Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WELL EQUIPPED. ear thils e<1ulptent:--CourageIn your soul, Strength in your urm and honor In your hourt; Thon labor e'nr((lPssly to learn tho part You wilh . play. Succet you 1l soon con. trol. --Suess. I ~ --eeuo-mseS BEHIN THE 8CREEN A Talc of Harless Eavesdropiig. "\Vhat is it Mary?" "Al r. Ilu nt and another gentleman to see nast(r. please." ..jd t' you tell theml, Mr. Mowbray hasn't (oime } e't ? ..'es'1n. 11(1 they said they'd wait. -'ve Shown t)("-m into the drawing 1'0u111. '-Very tcll, I shall be downl in at .., gentlemtnen told m1e not to (11 turb you. it I thought you would like toI kn!ow they were here.'' '"'hatnk yo(I. Mary." "\vill the 1-citlei11en stay to diinner?"'' .'No. I he p n1eanl I thik not. Yntt may "'(i'l the gong at the usual i thne. 111n't forget, llease." .-Notm. I wo't tiorget ." And Mary s N n I t gnmi l e d s i g f i "a n t l y t o h e I' s e l f I a s s h e ret te i' 1 he h%itchlel. Th'l)is would not he thill firs: time she had been I etled nl(<C! ;t -otnd the dinner gong at I llyI I.'e! as a gentle hint to visito's thti it was tile tOr them to go. i\ay had 1iscor( d''(1 long ago, that hosp1iality to "master's friends" was not une of i:. youing mistress' vir 1lies. "And ! Itn't blame het', neither." said .Ilry to herself; "it's only nat tipral -he shuuld(n't want them always hangiin': around and taking master's atIention OIf of herself, and she only 11arrieId six montllhs." .lir: Mow bray gave a little pet1 i0nt sigh. I ,iIee I must," she nitrmired, atidte''ii h('r !ooking glass with a frown. And ! 1' In she began to smille, half r'li U.~' l:. at the face she saw 1 relle(t ed(t1 It was a l I .y face. The frown I clouth-d -h t i: iness, bti. the smile t lade it ewin . Yet Mrs. Mow- l brav frte )i I d a'llst as often as she n smiled. lr:1 :1 f hings happened to a aunn}y 1:er. t ill'1'}' 8n ; 1 (a 1 I)ar 0bo , of course, t bit we'!!. he crltainly1 had his fatlts. 1 \\'ha tm .!. i.:im so late tonight, for isam-e'' : y he hadn't gone off I a-ain to (in : -hess with that horrid loh Jblhos. s he did only the other c week. '" Ilut. no. Ie wouldn't be so selfish b and hirid wh1"ni he knlew perfectly I well how li.uhappv it w'ould make her. t She had Ie,l 1'im so when he came t holm(' at 5.:' (''louck the other night, y and h(. had v('wed never to do it again. , liarry was a man of l:*,s word; she " woul say 'hat for him. le had c prom0is!d b8efore they were married r to ive( ip that hatetil volunteeriig arnd foit-a:l that always tooK upl so mi'uch of is time1(, andl heo had kep)t his t ',omflimt so .art. hotigh she wvas quite suir, Liih .h..!i'oils and1 the others were dloinig t:'i'''.- to temttpt himt to break Whatnasping him1 thtis evening? ' va si ill a mipetoitt 01 the .Jackday ' she eleilait.' i a mari'titd man with at comolrtiai!Il-h- hm of is oJwn httad inO buit :i 00 io a chlb, butt all the "'111''- i '01ha .1 1 tesignled hits memheliship.It ilead explatined to her' that. ii. woul ti t shabb~~y tot do so, and that ay Id iliVm Ito aot wasui lt n\ - t i ' ito ')1) hod h'ai n never hI 't n~ ' 1. tellle .sn till as truo i ti !!~t . ; h La Iade honttlteap pilr had i~ -101 I( ri l i1111 "o s,ti wtlih ihe alay 141 Ii wor.lttt The i H l ub10 e Ia l 'ink iii th0 haie badh aThe w i' n..SC witing li rsadow tairgs wersie n -:ot f h" am' ori. Th h adrkn'w frie:d aways he wase stol da stran.oyrto a:.'and thahay' wlihe ak too him deat land th'at' han happened befte ('ae h:Ht itrme. er t nd he l n.'.itry agied. Sht wol~t nha( ami i- iinuso ay latest bu'St. alay ainedsoiohera a (1tte t any abtstaint net and ltheoughts Tlhug heuge to herse't3, lfyb lf'. h Ie to tchrOi andetstion wiheih againy--tod wi,( liht iry' (life ads benaead and b drearyt blank hubanore setnmeint it 'Il. Mowbrh~'iay size htae 'rnigr byahimd hindbrush-Harr's e ar-s yrset-an adio seedh?fad". enOhm,atell' and hiathounnece'sr dahoto lier pretty fluffy1t, hay,. i I hsuonhse. Anmut," dre she'he agcamin andItriepedvightl ownshtairs, bitreaed t. Anyway,t he arcsband's vior.s.wt Iust b ret fPar goe tAowbray!t Teryting a y m,l'a dundy, and don't gthn hmar yorolf te? .mkt? I "O,ben' marned i a'tousandttSe'si "not' Mrs.1 Mowbut, I Iay, bon top int hisO( on hous." A dId r ys ' aYcama ittevoan, a tlel--bta Evide'. mArlman muntge Hrutay natur an' d ten.i Yo,onttny." 