Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE PATH OF THE MOON. \ The moon lias di-oppc.i a bridge upon tne ^ 5 sea, 'i Golden, yet pale with the strange silver ' r- ''Sht t s m That, melting midnight shadows, changes { white The ysllowes: rose and bleaehe? roof and tree. " ( The moon has a path of mystery From earth unto herself; the great sea's micht ' Is hnld in check, as when to maiden ui slight The lion knelt, obeying love's decree. | Oh. whither do yon lead, slim, radiant way, A-trsmWine as the glistening billows turn >;f Like children in their sleep when mother's baud Ifa- gently touch?! them? By this dreamlike ray Do y.iu not tempt? For there are souls that burr. Through the dim sea to find an unknown land. ?Maurice Francis Egan, ia Lippiucotfs. ! WWAVWV.VrtVAW.SViW UutAAAMAAAAAAjV-WLVAWA < I A Story of the Tenements. < ___ _____ 'tF 'J* V.h.n lie Baby Died and Tin Lost His 1 Job. the Wife Saved the Day? ' \ Sue Preferred Being at the Head i cf a Household to $12 * V/eefc at Boxmaking. W-W.V.V.V.V.SV.W.W.W. v.mvAwmvAv.w.v. i IIIpI IIEBlHE was a frail woman, of ; 1=1 _l==J medium height, with a pre- ! Vs maturely furrowed face, ?. and the drooping, squintg KM HI ing. strained motiou of her ] eyelids indicated a granuf la ted affection. Her home was a little. ' three-room tenement, high up in one j of those old double-decker tenement houses which abound in New York, j There are thousands upon thousands of these hulks of tenement houses, the construction of which far antedated th.? enactment of the present Tenement House law, and the house 1 she lived in was but a routine specimen ' of vast blocks of the same type. Two stores on the ground floor and four 1 ; families to a floor, two in the front and ' the same in the rear?for five stories ! skyward, that is the rule. You found yourself in a dark hallway, and by the jiid of the balustrade you groped up the uncertain stairway until you reached ' the fourth story front to the right, s There were uo names downstairs to show where each family lived, and in- , Iquiries had to be made as you as- ; , cp?ded. There were no superfluities about her liorne. One room served the combined 1 purpose of kitchen, dining, sitting and J work room: the other rooms for sleep : ing. X stove, a table, a sewing ma<>t?ine. and a few chairs were the outfit of the main room, with its many purposes, and some cheap pictures bung on the green painted walls, and bits of crockery such as are given for trading stamps or for certain purchases of tea, adorned the mantel. She iived there with her husband and their iioy of four years. Back a time, when a girl of fifteen years, she had begun working in box factories. She had made all kinds of pasteboard boxes ?handkerchief boxes, shoe and cigarette boxes?boxes for all manner of ; things. For eight years she worked thus; and by being nimble and sticking at her task from 8 in the morning until S at night, with a half,-hour intermission at noon for lunch and a half-hour at night for supper, she had managed , to make a living. In the busy season, ' from July to September, she made from $10 to $121 a week. After September < the slack season would set iu. She would work eight hours a day then, and made $7 a week. Later, in the s winter months, a rush of orders would come in. and the factory would run twleVe hours a day again. A. FAMILY'S EARNINGS. { She thought herself well off. There < were fully ">000. box-making girls in , New York, and not many of them could . excel ber in quickness of work and in i amount of wages. The pay was by piece work; th^ best pay went to the best workers. She considered the lot of most of the other girls. Many of them earned only $3 or $G a week. On , this sum they had to live. How they lunua^eu iu uu n ?uc uiuu t miv ?. out- , lived at home with her father, her iOur | brothers, and a sister. The combined * earnings of a!i amounted to $40 a \ .wc-ek. The fariiily bad a pleasant flat, and Tessie?for that was her name?al- j ways bad mon*y enough for dresses, finery and amusements. Tessie sympathized deeply with most , of the other girls. How eouid they pay , hoard, buy apparel, and live