The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, December 29, 1904, Image 7
A BLUESTOCKING;
ROMANCE
REALITY,
By Miss Annie Edwards.
CHAPTER XV. ?
' Continued.
P ?'Bow should you? No announce- 1
Blent was pat in the newspapers, and.
for reasons that you can understand. 1 1
,?d not care -about writing to mj
to ; you. perhaps, a*
letter would hare been easier than to I
?lost people. Ah. Mrs. Chester." she I
runs on. with the frank self-absorption
the unaffected egotism that renders the
society of newly married persons soJ
dismal to the rest of human kind, "do 1
you recollect a conversation we had In
?your own rootn-sll roses, and white
, olmlty. and full of the smell of sea
weed, thst laat evening I was at .Fief- 1
. de-Is -Heine?"
Yes, Daphne remember the conver- 1
sstlon accurately, word for word.
"I don't mind confessing that I felt I
?the least. Just the very least, degree
hitter against you that evening."
. "Bitter? against me?"
.? "You seemed so contented with the I
t*orId and the world with you. and my I
own spirit so heavy, and? well. If the I
.truth be told. It did appear to me. I
^relghlng our lota, one against the oth- 1
?r that I had some ::mall reaaon to
?eel jealous." |
? So Aunt Hosle was right. Human ns. I
(ture remains the same alwaya. Clem- 1
.?ntlna s love for Severne, lukewarm I
.though it may have been, contained!
Just sufllrlent vitality to admit of that
old-fashioned sentiment, jeslousy
. "I recollect one thiug with "great!
Clearness: thst I prophesied your hap- 1
plnesa." says Daphne, a little con- 1
science- stricken. I
"And how you extolled Sir John!!
iWell, looking at his character now with I
unprejudiced eyes, I can ssy. honestly
and dispassionately, that I think be
deserved every word of your eulogies;
I can. Indeed, poor fellow!"
Up springs the blood Into Daphne
Chester " face. Something In Clemen
tlua a half-pltylng tone wounds her to
the quick. As though ahe had a right
to feel wounded, to take any lingering
Jiterest whatsoever, either In Sir John
^everne or In his wife's estimate of]
J?? merits were not made for I
? " lher* waa the pity of it The fact I
?as. we became engaged much too
young, i felt it instinctively that first I
-moment when we met again, don't
IIS Tk""1"'1'- Mr" Chester, bow F?|u
5?k; 'n ?P?n ? "tile Hketcbing
.???aon Sir John was giving you under!
the rocks? And every hour we spent
together afterward convinced me more I
.and more of our mistake "
? burn like
?Jli . ?.he_hf* heard rumors, even at
Fltfjie-laJleine. of the rapid pace.
matmn of youihfui
matrsus of the day. Confidences like
.these, confidence? from the lipH of a I
tWO month? married, posl- 1
lively stagger her. I
"You must have guessed, I am sure.
??elpg so much of us ns you did." And
^now it^ls Clementina's turn to show |
she casta down her |
her bright new wedding I
"I'm? round and round upon her finger. |
? have guessed? thnt I cared 1
; ~Yor^.y^<$u3in I
^J^^njouSiiii repeats Daphne J
Chester, by this time too thoroughly
mystified to do more than re-utter the
bride's own words.
; "He is not briUlant na far as hooks
go; it may be good judges would say
he lias not got Sir John Severne's sol
ad qualities^ and_ he is certainly poor,
while Sir John Severne. as certainly,
lias plenty of this world's goods. But
you see one cannot reason about earing
'for people! I-I think I have cared
5for Felix always," says Clementina, the
^sweetest flush of womanly feeling
staining all her fiiee, "and I know that
to l>e with him. poor, abroad? anyhow."
will be the only possible hnppln'cs?? oC
rnjr lire."
.Daphne had turned first rod. then
pnfe. then red again, during Mrs.
Bioughton's confession? for it is time
to call the bride by the name she wears
so Joyously. No word of congratula
tion can she speak. Bewilderment,
scarcely yet enlightened, the dawnintr
of a now wild personal hopp, combine
? together to render her dumb.
Your Cousin Felix, I ? I mean Mr.
Broughton, is with you?" she asks, at
length, stammering ns guiltily as
though her heart owned a secret pas
sion for Clementina's husband.
Yes, ho Is at the hotel, and Inter on
In the day you will see him? that Is, if
you will let us Invite ourselves to a
Flef-de-ln-Relne high tea. Felix re
quires a good ninny hours for break
fast and rest, ofter the horrors of n
Channel steamer, and. as Sir .fnhn was
ready to escort me. I thought I lind
bolter drive on first and give you
warning of our advent."
. "Sir John Severne Is? Is traveling
with you, then?"
Surely, were Clementina's lips ab
solutely engrossed in herself nnd her
1' ellx, she must decipher the meaning
of Daphne Chester's trembling voice
nnd rapidly chnnglng color!
"Traveling with us? Well, that Is a
comical lilon. Do you think we could
endure to have any other soelety thnn
our own? No; our crossing over to
Kothrr Inst nlarht was purely accidental.
I never knew Sir John was on board
until wo got pnst the Needles, and
then the vessel began to roll, and
?very one vaa. feellr.g co wretched,
Snap Shots, 2,000 a Second.
