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A PRAYER. The.e are the giftc T af Of Tizee, -Spim s-rne Srength for the (alle ta-'k, s'ou'e to face tihe mid Coid :heer to enl me uea lietv ;(d, And. r the hoursl -n ). we A ja Jtt :W b a Wo.:id have the!m. i I'..-~: 'alicr- and vold 1iidai. H o! anger, sullen e Sc nof the owv enn of i. rr A miscom er tat e a --t ador: :. v Ot A the b:-:thtness o the ommon d --Heary Van Dyke.% UNCLE HEWITT'S HIIIWAYMAN By LULU LINTON. w the patlh toward the barn trudged I'nele Hewitt, ,his lantern eating splashes of light out into the dark OW ness of that hour which ctome's just before daybreak. 'Thw wagon had been lJoaded with prolduce the night before. so that when he had harnessed old Bets he would hv ready to start on his drive of twenty IaNles to the city. He was conigratu iaing hiuself upon his early start whet the kitchen door opened with a ra''k. and Aunt Mandy called in cau tion' tones. "Hewitt. () Uewitt, you'll be carefui on the way home, won't "Yes, I'll I)e careful" be called back, "And don't forget to put your money in th sack and pin it in;ide your vest wh bi tat safety-pin I gavxe you." "I won't forget," he answered. still a IkIng on. Tie. kitchen door cloSed. then opeled ni.-kiy with a decided squeak. and A..\it Mandy called. in an exag-erated saia whisper. "Hewitt. 0 Hewitt:" and the whisner reachead him down 1 het lwngth of the yard. "WN'hat do you wat'-" he asked. a tridO crossly. for lm did not iike to be detained. "Are you sure you've g.t the pis "Yes, I'm j;ust as sure' 4#f it as I've len every time I've sta'ted to the city for the lasr fifteen years. and just as uir I won't have any use for it. .and rE.l say rigIht now that this is The last timive I ever intend to carry the old tilingz siong." [ff shut the- yard gate with a bang thati put a stop to-all further warnings from the kitchen door. )t upon the road he started old Bets ia brisk trot, meaning to cover a ;mod'4 part of the drive befo-e the sunf H'is lantern cast shiadows upon eaceh s'ide of the familiar road, mnaking it i.ok strange and ghostly. "Tain't much wonder Mandy wor ?lies and feels uneasy about me." ]he musd. "As many trips as I make be fore 'day ::ud after night, it does seem .a hit risky, and always coming home with money, too, but as for that high wayman of hers that she's alway' con juring up, that's too ridiculous for any itse'. I guess the day's past for huigh-' way men in this civilized country. laInsways round about here." and he 4'hae(ledi :as he thought Iof the many lim> he had listenedl to his wife's .iahunitio:: fromn the crac'k of the. kit'.h The 'tun rosa: ulpon ai gloi'ous aulLtmn~ mnn.and Uncle Hewitt ,..~ged in: a the cityx in time~ for' early 13: i'akeit. T'h load( of p~roduce solhilunusually1,' g wK 1. andi by a little in 'Cr noona al'nI Il 'i't w'a.s ready for' the' ,('mt: ti . l.- St~iOpp4i 'ld Bets by ih' ro):adside(. 8'nd pur t:." proceeds of his s:le intol' a i: :ittle' hu: . stitched by' A'uni Mundy's c'aefl !intte's for this purpos-e. H-e p'ima'd thie h::g inside his ve'st with tile y-pain, anad then staritedt agil 0n the' hiomew'~:irdi trip, Wieun abhout halif-way hom. lhe saw ithe road,. jus't ahead of him lii d 8aper' youti~n ai'. who walked with a .slitt Iimp.: A4 t'nele Hewritt drewx~ up even with liml, the strangd. looked up a'.-lI 'akd, with a pleasamt smile, "(Could you give a fellow a lift n'0: a few "Well, :now. I reckon I can., if you ibi:: k thia riding behind old Bete will b1' any quni.'cr waly .of gtting oaveri 1:w road than wvalking." I'nla' 11 witt may not be any quicker. inut it wli c'ertauinly be easier foar one4 who is ' iit ly crippled, and Im sture 1 :unt w.ry grateful to you." 'This ain't a stylish rig." I'nele H I'wxitt snad as he moved ('oer to1 ma ke ron":n on the seat for his passe'nger. "In's j::.: myi market wagon, baut it'-. a :.:43o4d on.tand has haled. maly a paay .net ad for' me." I~w yung :an prov'ed ~a t~ani:Itn e. and ai- l'nele Hewis l Iikedl nothi ig ha': ..r than a gtood~ listener'!, lie w\: ae a ~ 'alltbsns ndtemngmn Ther'un man askeda snail very' in wa:-med'c toward him, :and he' was~ 5'oon Ii hiu wth the' utunosrt'frond..m 4' :'s sKa4c'ss of the day. of' the' early' sliing o.' anad of the rotunda 5un: h padr imd brotli''ughtz himi. z :rmaa-wo'rk, util ain :lhe mids4: .4f a .4, us'd as a fe'r'tilizer to start - *'i-acotata b ed'-11 properly. 