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0*K! When HefOrifidf* Fill Out, Eti [Washington P« ' *• ThiB story is told c Tillman: When he h assigned him on th' found his nearest m be Senator Irby, of S< lina. The two are out not spoken for a loi passing. It made Ti very uncomfortable near to his enemy, an to be changed on the his visual affliction, v one knows that Senat ris blind of one eye. r was that he could r vrell, sitting where 1: tie could from some o The next day he foun assigned to a desk on side of Irby, there sin ing been a reversal of “I asked to be chanj Tillman to the acting the Senate, “because 1 see from that desk, have only changed i other side 'ot Senator I “Yes, sir,” said the cial, “I did not sup could see him on tn which you are blind, changed you accord in; Tillman gave a snor tempt and picked o' which is not approxii desirable as the nrst o It May Do as Much fo Mr. Fred Miller, of 1 writes that he had a 8. ney trouble for mat with severe pains in JUnd^lso that his bla affected. He tried mai ed Kidney cures but any good result. Abo ajjo he began use of Bitters and found relit Electric Bitters is < adapted to cure of al and Liver troubles a gives almost instant it trial will prove our si Price only 50c. for larg At Dr. J. A. Boyd’s.Dr Alice (the friend)—I how anyone can help Marie." Blanche (the rival)—f help it herself."—Life. Knights of the Maccab The State Commando us from Lincoln. Neb , • lows: “After trying oth< cines for what, seemed very obstinate cough in children we tried Dr. New Discovery and at 1 of two days the cough < left them. We will not b out it hereafter, as our ience proves that it cures all other remedies fail.’% ed F. W. Stevens, State t Why not give this great cine a trial, as it is guar and trial bottles are 1 Dr, J. A. Boyd’s Drug Regular size'SOc. and $1.( “And did he say he r< bered me when I was a g “No he said he remen you when he was a boy," ~— »•» Bucklen't Arnica Salvo. The Best Salve in the for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. I Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, T Chapped Hands Chill Corns, and all Skin Eruj and positively cures Piles pay required. It is guan to give perfect satisfactii money refunded. Price 2f er box. For sale at Dr. ioyd’s drugstore. Why suffer with Cfc Colds and Latirippe wher ative Bromo Quinine wil you in one day. Does no duce the ringing in the like Sulphate of Quinine, up in tablets convenient f< ing. Guaranteed to cm money refunded. Prio cents. For sale by O. B. 1 Mr. Goodheart—My inci |‘-i,200 a year. Don’t you your daughter could li* that? Mrs. Spend well—She prc could, with economy, bul would you live?—iVeu; Weekly. To the aged, with theii appetite, feeble circulatioi impoverished blood, Ayer’ saparilla is a boon beyond It* effect is to check tht ages of time, by invjgoi every organ, nerve, and of the body. See Ayer’ mane for the new year. Visitor—You and your are about the same size you look exactly alike. 1 •re n’t you? Tommy (indignantly )—C not! She’s a girl! So thorough is the exce of Ayer's Hair Vigor that be used with benefit by an son. no matter what may 1 condition of the hair, a every case, it occasions faction and pleasure, in ad to the benefit which invai comes from its use. Mab—And so you’re eOf to one of the Mandon 1 How do distinguish be them? Fred—I don’t try! ted News. public school* for all children between the ages of six and 21 years, and for the division of the counties into suitable school districts, as compact in form as practicable, having regard to natural boundariiv, and not to exceed 49 nor be less than 9 square miles in area: Provided, that in cities of 10,000 in habitants and over, this limitation of area shall not apply: Provided, fur ther, that when any school district laid mal. Industrial, Agricultural and Me chanical college of this State. Sec. 9. The property 'or credit of the State of South Carolina, or of any county, city, town, township, school district, or other subdivision of the said State, or any public money, from whatever source derived, shall not. by gift, donation, loan, con ract, appro priation, or otherwise, Ik i»«d> dnectly or indirectly, in aid or m u'ntonance of or while going to ot returning either ol the same. Sec. 3- The governor shall hv'e the power to call out out under this section shall embrace I aU y college, school, hospital orphan A* A. n Am aImaa.Im ... MSWA -WAS? 1 4 A V it J A 4 I f M t ! i I M /"\ V* cities or towns already organized into special school districts in which graded school buildings have been erected by the issue of bonds, or by special taxa tion, or by donation, all the territory included in said school district shall bear its just proportion of any tax that may be levied to liquidate such bonds or snpport the public schools therein: Provided, further, that nothing inthia article contained shall be construed as a repeal of the laws under which