decently In ! general on or $G a week? Many of them bad no families, and most of 1 them were it; debt to tlie instalment dealers. They would buy their dresses and coats from those dealers?cheap i garments at exorbitant prices?and pay twenty-five or dfvy cents a week on ( ; account. But those girls narei* could , f.na^Ail Jr> /Jaa v ?? ?? r, ff thaii* /lulifc T1?a PUVtCCU <U V.inuui^ vu liiru utuio. i ut j instalment met; were always dunning | ! them. As for hats and shops, the girls , ; hadn't much to spend. A quarter was ^ the limit for a hat, and forty cents for ribbon, to adorn it. To may more than j $1.25 for a pair of shoes was an un- t heard-of extravagance; the shoes, with , oarc and periodic mending, would be ] pressed into service tor a year at least. . Tesaie was a fortuuate girl compared to the most of them. At least she ] I prized her lot. *o. Now and then she would delicately make presents of her ? <*ld dresses and coats to some of the most needy. Tnccift TV-O c o f-i trrtrifrn 'if /linnnc She < was a pretty girl, and always had attractive clothes. It followed, of course, that there were not wanting suitors, ^ for a pretty, w?il dressed girl with a pleasant home and ability to make a ] good living, was a dazzling star in the nfighborhowd in which she lived. THINGS THAT APPEALED TO TESSIE. 1 1 There were rivals. Tessie chose a 1 good-looking young fellow. True, he did not make as much money as Tessie ; .did. lie was a a assistant porter in < a cloth store, and his wages were 99 a i week. But Te.ssie thought him an ex- ( ceedingly pleasant fellow. He was i always neatly dressed, his hair was j faultlessly oiled, bis handkerchief was | perfumed, ami he wore a scarfpin that'; caught Tessie's fancy. The hip ruby i and the diamonds surrounding it were glass?and not the finest at that?and i the gold was brass, but Tessie dida'tj, incur. It was a real enough dazzler o her. Tim. also, could "spiel" better han the other fellows, she thought, mrt he couia siug tue latest poi>uiui ;ongs with what seemed to her perfect trt. Tim became Tessie's "steady." The mgasemeut was brief. Presently, Tim ind Tessie set up in housekeeping. The three-room flat cost them $7.50 a nontb rental. They just managed to live on Tim's $!> a week. But they ivere a happy pair. Tessie eyed Tim ;uore fondly than ever, and when he'd :-ome home and after a hard day's work sing "You're Only Teasing Me." tr something of that sort. Tessie was overwhelmed. An impartial critic aiight have expressed serious doubts, ind perhaps the neighbors didn't say ill that they thought. To Tessie. Tim's roice was the acme of perfection, or to sum it up in her all-inclusive word, 'grand." They bad two children. One. a sir) :>f eight months, died last March. The k"K? riiilrt. n tvhilp and the UilU.V OUO OIV U ?- -- loctor's and the undertaker's bills were considerable. That was the beginning jf their bad luck. The loss of the child was a hard enough blow, and, besides, the little girl's sickness and death not >nly absorbed their trilling savings, bul plunged them into debt. But they hat] mother child left, a boy, "going on'Tour years. They concentrated their love on him and faced the world with lourage. Three months after Tim lost his place. It was 110 fault of his?just a streak of bad luck. Ho tried hard to set another job. no matter at what. He couldn't. Now a couple with a chiid and debts ind great self-respect must get along ndependently somehow. Confidence in ?ach other doesn't satisfy the landlord, ind grocers, butchers and bakers haven't yet acquired the habit of sup plying provisions on good intentions or future prospects. Tessie had mettle. She hadn't forgotten her old trade. Her eyes troubled her a great deal, but she was determined to keep things going without1 applying to anybody for assistance. She went to one of her former bosses and ijot a job making boxes for tobacco cigarettes. The materia! she would carry home and there make up the boxes. The pay wasn't much. Fot every thousand boxes she got $5. It took her a week, working ten hours a day, to make a thousand boxes. Since July Tessie has stuck to the job. It is difficult