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* ARP TALKS APRIL? Grandchildren Had Lois of Fun Out of the Old Man. SAYS THAT HF Mil Y PRFTFVDFf). c> ? Little Ones, However, Thought They Had Played a Joke on Bill Talku About Easter. This month did not begin right. April means to open, but it did no: Aopen. It. was an April fool. Nothing fchou-s in my garden but the peas an.l en ions. The flowers make no progress. There is no sweet south wind to breathe upon them?no sunshine. On Monday the grandchildren imposed upo."k me with their Hindoo pranks. They gave me a cup of chocolate with whipped cream on top. and it was nothing J>ut soapsuds. 1 pretended to be fooled, but I uusent: I ' paid them back in various ways. The Hindoos started this childish custom away back in the ages, and it still please^ the children. And now Easur [ i day is hand and that is another i n?mo .tw Mm? flown from the Pa?- I ans. Ostera was their goddess of spring and it was corrupted into Etstera. How these old heathen names do stick to us. The names of the days of the week and of the months tame from them. So did the planets and the constfJlations. Even the pro- i phets and Job had to take them from j the Egyptians. But the Scotch peo- j pie don't call It Easter. They say Pascha day. or passover day. They won t pattern after anybody but John Knox, and he said Pascha. But -there is a reason for calling it Easter, for the. coming of spring?the opening of the earth and the flowers is emblematical of the resurrection?the opening of the Savior's tomb and His return to bless and comfort His people This day ' corresponds closely w'ith the Jewish passover, and so they observe it. Now I want the young people to know that Lent Ls another word that tneans spriug. It is preceded by that fcolish festival called tnardi gras?or 1 fat beef?and continues forty days in remembrance of the Satior's long fast, , and it ends with Easter, ana uie communion an<! other rejoicings. As the ' old-time almanacs would say, "about this tim? look for Earter hats and flowers and finery." Chrisrmas is another festival day that is common to all Christian nations. There are man\ other days dedicated to the saints, but in course of time it was found 'that there were ncc enough days in the year to go round, and so the pope stopped the painting of so many and ] had one day set apart as All Saints , day. The next day after that is All i Souls day, on which mass is said by ; the Ponxan Catholics for the pouIs of , the dead who are in purgatory. It ' ^ .ecorns that about 900 years ago a pli- i w grim from the holy land found a her- j mit in Sicily who told him of an open- j Ing between the cliffs of the mountains < near by that communicated with hades where Pluto lived and that he COUIll wc uiv nuifiiuiv^.o 0 f and hear the groans of the lost souls who were being tormented in hell and ho had known some of them to esT capo through the prayers of the priests and this made the devils very mad and ho could hear 'them cursing the j priests with awful imprecations. The , pilgrom told all this to the abbots and monks, and they had a. day set apart to pray these lost souls out of hell or hades? or purga:ory or whatever It Is. Besides -these international days there ore. national ciays in everj ivuutry. Here voe have the Fourth of July and Washington's birth Jay and Decoration Day and some others. Germany celebrates the birth of Oalvin and I#uther and the kaiser. Scotland that ( of Sir William Wallace and Bruce and John Knox. In old England they celebrate the queen's birthday, Mag- 1 na Charter day and Wa'OTloo day and May day. May day is the happiest of i all and has been long remembered in \ verse and song and in-flai.icing around , the May pole. Tennyson wrote a sad, sweet poem colled the "May Queen.'* Mexico celebrates all the Roman Catholic days and has one other that the rabble call Judas Iscarict's day. It 1s the nert day after Easter. Oo the beautiful trees in the piazza or park they suspend pasteboard images o-i Judas Iscariot?Images ...< large a.- life, with litcle holes bored in them from head to foot and in every hole Is fastened a cannon crack. At a given signal <he fu-e in every cracker Is lighted and all of them explode nearly a: the Bime time and such a terrific popping was never heard outside of a hattlefield, and poor old Judas is torn am rent into a inousana piercs. iuu i.