought here to-morow for interment. Mr. Arthur was once the leading hoe, hat and clothing merchant of Camden, and for a number of years lid a prosperous business. Some ight or ten years ago he went to Nashville, Tenn., to engage in the life nsurance business. The announcenentof his death wasagreat shock to lis host of friends in Camden. A wife ind several small children survive lim.for whom sincere sympathy is elt. Women are sa*id not to be attracted by a man who shaves his upper ip and lets his whiskers grow 011 his shin; which, if true, goes to show hat women lack something of the * ?1,1 k?.: h leumen oi some oumi kwiu~u| Yorkers. When somebody admires a hat hat a woman has made for herself >he begins to feel that there are ?ome glimmerings of appreciation in ;he world, after all. Better a coarse dinner with a good stomach than a course dinner with Jyspepsia. It is very clear to most of us that lack of opportunity has been our greatest misfortune. Between the upper and nether inill-stones, and sometimes in the mill-race?the confidential friend of ;in engaged couple. Music is the food of love; but! m my an estimable girl sings as si e cooks?with disastrous results. The properly-balanced man is a materialist until he secures a loaf of bread and then lie becomes an idealist and dreams of a garden of lilies. Kvery man has so many umbrellas stolen from him that he feels justi - ?tirif |\ at'ntMT nt-U 111 WftlKIHg V" ???HJ brella lie sees. Five hunt!red dollars invested in maccaroni will keep an Italian family for ten years. When a woman asks you to i?e candid she expects you to be complimentary just the same. Some people are too honest to take a hint. The practical man devotes but little time to preaching. There is but little charity for the erring ball player. The game of life will continue until Gabriel plays his trump. I STAR ROUTE MAIL DELIVERY. 1 All Bidders for Mall Contracts In South j Carolina Next Month Shall Include In their Bids the Delivery of Mail Free Along iheir Routes Whenever a Suitable Box is Provided-What Congressman StokeSiSays, Orangeburg, September 26.?The postal regulations recently issued by < the department relative to star route j mail carriers contain a new para| graph that is of great interest to a large number of South Carolina people. As will be remembered, all the i ! Star route contracts are to be given j out afresh for four years this fall to j j the lowest bidder; and all bids must 1 j be filed by November 30 next. The I j new regulation requires that bidders ( for mail contracts in this State shall i include in their bids the delivery of g mail tree along their routes whenever a suitable box is provided and t certain formalities are complied g with. c This is a substantial adoption, as l far as South Carolina is concern- t |ed, of Congressman Stokes's Star s j route mail delivery, which attracted ? i so much attention all over the coun- 1 try last winter, and which The News c and Courier very aoiy auvocaieu. \ Curiously enough, the proposition i failed as a "rider" to the annual appropriation hill only by the enforced t: absence of Senator Quay from a con- u ference committee during his re- li markable trial for the wrecking of a a bank. i Representative Stokes was not t daunted by this, however. He urged t the department to undertake in an experimental way what had failed only through an accidental combina- |( tion of circumstances. This recent order of the postal c authorities, in line with his sugges- ^ tion, secures for South Carolina i substantially the benefits he proposed for the entire country. j When seen by your correspondent , today, Mr. Stokes expressed himself ^ as highly gratified with the result. ^ "The proposition," he said, "is too j important, its benefits too patent, its fairness too manifest, to admit of a u doubt that the feature will become j permanent, not only in the postal ^ system of South Carolina, but of the United States. It is here to stay." j. Mr. Stokes attributes much of the credit for this result to the intelli- ^ gent and vigorous fight made for the ^ measure by the daily and weekly press of the country. Almost without exception the press of South Carolina warmly commended the tl 4 - ? ? ? -c K proposition, ana tne rurai press ui the United States took up the fight n for it. . d