1 ''.ele 't inter"u::d lay th yon X lnln . "'' . wsnali' is il .' - IHeilt~4t ked,1maav: 'iot'li nna! -kW'.'n~- ha. innd gin tLy"I w)'~'Las om l'::in - ~ nn eylay y ii please, and you may keep your watch and other valuables.'' Uncle Hewitt started to open his umwmh. but the look in the young m'an's eyes and a litt> .lick near his own eyeaus1d him to open his vest in tad. and iandl ov(.r thf' little bag containling. the prpeious Ifund. The young man boved politety: then. asl he elimb-ed from the wagon. he said. "I wish to thank you foir your kind NO.". amd in return let me give you a bit of advice. 1)on't make it a cus tom to take in ,trange passenIers and ve them your confidence. Good-by, Mr. Hayseed:" And he started back toward the city witir no sign of a limp. That appellation of "Mr. Hayseed" was the last straw added to Uncle Hewitt's blazing temper. It was bad enough to lose so much of one's hard earnings, but to be ridiculed afterward was intolerable. He rilowed old Bets to plod on. but he reached down, and groping under the seat, brought out the old horse-pistol, and slipping out over the tail-board of the wagon. he started in pursuit of his former pas senger. The rattlc of the wagon and ;the-thud of old Bets' feet drowned the sound of his approach -s he gained on the fellow. He came up behind him, and shouted suddenly: *Halt: Throw up your hands, or you'll :..e a.limping in earnest in about a second"' Turning suddenly, the young man felt the cold touch of the pistol against his forehead. and taken so completely by surprise, he obeyed orders fully as promptly as had his vietim of a few moments earlier. The old pistol was certainly a formidable-looking weapon and the persistency with which Uncl Hewitt pressed it to his forehead wa terrifying, to say the least. "I'll take your revolver first," Uncl Hewitt said. firmly, "and you *eedn' make rany resistance, for I know ho to use this old-fashioncd kind all right.' Tme shining revolver was transferr without delay from the young man' pocket to Uncle Hewitt's pocket. -Now I'll trouble you for that littl sack of mine." and the sack chang pockets. Then. with a twinkle of hi eyes, Uncle Hewitt said: "Thank you for your kindness. Yo may keep your watch: it's a bit slow.' He raised the shining revolver on level with the young man's eyes an with his finger on the trigger. asked: "Shall I try this thing, to see If it i in working order?' The young man's face g-rew ash, white. "For h'eaven's sake. don't:'" p1eaded. A0k, that's all right, I won't. I jus wiaked to know if it would work Mine won't. - It hasn't been loaded fo more than ten years, and it couldn' be loaded, for the insides is out of re pair. I just carry it to satisfy my wife but hereafter I'll feel the need of good one. I'll be more generous wi you than you were with me: I'll ex change weapons. I want to keep this, shiny pistol as a little souvenir of our i pleasant acquaintance ood-by, Mr. I Bunco!" Uncle Hewitt started on a clumsy run down the road, overtook the slow-mov ing wagon, (limbed in over the tail board and chirruped -to old Bets, who had not missed him. The young man, when he had looked dazedly after the wagon, threw the heavy old pistol as far as he could send it into the bushes by the roadside. Aunt Mandy listened with wide eyes to the story of Uncle Hewitt's adven ture, and ait its close she said in some what shaky tones, into which there rept a distinc-t note of satisfaction, however: "Hewitt, you know I always warned you to bue cairefuh. and I always told you there was danger ot' meeting a1 highwayman. Maybe you'll pay more heed to my warnings aft'r this." "Highwayman! He wasr': none of them hliginvaymen like you've always been warning mem abhout!'' snorted Unlet Hiewitt. "Didn't I tell you he was dressed like a gentleman., and was .inst as pleasanit as pie? And as for your warnimings. I guess I prov'ed I'm able to take (care of myself." Then he aded, triumphantly, 'I told you I'd never carry tha t old horse-pistol with me augain, and I won't"-Youth's Comn Periods of the Moon. The average time occupied by the moon in mov'ing in its orbit around the earth is twenty-seven days seven hours forty-three minutes. its sidereal peciuod. The synodie- period is the interval be tween successive new moons, and it is a little longer, owing to the tIme, 365% days, occupied by the earth in moving around the sun. The moon performs 1-2T 1-3 ot' its orbit and the earth 1-36-2% each (day, and therefore the