for a woman to keep house, bring up a boy. and work ten hours a day, but'.Tessie has managed it. It is especially difficult for one with granulated eyelids to bend over such a task all day long. Tessie, however. didn't complain. She knew that Tim was really looking for work and was willing to take anything he could ?et. She knew he had a run of hard luck. The $G a week Tessie earned has supported the whole family since July. Their living is simple. Sixteen or eigh. teen cents a day for meat, a loaf,of bread a day, and two quarts of pota:oes a week. Tessie and Tim dispensed with butter. They had some, but it was reserved for the boy. The cost of :heir living, not including rent, was lbout thirty cents a day. Then Tessie paid fifty cents a week for insurance for herself and the boy. and the same sum for insurance for Tim. They Jidn't mind scrimping along on a week. It was the back debts which tvorried them. They could pay only a ittl<? nn account now and then. The other day Tim Anally got a .iob. There was happiness in the little home when Tim came home and told the jood news. It was an event. This is a simple, true little story whereof Tessie is the heroine. Doe3 jhe not deserve to be??New York Post. Pedestrianismii. A horse hitched to a post <*n West street was eating his dinner of oats ,'rom a uosebag. The bag fell to the jround in such a way that the horse :ould not get at the oats. Then the lorse, after casting one hopeless giance it the restaurant where the driver had mtered, cast appealing looks at the Dassersby. rrM? -?wftii'Afl cfAlirllr nn 1US ?UUULUU:ill? n aiucu oiv/n^.,, w?. 3rave and reverend seignors passed vithout a look. Marketmen, butchers md A. D. T.'s all trotted along irresponsive to the horse's eloquent looks ind his impatient pawings on the Beljian blocks. A husky loafer of a longshoreman lappened alonsr. Without a word he licked up the bag and adjusted it to he horse's nose. And the way that lorse looked his thanks to that husky oafer of a longshoreman and the way hat longshoreman smiled back and wtted the horse's neck were thincrs vorth s^ins: and thinking about afterward.?New York Evening Suu. Kor People of Thirty. "If you reach the age of thirty with>ut tmvinsr had any serious illness you ivill lie likely to live till seventy or rore," said a physician. "All the old T 1-tinn- rno Ml nrl TViHlftllf wll\3 K. IUIVU UI U ?.*?>* vj ?-? " tny alarm'ng maladies scored against :hem. "From thirty on all you need do is to je carpfnl, to observe a few simple ules of health. I should say that these ules?and they arp the rules that have seen adopted by the German Emperor -were simple and sood: "'Kat fniit at breakfast and at luncheon. " 'Avoid pastry, muffins, hot breac ind batter toast. "Eat potatoes only once a day. " 'Walk at least four miles iu the >pen air daily. ' T>o not drink tea or coffee. "'Take a bath daily, and wash the 'aop with warm watpr before retiring. " 'Sleep e'ght hours.' "?Philadelphia Bulletin. Strnieht-etied Her Kxpen?e Account. I * ^ - P \t vc U'i??wlnn AC IU(? ?U?.l IJL jku'iuij i.no. ?. iiuu-i i ,>rought her nice new expense book to ier husband. "I can figure up my January balance >11 right.'* she said, "but I'm either 519.05 behind or ahead. I remember i ivbat aii the other items are for. but I sin't recail whether I spent that $19.0-' 'or something or you gave it to in? for | lousehold expenses." Mr. Wunder looked at the pa2n for j i momnDf, l:lien handed back the lxx?k tvith a condescending air. ' My dear," he said, "ihat 190"> seeua.? J to me to indicate what yeav this is."