< jusd a sign, of wha-t they would do to him 1/ they had him there alive, but I reckon it is more for frolic than anything, for they shout and laugh and I dance the hornpipe and make all the racket they can. s Ben Franklin, said that man was a bundle of habits. He might have ad- r dod "and supeEtdftions," for most all 1 people have some belief in superna- ( tural things. Two hundred years ago y almost everybody believed in witches. , Shakespeare wrote about them in j "Macbeth" and Burns in 'Tarn ? O'Shantcr." The Puritans drowned many innocent women from mere sus- -1 <picion of being witches. The con- I ceiled, self-righteous rascals never accused a man of being a wizard. It is the wjomcn who have suffered in all , ag-es Whon I was a boy the young | / people were mere afraid of gho s than tli?y are now. Ghosits are very scarce in these days. I havent seen one in a long time. In my early youth I was the mill boy and I remember that ore evening in the e-arly twilight as I was astride mv horse and grist and going slowly home I nearcd the country graveyard of Fairview church and saw. or thought I saw. a ghost ahead of me 1 in the big road. It had arms and legs, but had no he Hi. It was wlii'o and going slowly from me. I checked my horse and wondered. 1 started on again and got a little closer. Still the form was headless. Kroaod shoulders ar.d arms akimbo. Nearer and nearer 1 drew to it. but it made no sign. My bo.se pricked up his ears as if alarmed. The roaod forked not far ahead, and I had re-o!ved that if the ghost took ore road I would take the other, when suddenly an old man stopped to cough and took the sack from his shoulders and laid it upon mo grour.u. I knew him instantly?old Uncle Tom Wilson, the hunrhback?going; home from the mill with his grist across his shoulders and his head bent forward so that I could not see i't in the dusky twilight. ,Now, if both of us had reached the forks of the road and had separated I should always have believed I saw a ghost. That old mill load and church and grave yard made lasting impressions upon me. and so did the mdll and the pond and the spring-board red big wheel and the seething sounds of thp water falling over the dam. We had various adventures with the country schoolboys on the way, for they dident like the town boys?and they don't yet. I remember that it wa-s on April fool day -that I saw in the road Just beyond the schoolhcuse a package done up in brown paper, and as I had met a man in a buggy a little wnue oerore, I supposes ne naa dropped it. I stepped my horse and got down. Picking up the package I untied the string and took off the wrapper and found another wrapper and another string and then another and another and at last two b;g black bugs, whose odor was fa.mil iar. Thst kind of bugs that advance backward, and you can't tell whether you meet j 'em or overtake 'em. Just then a j score of boys jumped from the bushes and yelled and screamed "April Fool!" I was so mad I could hardly mount my horse again, but I never spoke a word. I took it out in thinking and hating. West Point hazing wasent any worse than that April fool fras to me.?Bill Arp in Atlanta. Constitution. The Swiss Were Engaged. Geneva. Switzerland.?By Cable.^ A serious demonstration against the Russian and Italir.n consulates and the risideuce ot the Italian consul occurred Saturday evening in connection with the extradition of Jaffei. an alleged accomplice of Caetano Gresi, the assassin of King Humbert. The mob tore down and shattered I Ihe coat of arms at the Russian consulate but were prevented by the police from doing maieril damage ?lfOwhere. Hard Sighting Berlin?By Cable.?A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette, from St. Petersburg says that fighting is reported to have occurred between the First. Second and Third East Siberian Rifles regiments and several thousand of Chinese troops, between Kobantsv and Sin Min Ting. The Russians lost a captain and several men killed, and a lieutenant colonel, several other of ?.nnv m<>n wounded. The ilU'. .s uu>& Chinese lost heavily and retreated with the Russians pursueing them. The date of the engagement is not n.fn'.i r.ed in the dispatch received. China Declines to Sign. Pekin. By Cable.?The Chinese government has formerly notified Russia that China, owing to the attitude of the powers, is not able to sign the Maneburian convention. "It is China's desire." says the formal notification. "to keep on friendly terms with all nations, ai present sia- is sumo i through a period which is the most perilous in the empire's history and it is necesary that she should have the friendship of all." Sickness of Gen. Lee. Denver. Colo., Special.?Gen. Fitfchugh Ivee is ill at the home of H. C. Merri&ni in tiiis city, having contracted a cold while on a trip aiourd the Georgetown loop in the mountains. He had planned to go to Colorado Springs on his way to