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liE FINAL_DEM1AN) Yenezuel' Must Get Ready to M ke Full Settlement OUR MINISTER DELIVERS NOTE it Demands to Know Whet er the Government of Venezuela ' roposes to Arbitrate the Questions Pending -in Case of Refusal, ecessary Steps to Secure Justice ill be Taken by the United States-Early Action by This Action of Amer a Seems Certain-Holland to Use o ercive Measures to Secure R ease of Her Subjects in Prison. Willemstadt, Island of Cura oa, By ble.-The Venezuelan government, s announced from Caraca', has re ved a note from the Ame Can min r, Mr. Bowen, requiring answer as to wether Venezuela wiP arbitrate o questions pending, apd saying at in case of a refusal the United States will feel free to kake steps which may be necessary t secure jus tice. The charge d'affairs of! the Nether lands has advised the Ven zuelan gov ernment that Holland w 11 use coer cive measures in view of he fact that she has been unable to s{cure the re lease from imprisonment in Venezuela of fl:e Dutch sailors wh? have been illegally kept in prison \ for s-even " months. ! Washington, Special.-14i calling up on President Castro for n answer to his proposition to submit to arbitra tion the issues betweEii the United States and Venezuela, Minister Bowen is acting in accordance with specific instruetions, from the State Depart ment, which have reqently been placed hi his hands. If President Castro rejects this last offer of Mr. Bowen to arbitrate these cases, it is expected that he will promptly report that fact to the State Department, and it will be determined what course to pursue. ' The minis ter's presentment of thi matter there fore is not an actual .ultimatum, for the way is still open fOr further nego tiations if the Department decides that "the time has not yet a:.rrived to with draw its ministers and adopt some eoercive measures. There is great reluctance on the part of the officials to the adoption of the latter course, but the situation is believed to be such that uless/ the Department is willing to submiI to the complete ef facement of the American claims some action must be taken very soon. Re ports have bee.n arriving here for soffie time that many of the people of. Venezuela are p6nniless and in need of:food. One foreign dip lomat there recently reported that the conditions were indescribable and that 'the strizt censorship u pon everything sent out prevented the world from knowing the actual condition of af fairs. All foreigners are closely watched. Report on Boll Weevil. Washington, Special.-The Depart ment of Agriculture has issued a re port-on the results of recent investiga tion by Special Agent Hunter, of the Bureau of Entomology, giving recom mendations looking to minImizing damage done by the boll weevil. The report says: "Although the very large yields of cot.ton of former times no longer may be nossible in the region now infested by the boll weevil, it is entirely feasible to produce cotton at a margin of profit that will u npare "a vorably with that resulting from the iroduction of most of the staple crops f the United States, by following what is known as the cultural methods. This consists of changes and modifications of the system of cotton-raising, includ ing the destruction of the plants in the all, early planting, through cultiva tion of the fields, planting the rows as far apart as feasible, and using certain fertilizers." Car of Dynamite Nxplodes. LNew Orleans, Special-A car load ed with dynamite in an Illinois Cen Itral freight train exploded near Ken 'ner. 1'2 miles north of New Orleans, STwo men are missing. One dead man has been found but he is an unrecog nizab!e mass. Considerable damage -was done in Konner, where buildings were wrecked and glass and kitch en ware smashed. Houses near-by were demolished. Fear He Has Been Surrounded. London, By Cable.-Rusian official ircles in London, although without official news, are inclined to credit Harbin story published in Paris nnecting, the firing reported to have heard Tuesday morning about miles south of Tie Pass with Renenhampff's division. The from Harbin, points out that explanation of a cannonade ality Is that Renenhampff th arrived at Tie Pass, sian armies were or vus, in case of re nd the place occu -Consequently hampff is sur -- "cotton ket yes nd the r. any ub As of rg, ir er the d re in fthe ternal ominiat ennessee succeed te. ed Mine aion at SKINNER RELEASED ON BOND Peculiar Circumstances Preceeding Killing of Miller D. Anderson Brought Out at the Hearing. Barnwell, Special.