? | Judge. ! I AN AUSTRALIA THERE AUK NOW ONLY A SCiTTl It ACE, WHICH IS COUNTEI THE HUMA ' SITS ON A METAL EGfi. An Envelope' to Protect the Delicate Shell. At first blush one might think thai in pnvolope for an egg would be some new fandangled scheme for the delivsry of the National breakfast food direct from the hennery by the morning cnail, but the inventor had another dea in view whan he devised the metal ! j METAL ENVELOPE TO PROTECT THE EOG egg envelope. This thing consists of two sections or members joined; which constitute the transverse centre, one portion overlapping the other, aud a means ot locking the part9, which is known as the bayonet-Joint. The egg envelope is preferably made of some I malleable metal, although celluloid or ?v?ftl"Awin I mnr ha lYIflflA Oilier SUIUIUIC uiamiai ?v.? ase of in its construction. The part3 are perforated as slurwn. The object of this invention is to protect the fragile egg from damage during the hatching period or to save pn egg which has already been slightly 2aciaged. A large number of eggs are bst by being broken by the hen while | sotting or. them, and where the stock lo tine and the eggs expensive this is in item of considerable importance. ISggs which are protected by such a fievice as is shown herewith cannot be broken or damaged, and the case does Dot interfere at all with the operation of hatching. The perforations are for the purpose of enabling the necessary circulation of air ro take place around j the eggs and for the animal heat of ! the hen to reueh them. When it apj proaches iliue for the appearance of | tlie little c'QicivS me envelopes aie icj moved, so as not to interfere with I their entrance iuto the world.?Fhila! deiphia Record. A Prediction by ' Puofh," j The Muster of Haliioi (the Kev. Cyprian T. Potter, of New York) enter* taincd in Hall the other night the officers and men of the United States I destroyer Texas, which is at present j stationed at Ittley Lock. During ihe i course of the evening Sir Thomas Lipton (who despite his 101 years is as keen a sportsman as ever) made his usual happy references to the coveted j l-'up, anil Sl.llfU Uiai ll ?a? run UIJ? : determination to bring it to this side I of the Atlantic. "Shamrock XL1." snitl Sir Thomas, "is the best boat 1 have yet sent over, and I can only say, May the h^st boat win!'"?A i'redic! tion by I'uncd.-' i | The Fijian fossil coral is the best I building stone in the world. j " I ' r;1 ! UNITED STATES -STKKr, TRAIN! r,Y LAUNCHED AT .Watertine length. I7t? fee.\T> iuch?s. | feet, 3)i iachVi. Displacement, 18(K) r .N ABORIGINE. mm ^K??l ERED FEW SURVIVORS OF THIS fj AMONG THE LOWEST OF N FAMILY. Consumption Among Half-.Breeds. "There will be Indians in the Can' ! ndian Northwest when there are no half-breeds." These were tne words of a veteran trader just in from the e~" ? llnnrir A ffllllpi*. a Stfil Itti 1>UUU AAllAtj V. ? wart Natty Bumpo in corduroys. Con sumption, this observant leather stocking says, is the blight which is fast wiping the half-breed out of existence. "Nine out of ten half-breeds die of consumption," he continued. "So swift are the ravages of this disease among theso people that the tire Ie I the cemetery is always kept burning I to thaw out the ground that the graves J may be dug. The Indian does not seem to suffer like his Half-brother J After watching .these people for s number of years ,it seems to me thai they are born with the disease in them Then their careless, slovenly life helps it along."?St. Paul Dispatch. Pleasures of Real Oldl Age. Free from the distractions of life, the aged are at leisure to observe and ad mire. "I never knew," said Cornaro I "that the world was beautiful until I reached old age." This peiiod was fre queotly declared by him to be the roosl beautiful ot' his life. Writing at th< age of ninety-one. he said he felt il his duty-to make known to the world that man could attain to, an earthij paradise after the age of eighty; bui only be means of the two virtues, self restraint and temperance. At that tlmt he was writing eight hours a day walking and singing many other hours enjoying the beauties of nature, anc abundant in labors for the good oi mankind.?Boston Traveller. Two Kinds of Heading. If wfi make the pages of our books I merely a sort of pleasant ms.ze ir which to set our minds to wandering during idle hours, we in reading shal have acquired a pastime that is us uaily harmless. But there is a vas: difference between such a way oi spending our time, and the reading that teaches us to think as-the great est and wisest men and women hav< thought. Words stand in our mind! for certain ideas or images. Froir what we read we learn to make these plain or hazy, clearly drawn pictures