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lilatc?tuau auo ^julnron. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1910. toteres! at che PostoJnce et Sumier, S. O.. m Second CIssh Matter mi m . ' - 1 PERSONAL. MT. J. H. Chandler left Thursda> for New York to purchase the spring and summer stock tor the D. J. Chan? dler Clothing Co. Dr. Walter Chsyne returned Frl day morning from Baltimore. Mrs. B. Frank Kelley. who has beea visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Durant. of Sumter, has re? turned home, accompanied by her ?tsler. Miss Marls Durant.?Bishop ?Hie Vindicator. Mtas Cliff ort Fslrcloth, of Dal tor, Ala,. Is visiting Mrs. C. L. 8tubbs, 107 llaupton Avs. Messrs. R. W. McLendon and J. H. fMngteterry. of Blshopvllle, were In the city on business Saturday. Dluet. Oov. T. O. Mcl/eod was in the city Saturday for a few hours. Mr. Ouy L. Foster, of Greenville. In the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Merrlck. of Chicago are visiting Mr. and Mrs. K. <?. Strauss. Mr. Septimus A. Harvln. of Pri\ atsor. the oldest of ths sone of the vensrabls snd highly esteemed Mr Themas Harvln and a "worthy son of a worthy sirs" was In the city Sat? urday. For over ,two hundred years without a break the eldest son as? this branch of the Harvln family have borne tho nams of Septimus. Mr. Wallace Sandere a prominent planter of Hagood. spent Saturday pleasantly In Sumter. ? Mr. John W. Rldgell an Influen? tial and progressive,planter of Clar was In the city Friday. Mr. C. R. Sprott, ths snergstlc manager of ths Manning Cottonseed Oil Company, was in Sumter Friday. Dr. Charles Ryttenberg, ef New York. Is In the city on a visit to his mother. IFather O Donnell. of Wilkenberg. Pa., Is visiting his brother, Mr. Nelll ODoanell. Jar. J. 8. DuPre. of Plsaah. spent *C*4*y in town. ' M'.*h remise Murray, of CnbrmHii spent Saturday and Sunday in tho city. Mr. W. L maunders. oi ^t<< i ?flae in the ?,".ty Monday. I Mr. M. DeVeaux Moore has retura ; eel to Samter after spending a d<> Itghafal ereeg at Beaufort. He wee appointed as a delegate from Caro? lina Lodge, No. I. of which he Is a member. Miss Annie Peyree Moore has re? turned to Htsteburg, after spending a few days with her father. Mr. M. DeVaux Moore. No. 124 Broad St ? Death at Hagood. Hagood. January 10.?Mr. Garner Sandere. ons of ths oldest citizens In this part of the County died yester? day afternoon after an Illness of three weeks with pneumonia. He was born and reared In this community and spent all of his days here except the lour years that he gave ss a devoted follower of Lee and Jackson in the drys that tried men's souls. When unite a young men Mr. Sanders en? listed In Oapt , Spanns' Company, ons of the first to bs organised In Sumter county snd participated In the hosti? lities Incident to the fall of Fort Sum" ter. Afterwards he Jon cd tht company commanded by the late Captain P. P? Oalllard, which formed a part of the Seventh Bataillon in Hagood's Brigade. He saw active service in the Vlrgiwla campalgne and participated In many of the numerous battles. His old army comrades all ppeak of him In the highest terms as a soldier and say, "that he was one of the gameat of ths game." He never surrendered until Oeneral L4e laid down his sword at Appomatox. After the war Mr. Senders returned home and led the life of a quiet, law ablndlng citizen. About ten years ago he was ap? pointed Post Master at Hagood and hsld the position up to the time of hie death. He was never married but leaves five brothers and a host of relatives. Mr. Sanders was one of the oldest membere of Claremont Lodge A. F. M. His remains will be laid to rest at the High Hills Bsptlet Church today where his family for genera? tions past hsve been buried. Scranton, Jan. 19.?L. E. Poston, a son of R. T. Poston, and a well kaown young planter and merchant of Blossom. Florence County, was stabbed In the neck last night while attsndlng a public box party at the Blossom School building by R. Lewis Basen, death resulting in a few min? utes. FOR RKJVT OR SALE?My farm on ths White's Mill road 4 1-2 mllee from town. Oood dwelling. new barn snd stables and tenant hou*e on the place. Poesesslon given st once. Nelll O Donnell. 