'l slome tohe flosmo Ilkeer?" by ie "Noi'm( frad hle wont.tnc "Soo ivld MowbrayhIl. He busdt toget tireomnienon." O "Yres, hal refwas s iplecause, eefhe's maofhring han wife's feeln "Adam'iks en he' Mbryin teo ''ngve fneverw every bledil thing hepiedve f eae o,esn't."ar hurios ari hif desrtin, hwfey've lees , ings. their best halfback. And old Harding was grumbling to nle, only last night, because Mowbray hasn't Put his nose inside tho School of Arms for months." "That nutst have beon a blow to Mowbray, to give up these bayonet Competitions- le was a dead certain ty for at least. onO prize. '' "It's the same with everything. Ie's losing his form all round, It's a sin that such a good sportsman should be allowed to run to seed; and a w'oman who makes her husband sacrifice all his pet hobbite must be--" Tho speaker paused expressively. "Well, of course, we don't know thai it's her fault. lie never so much is hinted at it. Pretends he's drop ping out of things to please himself." "But who believes that?" "Nobody! Oh, you're quite right it is my fault!" It was not, Jack Hlunt's voice that tnswered his friend llundy's question. The two men turned to the speaker wvithl startled faces. It was Mrs. Mowbray, who detached terself from the shadow of the screel it the (Oor and came toward them vith outstretched ha.nds. "It was mean to listen." she said, lushi g all over her protty face, "but (00 't help it. You didn't hear me ,om1e ili, and--something you said nadlo mle wlait, and so 1--1 overheard. Jh, please don1't think me a-a hen )ecker!" she added hutrriedly. "Ilut vhen you said that. abot taking warn ng by liarry, and not. getting lat' ied, it-it wasn't In humllan natire not o listen. I've been thoughtless and eifsh. It's (lonhe 11e good to hear the rth I. Won't you shake hands?" Ten minutes later, when llarry Mow. )iray camne home, 110 was amazed to Ind that his wife had set her heart mn his singing at the Jackdaw's loker, and when she insisted on his pending the entire following evening Lt the club it dawned tlpoll himl that o mething extraordinary had hap. lened. NVEST POINT AND ITS BEGINNING, -low This Strategic Place Was Occu pied in the Revolution. 'The antiquity of Foil I'utun, at the Vest Point Military acadeIy, has een a question of dispute the last ew (ays, but it will probably soon b)e ighted, and its proposed restoration 1) its original condition. or something Ike it, will be carried out. Ilow the lilitary acadeny came into being, and arious other facts about it, are of in ('rest to eve'y loyal Alericntn. The ract, of land owned by I he govern lenit at WVest. Point contains 2105 cre's, and was first settled in lay, 723. The greater part of this arca 'as purchasel froml Stc'ph1'n \looru 11 September 10, 1790, for. $il.08i 'he smaller aid southerly por"t ioll was ought from 01iV('r (ridley on May 1:3, 824i, for $10,001). On Mlarch 2, 1826), le Stato of New York eceld jurisdic on over that part of the property oll 'hich the principal edifices co11cnetd 'iti the institution stand, and only reserved the right to execute any pro ess, civil or criminal, wherein the 'al or personal proPelty of the United tates was affected." T1he imlportance of WeTst Point in lie Revolution was due1 to its coml land of tile litison r'iver, th1en the loroulghfare lor' freliht and11 paissenger rafie between the seabtloard' aind h'inI conlgre'ss, litaant. to thle wishO s of tile ('(ontinent al congress'8, ire olv ~ed to1 fort ify the hitighlat 1bs(, an ld 'o(lonel liernarld it(1man s. withI 2 1 Illn1, .1(XCl1 exc t its pls. 1tomans11 was1 a illftul (-hol eric i 1-ollander', atn engineer y profess5 dI il an all emlployd of tilt tr'itishi Crown. lieI' ((15 con 'it'ttd tie theni \l arlile's Ittck ),. but. inl such .nltl nsitificgr-s manne as Utoini' e he strituresdl of( te moysto taiale pex ,ats of tIh i ilawn ro eion. i'Ilrl 1(is 1,1u, il0an alo btiale olIfi a. Aritor 'al at acmsiton of' inlOrtion,C( .0at1e1' to ilenresoniNovembero (Itth oi't that05 the( words .iouhy he1 assa, ile romi(lltetl' ofhe ut c ross til hel iier wihou a ianer to XV:w Pnt.y I. was llann'd to (4entipy asnd oiy iatid followed, hid "'tte ky tol pitheds agelO5 on e liighansIt poraily fell nli(omiablecut o f e e ey."iAfter est Potint had abnoned theO),00 llh adsitin togt,lOyn' o777 Gabneraby Pt mmti andce Jaes waito awereltdtIle "Atresses,and on uly 2r-N, 177orth Jeduersled PrIhes comnder-n hIf wrIe asferrealdto Ws('t ioin. "Aniwat edrugee ( iat enerlasy higon o>rdees" one aganst tatuneesar an'aonale cstoml of swearGing." o es Ploint ar valoslt $,0,000i atire t reyas of tlt os alaboril by1( tih local fe ndas prics,oun.t th Jeiwerled Paronesofnia STen prowcs ofbegar dentription." are hicfritn jwear, bit the 1111kwar necklaceroda ae(value at $20,000,000.H i ever gem.vaulof Drin oril dragon guaed teoiou colldti'o mine ghts bres cale tht most ofharming and CuOl tliate his Iasoondia'pice,sivai-Ro blody rlowsI ormagnIfait pearl ark o sotirs inoaret hilhas 50 teclbacelsoes,a vringe-paruir eari everye gem. irst-Einwondyer cmea theaeroBou I(hndra,Itoe igh bDen'tlyo thinkas of Romnwiemperai thfrois pasainato bfodnguineo boutdyorn idaots,Itfll"fo "All toisht,"lderi th oher, mast wabie ctil aftoes, eleciongad wthe pear haeayrgh to Srfowted "Tha'nht youtnkll btsnit," dsa't think your'l caredtodat?" o'lhv to."