Here is the text of the instructions, $1 applying specially to South Caroli- n; na: cl ''In addition to proposals for car- te rying the mails on the routes and w subject to the conditions herein- d before set forth, proposals will also be received for carrying the mails on the same routes in the State of South ?p Carolina, subject to the same con- w ditions, and also subject to further requirements, as follows: h "Any person living on or near any f( star route herein described who desires his mail deposited in a box on ^ the line of the route by the carrier OI on said route may provide and erect aj a suitable box on the roadside, located in such manner as to be reached as ^ conveniently as practicable by the e( carrier, and such person shall file ej with the postmaster at the postoffice j, to which his mail is addressed, jyj (which shall be one of the two post- a. offices on the route on either side of p| and next to the box,) a request in writing for the deliver}- of his mail to the carrier on the route for deposit r in said mail box, at the risk of the n, addressee. j1( "It shall be the duty of the post- bi master at every such postoffice, upon bi a written order from any person ni living on or near the star route, to w deliver to the proper mail carrier for that route any mail matter, except 'p registered mail, with instructions as rp to the proper mail box at which said ir mail matter shall be deposited; but 0, no mail matter so delivered to a car- g, rier for deposit shall be carried past jj another postoffice on the route before beiug deposited in a mail box. c|) "The carrier on the star route will c| be required to receive from any postmaster on the route any mail matter t( that may be entrusted to him, out- 0] side of the usual mail bag, and shall Q. carry such mail matter to and depos- t( it it in the proper boxes placed on the line of the route for this purpose; such service by the carrier to- be without charge to the addressee." w P The Fame of Dreyfus. If the constant repetition of one's name in the papers is to be famous, cl then Captain Dreyfus is the most fa- F mous man who ever lived. Never n since journalism began has any sin- ^ gle man figured so conspicuously and so continuously in the newspapers of the world as this artillery P officer of thirty-nine. Fame has SJ been thrust upon him without his ? ' * " '>rvr. Ki.AAIilii fd All C SC0K1II^ 11. lie llfVD UCkUUlO IUUIVUO not by what he has done, but by what lie has suffered. Nay, it is not a even his sufferings which have fas- c cinated the attention of mankind. ^ The strange secret which lias compelled the newspapers of Europe and P America to expend hundreds of thou- tl sands of pounds iu reporting the pro- jj ceedings before the court-martial at . Rennes is not the attraction of tor- . ture?however great that may be. If 11 Dreyfus had merely been racked on t Devil's Island or torn to pieces like s Kavaillac before the Hotel de Ville . in Paris, it would have been a seven days' wonder. Hut the affaire Drey- e fus has now monopolized the wonder v of the world for years. Never lias j there been anything like it since the t j world began. The Ttchborne case, so far as England was concerned, * may be quoted as a parallel. Hut \ Tichborne was a local monster pecu- t liar to England. Dreyfus is a j prodigy of the world.?From "Alfred Dreyfus: A Chronicle," by W. T. * Stead, in the American Monthly Re- < view of Reviews for October. i COL. NEALUONDIlj Several of Tliem Paid lTp a Few | Days Ai*o. WHOLE SHORTAGE SETTLED. I I Senator Tillman Pays Up What He Owes ; the State-Where the Loss will Fall. Columbia, Sept 29.?As forecasted j in The News and Courier this morn-; nor the nrhnlo Glini'lniro nf Cnl ! ?o far t?s he has been criminally j -esponsible, has been paid up by his ! jondsmen. Col. Jones sent his ;heck yesterday, and Messrs. NY. Scott Pope and P. H. Haltiwanger settled up to-day. As stated, they paid their proportionate shares of $2,812.41. It was expected that some official statement j ;ou!d be obtained to-day as to who ost the remainder, making up the otal of $11,000. But for good reasons the exact fljnires hxvo not been riven out just yet, awaiting probacy Col. Neat's promised visit Saturlay or Monday, when he says he vill be ready to "arrange" the whole natter. So far as that