difference between these, 1-27 1-3 minus 1-3:'0%V equals 1-29%, is the daily frac tion of its path which the moon de scribes with respect to the sun; that is. twenty-nine and one-half days (tenty-nine dlays twelve hours forty our- minutes) is the synodie period. If the plane of the moon's orbit coincided with that of the earth's equator the moon wvould rise about fifty minutes later each day, lbut the inclination of these nhlames to one another v-aries be t een eighteen degrees and twenty-nine and one-half degr'ees, so that this re tardation is different at different times. Whe'n full mfoonl occeurs near the au anuail equinto:: it nmay, in the latitude of Newv York. be as small its twenty three minutes, 3vbile further north it may redluc'e to nothinz. so that for several nights the full moon rises about the same time. 50oon after sunset. Square Trunks in Vogue. The current poular' demand for squae-top) trunks owves its origin to Thspiiani preferenice. W\hen this shiape was tirst inltroducedl. the only market cal folk. .A nmetropomlitani manIufactturer is authmority for 'the sta1temuent that rol nd-toped tr-uinks arie to-day beinmg relegated to the barga in sales, --verybody s(ems to wanlt this squarea style' of lid now.'" said the manm uofa turer.''i' 'No. I dlon't sulpose it'sthc Cause'4 thO Square ef'fect'(t lbears thme ncti)r inorsetmnt. Thle widespread call is mosi't likelv ovia to the fac(t tii the capaci ty of thie sel:are trunk is grecat-1 er nto'titsilain that thei ctus' mesuemntofthe riundmu mai~ke miay be large"--New Yori: Press. T1hi' U:its Govrmenitt will reim bar'e 'th' nmaval uitticer', for tihe mmoney th -petn Iin ehntermuiing time Frch~l PALMETO AFFAIRS I Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS Of STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What, is Going On in Our State. General Cotton Market. Houston steady.... .... .. 10 15-16 Augusta quiet.... .... .... 11n Memphis quiet .... .. ..... 11 3-16 St. Louis dull.... .... .... 11% Louisville firm.... .... .. .11 1 Galveston puiet and steady. 11i New Orleans steady.. .... (17' Mobile steady.... .... .... 10% 4 Savannah quiet.... .... .. 10%5 Norfolk piet.... .... ..... 11 Baltimore nominal.... .... 11% New York quiet.... .... .. 11.35 Boston quiet.... .... .... 11.35 Philadelphia quiet.. ..... .. 11.60i Charlotte Cotton Market. t V t t X n b b ;harks who are endeavoring to cause r Eissention. We are fully competent u and capable of handling this affair t< Lv the interest of all concerned. (Signed) "J. E. Webster." a Laurens County Investigation. The State board of canvassers took ~ ap the Laurenis county dispensary deetion, which the count shows to be Lu favor of prohibition for that county by 2 majority of 100 but which the souinty board declared void on account >f certeain irregularities in the form >f the 'ballots. Action, however, was postponed until February 27th, which aas the effect of sustaining the po sition of the county board until the Legislature adjourns, and tius Laur ens; may be saved to the dlispensary solumns after all, if the Legislature sails to take radical action. The rea ton for p"ost poning was that members >f the board, who are all State officers n the same building. re too busy 11 luring the session of the Legislature :o properly consider the mattecr. Mr. I. C. F'eatherston. once candidate for lovernor on the prohibition tiecet, appeared before the board to protest Igainst the dispensaries being kept r >pen. while 31r. R. H1. Welsh appear-t ad for the dispensarv aidvocates.t Married by Gov. Heyward. Mr. Harvin C. DesChamps and Miss b Rosa A. Barnett of Sumter were mar ried by Gov. Heyward at the executive s nansion. Mr. and Mrs. DesChamps a eft on a bridal trip to Florida. The room is a relative of Hon. Ralph S- t< DeChamps of Clarendon cog.ity, one ti f the popular members of house of Representatives, who was one of the friends present. A~ Negro Boy Drowned in an Open Drain. Columbia. Special.