or carelessly executed sketches, anc thus our powers of thinking are di rectly trained by our method of read ing.?St. Nicholas. Among the names of new streets ii Berlin approved by the Kaiser are Car men. Sylva, E'asleur, Turk, Dane and Flotow. A *5.100 lluIt"o;. Champion Heath Baronet. for wlileU | George Gould him just paid .tlUOU. His [ former owner oougut u:w xor t?. I N?'; SHIP CUMRERLAND, UDCEXTBOSTON NAVY *ARD. Beam. 45 feet. 7% IncUos. Draft, 26 ons. J 1 V/ A FAITHFUL SHEEP DOG. InitancM Where She ProTed MoreFaithtul Thin Her Masters. One night the herder brought in his Hocks an<l hurried to his cabin to cook himself j-offie supper, for he was more than usually hungry. But he missed the t!o:i. which usually followed him to the cabin of an evening to have her supper. The herder thought it rather strange, but- made no search for the dog that night. But when he went down id the corrals the next morning j he found the gate open and the faithful dog standing guard over the flocks. The herder in his haste the right before had forgotten to close the gate, and the dog, more faithful than her master, had remained at her post all night, though .suffering from hunger and thirst. On another occasion this same dog was left to watch a floek of sheep near the birder's cabin while the herder got his supper. After he had eaten his supper he went out to where the sheep were and told the dog to put the sheep in the corral. This she refused to do, and, although she had no supper, she started off over.the prairie as fast as she could go. The herder- put the sheep the corral and went to bed. About midnight he was awakened by the loud barking of a dog down by the eorrals. He srot un. dressed himself and went down to tbe corrals, and there found the dog with a baud of about fifty sheep, which had strayed oft" during the previous day without the herder's knowledge: but the poor dos knew it, and also knew that they ought to be corralled.-and she did it. Another good story of this same dog: One day she was sent out with a new herder to an outlying ranch, some fifteen miles distant. That uight she came home and by her actions told us that thet'e was something wrong at the ranch. Well, we mounted our broncos and went over to tbe rauch, and very, soon found out what the matter was. The new herder was simply a tramp, who. as soon as he had got a good feed, had lit out and left the sheep uncared for, save by his more faithful companion, tbe dog.?Denver Tost. WORDS OF WISDOM. In our inner life there is a universe ?Goethe. To live long it is necessary to live 1 slowlv.?Cicero. Tlwt life is long which answers life's ' great end.?Young. t Life- is not so short but there is always ..time for courtesy.?Emerson, j If we lire in the Spirit we shall be led by Him every day and every ino; inent ?Andrew Murray. He who Is true to the test he knows to-day will know a better best to-mor' row.?Charles Gordon Amos. ^ But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and en" tire, wanting nothing.- -James i., 4. \ Look out for the bright, for the I brightest side of things, and keep thy [ face constantly turned to it.?Jeremy r Beiithaw. t If we would get the very best out of . life, iet us iearu to inventory our bless? ings each night before we sleep.?D. , S. Mackey, D. D. , Suffering becomes beautiful wbsn I any one bears great calamities with L CUei?rtUiUe^, UUt lUluu^ii juotuoii;iiujt but through greatness of mind.?Aristotle. "Life i.< made up, not of great sacr!' fices or duties, but of little things. iD 1 which smiles and kindnesses and small ' obligations, given habitually, are what 1 win and preserve the heart aud secure comfort." t Aiatkn Hniodoer. ; That scheme for importing reindeer into Alaska from Siberia, which met ? with criticism and even with ridicule > when first suggested a few years ago i by Dr. Sheldon Jackson, is now prov ing the salvation of the Alaskan Es! kimos. While the original thought I was only to repair the rapidly lessening food supply of the natives, yet it has developed into a veritable rein deer industry. So successfully ha? the plan worked, in fact, that not only , does it furnish ihe