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: if rrr^> ~ I The Press and Banner ^"Published every Wednesday at J2 a ear In advanoe. Wednesday, Aug 3, 1904. Plcufcat Central. The good people of Central got together last week, murdered seventy-five or a hundred cblcfcens, killed a beef or two. robbed the fruit trees and placed the fruit In "Apple pie order," Saturday they came together at the Central sohool bouse and bad a genulue good time. Several youag Abbe "Villans" were present sparking Long Cane's beautiful girls. Look out ye young buck of Lou* Cane or ye young buck of Abbeville will steal your sweet heart. The Candidate present, were Krazor Lyon, Granville Beates, W. S. Col bran, and J. C. L > max for the bouse; lor supervisor. U. A. nlcklesand David Gilliam: (or sheriff, W. D. Mann; for Supt. EducatlouF C. Dupr<; :or Coroner, "Dock" Bowie and Foster Seawrlgbt. Biff Cue at Cliithscnles. The largest barbecue of the season was held at Lamar Clmlrscales last Thursday. Some ! place the aitendance at 2000 people. There was the greatest abundance of the one thing needful at a picnic?Hash ! In addition to the Hash , The ladles of the community brougnt nice things irom borne in the way of sweet meats, e? t. All the candidate were there. Speeches were made by the candidate for the House of Kepresentatlves. Those who were present anontr ??rv te lniil-7 nf the UQODle of that neicll borhood. ' To the Democratic Voters of Abbeville County: Once again a Nation has arlt-eu In her might wttb a bold front solidly united on her Candidate for tbe Sheriff's office of Abbeville County, which means a complete subjugation ol all man kind all Lions and every creeping thing that roames ibis broad land, seeking r whom they may devower. J Therefore a Nation Solicits Your Suffi ige In whipping this fight. Our Motto Is: Hcnest Mesure and Full Weight makes the Scales Clink. Notice. Regular services will be resumed In Trinity Episcopal Cburcb on tbe first Saturday in August. The Rector will return to the city on Saturday tbe 6th. and the services on Sunday will be as follows: 10 A. M. Sunday School 11-a. m. Morning Prayer, sermon, and Holy Communication, 6-p. m. Evening Prayer. Teacher Wanted. Applications are In order for tbe principal ship of the Cold Springs Shool. Send appll callous and testimonials to: W. R. Ellis, W. B. Uldrlck, J. D. Winn. Trustees. Gone to Johnnon City. Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Glenn have Jtone to Jobuson i;ity Ttnn. wnere mey win mast! their future borne. Mr. Glean Is a deserving young man ud has taken away with tain one of Abbeville's best girls. We wlsb them well In tbelr adopted borne, but wlsb they could bave remained In Abbeville. Mr. Qlenn preceded bit wife, and has been In Johnson City sometime. Oat ol Town. Mr. William Marlon Andrews Is spending a | week at bis home In Wllllngton enjoying a well deserved rest. : Wauled. I A young lady to learn to work at Central Office as extra onerator. ' Wm. Barnwell, Mgr. i Wanted. A teacher for the Monterey School, one who oan teach Latin ; a music teacher preferred. Music pupils will pay extra- Term of tcbool 8 months. Salary $30 ped month. Address, j Jas. F. Cllnkscales, V Geo. W.Speer, 21 W. A. Lanier. Prizes Awarded. The result of the Bowling Alley contest for . the highest soore In July was In favor of Mies ' Wlnton Tapgart, a parasol and Mr. E. A. Thompson, a gentleman's bat. " Xotlce of Change. Alter Sept. 1st. 1904 Mr. Lambert Caldwell will be eogaged In the Dry good. & clothing Department at L. W. Whites. Call and see him | Feet Hart Yon. Use Aliens foot ease. For sale at Speed .| Drag Store. ? Notice of Meetlnir. p. A meeting of tbe Pension Board Is ordered lor tbe first sale day in September. H. W. Bowie. ? Ml?a Alma Sharp of Due West, Is visiting ber auDt Mrs. F. L Morrw, of tbls city. I will be at Dr. Killlngsworth Dental Rooms until August 10th. If .vou desire to have your eyes examined and tested by tbe latest approved methods oome and see me. It will not cost you a cent. Glasses flitted and adJusted at a moderate cost. H. D. Reese. Optician. A bill for three thousand of Speed's Clnoo cigars Just received. This makes nine thou sand for July. Everything Is lining upon the side of Cmcos now and wauling to play In its back yard. \ WEST END. e HnppenlngM auU Incident* of n Week About tbe Cily. Abbeville, S. C., Aue. 3, j?04. Mrs. W. S. Col bran and ber daughter re turned last week from a delightful stay In , Asbevllle. Mr. W. Joel Smith has returned from a abort visit to Brevard, Toxaway and other North Carolina resorts. 