Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

FRANCE'S ELECTION Muh Excitement in Selection of President ASSEMBLY NAMES FALLIERES Exciting Scene in Congress Hall of Palace at Versailles, Each Group Applauds Its Leaders and Hoot ing Opponents Until Announcement of Result, Which Was Greeted With Great Chers. Paris. By Cable-M. Clement Ar maand Fallieres was elected President of France on the first ballot. The vote stood: Fallieres. 449; Dou mer. 371; scattering-. 2S. The National Assembly met in the congress hail of the Royal Palace at Versailles for the election. The grea; est int erest was manifested in ti pro ceedings, whi-h. however, were very pronouni'ed. The members of the As sembly vrt-d in alphebetical order. (heers were raised whenever a popu lar le--isator or statesnian deposited his ballot in the urn. each groop ap plauded its leaders andI hooting the leaders t ofoppositing groops. Several aed Se:iators who were obviously ill recived the assistance of the ushers when m.)untnug the tribune. Finally silence nroclaimed the end of the bal loting and all present eagerly waight ed the announcement of the result. Then when the first figures-1. Fal lieres 440 and M. Doumer 371-were zive- out there was an outburst of en thusiasm which was renewed after the corrected figures. giving M. Fallieres 44) and thus increasing his already clear majority, were announced. 1. Fallieres returned to Paris from Versailles escorted by a military guard of honor. He will take over his new duties Feb. IS. For Public Buildings. Washington, Special.-The Senate comrittee on public buildings and grourds ordered favorable reports on bills mak!in appropriations for new Federal buildins as follows: A, Bluedield, W. Va.. $100,000; Fort Worth. Tex.. $325,000: Atlanta. Ga., $1~:.0.00: Anderson. S. C.. $73.000. A favorable report was ordered on a bili authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to contract for the erection of a builiing at Selma. Ala.. on a site heretofore purchased, using an appro priati)n for construction which was made in 1902. Sole Survivor of 13 on Ship. Savannah. Ga., Special.-Adrift on a gang plank from 9 o'clock last Sat -urday morning~ until 5 o 'clock MIonday afternoon, without food or water Ka-rl Sumner, the only known surviving mnember of the crew of the four-mast ed schooner Robert H. Stevenson. was pickedt up by the German steamer Europa, bound from Philadelphia tc Savannah. Besides the ship's crew there were four women aboard. all going to Havana on a pleasure trip, making a total of thirteen people aboard. $30.000 Y. M. C. A. Building for Winston- Salemn. W\inston-Salem. Special.-The di r-:rs have decided to erect a mod er inoe for the Young MIen's Ch ristian Association. ot this city. The building wilP be three stories besides a basement. and will cost thirty thousand dollars. In the base ment '.'ill be provided a swimmning pool. bowling alley, baths, etc. Germany's Former Secretary Dead. Berlin. By Cable.-Baron Yon Rich thofen, Secretary of Foreign arfairs, died here. Wiped Out His Whole T4ari!l. Petubrook. N. H.. Special.-Seven persons, all members of the family of Charles Ayers, are supposed to have perished in a fire which dest roved Avres' farm house, near here. The bodies of a child and of Ayres' nrothier in law have been found in the ruins MIrs. Avres and four children are mis si::-.. and it is fearedl that they. too, are vitims of :ie fire. The authori ties su:spect that a crime was commit teai. Conductor Killed. Ashville. Special.-News has been ree.ved here of a fatal aiceident that he:! Co(nductor Claude C. Diermnid. of h<( .So':rhern Railway COmpany. at Pasn. Th unfort unate iman was engaged in conplding ears at the little stat ion on the Mlurphy branch when an engine backed neainst the freight boxes, 'atrhing M~r. D~ermid and crush ing him to death. Dismissed From Annapolis. A ninaplis. Mid.. Special.-31idship nt Pe'terson BHarton 3Iarzoni and WV. W. oste'r, of the first (lass and Tren mor Com~n. .Jr.. of the third class. were pablicly dimissed .som the Unit de Stans niavy for hazing plebes of fe::rth .'lass men. The order of the Secretarv '.f the Navy was a short onE and in ?na'b case was addressed per so -;t h midshipman directly cor cerned. Green-Gaynor Jury. Savannah. Ga.. Special.