Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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You would have thought that father would have been pleased, and so he would have been, but as it was he had the quarter's bills all pouring in, and he was in no humor for more worries. So he just told Colonel Curtis that he could not be bothered, that Janet was much too young? and she is actually nineteen?that e could not afford the expense of a wedding, and as I passed the library door I could not help hearing him saying, 'For Heaven's sake, go away! My good sir, I entreat you to go away!' Oh! dear, how unlucky it is! Colonel Curtis is as proud as Lucifer and speeds into the nearest shop at the most distant vision of our procession of perambulators upwards. He will never get over being told to go away, and Janet looks all to pieces from crying all night and reading one little note he sent her all day. Colonel Curtis has not shown himself again. I fancy he has left the Grange in a huff. I think he is a touchy individual, and if Jane.t does marry him we shall lose her altogether, for he will never be able to tolerate us, even at twelve miles' distance. The quarter's duis are an paiu now iiuu we are quite serene again. Tommy has given up epitaphs and taken to riddles, but he is out of his depth there, so the editor sent them back to him.^and the snubbing has done him good. Before you are quite settled down for ever and aye at your work, could you not run home and see us? "Dearest, dearest Arthur, how I miss you, and yet I am so thankful you are not here. Letty gets no better, I am convinced it is her spine; but father says it is temper. I wish we ^puld have good advice for her. ToAown loving u CINDER-WITCH.n j^hur determined to obtain leave ' ?. uncle to go home for a few da>cHthough he was not quite so sanguine as his little sister as to the pos sibliity 01 maKing inings ngui Between his sister and her fine, huffy suitor. He obtained the leave readily enough, and as M. Rigaud was about to return to his French home it was agreed that they should be traveling companions as far as London. CHAPTER V. The train was at 10.20. Aunt Betsy was quite low at breakfast at ftie thought of tne departure of her nephew. ' "Perhaps you will never come back, Arthur,," she said, sorrowfully. 1 <1111 I1UU fjivvu tu ^IICSCUIIIUCUII, but I have one that I am not to keep you, my own boy, as I wished to do 30 much." "Don't say that, auntie," said Arthur, gaily. "On the contrary, the danger is that you may have too much of me." "Presentiments are very odd thing," said old Monsieur Rigaud, who was eating vigorously, preparatory to his own departure. "Is madame often troubled with them?" "They are generally the result of j indigestion," she answered, wiping 1 her eyes. "I hope I don't believe in ! any such nonsense." "They are also very real," went on the old Frenchman. "The last time I left my poor wife I had a presentiment that I should never see her again. She was very ill at the time." "Then why did you leave her?" 9.id Mr. Denstone, indignantly. i uiu qui ueiieve m any suuii iiunsense." It was one of the sharp answers that showed that his native shrewdness still existed, but he went on, as if to soften the effect: "There are strange things in nature, strange hereditary faculties and powers of which it is difficult to trace the origin. They exist to an unusual degree in my wife's family." "Indeed; have they second sight?" said Mr. Denstone, lightly. , "No, not that; a faculty as powerful, perhaps more useful. That .ragout is superb! May I venture to help myself a second time?" I "Have you many relations, RiTVT T. nAr,f.^r,A VAnrl.'nn 'gauu ; Darn jjuli uauuiug, him the dish. "No," he answered, "I have no relations \n the world. I had one sister, Louise. She married a Monsieur Leduc; tbsy settled in Peru. Once I heard from her; she wrote requesting Imoney. I was not in a position to grant her request. I heard afterward that both she and her husband were dead. I imagine that they left no family or I'should have heard of! it. Of my wife's family none are left; yes, the Aymers are extinct; the only lineal descendant is my daughter, and she is but a child. Yet I believe the strange powers : but T apologize. Bah! the garrulity of old age is astonishing. You should check me madame." \ "It interests me," said Aunt Betsy ,\ though I cannot say that I understand you, Monsieur Rigaud; why, for instance, you should have let that poor creature out in Peru want when you were rolling in richea! It passes jne." . ! V O-CV Q<Sk-0<V o^?