-A small boy. 3 or 10 years of age, whose name is John Henry Marshall was drowned in six feet of water which stands in a leep drain leading from Elmwood ivenue through the property on the aorth side of tihe street near Spring Park. He was flying a kite and was running backwards and ran into the iole which is about 20 feet deep and s partly filled with water. No one mw him fall in the water but a small ioy who was with him. The alarm rasl 'iven andl people from nearby rushed to the spot. South Carolina Items. From a letter received by Mr. Mc-1 Duffe Hampton from Mr. F. Welling-I :on Ruckstuhl. sculptor of the monu nent to Gen. Wade Hampton, it will e seen that work on the statue is pro- 1 tressing well. and it is pr'obable that t will be unveiled before next Christ nas. Work is rapidly progressing on the I ~xtension of the Chesterrield and [aancaster railroad. .Judgec D. E.Hydr'ick has just set ledtheverietin tile case of' Read vs. :he Southern. hy c'ut tingi lhe verdict if $40.000 to $20.000. Read was a wiing enin~ieer who wais killed. ill th (i' sreek at Badhama's oni April 2 of 1 asi y'earl. His estate Sued'( fo the moni lit indicated and a 11101ion for1 Snew trial was made. bid the amoutit w'as reCduiced?. The at torneys for th lie 4ilaitiff were Legare & Hiolman of 'harleston andl Dennis & Manni of St. idr STATE L[GISLATURE 3ody of State Lawmakers Down at ' n Work-Bills That Have Been Intro duced. 1 Compulsory Education, t( There was a spiritei ad iteros in lebaate in the Hiouse:, ovtr Mr. Ker- L1 ha 's l'ompulsory echivario, hill re piirinig parents. 0or others ha ingi 'ha riy children hetv.'een Ihe ag's of 7 I mid 14 years. to seid theim to sehoul P or not less thain 100 days in a session. he enforcement of the law being left u n the hands of the school distrit TI rustees. After the house had heard h1 ;peeches for an hour and a half, a b rote was reached on the motion to 1 trike out the enacting words. Inter- li -st, and some surprise and excitement, a yore elicited by the annlouncement T rom the clerk that the ayes and nays 9 ote stood 54 to 55 in favor of- the bill. a Phis was followed by more speech- t( naking. when another eye and nay ote was taken on the motion to i1 lefinitely postpone, which resulted in 0 yeas and 56 nays. Then the final -ote was taken on the motion to table he motion to reconsider. This result d to 63 to 54 against thie bill. The 'otes showed a growing sentiment inl he House in favor of compulsory edi ation, over last session. The cotton nill managements say they favor a 't'mpulsory education bill. and say hat a compulsory education law will ssist them to see that the chid laborl aw is more generally observed. The \nderson delegation voted solidly gainst the bill, but the delegations Tom the Horse Creek vallev mill see ions were divided, as were the Green -ille and Spartanburg delegations. dI-. Toole. of Aiken. who has been truggling through several sessions to -et a ten-hour labor bill passed, favor d the Kershaw bill. while Mr. Cloy, f Aiken, tried to laugh it out into he corridors. Among the new house bills was one i rom Mr. Watson, of Anderson, to (fer Ihe question of license. dispen ary or prohibition. to the August rimaries, the succeeding Legislature ext January to eneet ikito law for a , eriod of live years the majority senti- 3 ient so expressed. and one by y1 Ir. Cothran, of Greenville. allowing - heritfs of dry counties to appoint as e( .1any special deputies as necessary to nforce prohibition. Mr. Hutto had a ill to repeal the anti-free pass law (. nd the Hampton delegation sent in a T ill to provide for an investigation . 'ito the financial affairs of Hampton. b In The Senate. tI The only matter discussed in the e enate was a bill to appoint a a ommission to look into the advisa itity of purchasing the old police bar acks in Charleston with a view to sing the place to enlarge the dorma rwry faculities of the citadel. The bill 'as finally passed with only two votes ti gainst it. The Reformatory. 0 The reformatory bill unexpectedly Y iade its appearance, being called up a y Sneator' Mauldin. Senator C. L. V Uease moved to kill the bill. ix In a speech after his motion to in- a efinitely postpone the bill Senator C. S .Blease said he wrote the editor of he Greenville Daily News, of The hr'istian Appeal, oue of the Spartan urg papers, and Rev. W. P. Jacobs, b ending them the bill asking them 1: owv they' would vote on it. He had eeeived answers from some-Senator fl ilease said they had not the man- r1 ood to r'etr'act their criticisms of the a anate andl of him. Rev. W. P. JIacobs o f the Clinton Orphanage wrviote a let ?1 ri aing' he did nxot "believe" in h~ ovs who were not iminals being e' (tmitted. "'Boys of goodl chariacter bould not be elible to the school.'' t[ e wr'ote, ini speakinig of association ith cr(im inals. Senartor Blease made his same oints as last year that tihe judges had .o much pow'.er under the bill and T mat it would dump .3,000 children, v hack and white. on the State. He .1 id not want an orphan asylum sup- a orted by taxation. IHe thought the tl ill ment "the worst involuntary sla- 3' ery I ever heard of.'' The State of S outh Carolina was "'going into the (V ursery business.'' il He would advocate two) reforma- T aries for criminals, one for each of t: be races. He was glad to see negroes liminiatt-d from the bill, as compared 'ith last year's bill., Senator Blease was glad to vote for bill which applied alone to young A rimninals and which did not allow the 3 ircuit and~ probate judges to use theirg iseretion in putting b)oys in the ne ormatory. a It was 10 o'clock when Senator Clease ceased sp)eaking and Senator I leLeod began argument for the bill.t )ne effective point wvhich tile senator rm Lee made was the statement iade to tile committee hr Recorder tanly in regard to t he need for a re ormnatory as shown by' his daily ex 'sziee. The State provided for and T rotected its othier children,. even to C he deaf, dumb and blind. Then whyi o: ot crme for thle ma(l'rlIy stunlted-- n hose most pit iful oZ unfortunates? [hle pupxils5 at Cedar Spring can sel- C' lo be cured, bult the majority of the, ,0ys it thiis re'1~frmtorIy mig'ht be " orally nmade well. Senator MiLeod could not b~elikve 1 lhat criminal ity could b~e promotedl hy n lhe ref'ormai~itory: it wvouild act the it lher w'ay. L - 1l do0 no t becime ('rimflinals who e to wriomr., but if less thanu a dozen can ie saved to South Carolina. .$5.000 ) 'uxld be a smial son to pay." he a aid. Humanity was the whole idea of the eformatory, said Senator' Mauldin,.~ urt her on in his spieech and speaking if tile effects of eizarettes on the o 'outh ofj the land. t he senlator' from Jrecnville got ini a jab at the dispe n :ay byh sayring t hat the eigaret tes n vere ''no wor'se than thle vile stuf :t lishied out by the State.'' Seinator Mauludin d id not speak lonl..a umdl whenu lie sat d1o.wn. debate (on theC n neCIsure was adjomni ed1 unil IFriday. x Morgan Bill Passed, The house of representatives Fri. a lorgan bill. The measure has no et been adopte d. but all eftor;s ti ampede those who votedl Cor. it ha v ailed :nd tlt opposhlionl seem., de oralIized. ( O ev'erV vote the advw ite- of lilw hil h.l a majorliry 0 - more1. :ad it i. eiaimod t.h1 le s-nae will give a majority oi: tie Ioeal option bill. ThC meai'sun sun- as it 1m0 w andi i: Sir. SawMi'r' amnchnim to Mr. 3ior ' il. The-e mhI:,iwm.;:s hasv en11 adopted. .but 11h" b:ill wals st Alh patcheI illd up Git thr lh-rks re aird that il would he alniost a pLy eal impossibility to have the meas re printed and laid on tho desks o ie members. Tlierefor , in orde'r t ave a 'orree'r uniderstandiag of th ill before it passed sr.ceond readin was dec'ided to have it printed an< id en the desks of the member: ad debate was adjourned unti uesday. Capt. J, W. Hamel took . raight vote on prohibition at niglr id the proposition was defeated 7 21). The locai option b)ill as passeid pro des for Stare prohibition. Th ate dispensary will be wiped oht l' the couitit's may ;) to work an' )te in dispensaries if they choose t< > so. and Charleston.would have, the )pOrtunity to vote .on the questioI ' high license. The majority 4 thi i4-hbla1nil delegation being o ut or toit' ith the local optiolists. no provis n was made by which high Jieense he voted o in 111 Columbia. alihough r. McMaster made an elion to get tC a concessionI. it was understood biursday night that this was in the 11. There has i,,been a great deal of talk i this bill. The author of the origi il bill. Mr. Morgan. was permitted make the (losing speech yesterday. e was verv ill. almost unable to and. and he was not able to attend e night session of the house, but e light had been won. Senate. In the Senate Friday but little was complished. The day was occupied purely routi;ie business. Tragedy on Frisco Streets. San Franesco, Special.-In I idst of a throng of pedestrinmus :a [arkel and Kearnev streeth. Willian ilbridge shot and killed his wife abel. shot. two bystanders and kill. I himself. Jealousy prioipted tli :ts. He had been separated fron is wife and came into poesession 4) tters sent to her signei IGeorge.' he letters were written on papei The Hanford (Cal.) Sentinel. Onc iliet struck William T. Parlin ir ie mouth, shattered a tooth and lodg I in the jaw. The Athier bystandei as shot in the ankle. esolution to Present Flags to South ern Historical Society. Washington, Spece' .