-Wi:h the dcision of Judge Specer in the Feder al ourt that Greene and Gaynor must he tried u:non the consolidation of the inditmonts against them, the last pre !!minary point at issue between the prse:iai and the defence was- ad juined and all is in readiness for CONGRSS Al WORK What Our Natio-al Law Makers Ar< Doing Day by Day. Tilman Gets Warm. Senator Tilhni-,n iad! a passionat speech upon the recent ejectmen from the White House of M1rs. M1ino: Morris. On Thursd ay h introduce( a resolution to appoint a (-)mmitice o investigati-in. which esciui on faile to pI)ss. A Lot of Discussion. Abuse in the expenditure of appro priations was the text of the discuss ion in the Huse duriug the considera tion of the urgent deficiecy appropria tion bill. But little progress wa! made in consideration of the bill which will be the continuing topi< for Monday. The portrait of ex-Attorney Genera Knox for which the Department 01 Justice has asked $.2.615 was agair the topic of comment. The most ani mated discussion of the day tool place on an amendment by M1r. Keifei Ohio. to increase the aiount >r the transportation of silver coin. Mr. Smith (Iowa) declared that the practice of transporting silver col frol and to sub-treasuries was graf1 pure and simple and iii the interes1 of express om(Ipallies. M1r. Hill (Conn.) said it was "un adulterated graft.' Every Secretary of the Treasury from Carlyle down, he said had disapproved of the practice. He said he could ,,ive a specific in stance where an express company was paid by the government $16.000 foi transporting its own money from Sat Fransisco to New York. Mr. Williams(Miss.) state(d that ol the movement of silver was stopped or restricted it would work hardshii: in agricultural districts. The amend ment was lost. Want License Record. IMr. Humphreys (Miss.) discussed o measure he has pending to make the government records of Federal liquoi taxpayers and license-holders availa ble as evidence. In prohibition an local option sections of the countrv e said, the present practice of witi holding this information really place( [le Federal government in the posi tion of aiding the violators of hoeal laws. Persons operating "blind ti ters.'' said Mr. Humphreys. obtain Federal license and th us avoid pursuit by government agents, but the govern ment records were withheld by th( rules of tie Internal Revenue Bureai from being available by State otticialh in making prosecutions. The rule of the Internal Revenue Bureau, lie said contravened the well-established rules of evidence of our Jurisprudence. S :ing that there had been con siderable criticism of Southern cottor planters in their efforts to decreast their cotton aereage M1r. Sims (Tenn.) denied that this would increase Euro pean acreage and lahcedl in g Record an article from the govt rn meat erop) reporter on the subject. Bill in Bxposition's Behalf. Washington, Special.-Representa tive M1aynard, ot Virginia,. introduce< a bill authorizing the government t< participate in the .Jaimestown Ter entennial Exposition at Hamptom Roads in 1907. and providing an ap popiatio n of $1,:40,000 fo r govern mental buildings and exhibits. Tli bill also provided for the coinage b: lie government of 1.000.0001 $2 sil ye piecs, t he exposit i(ni to paiy for th<v bullion used. By this means the ex posit ion expects to realize a p)rofit o about $900.000 on lie difference be tween the cost of lhe silver and thi cirulat ing value of thle cl. Rep resentat ive 1ayniardl believe:. t hera will b e a great dlemandl fo r $2 ailre piees especially coined for thme ex position and bearing scenmes typical o Janestowvn, as the coin wvill be of sueli unusual size that it will be pirized a a souvenim. Charged With Murder of Sleepin Brother. 3Madison. Tex.. Special.-Ranger arrested and jailed R. D). Defee ani .J. H. D)efee on affidavits chiargin; them wvith the murder of Tom Defet ason andl brother of the actused. whi was beaten to decathi with an axe as h lay asleep in his home at M1idway. Augusta-Columbia Trolley. Augusta. (;a.. Special.