natives with food, clothing and means of transportation, I but holds out me prospect ui pumuj; Alaska in a few years in the position of supplying deer meat to an outside market. Reindeer does are prolific, and an excellent cheese is made of | their milk. As carriers they have already supplanted dogs for the United States mail, and many are ridden, or <wil! carry easily a pack of 150 pounds In fact, the? reindeer industry is al j ready a very important one. with wide- } [ nine significance. ? Caspar Whitney, I in Outing. It is All Wronjr. To ignore the forces which /ire im* proving civilization in your own country. Not to be able to carry on intelli[ gently conversation on current topics. To shirk responsibility in politics or I 4* ??? iiwi;Hai-ont- hi the mihlif welfare. IKJ MC IllUillvi^iiv ?.v r To know nothing of the things we see, handle and enjoy every day of our iires. To be Ignorant of the general history of the world and of the various i countries. Not to know something of the greatest leaders, reformers, artists and musicians of the world. Not to have intelligent knowledge of the general affairs of the world and the inter-relations of nations. Not to know enough about the laws of health, about physiology and hygiene, to live healthfully and sanely. To be grossly ignorant in these days ol' free schools, cheap newspapers, periodicals and circulating libraries.? Chicago Post. American Cars Luatl the Ty?rl<'? In the closing months of 1!>U4 it became manifest that American cars were being improved so much that the imported articles no longer would be worth the difference in price, and some of [he new- models offered for 1 !X>."> promised to be in every way equal to Hip products froiu abroad. The Europ?an makers had !i^- years of exprri nee before the Americans began to build, but the Americans began a couple of years aso to copy and profit by that experience, and now tlioy have about overtaken J hoi:* tuer. tors and are ready to outstrip tliein. Considering rhese things, the day of faith in American automobiles way bo said to have Jawued.?Country Life iu Amcricau. T~ WIT and HUMOR of THE DAY A Seasonable Query. {] I often wonder if. when florist aim q My puree to taych. v A rose by any otherr name ^ Would "cost 30 much. r ?Philadelphia Press. ^ Ltwuou. "What's thfc matter with Lawson?" tl '"He's all write."?Life. b t) Household Helps. n If flour is immediately put on oil spilled -where not wanted, in a few ^ hours, if sufficient flour has been used, e there will be no trace of it save in the e oil-soaked flour, which burns well. 3 r Bnylntr u >ew Bonnet. Mrs. Brickrow?"'How do you manage to persuade your husband to buy you such expensive bonnets?" 0 Mrs. Topflatte?"t take him shopping 0 Avith me, walk him around until-he c can't stand, and then wind up in a bon- g net store. He'll buy anythiug to get home."?New York Weekly. # r I T\ri? Point* of View. p "I see that Senator Cuiioni was 0 kissed by a pretty girl whose young T man he had saved from being sent to f] the Philippines." c "How bold!" I "Senator Cullom is considered the 1: homeliest man in Illinois." "How artful!" ? Cleveland Plain- ^ Dealer. r P *n Chicago. . "How do you like my new low-ueck ^ dress?" asked the Chicago society lady, 4! as she came into the presence .of her a liusba'cd, just before going out to am- c ner. "It's all to the good, dear," replied the man of affairs, "but where on earth are you a-goin' to tuck your napkin?"? Yonkers Statesman. An Appropriate Name. "Why did you name your horse Lie? Seems to me that ia a somewhat extraordinary name." "Not at all, when you consider that he is a fast horse." "How's tbnt?" "Because it-is said that a lie can go a mile while truth is turning the corner."?Dallas News. - , A Sort of Acquaintance. . Mrs. Grimes?"Do yoi? know Mrs. Sykes? She lives in the same hotel that you do." Mrs. Joslyn?"No, I can't say that I know her; but we are on pounding acquaintance with the Sykses. They make so much noise we have to wrap on the wall now and then to keep them , quiet."