5 Mr. J. R. Blake went over to Atlanta last week oq business. , Mr. J. Allen Smith, Jr. left on Monday to v. spend some time at Tale Springs. Z Miss Emma Harris left F.-iday night for C Wrlgbiavllle Beach, N. C.. where she wjff 1 spend a month. I ; Mr. A. M. amlth left on Monday for Tate 1 Springs, where he expecis to spend several t W66kB< Mlsa Elizabeth Mlnsball, of Piedmont, W. ( Va., Is tbe attracli ve aud much admired guest 4 of Mrs. Wm. P. Greene. 1 ; Mrs. Knox of Ml. Carmel spent several days lasi week with Mrs. J. A. Dickson. Mrs. Henry T. Williams ana tier daughter Margaret are eDjoylDg a month's slay at Wrlghlsvllle Beach, N. C. Mrs. O. A. Hiiglej and her baby are in Rutherford, C. Mr. Halg.er left uu Mon . day to join them and they will return about . the first of next week. | Mrs. Ellen P. Norwood Is spending a few days with Mrs. Mary ferrln. }i Mis* Ellse Carlisle spent lust week with her aunt Mrs. Soudley. I Mrs. A. M. Erwin, of Antrevllle, spent Saturday lu the city. Master Jack Harden left on Saturday for Rome, Ga., where be will spend two weeks with Mrs. Spencer. Miss Meta Lythgoe expects to stay two / weeks with Miss Grace Smith belore return- \ lng to her home In Atlanta. Miss Mae Robertson left on Wednesday for Millersburg, Ky., where she will visit Mrs. J. McC. Thorn, stopping for a lew days In Atlanta and Eiberton on her way home. Miss Callle Lou Graves of Latimer is visiting Miss Louise DeBrubl. Mr. W. A. Templeton spent Sunday with bis bomefolks. ; Miss Helen Smith returned on Saturday from ADderaon, where she has been attending a bouse party given by ber friend Miss Anna Cunningham. P Miss Helen White who has been visiting in Newberry and Andersjn returned on Saturday. Miss Aunle Sandford and Miss Thompson who directed the ialry play "Bonnybell," left on Wednesday for Augusta. The Abbeville Chapter D. C. met with Mrs. Tunien aDd Mrs. Bradley yesterday afternoon. The aiternoon was enjoyed by all present. Mr. J. Allen Smith is expected borne today I from Toxaway, where ho has been spending a r lortQlgbt. ] The sexton of the Presbyterian church has granted Dr. Wilton a much needed rest and he will spend a month al Walhalla and Brevard. ' $ Mr. aod Mrs. Edward Hawes who have been j here Borne time at Mrs. Templeton's left on Monday for Batesburg, 8. C., where Mr. Hawes will superintend the putting In ol ] sewerage and electric lights. Miss Kena Barbee leit on Monday for Bone, Ga., where she will teach music In Shorter , College. Mlt-s Barbee has many friends here who regret to see her leave. Miss Lai la and Mies Eunice Calhoun entertained the EucbreClubon Friday afteinoon In honor of their guests the Misses Lucy and Calile Graves ot Beach Island, and Mls6 , Madge Mays of Edgefield. " * < Just received at Mllford's the largesi and best lot of stationery ever seen In Abbeville, i Come in.and we will show you. ] Abbe^ When ; LONG /tej THE y MODERN |l| HOME. TELEPHONE L 1 at about 5 cts. i'Jpi a day. Speak in a moderate Only Two ! main anc = Goo< Store Already the price on extra induce Special E In White Ls Fabrics suit? Come to v You can get pleased. L. \ FOR SALE. Rural Route Mail Boxes. The go srnmeut requires them to be used. T. P. QUARLES. FOR SALE I offer for sale house and lot i J n A 1 1 Ml il 1 jity oi ADDevuie, conveniently k sated for a business man, Tt lonse is comparatively new, hi jath room with hot and cold wati ionnections, and everything aboi ;he place in good repairs. Will sell at a bargain. ROBT. S. LINK. 'CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS ?AND THE? Charlotte Steam Launch; -HAS ANAGENT in your city, who collects auu ueuvexs juui LAUNDRY. Work Guaranteed. Shipping day Tuesday. Theo. Percival, Ag To dlstroy and prevent the odors of pres] atlon, use Spiro Powders. For sale atSpeei Drng Store. Lequozone, for sale at Speed's Drug Store. Rand, McNally and Co'b pocket maps >outb Carolina and Georgia, and pocfe Dictloneries, for sale at Speed's Drug Store. For burning, aching, tired feet, useSpl Powders. Speed's Drug Store. We have been crowded for room In c store of late. Bnt we want to say to you U we will have more chairs and tables put Ibis week for your comfort. So come in usual, we will take care of you. Milford's Drug Store Still In business at the old ftand giving c customers the best that money will buy, a not put out of action as some people pred ted we would be a few years ago. You ca iown a laboring man. Milford's Drug Sto Second band school books, such as are ub n the city and county schools, can be d iosed of at Speed's Drug Store. irille Te W111. M. Barnwell, you have business out of DISTANCE TELEPHONE Jro iWROKG ' "if/ - s i tone of voice. Enuncial Press receiver firmly to More Summer L during this t: rill be plenty o d Barg TO BE HAI> AT THI OF L. w.l a great many goods ha -L- : n i _or> _n i _ _ iments win oe onerea to ^ Summer stock. bargains iwns, Laces and Embroid ible for dresses and waist >ee Us. what you want and w W. WH Cow Feed. ti v- Cotton Seed Hulls by the a 100 pounds or ton. ^ Cotton Seed Meal deliver- ^ - ed any part of city. n -t J Phone No. 76. j.] W. D. BARKSDALE. ? n May 31, 1904. it ILLINOIS CENTRAL? 