Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I ~ TWO GIRLS. Tliere was a pirl who always said Her fate was very hard; From the one thing she wanted most She always was debarred. There always was a clouded spot Somewhere within her sky; Nothing was ever quite just right. She used to say, and sigh. And yet her sister, strange to say. Whose lot was just the same. Found something pleasant for herself In every day that came. Of course, things tangled up sometimes, For just a little while; But nothing ever stayed all wrong, She used to sav, and smile. r Through all their lives together; It didn't come from luck or fate. From clear or cloudy weather. The reason lav within their hearts, And colored all outside; One chose to hope and one,to mope, s And so they smiled and sighed. ?Pure Words. 'FORGOTTEN OF MEN. ' J By W. Bert Foster. o tKOiitieteteosossesooo:*; He sat, a little dried figure of a man with a face like a winter apple, in the sunniest angle of the debtors' TV* a tv* haVi o r* m r> o 1 r VVU1 U Ji ag Hi itv n uuvnvu utmv^wo which he occupied had evidently seen service in its better days at the desk of some good-natured official. His thin hair showed in silver streaks between the rim of his battered hat and the frayed collar of his coat. His other apparel corresponded with the hat and coat; he was shabby, but not unkempt. The shiny coat was brushed speckless; the old shoes, rudely patched by the prison cobbler, were polished; his face was cleanly shaven. Old Jimmy's neatness was a source of wonder to his comrades in debtors' row. He was a patriarch of the constantly changing company who idled daily in the court behind the workhouse. They called themselves "boarders"? a pleasantry at which each was expected to laugh; but after a time the laugh grew hollow, and the jibe was a mockery. Some idled away the dragging hours at dominoes, or wrangled noisily over the quoits at the further end of the court. There were those, how" ever, who walked the court incessantly?"for .exercise," they said; but it was the exercise of the caged creature used to the wild freedom of the forests and plains. Old Jimmy was past both stages \ of the experience. As the nonchalance of the first few weeks gives way to the lash of anxiety which drives a man to and fro like the captive beast, so the latter had, in old Jimmy's case, gradually grown into a gentle apathy. Old Jimmy had been in the debtors' prison five years. The grave and the prison door successfully shut out the memory of a man, and five years is a long time for one's friends to remember. He had no kin and few friends when the prison doorsclosed upon him and he had been forgotten long since. Bat there was one who had not. He was not quite "forgotten of men." The pitiful spite of the man who /had sent old Jimmy to this place, and the pitiful stubbornness of the debtor himself, still kept him here. Sometimes newcomers asked the patriarch why he did not "take the oath," and the question always brought a flush to his withered cheek and an expression to his eye that few understood. He felt that it would give his enemy more satisfaction for him to obtain his freedom in that way than it did to keep him shut up; therefore he refused the proffered means of escape. The officers were all friendly with old Jimmy. He never made anj trouble and he was useful in "breaking in" newcomers. Sometimes they marvelled that so quiet and unobstrusive a man could be so stubborn. "What would you do if you got out, Jimmy?" somebody asked. "I'm sure I don't know," replied the patriarch, gently. "I had begun to find it hard to get work because of my age when I came in. It would, I suppose, be much harder now. Well, I expect I -am much better off here, and as long as I am here I know that there is at least one of my fek lowmen outside who thinks of me." i A ghost of a smile flickered across his face. "Yes, yes," he repeated, "I expect I am much better off here." As he sat in the fall sunshine today, his face was as grave and im passive as usual; but memories were 6t?rrlng within him that had not troubled him for months. It was the anniversary of his entrance upon prison life and?but who can express the feelings of a soul whose limits have been the bare gray walls of a prison pep for so long a time? Perhaps not the soul itself. So wrapped in thought was he that he did not notice the sudden hush in the court, or hear the firm, quick step at his side. It was only when a hand rested on his shoulder, that he looked up. The deputy himself stood