?Boston Transcript. Tommy. "Now, Tommy," said the teacner, | what is this word I hare written on the board?s-l-o-w?" j "Dunno." i "Oh, yes, you do?think. What does t your papa call you when you go o^ an errand a^ia uon c get Dacs ror a iuuy time?" "You'd lick me if I told yer, ur.'.mi!" ?Cleveland Leader. . Unfortunate*. Mrs. Greene?"I should think you'd feed your boarders a little better. You can't expect them to say a good word for you when they leave." Mrs. Skinner?"Oh, but they do. Almost every one of them has a grudge against some friend d? his, and he iuvariably recommends my house to him. I get lots of new boarders that way." "?Boston Transcript. Merely Talking. . Doctor?"Goodness, nurse, what's the *' matter?" r Nurse?"Oh, it's nothing, doctor. He's r just talking iu liis sleep. Ho's deaf and dumb." r Hivl to Be Shown. "That fellow Bitiksley is a shrewd j one.' ( So?" * "Yes: he was walkiug past a theatre yesterday when tlie manager came out r and said, 'We've got the best entertainment in towu.' 'Well,' said Binksley. "I'm from Missouri.' So tue manager bad to take him in antl show him."?Clevelaud Plain Dealer. t It Hailu't Occurred to Her. Mrs. Youugiove?"Our cooli says those -eggs you sent yesterday were ancient." Grocer?"Very sorry, ma'am. Tliey were the best we could get. You see, all the young chickens were killed ofit for the holiday trade, so the old heus are the only ones left to do the layin'," Mrs. Youuglove?"Oh. to be sure. Of course, I hadn't thought of that."Chicago Record-Hera Id. Grmsped time Opportunity. Tess?"Mr. Saphead gave you a camera for your birthday, didn't lie?" Jess?"Yes, and we took it with us on our stroll through 'lie1 country yestpr- i day. Oh, what do you think? He proposed to me?actually flopped dowu on his knoes and " Teas? " YVimc am y?u ?ii;- I j Jess? "Why, L said. "L?m>U pleasant, ( please," and I Jo hope- the picture will turn out well."'?Stray Stories. < Two .W * Kind. "What did Sallie aay whoa you proposed?" < "She asked cne if, I felt sure she was the brightest, prettiest, sweetest girl in all the world." < "And of course you said yes?" "On the contrary. I told her I thought j she was a very ordinary creature." "And of course that settled it." "It did. She said it was evident we I were a perfect uwtcli. She had the ' same opinion of ui?. you see."?Boston Transcript. i / f : v _ ?^ ^ ^ i WCCKJ ' ' WASHINGTON. It was announced at the White House hat all the members of the Cabinet, xcept Postmaster-General Wynne, rill be reappointed on March 6. Mr. lortelyou become Poatmasterteneral aud.lfr. Wynne will be made lonsul-Geueral at London, England. It was anuouneed by Secretary Hay bat the arbitration treaties amended. y the Senate will not be presented to lie governments with which they were egotiated. Thfe House Committee on Industrial ? Li-ts and Expositions favorably reportd a bill the purpose of which is to uable the holding of the proposed . .-.v? amesjpwn Exposition. The bill car*ies an appropriation of $2,650,090, OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. ; . J The death in the Honolulu Museum f a youngsHawaiian through falling '.i# n a model^of an altar such as were nee \ised for human sacrifices, has aused a revival of fear of the heathea :ods in the Hawaiian Islands. > Bricadier General William H. Carter eported engagements of scouts with 'ulajanes, San .Tose. Samar. Six guns aptured. No casualties. Gustin, Sec- , nil Lieutenant of Philippine Scouts. pounded, moderately; one scout killed, Ive wounded. Tliousaud Pulajanes looted at Mount Tago, due East Cnl ayog. Our forces co-operating with lative troops with good effect. Captain Henry T. Allen, of the Sixth . ^j|j Cavalry, who left Manila about the niddle of last December to take command of the constabulary on the Islmd of Samar. is about to return. The adrones are scattered and have been iriven into the remote mountains. nany of their leaders Jiave been killed tnd 100 have tyeen sentenced to terms >f imprisonment: Senor Abella, who was elected Governor of the province of Camariues. ?. I., will not be allowed to take tha )ffice, Governor General Wright deilarlng that Abella' bought votes open- i /3| y in the government building. Fifteen hundred constabulary an\l jcouts are patrolling