3r u 14 RAILROAD. g' ai DIRECT ROUTE TO THE II - ST, 10UIS EXPOSITION, \ Two Trains Daily. b I! ? In Connection with "W. & A. R. R. and N. C. ^ .t St. L. Ry. from Atlanta. g Lv. Atlanta 8:25 a. m. Ar. St. Louie 7:08 a. m t Lv. Atlanta 8:30 p. m. Ar. St. Louie 7:36 p. m 8 / THROUGH SLEEPING CARS FROM t t Georgia,Florida & Tennessee J; r ROl'TE OF THE FAMOUS '' I] "DIXIE FLYER" \ h Carrying the only motnine sleeping car from Atlanta to St. Louie. This car leaves T t Jacksonville dally, 8:05 p. m., Atlanta 8:25 a. p m., giving you the entire day In St. Lous to * get, located. ? For rates from your city. World's Fair Cl Guide Book and schedules. Sleeping Car repi servations. also for book showing Hotels and I'd Boarding Houses, quoting their rates, write to Fred D. Miller, jj of ~ ;et TRAV. PASS. AGENT, P No. 1 N. Pryor St. ATLANTA, OA. * Iro 11 V tat n i? DENTAL NOTICE. ? Sr. S. 6. Thomson, V mr nd OFFICE UP-STAIRS ON MoILWAlS t lc_ Corner, Abbeville. S. O. o Q't 6 re. ed Thast a Dice cigar you are smoking, what Is Is- it, Why Its Speed's Cinoo, of coarse, there Is < nothing to equal It. ' 3lephc General Manager, town the quickest t be distinctly. That b ear. That helps yo Months ReLme there f ains = ? White is been reduced, and arork off our eries and in all Wash ;s. e know you will be TTTT. A $6 suit case, made of best in leather, strong, durable nd neat, we are selling for$5, l big assortment of Rollei 'ray Trunks,Steamer Trunks [and Satchels, etc. The tings you will need for youi t. Louis trip. P. Rosenberg : Co. The Ajse of The Earth. Id a recent lecture delivered befon le Royal Institute in London, Mr Irnest Rutherford has called at rntiou to a possible new phase of th< roblen: as to the earth's age, wbicl as resulted from the study of radiun ad its properties. It is believed lat radium matter?possibly primeva latter?undergoing dissolution. Oth elements, such as iron, copper, anc Did, may have experieced a simila issolution in the infinitive past, o lay now be undergoing it, yet s< lowly that the phenomenon canno e perceived. In this energy radiun ives off ammount of energy unparal sled elsewhere, thousands of time reater than chemical reaction, bu here is almost no diminution in th nhstAnp.fi itself. Sir. William Kansay has showi bat the energy existing in a pound o wo of radium would probably continu o manifest itself for a period of 50,001 ears. It is known also that whil adium is found nowhere in quantity t is widely diflused and may occu aore abundantly in the interior o he earth than at the surface. Consid ring these facts, there is eome reasoi or assuming that the earth's interna eat may be due in part, at least, t be presence of radio active substances 'he import of this conclusion is ap arent. Lord Kelvin, in his clasical reseai hes, estimated that the age of tb arth could not exceed 100,000,000 years nth the greater possibility in favor c 0,000,000 years. The conclusion wa ased upon tbe time required for lobe of the earth's mass to cool to th resent condition. If however it i SBumed that the internal beat is du r\ Kor nonoao f Kon fliz-varv nntin onf nrl J uiuci vuuotc luau IUwou tuuucuicu /ith primeval condition of the earth he limits, as determed by Lord Kelvii nay be extended indefinitely. Thl could accord with the views of man; ;eologists who are inclined to th pinion that even the maximum c 00,000,0' 0 years is too brief a perio o measure the evolution of life on th ;lobe. Herplclde the greatest remedy ever dlsco\ >red for the hair and scalp. For sale at M ord's Drug Store, >ne Co. vay is the jjj)^ Increase Business. jTELEPHONE. I enefits the other party* j u. j The Artlnt and the Monkey. I ' The friendship between them came ( about in this way: A book was' to be ' published in which a small gray mon- j key played a very important part- ' The publishers wished to illustrate the 1 book with many