beside him. "Well, Jimmy, I've got news for you." The cheery voice rang out in sharp contrast to the hum of subdued conversation that had before filled the air. "For me, deputy?" The old man had risen and looked into the officer's face with slowly dawning surnrise. "Yes, Jimmy. The best kind of news." Then he added, in a lower tone: "You're going out." "I'm?going?out?" "That's it, my man." The old man moistened his lips before speaking again and his voice shook: "Are you sure it's me, deputy?" "Of course I am!" The deputy's laugh again filled the court. "I came to tell you myself, old man. Why, 1 verily believe you're not glad!" Old Jimmy's face ha'd paled and his voice still trembled. "What?what has happened, sir?" "To him?" Old Jimmy always spoke of his enemy in that way and the official almost unconsciously adopted the term. The patriarch nodded. "I couldn't tell you. Simply the money for your board hasn't come, so that lets you out. Go get you- traps and come along." The old man's tear-filled eyes blinked slowly. He stammered, but did not move, as though he failed yet . ' * to comprehend the wonderful thing that had befallen him. "Come, man, hurry up!" exclaimed the deputy, more brusquely. As though to punishment, with head low on his breast and pallid cheeks, the patriarch crossed the court. Some of his comrades, who had listened with interest to the conversation,' crowded forward to bid him good-by; but he went on as though he did not see them. In a | daze he entered the grim corridor and walked unsteadily to his cell. There were ^ few articles of clothing and a book or two he prized. These he placed in his shabby old bag and joined the deputy at the cage. The officer on duty shook hands with him and wished him good-by. But old Jimmy scarcely realized what it all meant. The sudden change in I his placid life had quite bewildered the old man. He could not, as yet, i I adjust himself to it. [ He followed the deputy upstairs i and sat down in the office while the [ necessary papers were being filled i out. One of the clerks came and | whispered to the officer. The latter i j turned good-naturedly to old Jimmy: | "I can tell ^ou what's happened, Jimmy," he said. "He's dead. Went off day before yesterday, this young man tells me. Must have forgotten you, Jimmy, or he'd made provision for such a contingency, eh?" "Yes, he has forgotten me,'' responded the old man, strangely. "I ?am?forgotten." | It was growing dark outside. The papers on the deputy's aesK rusuea softly. Old Jimmy leaned his head upon one claw-like hand. In a few moments he would be free. Free! Twenty years before that would have meant much to him; there were a wife and children then. Five years before it would have been welcomed, for then the horror of the' prison was fresh upon him. But now? He looked down at his shabby clothing. He remembered hi^empty pockets. The night was coming fast. The deputy rose and motioned to him. It's all rieht. Jimmv. I've made account of your release." He shook the withered paw of the old man warmly, and led him to the door. A moment later the discharged debtor stumbled down the iron steps. The sun had gone down. From within sounded faintly the monotonous tramp of the men from the shops going to their cells. He was alone in this outer world?the world he had not seen for five years. His friends? They had forgotten him long ago. His enemy? He, too, had forgotten, for there is naught but forgetfulness in the grave. He leaned his bared head against the cold granite. A great unuttered and unutterable cry filled his soul. "Forgotten of men! Forgotten of men!"?Portland Transcript. Trying to Beat the Gambling Bank By ARTHUR HEWITT. ihe charm of roulette at Monte Carlo Is apparent, the fascinatibn and excitement are bound to hold you as they did me durine mv luckv davs. Then, too, there is the gorgeous beauty of the rooms themselves, the crowd of people all intent on the play, and the prodigious sums of money ever in view?the unified activity, the action of combined thought in one direction. Each plays upon the senses until (I care not how strong your ordinary will) you fall prey to a temptation beyond your power of resistance. To be captain of your own soul in this place is indeed an arduous feat. I saw the strong and the weak alike enthralled ?people of many lands;, and I think there were more women than men. Some played the game with definite system, some in the most erratic manner. The same fite overtook all. At roulette, roughly, the bank wins three per cent, of