-Phliladelphlia Press. A Vienna dentist reports having made considerable. success 'with artifi cial teeth madeio of paper treated by a EVOLUTION OF HUMOR. JAMES L. FORD BELIEVES SATIRE WILL SOON BECOME POPULAR. Seeing Somebody Get the Worst of it Underlies All Funny Happenings the Worid Around--All True Wit Must Have a Foundation in Sincerity. Philosophers who look upon passing events through the rose-colored glasses of optimism may find cause for rejoicing by comparing our national humor of touay with that of the so called "newspaper school" that flour ished from a quarter to a third of a century ago. It was at a time when the entire American nation scemcl to be liter ally hungering after something funny that "'he Danbury News Man," "Tlo Detroit "reo Press Man," "''he Ilur lington Ilawkeye Man,'' and a score of others of their class sprang into a sudden local renown which, in many cases, grew into national fame. Their humor was, as a general thing, of what is known professionally as the "acro batic" school. That is to say, it was founded on human catastrophes of the sort ilcilent to tho treacherous ba nana peel, the putting up of the stove pipe, tihe retur n fromt the lodge, the depredations of the goat and the per versities of the yellow dog. In the humtnor of this school, inebriety, in its many droll phases, played a part whose importance it. would lbe hard to overestimate. We have otilgrown this school at the present day, but let us not sneer at it, for, after all, It was true, ster ling humor, founded on the same deathless principle of seeing some body get the worst. of it underlies all funny happenings the world around the same principle that forms he backbone alike of Thackery's satire and the early English jokes of the pulling-a-chair-from-under variety. Mored4cr, it. was a clean, honest hu mor which served the louble purpose of educating the popular taste and de veloping a few writers, like Alark Twain and Eugene Field, who are now a source of national pride. For my own part, I look back with feelings to ten(ler regret to the days when a humorist could not only writ.e 20001) words upon opening a bottle of kumyss or 1500 about losing a collar button under the buareau, but also fear lessly offer it in the marts of litera ture. Those were days whelit a lulmoir ist could set. tip hiis Workshop in some pleasant. country place, and with no stock in trado save sulch familiar properti es as (he nother-inl-law, the goat, the stovepipe, the banana peel and the lodge grind out a living that at. least gave himtl contentmlent and good health. Once or twice a month he would visit the city, bringing with him a basket of his wares. Most of the publications in those (lays dealt exclusively in acrobatic humor, with the exception perhaps of one which had what was called "a reflined fam ily circulat.ion," and was, therefore. made the vietim of storics about "Our little foulr-year-old," or "Our friendly W, who lives in X-- and is (uite a wag in his way."' No ae-robiatic- jokes could he sold to thle edlito of thaut periodlical, exic-pt those from wh ic-l the cutrse hail beeni cr-aftily remoiived by erediti ng t hemr to Captain X. of the Forty- Seven'thI i .itaachuIs(tts reg ime int. lin the early3 '80s I le gr-owiing popu)1 lam-ity of "P iu,ck," " ,ite" and "Judge'' l'-ldi to the iestal iishmenru t of)age's or columans of originalI haumlor-cus mat ter in a vast iiumbeir of peioicloals, cr-cat i ng a de mnanil for-I i htun great enough to )ve-rt ax thle ca pac itly of thle r-egulIart ly -c-iredited miemibe'rs or the Cr'ati. it w-as thuis extraiorinariy an unl lookedl ror- call Cotr hiumorouts mat ter- that Ieu a vast nutimbet- of imin ail wvomen to abanidon much suiedous luausuits as thle eitl ivt ion of t hi- soil. t he -leansiing of1 househol linienu. iho miing of' inware- andc ihe plic-king of hucklebe-i iiis ini ordr a'I at they mnigh t. bec-ome Amriuc-iian hutumri.4ts. Humt ini spite or' Iihe conip-t it Ohion If lhs oh rty u n I kcill r-l Iaboir, thi' profe-ssicals profited gi-e atly Iby thlis act i c maraket. and thle arit. cf nurisiniig a joke anil causliig it to cry3st alIizc into a dlozen' oi- muor-e clistiniint mariket able fcurms, not. cine ofi isim of ainy of the othiers, wvas c(ried to a highuetr degiree of perfe(-tion idu ing this peIodl than eveu before ini the hilstor-y ofi Amer-ican Ietter-s. The be.4t of theu hitmoists, howvever, sought a wider field for their efforts in the pages of the magazines, the ac ceptance of one article or stor-y becing deemed suffcleit to change them froiu mere funny wvriters to "lite,rai-y men," and adding imater-ially to the value of their signature. At last the public began to tir-e of hiumor-ous pages madoe upl of pam-a graphs, ve.rsos and two-line dialogues s 'toitst.uff'," as It was called-and dIsplayed a markIed p)referenico for- the Sunday hiumor-ous article signed by some well-knowvn name. It was on this wvave of pup)ular taste that IBill Nye, wvho had made his first reputa tion oii a western newspapcer, came into great populaity as the p)ioneer- of the syndicated weekly aticle, which at the time of his death, brought him an income of $200 a week and i-en (ored him pi-ospe-routs to a dlegree that the humorists of an elderi (lay nevei dreamed of. Bil11 Nye was the last leoder of the i-ace of Americanm niewspap)er hu moi ists and one of the best of them as well. The school which lie represent ed is fast disappear-ing fi-onm its native soil, but it seems to have taken a firm root in E'ngland tunder the fostering care of Jerome K. Jerome