-Representa ve Lamb (Va.) ititroduceed a join solution authorizingi the Sec'reta r' W~ar to deliver to thme Southerr istorical Society, at Rlichmond. Ya. I the Confederate battle flags in thi ar Department which it has beer apossible to identify as the stand ds of the troops of any particulai [ate. Sheriff Killed By Negro. Jackson. Miss.. Special.-Word was rought to the Governor's oftice of the illing of Sheriff J. A. Roibertson, 01 'vingtoll county. by a negro nmet obinisomu. wlhom lhe was tryini to ar' st. The mrrderer eseaped immedi elv an1(1 1 oivermior :lftujanani Iha: :Tered a rewarid of $250 for his cap. r'e. which'l has been sup lemen'it e, r rewa rds (il er'ed by cit !Z&';5is o th( ntm1, whlo are exeeil'e the ira ulv. Several posses4 are oni tr'ai of [iss Taylor Sees Priscner at Nashivilt Nashiville. . Special.-3Miss Nevad; avlor. of St. Ehnoi. eume to Nash .lle to see if she could identify Ed >hnsonm. the niegro for' whom the mo1(4 Chattanooaa has been striving or me suspicion of being hier assailant liss Taylor made her statement tt eriff Shipp. of Hatnilton county 1lv. It is thmought she stated that te prisoner resembled hier' assailant lie greatest secrecy has been main ined in thme case. Black Crime Near Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga.. Special.-3Mrs. Nin: ay Dupree. a young woman about 2( mrs old, who lives with WV. H. Gro m. a prosperous farmer, about si: iles from Atlanta. near Cornell. wva: ssaulted by a neeiro Tuesday after Don. After cutting her throat ant aving her in a dlying condition frorn -ss of blood and nervous excitement e necgro escaped. Toistol's Optimism. The correspondent of the Berliner ageblatt 'writes to that journal thal inunt Tolstoi thinks that the safety Russia through all 'her commotions ill ultimately be secured by the un aken loyalty of the peasantry. ThE irrespcndenlt says: "Count Tolstoi exhibits a surpris g optimism with regard to the pres t condition of Russia. He is per :aded that the position of things has athing dangerous in it, for he i~ ersuaded that the workingmen of e big cities are of little account i ~mpar'Sonl with the peasants. whC rmo an imnnense majority of the Rus an population. "The peasar-try -are not thinkin'g of revolution, and the count declares :t newspaper stories of revolts it t country districts are exaggerate. e says that no one but a small group reboluionary agitatcr's -desires tO arurn the order of things at pres it existing. "Nevertheless. Tolstoi declines to ake any predicions, and says th.at is imoessible to say what may hap mn. In any case, it will -be neCessary >overturn the present Gov'ernment, hich is founded on a policy of force, 1(1 to supplnt it by another regime, isd on the love of others. goodne'ss d the aEpxims of Christianity. eaaion in the Literary Digest. WCONGRESS AT WORK What Our National Law Makers Are Doing Day by Day. L The Rate Bill. Di *-.:ion01 "0- th:. raillmad1 b)1 von LIned hi the Houe. h'deital to it. tw) S ) ei-. th. effrs '- -ir. Camp bell/Km. and't 31artin I-. D.) 1ook . Wiler rnize and swept the horizou Mr t-. Bartlet t (G. minority. niem ber of the conmittee reporting the t bili, made a iwo hours' speech in whiehi lie discussed the legal and con stitutional questions involved and ad vocated the passage of the bill as a proper remedy for an intolerable con :tition. Tihe first speeeh, in opposition in the discussion, was made by Mr. Perkins (N. Y.). He based his op position to government control oi rates on an inherent aversion to gov ,riiment -courtol oL private enter prises. Red tape and fixed condition. hc said were an inseparable part ol g.vernment--action on any matter. A bill was passed granting a Fed 2ral charter to the Carnegie Founda tion, for the advancement of teaching. The fund consists of $10,000,000, the income of which is to furnish a pen siont to retired educators. Shipping Bill in Senate. The Senate passed thirty or forty miseellaneuos bills and devoted sev eral hours to the consideration of the shipping bills. Bills were passed au thorizing the election of a Delegate in Congress from Alaska; authorizing the construction of a revenue cutter vessel for duty at Savannah. Ga.: authorizing the construction of a bridge across St. Andrew's Bay, Fla. by the Birmingham. Columbus & St. Andrews Railroad Company. and pro viding for