is concerned the natter has been arranged by his londsmen, and the only question is iow much the State has lost by his .cceptance of bad notes, which were n some instances discounted, but i he proceeds of which the Peniteniary got. THE STATE'S LOSSES. In round numbers the State will ' :>se about $2,600, the Carolina Bank 1 bout $5,500. These two items, in onnection with the amount the ' ond8men have paid, do not make j p the full amount, but other small| r items, which either the Stale or lie bank will lose, will be fully ( hown when an official statement is lade of all transactions as learned i 'oui the very voluminous report of j he investigating committee. If Col. Neal comes here and pays p what he is due and the rest of le amount lost by reason of his bad usiness judgment, it willbe acapted. But Attorney General Bel- t nger will not accept any amount ( ith which to reimburse bondsmen. I ol. Neal will have to pay that to 1 lem personally. 1 SENATOR TILLMAN PAYS UP. 1 '| One of the interesting features of ^ le whole matter is a check received y Mr. Bellinger from Senator Tillian in settlement of the amount ue by him. The check was for ^ 109.06 and was drawn on the Cafolia National Bank" of this city. The heck was turned over to Superin- J mdent Griffith, of the Penitentiary, ho receipted in full for the amount s ue. r ITEMS IN THE TILLMAN ACCOUNT. Before the check was sent Senator t illman had some correspondence g ith Attorney General Bellinger. v [e said that the charge of $ 12 against c im as made by the committee was | >r convict work done around the t inces and grounds of the Executive [ [ausion. This he did not believe he t ught to pay and Mr. Bellinger | ,>reed with him on this point. ^ As to the hrick he got from Col. f eal, the Senator said he wascharg- (j 1 $5 per thousand, while the mark-. v ; price on the day he received them, j i Augusta, was $4 per thousand. s [r. Bellinger found this to he a fact i id charged him $4 per thousand, t lus the freight, which amounted to 2. > Senator Tillman also paid for oats s fceiyed from Col. Neal, which did nt appear on the books, and which ^ b acknowledged that he had gotten, ut that Neal had never sent him a v ill, though asked to do so. At the larket price at the time the oats , ere worth $16. a The committee found that Senator r illman owed $117 and a few cents. v aking off the $24 for the two items lentioned, that would leave him wing $93. But at the Senator's sug- ? DStion Mr. Bellinger added $16 to j mt, making the amount $109.06. j Nobody else of all those who got c esks, hat racks, etc., have sent in j hecks for what they owe and the otidsmen are going to call on them j > pay up. They do not like the idea f paying for furniture just for the fun i f the thing and allow otlmr people t ) use it. e MR. FRETWELL'S LIABILITY. It is also likely that Mr. J. J. Fret- I ell, of Anderson, will be asked to 11 ay up $387.17. He got some oats ( om Col. Neal, as superintendent, y lit at the instance of Col. Neal < harged it to his account with Mr. I retwell. Of course Mr. Fret well is j I 1 no way a party to the fraud, but I aving confidence in Col. Neal, 1 lOUght it would be settled with the > t 'enitentiary. As it was not, it is i Slid that be can be held legally ssponsible for the amount. j. In the statement of Col. Jones ji ppears the amount of $(>38.29 for j i ommissary supplies obtained by j i !ol. Neal during six years. The! i resent bondsmen have only been, on j ' he bond for four years, and they he- i1 ieved that a rebate should be al-j< 3wed them for what was taken dur- j < ng the two years they were not on j < he bond. Col. Jones called on the j attorney General about this matter I < his morning, but the Attorney Gen- I < ral held that, while "six years'' J i rere mentioned, that period cover- ; ug the period of the investigation,! he books really showed that ail of I his omciai misconuuet oa-iim-u vithin tlie four years for which jondsmen are responsible. Taking t at an average it would he only ibout $100 a yeuriior about $85 for ?ach of the bondsmen, and they will aot kick at that. A GOLDEN CUP FOR DEWEY. Mayor Van ;Wyck, on Behalf of the Citi- I zcns of New York, Presents a Magnificent Gold Loving Cup to the Admiral. Nkw York, September 29.?The second day of the official welcome to Admiral