-James i Jackson,. vice presienit of the Augus~ ta- A\iken Railway Comipany. an< others, tiled wvith the Secretary o State at ('oh unbia, S. C'.. appl ieat io: for charter of .ompanyiii to be knmow1 as thle Augunsta anid (Columbia Rail road Company. It is their purpol)Ese extend thle Aiken trolley line, now 2: miles lonmg, on to (Columibia, shmorteni ig thle distance bet ween Augusta an: the South (Carliina capital nearly 21 miles. Socialist Rallies in Berlin. Berlini. By (Cable.-Socialist meet ings held here passed off with comn lite quiet. The halls. which wer< tilled to over'tlowinig. were closedl b' the police halfI aln hlour before 1 h speaking (commenced. Strong resolu tions were passed andu protests agains ie present tripartite suffrage systen in Prunssia were adopted. Folk Addresses Bostonians. Bostoin. Special.-Five hundred o the leading business men of Bostoni members of the Boston M1erchants Association, at tended the annual din ne ot lie o rganmizat ion at Hote So meset and heard addresses b' overnor .Josephi W. Folk. ot Alis sori: Mayvor .John~ Weaver. of Phmila 1rphia: Governor ('urtis Gubild. ana tes Governr Folk was accordelc a hear ty recept ion, lie iscessed it A MILLIONAIRE D, Marshall field is Unexpecte Summoned WAS MAN OF ENORMOUS MO End Comes, After Eight Days' Ilu of Pneumonia, in a New Y Hotel-Remains Will Be Taker Chicago fo:e Interment. New York. Special. - Mars' Field. the millionaire Chicago 1 chant, died at the Holland House 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon al eight days' iliness of pneum) Death came peacefully while m bers of the family who had been almost constan; attendance for eral days were gathered around deathbed. The,. as well as the dy merchant himseif were prepared the end. For days they had b swayed between hope and fear when the alanning turn came al the remarkable rally , it was ret nized that the end had been o briefly deferred. Those whc w present when the merchant died -,, Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs. Marsl Field, Jr.. Augustus N. Eddy, Cii erine Eddy, Mrs. Henry Dibblee, R ert T. Lincoln and Mrs. Preston C son. Mr. Field's illness develo] about a week ago while he and I Field were on. their way from Chic to this city. He was traveling on Pennsylvania. limited, and he was t en ill early Tuesday morning j before the train reached Pittsshi There a physician boardede the tr and came on to this city with Field. New Issue of Tenn. Coal and I Common Stock. New York. Special.-Directors the Tennessee Coal and Iron C( pany. at a meeting in this city thorized an issue of $~.000.000 of r common stock of that company. T will incriease the total of comn stock to $30,000.000. The direct renewed an offer to accept the c standing 2,4S3 shares of prefer stock and to give stock in exchai therefor at the rate of $1SO a s' for the preferred. A meeting of stockholders of the company to p on this action of the directors ) be held at Tracy City, Tenn., Ja ary 3L Resigns Under Fire. Annopolis. Md., Special.-The dence of those whom M1(dshipman : nor M1eriwet her, Jr., is accused of h ing. was given rapidly after thc eo '.ad disposed of the objections offe Iby counsel for the defense.. midshipmen of the fourth class c nected MIeriwet her in some way w the hazing and the testimony was r Iitive in four of these cases. 3 shipman MIeriwether, has handed his resignation from the Naval A demy. It is not likely that it will accpted, as there are charges pe ing a~rainst him aind as he is un sentenee of confinement to the A demy grounds for one year. T. J. Emery Dies in Egypt. Cincinnati. 0.. Special.-Thomas Emery. multi-millionaire of this e is dead in Egypt from pneumonir-, news hiavinr been received by en Mr. Emery was one of thei princi heirs to the Thomas WA. Emr esta the largest owners of real estate -Cincinno.ti and Southern Ohio. He tablished the Cincinnaati Orphan A lun: as a memorial to the two ceased sons. and was a large con hutor to the colored orphan asyh: News Notes. Attorney-General Hladley. of 3 souri, is trying to get informat about the Standard Oil Company's 1called confidential department. The Empire Lifo Insurance Ci pany, one of those in which the ) okIn vest igation) dielosed iirre larities. apjplied for a receiver in untary~ dissolution. Pi vate services were held over body' of President Hierper, of (hic rniversit y, preliminary to his 11 Largest Cotton Mill in South in: ceiver's Hands. Jackson. MIiss.. Special.