and his fol lowing. As for our own humor in its most mocdern phases, it is moe like that of Boenjamin Fr'ianklin, tihe eairliest hui morist of our nation, than anything that has been known hero in many decadeus. It is satirical rather than acrobatic, and deals with mental moods rather than with disasters. Its most popular commnorcial form is that of the syndicated Sunday article, and its chief prophets are Mr. Finley P. Dunne and Mr. George Ado. Juidgin)g from the most pronounced trend of the popular taste of today, it is safe to predict that satire in its highest form will soon find a large and appreciative audience in this country, and that the tinre is Tipel for an Amer tcan Thackeray to satirize our manners and vanities. A fact which serves to deepen the rosy tint on the ltlmolous horoscope is that the worst forms of British comicality have never taken root in our 3oil, and that, too, in spite of persistent efforts to transplant thumn. Machine-nladO epigrams of the mere tricious school in which Oscar Wilde chose to sink his remarkable talents, never took any real hold on us, al though a vast number of the dilettanti declared them "immensely clever" and affected to prefer them to "coarse American newspaper jokes." These epigrams failed to become genuinely popular hero because they were not founded upon that quality of sincerity which underlies all true wit.--J. L. Ford, in Collier's Weekly. GRASS HOUSES OF WICHITAS. Ingenious Indian Architecture That Has Become a Lost Art. The finest house eVer designed by a redskin is I he grass house of the Wichitas, at tribe thatt. at presetnt lives in southorn OkIlalona. They are the only tribe hat ever ac'c'omlplishcl suc cessfully the erect ion of a grass strue ture. Soon they are to abandon these hluts and take uilp their htmrcltmni res ervation life in two-roomi fran shacks which are being built for them by the governnent. The grass house, it is c"laimncd, is far fromi being healthful, bt. it is certainly comfortable. There are but about fifty old mllenl of the tribe alive to-day who understand tle art of building one of these houses so that. it. will stand. And these refuse to worki, even for genierouts wages. Thie governmlent. has offered these grass house builders lucrative employment to const'uct somne houses that may be iPeserved as mlodcels of an ancient art. But they refuse, and the grass huts that. utse,i to dot the prairies of the Wichita reservation are now being torn down. The Wichitas are deter nline( that their huts shall not stur vive themn. Appearances are often deceiving. One can look upon a grass house and imagine it an easy thing to but ild. lBut no so. It is inlced most Intricate. The grass is gathered in the spring, when it is yet fresh. The sod cutting usual ly takes place fimmetiately after a rain, the sod being removed to a thickness of about eight inches. Buf falo grass sod is the only kind that. will answer the purpose of the build er. Ile begins to lay the foundations as does the stone mason, digging away lie ear-lh to a depth of about one foot. The grass portirm of the lchunks of sod i.- laid to the ontsidoe, and the house is built. to a height of from 12 to 15 feet in the form of a pointed dome. There is no hole in the top for t h smoke to pass through, the latter being carried away through a pipe on the outsile of the hut. The door is usually in the south, and thero are no windows. 'T'lhroulgh each tilft. of sod is ruil a wil low reed string, and these strings are bound 'lear around the structure. The grass remains green and will grow if there is plenty ot rain. It. is not at. all unrymmon to see the sides of these grass houses turn green as spring ap proaches, just. as do the pastures near them. The houses are warm in winter and cool inl summer. Thley never' leak. Oft en thle Indctians h ave barns madte of lie same mait erialI. limit in these days the redskins are madie to live ini frame shacks, and the once faimous grass house will sooni he but a r'ecollection. -Scienit ific Amierican. Soap in Shaving. "Sr,apI in sha~iviing,"' sa id a chtemiist, "h as two itses ihat mian pi'lersons arie ntot atware ofi. IThe tirst 1usd is its tffct on thle henard. it dIocs niot. scoft - ni ~ih heard, a~ nimost. oh its are at lirst in.,I'cl d lto thin ; it stiffteiis it and makel~cs it briittlIe. Yo(u kinow~ soa's otffect oin youri bmir. how it dries it. and(1 talos th ii ciucit of' it ? You call sec' rcadlily. 1 lien, its effect on t he heatr.. It nalos e'ach hair' stamch up, stiffi and bile I ,oc as to coffer a goodc r'c:istanic'e to lihe razor. cir t he raz'oir is a sawa in irealit y. a tiny saw; and it will Out through~i a thiung int is htard and st iff', but ainyt hiing suIt it. will Th'e' othler' use ol' soap ini shaving is as aii anitisepitic. Shav'inug. ax we ~in Amriec' condulct it, look-s lIke a prIOt ty ~ Peilouts busineISS. It seems to offer to the germifs of iiaiiy dIiseases a ('hanlce to ge t lhir i work in. 1. for' Iinstanc(e. have some disease or citheri in my)3 blood. Aly b)arber cuts me. Blood gets oni his raz,or. The biladle isn't sterilized, and germs from my)3 velins paiss inito y'ouri system when thle barbei' cuIts y'ou. You, then, contract my disease. "Thn t, I say, is the evil that shiav ing seemis to ca~use, bult as a mat ter of factc it dloes notihing of' thle kind. It's Onl aiccounit of the 'soal) that the processO is priactically hai'mless. T1he at hem' that shaving Soap and1( hot water' mako is an anitiseptig boltioni, quite as good as solutions used In hiospitala durlling op)eraitions. ils lather kills the bacillus of typhid( and of the va riouis skin and blood ailments, it kceepsa you fr'om contriacting disease in the barber's chlair."