California. but he was suffering from a severe sore throat and symptoms at the grip. Upon the advice of hi; physician his journey was postponed Atdc salt is not to be found in cellars. larrison Elected Mavor of Chicago. Chicago, Special.?Carter H. Harriton has been re-elected mayor of Chlago for the second terra and will next veek commence his third term as the ' Hef executive of the city. His total >lurality over Judge Elbrldge Hancey, j ne ixepuDiican auuuuw, win uc m iu<j > Republican nominee is ?8,257 votes, '"he total vote of the city, is Harrison .50.852; Hanc-ey 12$,695; Harrison'.? . liurality 28.257. The population of London has In- ; creased from tioS.TSS in 1S01 to 4,000,)00 in lyOL - TAKES THE OATH. I Aguinaldo Swears Allegiance to United States. 1 r\nnn/A^r^? <rn r\r * s* r\ w\ /*iti Tru IU Bt A UUUU Ull/C.l. " ? Chief of the Filipino Insurgents Subscribes to General McArthur's Oath-May Help Hake Peace. Washing-ton, D. C., Special.?The , War Department today received information. from General Mac Arthur that Agninaldo lias takm die oath of uiiegiauce to the United States under the terms of amnesty offered by General MacArthur by direction of che President. The news came to the Department in vOie following cablegram: "Since arrival at Manila, Aguinaldo has been at Malacanan, investigating conditions in the archipelago. He has relied almost entirely upon the inicructive adv.iee of Chief Justice Arellano. As a result, today he subscribed and swore to the declaration on page 11 of my annual report MacARKTHlR." The oath referred to is as follows: "I, , hereby renounce all allegiance to any and all so called revolutionary governments in the Philippine Islands and recognize and accept the supreme authority of the United Slates of America 'therein. I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to that government; that I will at all times conduct myself as a faithful and law-abiding citizen of >die said islands and will cot. either directly or indirectly, hold correspondence with or give intelligence to an enemy of the United t-l.ates, nor will I abet, harbor or protect such enemy; that I impose upon myself these volutary obligations without any mental reservations, or purpose of ewusioa, so help me God." General Mac Arthur's dispatch contained much more than was given to the public. The portion withheld related to the future disposition of Aguinaldo and mode suggestions as to what the late chief of the insurrection might accomplish. No official statement could he obtained as to what finally would be done with the prisoner, but it was emphatically stated that he would be held for the present, but would be granted all possible Immunity consistent with existing conditions. General MacArthur has hopes that a great deal may be accomplished through Aguinaldo. During the time he has been a prisoner he has been made quite a favorable impression upon General MacArthur. 1; has been suggested that under the terms of the notice of amnesty the prisoner should be set at liberty at once but there is a provision in the amnesy proclamation which says that those who have i violated 'the laws of war are excepted from its terns. Whether or not General MacArthur has satisfied himself that Aguinaldo has net violated the laws of war cannot be stated, as the prisoner would he permuted to take the oath pemung an mves.igauuu ui Jtis past conduct. Aguinaldo, having boon 'the head of the insurrection, undoubtedly can be held until further Investigation Is made or until circumstances which surround the situation in the Philippines make it advisable ID release him outright or therwise dispose cf him. These conditions and ;iho general situation and Aguinaldo's i relation to them were the subject of General MaeAnthur's dispatch and are being considered by the authorities who will have the final disposition of the matter. The news of Aguinaldo's acticn was received with evident satisfaction by the Wax Department and the opinion was expressed itnat good results won la follow among those who have been still holding out against the United States. 