the several graded school districts of this State are organized. The present divis ion of the com ties into school districts and the provisions of law now govern ing the same Shall remain until chang ed by the general assembly. Sec. 6. The existing boards of com missioners of the several counties, or such officer or officers as may hereafter be vested with the same or similar powers and duties, shall levy an an nual tax of three mills on the dollar upon all the taxable property in their respective counties, which tax shall be collected at the same time and by the same officers as the other taxes for the same year, and shall be held in the county treasury of the respective counties; and the said fund shall be apportioned among the school districts of the county in proportion to the number of pupils enrolled in the public schools of the respective dis tricts, and the officer or officers charged by law with making said ap pointment shall notify the trustees of the respective school districts thereof, who shall expend and disburse the same as the general assembly may pre scribe. The general assembly shall define “enrollment.” Not less than three trustees for each school district shall be selected from the qualified voters and taxpayers therein, in such manner ^nd for such terms as the gen eral assembly may determine, except in cases of special school districts now existing, where the provisions of law now governing the same shall remain until changed by the general assembly: 1'rovided, The manner of the selec tion of said trustees need not be uni form throughout the State. There, shall be assessed on-all taxable polls in the State between the ages of 21 and CO years (excepting Confederate sol diers above the age of 50 years,) an annual tax of $1 on each poll, the pro ceeds of which tax shall be expended for school purposes in the several school districts in which it is collected. Whenever during the next three en suing years the tax levied by the said county boards of commissioners or similar officers and the poll tax shall not yield an amount equal to t'i per capita of the number of child ren enrolled in the public schools of each county for the scholastic year ending the dlst day of October, in the year 1H95, as it appears in the report of the state superintendent of educa tion for said scholastic yevr, the comp troller general shall, for the aforesaid three next ensuing fiscal years, on the first day of each of said years levy such an unejal tax on the taxable property of the State as he m»y de termine to be necessary to make up such deficiency, to be collected as other State taxes, and apportion the same among the counties of the State in proportion to the respective defici encies therein. The sum so appor tioned shi-II lie paid by the state treas urer to the county treasurers of the respective counties, in proportion to the respective deficiencies therein, on the wsrrantoi the comptroller genera], and shail be apportioned among the school districts of the counties and disbursed as^ther school funds; and from and alicr the 31st i »y of Decem ber, in the year 1898, the general as sembly shall cause to lie levied annu ally on all the taxable property of the State such a tax, in addition to the said tax levied by the said county boards of commissioners or similar officers, and poll tax above provided, as may be necessary to keep the schools open throughout the State for such a length of time in each scholastic year as the general assembly may pre scribe; and said tax shall be appor tioned among the counties in propor tion to the deficiencies therein and dis bursed ns other school funds. Any school district may by the un- th»riiy of t>, ■ ,.s-eui!dr boy n n additional ins for bUo •uppuxi ui its schools. ficc. 7. Separate schools shall be provided for children of the white and colored races, end no child of either race shall ever be permitted to attend j, suppress he public house, or other institution, society or organization of whatever kind, which is wholy or ia part under the direction or control of any church or of any religious or sectarian denomination, sosiety or organization. Sec. 10. All gifts of every kind for educational purposes, if accepted by the general asaembly, shall be applied and used tor the purposes designated by the giver, unless the« same be in conflict with the provisions of this Constitution. Sec. 11. All gifts to the State where the purpose is not designated, all es cheated property, the net assets or funds of all estates or copartnerships in the hands of the courts of the State where there have been no claimants for the •w-ae within the last 70 years, and - ' > money coming into the treas ury of the State by reason of the 12th section of an act untitled “An act to provide a mode of distribution of the moneys as direct tax from the citizens of this State by the United States in trust to the State of South Carolina,” approved the 