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FROMTfiE PIJ U SYNOPSIS. Jackson Jones, nicknamed "Broadway" j because of his continual glorification of j New York's g?vat thoroughfare, is anx ious to get awa/ from his home town of Jonesville. Abiwr Jones, his uncle. Is very angry because Broadway refuses to settle down and take a place in the gum factory in which he succeeded to his father's interest. Judge Spotswood in forms Broadway that $250,000 left him by his father is at his disposal. Broadway makes record time in heading for his favorite street In New York. With his New York fri?nd, Robert Wallace, Broad way creates :t eansauon Dy nip p*ir??? gance on the White Way. Four years pass and Brwrtlway suddenly discovers that he U *wt Quly broke, but heavily In debt. W ap;>>!&fc to his uncle for a loan and recMves v package of chewing gum with th? c-dvlce to ohew it and forget hi3 troubles. He quietly seeks work without success. Broadway gives what is in tended to Ni a f*ceweli supper to hte New York friends. before it is over be comes engaged t<: Mrs. Gerard, and an cient wido^, weaAhy and very giddy. Wallace expostuia^es with the aged flirt and her youthful ftence. but fails to bet ter the sMtwilon. lie learns that Broad way is LTukn ind offers him a position with his frvdSpf's advertising Arm. but it is declined Wallace takes charge of Broadway v rJfairs. Broadway receives a tolegTW* vJsis.unclng the death of his UncH Jifurope. Broadway is his aole >i*tr. l\t* Pembroke of the Con 80lidS"!Vl 'Thf-vVjs: Gvm company ofTers Broad>?*y tPl.*?3p.C00 for his grum plant and Broadjty to sell. Wallace takes the afr-t.t 1n and insists that Broad way lic5? nV r^T ? bigger price and rushes him to JTMe.rr?lV\ to consult Judge Spots / Tvood. wh-? v~t? Vncle Abner's attorney. Broadwftj t*nA? his boyhood playmate. Josle Ric^id*, tn charge of the plant and falls lt?r9 with her. Wallace Is smitten Spotswood's daugh ter. Clara. Joulo ?>ints out to Broadway that by ssTfoig tt?$ plant to the trust he will ruin li<* Vuilt by his ancestors and throw e.*v*iyes out of work. Broadway decides Out he will not sell. "Wallace receives art ^ffer of $1,500,000 from the trust and Is amazed when Broadway turns it down. CHAPTER IX.?Continued. Wallace made an effort to sit up and discuss things further with Broad way, who seemed to be entirely awake, though dreamy In a strange, unwonted way, but there were two arguments against tbls. the first that gnats and moths swarmed merrily In as soon as the oil lamp was lighted, bringing with them more than one mosquito, the sec / mH hoinir that h*? w?h worn out after a long day full of various excitements. "I'm going to bed," he finally de cided. "Best place for you, Bob, this time of night. Folks who sit up?" "Oh, shut up! Good night." "Good night See you in the morn ing." "Now, why," asked Wallace, after he had left his friend, "did that boy seem so glad to have me go to bed? He act ed just as if he wanted to kneel down and pray, but couldn't while a vulgar herd like me was looking on. Now, i what the devil!" He got into bed. i Broadway did not go to bed. Instead | he found a pen and ink and some of ! the soft, spongy hotel stationery in a k drawer of the bare washstand. He be ft gan work with them slowly, painfully. I The pen soon failing, he dug from a [. corner.of a pocket in his vest the pen cil of which he had been so proud s when Pembroke had called on him, and continued. After an hour's hard labor for his brain, the pencil, the soft paper and the tongue which he contin ually thrust into his cheek, he had completed what he thought a master piece. He was not sure whether he would speak It, the next day, to Josie, by herself, or to the assembled multi-. tude of the mill's employes, but he was certain it was great. Having written it he Bpent another hour in carefully committing it to memory (or so he fondly thought) and then got into bed. An hour later he tried to sleep the night out sitting up, for the bed was such as he had never even read about. "When, at last, he fell into a poeture less suggestive of repose on garden rakes and hose than any other had fe been, he dreamed horrid dreams of Ifcrokwn-hearted villagers, starving In the streets of Jonesville in such ter yr- rible