-The 3 sissippi MIills. at Wesson. the larg cotton mills in the South. have g~ into the hands of a receiver. Thad ILampton, ex-treasurer of Mississii being na med by Federal Judge N There is a bonded debt of $300,( b ut other liabilit ies and aassets not known. Brother of Former President Cle land Dead. Columbus. 0.. Special.-Rev. W. -Cleveland. brother of former Pri dent Grover Cleveland. died from effects of paralysis. He was '73 ye old and died at the home of his s W. N. Cleveland, in this city. R Clevehond was a retired Presbyter einister. Retired Naval Officer Deaad. Washington, Special.-The N. Department is informed that Li tenant Commander Benjamin Buckingham. U. S. N.. retired. d at Currituck Inlet. North Caroli Monday. Commanded Buckingl: was born in Canton, 0. Shortage in Kansas State Treast Topekia. Kan.. Special.-A rer of the examinat ion of the Kan State treasury by expert accounta given out by Governor Hloch she a shortage of elOSe to .%0.000. report covers the term of F. E. Grit MD iS BODY EXHUMED dly Doubts of Rebert Keith Dar gan's Death Settled E IlS REMAINS FULLY IDENTIFIED Less. More Than Fifty Persons Who Knew ork Robert Keith Dargan in Life View to ed Disinterred Remains of Suicide President of Defunct Cotton Oil Co. and Positively Identified Body. iall ter- Darlington, S. C., Special-In order at to set at rest the numerous persistent I.er stories to the effect that Robert Keith Dargan, who committed suicide here on July 11th last, shortly after the disasterous failure of several large I ev corporations of which he was manager the the grave was op-ned and the remains g identified by 50 or more well-known for eietizens who knew him in life. Dar een. . but .gan had $40,000 insurance on his life. ter $25,000 in the Fdielity Mutual insur og- ance (o)paiy of Philadelphia. and $15,000 inl the 1-juitable. The latter ere - ere companyii acett' the prioof., of deathj all submitted and. some imoiths ago. paid th- the amount due. >ut the Philadelphia o- company. by reason of the current ri ib- t )ed mors that Dargan was not (lead. per rs. sisted in the demand that the body be igo disinterred and made ain effort some the weeks ago to secure an order from ak' Judge R. C. Watts to have this done, ust The Judge declined to issue the order. ail but stated that, if the company were f Jr. sued. it could renew its repuest with out prejudice from his decision. On August 5th Mrs. R. K. Dargan submitted proofs of death and. in re of ply the coipaiy wrote her, in part. as follows: "The proofs of death as submitted are not satisfactory and, ew under all eiremanistances of the case. his we must ask you to submit further on proof of death by allowing the grave 05 to be opened :ri thi boilv to be in ut spected by six esidents of Darlington. red who were prsonally acquainted with Ige r. Dar.-an in his life. re . the Had to Fight if Not Docile. ass ill Annapolis. Mr., Special.-The rtial Ai- of MidAiipman Chester A. Bloebuam, of St. Clarles. Mo., on charges of haz ing, was concluded Friday. The court malshal pecupied -onil seven vi minutes in reaching a ve'rdict in the i ease of Midshipman Bloebaum, by az- far the shortest period in any ease art * rge of hazing has been filed red agains Midshipman Chpde B. Mayo, Six of ( anmbus, M-..-. a iNember of the on- irst class. His offenses are alleged ithi to have been committed during Sept os- ember last when Mayo. with other id similarly situated idshhipmen. were in kept at Annapolis while the other up ca- per c'lassmen were on leave. ad1- New Trial For Capt. Jones. a- Norfolk. Va.. Sp)ecial---.indhe Mane kel this week reached a conclusion which did not become publi ntil Friday. denying the moption for a new trial in the case5( o f (Cap t. P. WV. .Jones. J. of thle Virginia National Guarid. con t. victed of the murder of Mand Cain te eroni Robinson. formerly of Schna. N. l(. C.. and given IS years' ini the peniten pal tiary : but as the reul ot a (decision ie. renderad by the Court of Appeals of in Virzin'ia allowing a new trial to Fred ,es- S. Hoback. convicted in Floyd county. sy- Va., of murder, the same point invo! de- ed in the .Jones ease wvcs decided in ti- favor of the prisoner and JIones con im. -equently will get a ne~w trial. - Shot Both Before Dying. ion Knoxville. Tenn.. Specia.. - --Ben so- Ricker was killed and the t'.o broth ers. Clark and Tom Hals, shot in an ?altercation at Freshour's distillery. u- 12 miles from Greenville. Tenn. Rick :ol- er was shot by Tonm Hale, but after he had been mortally wounded lhe sue ceedled in shooting the other t wo mcen, the (lying after firing A shot which cnter 0ed (lark Hale 's breast. Thie H-ales rgare being driven by wagon to North (Carolina. according to last reports. e.Ricker (lied in a few minutes. The origin of the trouble is not known. - Would Kill Negro Schools. ne Kaeckson, Miss., Special.