-Mr. Jomes H. Skinned, who killed Mr. Miller D. An derson near Dunbarton. applied for bail before Judge D. A. Townsend. The tes timony that was taken at the inquest. together with numerous affidavits, was read and commented upon by ths attor neys, when the judge announced that he would grant bail, which was fixed at the sum of $1,500. From some of the affidavits, it seems i that in January Mrs. Anderson was calling in a friendiy way on Mrs. Skin ner, her neighbor; that Mr. Anderson. learning that his wife was out calling on Mrs. Skinner, wrote his wife to come home; that he did not want her to call on such people. This note offended the Skinner family who, subsequently, when they met Mr. Anderson in Dun barton, refused to speak to him. This enraged Mr. Anderson, who used such gross and insulting language that Mr. Skinner demanded of him a retraction. and this brought on a fisticuff, wherein Mr. Anderson was severely th.rashed. A number of witnesses swore that Mr. Anderson threatened to take Mr. Skinner's life and that these threats were communicated to Mr. Skinner. Defendant states in his affidavit that on morning of homicide Mr. Andersc.i was at Dunbarton; that in order to avoid him he arranged to drive to his farm: that he got his gun and some shells that had been loaded by some friends who had been on a visit to him, and took his little nephew in the bug gy with him. That while on the w'.y he sax a buggy in front of him; that he did not know whose buggy it was until he had dniven up to it when Mr. Anderson called to him and said: "You took advantage of me before: we'll settle it now." and drew his gun, wh-n defendant fired first. Defendant's nephew swears to the same thing. Mrs. Anderson. wife of deceased, was in the buggy at the time deceased was shot. She says Mr. Skinner overtook them; that he drove close to the buggy in which they were riding and, calling to Mr. Anderson, said: "Do you want to see me," and without another word shot him. With her dead husband at her side, her lonely drive back to Dun barton was pathetic in the extreme. Numerous affidavits were produced setting out the character for peace of Mr. Skinner and the rowdy character of Mr. Anderson. At the June term the case will probably be tried. The com munity is shocked by this unfc:tunate homicide. Attempted Assault. Springfield. Orangeburg County, Special to Columbia State: Tis quiet little town was the scene Saturday of a sensational trial. Norris Chavis. a young white man in the employ of Mr. Connie Altman, who lives a few' miles from Springfield, was arrested and brought before Meg istrate Arnold Corbett on the charge of an attempted assault upon the 4-yer.r-old daughter of Mr. Altman. As far as your correspondent can ascertain, it was a well defined, though unsuccessful attempt. Chavis, it is said, was apprehended by Mr. A]tman. After several witnesses had been ex amined. Chavis waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the higher court. He was placed in the guard house, which is a flimsy affair, and during the night the prisoner made his escape, and up to this hour has not been captured. The community was deeply stirredI by the dastardly attempt, but there was little talk of violence in any form. It is believed that the law would have been allowed to take its course. Telegrams from Orangeburg and Co lumbia have been received indicatir': that a report of lynching had gone abroad. but this is without foundation. The child suffcred no hurt. Some Assessmecnts lr,creased. Thec State board of assessors ad .ior.ed utntil April lst when the wor;t of assessing for taxation the prop.?rty of rai lroadl companies will be complet ed. Some assessments were delay~1 on account of the opinion of the at torney general as to the application O:' the franchise tax law to interstate business. The board raised the assessment for the Columbia. Newberry & Laurens road from $5,000 to SG.000 per mile: the assessment of the Lancaster & Ches ter road from $700 to $3,250. and the Charleston & Western Carolina from the Georgia line to Spartanblurg was made $8.000 ue:- mile. and from the Georgia line to Beaufort $7,500 per mile. The Southern Express company was made $100 per mile, against $S5 last year. The assessment of the Pullman Palace Car company was not changed from $100 per mile, or a total valua tion of $14S.643 for the State. The Postal and Western Union Tele graph companies were not changed. the assessment being $35 per midle of wire in th e State. The American Tel egraph and Telephone company was valued at $90.000. against $65.6S5 last y ear-. The Southern Bell Telephone company was valued at $400.000. against $215.392 last year. The other r,ssessments remained the same for the present. There was nc change made in the assessment of the Seaboard Air L.ine, whose attorney raised a vigorous protest Wednesday on the nrosent figures. It has br.e:: hinted that this matter will go inltc the courts. Al! Ba'k at Indemnity. Mo0scow. By Cable.