An Italian named Luciano Butt! has
perfected a photographic apparatus
capable of registering the Incredible
number of 2,000 photographic Impres
sions per second, says tho London
Olobe. The most minute and least
rapid and casual movements of birds
and tnsocts on the wing, which have
hitherto defied science, can. It Is
claimed, be reglatered with accuracy,
thus opening a now world of natural
observation to ornithologists. The
Alms used cost ?2 per second for the
2, C00 Impressions.
that It quite took away the awkward
nen of meeting."
"Awkwardness!" repeats Daphne,
mechanically.
Amidst the chaos of feelings that be
set her, blank wonder certainly pre
dominates; wonder how any woman,
learned or Ignorant, could discard Sev
ern*. without a pang, to become the
wife of Felix Broughton.
"I can tell bjr your face that, you .
think very badly of me, of course. And
yet my own heart tells me if ever there
was a case In which to break an en
gagement would be more honorable
than to hold It, that case was mine. To
begin, with. I have a haunting fancy
that Sh- John Severne' will ' not be in
consolable.
Daphne rises hastily and mores
across to a side window. Away on
the orchard terrace she can see Sev
erne's figure. Just as in the old happy
days, with Paul in his arms. Aunt
Hosle is In conversation with him?
animated, eager conversation, a look*
of mingled surprise aud happiness on
her sunburnt face.
"I was thinking badly of no one." she
answers, very low. "I was only won
dering "
"Over the unaccountably foolish
choice of Clementina Hardcastie. Ah.
well," says Mrs. Broughton. falling
back upon one of her stlfT little blue
stocking phrases, "the depth of human
perversity In these matters seems still
to be an undetermined quantity. You
must remember. If you wish to be char
1 table," she adds, "that I did not go
fgom giv w?rd quite without a strug
gle. After I returned to London In
June It was a settled thing tbat I
should marry Sir John; and I let the
dreary farce go on? let Mrs. Hard
castle busy herself over dresses and
bonnets, and the lawyers and papa
addle their heads over settlements,
without telling any of them that my
heart was breaking. I had only to
tbink of the error of giving up a "rich
lover? there was the shame of aban
doning a cai^glt As Lady Severue.
?n?ney, wltF Influence, I might
have founded scholarships for my sex,
laid the first stone of a new college or
two. and, perhaps* in . time, have
stepped into the lecturer's chair my
self. As it was? as it was. Mrs. Ches
ter. I broke down suddenly one day.
Just us the milliter was to have fitted
on my wedding gown! I broke down,
confessed everything, wrote to Sir
John, who was away in Scotland, and
was sent off, in disgrace, to do pen
ance with Cousin Ethelberta, the cross
grained typical old maid of my moth
ir's family In Devonshire." ?
"And Mr. Broughton, what had be
come of Mr. Broughton all this time?"
"Felix was in Paris, poor fellow, ex
pecting dally, so he says, to be asked
over, as best man, to the wedding.
However this may be. he made his ap
pearance In Devonshire Just one week
ifter I arrived there. Old Ethelberts,
lo our wild amazement, turned out a
?rick! Yes, a brick," says Clementina,
with tears in her eyes, and, for the
ftrst time in her mortal life, stooping
to a word of slang. "When she beard
my story, and how I had given np
money for love, Ethelberta declared 1
bad behaved as people did in her
routh, and received Felix with open
hrms. You can imagine the rest.
Without bridesmaids, white satin, or
settlements, we were married one
tit miner morning in the village church,
Cousiu Ethelberta acting as witness,
tiie parish clerk giving me away, and
have lived happily, and coutentcdly
ever feince." .. ..
The Inide pauses. /
"And your own family?" asks
Daphne, "the people who care for you
mo$t? Has your marriage been kept
a secret from tliein all?"
"VPell, in time, naturally, we had to
write penitential supplications, not
only for forgiveness, but for money;
Mrs. Hardcastie sent me down my
trousseau, without a word or message
?the irony of twenty-four silk dresses,
all with trains, to people who want
bread! Papa Inclosed a check for five
hundred pounds, and begged we would
iook upon the giff ns a final one. These
are our material prospects," says
Clementina, cheerfully. ."Ethelberta,
however? who looks as if she would
live another hnlf century? hints that
we are to be her heirs, and Felix
thinks he will some day be made Sec
ond Secretary, with a salary of three
hundred and fifty pounds a year, in
Vienna! For this winter, we are going
to economize In Italy. You look grave
still, Mrs. Chester?"
"I ain thinking of your father? and
of Sir John,", is Daphne's answer.
"Papa has begun to relent already.
I had a kind little note from him,
written, you may be sure, without Mrs.
Hardcastle's leave, the evening before
I left Devonshire. As for Sir John? 1
confidently look to the l*ady Severne
of the future, that unknown but 'not
Impossible She,' " ssys Clementina,
with meaning, "to restore his hap
piness. Do you despair of ray predic
tion being fulfilled?"
But Sir John and Paul having by
this time reached the parlor window.
Mrs. Chester's answer remains forever
unspoken. .
(The End.) '
The cathedral at Ulm. Wurttem
berg, possesses the highest church
spire in the world. It 1 r. 033 feet high.
A moat unusual e*perlonco from a
row's kick happened to John Case,
owner of some flno Jerseys, In Platn
fleld, N. J., the other day. Going Into
the stable, he stepped near one and
put his hand out to stroke her, when
the cow launched a kick at him. Her
hoof Just missed his hand, but It
caught tho ring on one finger and
shot It clear across the barn, without
leaving a scratch on him. The only
way ho know she had struck him was
the slight Jar #nd the finding of the
?ring several foct away on the concrete
floor. - ? ?