Dewey opened cool and clear. There was hardly a cloud in the sky and the temperature was just low enough to keep the crowd on the move. The first ceremony to-day was the presentation at the City Hall of a gold loving cup to the Admiral by Mayor Van Wyck, on behalf of the city of New York. At 7 o'clock the police boat Patrol, with a special reception committee on board, made ' made up of St. ('lair McKelway, William McAdoo, Levi P. Morton, '* ^ *n!.i ,1 i nauncey m. uepew, rvicimru i Croker ami Warren M. Foster, startoil for the Olympia. The admiral j hoarded the Patrol, which steamed to the Battery, where the city's i ^uest was met by a committee. Then Admirai Dewey accompanied by the ' reception committee, and escorted by Squadron A and a detail of mounted i police, proceeded up Broadway to ' the City Hall. All along: the street , were cheering: crowds and City Hall x Park was filled to its limit with people, who shouted a noisy, enthusias- i tic welcome as Dewey came in sight. The mayor had just reached the ^ platform in front of the building when Admiral Dewey came up- A stairs. Capt. Lamberton, Lieut. . Brumby, with Chauncey M. Depew, ? Levi P. Morton and Richard Croker followed, and then came the other 1 c jfficers of the Olynipia and the re- f maining members of the committee. r By this time hie military and naval officers in the mayor's office and the c prominent citizens realized that f Dewey had qoine, and they made a *ush for the platform. There was s Janger of it being overcrowded, and Japt. Copeland, of the City Hall ? squad, closed the gates, shutting out ? \diniral Schley, Capt. Coghlan, t Japt. Walker, Capt. Dyer, Governor 1 Roosevelt and pther prominent persons who arrived a minute late. t< TEDDY TOO PROUD TO CLIMB. ? Rear Admiral Schley climbed over he gate and he was followed by the * >rher naval officers, but Governor ^ Roosevelt remained behind. One of 0 lis staff rushed up to Capt. Cope- h and, of the police squad, and whislered 'The Governor feels slighted." c The gate was opened again and Col. g Roosevelt took his place within the b nclosure. % il Admiral Dewey evinced a desire o shake hands with all the naval oficers ai'id introduce them to the y nayor. He almost hugged Rear Ad- r' niral Schley and patted Capt. ^ Joghlan on the back. 0 As Dewey greeted Schley the crowd e ient up cheer after cheer for "Dewey b md Schley." _ a As soon as the greetings were over p he mayor began his speech, presenting the city's loving cup. He a -?r.-nl .11, l/wriv^rl tlio Arlmil'Rl tftld dosed by saying: "To the mayor )as been assigned the particularly f; >leasant duty of presenting you, in c he name of the city of New York, ? he metropolis of our country, this oving cup, a keepsake to remind * 'ou, from time to time, of her love tl or you ami her special pride in your P leeds of valor, which she believes y vill for ages to come insure full res- e >ect of all nations and people for our ft tarry flag, whether flung to the ireeze over the man-of-war or over ^ he ship of commerce." e Whet! the mayor had concluded c: Ulmiral Dewey began to reply by " aying: t> "It will be quite impossible for me, dr. Mayor, to express in words?" ci At this point he was interrupted 8< nth cheers, and he began again: tl "It would be quite impossible for t( tie to express in words how deeply I P nn moved by this?all these honors, ^ me after the other?that beautiful n tip, the freedom of the city and this T ;reat magnificent reception. I can- a lot say what I want, but, speaking or myself and the gallant squadron C( * * ' 1 * - .1 ?/! n * It had U16 Donor iu cuiiiuuiiiii a,\> <1 dan i la, I thank you from the bottom if my heart." ^ After the formal ceremonies Ad- si niral J)ewey went about shaking a lands with his friends. a 0 "Come here, all of you captains," a le said, addressing the naval cap- r< ains present. Then he introduced h tach to the audience present. Capt. Lamberton, of the Olympia," * le cried; "Capt. Wilder, of the Bos- S on; Capt. Coghlan, of the Raleigh; o Japt. Dyer, Of the Baltimore; Capt. M tVood. of the Petrel; Capt. Walker, n >f the Concord." When the captains n lad all assembled he waved his ii land toward them and said: *1 "These are the men who did it. These are the men who should be ti hanked. Without them I could do a lothing." - ^ The