all the money staked. As you play, this hard' mathematical fact is establishing itself against you. ' You may win at the first, indeed many times. All your Winnings first get back to the bank, and then your pocket will pay at least this subtle three paef cent, for all your fine sport of many days. It is so simple, need I even explain, wnen me company wnicn runs tne place yearly reaps profits to the tune of over one and a half million pounds sterling? The fateful zero takes your money, mathematically, once in thirty-six spins of the wheel; in the long reckoning it always appears and each time the bank rakes in the stakes.? From ."Monte Carlo and Its Game," in The Bohemian Magazine. AY hen Governor Smith Slept. When Governor Smith of Georgia was Secretary of the Interior in Cleveland's Cabinet, he was once called home to Atlanta on business. The duties incident to his leaving had thoroughly wearied the brawny Secretary, so ho retired early to his berth for a good night's rest. Mr. Smith never does anything by halves, and the sonorous cadences of evarincreasine volume whioh nrnr.eedpri from his apartment gav* evidence that his utterances of the day did not greatly exceed in forcefulness those of the night. But after about two hours his tranquil slumber was dis- | turbed by the persistent nudging of the porter. That official was asking, "Boss, is you awake?" "Of course I am awake," Mr. Smith replied. "What do you want?" "Boss, I hope dat you will pardon me, sah. but I was jest goin' to ask you to be so kind as to stay awake for jest about fifteen miuutes 'tell de ; rest of de passengers can git to sleep." I ?Lippincott's. Asking the Impossible, j "Have you any alarm clocks?" inj quired the customer. "Yes, ma'am." said the man behind the counter. "About what price do you wish to pay for one." "The price is no object if I can get the kind I am after. What I want is one that will rouse the hired girl without waking the whole family." don't know of any such alarm clock as that, ma'am," said the man. "We keep just the ordinary kind? the kind that will wake the whole family without disturbing the hired girl."?Chicago Tribune. /. a EOMfeREST / New York City.?The fancy blouse that is made with c'eep girdle, so giving a modified directoire effect, is on? jar that will have great vogue through- t>ie out the season, and this one is charm- Vei I ingly graceful and attractive while it is simple at the same time. In th& illustration it is made of crepe de lin chine with trimming of applique and on] chemisette and sleeves of lace and voj Urn HrrllA is nf messaline satin. It is th appropriate, however, for almost all tht seasonable materials, and can be va- an< ried In a great many ways. If the illi sleeves of lace are not liked they can I nev be made to match the blouse, or they der can be made of chiton, marquisette | trii or other thin material in matching 1 color, while the chemisette either can the be made of the same or of white lace cen as is most becoming. For the trim- bac ming any finish that may be liked can sire be utilized, and the season is singu- cati larly prolific of bandings, appliques the and lace of all sorts. The girdle also ski] can be made of silk or soft ribbon, ind with its ends finished with fringe 1 weighted with tassels or with cro- for cheted balls or in any way that may hal best suit the special gown. sev The waist is made with a fitted lin- and lng on which the chemisette is ar- Inc] ranged, and there are also closely er I fitted sleeve linings which serve as a ter support to the full ones, and the twe blouse itself is made with front and back portions. The lining and the blouse both are cut off slightly above the waist line, and are joined to a foundation girdle, and over this foundation the draped girdle and sash are arranged. If the long sleeves are not liked they can be cut off in threequarter length. The quantity of material required I for the medium size is one and seven? eighth yards twenty-one or twenty-' four, one and three-eighth yards f twfenty-seven or one yard forty-four Inches wide, with t?