-Pilatdelphia Record. Lives Lost Thru6cgh Risk. A list madec upl at i'andcom fi'om news paper accounts and without aiiy thought of 'omleltenes5s of thle numi ber of pers'onis who have lost their lives thr'oughm thiis passion f'or i'isk, the love of hazard, dli'ing the last few months makes a total of several huin drecd. Thhi includes some 45 per'sonls w'ho have lost thleiir lives in motor' car's, 17 who have "missed" their footing in balloon exhibitions, 9 who have been1 ushered out of existence by the means of' the bicycle and its allied conti'ivances, 2 wvho have climbed steepiles foi' tihe last time, 3 br1idige jumpllers, 17 Alpine cilimbers5, 5 long distance 'swimmers, 7 who havo been blotted out of existence by yrari ous other agencies or methodis de signed ostensibly to promote the Joys of this p)resent life, If to this list wo should add the 300 other mountain climb)era, -who, it is said, have lo'st their lives in the Alps during the Past 10 years, the total sacrifie of human life to tile rage for risk would indeod assuinme formidabie proportions, The British South Africa company has decided sto expend $10,000,000 on railways in the Dark Continent, PRANKS OF FORTUNE. '#t Some Recent illustrations of Unex. pected Prosperity. Romance Is the charm of life; the htope oT fluding it is often the only ray of sunshine which breaks the gray cloud of monotony or misery under t which the cvery-day mali and woman tolbs and molls. Forttuno's wheel has lately played a few interesting pranks in the destiny of mre men in Russia and Italy which reminid one of the wonders of Aladdin's lamnp. Thus a poor fellow named Sha!yapin, who a few years ago labored long and hard for his dtily bread in various Russian cities, standing oil the lowest rting of the ladder, is now the prince of Rus sian singers, and, what is more, t splendid actor over and above. When ever he appears before the footlights the thieatre is crowded to the ceiling and the manager has to "turn money away." In Italy a sudden revolution of the fateful wheel has produced a simh flar result, and Sig. Giorgioni, who was only a fishmonger some eight months ago, is a theatrical star of the very first maglitudio to-day. lie was noted until last year for the loud, sil very voice with which he was wont to cry out and praise hits finny wares in the market-place, drawing a coil ;i(lerable crowd of buyers away fron his competitor's. One day a lover of Itsic, chancing to pass that way, heard the voice, and declared that there was money and music in it. Giorgfoni Ihereuponl changed the fish market for a nitsic school, and has now imado his first appearance before the public of Naples with a triuimph which breaks all records. The walls of the San Carlo theatre quaked with the thunider of the applatise which greeted the ex-fishmonger, and musi cal critics are squandering upon his performance the superlatives of all the adjectives of praise in their vocab ulary. lie is credibly asserted to be the prince of Italian tenors, and a likely candidate for the championship of the world. Prizes in life's lottery ar- restricted to no one profession or calling. They may be fewer in this career and more miner'ous in that, but they are the monopoly of none. This universality of lucky chanie was curiously exem plified a short tine ago in the Gorman capital by a laity whose occti pation--she was correspondent in a (I ressmaking est ablish ment ---shut her outit from the every-day world, and left her little o)portunity of bettering her position. But the psychologicalmoment arrived when an implnot+r out in Mon teVilo w'rote to a Berlin firm saying t iat. he 1 reftsedl to tecept a large con signle'nt of goods sent. hili, and gave various grounds for his attitude. The lady corrspolldent reIpliel to his let tor with great Ingenuity and equal energy, and the cit'respondeice, ear ried on for a considerable t ime wiithi remiarklably gre(at. em ph asis. ended ixn tI:o tritmpllh of the lady. Thqe goods were finally accepted and paid for. At present the importer in question, who is travelling on business, paid a visit to Berlin. called on1 the firm, and spoke of the (lispute in which he had been worstedl. Thle wealthy creole was not a little aistonlished to learn that all Sine arguxments lhadi biexn formnulated axnd the letters wr'itt en by a younigt lady. Het asked to) see hex', fell in love with her ii'on the spo0t, propiosed. and1( was accepted then and t here, and thus his biusiness trip has developed itto a dciilihtfut weivddin xg tonr. The dlress miak{ing firm 1 inow besieged with1 ap- ' lien-t ioirts for' a post-' whichi oiffers such3 at t tae-t ivye poss i lix ics..