lighthouses. fish cultural stations, etc. Most of the time devoted to the shipping bill was -onsumed by Mr. Penrose in a set speech in support of the measure. Mr. Tillman's resolution calling on the President to se'n(d the senate all the letters from the United States minister to Santo Domingo to the State Department iii 1.904, was refer red to the committee on foreign re lations. Mr. Tillman made io object tion, but said that he only wanted light as to whether Santo Domingo had been coerced into the present ar rangement. He said the newspapers had said that this was the case, while Mr. Patterson had said that the ar rangement was made at the solici tation of the Dominican government. After Mr. Tillman had made a brief statement concerning the bills hold ing railroads responsible for injuries to employes, Mr. Elkins withdrew his motion for their reference to the com mittee on the judiciary, thus leaving them with the committee on inter State commeree Mr. Tillman said he had not been aware of the frequent change of ref erence for the bills. He said that he had been instrumental in the effort to secure the change of reference be cause the inter-State commerce com mittee was so much engaged on the railroad rate question. At 2 o'clock the shop subsidy bill was taken up. Mr. Bacon said that he would be inclined to support the shippinig bill if its operations were confined to granting aid in the way of liberal mail subsidies to steamship lines between ports of the United States and other ports with which there is now no direct communication, such. foi instance, as the ports of iSouth America. He believed that such lines should be encouaged. Mr. Spooner suggested that the bill would aliiord encouragemnent nytolarge concerns, as vessels would recein sub sidv for but 10 years. Such vessels would then come into competition with subsidized shipls. with tihe inl evitable result, as lie thought, of fore -ing their scale to the larger compan .ies operating subsidized vessels. >Mr. Gallinger intimated a willing iness to amend tile bill to meet the .objection. >Mr. Penrose declared that for 20 ,years after 1873 no tranls-Atlantic vessels had been launched on the Del .eware and that the record for thirty -years was onlly ten while the Clyde had launched hundreds. He contend ed that American labor should be protected in the ship yards as well as in the factories. SMr. Carter'expressed the opinion .that the bill would be endorsed by the .crrtire Rocky Mountain region. Mr. Penrose declared the report that there was a ship building trust to be "a figment of the imagination." Col. Mosby at White House. Washington, Special.-Col. John S. Mosby. who commanded an indepen dent Confederate cavalry force dur ing the Civil 'War. presented to the President a letter writtenl by General Jos. Wheeler. a week before his death.i recommrending' the appointment of an Alabaman nman to a Federal of fiee. Thue Presidlent promised to give the matter consideration. Adventurous Career Ended. A most adventurous career has end ed in the deith a few days ago at Arklow, County Wickton, of Mr. E. Walsh. After serving some time in the Royal Irish Constabulary, Walsh went to the gold diggings of Califor nia, and from there drifted to the sil ver rmines of Colorado. where he work ed side by side with Messrs. Mackey -known afterwards as the Silver King--O'Brien, Flood, and Fair, who were miners there, and subsequently became millionaires. HeI joined the Federal army, and took part in all the lending battles of the Civil War. At the struggles of Fredericksburg he was in the division which cut a way through the Confederate army, by which the remnant of the Irish Bri .gade under Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher rteedafter the headlong charge they made of the strongly for tified batteries of Marge't- Hill. Mr. Walsh was severely wounded, and lay all night amidst the heaps of slin Pickedsup next day, he recovered, and "'ontinued in the ranks till the end of MILLION DOLLAR FIRE Over a Million Bushds Wheat Destroyed BURNING Of A GRAIN ELEVATOR Mighty Pillar of Fire by Night at East St. Louis, Entailing a Loss of Over $1,000,000. Besides Destruc tion of Near-By Stables. East St. Louis. Ill., Special.