*o and seveni eighth yards eighteen inches wide for ' V - - " ? OT^ I me cnemiseite aim aieevca, <.v?w o,u>i * J a half yards of banding, two yards ! fcventy-one inches Aide for sash and girdle. ?. * * Ties in Irish Lace and Net. Extreme narrowness, the width ft -;ardly more than half an inch, charncterizes a new and very smart accessory for wear with blouses and shirt waists. A fine baby Irish insertion, a latticed pattern, is used for it, yar with wee folds of net on either edge, yar This is.worn around the neck like a neli watch chain, the two ends hooking twg together at the bust under a pleated twe Vow of net combined with Irish lace eitl and finished off with crocket tassels, wid i 11 L . / /.. .... ff&WOMENl \l In About Hatpins. feren Hatpin heads for a while grew set ^ ger and larger, until they resein- -pjjg d the tiny butter plates once unl- iong sally used. ' ' aiwa; tic, 1 Indoor Gowns. dolpl Pale blue crepe de chine, pastel they rtle green chiffon voile, pale mink feet, iwn marquisette, pale tan chiffon creat ladcloth, embroidered transparent they ite voile ? these show one the into nd of colors and materials that scenc 1 be selected for dressy Indoor padd vns. mars ? cal t Coral the color. way, Dne sees coral tints everywhere, he u metimes it will be a wing in fla- not 1 Qgo tones, as a decoration to a a*r 1 t; another time the lavelliere is neces unted with this semi-precious | UP fr ne (cpral), and again it will be surfa isses of flowers alive with this side i or?the tones running from palest al to deep geranium red. fishes in th Six Gored Skirt. a sei The gored walking skirt that gives *he ig and slender lines is the one *orce jatly in vogue, just now, and this *ense 9 is graceful in, the extreme. It are * l be trimmed witb the single wide Bauri ad of contrasting material as illus- ing 1 .ted, with"* a band of the same or :h a succession of narrow bands or vs of braid applied on the same rl^le es, or.lt can be finished with a hem [y, all these styles being equally in they jue. Again, it allows a choice of men > inverted pleats or habit back so" *n it it can be made to suit all figures *00t ? ???uia ?t*i fho my s 1 ail ocasuuauic uiaicuato. au. tu? istration it is made of one of the ,?? , with i went if deep '/ Bhor1 a r\ j\ new /. / l\ ' a g0 M ?1 taIls 1M\ 11 S makJ v bordered materials, and the bor- ^orl{ is cut off and applied to form the *or u nming band. v Ma The skirt is cut in six gores, and nothi re consequently is a seam at the in thi tre front as ftell as one at centre in :k. When the habit back is de- alwaj id the fulness is cut off on indi- 0f be ed lines. The band which forms A trimming iS arranged over the man?j rt and is mitred to conform to the dane! icated shaping. rhe quantity of material required ?Vl the medium size is seven and a ^e f yards twenty-four or twenty- tlie en, five yards forty-four or three Kii I three-quarter yards fifty-two posta ties wide when material has nelth- it wil leure or naD: five and three-quar- if yards twenty-four, five yards make ;nty-sevGn or tbree and a half we w best 1 j Time; |i ds forty-four inches wide, three Atlan ds fifty-two when material has ther figure nor nap with two yards pQ] inty-four, one and a half yards taine( snty-seven, three quarter yard . ler forty-four or ^fty-two inches , .' le for the fold. get po??ooo?r?o8?c cesoooc-? a lurious Tail Lore. I E ja?oe? o??e???eeeoo?8C9? <Sj^f whales we have an entirely dift state of affairs, the tail being ransversely instead of vertically. lnalc< reason for this is concealed in PlPes ages of evolution. Fishes have hemi ps been as they are now, aqua- ' >ut the ancestors of whales and an(* 1 lins lived on dry land where more crawled about on four good mear When, for some reason, these ures of old took to the water, probably did not plunge at once Athe open ocean where their de- recor lants now live, but waded and throT led along in the shallows and four hes of the shore. Here a verti- press :ail would certainly be in the tae while a horizontal one might comi sed advantageously. We must vesse forget also that whales breathe with, is we do and that it is more isary for them to shoot quickly Ae om the dark ocean depths to the mer .ce, than to turn fish-like from Mont to side. % er cc e sting ray and certain other whic! 5 haveia sharp, poisonous spine sixty e tall with which they can inflict tests fere wound, but in the case or > alligator, it is by sheer brute that the tail is useful for de- En t. The muscles of this organ of wl ike springs of steel. The great marv an lies asleep in the sun, seem- pose more dead than alive, but if a al o dozen men should seize its tail mour all their strength, with one ter- als is flick the alligator could scatter anotl , breaking legs and arms as if were straws, and hurling the Th far to each side. on tl Mexico I opce grasped a three- cago iguana by the tail, and I had on t itrength tested to the utmost to aban on for a single minute. Then, ing