-^-?^9 LSJaci5ESH5HSESH5H51E5H5H5? O I SCENT; 15 ET2 ~ jbcjjci 0 15SS-5gS5HSH{SSHS3SaSgSg A ^J5H^HS?.5^SH5^5^S5SH5H5H V LralzsaSHSHSES^SSHSHSHSH A ?? DIVINING H ROD. ?g I :GARET MA^ ^e^e<^?<^6<v?^s<^-?<ve<v9 f "Let us distinguish," said Monsieur Rigaud, suavely. "She knew nothing of ray wealth. She also belonged to my second life. She, of her indiscretion, asked help of my known poverty. My refusal would have given her no surprise. I, on the contrary, was the one to feel surprise." Mrs. Denstone looked at him with unfeigned astonishment. "The poor, dear, wrong-headed old gentleman!" she exclaimed to Arthur. "Was there ever such blindness?" They traveled third-class, which suited Arthur's purse and Monsieur Rigaud's pretensions. When they reached London, just as they were about to separate, the old Frenchman caught hold of Arthur's arm tremulously. "My dear young sir," he said, "my good friend, listen to me. I have to go down to Southampton to-night. I am on my way home, you have understood. Goucy is in the Breton country, not far from Vitre, very benighted; but I am safe enough over the Channel. I am a well-known - ?- ? * ? CUillLLUSSJUU agCUk lucic. uuvg *->>.. Malo, I am again myself. It is England that I fear. Do you divine what I want to ask? I will pay your journey. Take me to Southampton; convey me on board the boat with my little box. You shall not go unrewarded." He did not like to desert him; indeed, without physical force, he could hardly have detached the grip on his arm. "You must pay my journey," he said, bluntly; "I cannot afford that." "Yes, yes, and your moderate expenses at an inn for the night. That is understood. The boat leaves at 12 to-night. Come," he said, changing his tone, "we have to cross to Waterloo station. Carry your box, my dear young man, and give me your arm." This time Monsieur Rigaud took first-class tickets. "The company one meets is perhaps safer," he said, hurrying into the compartment. "See, I have taken both single, you can return third. It Is safe for you, and you doubtless prefer it. Put the box under my feet, so. The night is fine, thank Heaven; I shall,'have a good i passage." The train was just about to start when the door was once more opened, and a gentleman got in, carrying a large railway rug, which he wrapped i carefully round his legs. He had grey hair, a great beard 1 almost white, and blue spectacles. He i j leant out of the window and spoke to someone outside. ] "Yes, my friend," he said, in French. "I return to Peru within a : fortnight. I shall be glad to be at ] home again." \ "Bah! " said the voice outside. "A ' Frenchman is never at home off the pave at Paris." The train began to move, the trav- 1 eler waved his hand. ! "Au revoir!" he exclaimed. 1 Armur, leaning duck, sieepiiy m the corner of the carriage, lazily ( thought what a plump looking hand ' the old, gray haired man had. Their ( fellow traveler took out a novel, tried to read it by the imperfect light of the compartment, then, with an impatient "Pish!" returned it to his pocket. Arthur shut his eyes. He was sitting opposite to Monsieur Rigaud,' the Peruvian in the furthest corner, ' with his back to the engine. Arthur was awakened by the cold, bony touch of Monsieur Rigaud's hand. "Arthur!" he said, in a whisper, j "Monsieur Arthur, listen to me. That ' gentleman. Did you not hear? He is I ! of Peru. Is it not so?" 4,Yes," said Arthur, sleepily. "He implied it." "What do you think? Would it be prudent? He might know something of the family Leckic. I should like to ] know," said the old man, fumbling ! his hands together nervously^ "just ] from curiosity, you know, nothing ' else, what Louise died of. She was J nearly of an age with myself; we 1 played together. My mother com- J mended her to my protection. Bah! ' If not imprudent, I might venture a 1 question or two, if you will begin." "Monsieur," said Arthur, taking off his hat and addressing their fel- ] low traveler in French,."may