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i?RIL CARRIERS 6?T KORE HI Their Salaries Fixed tn Bili at $720 the Year-Limits of Their Privileges. Wt?iing?o?; March 25.-The house today passed the postoffice appropria? tion bill? after a prolonged debate on the paragraph affecting rural letter carriers, which yesterday was stricken ont. but which today was inserted under a special order of the comnpttee on rules. Every amendment and substitute offered to this paragraph was voted down. While a. number of members were clamoring for recognition to offer amendments, Mr. Ovexstreet suddenly moved that all debate close and the -bill be r?porte?Und put upon its pass? age, which .was carried with a vim. Mr. Moon made an unsuccessful attempt to recommit the bill with instructions to strike ont the appropria? tions for special facilities over the trunk lines south of Washington and west of Kansas city. . His motion was voted down, 121 to 114r The provisions relating to rural carriers as adopted makes the salary 9750 a year and prohibits the soliciting . cf business by carriers but permits the carriers under certain restrictions to carry merchandise for hire. A provision fora purchasing agent for the postoffice department with a salary of $4,000 was adopted unani? mously. Mr. Williams said the office of purchasing agent centralizes re? sponsibility and makes one purchasing ?gent responsible for the purchase of -supplies and for the honesty and pro? priety with which it is done. Mr. Baker of New York proposed an amendment which the clerk began reading as follows : reimburse the great rilroads the rest of supplying the president of the. United States with special trains, cigars, wines-" ?he reading was stopped by a point ti order which was sustained. Russia's Coal Supply. The London Financial News declares that it is too often' assumed that be? cause Russia is largely a wood-burning country and a considerable importer of British coal her own coal supplies are insignificant. . A greater mistake could not be madef If her economic development had depended on wood fuel or oil it could never" have reached its present;proportions; and, although progress'lis slow in Russia when com pared with England, America or Ger ; Jaany, It cannot be denied that she 1ms made great strides, from a com? mercial point of, view, wihin the last twenty-five years-strides that have tinly become possible by the rapid ex? ploitation of her unquestionable laineral wealth. The native coal may not always be of high quality, but it "lias sufficed for industrial expansion . remarkable alike in extent and charac? ter. ?Jd ?877 the coal output of Euro pean/Russra was no more than 1,774, 4193 tons ; twenty years later the pro? duction had. risen to 12,032,258 tons, .and there has been a noteworthy an? nual Ircrea^ since then, the: total figures for airiheTcentr?s iff 1901 hav? ing equalled 16,270,000 tons. Added to this, the Asiatic dominions of the Czar' have bees brought into closer : touch with Russia proper by means of thc^tailwjay; and it is stated that fh Siberia, ras .in the Ural region, vast coal reserves have thus been rendered nyailab?8. The Eskibastus district to the south "cf Omsk, is estimated to contain 200.000,000,000 poods, or over 3,000,000,000 tons, while the reserves in the Ural mountains are inexhaus? tible in quantity. It is true this coal has a high percentage of ash and sulphur, but. it is used very largely for railway and navigation purposes in European Russin, and, we may be cer? tain, has also found its way further east. Again, in the Oonetz basin the coal resources are such as to preclude the possibility of famine, the yield fceing about ll,500,00J tons in 1900 and 1901. There are supplies in this dis? trict alone sufficient to last for eight hundred years at the present rate of production, which progresses at some? thing like 1,000,000 poods per annum. Then there are the Dombrovski fields in Poland, which cover an immense area, and, although the quality of this -coal is also rather inferior, it makes up in output for its deficiencies, the -oaanMty dispatched by land crariage in 1901 being 2,818,760 tons. -It will thus be seen that, while quite a young industry, coalmining is carri? ed on very extensively in Russia: that the production, already large, is con? stantly increasing, atoning in size for defects of quality, and that, other things being equal, thc empire can well afford, in the matter of its coal supplies, to depend upon its own in? ternal resources. Qh*ap Excursion Eat? s 7ia South? ern S&il-aray. The Southern Railway announces the fol? lowing very low excursion rates to the fol -4ewing points: Sumter to Dallas. Texas, and return ac? count General Assembly Cumberland ^Presbyterian Church May li), to ?7. 