1-17-tf. MAJOR Bjjjjj jig DEAD. TCK)K HIS OWN LIFE* IM FIT OF DESPONDENCY. A Terrible Tragedy That Shocked Ami Grieved the Entire Commu? nity?Found Dead in His Office at 6 O'clock Sunday Afternoon With Pistol Wound In Head?No Ex? planation Except Nervous Break? down From Overwork and Worry. A few minutes before six o'clock Sunday afternoon MaJ. Marlon Moise was found dead in his office in the Lee & Moise office building on Main street. He was seated on a settee, with body relaxed and head resting slightly to one side, as if overcome by weariness, tv* had fallen asleep. He had been overcome by the over? whelming weariness of a lifetime ot mental and physical labor that pro? bably seemed to him in a At of de? spondency too great to be borne and he had fallen asleep.to wake no more. In his right hand was grasp? ed a revolver and In his temple was the wound that had cut short his useful life and brought him the re? lief from the earthly cares that had unsettled his mind and destroyed his wonted serenity. There Is no explanation for his suicide other than despondency, fol? lowing an attack of grippe and a general break-down from long con? tinued overwork. For several weeks he had been despondent, and his con? dition, so unusual, for a man of his cheerful disposition, sanguine tem parament and poise and strength of character, gave his family no little worry, but It seemed to be a mere passing phase, Incident to his Illness snd the recent worry he had had over ths burning of his home and the accidental shooting of his nephew, Alva Solomons, by his youngest son Harold, and they hoped from day to day that he would quickly regain his health and throw off the mental de depresslon that made him so unlike himself, and nothing was further from their thoughts than that he would take his own life. His suicide was a most terrible shock, not only to his family and associates, but to the entire community, for of all men he seemed most happily situated and to have most to live for. He wag suc? cessful in business and in this com? munity no one was more highly es? teemer1 nor more universally beloved. His business was In perfect order anfl he was not oppressed with ?MM 'cm?? * - r. ard there existed In his case r.one of the conditions 'that are ordinarily given ns an ex? planation of suicide. What impelled htm to take his own life Is an inex? plicable mystery and will forever re? main without explanation. MaJ. Moise was discovered by Mr. Dosier Lee, who went to the offlco a few minutes before 6 >'clock to write a letter. When he entered the office he detected the odor of gunpowder and remarked to himself, "Smells like some one has been shootlni; a gun In here." He found all the I Shades drawn and the room was In semi-darkness. He raised the shide of one window and when he tuned to leave the office he saw Maj. Moise sitting on the settee Just inside the door. He did not recognize him at the first glance, but when he lookd clos? er he saw that he was dead and that he held a pistol in his hand, and on the floor at his feet was an old Ger? inger. Mr. Lee went to the door to summon help but no one was In sight so he decided to go at once to nctlfy his father, Mr. R. D. Lee. At the corner of Main and Warren streets he passed Mr. Davis D. Moise, MaJ. Molse's oldest son, who was going down town In his automobile. Not thinking Mr. Moise was going to the office he did not stop him and tell him of his father's death. Mr. Davis Moise went directly to the office and finding his father dead, rushed to the door and called for help and then collapsed In the doorway from the horror and shock of the terrible dis? covery. Dr. Cheyne was called and arrived within a few minutes. He examined the body and stated that death had been instantaneous and that MaJ. Moise had been dead seme time, although the body was still warm. It cannot be determined at what hour the tragedy occurred, but It was probably about 5:30 o'clock, MaJ* Moise having gone to the office be? tween 3:30 and 4 o'clock. As soon as the news of MaJ. Molse's death spread over the city a largo crowd gathered and on all sides were heard expressions of heart? felt sorrow and the greatest surprise. His death Is felt to be a loss to the city, such as we have seldom been called upon to sustain and everyone feels it to be a personal bereave? ment. MaJ. Moise Is survived by his wife and five children: Davis D? Moise, E. Warren Moise, Francis Moise, Harold Moise and Mrs. Paul DeLeon, his mother, Mrs. E. W. Moise and four brothers and six sis? ters. Coroner Flowers empanneled a Jury that night and after viewing the body adjourned the Inquest until Monday. At the inquest there were only two witnesses, Mr. Dosier Lee and Dr. Cheyne, who testified to the facts substantially as stated above. The verdict of the jury was as fol? lows: 'That Maj. Marlon Moise came to his death from a gunshot wound In? dicted by his own hand." The funeral was held at the Synagogue at 4 o'clock Tuesday af? ternoon, the funeral cortege leaving the residence of Mrs. B. W. Moise at 3:30 o'clock. Sketch of His Life. The following account of Major Molse's life is taken from "Men of Mark in South Carolina:" "Marion Moise, was born on Sulli? van's island. Charleston County, South Carolina, June 14, 1855. He is the son of Edwin Warren Moise and Esther Lyon, his wife. The father, a