loving cup presented to the \dmiral is Roman in form and is b nade of IS carat gold. The handles ire formed of three dolphins, wrought ? n green gold. Around the neck are i, 'orty-five stars, emblematic of the * Cnion. '1 lie body of the cup is di- y t ided by the handles into three pan- { ! o< w liich are emnloved for the prin- ? ipal decorations. On the front pan- *> - 1 is :i portrait in relief of Admiral Dewey,surrounded with a wreath of ? >ak leaves, the whole resting on an >s eagle with outstretched wings. Underneath this panel on the band around the foot are the letters ,kG. I)., U. S. X." The second panel has c chased in half relief a picture of the 4 Olympia, and beneath is a shield J with four stars, betokening the re- , cipient's grade. On the third panel < is an escutcheon, upon which is en- " graved the inscription, with the names of the mayor and members of , the municipal assembly, and of the < I committee on plan and scope. The enat-of-arms of the city of New York appears below the inscription. About the feet are a series of anchors. a rope tied in three knots, dolphins, sea weed and other nautical devices. The cup stands thirteen inches high, has a capacity of four and a half quarts and cost $5,(KX). Major Gen. Miles arrived just as the party left the platform for the carriages. Rear Admiral Sampson was not on the stand at the City Hall. He did not arrive in time. RULES FOR AMATEUR WRITERS. Standing Instructions for Reporters and Newspaper Correspondents. The proper size for copy paper is about six by nine inches. Write the long way of the paper. Leave plenty of room between ' lines for change in copy. A pencil is better than ink, but it must be a strong black pencil. Typewriting is the best of all, un- , less the lines are very close together ?then it is very bad. 1 It does not matter how scratched i ip the copy looks, if it is actually | egible. When you seratch woids out, do it ;horoughly, or the compositor may ise them. Don't leave an isolated word 1 imong a lot of stuff that is scratched ; >ut. It may be overlooked. < Always use a caret mark when you vrite words in above. Proper names should be written * rery plain. ( He careful about initials that look j ike something else, as for example. ' kT" and "J." 1 Underline the letter "u" and over- ( ine the lkn" if there is the slightest i ihance of their being mistaken one j or the other, as is the case with . nany words. Print out foreign words or phrases, if onv vfiru nrmciinl wnrH. ( Never roll copy and never fasten , he sheets together. Don't ask to have manuscript pre- 1 erved. > Number your sheets. If you de- i troy a sheet and when you rewrite f nake two of it mark the number on ach one with an "A" or a "B," c hus: "5-A," "5-B". If a sheet is g hrown out entirely give the next licet two numbers, as "5 and 6." If you want an abbreviation exstided draw a circle around it. . ivoid the abbreviation for and." c Always read your copy after it is ( rritten. t Don't be afraid to use commas. If he compositor finds an unnecessary ne he will omit it, and the others >' elp him to the meaning. Avoid long and involved senten- v es. . When you have something to say, c o right at it and don't make a great t usiness of getting ready. i Paragraph frequently, and unless c t is indicated by a very short preeding line use the paragraph mark. If your stuff isn't headed up when v ou have finished it leave plenty of ( [>om to put the head on. ^ Use simple language, in direct, srse style. Don't wander about all ' ver the thing. Unless matter is of c xceptional importance and interest, oil it down. Run in a bit of conversation here 1 A 1 : if HQ l[lCrC III IltJWB ntUUf II icaaiuic , ^ ; helps to break the monotony. There is no such thing a? italics 11 ny more, so don't underline words, t e Women as Farmers. g Women who own and run their j( irms, without any male assistance, onstitute thirty per cent, of the P inning population of Kansas and Oklahoma. Women and girls who c re now engaged in farm work in <5 [ansae constitute fifty per cent, of ^ lie farming population. This large * ercentage is partly caused by the S bsence of the Twentieth Kansas p rolunteers in the Philippines, all xcepting a very few of whom are irmers, and who, upon going to war, 3ft their farm work in the hauds of leir wives, sisters