profusion that the newspapers re ' ferred to it as "Bonesville" and de clared that he had proved to be the chief Industrial pirate of his day, ruin ing, in the fourth generation, a fine I family name which had, for three, stood for probity, humanity, industry and the best chewing gum of all. He suffered terribly ae he imagined these grim things and a dozen times 1 v/as attacked by reporters who became so incensed as they wrote their stories of his villainy that they strove to stab him with their lead pencils; a hun dred times was set upon by famishing villagers who wished to pick his ribs with fang-like teeth; a thousand times found himself stark and shivering be fore the bar of justice in a chilly stretch of space, where the specters of all worthy Joneses of the past con fronted him with slim, accusing fin gers, pointed straight at his terror stricken stomach. DIDN'T STOP FOR ARGUMENT Object Lesson Warned Poker Player That He Had Not Such an Easy Thing as He Thought. A man in Jamestown Is quoted by the Optimist as relating this Arkan sas poker story: "I was a settin' in a little game in a town down in Ar kansas. It was off from the railroad about twenty miles and I was a stranger. I noticed that the furni ture was a queer design and there were carved ornaments in the room, which was in ihe back of a saloon, and it seemed like an odd place. I was losing right along and was sur prised when I found that nobody ever showed his cards when a bet was called?just called their hands and turned 'em face down on the table. I thought I'd just try that myself, so antied up strong and another feller stayed and we got up a big stack of chips. Well, I finally called him and he said 'three tens.' I didn't, have a durned thing but I called a; queen flush and raked In the ooin. After that I called whatever I wanted to . i WARD 71AR5J \Y Or GEORGE The dreams were not true mgnt mares, though, for at the supreme In- i stant of each period of peril a white < angel floated to him, rescuing him i from that which threatened him. And j this white angel, graceful, large-eyed, smiling and beneficent, was always ! Josie Richards. As soon as she had i rescued him each time, he spoke his j speech to her, and she wept on his i shoulder. , 1 The result of such a night of agony ' was, naturally, that they slept later in the morning than was the Jonesville 1 custom. When half past eight arrived ' and they had not appeared, the wife < of the proprietor sent him upstairs to 1 see if they had not decamped without ' paving for their rooms, or if, per chance, they had not come there sui- < cldelly inclined. She crept up behind her liege lord fearfully, and peeped across his shoul- ' der aa he opened each unlocked door ' in turn. Finding that they were but 1 peacefully asleep, she was both ! shocked at such unheard-of indolence, ' and cheated at the lack of tragedy, so she snorted, "Scandalous!" as she 1 V-J J- 1 crutjiifu uuv>u caiu Dicp. She was a very solid woman, widely 1 built. Wallace had noticed that the night before when he had peeped in ; through the door. Had she been aware 1 of that terrific episode, she would have < screamed for the village constable and had him locked up in the calaboose. < Broadway had his high triumphant moment when it became apparent that ' Wallace would of necessity go to the 1 village barber shop. Having come away In flight from Mrs. Gerard with- i out bags or luggaga of whatever kind, ; he had no razor with him. "My whiskers are so whitish that i they will not begin to show until the , afternoon!" Broadway exulted. "By that time Rankin will be "here with bags." < ] "I'll wait for him. I won't see any?" "You'll be sure to see the judge's daughter. All the Jonesville girls that work at the gum factory get up at six o'clock. The idle, aristocratic class, /~11 * % +411 " iin.c v^iara, dwj iu ucu uu suvcu. "Well, where Is it, then?" said Wal lace in an evil temper. ''What? The village barber shop? Next door." Broadway wrung his hand. "Good-by old chap; good-by. I'll?" "Just give my love to Broadway," Wallace begged. Jackson Jones grew sober in an in stant. "I don't expect I'll see much of it for a while." "It must be permanent!" said Wal lace. "It has lasted through the long est night the world haB ever known." The