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The Land of Br A Stirring Story of the Mexican Revolution (Copyright, 1914. b] < SYNOPSIS. Bud Hooker and Phil De Lancey are forced, owing to a revolution In Mexico, lo give up their mining claim and return to the United States. In the border town of Gadsden Bud meets Henry Kruger, a wealthy miner, who makes him a propo sition to return to Mexico to acquire title to a very rich mine which Kruger had blown up wheVi he found he had been cheated out of the title by one Aragon. The Mexican subsequently spent a large sum in an unsuccessful attempt to re locate the vein and then allowed the land to revert for taxes. Hooker and Le Lan cey arrive at Fortuna near where the mine, known as the Eagle Tail, Is lo cated. They engage the services of Cruz Mendez. who has Been friendly to Kruger, to acquire the title for them and get a permit to do preliminary work.* Aragon ni.fiiiioa them nf lumDins: his claim. Bud discovers that matrimonial entanglements make It ' Impossible for Mendez to secure a valid title to the land. Phil, who has become interested In Ara "gon's daughter, Gracla, decides to turn Mexican and get the title in his own name. CHAPTER IX?Continued. Undoubtedly, in his own way, he was in love?but he would never ad mit it, that he knew, too. So he sank down on the blankets and swore harsh ]y, while De Lancey stared at him in unfeigned surprise. "Well, then," he went on, taking Bud's answer for granted, "what're you making such a row> about? Can't I go to a dance, with a girl without * you jumping down my throat?" "W'y, sure you can!" tumbled Bud, now hot with a new indignation"but after getting me to feo into this deal against my will and swearing me to some damn-fool pledge, the first thing you do is to make friends with Aragon and then make love to his daughter. Is that your idea of helping things along? "D'ys think that's the way a pardner ought to act? No, I tell you, it is not!" ' "Aw, Bud," protested De Lancey plaintively, "what's the matter with you? Be reasonable, old man; I never meant to hurt your feelings!" "Hurt my feelings!" echoed Hooker scornfully. "Huh, what are we down here for, anyway?a Sunday school picnic? My feelings are nothing, and they can wait; but wp're sitting on a mine that's worth a million dollars mflKKft nnrl If oln'f /\nwn nn/i ! iucuuc cuiu ik aiu i uuiO) ciiuci auu when you throw in with old Aragon and go to making love to his daugh ter you know you're not doing right! bajt'? all there Is to it?you're doing me and Kruger dirt!" "Well, Bud,' said De Lancey with mock gravity, "if that's the way you feel about it I won't do it any nv>re!" "I wish you wouldn't," breathed Bud, raising his head from his hands; "it sure wears me out, Phil, worrying about it" wen, men, i won t ao it, protested Phil sincerely. "So that's settled?now who's going to turn Mexican citizen?" "Suit yourself," said Bud listlessly. "I'll match you for it!" proposed De Lancey, diving into his pocket for money. "Don't need to," responded Bud; "you can do what you please." "No; I'll match you!" persisted Phil. "That was the agreement?whenever She Gave Me Her Hand and Away We Went. it was an even break we'd let the money talk. Here's your quarter?and If I match you I'll become the Mexi can citizen. All set? Let 'er go!" He flipped the coin into the air and caught it in his hand. "Heads!" he called, without looking at it. "What you got?" "Heads!" answered Bud, and Phil chucked his money into the air again and laughed as it dropped into his palm. "Heads she is again!" he cried, showing the Mexican eagle; "I never did see the time when I couldn't match you, anyway. So now, old socks, you can keep right on being a Texan and hating Mexicans like horny toads, and I'll denounce the Eagle Tail the min ute the time is up. And I won't go near the Aragon outfit unless you're with me?is that a go? All right, shake hands on it, pard! 1 wouldn't quarre} with you for anything!" "Aw, that's all right," mumbled Bud, rising and holding out his hand. "I knowed you didn't mean nothing." He sat down again after that and gazed drearily out the door. "Say, Bud," began Phil, his eyes sparkling with amusement, "I've got something to tell you about that dance last night. If I didn't put the crusher on Mr. Feliz Luna and Manuel del Rey! Wow! I sure wished you were there to see me do it! "This Felix Luna is the son of an old sugar planter down in the hot coun try somewhere. He got run out by the revoltosos and now he's up here trying to make a winning with Gracia Aragon?uniting two noble families, and all that junk. Well, sir, of all the H." r" - ' * . , '-irV V:'?v'**' oken Promises j By DANE COOLIDGE Author of ? "The Fighting Fool" "Hidden Water a" ? "The Texican, " Etc. Illustration* by Don J. Lavin |:S VA*.V.V.