t out warning, the great lizard ing 1 one way and I the other; his the s aad parted company in the midand I had nine inches of it left Th y hand. Instead of being fatal fesso >ese iguanas, such, an occurrence ivers )t infrequent and is of the ut- by ai value to them in saving their and with hen alarmed, their first act is to chief for their holes, but when an s is making the attack, the swift- Go Of Its flight sometimes inter- arnoi i the lizard and the bird of prey vaun s the long tall which 1s the last coho] le part of the iguana. After a as w: ' struggle, the eagle flies away medi the. scaly, bony tall-tip, which 'ever, ; afford but slight gustatory sat- still tion, while the iguana seeks the a fe^ est part of its burrbw. The rheu t muscles soon close the wound. Grasi in a surprisingly short time a dium tail shoots forth and grows to jecte odly length, ready-if need be to tumc icriflced in turn. Sometimes two moln grow out from the old tail- reme ip?surely a superfluity of bless- cer; A weak spot in each tail bone chloi ie cause of the breaking. Thus mett ee .that the tail of the Iguana is ed an interesting one.?C. Wil- The Beebe, in The Outing Magazine. WORDS OF WISDOM. isery loves company, and is never i -Ti some. I that le seeker after truth has the job Carl< lifetime. . jalth Is wealth, but you can't ^ ^ 5 doctors believe it. .. the s my a fellow is a beat who doesn't craaj w tae .beaten track. often >ney will buy everything but hap- teen is, and a few people. one < ro hearts that beat as one don't bers ys continue .to keep time. othei me girls are angels and some are * fliers. There's a difference. portunity make's the man, pro- turn, I he knows what to do with it. come auty is only skin deep, but many wher man is deeper than she looks. takei ts of people besides blind beg- coup; have no visible means of sup- of til on tt en when people grow old grace- a ge! it takes them, a long time to the * _ and seldom know what people of it till all the world knows it stanc happ don't realize what a cold, cruel not. 1 tflis is till tmngs get iuo uui s. , ny a man of high estate owns os ng more tangible than castles phila a air. he hi selecting a husband a girl isn't "A rs right because she is so afraid cess ing left. . the 1 woman may be the light of a >"ou ' 3 life, either as a beacon or a tisejr signal. Moln en when a man wants the earth ^our >esn't want it thrown at him in The 1 arm of mud. , . was i idness is often wasted. Even a ge stamp must be licked before sauili 1 do its duty. * a cjg there were as many ways to " ; money as there are to spend it Jrain ould all have more. en when a man hopes for the here tie begins to wish he had hoped tor's omething better.?From "Dys; Philosophy," in the New York 3. Ati ? ed to whicl "Pnng-Wangling." ly c little dubious as to the exact smok s of significance, but certainly Singu ng to the ear is "pang-wangie." trees presses?well, wnat does u ex- i jn th( ??a cheeriness under minor dis- grove jrts, a humorous optimism un- two small misfortunes, though in- uinet these seem dignified definitions tjn a >o informal a word. "I just three wangled home in the rain." says night ;nd of mine, ana I know he got cf th drenched but good-iempered. Fred? went pang-wangling oil to the years re last night," says my nearest bor, and I feel pretty certain singu had been blue over something | elt the need of some small gayIt would do us all good if w*f wangled a bit more, I think.?i ,,j( tic* the 11 Ill Lilt rty minutes after she had ott 1 a position as stenographei . Y i grocery firm in St. Louis, Misi S?in? e Kelleher g-ave np the job U * tarried. ?Bo fr therto it has been customary to i the joints for gas and water i by first introducing strands of L, ) yarn into the socket, then fill;he space left with molten lead Inj afterward calking the latter. A ] modern way is now provided by of is of what is knovn as "lead Br( " th? in wfa new sanitary drinking fountain, wh nmended for public places, far vs up a jet of water three or inches when the faucet is. To led, and the lips are held over jet to get a drink instead of P&' Qg in contact with a drinking- *Jje il that may have been infected * ,. or ti qaq oo crorm c Go i 80,000-volt electrical transfor- ] was recently installed at Butte, nej for the local lighting and pow- wh impany, and the distance over. of ti the current ^is transmitted is' Ma miles. During the insulation ma of the transformer the voltage gj, run up to 160,000. Ca linent Italian engineers, some "T 10m have already