-With the exr-ep tion of The M.oscow Gazette. pra(ticl ly all the newspapers of this city are for peace. on cvnditio'n that there hr neither cession of tc:iitory nor pay ment of indemnity. AL a banQuet prominent merchant declared: "The happiest end of thc war would be im mediate peace. but if the government cosents to indemnity~ we will throw the bomb. Enough Russian gold has been spent in 31anchuria. Japs Glad at Loomis' Success Tokio, By Cable.-General satisfac tion is expressed at the success in plac ing the foreign loan. The domestic loan was oversubscribed several times and it is probable a portion of it will be al lotted to foreign subscribers. The for eign applications amount to several million dollars. The success of the for eign an:1 domestic loans strengthems the feeling of confidence that Japar will be able to finance th.e war without PALMETTO AFFAIRS Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling .......... 7 7-8 Good middling ................ 7 3-4 Strict middling ............... 7 5-8 M iddling ................... 7 5-8 Tinges .............6 3-4 to 7 1-4 Stains .............. 5 1-4 to 6 1-4 General Cotton Market. Galveston, quiet .............. 7 3-4 New Orleans, barely steady ..... 7 1-2 Mobile, quiet ................. 7 5-8 Savannah, quiet ............... 7 5-8 Norfolk, quiet ................. 7 7-8 Baltimore, nominal ..............8 New York. quiet ............. 8.15 Boston, quiet .................. 8.15 Philadelphia ................... 8.40 Houston, steady ............... 7 3-4 Augusta, quiet ............... 7 3-4 Memphis, quiet ............... 7 5-8 St. Louis, quiet .............. 7 11-16 Louisville, firm ................8 An Important Opinion. According to an opinion written by the attorney general. the franchise tax law cannot be supplied to inter state receipts by railroad companies, but must be confined to interstate business. Such being the case, the income from the franchise tax law will be reduced about two-thirds and instead of $50,000 the railroads will pay something like $20,000. In addition to the loss of consider able revenue, the law as construed by the attorney general means that there will be a great deal of trouble in ar riving at the exact amount to be paid by the railroad companies. South Car, olina is having a great deal of trouble to get the franchise tax law to work ing, for it was passed over a year ago and on account of an oversight did not go into effect for a year after it became an act. And now that it has become of efect. the mode of proce dure under its terms is somewhat dif ficult. The comptroller general has sent out to the auditors of the several counties of the State the names of delinquent companies which have fail ed to file with his office the statisti cal information required by the law. Ii these corporatons do not comply at once and do not pay the franchise tax by the first day of ,April, they will be fined heavily and will gct into ser ious trouble. Mr. Gunter's opinion was written in response to a request from the State board of assessors. According to sec tion 7 of the franchise tax law it is made the duty of this board of asses sors "to ascertain and determine * * the entire gross receipts of * * * rail road companies, express cornpanies, street railway companie-. navigation companies, waterworks companies, power companies. light companies, tlephone companies, telegraph com panies, parlor, dining and sleeping car companies for business done within this State for the fiscal year next pre ceding, and the amounts ascertained by said board shall be held and deem ed to be gross receipts of such com panies for business done within South Carolina for the year under consider ation. In section 9 of the act it'is orde:ed "that the said State board of asses sors shall, after ascertaining the gross receipts for business done in South Carolina, notify the State treas urer of the amount thereof, and -the State treasurer shall thereupon pro ceed to charge and collect from such company and such company shall pay to said State treasurer an annual li cense fee of 3 mills on the gross in come of such company for business done within South Carolina for the preceeding fiscal year. an annual li cense fee of 3 mills on such gross in come.Columnbia State. Will Accept Library. Anderson, Special.-The chamber of commerce has ofcal,endorsed the effort of the library association to se cure the Carnegie library, and it now seems certain that the sum of $1,000 will be voted by the city council for the maintenance of the institution. The board of trustees of the city schools held a meeting and offered a site for the library on the grounds of the grad ed schools. This generous offer will save the cost of a lot, and all that the city will be reouired to do will be to appropriate an annual sum for the cur rent expenses of the library. Two New Concerns. The secretary of state last week is sued a' commission to the Charleston Warehouse company at Charleston with $30,000 capital. W. E. Huger, R. G. Rhett and J. F. Maybank are the peti tioner!'