and sweethearts, o say that these women-have fail- d d to do their duty in cultivating the p rops, would meet with as much q lerited contradiction as to charge le Twentieth Kansas with having e een afraid to charge the enemy. * In fact, Kansas will produce larger p rops thisyear than any preceding t| jason in the State's history. The rheat crop will be a little short, but lat was caused by a very cold win- f< ?r. Of every other cereal and farm roduct there will be a suparabun- g( ance. To the KansaR woman, with er usual daring grit and obstinate 1 3solve, is due these excellent crops. A he labor they have peformed merits o 11 the honor and wealth these crops 0 ring forth. During times of peace thirty per a ent. of the farmers in Kansas are il romen, while Oklahoma comes for- tl ^ard with about the same percentge. At present the Oklahoma wo- ^ len are slightly behind their Kan- P as sisters in numbers, but not in the a mount of work. Oklahoma women, ^ lthough they have not been as long ^ ngaged on farms, a?e more active nd can do more work and get better ssults. That their crops yield a o irger acreage is due, somewhat, to tie fertile soil, which is also new : nd more productive than Kansas itid. But between the women of the c tate and Territory there is no jeal- C usy. Each go about their own a rork, bent upon making a large crop r'ith the same earnest zeal as the lost steadfast German farmer. The umber of women who work on farms a n Kansas will reach over5,000, while lie entire number of farmers in the tate aggregates 17,000, exclusive of iiniilies. In Oklahoma the popula- P ion is smaller, but the percentage is bout equal.?W. R. Draper, in Frank (_ ieslie's Popular Monthly for October. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED e y local applications an they cannot reach he diseuseu portion of the ear. There in nly one way to cure deafness. and thut In by i>nstitutional reniedien. Deafnenn in caused J y tin Intlanied condition of the mucous linig ??f the Eiintachian Tube. When thin 11 be is intlanied you have a rumbling Hound r imperfect hearing, ami when it is entirely losed. Deafness is the result, and unless the a ltlam motion can lie taken out ami this tube estored to its normal condition, hearing fill be destroyed forever: nine cases out of \ en are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing ut an inflamed condition of the mucous sur- o ice s. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any C ase of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that r annot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, lend for circulars: free. 1 F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. .. . ,?...a SMMU If\ Wl ll^^inin, i?/v. HhII'm "Family PillH are the best. . Someone lias made the startling 1 iiscovery that drops of water falling 1 :ontinuously on a two-inch board * will wear a hole through it in thirtyIve years. The anti-prohibition element will no doubt use this as an argument against water as a beverage. < ?Chicago News. < The straight and narrow path would be all right if we could coast 1 3n it. i FOB FIVE_ THAU ('apt. Carter Will Spend That Time in the Penitentiary. PRESIDENT APPROVES SENTENCE Thieving Ex-Captain of Engineers at Last Gets His Deserts-Main Charges Against Him Ail Approved. Washington, Sept. 30.?President McKinley unexpectedly approved the findings of the Court-martial in the case of Cupt. O. M. Carter, and that brilliant young officer must languish for five years in the military rvl?Io/M? r% f T Aii?T/\nnT/\?AU am aa a fP U I pi i dim j o-c uca vcu?ui in, x\.aii3?ta? 111c decison of the President was actually reached at the Cabinet meeting yesterday, but the official announcement was not made until to-day. In the meantime a special officer had been quietly ordered to New York, where Capt Carter was placed under arrest while enjoying luxurious apartments at the New York Athletic Club. FORCED BY PUBLIC SENTIMENT. Popular sentiment undoubtedly forced the President to take action it this time, for Attorney General 3riggs has not submitted his formal > *eport reviewing the findings of the Jourt-martial. The verdict of the 2ourt-martial is sustained by the < President in full, so that all the political, social, and financial influ- ' ?nces assembled under Carter's banler