24th day of December, 1891, together with such other means as the general assembly may provide, shall be securely invested as the State school fund, and the annual income thereof shall be apportioned by the general assembly for the purpose of maintaining the public schools. Sec. 12. All the net income to be derived by the State from the sale or license for thejsalc of spirituous, malt, vinous and intoxicating liquors and beverages, not including so much thereof as is now or may hereafter be allowed by law to go to the counties and municipal corporations of the State, shall be applied annually in aid of the supplementary taxes provided for in the sixth section of this article; and if after said application there should be a surplus, it shall be de voted to public school purposes, and spportoined as the general assembly may determine: Provided, however, That the said supplementary taxes shall only be levied when the net in- 1 come aforesaid from the sale or license for the sale of alcoholic liquors or beverages is not sufficient to meet and equalize the deficiencies for which the said supplementary taxes are provided. ARTICLE XII. CHARITABLE ASD PENAL INSTITUTIONS. Sec. 1. Institutions for the care of the insane, blind, deaf and dumb and the poor shall always be fostered and supported by this State, and shall be subject to such regulations as the general assembly may enact. Sec. 2. Tbe regents of the State hos pital for tbe insane and the superin teudeut thereof, who shall be a physi cian, shall be appointed by the gover nor, by and with the advice and con sent of the senate. All other physi cians, officers and employees of the hospital shall be appointed by the re gents, unless otherwise ordered by the general assembly. . Sec. 3. The respective counties of this State shall make such provision as may lie determined by law for all those inhabitants who by reason of age, infirmities and misfortune may have a claim upon tbe sympathy and aid of society. Sec. 4. The directors of the benev olent and penal State institutions which may be hereafter created shall be ap pointed or elected as the general assem bly may direct. Sec. 5. The directors and superin tendent of thejieuiteutiary shall be ap pointed or elected as the general assem bly may direct. Sec. 6. All convicts sentenced to hard labor by any of the courts in this State may be employed upon the pub lic works of the State or of the coqnties and upon the public highways. Sec. 7. Provision may be made by the general assembly for the establish ment and maintenance by’ the State of a reformatory for juvenile offenders separate and apart from hardened criminals. Sec. 8. The governor shall have power to fill all vacancies that may oc cur in the offices aforesaid, except where otherwise provided for, with the power of removal until the next sesrion of the general assembly and until a suec-sor or successors thill be ap pointed ukd eonfiruled. Sec. 9. The penitentiary and the convicts thereto sentenced shall for ever be under the supervision and con trol of officers employed by the State; and in case any convicts are hired or a school provided for children of the j farmed out, as may be provided by other race. law, their maintenance,' support, med- Seo. 8. The general assembly may Ic ** attendance and discipline shall be provide for the maintenance of Clem ! 'nder the direction of officers detailed son Agricultural college, the University for those duties by the authorities of ft/kiith f!*rn1tnA «n.l fiiax thft the penitentiary. ARTICLE XIII. MILITIA. Section 1. The militia of this State shall consist of ail able-bodied male for the support of an agricultural col- | etti^e.us of the State between the ages lege, and any lands or funds which ^ Bnt * 45 except such per- Lav.i heretofore been or may hereafter j 1,0118 a i t are DOW or m "y ^ exempted be given or appropriated for educa- Itbe laws of the United States or of South Carolina, and the Wiutbrop Normal, and Industrial college, a branch thereof, as now established bv law, and may create scholarships the rein; the proceeds realized from the land scrip gireu by tbe act of congrosa passed the second day of July, 1802, tio'sal purposes United States, direct .1 in the nc: same: Provided, aemblj shall, as wholly separate bv the shall congress of the I , * J ’ 8 or " hu from religions be applied as i 8cru P le8 m ". T bo averse to bearing atiug the ! * rnis > *»d shall be organized, officered, ppropr iat the general i ! armed, mile: :>hs Sec. 2. Thi orces shall I ind breach Torn erre: •ess while .