'A'guinaldo's taking the oath of fllleeiaince." said one member of the j cabinet today, "emphasizes the importance of his capture. It makes more clear that the insurrection has about reached Its end and foreshadows the early ecmplote general acceptance of United States sovereignty and author, ity. Only a comparatively small numlr.'i* of Filipir.03 are still in arms and i he effect of AgainaMo's action on ihem is abvious. Prom now on we will press forward organizing t^e best governm-ont we can suited to the needs of the Philippines. Aguinaldo's submission will have a considerable hearing in his favor in the determination of the matter of what to do with hira. That will not be decided for some time and General MacArthur and the Philippine commission meantime will deliberate carefully over the question before reaching any conclusion. Should the capture and submission of the Filipino chieftaim mark the beginning of the end In the rnuippines, as is expected. the effect upon the Ajnerlcan naval representation in A state waters will be a very considerable redaction of our naval force in the East. There are at present about 57 of our naval vessels on the Asiatic station. A pood many of them now will be sent home to form nuclei for new squadrons. It is possible that -the European station with headquarters In the Mediterranean will be revived, and also that the re-creation of the old South Pacific J station will follow," m v ' ' f * SOUTH CAROLINA StNATORS. Pierce Culler and Ralph Izard Were the First. Since the formation of this government, South Carolina has had 34 representatives in the United States Senate. Some of these names are illustrious in national history as well as beloved and revered at homa There were seven of this number who dted in office: John Ewing Colhoun, John Galllard, John C. Calhoun, Franklin H. Elmore, Andrew P. Butler, Josiah J. Evans and Joseph H. Earle. John Gaillard served longer than p.r.y other senator from this State, nearly 22 ycrs continuously. Franklin H. Elmore, who succeeded John C. Calhoun, served but 40 days before his own death. Those senators who also served the State as governor are Charles Pine-knew, John Taylor, S. D. Miller, George McEuffie, J. H. E amir, on d, V.'ado Hampton anil B. It. Tillman. There v.ere quite a number of senators who resigned. In the early days of the republic it seemed to bo the proper thing for a senator 'to resign before his term expired. Those who from co.e cause or another resigned are Pierce Butler (twice). John Hunter. Charles Pincknev, Thomas Sumter, John Taylor. Robert Y. Havne, Srenhen D. Miller. John C. Calhoun, D. E. Huger, William C. Preston, George McDuffie, R. B. Rhett, James Chestnut, Jr., and James H. Hamrcoad. The largest number of senators In any one year was in 1850. Calhoun died March 31; Elmore died May 20; Barnwell was appointed June 4, and was succeeded by Rheitt December 18th. Judege A. P. Butler was the junior senator who was the contemporary of these senators in that year. There -were from the. beginning two senators. Pierce Butler was allotted the four years term and Ralph Izard the six year term. At the expiration of the four year term, it too became a six year term. This was in order to keep the two offices from being coterminal. Pierce Butler served seven years and resigned. Later he served two years and resigned again. William Smith served seven years. Later he served five years. John C. Calhoun served 10 years and resigned. His successor, after two years' service, resigned avid Calhoun was returned to his old sea.:, serving five years?until his dpath. These are the only cases of senators being returned after once retiring from i;he senate. Senator Tillman -today occupies the sea: once held by Pierce Butler; and McLaurin succeeds to the chair of Ralph Izard. Following is the list of sena'.ors who succeeded Pierce Butler: Pierce Butler, service commenced March 4. 17S9; re-elected 1793; resigned 1796. John Hunter, Dec. 8th, 1796, resigned 1798. Charles Pinckney, March 4, 179S; elected for full term in 179?: resigned 1810. Thomas Sumter, Dec. 3, 1801; in 1S05 elected for full term; resigned 1810. John Taylor. Dec. 19, 1S10: elected in 1811 for full term; resigned in 1816. William Smi:h, Dec. 4, 1816; elected in 1S17 for full term. Robert Young Hayne, March 4, 1823; re-elected 1829; and resigned in J 1832. John C. Calhoun, Dec. 12. 1832; I elected for full term in 1833; reelected 1843. Daniel Elliott Huger, Dec. 15, 1842; re-igned in 1S45-John C. Calhoun, Dec. 26, 1S43, to fill out Huger's term; elected full term in 1847; died March 31, 1830. Franklin H. Elmore, April 11, 1850, appointed temporarily by governor to fill out Caihoun's term, and died May 20 th. Robert W. Barnwell, June 4, 1850, appointed temporarily by governor to fill out Elmore's term.. Robert Barnwell Rhe-tt, Dec. IS, 1850; elected by legislature to permanently fill out Calhoun's term. Resigned in 1852. Win. F. DeSaussure. May 10. 