pictures, and because < this artist was known to be so fond of < animals that he drew them better than ' most others, he was asked to make ^ these illistratious. If I were to mention his name, you would know at once. c He read the manuscript and then set 1 about findiug his models. Men, wo- 1 men, and children were at hand to an- ' swer his purpose, but where was the * monkey to be found ? c He went up to Central Park and F looked among the swinging, chatter- 8 ing, wrinklea-faced creatures. Final- 8 t ? . * j ? A* jy lie ioudu uim auaweujjg lu iuc ucscription in the manuscript. In order e to make his drawing before the crowd 1 of visitors flocked to the menageries v he used to get up very early in the 8 bright spring mornings, and go and 1 sit before the great monkey cage and 1 make sketches of the little creature in c the various queer positions that It a seemed fond of taking. After a time the monkey noticed c him, and came to the very wires of 1' the cage at once upon his arrival every ( morning. 1 It reached for a pencil, smelled of it, r turned it over many times, bit the lead r off at the sharpened end, and gravely E gave it back with an air that said: "I am surprised that you do not know t how to prepare your pencils." F But all the time it seemed to the ar- b tist that the monkey was sad or ill. ? Now, the artist was a tall man| and i broad-shouldered. His head reached t far higher than the most men we meet. 9 , Perhaps that was why every small, ? weak thing seemed to know and like him, for you know large natures pro- F tect the weak. So he set himself to find out what it e was that troubled his little friend. " The keeper was called and question- F ed. E "O, the little gray monk is all right," t said the keeper. "You're payin' him e a good deal of attention an'he thinks c I he's got to make out a case. Monkeys i are awful fakirs; an' them little gray a ones are sharper'n most." So the artist went on with his work, o and the monkey sat by the wires, chat- ^ tering his sad little tale, all about the ( I' ~ Uo/1 lrtff in o foil nnflno n n f t rop C iiULL1C UC Jiau icibiii a iuii vvwuuuw ? wj and the friends that were like himself. s And the artist answered: "yes, yes, ^ old fellow, it's a bigshame!" And his l heart was very teuder toward his little 1 gray friend. I 1 Then the monkey began to rub its a little hands across its stomach, as if it ; were in pain. The keeper was called f , again. <3 "I tell.you I'm afraid there's some- c . thing the matter with the little fellow e . after all." 1 The keeper watched the small crea1 turea minute or two, but it sat perfect- & j ly still. r "'He's all right," said the keeper again. I "He's young, an' he's growin' fast, f c Growing pains, maybe." ' When tne keeper had gone, the lit- ( tie monkey came very close to the side t of the cage and chattered very softly, t and reached out one little gray arm. 1 The artist went up to the cage. The < 2 monkey took one ef his fingers, and 1 . with a great deal of looking over its 1 . shoulder and chattering and twisting * e about, rubbed the finger up and down I i over the front of his little gray fur < i waistcoat. ( I And what do you think? 1 The artist found a strong string tied s . tightly about the monkey's stomach. ^ i The end had been broken off and the i r fur had covered it from sight. It had < r been tied on when the monkey was t ) little, and, while the poor thing had 1 t grown larger, the string had remained i 31 the same and cutting into the flesh. mv,? n.tiof Of Anno tnnlr nilf his knife I 1 liC Ql biou au i/uw vvwu vmv u.w h and opened a shining blade. Tbis I t frightened the monkey, but after a lit- 1 e tie faith in his big friend helped him < to be brave. < 3 The cord was cut and found to have : r made a sore all about the waist-of the J e little one. The artist went at once to ' 0 the attendaut, who brought someoint- 1 e ment, and together they took the little J f sufferer from bis cage. But the mon- < r key would let no hand but that of his ? ,f artist friend touch the wound, so the * . big man turned surgeon and dressed it < a carefully. J 1 Afterwards when the pictures for the o book had all bee" made and the sore i . mark under the little waistcoat had i i- long been healed, whenever the artist 1 - 1 ~H-io monlrpv |] cnauceu iu aiup uciu 10 . - cage?even if many people were there M e ?he was sure to here a joyous chatter-.