failed to shake the decision of ] ;he Court-martial. At the White i House it is said the President has < lever doubted the guilt of Capt. 1 Jarter since the verdict of the Court- ( nartial was rendered, but he promsed the late Frank Thompson, who vas interested in Carter, that the atter should be given every reason- ' ible opportunity to prove his inno- < ;ence before final action was taken. | SENATOR EDMUNDS, CARTER'S AT TORNEY. It now develops that former Senaor Edmunds, who reviewed the ' ;ase, was employed and paid by | barter, and not by the Government, i is generally supposed. It is well) cnown that;|Mr. Edmunds's report h vas not satisfactory to Carter. 1 It also turns out that the President < vas deceived as to the actual status i >f Wayne MacVeagh. The latter n ias, more than any other man, been nfluential in holding back the final ] lecision, because in the early stages | ?f the case it was. thought that he j vas simply acting as a iriend of g barter. It now develops that he has >een the paid attorney of Carter f rom the beginning of the legal pro- c eedings. i WHAT WAS EXPECTED. 1 The announcement of the decision * it this time caused some surprise in c nilitary and political circles, but ? he result is what was to be expect- . d. The friends of Carter put up a 1 tubborn fight, and they expected at east to secure a mitigation of a ortion of the sentence. C It remains to be seen whether c 'arter will take the case up to the c lupreme Court of the United States, r lis legal representatives in this v itate say that no definite movement v u that direction has been consider- v d ?R. M. L. in News amd Courier. 11 if engineers, ceases to no an omcer >f the army from this date, and the Jnited States Penitentiary, Fort jeaven worth, Kansas, is designated is the place for his confinement, ? vhere he will be sent by the comnanding general, Department of the j East, under proper guard. kBy command of Major Gen. Miles: ^ "H. C. Corbin, Adj. General. Charges were preferred against j Japt. Carter by Gen. John M. Wilson. chief of engineers, on December 13, 1897. These charges were made ifter the investigation by a board of engineers of the river and harbor THE VERDICT OF THE COURT. Washington, Sept. 30.?The Presi- | ent has approved the sentence im- ^ osed by Court-martial on Capt. iberlin M. Carter, corps of enginers, U. S. A., and a formal order ras to-day issued from the war deartment directing the execution of lie sentence. The verdict of the Court was as 0 allows: J ''And the Court does therefore 1 entence the accused, Capt. Oberlin T. Carter, corps of engineers, U. S. 0 l., to be dismissed from the service 0 f the United States, to suffer a fine f $5,000, to be confined at hard labor, j t such place as the proper author;y may direct, for five years, and ^ tie crime, punishment,, name and lace of abode of the accused to be 1 it, unrl ubiisheu in me uew&pa^cis i.? ?..v. bout tlie station and the State from rhich the accused came, or where e usually resides." Following is the formal approval f the verdict: I "The findings of the Court-martial 1 the matter of the foregoing proeedings against Capt. Oberlin M. !arter, corps of engineers, U. S. A., re hereby approved as to all except he following: 'J "Charge SIX, specifications 7, 8, 9 / nd 10. "Chargts STII, specifications 3, 4, , 6, 7, 9,11 and 22, which are disaproved. "And the sentence imposed by the .'ourt-niartial upon the defendant, 1 >berlin M. Carter, is hereby approvd. "Elihit Root, Secretary of War." "Executive Mansion, Washington, ). C., September 20, 1899. "William MoKixley." Appended to the .orders as given .bove is the following: "By direction of the Secretary of ' Var Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, corps works at Savannah, Ga., and other points in that district, which had been under the supervision of Capt. Carter. The charges mainly consisted of a declaration that Carter had entered into a conspiracy with other persons, intending to defraud the United States. It was alleged in the charges that Carter and certain parties had defrauded the TTnifoH nf frnm *1 x/ aalVX/M - & V/* I I VIM T * ^VAA/,VW It* ' $2,000,000. The charges resulted in a Courtmartial which lasted several months, and which was presided over by Gen. Otis, now commanding in the Philippines. The Judge Advocate of the Court was Col. Thomas F. Barr, and the Court consisted of officers in nearly every branch of the service and of high rank. The trial resulted in the verdict and sentence which was approved to-day. The case has attained widespread, notoriety on account of the financial and social connections of Capt Car- ter. No such consideration and no such amount of time has ever been given previously in a Court-martial case. 