-Sena tar B. Clover introduceed into the Mississip >pi- pi Senate a concurrent resolution to es ameind the constitution by providiu 'that no children shall be adlmitt ed to the public schools of the State when the parent is liable for the poll tax ye- for the current year and the same re main unpaid. ^' Fatal Wreck Near Atlanta. s-Atlanta. (Ga.. Special.-Two men the were i nstaiitly killed. another is ars missing, believed to he under the (le an, bris, and a fiourth fatally scalded as e. the usult of a head-on collision he ntween a north-bound through freiuht anaiid a swvitch engine on the Seaboard ~Air Line Railroad near Mina, a small station about eight miles from At vvlanta. u- Lee's Birthday Observed. .. Friday. the birthday of Lee and ied Jackson. was generally observed as a a. holiday by~ the cities of the South. All am the schools took holiday. the State in stituitionis wer'e closed and generally ais. propriate exercises were held. art Officer Johnson Dies. ss Rock Hill. S. C., Special.-Police nts man R. G. JIohinson, who accidentally ws' shot himself Thursday morning. died ie at 7:30 o'cloc'k and his remains were aes taken to Fort Mill for interment. which will take place Saturday. I 18 DIE IN A CHUROB Wild Panic Caused By a Small fire VICTIMS WOMEN AND CHILDREN 3mell of Smoke in Philadelphia Col ored Baptist Church Gives Rise to Shrieks of "Fire!" and 18 Are Killed and Nearly 40 Others Injur ed in Terrible Rush for Exits. Philadelphia. Special.-A wild pan e followed a loud shriek of "Fire!" >rought death to 1S colored persons ad injuries to nearly two score of thers Sunday night at St. Paul's aptist church, on the west side of 'ighth street between Popular street md Girard avenue. The terrible rush o gain the street was of brief dura ion. and that more were not killed in :he stampede was probably due to the 'et that the church was not crowded. Kot more than 300 persons were on he second floor of the building which vith the gallery. was capable of hold ng 600 to 700. The tire was a tritlinr mie and was extinguished before the renien arrived. The smell of smoke Idded to the palie, and despite the eroie work of the Rev. E. W. John on. the pastor of the church, who ried in vain to allay the fears of the rightened worshippers. the terror tricken people made a desparate rush o leave the church. only to be choked ip on the narrow stairway. Those in he rear leaped over the prostrate orms of those who fell, and when lie rush was over, 18 lay (lead on the irst floor and stairs of the building. eath in nearly every ease was due to Uffocation or tramplirng. BLOODY DAY IN ECUADOR rwo New Governments in an Hour Makes Notable Record Even for South America, People of Guaya quil Revolting Against Assumption of Power by Vice President Moreno Guayaquil. Ecuador. By Cable leneral Alforo occupied Quito, the apital. at 3 p. m.. Thursday. A juanta )f notible persons met in the govern nent palace here at 4 p. in. and form d a new ,rovernmnent. Vice President 3aquerize Moreno assumed the execu ive power, establishing a new Minis TV. Rioting followed. The people dur ng the afternoon attaeted the prisons, iberating the political prisoners and fterwards capturing the police bar aks, where the rioters obtained poss ~ssion of a number of rifles and some annons. Rise shots later were heard ni all parts of the city and the rioters ecame so hold( that they attacked a aattalli. of artillery. Many persons vere 1i9ed a~md wvounded during the fighting. The newv ministry, however. only lasted one hour. The people rejected the administration of Baquerizo Mo reno andl proclaimedl as President eneral Elroy Alfaro, the former President of Ecuador. and leader of the revolution, and in his absence Dr. Emile Arrevalo assumed the civil and militaryw authorityv. A great paie( prevailed here durimng the evening and in the midst of the disorder General Leonidas Plaza. mini ister. of Ecado~ll4r to the United States. who arrived here .Jan. 18 and assumedl chief co~mmand otf the army. in its operations against the rebels, escaped from the city and embarked on board the Chilean steamer Leora, which leaves here to-morrow fo'r Panama. Later in the evening order was re storedl. Two hundred p~ersonms were killed or woinded in the fighting here. Two Killed in Mexican Wreck. Mexico City, Special.