-LOxodo Daiflyi Tielegr'aph. Ether-'Dtinking in Russia. 'T' l.Ii habt' f ehex' drixikinig is knxown f to be' pre'(valenti in sme4 parts ox' tOts nia ni. ci list i'rut-.a.a amid al lie < itaxis oft the auitioxrit ic- to (combIat thie vtil ha:vcex liteta lwen: almost '-xed iioar t'~f s givenx in thie lts |.tx 'sllospa 'ers of a icent 1 ace i.G-nt, w.')!ih ticutntl aut a pla'e cnlled Tr'Ji'.n1.. lnr i dxrunxk hy- f'armelrs 4on(5 l'si v( ocai onis. whieni itl appears t to be' 'Ol conied ill pailfutls. A irmit-1 cxr cbi ix n irg hxis sonl's weddling x ii th flnel:tss ox lhis hetSpitality got inx two imIils of ethIier. IDur inig thle pr'ocess of devatin xg thle (either inito bot ties a '.iilt'i exploisioni took place, 1)'y ' w ih xix chi ld reni were k illed, anad toni aid uxl dianger'ously, andi 1-1 other'is mlore' or' less sever'ely, inijurxed.--3irit ishx AIdi cal Jour'nal. Development of Arkansas. 4 Ptoof of Arkxansas's gradual yet ra 1)1( deveilopmxlent is conlstan5tly Iforth coinxg, says Tile St. Louis RepIuiblic. WVithin a few wveeks a lar'ge niumfberi of ne0w eniter'prises have sprttuig up, ax-ong which are a onle-hlundrlxed-thlou sa1nd-d olax' development com11pa1ny and a large luxmbex' compaxiy at Pixie luiff; a lar'ge mxinintg concer-n at Y'eliville, a $50,000) lumber comlpany i.t St. PautI,C a $:20,000 wagoxn factor'y at Jonesbor' outgh, a $3t00,00t0 sawmrill at Lapile: at Forest City, a lp'ge gin and millixig companty, and at Ullytheville a big spioke and handle f,actot'y. Ar'kansas"s e'xhibition of its wealth, resources, axnd inidustial pr'ogress at tihe Wot'ld' Ifair' will be a revelation to the United Against improvements. T1ommiiy had beenk a towxn moulse all his little life up to the presenit year', I bitt wvork had1( been plentifuli with Dad, t wno was dhiscuxssinlg with his wilfe l'hoe desix'ability 0t sending Tommy foi' a wveek ixnto the coutrxy. Toxmmy lis texned thoughtfully, and( at. length brtokO in: "I don't wvant t.o go." "WVhy not?" 'Causeo I've heard they have thr'ash ing xnachinxes in the country, and it's h)ad enough hiere in town, where it's 1 done by hand.--Sparo Moments. Bound to Get There. "4Don't you thintk," said tihe gener outs-minaded man, "that you would feel< moxre kindly towardl yoitx political rival if you could imagine yourself in his pilace?" "My dear sor," answered the ener getic man, "4mere i maghiation won\s do. I'm going to p)ut mysel.f in his place if it can possibly be managed, He has one of the bdst places in the goverment service." - Washington *ta . - THE3 SUNDAY SCHOOI( INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 29. Reevw of t1ho Leuraonm For tio First Quarter of the Yetar-ltost 1 (or. xI11., "-10-Golden Text, Alatt. zxvlll., 20,_ The $uanry. Jntroduction.--Thteleson s this < uarter cover 1ortiutss of p e 811( t-lird iio:lry Ju!'ne'. Alt bough great Opl' -p-siti rout h ltnearly every place he visited, yet the gospel took a (eep) hold oi the heat of the people, and in many ofi 91 adinK eitie; of the world goodt tu mrehes were establis{(ed. I)mring hia l nssionarys' jour'ney; 'il 'a ot only 1reached the g '..Ii e im all the 4 tiet he visited. but be l;ttored with his Iutls to stupport mint 'immar y.- -',eloln 1. ..ITot e: aulTerintg or t h',tst. .1'haee: I'hihippi. Pa,ull o hi bceond inissiuniu juurney v 1i, I h iippi, a city' of \lai-edotnii. l'ey are folloed by a fortune L.el lr: IPaul wis grieved conuadleuld the spiiit to come out of her' a1'ut111 and. Silas arrested; a mob h rose up; the mnissionaries were hieat.n <. e,s it 11risohl; at nimdnighl. they pIaye"d ;ilal! sang I raises; a great a"trthtlukii e; ('he dottry v'r O nt"c t enel and I b;et 14 : hlu e . ; the jtlelr drew ins swor<d; l.Itul '.avets himn: the jailer vonver ed: I'.,nl anoti ila c..e<1 it. 11. '(Tltie: I'aul" ;. ve and ear- for thtw chturebl. 'T'he epltistle to the hl' liiplianls was writlen by I'.mul. fromt Nome. in A. I). f:3, a1nd lent lt" 'y:p., ."hlrodiln i . -.sil - his great. love" 14 l i hl e saint,: .;;Il. th.m his joy and crown; m4:u.s thltem to Ztalnt fast; to help the wlnnn who brr wi"I, hint; to .thwv ; ,'ej,ti. ; to be tn oh-ate.; l, pray and give th anl,: -',ir, that t- v mlay be kcl)t throut;h iltun:: exh rte ;t It to think ln holy l niiiug ; thailLs ti e.m .ol the gift sent: tells o hlis t"onten t le t and strenge h in h'rll'ist, i 11. ''opie: 'aul ptrovinlg that .le4u is the'. P('hr;t. Paul mll his companions, ex ee t luke. ltave tl 'h ih ri and go to Tl'hen tt;llon'eI.Pau1 entered thie symagogule and the tht'e 1 .)thit h dav.: reasoned with thenlt out. of tin- Setiiotu'res, provinug that -Jesus was the l'h ri;t. sur. Adf the .Iew.s behieved and jo tt themsehe; to laul and Silas, but '.i the tientiles, "a great ullti tude' bertIile ('hr"i,tials. The tunbeliev ing lewl gatlwerted a4 moh. act the city in ie upolra' and t.tatl'ited the house of Jla son. Paul n4l Sil.i were sent to le'ea by ight,d d'at one hegn to preach iu the ttynaggume inl that t v. .llv. Tl'le: ('hv thurc"h exhne ted to holy hymg. l'he letter to the Thessalonians wa writiten by P eaul in A. 1). 