S9UT1CAMUNA comma
? tvi; *
The Session Clsssd WMk *a Aitp
IIMfltS PKttMY*tr.
Hm Booth Carallfet iUMt Ooaftr
ence oC the Met bod 1st EjlsiOMl
church. 8o?th. which h*M IU MMioti
at DairlliiftM last week closed Moo
day, the sppolntments tor the ysar
being announced aa followa:
CHARLB8TON DISTRICT.
H. W. Bajra, presiding Elder.
Allendale. W. C. Ktrkland; Beaufort.
O. P. Watson; Bethel circuit. W. H.
Thrower; Black Swamp. O. P. Clark
son: Charleston: Trinity. C. B.
Smith; Bethel, M. L. Carlisle; Bprlng
Street, P. L. Klrkton; Cumberland. J.
W. Speake; Mt. Pleasant. L C. Car
son: Cordesvllle. W. R. Buchanan; Cy
pres s. C. W. Burgess; Dorchester. W.
T. Bedenbsugh; Ehrhardt, T. h Bel
?In; Grover, S. C. Morris; Hampton. O.
R Shaffer; Harley Tills and Indian
Fields. W. 8. Goodwin: Henderson
vllle, J. E. Peeler; McCtellanviUe. W.
T. Patrick; Plnopolla. W. E. Bar re;
Port Royal. L. D. Gillespie; Rldgeland,
W. H. Murray; Rtdgerllle. H. C. Mou
son; Round O, E. P. Hutson; St.
George. W. 8. Stokes; Summervllle.
J. L Daniel; Waterboro. Henry
Stokes: Youngs Islnnd. W. A. Wlmber
ly; Charleston' Port 8oclety. P. A. Mur
ray, chaplain; 8tudent at Vanderbilt
University, P. C. Gsrrls.
COKESBURY DISTRICT.
> J. E. Csrllsle, presiding elder.
Abbeville. P. B. Wells; Antrevllle. J.
A. Peeler; Butler, Poster 8 peer; Cokes
bury. S. D. Vaughn; Donalds, Peter
Stokes; Greenwood, W. A. Massebeau;
Greenwood end Abbeville Mills, J. M.
Lawaoo; Kinards, J. T. Miller;
Lowndesvllle, R. W. Barber; McCor
mick, II. W. Whttakcr; Mt. Carmel,
R. C. Boulware; Ninety-Six, A. J.
Cauthen; Newberry. Central. 8. H.
Zimmerman; O'Nealle Street and
Mollobon. J. H. Graves; Newberry cir
cuit, J. E. Beard; Parksvllle, R. R.
Dagnall; Pheonlx. J. R Copeland;
Princeton. O. R. Wblttaker; Prosper
ity. J. K. McCain ; Ssluds, R W. Hum
phries; Verdery. C. W. Creighton;
Waterloo. J. L. Ray; Whltmlre. J. N.
Isom; lender College, J. O. Willson,
president.
COLUMBIA DISTRICT. I
J. 8. Beasley. Presiding elder.
C t fio?;/1' T,UI?lp8ecd; Batesburg,
Ktreer i w8;rk5?. l!m,),a- wa?bington
I Dan,e,: Ma,n street. w.
I. Herbert. Green street. W. R. Trues
tar!** W J" 8n,deri Br?ok
and. W. 8. Henry; Edgewood J a
w * w? wni1?aeW'?* AuId: riirtwu.
Wiil,am8: Fort Motte. J. K.
Inabinet; Granitevllio, a. R. Phillies
il W Marl,n: ^esvill" m!
M Brabham ; Lewledale. J. K. Strlck
I ? Lexington. O. N. Rountree- Lea
"Kton Fork. (I. H. Pooser; North Au
j?unta. If. J. Cauthen* Rldgeway A S
L**sloy ; St. Matthewn. J. E Vahaffey
War, vine F. 8. Hook: Wi^ro j.
It. Campbell; Epwortb Orphanage W
'Ill^eawI1wUrlr,n,fOd0I,l:
^iiiege, W. W . Daniel, president* J ' A
utc-' c" w? w^.t' *genl; P*?o*'lnsU;
uic.. tj. w. Walker, president.
FLORENCE DISTRICT.
A. J. Stokes. Presiding Elder.
j* Tjlvu*/' ri, WhUe; Carters vllle. J.
Z'h Taylor ? Cberaw, Bob ?. Marphr
rberaw circuit. O. L. Dwant
nontT""iTPg: Df^U0?t01^ Trinity. J.'
V ^oper: Epworth and Pine Gnwe J
"lark??*aiw Dar,,*to? circuit. N.' li.
^larkson. Florence; J. G. Beck. with ?
Georgetown. B. M. Orler; ttSSyTille
*artslm!! J* R w*Idon;'
r E Sr&r?*? J}Uer; J^??nvllle.
^ake CuT i ?lnf8toce-1 W B Justus;
?Z.Cy' J ? B- Ttaywlck; Lunar T
Gibson ; Liberty R w riij *
Jome T. J. Clyde; iiltef^e w!r??
Jam pit, p. A. Calhoun ; Dcraaten W*
a .O,eaton: South Florence F* B.
lodges; Tlmmonsville. U F. McGhee.