prominent lawyer, held the position of Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina for the period 1876 1880. He is of Jewish descent. Abra? ham Moise, a native of Alsace (one of the old German provinces ceded to France In 1648), emigrated to the West Indies and married the dausrh ter of a prominent Jewish family on the island of Saint Eustatius. Upon the memorable insurrection of the slaves in 1781, he fled to Charleston, S. C. His son, Abraham Moise. born In 1799, married Caroline, grand? daughter of Meyer Moses, and tlieoe were the grandparents of the subject of this sketch. "Marlon Moise grew up a healthy and active youth, with a special tasU for hunting and fishing and but little love for study or reading. His early years were passed In the town of Sumter, and the circumstances of his father being pro*r?erous, the son had no tasks or special duties assigned to him as a boy, and he preferred to be amused. His mother, however, was an excellent wife and parent and exer? cised a signal influence for good In his intellectual and moral life. His spe? cial lines of reading were the Bible ani Shakespeare, and later, the legal writers, Blackstone and Kent. His preparatory studies were in the schools of Sumter. He subsequently attended the Virginia Military Insti? tute at Lexington, Va., and finally was a student for a few months in 1872 of South Carolina College. De? ciding upon the profession of law, he laid the foundation of his career as a clerk In the law office of his father, In Sumter, 8. C, and the sterling character and well-earned success of the parent were potent in stimulating t,e son to exertion, not only toward efficiency In his profession, but In other line* of activity. Commencing the practice of law, tie married No? vember 7, 1877, Isabel DeLeon, whose family name has been distinguished In literature and the arts. They have had seven children born to them, of whom five are now living. "Mr. Moise has filled usefully many positions of trust and honor. He served as State Senator of South Car? olina from 1886 to 1890, and also as Intendant of the Town of Sumter, for two terms, without remuneration of any kind. He has served as vice president of the Bank of Sumter for the past eighteen years, and was fur? ther prominent in financial circles, having been a director of the Sumter Savings Bank, and in many other business institutions. He also served as a member of the board of school trustees for the Sumter graded schools for the past seventeen years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Knights and Ladies' of Honor, of the Masonic fraternity and the Euphradian Society, and of a number of other organizations. He has been constantly identified with the Democratic party, using his best efforts for the interests and prosper? ity of his State and country. He is a zealous member of the Jewish Con? gregation Sinai. His relaxation in mature years continued from boy? hood, in hunting and fishing. "His precepts for success in life for ambit'ous youth are to adhere to the simple life of our ancestors; to subdue all desire for indulgence be? yond one'8 pecuniary resources, as the trend Is toward habits of extrava? gance; to act uprightly In every rela? tion and responsibility of life without ostentation or pretence; to be a true man In all things and to concentrate all one's energies unflagglngly upon whatever work or duty Is undertaken, but, lest one fall by the wayside, some short periods of relaxation should be taken as often as may seem requisite to the maintenance of health. 3e ever pure in thought, sincere in utterance, and urbane in manner to all, In whatever sphere, ex? alted or humble.' " Gin House Burned. The gin house on the farm of Mr. J. J. Brltton, Jr., five miles south of this city was burned Friday night. The loss in estimated at $1,500 to $2, 000, with no Insurance. The fire is supposed to have originated from a spark from a nearby house, as a high wind was blowing that night. Cannon says he will never volun? tarily quit under fire. Why qualify the statement that he will never vol? untarily quit??Louisville Courier-1 Journal. SHOT BY A XK(JIK). ?:r. Geo, Booth Seriously Wounded by u Drunk \'e<;ro. Mr. George Booth was shot and seriously wounded by a negro on his lurm at Ulmers, Bornwell county. Saturday afternoon. The negro who WAS a hand on the place, was drunk and creating a disturbance in the lot, and Mr. Booth went to stop the row. When he approached the ne? gro he saw that he had a gun leveled on him and was in the act of shoot? ing. He seized the gun by the Dar? rel and attempted to push it away, but the negro pulled the trigger al? most instantly and the load passed through the fleshy part of the thigh just above the knee, tearing out a large piece of flesh. The