1904. tiefcets on sale Mayl.">tols. with final limit ^returning May 31st, 1904. at the very low rate of $33.95. Sumter to Chicago. 111., and return, account General Conference A. M. E. Church, May 2 ? tc31. 1904. Tickets on sale April 29 and 30. and Mavl, 1904. with final limit May 10. at -^tbe very lew rate ofS23. 50. Limit may 1* -??tended to June 10.1904. Sumter to Los Angeles and San Francisco. ~>C?L; account General Conference M. E.> Church and National Association of KetaJl Grocers of U. S.. May 3 to 31, 1904, at the wei y low rate of ?&x?w. Tickets on sale A pri 1 52 to 30. with final limit June 30.1904. -*Tbe Southern Hallway offers most con -venient schedules with Pullman Sleepers and .Southern Railway Dining Cars on all through strains. For full information apply to any Agent Southern Railway, or R. w. Hunt, division Passenger Agenu G OOD SCOTCH i SNUFF I By John Caxton t 6 Copyright 1902, by the ? S. S. McClure Company 9 ft*0?? The year was a decade after the close of the Revolutionary war, and the good ship Nancy Jones of Providence was lying in the port of Liverpool. While thc American colonies had been successful in winning their independ? ence. England still dominated the high seas. Being continually in need of men to man her ships, she passed an net giving her naval officers authority to board the vessels of any other nation and search for and remove British sub? jects. Searching for British subjects, however, was generally an excuse to force American sailors to fight for the mother country. For yea: s no Ameri? can craft sailed the seas without fear of British men-of-war, and many of them were overhauled two or three times a year. Captain Israel Jones vms owner and commander of the craft named after his wife. He was a good sailor, but easy going, When he would return home to tell Nancy that he had been overhauled and lost a man or two. she would listen with-flashing eyes and ex? claim : , ; 4 "Waal, is^p.el Jones. I -don't consider you much of a man to let such things happen. If them British had me to deal with, it would have been differ? ent." She had sailed with him on the pres? ent voyage, and as the craft was com? pleting her loading in iliverpool three NANCY JONES TOSSED HEB SNUFF INTO THE AHL V Providence sailors who had been im? pressed from the Nancy Jones a year before and'wno'had just deserted from the British navy came skulking aboard and appealed to the captain for protec? tion and a passage home. He was hesi tatiiis:. as he knew that if they were found aboard his vessel much trouble would ensue, when Nancy came on the scene. '.Look here, Israel," she said as she brought her hand down on "the cabin table with a slap, "them men are to sail with us or I'll stay behind myself; You ain't a man if you don't hide 'em away and take 'cm back home I" "1 want to, but it'll be an awful risk,"- replied Israel. "But we don't care for the risks. Them men are true born Americans and our nayburs at home, and thei:: wives and children are mournin' for 'em as if dead. They was taken oft your ship in the first place, and nov; your ship shall take 'em back home again." That settled it. The deserters were stowed . away, and in due time the bark sailed on her return. She was al? most clear of the English channe?, when she discovered an English -reve? nue cutter bearing down upon her. These light government craft were often used to board vessels and im? press men, as they could dodge about the channel much easier than the men of-war. ' The cutter was sighted just after noonday, and her errand was guessed at iii a moment^ She would be sure to have a description'of the three desert? ers and would no doubt impress two or three of the regular crew, even if she did not take full possession. It was no use to spread more sail or to think of resistance. The enemy carried a crew of thirty n en and mounteu four guns. "Well, Nancy," said Captain Israel, "we shall lose the bark .and go to prison, and it's all your doinV "Israel Jones, don't you holler before you're hit!" she replied as she laid down the spyglass. "How will the ofli cer come aboard?" "In this light wind and smooth sea that craft will probably nm right alongside.'* "On which side wil! she come?" '?To leeward, of course. What sort of a notion have you got into your head?" *'A good deal of a notion. You've got a hundred pounds of Scotch snuff ia one of them empty staterooms. Tlie first thing to do is to get it out on deck. I also want all the pots and pans and kettles from the cook's calley.'