GREENVILLE DI8XRK7T.
Jon??' presiding elder.
Anderson, St. John's. M. Et Kellv
>rrv?'e; S. T. Creech; West End. D
J ' I*. Sa y an<l Betkesda. R.
, ? DuBose, Fountain Inn n p nnv -? .
Greenville. Buncombe Street. W M
Duncan; Hampton Avenue. W e Wl*i
cms; Sampson and Poe^A R r^?
rer?; St. Pa?r?? o^'trberf' wiS
VlePinr^ T ; L,'?erty. J P. Attaway;
5I.J w * ? ' Merr,?; North P?ck
? ^m. Roof; Pelzcr G F ph.
wards; Pendleton. S. W. Henry- pick.
illnr I* Abnoy; Piedmont. *8 T
lilac kman; Seneca and Walhalla E 8
ar
fine jW'rUHS'"l: vlctor
y V &?? T"'!
Spinks Williamson and Belmont R
a. KEi. w:
MARION DISTRICT.
J? P. Taylor, presiding elder.
Ucnncttsville, T. E. Morris- Ben
neltsville circuit. A. T bu?'
Brownsville, S. J. Bethea; Blenbe?m
S B- Barker: Brightsville. E. M. Mc
M?" n t 'iMon'* Neck* G. W Gat
t?noryUt j 8V , ' X ,b
Boulab F H cJi,!Ulnn'x: c?? and
w?u! n Shuier; Couway, W. L
Wait; Conway circulj. j. c. Davis
^"n fln(1 J- D. Crout
l affa ia8M0^ ,Pa,',vant' T- D. Moody;
w AHiii i ,T.,a<?er: Latla circuit. J.
2or i S I u ^ M- ?* C '^onard;
ufj S'l. ? McConneil; Marlon. R. e
Stark house; Marion elrr-ilt G P Pen
nns. j. e. Rushton. J. M. Rogers- Mar
oniruiw, Allan Macfariane.
ORANGEBURG DISTRICT.
Marlon Dargan. presiding elder
BanibPr* W T. Dunrsn; Barnwell,
J. U Harley: Branch vlllc. g. A Net.
tlo?; Camoron. N. L. Wiggins- Den.'
mark, E. II. Berk man, w. H. Wroton
supernumerary; Udlsto. G. W. Davis'
Elloree, J. T. Macfariane; Ungley. J.'
JL^JLk y: ^orvvay- J- K Cojourner;
Orangeburg, St. Paul's, J, a. Clifton
Orangeburg Mills, to be supplied^'
oJ?n^ wg i,Cil^U!t' A' " Watson;
a r ???.' ?, T)u,<ps: Providence, w
A. Pitts; Howe^ville, A. C. Walker
Smonks, J. L. Tyler; Springfield, R. a
Yongue: Swansea, O W. Dukes; Wagt>
nor, J. C. Holley,
?r "OCK H".L DISTRICT.
W. P. Meadors. oresldina elder,
Blacksburg, C. C. Derrick; Black
?tock, J. |f. Noland; Chester, Bethel,
M..L. Banks; Grace and New Bethel,
lo be Supplied; Chester circuit, J. M
F??' Ch?stor- c- p- Carter;'
Mill r p[Cr'^' n' In*rrahom: Fort
Mill. J. c. Chandler; Hickory Grove.
fn'.fl- J ii Heath Springs, David
Hrrnu ^ J B,? Tl,rn,nw^(1: l^ncaster
w A iJi (5.UnJ": North Rock Hill,
? ' p- Winn; Rlchburg, W. A. Falrev
Hock Hill, St. John's, Watson B. Dun
t-n' t ? Holler, supernumerary;
Laurel Street and Manchester, C. E*
Poole; Rock Hill circuit, E. A. Wilkes
Vw Wfdt. A. Sharp; ttfrWII*. J.
L. IMMl tAiWtbtr, au?f*merary;
n** s ^
? STAftTAMBURO DISTRICT.
J. W. ywp, presiding elder.
2 James; Buffalo and
iMt Oil*. L E. Wiggins; Clifton
?Ml OlNdak, J. W. Elk Ins; Cherokee.
B. M. Robertson; Clinton. W. H.
Hod?; Cavpobello, J. T. Fowler;
Bmtm, C. I. Burns; Gaffney, Buford
8treet. J. ML 8teadmsn. Limestone
Street. J. B. Kllgore; Onffney circuit. J.
B. Wilson; Jooesvllie. D. E. Csmak;
Kelton, A. H. Best; Laurens. Pint
church. M. W. Hook. Laurens mills. C.
L McCain; North Laurens. J. F. An*
derson; Pacolet. to be supplied; Paco
let circuit. B. W. Mason; Reldavllle. T.
J. White; Saatuc, T. B. Owen; Spar
tanburg. Central. E. O. Watson. Dun
can and Saxoa. 8. B. Harper. Bethel J. .
W. Shell; Ualon. Grace church. D. M.
McLeod, W. H. Miller, supernumerary;
Union mills, W. M. Owens; Southern
Christian Advocate, W. R. Richardson
editor. O. H. Wsddell ssslstant editor;
conference escretary of education. J.
W. Kllco; ffaanclal agent Wofford col
lege, r. a. Child.
SUMTER DISTRICT.
H. B. Browne, presiding elder.
Bethany. B. F. Scogglns; Blshop
vllle. D. Arthur Phillips; Csmden, C. C.