‘quipped and disciplined os the atuiembly may by law ciircct. volunteer be the Co • r * > Hi 9 by w: or thi i militia u, felony iher pro- militia forces, either, cate the laws, ■nsnrrections i peace. Sec. 4. T^^^Hfil be an adjutant and inspecj^^P^ral elected by the qualified flKors of tbe State at tbe same time and in the same manner as other State officers, who shall rank as brigadier genera), and whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the sen-' ate, appoint such other staff officers as the general assembly may direct. Sec. 5. The general assembly is hereby empowered and required, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, to provide such proper and liberal legislation os will guaran tee and secure an annual peusion to every ihdigent or disabled Confederate soldier and sailor of this State and of the late Confederate States who are citizens of this State, and also to the indigent widows of Confederate soldi ers and sailors. ARTICLE XIV. EMINENT DOMAIN. Section 1. The State shall have concurrent jurisdiction on all rivers bordering on this State, so far as such rivers shall form a common bonndary to this and any other State bounded by the same; and they, together with all navigable waters within the limits of the State, shall be common high ways and forever free, os well to the inhabitants of this State as to the citi zens of the United States, without any tax or impost therefor, unless the same be expressly provided for by the gen eral assembly. Sec. 2. The title of all lands and other property which have heretofore accrued to this State by grant, gift, purchase, forfeiture, escheats or other wise shall vest in the State of South Carolina, the same as though no change had taken place. Sec. 3. The people of the State are declared to possess the ultimate property in and to all lands withiu the jurisdiction of the State; and all lands the title to which shall fail from defect of heirs shall, revert or escheat to the people. ARTICLE XV. IMPEACHMENTS. Section 1. The house of representa tives shall haye the sole power of im peachment. A vote of two-thirds of all the members elected shall be re quired for an impeachment. Any offi cer impeached shall thereby l>e sus pended from office until judgment in the case shall have been pronounced; and the office shall be filled during tbe trial in such manner as may be provi ded by law. See. 2. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate, and when sitting for that purpose they shall be under oath or affirmation. No person shall be convicted except by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected. When the governor is impeached, tbe chief jus tice of the supreme court, or, if he be disqualified, the senior justice shall preside, with a casting vote in all pre liminary questions. Sec. 3. The governor and all other executive and judicial officers shall be liable to impeachment; but judgment in such case shall not extend further than removal from office. The per sons convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable to indictment, trial and punish ment according to law. Sec. 4. For any willful neglect of duty, or other reasonable cause, which shall nat be sufficient ground of im peachment, the governor shall remove any executive or judicial officer on the address of two-thirds of each house of the general assembly: Provided, That the causecr causesfor which said removal may be required shall be stated at length in such address, and entered on tbe journals of each honse: And provided, further. That the officer intended to be removed shall be noti fied of such cause or causes, and shall be admitted to a hearing in his own defense, or buy his counsel, or by both,before any vote for such address; and in all cases the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and be entered on the journals of each house respective ly. ARTICLE XVI. AMENDMENT AND REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION. Section T. Any amendment or amendments to Uie Constitution mav l>e proposed in the senate or bouse of representatives. If the same be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elect ed to each house, such amendment or amendments shall be entered on the journals respectively, with the yeas and nays taken thereon; and the same shall be submitted to the Qualified electors of the State at the next gener al election thereafter for representa tives; and if a majority oi the electors qualified to vote for members of tbe general assembly, voting thereon, shafl vote in favor of such amendment or amendments, and a majority of each branch of the next general’ asaembly shall, after such an election, and be fore another, ratify the same amend ment or amendments oy yeas and nays, the same shall become’ part of the Constitution: Provided, That such amendment or amendments shall have ! l>cen read three times, on three several ] days, in each house. Sec. 2. If two or more amendments j shall be submitted at the same time, I they shall be submitted iu such manner i that the electors shall vote for or against each of such amendments sep- aritely. ; Sec. 3. Whenever two-thirds of the rs elected to each branch of the general assembly shall think.it neces sary to call a convention to revise, •*Cnd or change this Constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote for or against a convention at* the next election for representatives; and if a majority of all the electors voting at said election shall have voted for a convention, the general assembly shall, at its next session, provide by law for calling the same; and snch con vention shall consist of a number of members equal to that of the most numerous branch of the general sssem- wy- ARTICLE XVII. MILCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Section 1. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office in this State unless he possess the quali fications of an elector: Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the offices of state librarian and departmental clerks, to either of which offices any woman, a resident of the State two years, who has at tained the age of 21 years shall be eli gible. Sec. 2. The general assembly may direct by law, in what manner claims against the State may be estab lished and adjusted. Sec. 3. Divorces from the bonds of matrimony shall not be allowed ia this State. Sec. 4. No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution. Sec. 5. The printing of the laws, journals, bills, legislative documents and papers for each branch of the general assembly, with the printir^ required for the executive and other departments of the State, shall be let, on contract, in snch manner as shall be prescribed by law. Sec. 6. The genersl assembly shall provide for the removal of all causes which may be pending when this Con stitution goes into effect to courts created by the same. Sec. 7. No lottery shall ever be allowed, or advertised by newspapers, or otherwise, or its tickets be sold in this State; and the general assembly shall provide by law at its next session for the enforcement of this provision. Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person holding an office of honor. Lust or profit to engage in gambling, or beiting on games of chance; and any such officer, upon conviction thereof, shall become thereby disqualified from the further exercise of the functions of his office, and the office of said person shall become vacant, as in the case of resignation or death. Sec. 9. The real and personal prop erty of a woman held at the time of her marriage, or that which she may hereafter acquire, either by gift, grant, inheritance, devise or otherwise, shall be her separate property, and she shall have all the rights incident to the same to which an unmarried woman or a man is entitled. She shall have the power to contract and be contracted with in the same mauner as if she were married. Sec. 10. All laws now in force in this State and not repugnant to this Constitution shall remain and be en forced until altered or repealed by the general assembly, or shall expire by their own limitations. Sec. II. That noinconvenience may arise from the change in the Constitu tion of this State, and in order to carry this Constitution into complete opera tion, it is hereby declared: First. That all laws in force in this State, at tbe time of the adoption of this Constitution, not inconsistent therewith, and constitutional when en acted, shall remain in full force until altered or repealed by the general as sembly or expire by their own limita tion. All ordinances passed and rati fied at this convention shall have the same force and effect as n Included in and constituting a part of this Consti tution. Second. All writs, actions, causes of action, proceedings, prosecutions, and rights of individuals, of bodies corpor ate and of the State, when not incon sistent with this Constitution, shall continne as valid. Third. The provisions of all laws which are inconsistent with this Con stitution shall cease upon its adoption, except that all Jaws which are incon sistent with snch provisions of this Con stitution as reqnire legislation to en force them shall remain in force until such legislation is bad. Fourth. All fines, penalties, forfeit ures and escheats accruing to the State of South Carolina under the Constitu tion and laws heretofore in force shall accrue to the use of the State of South Carolina under this Constitution, ex cept as herein otherwise provided. Fifth. All recognizances, obligations and all other instruments entered into or executed before the adoption of this Constitution to the State, or to any county, township, city or town there in, and all fines, taxes, penalties and forfeitures due or owing to this State or to any county, township, city or town therein and all writs, prosecu tions, actions and proceedings, except as herein otherwise provided, shall con tinne and remain unaffected by tbe adoption of this Constitution. All in dictments which shall have been found, or may hereafter be found, for any crime or offence committed before the adoption of this Constitution may be prosecuted as if no change had been made, except os otherwise provided herein. Sixth. All