. A charter was issued the Southern Automusic company also of Charles ton, with $5,000 capital. St. J. Grimke is president, J. W. Davis is vice presi dent and R. G. O'Neale is secretary and treasurer. Miller Anderson Killed. Barnwell, Special.-Near Dunbarton Friday morning Mr. Jas. H. Skinner shot and .instantly killed Mr. Miller Anderson. Both parties are well known and are residents of Dunbar, a station in this county on the Atlantic Coast Line railway. Mr. Anderson was a planter. Mr. Skinne- a merchant, and both have families. A bout a month ago, it seems, the two nien had a difficulty, since which time their personal rela tions have not been pleasant. This morning Mr. Skinner was bird hunting when he met Mr. Anderson. Words were passed. the quarrel was renewed, and then the homicide. Mr. Skinner has given himself up 'to the sheriff. Train Hits Burning Bridge. Paris. Tex., Special.-A northbound 'Frisco passenger train wvhich left here two hours late encounte-ed a butrned bridge Friday afternoon near Arthur City. The chair car and two sleepers wcrm dished and the smoker derailed. One person was fatally injured, dying later, and several other passengers re ceived slight injuries. The dead: Mag gie Cooney, maid to Mrs. Frank P. Hayes, St. Louis, Mo. Cruiser Galveston Moves. Norfolk. Va.. Special-The new cruis er Galveston, partially built at the Trigg Ship Yards, in Richmond, Va., and completed at the Norfolknavy yard, sailed for Culebra and Galveston, Tex., After stopping at the latter place to bd inspected by the residents of Galveston, she will return north and have her final trial run over the measured course off Newport. R. I. Judge A, G. Dayton took the oath ANOTHER ATTEMPT On the Part of Russian Nihilist to Kill High Official A IERRORIS1'S ACT IN WARSAW Baron von Nolken, Chief of Police, Has a Deadly Missle Thrown Into His Carriage and is Seriously In jured, But is Likely to Recover-A Bomb Had Previously Been Thrown Into the Police Station in Order to Bring the Chief to the Scene Thrower of the Second Bomb Es capes. Warsaw, By Cable.-A bomb was thrown into the carriage of Baron von Nolken, chief of Police of Warsaw, at 8 o'clock Sunday evening. According to the latest information, 1 the attack on Baron von Nolken was the result of an elaborate conspiracy of the revolutionary party. Shortly before 8 o'clock tonight, an elegantly dressed man went to the police sta tion at Praga, a large suburb of War saw, on the other side of the Vistula. and threw a bomb into the court yard of the staticn, wounding seven per sons, two of them dangerously. The man started to run away, but was caught by the captain of the station. He was found to be a Jew, but his identity has not been disco'ered. A telephone message was immediately sent to Baron von Nolken, at the city hall, informing him of the outrage. n Baron von Nolken, accompanied by t a police official. took a carriage and r started immediately for Praga. When passing the castle where the Gover nor General resides, a man standing on the pavement threw a bomb at the carriage. Baron von Nolken, who was sitting on the side nearest the assailant, received the full charge of the bomb, while his companion es caped unhurt. The coachman was I thrown from the box and the carriage was smashed. 1 Baron von Nolken was removed to the city hall and doctors were sum moned, who found he had received injuries which are believed to be seri ous on the head, the right arm and leg. Meanwhile the police official ac companying Baron von Nolken saw C the bomb thrower fleeing, and pursued 1 and caught up with him, but the crim inal proved stronger and tore himself away. Another policeman fired twice after him withoi't result. Half an hour leter a man was found dead in Sowia street, whom the police believe to be the bomb thrower. The police think the man shot himself to escape arrest. Would Refuse Gift. Columbus, 0., Special.-Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, pastor of the First Congregational church of Col-1 umbus. and moderator of the General CouncilI of Congregational churches of the United States in a sermon deliv ered Sunday, discussed the gift of $100,000 made by a prominent capital ist to the American Board of Missions. He said: "The money proffered to our board of missions comes out~ of a colossal estate, whose foundations were laid1 in the most relentless repacity known to modern commercial history. "The United States government is engaged in a strenuous attempt to fer-1 ret out and punish this injustice. And the people of the United States have a tremendous battle on their hands with the- corporation's greed, which has entrenched itself in