Herbert; Chesterfield, j. j. Stevenson;
Jordsn. S. D. Bslley; Jefferson, S. M.
Jones; Lynchburg. S. O. Cnntey; Man
ning. A. N. Brunson; New Zlon. B. J.
Guess; Oswego. E. K. Moore; Pine
wood, L. L. Bedenbaugh; Providence.
C. S. Felder; Rembert and SL John. S.
H. Booth; Richland. Walter P. Way;
Santee. J. C. Yunue; Sumter. First
church. P. F. Kugo. Magnolia Street. J.
P. lnabinet; Wateree, W. D. Patrick;
conference missionary secretary. P. F.
Kllgo; assistant, Sundsy school editor.
L. F. Beaty; transfered, K. S. Enochs
to Alabams conference; superannuated,
G. N- Boyd, J. M. Carlisle. A. M.
Cbreltzberg. W. A. Clarke. D. D. Dantz
ler. R. L. Duffle, J. W. Humbert. A. W.
Jackson. W. W. Jones. C. D. Mann. N.
K. Melton. J. A. Merritt. J. J. Neville.
I. J. Newberry. J. A. Porter. T. P. Phil
lips, B. H. Rawlrf? W. A. Rogers, J. L.
SI fly, A. J. Stafford. T E. Wannama
ker, J. F. Way. J. A. Wood, J. J. Work
man.
LABOR WORLD.
There nre. almost 18,000 organized
Workers in Norway.
There are almost 570.000 clerks and
copyists in the United States.
Mills in the English cotton industry
are again running on full time.
Mattressmakers* unions belong to the
Upholsterers' International, the A. F.
of L. convention decided. ?
Building Laborers' Internationa i will
meet In annual convention at Minne
apolis. 31 inn.. in January.
Advances have been msde toward
co-operation by the A. F. of L. and the
Western Federation of Miners.
There have been strikes in C.ermni#
en a large scale among the brass work
ers. cabinet makers and bricklayers.
Membership in the American Federa
tion of l.at>or has Increased from 40.000
in 1881 to 1 ,672^00 at the present time.
A resolution asking for more and
better parks in the great cities was
passed at the recent convention, of the
A. F. of L.
All bricklayers' unions were enjoined
from striking on the building at Madi
son avenue and Ninety -seventh street,
in New York City
A sympathetic movement to aid the
striking 'longshoremen of the Mer
chants* Line at Boston has tied up
hundreda of bales of cotton there.
Three hundred miners are thrown
?at of work at Bed Lodge; Mont, by
an injunction closing the Oebo mine
because of violuttons of the mining
laws.
The Dublin (Ireland) CorporatioITTe
?ently decided to promote a bill in the
ensuing session empowering them to
award old-age pensions to their em
ployes.
Pittsburg has been selected as the
next meeting place of the National As
sociation of Carpet Mechanics. Cyrus
Roberts, of Pittsburg, having Just been
elected President.
NEWS OF THK FAR EAST.
The North Sea Arbitration Commit
won met In Paris.
A call to 2?v>,ooo Russian reserve#
In seven distri 'ts lias been issued.
Seven Russians bearing dispatches
reached Chefoo from Port Arthur.
Three Japanese torpedo boats were
destroyed by mines at Port Arthur
within a month.
Some of Admiral Rojestvensky's war
ships were sighted off Cape Town,
heading eastward.
lleneral Baron Kaulbnrs arrived at
the front and had a conference with
(Jeneral Kuropntkin.
The thermometer where Kuropntkin
aud Oyama face each otiier dropped
seven degrees below zero.
It was reported that important Jap
anese gains had been made in the
neighborhood of 203-Metre Hill.
One Japanese torpedo boat was aban
doned at Port Arthur and one Russian
destroyer was reported aground.
The auxiliary cruiser Okean. sup
posed to be in the Mediterranean, was
sighted passing Denmark headed for
the Baltic Sea.
I* ood and fuel were reported scarce
In the neighborhood of Mukden, and
the Chinese are suffering. The mili
tary situation is unchanged.
The Budget Committee of the Jap
anese House reported the war esti
mates without change. Some altera
tions have been made in the ordinary
budget.
Admiral. Togo's reports of the torpedo
flotillas' rocent attacks on the Sevasto
pol and theHuRslan destroyers outsldo
Port Arthur harbof were tnade public
at Toklo.
Dispatches from Mukden said that
winter has effectively checked move
ments on a large scale. Night sorties
continued and sharp skirmishes were
frequeht.
Coromantee Proverbs.
To him who runs full honor ntiv
Though he be lust.
Though you mny fall the catch each
Yet may you cast.
If you would trap the agile gamo.
Oo softly, brother.
Look on a child and Judge the samo:
Don t auk lt? mother!
Beware when o'er the wlno he says
I am your friend."
rss?Ti n"m" -
"k?ok? szniur"" """
*'orl"
N8RT?-2t -th* thnt know" no birth
Knows no strife;
None but the dead below the earth.
May lauah at Life.
?Stephen Chalmers In New York Times.
CM1KE CUSSES FKIT
V X
An Ugly R*w Among ths ltu<>nt? of
Columbia.