wound is a very painful one and quite seriou3, but at last accounts Mr. Booth was getting along as well as could b* expected. SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC THREAT? ENED. The Situation at Bossard's Regarded As Quite Serious Owing to Number Who Have Been Expoesd to Infec? tion. In compliance with the request of County .Supervisor Pitts, Health Offi? cer Reardon went out to Bossards, Sumte? county. Saturday aternoon to Investigate the reported case of smallpox at that place. He reports that he found Mr. Madison Yates suf? fering with one of the most typical and virulent cases of confluent small? pox he has seen in fifteen years. Mr. Yates was suffering considerably and his body is covered with hundreds of large pustules. The pustules are in the roof of his mouth, eyes, face, soles of his feet, palms of his hand*, and in fact all over the body. The patient was very ill, but had not yet finished "breaking out" as they say during the pustular stage. Rigid in? quiry as to where Mr. Yates contract? ed the smallpox brought forth the information that several cases of smallpox are in the Mechanicsvllle section near Bossards and that no quarantine had been established and the patients had gone around in the country before they had completely rcoverd. Unfortunately Mr. Yates, Just be? fore he was sick enough to be con? fined to his room, and before sending for a physician went around the country a good deal, and so did mem? bers of his family. People went to Mr. Yates house, also, before he found out he had smallpox. Mr. Reardon quarantined the Yates resi? dence, placed a board of health yel? low quarantine card on the house, notifying every one to keep out un? der penalty of the law, and signed the card as acting county health offi? cer. It was impossible to say Just what the results of Mr. Yates illness will be as the case had not sufficiently de? veloped to forecast results, but It Is a very severe type of smallpox. Mrs. Yates had never been vaccinated, but the health officer vaccinated her. As she has been exposed to the disease for more than ten days he has little hopes of preventing her contracting smallpox, but hopes that the vacci? nation will "take" and at least miti? gate the disease. Mr. Yates' brother, the only other member of the family, was success? fully vaccinated about seven years ago. Therefore his chances of con? tracting the disease, although con? stantly exposed for ten days, are re? mote, but he submitted to vaccina? tion anyhow to be on the safe side in case his old vaccination or immun? ity has "run out." There Is no disposition to frighten the people, but the health officer says that hundreds of people are coming Into Sumter from the Infected section every day. He does not know as yet how many more cases of the disease, If any more there be, In that section, and he Is not authorized to remain out there long enough from his city duties to make a close investigation. But he thinks that for at least ooe week there should be a smallpox ex? pert stationed In that community to visit every house and hunt out any cases there may be, vaccinate the people generally, and quarantine and disinfect. Unless this is done he fears that there Is going to be a serious out? break and that Sumter and Bishop vllle are In danger of having serious outbreaks of the disease, as both those places are being visited by hun? dreds from Bossards and Mechanics? vllle neighborhood. He desires to Impress upon Sumter people the im? portance of having themselves vacci? nated immediately. The citizens of the rural districts, B'shopvllle and Sumter can do more than any one else to check the out? break by hunting up the physicians and the health officer and being vac? cinated without further delay. Vac? cination of everybody will kill out smallpox quicker than anything else. But even yet the drop In food prices has not been marked by any dull sickening thud.?Indianapolis News. A Mystery That the Mind of Man Is Unable to Penetrate. THE CAVERN OF MORPHEUS. It It Pitch Black as Far as Human Understanding Goes, For We Know No More About It Than We Do About its Twin Mystery, Death. When all Is written, how little we know of sleep! It is a closing of the eyes, a disappearance, a wondering re? turn. In uneasy slumber, in dreamless dead rest, in horrid nightmare or in ecstasies of somnolent fancies the eyes are blinded, the body is abandoned, while the inuer essence is we know not where. We have no other knowledge of sleep than we have of death. In de? lirium or coma or trance, no less than In normal sleep and ir. dissolution, the soul is goue. In these it returns, in that it does not come again, or so we lgnorantly think. Yet when I reflect on my death I for? get that I have encountered it many times already and fiad