* i, ing and see a little figure come flying | ,f to the tws and beckon with all its'; s might. Then the small hands werejl a rubbed across the small stomach,'i e while merry thanks were chippered i a for the old time service of gentleness < e and pity.?Exchange. i i 3 Mastio paints the kind that wears. For sale 8 at Milford's Drug Store. ^ Go to Penney ClothI ng Company for Man ! e hattan sblrts, the first ever shown Jn Abbe 1 if vllle, SI.50 and 82.00 ' , ^ Brelbahn also sells supar, cigars, tobacco, e and a superior line of fruits and manufactured candles. When In the city be sure to call at the Furniture store of the Kerr Furniture Co.! There you will find the largest and most up jj to date stock of Furniture and house FurniHhlngH in upper Carolina. . . ^ , V. ' i , . A., * ... - v., GUATEMALA* ANTS. The Texan Cotton Planter** Object to the Boll Weevil'* Foe. The proposed use of the "kalep" or Guatemalan ant to exterminate the Mexican cotton boll weevil is arousing great interest in the south. The cotton crop will soon be ready to pick, and its size depends on the exteut of the ravages of the boll weevil. Therefore the matter.effects not the south alone, but everyauser of cotton goods. The pest is likely to grow worse and cause grater damage every year unless some way is found to check its ravages. In spite of two boll weevil conventions, the organization of boll weevil commissions in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, the liberal sums appropriated by these states and by the Federal government for fighting the boll weevils, and the $50,00U prize for a remedy offered by the Texas legislature, no method of getting rid of the destructive pest has been found. At best it has been possible to make certain suggettions whereby, at great expense and labor, the amount of damage caused by the weevil is reduced. From the start a vague hope has been expressed that some other insect would be found that would kill off the weevil. Is the "kalep" to be the deliverer? The entomological bureau and the agricultural department say it is and ask for a chance to prove it. The have gone to considerable expense to search the world over for an enemy to the weevil, and declare that they have at last found it in the Guatemalan ant. They stand ready to make war upon the cotton eater, but the cotton people hesitate to commit the ants to their fields. The planters are like the European powers in the Russo-Japanese war who wanted to see the Japanese whip the Russians, but were afraid of the complications the war would lead to. Or perhaps they remember their A.esop, and the fable telling how the lorse secured man for her ally in the ? UU, fhn atarr A^mlrrinff flmf wa 1 rrji/u buu owm^? he "kalep" will do all that is expectsd of it, may not the ant itself prove a nore dangerous peril than the weevil ? This is the question the planters are isklng. This has led to a very general dis-. suasion in the southern press of Vmerican and other improvements on lature and the results that have folowed. The strongest argument in fa'or of the "kalep" is the success of the lepartment of agriculture in the im>ortation of lady bugs from Australia s a cure or antidote for the San Jose cale. The latter pest had seriously infectd the California orange crop, Invaded Texas and was making its way tovard the orange groves of Louisana ind Florida, when its ruinous course n the south was stopped by the Ausralian ladybug. The experiment was a omplete success, and no one has yet . bad word for the Australian visitor. On the other band, Senator Baily, if Texas, Ross Clark, of Lavaca, tbe eader in the fight against importing Central'American insects and turning LI 0 III 10096 OLJ IUH wmmuuii^, ouu any other planters cite other expeiences against the proposed experi- i nent. They call attention to the importaion of English sparrows for the purlose of getting ria of the worms and iugs in New York and to their spread ,11 over the country, abandoning their nsectivorous habits, driving out naive birds and becoming very troubleome themselves and great destroyers if fruit. . ' The injunction recites that it is protosed to bring in this ant and turn it oose at the United States government xperiment station at Victoria, Tex. ?hey say the ant would spread to all tarts of the State, would become so , mmerous in time as to prove an inolerable pest, would sting the laborrs in the field and then would renter it impossible to pick cotton, ultimately destroying the cotton crop and ,11 other vegetation. The injunction has delayed the >pening ot the Kalep-Weevil war. .'he ants will spend some time in New Means, until the department of agriulture decides what to do. The collection