Now .York. Special. ? No action will
bo takon by the Columbia University
authorities In tho caso of x Klngdon
Gould, tho freshman student who
thwarted tho purpose of five. sopho
mores who sought to Udasp him, by
shooting a rsvolvel orer their heads,
tho affair haTing occurred outside the
college (round. Captain Nally was or*
dcrcd to lnvestlga^p tho shooting. Po
lice Commissioner McA(loo said: **I
must take cognisance of thia caso.
Young Gould baa no more right to
carry a pistol without a permit than
tnyono else.**
Indignation at the action of King
ton Gould and the doelre to secure
a largo contingent of freshmen for
tho sophomore dinner was tho cause
of a remarkable display of class ani
mosity at Columbia University. Over
300 freshmen and sophomores engaged
In a fierce street battlo around the
sub-way station at Broadway and One
Hundred and Sixteenth ctreets.
Young Gould himself did not appear
at college, but the sophomores were
determined to take revenge for his ac
tion on his classmates. A number
of freshmen, attempting to spirit
away President Holbert, of the first
year class in the sciences, were Inter
cepted by the waiting sophomores sr.
the sub-way station, and the fight
rapidly centered about there. The
Eurfacc traffic was stopped for an
liour, and tho subway station was
wrecked. Holbart finally escaped
from the crowd, and boarded a down
town subway traif, but the fight con
tinued fiercely.
The freshmen were led by P. Von
saltza, a 200-pound student, who bowl
ed over dozens of sophomores before
he was himself overcome by force
of numbers and tendered unconscious.
Many other men on both sides were
hurt in tbe same way, but no serious
irsults were reported.
After several hours of continuous
fgUting. the affray was abandoned by
mutual cousent.
Wracking of Ships.
St. Petersburg. By Cable. ? While
declining: to give details, the admiralty
admits that Russian advices from
Port Arthur sent by Gen. Stoessel sub
stantially confirmed the Japanese ad
vices of the partial wrecking of the
Russian ships In the harbor.. and the
censor has been instructed to permit
the publication of the dispatches. It
is claimed that several of the larger
ships and a respectable number of tor
pedo boat destroyers are stilt seawor
thy. bwt they are not being considered
as a factor fn the coming fight between
Admiral Togo's ships and the Bussian
secood Pacific Baltic aqpadron. If the
fortress is relieved, it la believed the
most of the sblps will be raised and
saved.
Wo Fighting For TWo Days.
Krdagou. Manchuria, By Cable. ? The
oppreaslVe silence continues. Hot a
shot has been flved during the last
two days. Both armies seem dormant.
Russian scouts crept eut yesterday
evening east of Erdagon and found the
Japanese pickets withdrawn. The
Russians approached the Japanese
trenrhes. where a few shots were ex
changed. The same thing occurred In
front of Poutifoff Hill. The cessation
of hostilities has encourage* the na
tives to return to the villages, but
some of the tatter have been destroy
ed and are uninhabited. A commis
sion is engaged in paying Indebtedness
to the destitute Chinese.
Murder and 8uiclde.
Victoria, Texas. Special.? At a farm
i about eight miles from here, a double
tragedy was enacted. Net! Stubbs, a
young farmer, rejected. It Is said, by
Miss Julia Mischulka, shot her to death
and then put a buiiet into his own
brain.
Washington Club Burned Out.
Washington, Special.' ? The Metro
politan Club House, tho homo of tho
most fashionable club In Washington,
v/as gutted by fire, involving an esti
mated loss of from $60,000 to $100,000.
partially covercd by insurance. The
fire was caused by a spark from an
electric wire near the elevator shaft.
A library, eotlmated to ba worth up
wards of. $15,000. and containing some
voiumes that cannot bo replaced, es
caped practically uninjured, and the
?ai>bs did not reach the wir.e cellar.
To Change Date of bieciion.
Washington, Special. ? Representa
tive Livingston, of Georgia, intro
duced a joint resolution providing that
hereafter electors for President an 1
Vico President and Representatives in
Congress shall bo voted for In each
State on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in September, and that
the 59th" Congress shall assemble and
hold its first regular session on tho
first Monday in October, 1905.
14 Quns Captured.
Toklo, By Cable. ? Tho Japanese army
besieging Port Arthur reported as fol
lows regarding the trophies captured
by the Japanese in the north fort of the
Keekwan Mountain. "Further investi
gation shows that we captured five 8-7
quick-firing field guns, two 47-mllllme
ter quick-firing guns, one of them be
ing serviceable; four machine guns,
all serviceable, and a qr.antity of small
urms and ammunition."
Three Children Burned.
Macon. Ga., Special. ? A special to
the Telegram from Elberton. Ga., says
that at Swift's Cotton Mills threo child
ren lost their lives by fire In the last
two days. Two wero children of Mr.
Smith, an operative, and wero burned
to death before assistance could reach
them after their clothing had caught.
The next day tho child of Mr, Strick
land, another operative, suffered a sim
ilar fate. %
Chattanooga's Poultry Show.
Chattanooga Special ? The first poul
try show held here In ten years was
opened last week. Nearly twelve hun
dred birds are on exhibition and fan
ciers are here from all parts of the
puuth.
THE GENTLEMAN
MINUS THE STUDENT
A\ Protest Aplmt the AccorM
Do>bl? SUadard of Collo*
(Uto Conduct.
?y Wolord toll?(?.