performed more del elous feats, now seriously pro- coi the construction or charge can- h? ver the Appenines and Alps b01 itains. A system of tubular cani the idea. As one barge ascends tw, ler barge descends. co] 72 e experiment to eliminate . noise 14 le elevated railway lines in Chi- cie by the use of a gravel roadbed he structure has recently been doned, the gravel not only fail- pa 0 reduce the noise, but also holdwater, with injurious^results to t>ei tructure. ^ Av x - th? e new telescope reflector of Pro- thi r Wood, of Johns Hopkins Un- clF ity, is a basin of mercury rotated cel 1 electric motor, the concavity? therefore the focus?varying jjr the speed. Vibration is the difficulty foreseen. Bri He >ld formerly held a leading place fot ig medicines, hut even the much- 0UI ted chloride of gold cure for al- |or lism seems to be now regarded ithout therapeutic effect by most pc cal men. Dr. A. Maudetj/howrecords that salts of gold are Qe used in the -regular practice of tal n French physicians. Chronic of matism is treated by Professor th? set with chloride of gold and so- ^ , which in dilute solution is ind by Dr. Bue into tuberculosis . ' irs; for epilepsy Professor Le- yjj ,e gives bromide of gold, the gg :dy of Professor Robin for can- am and a hypodermic injection of a i ide of gold solution is Dr. Cal- ae; . .. m e's cure ror viper Due. *7 L wl i Strange Chances -Wi of Gambling m if ARTHUR HEWITT, sei tere are systems, some will say, will defeat the bank at Monte ). I have not found one. Two jj6! rs settle all systems. One is the ;'s limit which prevents the Jn< ling system so often advocated; iecond the extraordinary idiosyn- Jtii es of chance. Red or black will *Q 1 run in long series. I saw flf'reds come up in succession on J," jcoasion; seventeen uneven num- ln' in an unbroken series on an- a One evening, on a losing day, cai s playing on the first six num- to^ and persistently for some hourslast twelve numbers invariable KZ ?d up. " Once I saw twenty-one I 1 up four times in succession, I l mathematically it should have ^ a one hundred and forty-four 3 to make it 3how that number ! nes?and still more strange that lis occasion each time it came up wa jtleman had staked the limit oa. ^ai number, namely, one hundred He eighty francs^ winning in ten Ma ? Atror 01 HAH j tea 3U1A1CL111 il{j, UTWl ?9|VVV :s. One readily sees by these in- ?n :es the unexpected very often ens. in fact, more often than IaD m -The Bohemian Magazine. ^ Ja] It Ran Ahead. wr car Hammerstein was talking in lau idelphia about the succ^s that Du i^had with opera. at? nd yet at first," he said, "sue- agt came very slowly?as slowly as jr0] trains on that Southern line? ] mow the one. It doesn't adver- ths for was waiting for the train in gai Chucky one morning. One brc , two hours, three hours passed. gr train was three hours late. I R.j indignant. fter a while the ticket agent :ered out of the office and lighted Pri arette. ' J Look here,' I said, "won't thai; lihi he along soon?' Ah, yes,' he said, "she'll soon be v pvr now. Here comes the conduc- ? dog.' "?Washington Star. ten Thi Story of Dying Trees. of fention has recently been direct- jot the number of trees in Glasgow ^ 1 are in a dying state, their sick- j0j ondition being attributed to occ e. a correspuuueui meuuuus ?. tie lar coincidence in regard to five tea which a John Pattison planted in 3 centre t>f his garden in Kelvini on the birth of his five sons. of his sons died early in the < eenth century, but three lived cja fter 1S50, when there were only Un of the-trees standing. On the sev that fc,'.s son Matthew died one cat e trees fell, and on the uight of me ?rick and John's death (some ? between) one of the trees fell, KC. inly, as the writer remarks, a ^ lar coincidence.?Glasgow Her- has rUsi coll Warning the Burglar. sup Dhn. John, there's a burglar in ^al louse. I hear him down stairs 1 ? cupboard." Erf 'here you put that pie?" I es. Oh! John, where are yc. aer ,o" ove m going down to save his life." ston Transcript. hea Latest News i ? 1 BY WIRE. ^i ured Autoist Dies. Mineola, L. I.?Bernard F. Garvey< No. 196 Washington avenue.' ooklyn, fifty years old, an officer of ; Long Island Motor Parkway, died the Nassau Hospital from injuries ich he rsceived near Hicksville en his automobile collided with at-'m wagon. BaHd Battle8lilp Utah. Washington, D. C.?The Navy Dertment awarded the contract for ! i building of the battleship Utah to s New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, N. J. rman's Son-in-law Guilty. Philadelphia, Pa.