this strong hold, an' has learned to use the rail ways for :he oppression and spolia tion of the people. "And now, on the eve of this battle, they are asked to accE pt a great gift of money fi-om the n-.an who, morec completely than any other, represents the system they are summoned to fight. "I hope they are no-: mnean enough to take this money and then turn around and fight him. I hope theyar not so faithless to their obligations~ as to take his money and shut their mouths or upcome his apoligists. "We do not want this man's money. To accept it wil! be to work the con tempt of millions of honest men; to reject it will strengthen our Church4 in the affection and rrespect of millions who are inclined to doubt whether the Churches love God more than mammion. "Our mission will be richer and stronger without it than with it, and we shall lose nothing by our loyalty to the things unseen and eternal." Killed by Trolley Car. Charlotte, N. C.. Special.-Mr. J. F. Swanney, a book-binder about 40 years of age, was run over Saturday at noon by a car of the local street car system here, and instantly killed. The coro ner's jury on Sunday found the street car company guilty of carelessness. Brakeman Killed in Wreck.] Knoxville. Tenn..- Special.-Brake man Wailter Greer, whose home is at Newton. N. C., was killed and Engi neer Thomas M. Graham and Fireman J. M. Nicely painftully injured in a freight wreck on the K-noxville, Cum berland Gap & Louisville branch of the Southern Railway. The rails spread beneath the weight of a 100) tonf engine. Fertilizer Plant Burned. Rome. Ga., Special.-The plant an-1 stock of the Virginia-Carolina Chemi cal Company, at East Rome. was en tirely destroyed by fir-e Saturday night, th loss b>eing placed at $'250,000. The insurlance is estimated at about one half the total loss. The fire comn meneed at about 7:30 o'clock. and th-e only protection available was that a,f fordedl by the appar-atus belonging to the company. Two men were seriously burned. The origin is not known. I Deserter Arrested. Greensboro, N. C. Special.-An offi cer left here Saturday night for Nor foik with Alfred Tennyson Saylor to be surrendered to government authori ties on th e receiving ship Franklin for desertion. Saylor was arrested here two nights ago for beating a ride en a train. Finding he would be piut to work on the roads to pay the fine and costs, he confessed his real name, stat ing he deserted from the battleship Ohio, at San Francisco, February 13th. Investigation proved truth of the con fession and Saylor was surrender to a gnvrnment ageant. OUSEHQLD AFFAIRS CAMPHOR FOR TIIE PIANO. Now," said the tuner. when he had inished tuning the piano, "you ought [o put some camphor in the piano." "Camphor'" said the owner of the ;nstrument. "Yes." said the tuner. "to keep the noths out. Moths'get into pianos. as :hey do closets and elsewhere, and ere they feed on the felt coverings )f the hammers. eating away their sur aces, and so impairing their effect. What you want is a couple of camphor alls, each in a little bag of cheese loth, hung inside the piano, one at mther side." AS TO THE BATHROOM. The white marble basin in the bath oom can be cleaned by rubbing the tains with fine table salt. If. how ver, they are of long standing. mix wo p:rts of powdered whiting w th ne of powdered bluing. then add half pint of strong soap suds, and heat to )oilin; point: apply with a soft cloth o the marble and let it dry on: then rash off with hot water to which has en added a little salts of lemon. Dry vith a soft flannel. For the bath tub, viether of zinc, enamel or white por 'elain, nothing is better than a bath f gasoline. Instead of rubbing and couring. go -over every inch with ilenty of gasoline and then wash off arefully. All the stains and diseol rations will have disappeared.-I'hila elphia Inquirer. PATCHWORK. At this season, when "shut ins" are pt to find time hanging heavy on their ands, suggestions for a new kind of atchwork that possesses the advan age of covering both sides. wadding nd quilting, all at the same tire, may ell be passed on for the benef!' of hose who do this kind of work. The irections. as sent in by a Sunshine riend are: Cut pieces of silk about our and one-half inches square, turn nd baste down each of the four sides, eaving squares of four inches. Then old them o' :r diagonally, making hree-cornerea pieces; insert a piece of vadding the same size and shape, and aste the edges together. Four of hese triangles overhanded make a quare block. The effect is good when ne trian:le of each block is of black, ne of white or some uniform color, and he remaining two of any color. in oining the blocks together the blocks hould be in corresponding position to eke a regular pattern. The bias lines of two of the silk ieces that go next each other can rst be run together by hand or ma hinle on the wrong side. and then olded over, ppdded and basted. This Lvds having to overhand the bias ides, with danger of stretching.