I ven- ' ture to ask if you are from Peru?" ' The gentleman bowed. "Certainly, I am at your service," ! he said. "Do you know the country?" ( "No," said Arthur, "but this gen- ( tleman is interested in a family once ! resident there, and if you could tell him anything about them he will be gratified." "Yes?" said the stranger, turning politely to Monsieur Rigaud. "With the greatest pleasure in my life. The name of the family " "Is Leduc," said Monsieur Rigaud. ; "An elderly lady and gentleman? she evidently -vith the remains of great beauty? Can it be the same?" "Louise had some pretensions to 1 good looks, and she must have been ] tiucii;. i c?, it io jJiui/auij IUC aamt*. j The news of their deaths was con- i veyed to me, sir, hut I never heard of ! what they died." "Of fever, monsieur; it was an un- < healthy season. Thsy died cf fever, ( like many others; hut the son *>s- i taped it." ! "The son? But they had no fam- ; i!y." i "Pardon. Then it csnuot be the j ( ?ame. These Leducs had a son. Lome: wnat was nis name.' i-ie was named after some relative in France. Forgive me if I cannot re- I call the name." - : \ "It was not by chance Paul?" said i jlonsieur Rigaud. : /'Yes, ves, Paul, that was it! I re- 1 member well, now. Paul Leduc. He i must be a man now?that is, if he 1 livet1 to grow up.'' |1 "Then you do not know whether he is alive?" "Alas, no, mon~ieur! I have been absent from Peru for some years now. I have neither seen nor heard anything of your young friend?or relative?" "My nephew," said Monsieur Rigaud, "and, sir, excuse my many questions. I am a poor man myself, and feel for those in similar circumstances. Monsieur and Madame Leduc?were they embarrassed for money?" "Oh, que non!" said the stranger, vtts\Y?r\ PAmfnrl nl^lv quiuni.v. X 11XZJ vwuiivi off. Madame was always well dressed; monsieur frequented the most expensive club. They were not rich bien entendu, but they had an ample sufficiency, which I imagine has descended to my young friend Paul." "Just so," said Rigaud, whose conscience being set at rest on the subject of his sister's fate, cared to hear no more. They reached Southampton at last. The stranger got out first, and kindly offered his hand to assist Monsieur Rigaud to descend. The incongruity of that hand again struck Arthur, and for a moment he looked fixedly at their fellow-passenger. The look was returned frankly, the eyes were bright, clear and penetrating, their glance open and frank. The two bowed a courteous good-night as Arthur, carrying the black box in one hand and supporting his old companion on his arm, led him away through the din of the railway station and across the docks to the St. Malo boat. "Good-night! A thousand thanks! I am at home again," said old Monsieur Rigaud, saying adieu with empressement, and Arthur stepped on shore as the boat moved off. CHAPTER VI. "There he is!" exclaimed Tola, ( leaping out of bed as a shower ot little pebbles danced up against the window. "Who? What?" said Janet, sleepily. "Only Arthur. I will run down and let him in." And before Janet could reassemble her scattered senses, Tola had plunged into her little blue dressing gown and stolen swiftly downstairs. "Fancy his coming at this time of night!" said Janet, turning round on the pillow and comfortably betaking herself to slumber again. The hall clock had just struck 4. Tola, shivering with pleasure, excitement and scanty raiment, opened the door and threw her arms round her brother in ecstasy. "My dear, dear, darling old boy, come in at once. Are you cold? Are you tired? Are you hungry?" "Neither of the two first, though r ? ~ 11-^/1 Dlnmlroo' hilt bntlPTV L WdllVCU il U1X1 ~v*v * D - ., [s not the word. I am ravenous! I could eat you up bodily!" Tola laughed merrily. "Come to the schoolroom," she said. "I have surreptitiously concealed a regal repast there, and the remnant of a fire!" Arthur caught up a shawl, fastened her up in it like a mummy and followed her to the schoolroom. "Hurrah!" he said. "You are a jolly little brick!" There was so much to tell. Arthur bad to answer question after question before he could begin on his own side, and when the clock struck 5, the brother and sister were still crouched over the dying fire, talking over an me iamuy auairs a.s xi. iucj