myself none the worse. I forget that I sleep. The fly has no shorter existence than man's. We bustle about for a few years wl~h ludicrous importance, as bottleflles buzz at the window panes. They, too, may Imagine themselves of infinite moment in this universe we share with them. But this is to take no account of the prognostics of sleep. There is something hidden, something I secret, Borne unfathomed mystery whose presence we feel, but cannot verify; some permeatlve thought in? sistently moviug in our hearts, some I phosphorescence that glows we know not whence through our shadowy at? oms. Neither sleep itself nor half its prom I lses nor mysteries have been plumbed. I It is the mother of superstitions and I of miracles. In drealms we may search I the surface powers of the freed soul. I Visions in the night are not all hallu I cinatlons; voices in the night are not all mocking. There Ii a prophet dwells I within the mind?not of the mind, but I deeper throned In obscurity. I The brain cannot know of this holy I presence nor of its life in sleep. The I brain is mortal and untrustworthy, a I phonograph and a camera for audible I and palpab'e existence. Strike it a I blow In childhood so that it ceases Its I labors and awake it by surgery after I forty years and it will repeat the In I fantile action or word it last recorded I and will take up its task on the in I stant, making no account of the lnter I mediate years. They are nonexistent I to it. Yet to that hidden memory those I diseased years are not blank. It knows, I it has recorded, though the brain has I slept. And in hypnotic or psychic I trance, when that wonderful ruler is released from the prison of the body, it I can speak through the atom blent ma? chinery of the flesh and tell of things man himself could not know because of his paralyzed brain. This ruler Is not asleep in sleep, nor lu delirium is It delirious, and in death is It dead? Through all the ages it has been our sphinx, which we have Interrogated in i vain. It joins not in our laughter nor I our tears. We have fancied It with Im? mobile, brooding features of utmost knowledge and wisdom and sorrow. It has asked us but one question, nor from the day of Oedipus unto today have we answered rightly, so that we die of our ignorance. It is Osiris liv? ing In us. It Is the unknown God to whom we erect our altars, the fire in the tabernacle, the presence behind the veil. Not in normal wakefulness at least will it answer our queries, but in sleep sometimes it will speak. And it may possibly be that at last, after all these centuries, we are learning how to question it and in hypnotic trance and in the fearful law of suggestion are discovering somewhat of Its mys? tery and how to employ it for our worldly good. Yet to Its essential se? cret we are no closer than our fore- . fathers were. , | We may define dreams and night? mare, coma and swoon and trance with what terms we will, search their physical reasons ard learn to guide and guard, yet we know no more of them than of electricity. We may be? gin to suspect that telepathy and clair? voyance and occult forces of the soul are noc superstitious fancies, and we may even empirically classify and study and direct them. Yet the soul itself is no nearer our inquisition. Though we should know of Its real? ity, though our finite minds should fathom the Infinitude, of what benefit would It be? Would it modify our be? liefs or our hopes or our faiths? Would it dictate one action to our passionate lives? There would be no change In human nature and no reforms of the world. We are the children of our fa? thers, and our children will tread the prehistoric paths. Dreams are our life, whether we wake or sleep. We drowse through existence, awaking and dying and being reborn daily, ever torpescent and unamazed, and our thousand slum? berous deaths we call restorative sleep ?sleep that restores our physical be? ing, building up where we have torn down, recreating what we destroy. Black?pitch black, indeed?Is the cavern of Morpheus. Faith peoples It with varied legions and builds Its chaos Into myriad forms. Nightly we enter it and drain the Lethean air and forget, and daily we return with re? joicings, babbling of dreams that were not dreamed, and finally we enter for the last time and drain somewhat more deeply the essence of ecstasy and awake no more and no more re? turn to the autumn dyed sktes of the dawn. And yet wq shall dream.