-Phil delphia Inquirer. OW TO WASH LACE CU'RTAINS. The best method of washing lace cur ins is perhaps the easist and the ollowing is a good way to obtain good esults: Shake the dust from the lace, y in clear, cold soft water for an our; wring out and wash in warm rater in which a little soda has been issolved: wash in several waters, or ntil perfectly clean; rinse in water el blued; blue the boiled starch quite eeply; dip in the curtains and squeeze, t do not wring them dIry. Pin some heets down to the carpet in a vacant, iry room, and pin on the curt"ains trethed to exactly the size they were )efore being wet. In a few hours th,ey 'ill be dry and ready to hang., The whole process of washing and )inning down should occupy as little ime as possible, as lace will shrink ore than any ether cotton mnterial hen long wet. Or fasten them in 'rames made wvith the smallest size of nalvanized centre hooks. in which to 'asten the lace, and having holes and ooden pins with which to vary the mgth and breadth to suit the differont izs of curtains. The curtains should lways be measured before being wet, nd1( stretched in the frames to that ize to prevent shrinking. Five or six urtains of the same size may be put n, one above the other. and all dried at ne. The frames may 'rest on four hairs.-Newark Advertiser. Puffed Potatoes-When nearly baked ut a small piece from the end of the c'atoes, scoop out the inside, mash ud season with butter, pepper and alt. Refill the skIns with this, allow g the filling to complete the form of he potato. Set in a hot oven just ng enough for the souffle part to be ome well browvned. then serve. Canned Pea Souffle - Drain the peas d mash with two tablespoonfuls of nelted butter. Beat turee eggs light d stir into them a pint of milk and he mashed peas. Season with salt nd pepper. beat hard and turn into a raedl pudlding dish. Bake, covered, or tw~enty minutes: uncover ann~ mown. Serve this souffle as soon as t is removed from the oven. Velvet C'ake-Two0 cups of sugar, hree cupis of flour, half a cup of but er. four eggs, one teaspoonful of coldi 'ater. tw'o teaspoonifuls of bakinlg po)w h'r. * Flavor with lenmonl. Beat the iutter and sugar to a cream. sift tile )owder' with the flour, thlen gradually ld the flour and water to the hurter Ind sugar': heart tile eggs seimrately, d them and then beat them all wvell ogether. Wing.'to Help Him Out. After the doctor had examined the atient and the man's wife wanted to now the nature of the illness, the con ;cientious physician said: "Your husband's condition is such hat it will take some time to differen :iate the symp)toms to arrive at an ac urate conception of the malady from 'hih lie is suffering. The treatment nust be symptomatic. I must first nake a diagnosis." "I hope you can make It of calico," *emarked the woman, "for I haven't ipiece of flannel i the house,"-New i'rk P'rem. WHERE WAS WASHrINuTuN WEDDED? The records of His Marrian;e Leave Much to Conjecture. ".\lhough one of the most interest ing1' events in WashitiCl's private life. his wedding has heenl coipara tively negleeld by the mnrjority of his biographlers." writes William I'errine in the Ladies' Honie .Iournal. "It is generally agreed that the ceremony took place on the sixth of January (or the seventeenth of .lan-iary, new style), 1759. But as to whether it was per formed in St. Peter's Church. in New Rent County. or at the home of th4 bride. known as the 'White House,' there is a wide variance of opinion. The weight of local authority is against the belief that it occurred in the church; nor is there any record in the cluch indicating that the couple were married there. although its rec tor, the Rev. Mr. Mossom. who had been in the puipit for forty years. sol ennized the contract. On the other hand, those who insist that the clergy. man officiated in the church point to l accounts that Washington rode on horseback on the day of the wedding, and that the pair were attended by a brida cavalcade, as evidence that there was a journey between the church and the home of, the bride. This, how ever. is offset by the conjecture that the cavalcade was escorting the couple immediately after their marriage to Mrs. Custis' house in the town of Will. 'nmsburg, or '.o Mount Vernon. and that they were repairing thither to spend the honeymoon." WORDS OF WISDOM.' Peace on earth waits for the peace fron heaven. There will be good will in all when God's will is over all. It is not what you get but what you go for that makes the d?fference. The heart looks over many a diffi culty that the head cannot see through. Life is a jewel; its dreams are the rays it shoots out into the dark in finite. Life is hardly respectable-is it?