were the parents birds on whom the sare of the nest depended. But at j Arthur rose up. "Now Tola," he 5&id, _"I mean you to go to bed, and not waste any more of the precious midnight oil. You dear little soul, you have certainly grown thinner since I saw you last." "Nevertheless, I am as leathery and active as?as?where shall I go for a simile?" "Go to bed, my child; we will talk :o-morrow to our heart's content." The next morning the carrier brought over Arthur's luggage, and tie consigned the interesting little Lrunk to his mother with Mrs. Alfred Denstone's humble little message. To be Continued. Keeping Off the Burglars. Mr. and Mrs. Choice had a mag nificent Great Dane, a brindle fellow, so tall that he could eat off the dinner table without raising his head an Inch above its natural poise. They sailed him Bowse. Eowse died, and his mistress, frightened by the repeated burglaries in the neighborhood. thought she would not be able io r 'ain in the house alone while tier husband was in the city. "I nave an idea," said Mr. Choice. "We ivill have him stuffed and mounted, md stand him near the door, where svery one who calls can see him. [f you go to the door and see a person whom you suspect of being not 1 uite respectable, catch Bowse by the :ollar, just as if he were alive, and make a show of holding him back from tearing the caller to pieces." t-r. If moo ,%,no onrl tho stuffed Bowse was as effectual as the animated one. Among the light-fingered fraternity and the second-story gents it soon got to be known that an exceedingly dangerous dog was in that louse; and they kept away. Our Proprietors. A year or two ago Henry Clews, the New York banker, named the five leading fortunes in the country as being John D. Rockefeller's, estimated it $500,000,000; Andrew Carnegie's, 5250,000,000; W. W. Astor's. $200,000,000: Gould family, $150,000,)f)0, and Marshall Field's, $100,000,- j i)00. The fact that the Field estate J is found to inventory very close to j >100,000,000 is regarded in Chicago! is tending to connrm me accuracy 01 :he Clews estimates in the other ;ases.?Philadelphia Record. Keep Mum. Women, as women, aro pretty nueh alike. They have the same lair, diiTeringslightly unly as to color ind length; same features, same! Lhoughts. When we love one of ;hem, therefore, we are in reality! loving them all. But it is just aa ! .ell net to mention thiu.?Life. I UP ON A SK1 Bill (watching the traffic below)? ?Sketch. Police Alarm. No one need now be in fear of thieves and burglar's, as a Boston man has devised a contrivance whereby the police can be instantly notified that intruders are in the house and help is wanted at once. This is to be accomplished with the aid of the alarm tag shown in the illustration. The purpose of the device wijl be apparent at once. The tag. ink, v/Mk . [; scribed as shown, is placed where it can be conveniently reached when c wanted. The occupant of the house t on hearing suspicious noises in the t house quietly pitches the missile out of the window. The presumption is that a policeman?or other passerby t ?will notice the tag, and help will be a immediately forthcoming.?Washington Star. ' r A GOOD ?< Fisherman?"Ah! That's a good only got to catch a fish now and I shall Wire-Loop on Itibboii Spool. F There is considerable loss expari- r enced in the dry goods and notion a scores in the ribbon department, owing to the delicate materials becom- 11 ? r ,.,n/ i Prevents Ribbon Ends From uecom- j ing Damaged. ing soiled and mussed, principally through the neglect of the sales- ? people to properly secure the end oT the ribbon when placed back in the c drawers or shelves. I': is usually the custom to require the attendants to VSCRAPER. '* ' . v'.' '' . f- . ' . ' i-fXr ^ f;' . ' . ^ -"Risky things, them there motors.* .E^THE^STOCKING AND HIS DOG Surmounting the Monument to J. Fenimore Cooper at Cooperstown. Main Canse of Trouble. Misunderstandings and minding ther people's business cause most of Via frrtnhlo th<q wnrlH Manchps. er Union. An effort is being made in England o compel the use on automobiles of .utomatic speed controllers to prorent a machine from running above a naximum rpeed on public roads. START. . IK beginning, a frying-pan! I have be all right."