-Two men, a locomotive engineer and expess mes senger. were killed outrig~ht in a col lision between a passenger train and a freight train on the Inter- Oceanic Railway. Two others were severely injurd. The baggage ear contained half a million silver dollars. but nione were lost. Preacher Alleged Poisoner. Gainecsville'. (Ga.. Special.-Rev. .. W. Austin. at one time pastor of the Methodist church at Belltown. ncar ainesville. was placed in thme county jail here having been arrested and brought from UGwynette county. charg ed with attempting to poison Hon. Bob 2uillian. of P~elltown. giving Mr. Quillian a medicated apple. It is al leed that Rev. Mr. Austin while at camp meeting at Popula r Springs last summer. Mr. Austin preaching a ser. mon a few minmutes after givingz Mr. Quillian the apple wvhich made the latter violent ly ill. Cracksmen Get S2,050 Gold, From Oklahoma Bank. Oklahoma (City. Special. -After four attempts,. robbers blew th.s safe f the Bank of D~ale. near this city. d secured $2.05() in gold and made their escape. It is thought that the thieves belong to the same gang that has been robbing banks near here for the past three months. Half Baltimore Block Burns. Baltimore. Special.-Fire occurred n the plant of the Baltimore Chrome Works. Probably one-halt of the ex ensive plant, covering about a city block has been destroyed. The loss well be very heavy as macli stock ready for s hipmient was decstroyed. The tire was still burning at 1:30 a. m.. but is believed to be under .onitrll I'IPUSEHGLD - . ,AFFAIRS SERVING A SALAD. Serve a light salad with the dinner. Fannie Merrit Farmer's Boston cook ing 'ass made a very original salad recently which would go excellently well with turkey. Sweet oranges were quartered and the skins removed. The orange pieces were laid on blanched lettuce hearts and a dressing poured over them made of equal parts of oil and tarragon vinegar. Salt and_ pap rika seasoned the dressing. TO AVOID THE RING. An excellent way to avoid the ring left by benzine is the following French process. As soon as the spot is cleaned and while it is still entirely wet, cover it with fullers' earth. Do not rub it on, simply cover entirely the spot, letting it dry this way. When dry shake off the fullers' earth and brush lightly the cloth. If properly done there will be no ring. Sometimes the fullers' earth used alone is quite sufficient to remove the spot. THE "LITTLE THINGS." A writer in the Delineator speaks of the "little things of housekeeping" that mean so much one way or the other. The squeaking door, for ex ample. which gets on the nerves, can >e quieted by a feather dipped in oil and applied to its hinges. Wood work, penciled-marked by little fin ers, can be made immaculate by rub aing with a split lemon and after wards -with a little whiting on a cloth. Spots on carpets or rugs should be dusted with fullers' earth, and after wards rubbed with benzine. Shabby willow furniture is made new by scrubbing with strong salt water. - ABOUT KEROSENE. Kerosene is really non-explosive If sed with common prudence, and its cleaning properties are not half under stood. For cleaning bathtubs, zinc or porcelain. it has no rival, and the reasiest kitchen sink is made clean and wholesome after a bath in the same oil. Apply the oil at night, rub bing the rusty places hard. In the morning rub the sink dry, and let the hot, water run through until every vestige of the oil has vanished. An old dust-clogged clock is given a bath of kerosene in a simple way, by plac ing inside a piece of absorbent cotton :drenched with oil. In a few weeks time the cotton will be heavy with lust and the works will be clean and