1852. Josiah J. Evar.s, March 4, 1833; died May 6, 185S. Arthur P. Hayne, "May 11, 1858; appointed by governor temporarily. James Chestnut, Jr., Dec. 3, 1858; elected full term in 1859. Retired from sena-te Nov. 10, I860. For the next four years there was a hiatus? during the War Between -the States. Senator Chestnut's term would have expired in 1865. Benjamin F. Perry and John L. Manning were elected in 1S65, but never qualified. Them followed the period of reconstruction. Thos. J. Robertson am. Frederick A. Sawyer were elected on June 25, 1868. Robertson had the seat which came down from Pierce Butler arid in 1S71 succeeded himself, serving until 1877. .M. C. Butler, March 4, 1877; reelected 1883 and im 1889. B. R. Tillman, March 4, 1895, reelected In 1901. Ralph Izard, March 4, 1789, eli years. Jacob Read, March 4, 1795. John Evring Colhoun, March 4, 1801; died Nov. 3, 1802. Pierce Butler, (-who had resigned in 1796), Nov. 1802; resigned 1804. John Gaillard, Dec. 6, 1804; elected for full term in 1S07; In 1813; in 1819 and in 1852. Died Feb. 26, 1826. William Harper, March i, 1826, ap 1 i a pointed by governor to succeed Galllard. William Smith, elected by leglslature to succeed Gaillard, November 18, 1826. Stephen D. Miller, March 4, 1831. Resigned in 1833. William C. Preston, Nov. 26, 1833; - # #..11 4a?.?m In 1M7 eicciea lur iuai iciui ??.? .. ??0 ia 1S42 (at 'the same time with Qalhoun. Geo. McDuffie, Dec. 1842; elected in 1843 for full term; resigned in 1846. Andrew Pickens Butler, Dec. 21, 1846; elected 1849 for full term; and again in 1835. Died May 25, 1857. James Hammond, Dec. 7, 1857; retired from senate Nov. 10, 1860 (a* same time with Chestnut.) After the interim occasioned by the war, Frederick A. Sawyer was elected June 25, 1868 for five years. John J. Paittcrson. March 4, 1873. Wade Hampton, March 4, 1879; reelected in 1885. John L. M. Irby, March,4, 1891. Jos. H. Earle, March 4, 1S97; died June 1S9/. John L. McLaurin, appointed to succeed Jos. H. Earle in 1897 and elected in 1898 to fill out term expiring March 3rd. 1903. PROMINENT PEOPLE The Mexican official Gazette denied that President Diaz is going to Europe. President McKinley says be never misses a chance to sec a mountain O 11111 I9T. Sir John Stalncr, the famous organist. composer and writer ou musical topics, is dead. John W. Griggs, former AttorneyGeneral, has resumed his law practice in Paterson, N. J. I Senator Stewart was a professor of mathematics before he rushed to the gold fields with the forly-niuers. t The German Emperor has presented Mataafa, the former King of Samoa, with a chieftain's baton in ebony. j Snrasate. the great Spanish violinist, now fifty-seven years old, began studying the violin when he was twelve. j ' 3x1 Premier Salisbury's physicians announce that lie is rapidly improving, and will soon travel south for his '- { health. I M. T'.nri Roehefort has as a souvenir the tail of the black horse ridden by General Boulnnger in the memorable review of 1SSO. Excommunication has added to Tolstoi's popularity in Russia and brought him an urgent iuvitution to make his home in England. | William Dean Ilowells keeps the . jj original manuscripts of his books. His publishers get the typewritten copies, which all publishers prefer. is Former Senator Charles A. Towne, after looking over New York City as a field for the practice of law, returned to Duluth. lie prefers the West | It Is not generally known that Sir William Van Home, the head of the Canadian Pacific Railway system, is a native of Illinois, where lie was born fifty-eight years ago, and in which State lie began life as a telegraph opi ?i?i.? ?r iIn, Illinois . .JEi eraior ju im- r?ci?vr*. Central Itailroud. i The Emperor's Portrait. When Mr. Charles Denby was minister to China a publisher wrote to him asking him to procure a photograph of the emperor of China. His reply, printed in a New York exchange, shows that the pictures published aa Jikenesses of the emperor cannot be trusted. Mr. Denby wrote as follows: It would afford me great pleasure to send you a photograph of the emperor if one could be procured. After making inquiries I find that his photograph or J portrait of any kind, has never b?en ^ taken. The Son of Heaven is not via- S|i ible to any eye except when foreign m ministers are received in audience. On * such occasions all cameras or sketch books are absolutely forbidden. When the emperor goes out in his sedan chair all the cross streets are barricaded with mats, and every door and window by which he passes is closed. Should any one be caught spying, death fol lows immediately. 1.i Kttin. MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, M0l)LWN? AND Building flaterlal. Dealers in Sash Weight Cord, Hardware, Window etc. We ^uarautee our work superior to any sold in this city, all being of our own manufacture. E.n.HACKER, Proprietor* CHARLESTON, - 3. C. 4.