?From Bon Vivant. tin these ends down, but this is often leglected, with the result stated ,bove. Seme material of this character is iow being placed on the market supilled with an ingenious wire loop, yhich prevents waste of this kind. 1 t is of very simple construction and heaply made, as tb~ devices ar^ 1 urned out in great numbers by mahines. The invention consists of a louble loop, the larger one being parially formed by a pin, with the ; neans for securing it. This is adaptd to embrace one or more convoutions of the ribbon on the spool. ?ho extreme end of the ribbon is < mssed through the smaller loop, and ] irevents any unreeling of the maerial. The ribbon is pulled through e ronton anrl the cut made at the ! < oop, which remains in place until \ he ribbon is entirely withdrawn. ( ""bus protected, the ribbon cannot be- J ome mussed or soiled, except hrough maliciousness or extreme arelessness. ] J England has 192 prisons. i h i uAW-'^0^ t?r- "y aa>y ran?c i' \ VUVHf^mond rhc pleasanf fields ^ill <V OW MoTy Writ I might despair.^/ V'i' ?>- ^-T?wsJx V ?K5v-?- ~r?w, OX FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES. The fairest action of our human life Is scorning to revenge an injury; For -who forgives without a furthei strife. His adversary's heart to him doth tie. And 'tis a firmer conquest truly said, To win the heart, than overthrow the head. If we a worthy enemy do find, To yield to worth it must be nobly done; But if of baser metal be his mind. In base revenge there is no honor won Who would a worthy opurage overthrow, And who would wrestle with a worthless foe> We say our hearts are great and can not yield; Because they can not yield, it proves 4 V> or*i r>/\nr Great hearts are task'd beyond their Dower, but seld The weakest lion will the loudest roar. Truth's school for certain doth this same allow, High-heartedness doth sometimes teach to bow. A noble heart doth teach a virtuous scorn, To scorn to owe a duty overlong: To scorn to be for benefits forborne, To scorn to lie, to scorn to do a wrong.' To scorn to bear an injury in mind. To scorn a free-born heart slave-like to bind. But if for wrongs we needs revenge must have. Then be our vengeance of the noblest kind: Do we his body from our fury save. And let our hate prevail against our mind? What can 'gainst him a greater vengeance be, , . Than mnke his fo? more worthv far than he? ?Lady Elizabeth Carey. Tighten the Bnckle. It Is related that a cavalry officer, with a small number of followers, was pursued by an eDemy who were in large force. He discovered that his saddle-girth was becoming loose; his comrades were urging him on to greater speed, hut he dismounted, tightened the loose buckle, and then rode on, amid the shouts of his companions. The broken buckle would have cost his safety?perhaps his life. His wise delay ensured his safety. This incident suggest several spiritual lessons, writes Dr. Theodore H. Cuyler. A very obvious one is that the Christian who is in such haste to rush off to his business in the morn* ing that he does not spare afay time for his Bible or for prayer, is quite likely to "ride for a fall" before sundown. One of the most eminent Christian merchants of New York told me that he never met his family at the breakfast table until he had a refreshing interview with his God over his Bible and on his knees. His family worship afterwards was not only a tightening of the buckle for himself, but was a gracious means of safety to his household. One of the greatest dangers in these days is that too many children are growing up^?even in nominally Christian families?with sadly lax sentiments in many vital directions. They have loose views about God's day and God's Book, and very loose practices as to attendance upon God's woi^hip. They start out in life with a broken buckle and when the stress of temptation comes, they are easily thrown to the ground. Fathers and mothers owe to their children as well as to themselves the duty of tightening in the saddle-glrthl Not only do families suffer from laxity in parental government and godly parental training, but I fear that some congregations suffer from laxity in the teachings of their ministers. No church is very likely to rise higher than its own pulpit. If the shepherd of the flock