25. They had nihsuneler.'tood Il's teaching on the sec'ond contiung of <'rs. In this lesson Paul g;ives themn vii ioui exhttrt.itions and direc"tions. T1'hey art ' 1t, t admonish the dhsod('rly ; to en1)4 lr'our-e' .'11 ) support the wseak:; t.o atlways do g. td: t" t nntantly re joice, pra an<o give thi i : ]'n l to quem-h the- pirit 04' r 'sltise r t 'Itit ymlls; to, pro'e all things; in (41 Ill st th. good, but abstai tfrom evil; thc"y are c.dlt"d to en-' tire sanctliliention. V. Topi: The sun11rir of oftiue trite (;od over. the gods of the heihe-n. Pml having left Berea goe.; to Alhhent;: ad dreses the Ihilo olshers on1 \itlrs' fil); c"omtmends themt for being relitius; calls atI ention to an altar to all u'knowil (,oid tells the ~f the (;od of heaven, who crented ail thins: iuormerly 1gnoranee pre. vailed, but. now al:l me-t Shouhl repent: a:peak; of the .iudgmtent ain re::ur'rection bilo ln oelol: at ftw ihelieved. V'1. 1 Tolttie: ll a i'.: -1sueei and lo c,ses m(I Cnorinth. Pau14 l was in Corinth 0ne year and six months. frotm A. I). 5'2 to 54l. lIf( met A<puilt andl I'risu'illa; abado with tIlhm; torkled at his trIde; reatsoned ml thet synagogue: wsvt "joinled by Sitas ;md 'inothy; r'eaehet! ('brist ; the ,!ews, b as phemedc; Paul Iurnwd to the (;entiles; had a great rpi r ti l llthel t14; was comfotledil by a- vision; t'1ri sus and mlhany Cori Llhian, believed. . Toiie: The dut(y of Christatns with resplet to weak on;eiences. Ilel( (pistle to- the Corinthians wais wrlitlenl bys' lui, from1 ' Ih esus, In A. ). 57. \'ar"iiou per Ilexig questions aros41 in the Colrinthian 504l11. To ie:111 The exllencie(1 CoStf4 love. knoledge,II geneoi): 44t, self-denia - these-~jpf all amount)'I'4 t nothing w4~ ithout le.gt lofe Ns tl'. prn ialt ig.)uleeh)o g - Is kmd;1, env ient lo : uteWt II n t;is o ('s' n1t provoked do1he~tis not, think or mdi-n4 'talec u 1o eil:) ejir et bl not in415 wanriht (letneo rieth 'i)the truth; heasreplth, nae lveth hopeth 7u C amianetoll hings;e p4chhI TopiS T 1)ahiishin the church~ of EheEulh.SA'olls. arive's at-Il I)phe0us; he-C tgan tow speak holdly4( was instruqcfted thel "o. of o mepeerW4 irt I t y ) A 1r'l.)ian Priylad;w deatei (edrinth:n wardom mende by teibrthrn. Pul .vin star'e on hpis th~Iirdmonnahrvourneith reThe ('jusesu:to - the diJh4Rilgwscieni theyha writeeive thefi'' 14olv Rt;'nhen the bid not inu tid gs. ban ile pon the thostley G41h14o thue foc thm; they sa bn. Tic: Thn 8)uplIerri)y'oftue this habrcy in4( gre naofu for the 1nonths.e Thiencolhe unbe1hrin(1 t .lew t reiled hris-Vn plaei rannu Pau'lt.''i wrought mo.n tmira eles orb woIhesus utmn lwtre fait.ldo Shurdiden.ws 'eain i1r vaIahordw Atlantabt toii;t Paulv andat. Vut. evil ChTiehs t'd the5i man inthom thers ueil tmnt wbdeaoet on tIdherm fand wo)1.1). the. Manyl(BtI' who tf praced l'ihy 1)f wifet ound thewayI Augkst. a, h bneit o. is Quieth altieft The' tis ilnans eety841l'y agn (1(a mob. teell nigh. Dr-0. CDeet' ased(a tum'lt delad hefore cmigt or buiess,l was r d)anger of aen lyr-oghtclin disritte Myuserios his)comnions hadIhIn. (la,reainge.NoamfoDiana,Wthtgrddesta tion EThre aboreruls wereprablyn were talizued and ha score arled mhad not te eown, ly ht.pe icnd qite ah thoue a.shalfarilees. er re aXd1al th popieravtion throg fmdath. Thcenitle of the eposions was wrnid-e rby aa ged. undernd 500 windowI wlase weret bon, and rnetnh beck.er inThe cause. of thi eleson the atle ek.oltefatthtnhy.a be deadomcams rnee to natur moe wqeponed" band maae to aittin havenry formidorbe workslbuteroughor fait tlangimt,Spvo dev . D. m.sJ Chiheter pstr o te irs Pe4 WILL BE TAXED, )plnlon ConcerAing Building and Losg Associations. Building a11(1 loan associations must )e taxed. '1'hat is the advice given the om)troller General by the Attorney Jenoral'ty oflice, the opinion being written by the assistant attorney gen Dral, Mr. Townseud. 'Tis is an inno vation, at least in sonic counties, and the attempt to assess and to collect taxes may be taken into the courts But the attorney general has advised that this is required by the law and the Comptroller General will act ac. curdingly. When the auditor of tichland coun. ty, Mr. W. 11. Gibbes, Jr., was told of this yesterday, he stated that he hai lready decided to call the attentioi Af the county board of equalization tc Ciis matter. Mr. Gibbes states that. he las had a niumber of people to ask hii w they must make a return of theil dtock in buildling and loan associatiots and( lhe has toldl them that the ('om1 pany as such and not through the in ividuial stockholders is subhject. to tht taxation. hBnt of all the nine "donestic" huild ing and loan associations in the ity' of Columbia, not one has be n oi the taxlbooks and not oe liats matide a te turn this year. There is another cOtm pany with headtluarters in Syrlaiuse. N. Y., which is said to be subject t( the laws of