the rivers and oads in the Philippine Islands. The irmy is co-operating effectively by garrisoning the towns. The telegraph ines will be extended and the concen:ration camps will be abolished. Soon i belt road will be constructed from ill? IUWU l/L lALl uu iuc caov wwaoc w*. , ^ he island to Wright on the west 'oast. An unusually heavy homp crop s being moved-, to the coast from the nterior without molestation by the outOovernor Wright approves the payment of $1,137,000 for the Imus church state in the Philippines, being part of he 391,000 acres of friars' lands, for vhich the Government agreed to pay 57,239,784 in four per cent, bonds, the ?nda to be resold to the natives o? >asy terms. t DOMESTIC. * f ' Tralu service was rei)0rted as badly lied up by snow at Syracuse, N. Y. Ceorsre E. Priest, President of th? Mew York State Tax Commission, anlounced at Ithaca, N. Y., that he would retire from tbe-^ervice of the State. . \ It was stated?in Appleton, Wis., that i new pulp mill combination had been >rganized there. t? , 0a To evade a British law forbidding a :rau to marry his deceased wife's sister. Mr. Herbert Allen and Miss Charotte M. Meade came to New York from London to wed. .T. Pierpont Morgan was appointed >ne or a committee or directors 01 imr s'ew Haven road to hear the grievances >f the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireneu at the Grand Central Station, New - , y. L'ork City. Edward L. Harper, "tvlio was convictHl of wrecking.the Fidelity Bank, of Cincinnati, in 1887. - and served sir rears in the phLo ?Penitentiary, baa rained th** confidence of the financial vorid in New York City, and is now he head of a great corporation. Mrs. Elsie Laux. of Bloomfield, N. J.. suffering from asthma and fearing tbe? mine affliction in her children, killed ler two babes by gas and nearly succeeded in ending her own life. By a rear end collision in the flub- ^ ' .? vay between 116th and 122d streets. several persons were cut and bruised >y pieces of flying glass and the cars ? vere seriously damaged. , Louis Pra. chef of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. New York City, was stabbed >n his way to work. Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati. Ohio, ind Fred N. Judson. of St. Louis. Mo., vere appointed special assistant attorieys-ger.ernl to prepare the Santa Feebate cases. The New York City Board of Aldernen with only one dissenting voice oted to grant a franchise to Ihe New fork and New Jersey Railroad Company for a tunnel up Sixth avenue, to v onnect with the one it has built under ho Hudson River. The Washington Government deter nineel to bring Machen back from prison at Moundsx'ille. W. Va., ami try hin* or the satchel fraud. , -'IS FOREIGN. It was said nt St. John's, N*. F.. that here" was much disappointment over he rejection of the Hay-I?ond treaty. Si*. Petersburg remained quiet owing o the military precautions; many arests were made, and the strike spread o a number of factories. A strum automobile omnibus for ?:ifis traffic, a special cable dispatch, aid. constructed by M. I/eon Serpollet, ih.s been tested .successfully. Four thousand men. following the ?au 01 rue >r. fpiprsmun trim ?vula'is. struck at KhnrUoff. All railroad traffic in the njijyhborlooil of Ratouni has ceased, ami :i 'amine threatens the city. I'rencu aud Japanese officials denied he current rumors of peace. A special dispatch from Buems Vvres shtteil that several lu>h many >rticers were suspected of being implicated in the recent revolt. A .v.Kuen's cluli. th.k first of its kind n Paris. according to a special cable .lispatch. i> t<> l>e opened in May. A prominent Russian Liberal pr*?lictetl that the autocr.uie system wouid ie swept awoy by ? evolution within , } i"?4 1 Advices from Tiflis {.aid .'.hat the ?trike thi,:.v \va? brolua:. Kins,' Kdu-a:\l bus appointed ritePrime of Wales Lord Warden of the L':itupi? Ports. Three aerouauls made a balloon voy!?from London to Paris in s!k hour* Hid ? v,u irter. r acI.kt. 4 St.-. rniii.liitc vrniifir?iintrt i [save reXusod tlio dotnami of tlio ICintf [>f - Snxony fot,* the poffscssiou oO I'riucess An an Mouica I'ln. J .