holds loose doctrines; if he is so "liberal" tnat he gives away, or throws away, vital truths; if he lets down too many bare that the Bible wisely puts up, then it is no wonder that the flock wanders off into the ways of the worldliness. There is no danger in these days ol excessive strictness or of "puritanical" principles or practices. The danger is just from the opposite direction. Would it not be a wise thing if some pastors, who see that their churches are being overtaken and demoralized by worldly temptations, should call a halt and tighten their buckles??Home Herald. Crosses Mark the Path to Peace. See, then,' how faithfully the Lord is leading thee to true peace, who surroundeth thee with so many crosses. It is called "the peace of God which passeth all understanding; " that is which is not known by feeling or perfecting or thinking. All our thinking cannot attain or understand it; none but those who of free will take nn the rrnss laid on them?these, tried and troubled in what they feel and think and understand, afterward experience this peace.?Luther. Practice the Presence of God. The exercise of patience involves a continual practice of the presence of God; for we may be called upon at any moment for an almost heroic display of good temper, and it is a short road to unselfishness, for nothing is left to self; all that seems to belong most intimately to self, to be self's private property, such as time, home and rest, are invaded by these continual trials of patience. The family is full of such opportunities.?F. W. Faber. The Daily Test. It is daily life that tests Uo?the manner of men we are. It is not our prayers, it is not our profession, but it is the tone of daily intercourse and conduct that decides how we stand. The little homely graces, the cheerful everyday amenities, the Christ spirit uttering itself not so much in conscious act as in unconscious influence.?J. F. Ware. Lives Without Sneering. He who tears God does qot sneer at men. ?feTF Year's Post Cards. From 3,000,000 to 0,000,000 nost ?.ard3 bearing New Year's greetings tvere sent through the mail3 in New Fork City. The congestion of mail, tiowever, was not so great as it was luring the Christmas rush. One day's sale of one-cent stamps in the city jmnnntftfl tr* Th!e le S 10 - )00 less than the sale of the day before Christmas. Improvements in Tunis. The government of Tunis has appropriated $15,000,000 for railways, Highroads and water works. *' vy/; -*s '.'V THE GREAT DESTROYEF 3 SOMT5 STARTLING FACTS A15001 THE VICE OF INTKMl'EKA.NCE. The Rev. Sam Small Alms a Fe*? Rapid-Fire Verbal Shots at the Demon Rum?Says the Prohibition Ware is Rising. The Rev. Sam Small, of Atlanta. Ga., preacher and temperance lee- t turer, spoke at the Grand Avenue M. E. Church. The Georgia minister's chief forensic characteristic is the use v of homely language and a rapid-fire bombarding style of speech. Here are a few of his verbal shots aimed' at the "demon rum:" "High license was invented by the devil and patented by the politician* to coin dollars to lay on the eyes of ? dead consciences to make 'em look respectable. ; "I don't know what kind of ijud you renows are made or, Dut you drink five times as much liquor as we do in Georgia, and we've got a reputation for drinking whisky, cusginr ? and killing darkies." : "You came down South and licked slavery out of us, and now we're coming up North to lick the rum traffic out of you." "We said to the Legislature: 'Ton thick-lipped, flannel-mouthed rough- ' necks, if you don't pass this prohibition bill we'll pillory you in every county in Georgia.' And they did it.w " Governor Smith told the railroads if they didn't put the two-cent rate into effect he'd chain every locoxno- i 4 n tive in Georgia to the track,'and now he'll enforce prohibition in Georgia If he has to put every voter in the State under arms." "The revenue that Kansas,City de- " rives from the liquor traffic, If dt- 1 vided among the taxnayers, would buy 'em a hat apiece." ' Small told of the various Bteps In .the campaign to suppress the liquor * traffic in Georgia. It originated itt protective measures to keep whisky from the negroes, and culminated Id a Statewide prohibition. "And not in Georgia alone," he said, "is the wave of prohibition rising, but over all the South. In fourteen States of the solid South, with 97 ft ft ft Ann nf nonnlo thoro ara fa?ar saloons than In the single State of New York, with 8,000,000 people."