day already was well under way at the Jones factory. Josie had been Produced a Small Tin Box. at her managerial desk not less than 1 an hour and probably an hour and a half when Wallace started for the bar-- , ber shop. ] It was a very trying morning for the girl. The events of the night before had much upset her, and her sleep had ] been as much disturbed as Broadway's, : although, perhaps, less physically i painful. She had been terribly In earnest In everything which she had said to him about his duty to the village which had made him rich, his duty to the family whose name he bore, his duty to him self; she had been intensely worried, 1 still was intensely worried, lest all which she had said might go for naught, failing to impress him perma nently. He had doubtless meant well when and won a big bunch of money. Pretty soon I was a rubberin' around \ and thinkin' about cashing in and I 1 saw a couple of skeletons danging 1 from a rope away up in a little cupola 1 thing In the ceiling. I asked an old fellow with long chin whiskers what they were. 'Them's just the remains of a couple of strangers,' he re marked sort of careless like, 'that come In here one time and miscalled their hands.' Well, I cashed in pret- ' ty quick and got out of town."?Kan sas City Star. Turner's Generosity. The pictures of Turner, the English artist, who died at Chelsea in 1851. have mounted to prices nearly as great as those of the old masters. He hoard ed hie sketches as eagerly as a miser hoards his money and now as some bt these from time to time get into the market they bring large sums. Tur ner painted his grand picture of Carth age to order for $500. It was refused by his patron. He afterwards received an offer of $12,500 for it, but refused to accept the offer and gave it to the na tion. It is now valued at more than a HALL wit n.conm " he left her, but would that good inten tion stand the test of Wallace's ridi- t cule (she felt certain Wallace would oppose her plan) and his own contem- e plation of the future for a night? She had a hazy notion of what the ? life of idle rich youth in New York must be, but imagined that it must ? attract with viyid power, and she could c guess that Jonesville did not. Would 1 tie hold firm in the determination 1 which she felt sure he had formed? When the judge came In he found tier wonderfng apd worrying as she waited for some papers she had Bent a :lerk to get Already she had almost finished the statement of affairs which 3he had promised to give Broadway. "Well, I just came over from the 3rand hotel," the judge began. "Did you see the young man?" "Only for a minute." The judge laughed indulgently. "He was eating breakfest In his room, and his valet had just borrowed some hot flat-irons ind was pressing out his clothes." The judge's laughter became very hearty. Even Josie smiled; but the fact that they had brought a valet with them was a bit o* news to her. She ex pressed surprise. The judge laughed again. "Oh, he lust got herb this morning. It seems they both ctme off without any bag gage, so they telephoned the valet, late last night, to bring them on some t slothes." ? "It must have been very late, for It t was almost eleven when they left your f house, wasn't it?" j "Oh, thosu New York people?they don't think a thing of sitting up till all hours?midnight, sometimes later!" i The Judge preened himself a little ? after this nensatlonal statement, and t Josie, though she had heard such wild ? tales in tba past, was much impressed by this one. It seemed so much more 1 possible, more real, now that she had Been Broadway in hirf maturity. How j exciting it must be to stay up, right ? along, till midnight! But it^ must l strain one's health. She hoped he i would not do it often in the future! c She was beginning to feel a definite t personal interest in the youth's healtji. < Such a nice young man! For him to i dissipate his life away by staying up t at night, that way? t "He promised to be here at ten-flf- i teen," she ventured. i "Yes; that's what brought me over, i lie asKea me 10 leu you max ns u ue a i little late. I guesB he didn't sleep very well. He says he had a lot of horrible j dreams. What sort of a talk did you ? have with him last night, anyhow?" < "Didn't he tell