shining. CLEANING A BEDROOM. For the weekly cleaning out of a bedroom one should collect all the re quired articles to work with, such as the long carpet whisk, the dustpan nd brush, the dust sheets and th.e mattress brush. This is followed by the brushing of the mattress and the usting of the bedstead. Make the hed and shake and pin up any curtains. Remove short muslin blinds. Dust all the ornaments and place on a tray outside the room. Shake and fold up all toilet covers nd cover the bed and large pieces of urniture after dusting with dust heets. Roll up rugs and mats and arry out of the room to be shaken. Then sweep the ceiling, cornice and alls with a clean broom covered with clean duster. Shut the windows and prinkle one strip of carpet with clean, rained tea leaves. Sweep the carpet with a long-handled carpet whisk to ward one side, sprinkling and sweep ing in strips till the whole is clean. afterward sweeping the wooden sur oundings with a hair broom. Then open the windows and leave the door losed for dust to settle. While waiting prepare all the things that have been removed ready to. re place. The dust sheets may now be emoved carefully, shaken in the open air, folded and put away. Dust first the highest things, win ows, door frames, etc., and after rub bing the furniture, the wooden sur oundings should be gone over with damp rubber, dry duster and floor polish. Now clean the window and the week's duty has been done to the >edroom.-New Haven Register. 9 ~RECPESZ4 Tutti Frutti Cake-One-half pound butter, one-half pound sugar (white) :-eamed, three-quarters pound flour, hriee-qua rters pound fruit. one-quar rer pound nuts, five eggs. When add ing eggs, three at a time, use a little flour, sprinkling -remaining flour over he fruit. Bake in a moderate oven. Pumpkin Pies-Parc, cut in small pieces and stew the pumpkin until soft :nd tender. Strain through a colander, dd onie egg, one-half cupful of sugar. One teasp)oonful of cinnamon, one of loves, one-half teanspoonful of ginger nd two cups of milk: line a deep pie pan with rich crust. till with the mix ture and bake slowliy. Chicken or Turkey Fritters-Sepa ate some cold cooked chicken or tur key from the bones and cut into pieces about half an inch thick and one and a half inches lon'g. The pieces need not necessarily be perfect in shape. Sprin kle with salt and pepper, dip into frit ter batter. coating well on all sides, nd fry in deep, hot fat until a golden brown. Drain or brown onm soft paper to absorb the grease. When all are done, arrange on a folded napkin, gar nish with parsley and serve. Giant Crab. A crab caught recently in the Eng ish Channel measured three feet from i) to tip of claws and weighed nearly fifteen pounds. Earrinlgs a Mark of Slavery. In bygone days the slave always wore his master's earrings. In the east they were a sign of caste and were buried with the dead. The Bible Evangelizing Company is a .apanese organizution now three years old. The Demand. J. VERNON writes as fol lows in the Press Bulle tin, New Mexico College g of Agriculture: (ood roads are indicative of a high state of civilization. The im provement In the condition of the com mon highways proclaims in mute yet unmistakable language the advance ment in the civilization of a country. Highly specialized industries, which! usually attend a high state of civiliza tion aniong a people, seldom flourieh where means is unprovided for a quick exchange of commodities. As the standard of living ii a community yses, it soon finds expression in a de mand for better roads-roads suitable for the gentleman's saddle horse, for the family cirriage, for the salesman's road wagon, for the delivery man's automobile car, and for the pleasure seekers' and tourists' automobiles. The most natural system to follow: in road building is to begin the im provement in the city or village, work ing outward in the different directions on the lines of least resistance, but at all times striving to reach the greatest population and the heaviest traffic. The work should be placed in charge of a man who understands road build ing and road repair. This statement is equally true whether there be much or little money available for the work. The system which permits the appoint ment of men as road supervisors