* No one aboard the ourk knew just what scheme the captain's wife had tn mind, but the snuff was brought on deck and the pungent stuff poured into vessels placed a lons the lee side. The men were still at work when the cutter fired a gun as a signal to heave to, and Captain Israel brought the Nancy Jones up into the wind. Then the cutter began maneuvering to drop alongside to leeward. Under the direc? tion of the woman, who promenaded up and down as calmly as if in her own flower garden at home, seven men, each in charge of a vessel holding snuff, ranged themselves along the bulwarks, and at the hist moment Nancy took charge of the biggest dish of all. As the cutter came slowly luifing up, with all her crew on deck, the woman quiet? ly said to her men: "Now you jest watch me and do as I do, and we'll give 'em such a quiitin' bee as they never heard of before. Now altogether!" The cutter was only ten feet away and was prepared to throw a grapple aboard when Nancy Jones tossed her snuff into the air and dropped to the deck, and her example was followed by th 3 others. The wind carried every last pinch of that strong snuff across the spr.ee to the cutter, and it may be said that she was raked from stem to stern and from starboard to port. In an instant every man on the English? man's deck was blinded, coughing, sneezing and as helpless as if bound hand and foot. The crew of the Nancy Jones could have captured the whole outfit without striking a blow, but that had not been included in Nancy's plan. Urged on by Captain Israel, they swung her yards and got her on her course, and the breeze freshened as if in sympathy with her efforts. She was not pursued, however, indeed ttie officers and men of the cutter were calling out to her for relief, and it was probably a full hour before any one of them could see a distance of twenty feet over the rail. In due time and without meeting with further adventure the Nancy Jones arrived at her home port, and the tale of the snuff was soon told. If Nancy had found herself .a heroine in the eyes of the crew, she was now in danger of being made to believe that she was the veritable Goddess of Lib? erty. She wouldn't have it, however. "La, me, but what is all this fuss about?" she replied. "I allus knowed that If I was aboard of Israel's bark I could, make them Britishers sheer off purty smart. Israel and all the rest j of the men are too easy goin\ What we w:\nt is more women aboard of our | ships, and I for one am goin' to keep right on siiilin* and lettin' King George know the difference between apple sass and a woman who won't stand things no longer!" A Little Dinner. An Englishman writing from France in 1S30 gives this'instance of appetite coming with the eating: "At my left at dinner today sat a. very pretty young ] woman, opposite to her a young fellow, her cousin or?lover^.I heard them speak of their dejeuuer a la fourchette (a meat breakfast). Yet, to my amaze? ment, this delicate young person ate soup, beef, pate of I know not what, but it was said to be of brains, and they pronounced it excellent. A mack? erel followed, then roast fowl, cresses, salad, kidneys, au vin de champagne, green peas with sugar and chevreuil, which the waiter offered to swear be? fore a magistrate was real venison. To this mess th? young woman added a quantity of new cheese thickly spread upon bread, filling up the time between each of the removes by scoop? ing out the quarter of a very large mel? on; cherries, strawberries, biscuits (sponge cakes), each enough for an Englishwoman's dinner, and then cof? fee terminated the meal, to which, be? tween her and her friend, they had only half a bottle of wine at 12 sous, but which they diluted with (in defiance of Abcrnethy's rule) sit least a grillon of water. Of everything I have mentioned ? the woman had two-thirds. 'Repletion must have followed,' you will say. No such matter. They had scarcely wash? ed their fingers when the couple start? ed up and took their places in a qua? drille set just formed." Not Lagrifingr" Behind. The man who drove the colonel over to Climaxville from Baldwin Station. N. D., seemed to be so full of go that he was finally asked/how he was get? ting along in the new state. "Oh, so so," he replied, with a wink. "There are two brothers of us here. We didn't come out to grub and starve, but to make money. My brother John lives next house. The first thing he did was to steal a whole county'of land and sell her off in lots to suit. He's $10,000 ahead of this glorious old west. John is, and still gamin' on it" "Your brother John is. evidently a rusher," Observed the colonel. "You bet he is; no flies ou John." "And how about you?", "Don't make any mistake about me. The first thing I did was to get elected county treasurer and gobble every last cent in the box, and if things go right durin' the next two weeks I'll steal