you?" "No; he left the house soon after j you did. You must have said some- , thing that upset him. He acted dread fully worried." , Josie bent above her work. She j could not tell even the judge of the ) intensity of feeling which she had put j into that long conversation with Broad- i way. t She had not slept so very well her self. She had wondered if he thought 1 her bold, officious, to have given him j advice so freely, to have told him what Bhe had about what she believed to be his duty. She knew that, now and then, she had been almost Impassioned j in her plea for Jonesville and its ? people. .She wondered if he thought j her silly, over-earnest But she told c the judge none of these tilings. Tney t were hidden in her heart That heart \ had known a lot of turmoil slr.ce t Broadway had come back. "I simply told him the true state of aifairs and explained to him what the ? plant meant to the town," she said and bent above her papers on the desk. f "What did he say?" asked the pcrsis- 1 tent judge. 1 Much as she loved the judge, she * wished that he would go away and * question her no further. There was a little feeling in her heart that 6he muBt ( Qle that talk with Broadway among 1 the things which she held sacred. All 1 women have a secret file of memories of that sort. She could not talk about ? "He said nothing very much. Then a detail of his talk which had Intensely puzzled her came back to her, and she decided to discuss it with the judge. # \ "He kept inquiring how much cash we had." She smiled, not critically. "He doesn't seem to be much of a business man." "He struck me that way, too," the judge said gravely. "Did he say the trust made him an offer?" She sighed. "Yes." Ah, if she had failed to move him! He might al ready have accepted it, and then what would be the fate of Jonesville! This thought made her very nervous. dozen times that amount. He was I generous to other artists. He black ened a bright sky in one of his acad- I emy pictures which hung between two of Lawrence's, so as to cast its merits into the shade. In this condition he al lowed his own production to remain throughout the exhibition, and whis- 1 pered to a friend to allay his indigna tion. "Poor Lawrence was so die tressed. Never mind, it'll wash off; it's only lampblack!" Chinese Women Students Here. The first Chinese women to come ? to America as students under the t Koxer indemnity fund arrived early t this year, together with 2G young I Chinese men, also coming under the same provision of the Chinese gov- t ernment. Some of the parties re- J mained in universities of the west, t but six students went on to New York 3 to pursue their studies in that city. The 28 successful candidates for west- 1 ern education were selected out of 300 t competitors in Canton last July. The two young women and eight of the i men were students at Canton Chris- ? tian college. 1 'h < '. > r ' H PHOTOGRAPHS SCENE IN THE PLAY W>Y/VGHrf /b&, ?FY G.MLCWJJMW* Ct The judge nodded wisely. "That's vhat I thought." She sighed again. There was a long lilence, full of troubled thoughts. "Did he talk as if he intended to lell?" the judge asked finally. She worked at her papers nervously l moment before she framed the words )f her reply. "I'm afraid that's what ie's thinking of, judge." After a si ent moment she straightened out nore papers, and then looked up ag*in. 'We must do all we can to influence um ugumBi 11. The judge nodded, then rose, and ifter a worried turn about the great, >are room, approached her and Btood fccing her with eyes intently on her ace. "You have Influence with idm, Tosie." She could not meet his eyes, yet was lot certain why. She hoped that what le said was true, yet scarcely dared to hink it. "Do you think so?" she auked lomewhat weakly. The judge answered in a hearty roice, full of real confidence. "I know t. You made a great impression on lim. He likes you, Josie." This was entirely unexpected. It :onfused her. even in the office where ihe had so trained herself to business hat nothing ordinarily could affect ler. She felt that she could rightly ihow rejoicing at the news, for it >oded well for Jonesvllle, but, at the same time, she was inwardly aware hat it was not because it boded well or Jonesville that she really was )leased by it. "Oh, nonsense, judge!" But he was very much In earnest. It vas plain enough that he attached no significance other than commercial to his liking of which he spoke. It was i fortunate fact, and that was all. "He thinks you know your business," I le declared. Somehow she was intensely disap-1 jointed. For this she criticised ly?r- | self. What could be better than to lave the owner of the enterprise of vhich she virtually was manager think ihe knew her business? This was cer :ainly good reason for congratulation. She must not be silly. Confidence in ler ability at business might *>ven help :o influence him toward refusing to sell out If she could but impress him with the fact that she was able, might t not be possible that hie confidence n large future profits would weigh powerfully? To her surprise she heard h -chuckle 'rom the judge and when she looked it him discovered definite amu&esuent m his face. "And after you had gone last night, le just raved about your eyes!" the olfl nan happily informed her. "My eyes!'.' She felt the J blood nountlng to her cheeks and tried to lide them with an industry which kept ler bent above her papers. If he had aved about her eyes then the impres sion she had made on him was not en irely commercial! "That's what he did! He said you lad the bluest eyes he'd ever seen!" ^ow the judge laughed heartily. She flushed with sudden wrath. "Why, judge, my eyes are gray!" The judge himself was now but^ )rised. He had believed them brown. 'Are they?" He arose, went to her, ind, through his thick-lensed specta >loo nocrpH at hpr fanfi. "Why so hey are!" He walked away, non jlussed. "Well, what do you thJnk of hat!" "I think?" "Perhaps he's color blind," the judge [aid hopefully. "I guess I have been." "Maybe that is it." They were interrupted by Sam Hig ;ins. The foreman, it appeared, wished o talk to Josie. Sam had a way of al nost shutting both Jiis eyes and throw ng back hiB head when iie announced hings of this kind. "Yes," said Josie, with the indiffer ence of the business woman who has ong been of authority, "I'll see him in ust a few minutes." Sam whirled slowly, went to the door md loudly delivered her message, as f his voice must reach to the factory's arthest end. , This focused the judge's attention mon something he had been consider ng. He leaned above the desk and ipoke to Josle confidentially. "I hought of something on the way over, Tosie. Nobody but U3 knows that the roung fellow Is in town. He registered it the Grand, you know, under the lame of Jackson. Maybe the people n the plant are getting nervous." "Yes, they are," she granted. "There lave been so many rumors of the sale. I'm worried." "Well, then, don't you think it might 3e a good thing to spread the news iround among the men a little?" MOT BROUGHT BY THE STORK ror Once Famous Bird Was Absolved From Responsibility for Presence of Little Stranger. Conversation in the lobby of a Washington hotel the other night :urned to the little folk, when Con gressman Thomas G. Patten of New fork was reminded of the neighbor vho went over to congratulate little kVlllie on the arrival of a baby sister. Two or three days after the glad noitrhKnr r?n mhloH fn >ume event tiic mv.0mwv4 iwuiw.vu w he happy suburban home to make a sail, and found Willie, six years old. Jlaylng at the front gate. "Well, Willie," smilingly remarked ;he neighbor, pausing to pat the roung one on the head, "they tell that .he stork has brought a new baby to 'our house " "We got a new baby," promptly re plied Willie, "but it wasn't no stork hat brought It." "Wasn't the stork," returned the leighbor, with a wondering expres sion. "You don't really mean It?" "That's right," repsonded the young - 'tfvV 1" She evidently agreed, for she vig?r? ously nodded and tapped a belL "Per haps it would be a good Idea." Noting that she had rung the bell, the judge held up a warning hand. "Don't do it that way. You leave it to me. I won't have to tell more ttian one or two of them." He chuckled. "I'll step in on my way out and tell you what effect it has." "Yes, do, Judge." "Are you ready for Higgins?