officers, State, executive, legislative, judicial, circuit, district, county, township and municipal, who may be in office at the adoption of this Constitution or who may be elected before the election of their successors as herein provided, shall hold their respective offices until their terms j have expired and until their successors i ! are elected or appointed and qualified ' ! as provided in this Constiution, unless I | sooner removed os may bo provided by ' ; law, and shall receive the compensa- 1 tion now fixed by the statute laws in force at the adoption of this Constitu tion. Seventh. At all elections held for members of the general assembly in case of a vacancy, or any other office, State, county or mnnicips!, the quali fications of electors shall remain as they were under the Constitution oi 1868, until the first day of November, 1896. Eighth. This Constitution, adopted by the people of South Carolina in convention assembled, shall be in force and effect from and after the 31st day of December, in tbe year 1895. Ninth. The provisions of the Con stitution of 1868 and amendments thereto are repealed by this Constitu tion, except when reordained and de clared herein. CHEAP BOOKS. How the Price of Publications Has Been Reduced. Fifteen years ago Munro, the great American pirate, surprised the public, amazed booksellers and precipitated international copyright by issuing standard wo’ ks at 15 to 25 cents s volume. They were in newspaper type, in awkard shape and badly printed. They were received as a miracle of cheapness. Whatever else they ac complished they destroyed the profits of the respectable New York 12mo and 8vo pirates, and the big bookselling firms, after half a century of piracy, were all instantly converted to inter national copyright. Ten years ago there began to be is- at 10, 20 and 40 cents a volume, 7a ^ tper 12mo editions of standard woz-lt. wVith again amazed the public by Aeir cheapness. They were in as larg> type and as well printed as the 1 franc. H5 centimes books with which Levy MVolutionized the French book trade 40 ^uars ago. They were better printed and covered a wider range than the shilling volumes of Rutledge, in England 25 years ago, the predecessor! ' f many shilling series since. Five years ago various failures, liquidations and speculations brought great blocks and stocks oi these issues on the market and they fell to 10 cents. This seemed about at far as they could go, but the past fivs ysars hag seen a great change in the com of producing cheap books. Paper has fallen in value, typesetting machines have reduced the cost of composition, presses are run at a speed before un known, while new machines fold,stitch and cover the volumes ns they come from the press and tie them in bundles. The result is that one New York firm has made a contract to deliver 2,000,- 000 complete paper covered books at 2j cents a volume, wh'^le another cheap book firm is delivering all its large list by the 1,000 at 2j cents a volume, less 5 per cent, for cash. This is probably as cheap as the book is likely to go and even at these wholesale prices the book is not as cheap as the newspaper.—Philadelphia Press. BLUMIEB* CHEEP IN. Typographies! Errors Found in AH the Books Ever Printed. I remember once of a publisher in London who made up his mind to publish a book that should have no typographical errors whatever. He had his proofs corrected by his own proof-readers, until they all assured him that there were no longer any errors in the text. Then he scut proofs to the universities and to other publishing houses offering a prize of several pounds sterling in cash for every typographical mistake that conld be found. Hundreds of proofs were sent out in this way and many skilled proof-readers examined the pages in the hope of earning a prize. A few errors were discovered. Then all tbe proof-sheets having been heard from the publisher felt sure that his book would eppear before the public an absolutely perfect piece of compo sition. He had tbe plates cast, the edition printed and bound between expensive covers, because as a perfect specimen of printers’ art it was of course unique in literature and ex ceedingly valuable to bibliophiles. The edition sold well and was spread all over the country. The publisher was very much pleased with himself for having done something that had hitherto been considered an impossi bility. Then his pride had a fall, for six or eight months later he received a letter calling his attention to a cer tain line on a certain page. Then came another letter announcing the discovery of a second error in this perfect book. I believe before the year was ont four or five mistakes were found.