re gardless of their fitness for the posi tion is accountable in a great measure for poor roads and for the feeble in terest taken in road improvement. Probably there is no more road work in many counties than could be super intended by one man, and that manx could be selected with an eye to hi4 qualifications for the work to be done,. which would result not only in better roads, but also in greater efficiency and economy. Such a system prevails in many of the older States of the UCnion, and it has been suggested that it might prove most desirable in this section under our conditions. The use of improved labor-saving machinery in the building and repair, of the common highways no doubt would result advantageously to all concerned. To illustrate' If a ma chine were devised whereby two men: and four teams with the machine, could perform as much of a givenm kind of work in a day as ten men couldc perform in the same time with teams and the old slip scrapers, it is evident* that the purchase and use of such a' machine, provided, however, that the price was not exorbitant, would be most desirable and would result inW much economy. Furthermore, If at the same time, with such a maclihine; the work could be done Infinitely bet ter, It would seem to be the height of folly not to invest in one. The moderm road grader is just such a machine.t The road grader has become so popular In most of the older States to-day that the old slip scraper is seldom seen, and when it does appear it is used only in corners where the grader, can not reach the work. With a moderi grader in the hands of an expert in! every county, the roads leading out from our cities and towns .would soon' discard their shrunken appearance and take on a more rounded, elevated form, and the holes and inequalities would gradually disappear, leaving ai surface so uniform That they would delight the eye and afford pleasure to the traveler. Space will not permit of an extend ed discussion of the methods and; means for road improvement, but at least enough has been said to intro duce a subject which is deserving of. much thought eamong the people ofl this section. We are on the eve of~ a! great wave of progress, and would' It not pay both the merchant and the ranchman -to give the matter of road building and road repair more atten tion? The Paramount Question. There is no question that can pos sibly be paramount to that of good roads. We have tried every suggested local system and found them all eithen Impractical or inadequate. The State. county and district plans to have good wagon roads have all failed except in three or four of the wealthier. States, and the roads are no betten to-day (some of them are much worse) than they were fifty years ago, or when first opened to travel. Argu ment seems now to be superfious as to why the roads should be systemati cally improved; the question- is, how can we get them so improved? The experience of all the years proves abundantly that it can only be done by the general government leading the way. Senators and Representa tives will take notice that this is a question affecting very materially the whole body of the American people, in. town, country and city; In every trade, calling and profession; the producer, the consumer and the dealer, the churches and every institution per taining to the public well-being. It is a question of no particular locality. section or class, but touches vitally, the affairs of every condition and situation of life. The wealth of the country is. every dollar of It, based upon agriculture. MIule laced With Train. A three mile race between a freight train and a yearling mule was wit nessed here to-day, ending in a dead The mule broke from its pasture just as the freight approached. and speed ing along the right of way kept by the side of the train for a distance of three miles. In the race the mule cleared three cattle guards and did not stop until it had reached the bridge over the Mus eatameck. where it left 'the right of way. The freight was running not less than thirty miles an hour. and tlti trainmen kept watch on the mule from the cabooie as it made its record breaking run.--Indilfapolis Star. It is calculated that in London alone .bout .:, 0 persons regularly maize a Hrir-g hy beggngE.