'Hie reference to the Attorney General is also something unusual, but this action was taken, it is said, to give the officer every possible opportunity to prove his innocence. The charges which are disapproved are of minor importance and relate to smaller items of river and harbor works, in which it was alleged Carter had defrauded the Government. The main contentions of the prosecution are sustained. The only matter pending in the war department in the Carter case is the proposition to annul the contracts which Carter made for river and harbor work. 3ARTER ARRESTED AND IMPRISON; ED. * ~ M > - ; New York. Sept. 30.?Capt. Oberiin M. Carter was arrested early toJay in this city by Assistant Adjt. Glen. Simpson, who came on specialty from Washington for the purpose. Capt. Carter was taken to Governor's island and handed over to Capt JB. K. Roberts, the commanding officer, with orders to keep strict guard an^ r put Capt. Carter in close confinement. Capt. Carter is now in g>ne of the ipper casemate cells in Castle William. L. L. Kellogg, of the law firm )f Kellogg, Rose & Smith, called jpon Capt. Roberts and asked permission to see Capt. Carter. After his visit to Capt. Carter Mr. Kellogg said the prisoner was terribly dejected, and seemed to realize ,hat there was no appeal from the jentence. . Capt. Roberts, in speaking of the irrest, said; "It was the hardest luty ever allotted to me as an officer n the army to place Capt. Carter inder arrest and have him placed n close confinement. He was a dassmate of my brother's, and as iuch became friendly withjthe memjers of my family. Of course, duty s duty, and we have to obey orders." SECURELY LOCKED UP IN A CELL. Capt.-Robertssaid to-night: "Capt. barter is securely locked up in a ell alone under guard. Every preaution will be taken that he doesx lot escape, but he will be treated nth all respect as a prisoner. He iras nervous and very much affected rhen he arrived here, and said that \ lis arrest had been a great surprise o him. He will remain in Castle Villiam until further orders from Vashington are received, and then >e taken to Fort Leavenworth, Kanas, where he will serve his senence." Capt. Roberts believes that Oarer will be taken West about next Vednesday. In the meantime the nly visitors that will be permittfd 0 see him will be members of his amily and counsel, and then only n the presence of the commandant f the post or his lieutenant, who is fficer of the prison. "A Song of Degrees." sing of a man who was called John Smith? 1 name many people are satisfied with? But he wanted, you see, A quite modest degree; So he sat in the shade of a college tree, And he came back John Smith, A. B. ohn Smith, A. B.?a pretty good nameJilt being a preacher, he wasn't to blame For wanting to see An appended D. D., So he wrote to a college (inclosing a V), And it came the next day, he! . he! 'he Rev. John Smith, A. B., D. D., I high sounding name, we^ll must agree. But he put up the plea * That he wouldn't feel free Until he had gotten his third degree. He would stop with a Ph. I). Jy this time his name had grown a long tail; V. B., D. D., Ph. D. would avail My neighbor or me; But Smith went to a tree And shook it about most violently When down came an LL. D. kAlas!" sighed poor Smith, "I can see nothing more n the line of degrees. My ambition is o'er." But the public in glee Made a quicK repartee \nd tied to the east of his latest degree A very suggestive N. G. "Keeping at it" is a mighty good substitute for real genius. We have decided that that which )*ople take for tremulous emotion ti an elocutionist is very often fright. It is a poor sort of virtue that consists in abstaining from 6ins that are not cared for. ^ < Most of our foresight seems to range on things that never happen. The qualities in a man that make him a good fellow do not always add to the serenity of his home life.