? Kansas City Times. Begs Harvard Men to Be Sober. The Right Rev. A. F. WinningtonIngram, Lord Bishop of London, vis ited Harvard University and delivered, an address at Sanders' Theatre on "Some Problems of Our Cities." The Bishop took luncheon with President. Charles W. Eliot and spent the afternoon in looking about the university. He admired the stadium, where th& , , football practice was in progress. He said he' was fond of the game, and had been brought up on the English Rugby game, but the different style of the American game made it hard for him to understand the practice- 1 work. "I have chosen to speak to you on some of the problems that confront us in our great cities," he said in the theatre. "The first of these problems, which is a fearful one in London, is the great increase in population, which is accompanied by an ap- ^ palling overcrowding. Often I have J seen five or six children and a father M and mother living in a single room. Another problem is the fearful mortality, especially among children. "What do we expect from Harvard?" he asked. "I want to see you do what you can to hdp us in our work. First of 411, you send us good men. Nothing hurts us more than reports that in the universities thereare drinking and immorality. Drink ing and* immorality in a place likeHarvard undermine us and are doln& much harm in the world. "We admire Harvard for many things, among them for the splendid athletes you have sent across. You will add to our admiration of you If you will help us solve our problems." A Startling Decision. Judge Pollard, Attorney-General of * Texas, has recently made a startling decision against the liquor nien in that State. In answering a question regarding the new Baskin-McGregor law, Judge Pollard declares that the' law will require that a saloon man must have resided in a county at least two years before he can take out a. license. Since the wave of local option spread over North Texas the saloonmen have emigrated to other counties ana Biarieu anew m mobusiness. In hundreds of cases, therefore, they will not have been residing in their present locations, for the requisite two years, and, according to Judge Pollard, their licenses are invalid unless secured lit accordance with this clause - of the new statute. ! A Case of Special Interest. r A case of special interest to temperance workers throughout the country was tried at Moscow, Idaho, last month, when Cowhide Williams, a. Nez Perce Indian, charged with sellr a ing liquor to Indians on a special reservation, came up before theUnited States Circuit Court. The= United States Courts have already de cided in two famous cases that thesale of intoxicants to Indians residing on reservation iand, the title towhich has passed to them as citizens,, cannot be restricted, the Fourteenth Amendment being held to forbid any ' line of this kind being drawn on recount of race or color. In the case of Williams, however, the liquor was sold to Indians on a special reservation, title to which is still vested In the Government. The trial was of special interest. Temperance Notes. Once the home of whisky, the South is going dry. Prohibition in the South is greatly decreasing the receipts of the Federal internal revenue collectors in that DCVUUU. With saloons closed after the San Francisco earthquake, arrests were from two to six per day; after saloons were opened under high license, extra police were needed to protect refugee camps, and arrests ran from seventy-two to 113 per day. In some of the States active measures have been taken, under the inter-State commerce law, to suppressthe delivery of liquor, C. O. D., by the commcn carriers, and the rev- 4 enues of the express companies and mail order houses have suffered in consequence. The employes of the Lehigh Valley, Railroad must hereafter live sober,, temperate lives. Orders have been issued whereby each employe, from conductors down, will be compelled r to attach their signature to a document stating that they had taken a V temperance pledge and would not us^ liquor in any form hereafter. v -?ei&.