taxation on ac-outt of it business in Columbia. One of the Columbia companies, th< 1)omestic, is exemt ptte because i started In business after the first o the year. The other eight are th( B3nilding and Investmeat Company o Colmbia, the Richlandi, the Citizens' the People's, the Honestead, the Pi delity, the Security, al.'l the Pruden tial. Mr. Gibbes could fin' no evidenc( of returns having been made by thesi comptanies. Comptroller General Jone: has re ceived several letters which cause him to get a declaration t'nm th< offlice of the Attorney General. The build'ing and l":an companies tllin that their credits or mc'tgages shouk not be taxed as the property on which the mortgages are given is itself taxed and the law does not permli 'double taxation." Another contentior is that while the mortgage might have been given for $1,0)0, and while the party might have made many paymeni ind have reduced his actual. Indebted less to the ('ompa)ly yet he mlort sage would be taxed as if no. payments lad ever been mtade thereupon. The )pinion of Mr'. Townsend al)plies to in ;urance companies and other organi .atfons not now taxed. THE COMPL-AINT'S. Mr. Walter 1. Ilazard, president o bhe Home fluildtig and Loan Associa iont of Georgetown. under date of Jan tu'y 29th, filed a com)plaint that the 'onpany has been paying taxes for several years undaer pro't.est, claminy1it hat it is not liable to taxation, owingi to the pecutliai' nature of its busi. ness. IHe contends that the funds of ,he association are loaned to the thareholders, secured' by mortgages )n personal and real property which is Llready taxed. The law does not con. Id. hate "douible taxation" wvhlch, hc inms, is the effect of taxing the build. ng and loan company. Mr. HIazardl then. cites facts which end to shtow dliscr'imfinationi. The only )ther bitilding and. loati companity in ieorgetowvn Is tihe Eureka3, which has 1 caplital stock (of $150,000 bitt is tnot issessed for taxation. "And yotu- peti iner is reliably infornmed atnd be ieves that the large niutmbert of simi.. ar' associations dhoing business in Co. umbia atnd Charleston also0 enjoy mmliunlity fr'omi taxation.'' W'herefore( the ('om11patiy begs to be -el ie'vedl0i tf utheir ta xa tion and ask s otr a rebate of taxes fot'r 1902. iThis pe ItilonltQC recies fav'orable etudorsemett md1( 1. M1. Luaues, ('olmt-y tr~eaisurtor. Mr'. H. J1. Deatn, chait'tnt (If theo >oard (If assess5ors of Spar'tanburg e(it v Thool ditiet. roet tecmpr 1'Tesa itn regard to1 this .-ame' '(1m1panRieks shiould not11 ret I un lhe 'teiit on the first day~ oIf thle year1. Iti eturni Sittluts ('n1sh 01n eac.h series on hat dazte, bult RnO accoun t is ta1k':n of noney' loaned on 'ollanteralis. WlLi2 IT WVOl'T A lIlfSIIP? Ala.i. Jhnl H. I'arle of (;reenville. at or'ley forI thle Carolitna I.oan an-'! L'rulst ('om1pany, also filed a compa111it withl tIhe comnptroller., lie emlphlasiz'ied he statteents that ''we havte no fix:ed m1 taxed r'eal ('State," "niot a baRnk,'' (10 RnOt take depos0its,"' ''make no loans )Uend(orsed tnotes," "genet'ally have tn over'draf't," etc. The complaitnt con hide's: "If thIs little compilany has to pany lhe high t'ate of tax here on the mnort ages It holds In trust, It will rutn theml lmt of business fot' we cannot pay both mn real estate andl on our assumed ~apital stock, which is repre1'sented by ald r'eal estate." In reply to the comptroller genet'al, dr. Trow.nsenid said that building and oan compIanies are to be0 taxedl as >ther companion and he cited1 a deC '1_101n of the Illinois supreme court to how that It wold( not be douible tax tion. "Bulilding and Loan Associa lins should be requiired to return all oassecurecd by mor'tgages on real stt .rtaxat.ion at their full value,' Iheathani, Robert Quattlebaum and slebe Penn, thlree ne li known wvhito armners of tile Phoetnix sectioni, were' CR'iOusly shrot fromi ambl)lilusat 2 'elock Thut'sday m1o'rnin'g ait somel >lalce b)elow Callison, a postofflce about en illes belowv heto. Mr. Uhieathiam 'eeived a charitge of buckshlot in1 the typer part of his body, hIs hanids, arms mnd chest receiving tIle loaid. Although it close i'ange his physician tinksl lhat the wounds are not nCcesnarily fa al. Hie will recover unless some1 comU >lications set is, Mr'. Quattlebaum hal us left arm bt'oken atnd also r'eceived 011e 110811 w1.ounds( In thle uppier' par't of lie body. Mr. Penn's wound was made >y a charge of bird allot whi.ch center 'd In the calf of the loft. Although the shlooting occurred at 2 >'clock In thle morning no news of It ras received hei'e until after midday, hen the report was very meagre as to ietails and Is yet as for that. No one rotm that section seems to know any hing about It. lpr. 13. W. Cobb of this >lace was summoned, bitt he has not ret r~etur'ned. Tile facts as to. the younds were obtained from Dr. .J. L. eVard of Phoenix, who was the first Ihlysician to r'each the wounded men, t is r'eported thtat the shooting was lone by negroes and that .seven or tIght volleys wore exchanged. Those vho really knoW are extrem'ely re inlent.