-if It has no generous. guaranteeing'task, no duties of affection, that constitute a necessity of existing.-Emerson. "Time past is irrevocably gone-let it alone; time future will inevitably come -lose no moments waiting for it: time present is irredeemably yours-use it. Dora Bradeliffe. Children have moral measls somer times. Only let them alone and they will get wehi of themselves. There is a wise herb in the gardens, and it is called Thyme.-S. Weir Mitchell. Every woman is happy with her work well laid out before her for some few straight-going hours. Her occu pation is so apt ordinarily to consist chiefly in interruptions.-A. D. T. Whit ney. Then you think the Judge will be satisfied if you say, "Lord. I had so many names in my visiting book, and so many invitations I could not refuse, that it was impossible for me to attend, to those diings."-George Macdonad. What' the Siamese Eat. Siamese food principally consists of dried, frequently rotted, fish and rice, done into curries which comprise a little of about every kind of condi ment. and especially a very popular sauce called namphrik, a chutney-like and thoroughly mixed thing made of red pepper, shrimp, garlic, onions, cit ron, ginger and tamarind seeds. The only reason for the fish being putrid is because the natives like it so, for fish are plentiful in the rivers and fisher men numerous, though their ways of atching are rather amusing and an tique. One favorite method, borrowed from the Chinese, is beating the waters with long bamboo sticks to fr;ghten the fish into an eight or ten foot squar ish net, which is lowered into the river from a framework on the bank by a system of wheels and ropes and pulleys. and hoisted uip again when the catch is coplete. I must confess that when tle fish in the curry ehanced to be; dried instead of decayed. I found the decoction decidedly toothsome. In fact, a really good curry is in a class apart. and One must go to India or the Far East to get it at its best. Some times the natives eat pork and often times chicken. but for the most part rice and the fish curry constitute their chief diet, supplemented by the fruit f the country, of which there are miany ki nds-mangosteen,. mango, pine apple, banana. orange, bread fruit, and that most healthful and serving of all Siamese fruits, the papaya. which grows back from the water and is a grenish oval amion that suggests can taloupeC when opened.-Outing. Advice For Naggers. There is the woman who nags. and many do without being conscious of it. She is often perfectly well bred in all other respects, but she loves her hus band so that she can't help- but ply lii with questions. The whys and whieres and whens and "I told you so" become a daily routine which exhausts the p)atiee of the best of men. A wise wife should remember that when a thing has once been talked over and threshed out it is good form at least to let it alone. If it is a fault that must he cured or a habit endured she should remember that men folk are often like Bo Peep's lost sheep-If you let 'em alone thiey will come home." etc. Con stant reference to a fault or a manner-, mi is the cause of more maritai infe ~ity than the average wife dreams of. Ghod manners are happy wa:ys of doing things, and good sense, cheerful ness and tact should guide every woman wh'lo bears the honor and dig nity of wifehood toward the channel of these happy ways.--Philadelphia In qu irer. Reconciled to 1t. The car wtas crowyded to its full ca pacity, and the two who had just en tered were compelled to hold to the same strap. "We seem to be sentenced to hang," observed the maid. "Yes" whispered the young man. as is fingers closed over hers. "Capital punishment."Chicago Tribune. The Court Bowed Down. Mrs. Myra McHenry, the Wichits joint smasher. hissed the judge in court and thenm boasted of it. He would have boiled a man in oil for the offense, but all he did to the woman was to mnildly~ request her to show more respect. A real vicious womanm has the world Mlure.- Athi5On Globe. ,. r Cost and Loss. at . N a paper read before the Engineers' Club, of Phila-' I O delphia. General Roy Stone. director of the Office of VwW Road Inquiry in the United States Department of Ag riculture. discussed "Varioui Phases of the Road Question," says Municipal Engineering.' From data obtained from over 10,000 letters of 'inquiry, sent out from his office, General Stone deduced certain figures, referring to the average length of haul from the farms to market or shipping points. the average weight of load hauled and the average cost per ton for the whole length of the haul. The figures, tabu-. lated, are as follows: Gronp of S:atma Pastern ......... 59 2,216 $0.32 $1.89 Northern .. ... .9 .... .27 1.86 Middle........... 