of these ants cost everal months of hard work in Alta /era Paz, Guatemala. The insect las no scientific name, but is known o the natives or Indians aa the kalep. t is red, and about twice the size of in ordinary ant. , Dr. Cook has some 5,000 ants; or orty colonies, including a number of lueens. Tbey are now in first class :ondition. active and full of fight, and ager to be allowed to attack their eneLr. Cook denies all the charges made icainat the ants. They are insectivo ous, and will not hurt cotton?and the Mexican boll weevil i8 their dearest oe. The weevil stands no show with the Guatemalan kalep. The latter stings he weevil, producing paralysis, and hen carries its victim to its dwelling louse, where the weevil is torn to pieces >r put in cold storage for the winter. ?our ants to each stalk of cotton will ieep it wholly free from weevils. So sffective has the warfare of the kalep iroved that it has already completely lestroyed the weevil in Vera Paz and )tber departments which in inhabits. The boll weevil, after practically deitroying the cotton crop of Mexico, invaded Texas on the north and Guatenala on the south. It seemed tos weep jverything before it until it reached he country of the kaleps. The latter iave turned the tables on it and remorselessly. As for the argument presented by Ylr. Clark that it would render cotton Mcking impossible by stinging the legroeson their bare feet, Dr. Cook ;alls attention to the fact that tbe Guatemalan natives never wear shoes, yret have never suffered from ant stings. [t is admitted tha. there may be limi:ations in the effective work of the kalep. It lives in a porous sandy soil, like that of Texas, but it is by no means certain that it would find life so agreeible in the rich but damp soil of the alluvial lands of the Mississippi, where ;otton reaches its highest development. All these facts and arguments have not convinced the anti-ant men. Even if we admit, say they, that the balep will do all that is expected of it and fill off the weevils, on what is it going to feed after the weevil are exhaustjd? The South is already pretty well overrun with ants, which have latterly increased in numbers, owing possibly to the destruction of insect-eating birds. The ordinary American ants, red and black, are themselves effectual as destroyers of other insects, and indeed are known to kill boll weevil; but in spite of their good service in this respect they are recognized as a nuisance and injurious to the farmer, and their nests are ploughed up and destroyed whenever they are come across. If their numbers are swollen py importation of larger and fiercer ants, the planters will find it almost impossible to keep the antd under control. In fine, is it not a dangerours experiment, they ask, because we are suffering from one insect pest, to import i a yi another? It depends upon the settlements of'these questions whether the courts will allow the great Kalep Wee- # vil fight to come off in Texas this 6um-* mer. , , The mongoose, imported into Jamaica to kill off the rats which injured the sugar cane, performed that work successfully, but has since become ten times the nuisance the rats were, for after killing off the rats it took to eating spring dhickens. Sim- . ilarly, the English rabbits imported into Australia have proved one of the ' greatest curses of that island continent. The importation of water hyacinths ?which came from the same country as the "kalep"?has cost the south / IIK 1 II I A 11.. 171-J millions 01 dollars auu put tue reueral government to considerable expense to get rid of its growths, which have rendered most of the Gulf streams unuavigable. Similarly, Bermuda, grss, imported from the West Indies' has - . ?, increased the cost of cultivation in the south 10 per cent, and cocoa grass has also added to the trouble and expense of the farmers. 1 .ijSK Tsvo of the most troublesome plants . to southern farmers were actually Imported by the United Stakes depart* merit of agriculture and scattered through the south before their dangerous character was discovered. The first and wor.