** "Yes; tell him to come in." Goinfe to the door, the judge beck oned to the man, who was waiting in the shop beyond, and the gangling, plainly heavy-minded and exceedingly intense foreman entered. "How do you feel today, Joe?" th? Judge asked kindly. "I don't feel very well," Hlggin* an swered gloomily and frowning ine juage iooKea ai mm, amnmg, not entirely with apprpval. "You nev er do, do you, Joe?" IJigglns made no answer; the judge laughed and dlsajr peared. . "Well, what is it, HigginsT" <Josie iflr quired without delay, looking up at th? unpleasantly faced creature U ihu had no time to waste. < He came forward lurciringly. nerv ously twisting his cap in hands; but there was nothing of the suppliant about him; rather he seemed almost to be inclined to threaten. want to ask you a quc&ttao, ?&? Sh ards." "Go right ahead." "I'll expect you to tell me truth now!" She Hashed an angry T,x& at him. "I'm not in the hafett of lying." ' He gazed at her with lowered head and frowning face. His words came slowly, as if he found it difficult to find them; but he did not Bpeak *?lth hesi tation; indeed, there was thfct ftbout him which hinted at the labor *t?ion erator. "I^m talking for every man in "?h?? plant," he began, with rising voice, en deavoring to be Impressive. "We had a meeting this morning, and we want to know whether this concern is going into the trust or not! We decided that we're entitled to some information, and that's what I'm here for; to find out what you know about it." This naturally angered her. Shp was not one u> De Drowaeaten, ana uo was plainly trying to browbeat her. She flushed vividly. "I don't knofa anything about it." His voice reached a tone higher in its pitch. "Well, if you don't, who does?" "I'm sure I don't know." Now, he was definitely bullying. "Well, we must have an answer, oir? way or the other. It's our work ani our living, and we've got to know where we are at." She paid no attention to his definite ly offensive manner now. "You'll hav?v to get your information from the ma* who owns the plant." "Well, where's he?" "Right here in town." He was amazed. He had not dreamei of this. "Young Jones here in townf (TO BE CONTINUED.) ster, quite positively. "I heard tt honk-honk, and at flrst I thought II. wa9 a goose, but wnen I looked out the window I Been It was an automo bile." Fine Theater for Manila. Manila is to have the largest acjp most modern theater In the far east The government of the islands hat just leased to the Oriental Theatej company 5,000 square meters adjoin, ing the botanical gardens on the Ba? umbavan drive, a central and aitrao tive boulevard, on which it will at once construct a modern theater U cost about $175,000 and machinerj and equipment for It $75,000. Who Makes Up the Suicides. According to Dr. Jacques Bertillon, the French statistician, suicide is com monest among liquor eellers, chimney sweeps, butchers, fruiterers and mu sicians. It is frequent among "came lots," shop assistants, cutlers, hair dressers, servants, costers, lawyer?, doctors and druggist It Is rare among the clergy, government officials and men leading an active, open-air life V. -A \. ' REUNION'S CHIEF SPONSOR diss Corine Hampton, of South Caro> lina, Appointed by General Bennett H. Young. Jacksonville, Fla. ? In appointing viiss Corine Hampton of Columbia, ?. C., chief sponsor for the Confeder ite reunion to be held here May 6-8, nclusive, Gen. Bennett H. Young, :ommander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans' Association, ecognized one of the most famfius 1 amilies of the South. Miss Hampton | s a daughter of Hon. G. McDuffie diss Corina Hampton, Columbia, S. C. iampton, of Columbia, and a grand laughter of the late Wade Hampton, >ne of South Carolina's most able, :onspicuous and during sons. In t^e :ourse of a letter tendering the hon >r to Miss Hampton, Gen. Young said: ''Wade Hampton is a name that. :onjures all1 Confederates. There is 10 honor that the surviving Confed irates could not do to his descend + V* o + flior tttaiiI/1 n Af Via nH lUno> o bestow." The position of chief sponsor is the lighest social position that can be be itowed by the Confederate Veterans' Association, as the young lady who is , epdered the appointment Is queen of .he reunion. Miss Hampton is one of ;he beautiful young women of the Southern States, accomplished and widely known. Cotton Planting in Anderson. Anderson.?J. S. Fowler, a