- At? lantic Monthly. Generally the man or woman who says "I don't care" is a liar. Life of the Happy-go-lucky West Indian Negroes. LAZY JOY FOR LITTLE WORK. Six Months' Labor Enables Them to Loll In Indolence For a Year snd a Haif?Combing the Islands For Men For the Sugar Plantations. A happy-go-lucky, stand up and fall down, genial, inconsequentliil spirit an? imates the West Indian negroes in their lnbors and In their begging. From the sweating toilers on the dock at Macoris loading sugar into the steamers, with their warning cry, ?'Bee-low!" to the meu in the bold, to* tbe grinning boys hauling their fishing boats up on the beech at Dominica, tbey lire from day to day eind take no thought of the morrow. A West Indian negro with $50 wll live for a year and never do a stroke of work. And why not? His living costs bim only 9 cents a day. He has bis little cabin for the occupancy. A mango tree grows in his yard, f.nd he can pick plantains by the road at will. If he Is too lazy to bake 5 cents will buy bread for th? family for the day. and a few cents more will buy a dozen small fish and one large ore A single garment does for tbe wor .en. and $5 will clothe tbe man for a year, while tbe pickaninnies run as God made them. The West Indies are tbe paradise of the happy loafer. Every ;rear tbe is? lands are combed from end to end for hands to work the great sugar planta? tions In Santo Domingo, and al that tbe negroes must often be practically kidnaped to get tbem on tbe boats. In November of each year the sugar boats. little sloops and schooners that spend tbe remainder of tbe year trad? ing among tbe Islands get Into tbe Santo Domingo negro trade. Their captains and supercargoes wben tbey have them, and the owners go up snd down tbe islands telling tbe negroes that on a certain day tbe veaeel will tall for Santo Domingo tmd take nil, who want to go to work on tbe sugar plantations. Take the Utile island of St. Martin's for Illustration. For a week the Island Is combed, and on tbe appointed day a dosen sloops and schooners are crowd? ed Into Marlgot bay. The night before the negroes hare begun to stream into the little town that sleeps through the year, waiting for this one day to bring it to life. Boards are laid mcross boxes, and rum and wbisky are set out to arouse the negroes to tbe pitch thai ?will carry tbem out to the resseb bound for the plantations. All day tbe men stream Into tbe town, traveling barefooted along tbe sandy roads, swept In by the sailors, singing tbelr song of riches to be bad for tbe asking. Ahead of tbe men walk their women, toting heavy boxes on their beads, while tbe men are dressed in tbeir best, with a cocky straw bat perched on one ear. swinging a dandy, cane and carrying tbelr shoes In their bands. At tbe outskirts of tbe town tbey put on tbeir shoes and swing payly up to tbe open air bars on the beach. Tbe women lug the big boxes down to tbe beach and wall at being left alone until tbey. too, become filled with tbe excitement of tbe scene and urge their men folks on. Tbe men bang back arid laugh aud drink and deny tbat tbey are going. 'Ms you goln'. Big Tawm?" "Naw, Ab aln* goin'. Ab jus' come tub see." "Yas. yo' is goln*. Big Tawm. Git In dat boat." "Come on heah. boy. Ya. ba!*' And all tbe time tbe rowboats, load? ed to the gunwales, are plying back and forth between tbe shore and the sloops. By sundown tbe beach Is swept clean and six litt.e sloops and a scboou er make sail and drift out of tbe har? bor on a dying breeze, loaded down wltb a thousand black men and wo? men, who will wake In the morning with a raging thirst. Tben woe be to tbe captain who has not filled bis wa? ter casks, for there Is sure to be at least one body to be given to tbe sharks after tbe tight arouud tbe butts! When tbe vessels drop anchor off Macoris tbe plantation foremen come off and look over tbe cargoes aod pay tbe shipmasters $2.50 eacb for passage money for tbe negroes. Tben tbe blacks are herded ashore and are cred? ited with 30 cents a day for a month for working from sunrise to sunset in tbe cane fields. By tbat time tbe $2.50 passage money is paid back. Tben tbey receive tbelr 30 cents a day in cash for tbe neit six months until tbe cutting and grinding season is over, wben tbe sloops show up again and take tbem to tbeir homes for $2.50 eacb. paid in advance. Tbe foremen collect from tbe planta? tion owners 63 cents a day ea? h for pay for tbe black bands, but with their share of tbe money tbe negroes can live for a year and a balf before tbey have to think of doing another day's work. And tbey do It Year after year the trade Is plied, and tbe Islands are combed for men for tbe planta? tions, and year after year tbe negrroea return home to eighteen months of larr joy.?New York Tribune. Groundhog. Teacher was telling her class U stories In natural history, and sbe ask ed If any one could tell ber wbst a groundhog was. Up went a little band, waving frantically. "Well. Carl, you may tell us wbst a groundhog Is." "Please, ma'am. It's sausage." Ev? erybody's Magazine. How harsh It sounds to hear man criticise your pet hobby!