-t of these was Johnson grass, which was recommended to the farmers as an excellent forage plant. Johnson grass grows with a rapidity that is starting and it cannot be eradicated. You may dig it up or burn it, but you cannot get rid of it. The legislatures of both Texas and Louisiana . $ prohibit its importation, and the quarantine against it is as stringent as against smallpox. The United States department of agriculture also recommended Japanese bamboo as likely to thrive in the south, and offered samples of it to southern farmers. They planted it. There is no question about its thriv- . in*. Mr. Ciark, who is leading the fight . against the Guatemalan ant' is one of tne men who planted the bamboo. It grew so fast that he and his neighbors became alarmed, as it threatened to cover the whole plantation. When he tried to get rid of it he could not, until he built a levee around his bamboo patch and kept it saturated with crude Beaumont oil. Either the plant flourishes better in this country than in Japan, or the Japanese know some way of holding the gtowth in check which the department of agriculture torgot to get. Bamboo may make very good baskets, Mr. Clark says, but the south is not prepared just yet to abandon cotton and all its other crops and confine its , ? energies to basket making. With these facts before them the Texas farmers and their friends have not- . only flooded the department of agriculture at Washington with inquiries " and protests, but also anounced their intention to flgbt the kalep in the courts to, the last ditch. An ifjunc- ' tion has already been secured from the Texas district court at Houston directed against Dr. Cook and other employees of the department of agriculture, prohibiting them from introducing into Texas the Guatema- ; lan ant. NAPOLEON'S STERN LOGIC. A calash drawn by post horses and . bearing all the indications of having . made a long journey penetrated to the 4 very front of the French lines. It was the night before the famous battle of Jena. The calash contained Le Comtesse de Cing-Cygne, a beautiful young woman, who had been an inveterate ; onArwktt /\f "XTonnlonn onH hor u CUCUJjr VI i.iaKVAVVU| MUV* WV.V?-J relative, Le Marquis de Chargeboeuf. They had oome 10 beg mercy of the man they had always denounced as a usurper for the cousins of the countess and Michu, her old servant, who had been unjustly convicted of carrying off and imprisoning a senator of France. At last, in spite of the opposition of all the guards the young woman penetrated to the emperor's tent. He allowed her to enter. He was sitting before a rough table, his redingote thrown off and his green uniform and > white trousers bringing his pale, thoughtful face in strongest relief. " Do you not fear to speak to me before the battle?" he asked gently. " I am the countess of Cing-Cygn" she answered, with pride. "Eh, bien!" he exclaimed, with a trace of anger. .*r|S She threw herself upon her knees, and presented her memorial. He ex-' tended his hand and raised the suppliant. Then he glanced rapidly at the paper. "Are they innocent? he asked. I "Every one of them," she replied. "No," he said slowly. "Your servant is a dangerous man. Perhaps he did the job without asking your advice." "Oh, sire!" she said. "If you have a devoted friend would you abandon him?" " You are a woman." "And you a man of iron," she said, with a passionate hardness that pleased him. "That man has been condemned by the laws of his country," the emperor added. "But he is innocent." "What a child you are!" he cried impatiently. Then, taking her hand, he led her out of the tent. The whole camp was in sight. "Voici!" he exclaimed. "There are 300,000 men. Tomorrow 30,000 of tbem will have died for their country. They ai*e innocent too. Perhaps my best friend will be among the dead. Shall I accuse the providence of God? No. I shall keep silence. Know this, mademoiselle, that it is as necssary to die for the laws of one's country as for her glory. Go. Return to France. My orders shall follow you." She bent the knee again and kissed Llit: uauu ui LUC usuipci* IICI wuoiu alives were spared. Poor Michu. equally innocent, died for the laws of his country according to the stern decree of the man of iron. When trouble calls it usually finds a man at home. As men of parts, actors are not in it with barbers. The fool killer should be removed from office for cause. A busy man is abcut as sociable as a woman with the toothache. It's waste of coin to advertise for lost friendship or umbrella. Intellectuality is the cause of baldness. So says a baldheaded man. The average man is very patriotic-when there are no war clouds in sight. As soon as a man is elected to office he begins to work for a second nomination. Some men get there because they are pushers, and others because they are kickers. Husbands pay for the fine feathers that make fine birds; bachelors admire them. A girl is always williug to admit i she i3 fat if she doesn't weigh more | than 110. A