large planter of Anderson county, has al ready planted about 50 acres in cot ton. On an adjoining faim the owner ts still gathering cotton'* from the field. Mr. Fowler is an advocate of early cotton planting, and usually is the first to put seed in the ground in this county. Last year he made a large crop on his early planting. He figures that the only thing he can lose by early planting is the seed, and so much can be gained if the proper sea sons come. Several farmers , in the county still have cotton in the field, and one small farmer has gathered about 15 bales during the last few weeks. Auditor's Complete Transfer. Sumter.?Auditor Woodham of Lee . county and Auditor Wilder of Sumter have effected the transfer of that por tion of Lee county which voted itself into sumter couniy a iew monies ago. This is in the vicinity of Oswego and countains 5,171 acres! The real and personal property which is added on, the books will amount to about $55, 000. The amount of bonded indebted ness of Lee County that will have to be assumed by this county has not yet been calculated. Museum Purchases "Tablets." Charleston. ? The Charleston mu seum has purchased a series of orig inal Babylonian clay tablets with cuneiform inscriptions dating from about 22000 B. C., which are for use In the museum's traveling school ex hibits, according to an announcement by Director Paul M. Rea, in the March bulletin of the organization. "It will be of unusual interest to school chil dren," says Director Rea, "to be able to actually handle records of Baby lonian life written 4,000 years ago. Bia Company Leases Docks. Georgetown.?After a number of / ears of comparative idleness the docks of the former Georgetown Rice Mill Company are to become again active. The property has been leased by a big Pittsburg concern dealing In crosstiee and lumber. Will Give Many Prizet. Florence. ? County Superintendent of Education A. H. Gasque has start ed in earnest to arrange for prizes to be awarded at the county school field day, which will be held here this month. He proposes fo have a medal for declamation and essay, and other valuable prizes for reading, spelling, arithmetic, composition, for exhibits in penmanship, drawing, map draw ing, domestic science, domestic art, manual training and a number of mis cellaneous prizes for collections and other school work. Navy Yard Makes New Record. Charleston^?The Charleston navy pard recently established a new rec- ( ord for the number of civilians em- ? ployed on the big reservation, the , payroll showing a total of 921 persons f drawing pay from the government for i services rendered there. The larg- , est number of persons ever on the f payroll at any time heretofore was ] 915. The fact that more people are ] given employment there now than at < any time since the yard was establish- j 5d should prove of interest to Char- ] .eston business men. , Dr. Blackburn Appointed. Columbia.?The regents of the State , Hospital for the Insane recently elect- ( ed Dr. R. G. Blackburn to have tem- ; nViorco nf tho wnrlr of Qto to 1 Park, and selected Dr. Margaret '< Whitesides of Chester county as lady i physician. Both selections are said to < be temporary, with the probability of their being made permanent. Dr. Olin Sawyer of Georgetown declined to take charge of the work at State ' Park, although expressing his appre- 1 elation at haying been tendered th? ' place. ?ie is wise wno win aran umueu Jf others' experiences and profit by them; but human nature Is a good Seal alike in all ages. We wish to tiave our own, make our own mistakes; md successes. To one who has a lit tle knowledge of the principles of rookery, the school of experience is aften a dear teacher. The path is smoothed somewhat for her who will follow a few of the underlying princi ples of cookery, of which the follow ing are some: Never bake or cook food that has egg in it at a very high temperature. [f egg is to be baked, set the dish in . 