-The Union Elevator, containing a million bushels of wheat, was destroyed by fire, entailing' a loss of more than $1,000.000. The fire spred to the stables of the St. Louis Transfer Co., and 200 horses and 200 wagons were burned, ,as...well as the stables. The fire started in a brick engine house 30 feet from the elevator. Before the arrival -of the fire department the flames had spred to the elevator. As sistance was sent from St, Louis and the effects of the firemen were prin cipally directed toward preventing the fire spreading to adjoining elevators and warehouses, the Union Elevator having been converted into furnace within a few minutes after it caught fire. Seven dwelling houses were des troyed. being covered with burning oil by the explosion of four tanks The occapants of the houses escaped unhurt. The oil tanks which exploded were standing nearly 400 yards north of the elevator. They belined to the Waters Pierce Oil Company. $140,000 Fire at Valdosta, Ga. Valdosta, Ga.. Special-A fire start ing in the paint shop of the Hender son-Crawford Buggy Company caused a loss of $140,000. The property de stroyed beinig the paint shop of the buggy company. including the Georgia Southern Railway freight depot, eight loaded cars, 16' cottages, the Valdosta Laundry, and Armour Coin pany's warehouse. The heaviest losers are the Henderson- Cranford Buggy Company. which carried a stock valued at $60,000 and occupied a building worth $30,000. The com pany carried insurance for about two thirds of this loss. The railroad losses were from $15,000 to $20,000. Much of the merchandise in the depot was earried out, though considerable dam aged. Factory Burs in New York. e New York, Special.-The six-story factory building at 107-113 -Grand street as the corner of Mercer street, in the heart of the silk and linen dis trict wsa burned with a loss eveeed ing $250,000. Charles Schoolhouse & Sons, manufacturers of ribbons, lost $100,000, fully insured, and Bern bard, Ullman & Company, dealers in yarns. embroideries and braids, $150, 000, partially covered by insurance. The fire was spectacular, bursting from all the windows within a few minutes after the first alarm was sounded. So many thousands of peo pe were attracted to the scene that police reserves from eight down-town precincts had to be summoned. A ireman and a policeman were sligtly burt. Not Half Over at Savannah. Savannah. Ga. Special-The Greene and Gaynor trial will ernter uponi its fifth wv'k and the introduction of documentary evidence wvill be .eon tinued. It is expected that the week may see the close of evidence along this particular subjects of contracts, which has been followed for the last few days. and that witnesses may be exami- d touching the character of the work done in the river and harbor improvements. The progress of the trial continues slow and it is not be lieved to be half over. Fierce Rioting in Paris Church. Paris. By Cable.-As a net result of rioting though the inventory was tak en in but one church, that of St. Pierre-Groscaillou, over 50 persons were severely injured and a further considerable number slightly injured. The latter included a number of police and firemen, who were almost blinded with cayenne pepper. Fifty arrests were made. Storms in North Atlantic. St. Johns', N. F., Special.-The steamer Ulunda. Captain Chambers, of the Furness-Allen Line, which sailed from Liverpool January 23. for St. Johns' and Halifax, arrived here after a stormy passage. Last Sunday during a hurrican a member of .the crew was washed everboard and drowned. The steamer sustained sun dry damages from being swept by seas. The schooner Canadian. Captain Miesner. which sailed from Cadiz De ember 30, for this port, also arrived bringing reports of terrible weather experienced in the North Atlantic. Death of Colonel Higgins. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 1.-Col. Alex M. Higgins. commanding the seventy first Virginia regiment of infantry volunteers, died suddenly last week. Col. Higgins was one of the most prominent citizens of Norfolk. and wa the senior member of the real estate firm of A. M. Higgins & Co., Plume street. Hie served with the old fourth Virginia regiment in the Span ish-American war. Night Watchman Murdered. New York, Spec ial.-Dead about two hours, his skull crushed by an axe. John Arthurs. a Canadian em plioyed as a night watehlman on a-pile driver was found demti in the cabin hous~te of the era ft in the Hludsonm rie 'ir West Thirteenth street. A new pier is lbeing cnstruered at this pomnt. The cabin was in great disorder and1 indicatedl that the watehnmn hal~d en tertained somec one on board before