ANIBL kWEBSTEK, looking
back .to ,an Incident in Ills
dfteragli jenr (1TO7>. wlica
his fallier ^va* taking lilm
to a Rotiool g?lx .mHefc from
me norne, writes: "On 4he w ay my
father intimated to mcMila\lnteotion of
sending me to college. The very idea
thrilled my whole frame. He Held he
then lived for but hi* children, tiad if
I would do all I could for myself he
would do whnt he could for me. f re
member that I wan quite mercome md
my head grew dlszy. TLte thing irp
peared to me so high, and the expense
and sacrifice It was to cost my father
so great. I could only press his hands
nud shed tears. Excellent, excellent
parent! I cannot think of him even
now without turning a child again."
Perhaps 100,000 young men may lte
In American collegc* this year. Let
us speak to one of them early (n the
session. "Is It your ,pur|M>?e to be a
gentleman while In college?" Perhaps
he Is at first disposed to resent the
question as an insult. But give him a
few moments to collect his thoughts
and he may give us a frank answer..
"xes. or course. I export to be a gen
tleman. that Ik. a? mucin or a gentle
man as a student can be. You know
some things are excused ?o a student
and expected In liira that ran not Ite
done by ordinary young men of our
age. I expect to be a gentleman, mi
nus the student; a gentleman. except
in the things where my stinlcnt char
acter make* me fall short.'*" Unfortu
nately there wu? a tiine wbon an an
swer like this was natural. For gen
erations a student was locked) upon as
a privileged wild animal, not subject
to the written lawn of college; city or
State, or to the equally ini|M>rtant un
written law? ?f retlned. or eve* civil- :
Ized society. Conege laws, at one time,
seemed to recognize a peculiar' college
code. In the eighteenth century lines
wece imposed on America n students.
The grades of tines and offense- seeui
strange to us now. For playing ranis
a tine of Ave shillings might be im
posed.. while one shilling and a' half
would do for playing any game- for
money, "tioing upon the top of the
college was an offense equal In gravity
to-dcuukenness or lying. It is not sur
prising that nndcr a system like- that
the college boys- had rather a confused
creed of uioralH And manners.
We need not go back to the rult'? of
tlmt day to learn what it In to he a
gentleman in college-- We shall not
try to- give a full definition of the word.
We* may safely take for granted 'hat
truthfulness, honor and kindness are- In
eluded. Doesthe fact that a young man
lia? entered a college- campus release
hiim from any of these traits? "I was
a truthful boy and nwn until I entered
college.. ? expect to- be 'truthful int va
cation and after L leave college. But
duflng the-aesslon time mhiip who meet
me* officially must be- sutislled with a
little lower- standard in me." Wllliany
student deliberately adopt a creed ar a
practice like this?
Take the- question of honor, certainly
a wide, all embracing word. Will, the
student ?lalm the privilege to play fast
and loose with It. while in college?
"There- are certain, kinds of properly.
In the- possession of eertnin people,
which. I will most sacredly respect.
There are other- kinds of property
which- my ideas of honor and rJtslit al
low me to handle without any sense of
wrong or shame.'*' It may be extreme
to suy that a student who will hike one
article from any person will take any
article from any person whenever he
cart do so with. safely. Hut it. is not
extreme to say that this same- student
bus a very di'fwtlve, eolor-blind con
science and mistaken sense ot rl jr lit.
Take the trait of kindness. The
name of Philip Sydney is j household
word in all lands where the Kngllsh
language is spoken. When a hoy n t
school, twelve years of age- HiiGtb, he
wrote two letters to his father, one in
Latin, the other In French. lie was re
warded by an answer in which were
wise maxims that helped to form the
boy's character and lift*.. ll"re are two
short sentences, worthy to be read nud
practiced by every Kngllsh reading
l>oy. "He courteous of gesture and af
fable to all. with diversity of rever
ence according to J he dignity ot a per
son. There is nothing that wiiinetb so
much with so little cost." Hoes tin* stu
dent of to-day approve this, with the
reservation that this high standard
must be revised to suit the public senti
ment of our campus? Let us suppose a
case. A new student on his way to col
lege stops for a night with a joung
man already in college. All that a sin
cere, rotined hospitality and courtesy
cnu suggest Is offered to the guest.
The two go on to college. In a few
days or so the former host Joins with
fellow students to annoy, mortify, ha
rass and a III let his late guest. If there
Is chivalry, honor, manliness or nobil
ity here It Is that of the Arabian host,
who entertains his wayfaring guest
with till possible politeness, bidding
him farewell with profound bows and
repeated wishes for a snfe Journey?
then hurrying on .by a direct path waj
lays and robs him of all his money.
'??I expect to be a gentleman, consid
erate and tender, except in my special
relation as student."
Can you let down In .vour refinement,
courtesy, manners and morals for four
rich years of your life, and then let up
with no permanent loss In character or
reputation? Coarse fun. Jokes that
wound, may suggest a change In Sir
Henry Sydney's maxim. Nothing does
much harm.- causes so much suffering
to one party, with so little real satis
faction to the other.
It 10 your 'duty and your privilege to
be a gentleman plus the student. When
you en me to college most of your class
mates went Into the walks of business
life, farms, mills, stores and offices.
They are expected to show their gen
tlemanly character In their sphere-.