—Harper’s Round Table. Best School of Journalism. It is impossible, in my judgment, that there should be any special school which will take a young man intend ing to pursue the profession of jonrn- alhm, after he has finished his college studies, and give him much valuable instruction in the duties and labors of the future professional life, and in that general experience in business which I recommend as moat indis- p( usable. There is only one school for that purpose, and that is the news paper office, and the better the news paper office the more complete, the more varied, and the more extensive the labors that it aims at aod per forms, and the better educated the young man who is going to learn his trade there, the more effectually will he learn it. The newspaper office ia the best post-graduate college that the student of the newspaper profession can have. Let him get the beat edu cation possible and then go to work in a newspaper office, and the better the editor the better the instruction. Charles A. Dana. CBAILO MANOR BOUSE. Supposed to Be the Oldest Dwelling In This Country. Contrary to general expectation, says the Now York Titnei, the famons Crailo manor house ia not to be de molished. This will be extremely in teresting news to many people throughout the United Stater, but more particularly thoie of Eastern New York. The historical old place OLDEST DWELLING IN THE 0X10*. stands in one of the picturesque streets of Greenbush, just across the Hudson River from Albany. It was near this house that “Yankee Doodle” was written. For years tbe old block house has been fast decaying under the ruthless ravages of time and the elements. The Society of Colonial Dames, recognizing the value of this, the oldest honse in the United States, has leased it for a term of fifteen years. When the improvements now in prog ress shall have been completed a cus todian will be placed fn charge. By tbe payment of a small entrance fee it will be accessible to all visitors. The building was erected in 1642 as a manor honse and place of defense, and was known as Fort Crailo. It was General Abercrombie’s headqutrters while that doughty warrior was march ing to attack Fort Ticonderoga, in 1758. It was at the cantonment east of this honse, near tbe old well, that the Army Snrgeon, R. Shuokburgh, composed the immortal song, “Yankee Doodle.” The honse is the original homestead of the younger and larger branch of the Van Rensselaer family,' after whom the county was named. I According to the best histories, the building was erected by Killian Van Rensselaer for his eon Johannes be- tiVezn the years 1630 and 1642. 'o&e building is a two-story and attic briok structure of most substan tial construction. The walls are of great thickness, and are still pierced ; with two of the nine stone loopholes which once commanded tbe ap proaches. Tile beams of hewn pine are of unusual size, some of them be ing sixteen inches square. About the middle of the eighteenth century ths rude fortress-liko dwelling was trans formed into a handsome residence, and au addition was made in the rear in 1740. The main entrance is in ths middle of the river front and gives access to a small hall, from which open doors leading to the mam rooms on either side. At the end of the hsll springs an arch, the imposts and sof fits of which are ornamented with delicate garlands in low relief. A second and much larger paneled hsll, opening upon the porch at the left, intersects this hall at the centre of ths house. The old Crailo manor house is most curiously planned. All ths rooms connect with each other, usually by means of closets, but as there are several levels ou the same story ths doors in some cases open several feet above the level of the floor of the lower room. There is no ap parent reason for this difference of level, unless it was purposely designed to increase the difficulty of capture ia the event of the house being taken by an enemy. The building some years ago passed out of thn hands of the Van Rensss- laers, and the property was in litiga tion for nearly two years. During that time it was the retreat of a band of young ruffians who broke t'D win dows, defaced the woodwork, and de molished the mantels and balnsten. Prior to that time the old manor was visited by^-people from all parts of the United States. It is famous in history and song. In ths Name Boat. “Is it trne that you caught the j richest man at the beach last summer- I heard you were engaged to him. ( “Of coarse I was engaged to nia_ Do you think I wanted to bo tbe onJj girl that was not?”—Truth. She Was Astonished. ~ As a Chicago woman cyclist **• i taking a run on her wheel a ' ons * country road, a woman rushed wilMT out from a small cottage many ysr® from the highway, waving her apm* and hallooing madly. The wheelwom I stopped short and wqjted. The (I nn’s husband was probably dying •' ia ji she wanted to send for a doctor. < u : I ous, she tarried while the rural daw drew near. As she came up. P"» a and breathless, she ejaculated: ‘ ' J God, lady, tell me how ye ever I to set on them wheels," A “versatile genius” Is really » j of-all-tradcs, and master ot none. ,