twelve miles of that river and sell il fur $1,000 a mile. Take, me and John as pioneer pilgrims, and we've nothin' in pertickler to complain of." Time Wan Xo Object. A shr-ewd old fanner named Uncle Hardey was approached by a bright, breezy young mau who was selling in? cubators. The Green Bag. which teifc the story, says that the salesman gjfw Uncle Harvey the usual eloquent argu? ments-there was not another such In? cubator to be found, the prices were remarkably low, and so on. Uncle Harvey did not respond. The young man talked himself out and made no Impression. Finally he said. "Yon don't seem to appreciate these In? cuba tors."' "NV sahl Unck? Harvey. "But just think of the time they will save!" Urxle Harvey gave him oue cold look and said, "What do you suppose I care for a hee's time?" Polltene??. Little Elmer- Papa, what is polite? ness? Professor Brondhend- Politeness. n\T son. is the art of not letting other poo ???*> know what you really think of . 'l-err -Town Topics. Old Employees Discharged. Columbia, March 24.-Following the orders issued by the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, establishing a pension system for the employees of the road who have seen a certain num? ber of years of service, the general manager has issued another that will affect a number of men on the system who will not receive pensions. The recent order is that all men over the age of 70 must go. The road has come to the conclusion that the neces? sary work cannot be gotten out of men who have reached that age, and on April 1 they will step down and out for younger men. The recent or? der in regard to pensions provided for 1 per cent for each year of service for the salary received, provided the employees had seen a service ' of ten years. The new order provides that if the age of 70 has been reached the employee must go anyhow, pension or not. In view of the publicity given to the fact that retired officers of the British royal navy commanded the two cruis? ers bought for Japan from the Ar? gentine Governnnnt at Genoa on their trip from that port out to Nagasaki and Yokohama at the beginning of the present war, it is only fair that it should be known just as widely that as soon as ever the British Govern? ment learned of the matter the names of the officers in question were re? moved by the admiralty from the list of the officers of the English navy. Moreover the application made to the British consul at Genca for per mission'to fly the British flag on the voyage out to Japan was at once per? emptorily refused, and the two cruis? ers in question made the run under Japanese colors. It remains to be seen whether the officers in question can be Court-martialed for rendering this service to tbe Mikado. But this is doubtful, as they had not only al? ready retired from the English navy, but bad even compounded their pen? sion for a lump sum a*nd were only re? tained on the emergency list of the admiralty. All this was explained by Lord Selborne, the first lord of the British admiralty, in tho House of Lords, at Westminster, the other day. The new cloth bound, beautifully illustrated novels-the regular SI.50 editions-at 75 cents are a surprise to book-buyers. They are going, and the opportunity to duplicate them may never be presented again. H. G. Osteen & Co. St. Petersburg, March 22.-A dis? patch received from Ashkabad (the capital of the Russian trans-Caspian territory) says a rumor is current there that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been poisoned. Habilullah Khan the Ameer of Afghanistan was born in 1872 and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, Abdurrahman Khan, Oct. 1, 1931. Columbus, - Ga., March 22.-A special from Chipley says that a fight occurred at Whitesville today between two 16-year-old school boys which re? sulted in the death of one, Tom Harai son, son of T. W. Haralson. Robt. Maddox, son of Hon. T. J. Maddox, was the other participant. Young Maddox struck young Haralson with a large* stick, fracturing the skull in two places, from the effects of wihch Hraalson died a short time afterward. The cause of the fight is not known. The two boys were inti? mate friends. Saionica, Macedonia March 23. Twelve battalions of Turkish troops, commanded by Shakir Pasha, have surrounded 10,000 Albanians at Baba lepe. Shakir Pasha has asked for re? inforcements. Ten additional bat? talions will be sent to bim. Pending their arrival Shakir Pasha is ne? gotiating with the Albanians. m mini i ?.-+m^~ CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Ilie Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Slj? VAS*" Signature of Lfizfrf^&??fMC How to Make Money. 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