-?Charles J. Mag3S, deserter from the Marine Corps, o married Ada Gorman; daughter the late Senator A. P. Gorman, of ryland, was tried before a court.rtlal and found guilty. ts Puritans For Race Suicide. Boston, Mass. ? The Rev. G. L. ,.?. dy, of Dorchester, In a paper on he Perpetuation of the Church," .cared that the Puritan stock is nmitting race suicide. "I find," said, "fifty-six churches which ist of a single child each for last ir and siity-three which reported Ins each." His figures showed i enty-three churches which, with a nbined membership of 7494, with 76 in the Sunday-schools and with 74 young people in Endeavor so ities, were able ,4n a year to bring 'th ai* new births into the kingdom < God. stor Johnson, of Boston, Fined. Boston, Mass.?The Rev. Df. Herri S. Johnson, pastor of.the "Warren enue Baptist Church, and one of 3 leaders of his denomination in s city, was fined $10 in the Muni-"; al Court for failing to carry his tiflcate of registration while he s operating ills automobile. . W. K. Brooks Dead. Baltimore, Md.:?Dr. William Keith * y'Vk ooks, professor of zoology at Johns mVlriR TTniveraitv. and since the i Hiding of that institution contlna-'cfj?|g sly in Jts service, died after-* pro- V; iged illness. He was born at Cleveid, Ohio, sixty years ago. stal Deficit 910,910,270. Washington, D. C. ? Postmasterneral Meyer has announced a posdeflcit for the year ended June SO $16,910,279, or $7,893,657 greater in the previous year. oops Raid Negroes. Lawton, Okla.?Following the kill; of Private Wilcox, of Battery B, 4 <v st Field Artillery, at Fort Sill in a hi between negroes of the .town 1 soldiers, the white troopera inade ' raid on the negro district and the groes were- put to flight. Paul, \ llliams, a negro, who is chargsd th having flred the shot tbat. SiUed ; llcox, escaped, JUtU H7 tJCillCUVC *' V* t ^ Savannah, Ga.?Solomon Reilly, a gro, ten years old, received a life \'W&7fcJ ltence for the murder of Mrs. Wilr Torrence. The boy had been rking for the woman. She disarged him and he shot and killed I ?lv.? ' dge Cornish Dead. ivn Middlehoro, Mass.?The body of. dge. William D: Cornish, who died Chicago, was brought here for bui. Mr. Cornish was head of the .'1: id department of th6 Harriman ids. The body was brought here v . E. H. Harrimari's private car, and funeral service took place in the V Mr. Cornish was born in this, ' BY CABLE. ?ker Here Until Ma*-. Dublin, Ireland.?Richard Croker, ; : 5 fprmer leader of Tammany Hall,* s a pissenger on the steamer Lusi- ^ lia, which sailed from Queenstown. will not return to Ireland until ,y. tch Paper Attacks Kaiser. r '||jj rhe Hague, Holland.?The Vader- ; id publishes extracts from the moirs of an unnamed diplomat, 0 asserts that during the Russo* panese War the German Emperor ote to Queen Wilhelmina of Holid, threatening the occupation of tch ports unless Hollan<Limmedi- / ly put herself in a state of defense / 1 ilnst Great Britain. rty Years a King. Bangkok, Siam.?The ceremony, it marks the completion of the. . tieth year of the King of Siam be1 when a fin* equestrian statue of mze of the King was unveiled amid >at rejoicing on the part of the ' iple. Thd religious ceremony was lowed by illuminations and ? splen, pyrotechnic display. son For Wilfley's Libeller. Shanghai, China.?The criminal ?1 suit brought against Mr. O'Shea, jp nf thn nhina Gazette, by Judge jeus E. Wilfley, of the American ra-territorial .court here, resulted conviction, and O'Shea was senced to two months' imprisonment. 3 trial was before the British Court Shanghai. in Watson, Polo Plnycr, Dead. Dublin, Ireland.?The death of in Watson, the famous polo player, ? . urred at Navan, County Meath. was captain of the British polo m that played in the United States 1886. He had been master of the ath hounds since 1891. tonomy i*ariy oneiii. * <->i iu AUVUt San Juan, Porto Rico.?The offll election returns show that the ionist party carried all of the en districts of the Island by advoing independence and self-governnt. tvard For American's Body. Geneva, Switzerland.?Francis R. sue, the American Consul here, i offered a reward of $200 for the covery of the body of Robert Linq Clark, a young American, who is posed to have been drowned in the ie of Geneva off St. Giugolph on itember 27. >ct Aeroplane Station. Paris, France. ? Declaring that oplanes will be circling hourly, r Paris before long, an enthusiast erected a station for airships oil roof of a large building in the} .rt of the city. '