You have some helps which they
not have. Your Intercourse with men
?nd books will enablo you to put in
character and life tralta. _
color*. graces, beauties whl^h may
be in their reach. Will you. for ^
fleetluf, unsatisfying amusement ?C
thoughtless hour lower your stai
below theirs? * (
Let us approach another student
a still more important question.
your purpose to lead a God-fearing
lu college?" Here agalta the frank u
dent may give a qualified answer. "Y<
of course. I expect to do this, but
know that I am In a peculiar poaL
for a few years. 1 must, of course. _
low the crowd iu some things, wbl
ordinary church members of my a
eonld not do without loss of self*;
spect aud the respect of others. .
this important purenthesis of fonffj
years Jn my life 1 must lower the typt
of piety which I Intend to resume .wheal L
I get my diploma." J
This is certainly nnfortunnte. la
these years .when your piety and cliar* "
aeter nfgbt be taklug their permanent,
shape, *11 disturbing, enfeebling influ
ences shsuld be avoided. Your student
relations. duties. atssortatlons should
be wings t <r you. but not weiglfts.
Phillip* Brooks bus a tfae sermon rnk
. "The MindV Core for Cod."' Here arr
isouie golderr words: "l^ove (4<mI with alii
your mind, because your mind. like all1'
the rest of yow, belongs to Rim. and It
is- not right that you shouhf give iliro
only a part to whom belongs Hie whole.*
When the procession of your powers
goen np joyfully" singing to worship in
the temple, do not leave I he n>>lile*l of
then? all behind to nxtk the dinner and
to tend the Iioumo. tlive your intelli
gence- to Hod."
Hew Is one great mistake easilv and
often made by students: "The tie tlutt
binds one to my fellow students is
stronger tban all the- ties binding me to
the eollejge, the community. the church;
my parent* or my Maker." This s?iort
nwd la the Idol, tlsr phantom of tlio
, eampus den that ban disturbed the i'p
1 llglous creed, poisoned the moral scrKe
and wrecked the life t?C many a noble*
young fellow.
To be n gentleman plus the student!
will not ma.kc your college- life barren
or joyless. Et la an Irreverimt. if not a
blasphemous- thought, that our Ileav-f
enly Father allows 110 enjoyments to*
Hi* young followers. .V college cam
pus* is the place where- gentlemanly
character may be found in full rich
ness and <*ompleteness. It needs no
wrong or questionable amusements to
make a happy college course , no hours
spent in scenes that are to be recalled
in later life with a blu^li or a tear.
Take another sentence from Sir^
Henry Sydney: "(live yourself to lay
merry., for you degenerate* tVoin your
father- if you do- not llnd yourself most
able in will and' body to do- anything
when- you be most merry, but let your f
mirth be ever void of all scurrility and
biting words to ? any man. For a wound
given by a word is oftentimes harder
to be cured than thai given- by the
sword. "
To every atudenl who may read these
lines a merry, gentlemanly college life.
Over 78.4)00 rats were killed on the
London wharves by the health author
ities last year,, hut u greater t-rusido
will he waged against them next, year,
as it is thought that the- rodents are
still increasing..
A Mexican eaetus is eaten by Indian*
during, their religious ceremonies to in
elte visions. An Kuglish naturalist.
Dr. Dixon, has been testing upon him
self Its extraordinary properties, and 1
reports that the air seemed lilUtl with
vague odors of perfumes, a halo of
musical sounds .surrmiiidiug him. and
a marvelous display of every changing
brilliant colors passed clear!,* before
hl'i. vision.
The Covcriimcnl l i-.li Commission
has been making its vest izaiioris about
the suitability of !?,?.!> skins Cor cloth
ill". It lias been found that salmon
?skins make cxcellen;. leather, and have
been used for boots by tin I'.skiiuo**
j, for this purpose for years. These
[ Northern people xlso use I Milled cod
fish skins for voats and waterproof
garments. The l''ish Commission has
also found that: whale st?in makes,
beautiful leather ami takes color well.
Tbo letters addressed to, the Presi
dent average 1200 a day Highly per
cent. of tlu'm never reach the eye of
either the Chief Kxecutive or his pri
vate secretary. They .ire sorted* by,
the clerks under the direction of Pri
vii te Secretary Porter and sent t<* the
proper departments for attention.. The
largest proportion of the letters ask,
for tluanclul assistance. The next
largest number pray f>?.- the Presi
dent's assistance In purely personal
matters.
Germany possesses a miniature but
most useful railway to which tin paral
lel is found in this country. It pecu
liarity is tluit it train* have no driv- (
ers. It is used for carrying salt from
the salt mines at Htnsfurt. The trains
consist of thirty trucks. e:i?-li carrying
half a ton of salt. Tin* engine* are
electric, of twenty-four Itorv* power (
each. As it approaches a station, of
which there are live along the line, the
train automatically rinu* a bell, and
the station attendant turns a switch
to receive it. He Is able to stop it at
any moment. To si art it again he
stands on the locomotive, switches the
current and then descends again be
fore the engine has gained speed.
I'orini on tttc* of I1IIW.
Mrs. Margaret Dcland's essay* la
The Common Wh.v, which the Harper*
have Just published, are eminently
practical In their views oT life. They,
recall the 'fact that though, when Mrs.
Delaud llrst began to write, hep
genius turned to poetry, yet the poem*
were written on the backs of market
ing memoranda and account books;
and this combination of the Ideal ami
real Is characteristic of much of her
work. It Is interesting to note that
even I)r. Lavcndar himself, Mrs. De
land's greatest creation, may be sahl
to stand as an admirable representa
tive of the altruistic and the practical
combined. -? ?