8.8 ... *31 *2.72 Cotton.. ....... . I4 I,397 .25 3.05 Prairie............! 8.8 2,409 .22 1.94 Pac. Cost. and Mtn.| 23.3 2.197 .22 5.12 Yhole U. S.........1 12.3 12,002 .2.5 3.02 *Middle Southern Stated. Assuming the correctness of the data, and using the census return of farm products and forest and mineral out puts, and estimating incidental traffic, General Stone arrives at a total of 313, 349,227 tons as representing the total annual movement over country roads. At the average cost, $3.02 per ton,. the grand annual cost of haulage on public roads amounts to- $946,414,665. Not including the lbss of perishabre prod ucts for want of access to market when prices are good, and the useless ness of cultivating certain products which depend upon the markets being always accessible,. statistics of the cost of operating foreign highways, and the data obtained from the- use of the few good roads existing.4n this country, would indicate that nearly two-thirds of the above cost is directly chargeable to bad roads. The enforced idleness of men and horses during a large part of the year is another Item which should be cha rged largely to bad roads. The negative or hostile attitude of the rural population toward all effective legislation in this directicn is an ot cle also to road improvements in this ountry, while another is the general overestimate of the cost of such im provement. A few years ago the macadam roads of Newr Jersey cost 00G pef mk" now equally good roads are being built or $3000, even where railway trafspor tation of materials Is required: and in localities better supplied with road ma terial, and where a ntarrower- road Is eemed sufficient, $1500,. or- even less, will make a mile of good stone road. Experience has demonstrated the (act that in most country districts a single stone road, eight or ten feet wide, with a good earth road on one or both sides, is more generally satisfactory than a wider road of instadam.7M The Southern States are putting, to shame this great Empire State In the matter of good roads. A reeent trip through the South disclosed o me the fact that the subject " was being more generally IIiscussed and more work done tb the end that the highways for wagons should be well constructed than In our own State. n the Carolinas, particularly, I noteX many miles of new macadamized roads equal to the famous turnpikes of Vir ginia. Kentucky and Tennessee of the nte-bellum time. This particulariy mressed me, too, In view of the neg ect of roads in the old Virginia StatA,, which I observed at the time of tie maneuvres last fall at Manassas.. Tle magnifcent road of old from Alexani ia to Warrenton-"the Warrento 1 pik-I found had been so ngectedl as to be no longer discoverable as at niacadanized road. Florida, ATabamn' nd Mississippi are alt wide awake to he value of well constructed and care. fully maintained counts roads. It' this State something is being done irn that direction, but in no measure comn' mensurate with the vast interests ina volved 'nor the wealth and ability of the commonwealth to buiTd.. It Is to be hoped that the proposed measure of issuing bonds by the State to an ex tent not exceeding $50,000,000,. and with the proceeds suppl.ying half of the cost of any purblie highway to which the county,. the towns or private interests will contribute the other half, will become law.. Of course,. a system should be devised for the laying out , and construction of each road. and for the economical and honest disburse ment of the funds.. The materials for good roads in the State of New York are to be found on almost every mile section througho:ut the State, and the agricultural interest, as well as the interests of pleasure driving, are so enormous that it is difficult to under stand the apathy that has left the greater part of the highways in a dis graceful condition. If the press of the State generally would take the matter up vigorously, a sentiment could be aroused that in a few y ears would cause this State to lead in this matter, as it does in most others.--New York Town Topies. Instructlonl Trains. The National Good Rtoads Associa ion has concluded arrangements with leading railway companies for operat ing good roads special trains in 1905. The chief object is to arouse favor able sentiment, organize local associa tions, and to visit the thirty-six State and Territorial assemblies to meet in A Valuable SuggestIon. Aany neighbornloods may have good road building material right at home nd not know it. A sample sent to the Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. C., will be examined and reported upon. It may be that you can get good roads at a very slight cost.--Farm and Home. Ants r.re the most brainy of all crea tures. In proportionl to its size an ant's brain Is larger than that of ang other living being.