'h a pan of hot water to equalize the 'i beat and temper it AH vegetables should be j^.t to cook In boiling water, as the starch needs a high, temperature to burst the >1 grains. Baked potatoes are thus/more wholesome because a higher tempera ' ' -? t-l.l_y.il cure man Doning can do uuuuuuum throughout the cocking. Potatoes, to be dry, mealy and di gestible when boiled, should be drained as soon as tender, then cover of the kettle removed and the steam quickly dispelled from them by shak ing the kettle over the heat Coffee Is ruined by long cooking on the grounds. If it is to be served boiled, see that the pot Is clean and sweet; put in a tablespoonful of cof fee for every cup of boiling water, a pinch of salt, and then pour on the fresh boiled water. Keep the cover up and watch it; when it boils up stir it down. Do this three times, then put down the lid and set it'aside for five minutes to settle. Egg adds to the flavor as well as settles coffee, and may be added, to its Improving. When adding egg, however, remember to dilute It well with cold water, to, dissolve the albumen before stirring it into the coffee, for otherwise it coats the coffee and the strength is not extracted. If the ideal method for making cof fee is used, very finely ground coffee ts cooked in a percolator. There Is no1 danger of getting bitter, unwholesome coffee by this method, as the liquid cannot stand on the grounds. x If cream Is not obtainable (or this good cup of coffee, a third of a cup of hot milk put into the cup and a little strong coffee added makes a fair substitute. \ Why Is It, I wonder, we find It so easy to be cross and unreasonable to those for whom we care the most, and be so kind tc those for whom we care noth* lng? FOOD FOR THE FAMILY, > < Pineapple Dessert?Cut a freeh pineapple, if Bmall, into dice, and cover with sugar. Let stand over night, then slice three oranges in nic* -11 -jj nf oVirorirferi ftl? BI1CCD, ttUU (Q VUpiui vi mm* monds that have been blanched, a bit Of chopped preserved ginger, a doz6n marshmallows cat in quarters and, when ready to serve-, mix with whipped cream sweetened and flavored. Gar nish wi?h candied cherries. ^ ' , Peachereno.?Rub a cupful of fresh or nice flavored canned peaches* through a sieve, add sugar to make quite sweet Beat the whites of three eggs until stiff, and fold into the peach ^ pulp. Turn into a buttered mold and set in a pan of hot water. Bake until flifm. Serve with whipped cream. Here is a good and palatable way of using extra bread crumbs: Bread Crumb Biscuit.?Soak a quail of crumbs in a quart of milk for three hours. Then add a half cup of melted shortening and enough flour to stiffen, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a f ? teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful of sugar with two well beaten eggs. If dropped in well greased gem pans they may be quite soft and are better made In that manner. . French Salad.?Peel three Spanish % onions, scoop out a teaspoonful from the center of each, fill with butter, ' , salt and seasoning of pepper; put in " * ' J - J J . 1X4.4.1 A a baKing aisn ana uuu mue ?*??. Bake until brown. When the onions are cold, cut them in quarters and place them on a bed of water cress. Skin half a dozen sardines and lay them on the quarters of onion. Serve with French or a boiled dressing. Creamed Carrots With Peas.?-Cook together new carrots and green peas. Add the peas when the carrots are partly cooked, as they need less time in? cooking. Serve in a rich white Bauce. Small new potatoes and green onions may be added, and call it a gipsy stew. ' i Wisdom of Quiet. More than half a century of exist ence has taught me that most of the wrong and folly which darken earth is - Jue to those who cannot possess their souls in quiet; that most of the good which saves mankind from destruction :omes of life that is led in thoughtful stillness. Every day the world grows loisier; I, for one, will have no part :n that Increasing clamor and, were it jnly by my silence, I confer a boon on ill.?From the Private Papers of tienry Jttyecron., ay ucoige uioaiug. True Scotch "Cannlness." There is in circulation yet another genial story about the canny Scot. A Caledonian chieftain won a million pins in a penny raffle at a bazaar. Three days later he called, very wan and weary of aspect "See here," he said to the bazaar secretary, "I've counted them. They're three short I" For a Useful Life. Have a fixed purpose in life; one that means something, and something that is worthy of you, and then makai four whole life hinge about it