\V.%\WAWM%V.V.V.VAVAV.%VAV.V.VAV.VX' V.V.VAV.V.V.V.V.V.V.\V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.VAV.*.V:*> r Frank A. M unity) conceited, swelled-up little squirts you ever saw in your life he's *the limit, and yet the old man kind of favors him. "But this Manuel del Rey is the cap tain of the rurales around here and a j genuine Mexican fire-eater?all buck skin and fierce mustachios, and smells like chili peppers and garlic?and the two of 'em were having it back and forth as to who got the next dance with Gracia. Well, you know how it is at a Mexi can dance?everybody is supposed to be introduced to everybody else?and when I saw those two young tprkey cocks talking with their hands and eyebrows and everybody else backing off. T stpnnpfl In rlnsft and looked at the girl. , "And she's some girl, too, believe me! The biggest brown eyes you ever saw in your life, a complexion like cream, and hair?well, there never was such hair! She was fanning her self real slow, and in the language of the fan that means: 'This don't inter est me a bit!' So, just to show her I was wise, I pulled out my handker chief and dropped it on the floor, and when she saw me she stopped and be gan to count the ribs in her fan. That was my cue?it meant she wanted to speak with me?so I stepped up and said: " 'Excuse me, senorita, but while the gentlemen talk?and if the senora, your mother, will permit?perhaps we can enjoy a dance?' "And say, Bud, you should have seen the way she rose to it. The girl is a sport, believe me, and the idea of those two novios chewing the rag while she sat out the dance didn't appeal to her at all. So she gave me her hand and away we went, with all the old ladies talking behind their fans and Manuel del Rey blowing up like a volcano in a bunch of carambas or worse. Gee, it was great, and she could dance like a queen. "But here's the interesting part of it?what do you think she asked me, after we'd had our little laugh? Well, you don't need to get so grouchy about it?she asked about you!" "Aw!" "Yes, she did! So you see whkt you get for throwing her down!" "What did she ask?" "Well, she asked"?here he stopped and laughed?"she asked if you were a cowboy!" "No!" cried Bud, pleased in spite of himself; "what does she know about cowboys ?" "Oh, she's wise!" declared Phil; "she's been to school twice in Los Angeles and seen the wild west show. Yes. sir. she's lust like an American girl and speaks English perfectly. She told me she didn't like the Mexican men?they were too stuck on them selves?and say. Bud, when I told her you were a genuine Texas cowboy, what do you think she said?" "W'y, I don't know," answered Bud, smiling broadly in anticipation;,"what did she say?" "She said she'd like to know you!" "She did not!" came back Bud with sudden spirit. Then he laughed the thought away, a grept burden seemed to be lifted from his heart, and he found himself happy again. CHAPTER X. To an American, accustomed to get ting things done first and talking about it afterward, there is nothing so subtly irritating as the old-world formalism, : the polite evasiveness of the Mexi cans; and yet, at times, they caii speak i to the point'with the best of us. ' For sixty days Don Cipriano Aragon had smiled and smiled and then, sud denly, as the last day of their mining permit passed by and there was no record of a denouncement by Cruz : Mendez, he appeared at tfce Eagle Tail ' mine with a pistol in his belt and a triumphant sneer on his lips. < Behind him rode four Mexicans, fully armed, and they made no reply i to De Lancey's polite "Buenos dias!" "Take your poor things," burst out Aragon, pointing contemptuously at their tent and beds, "and your low, pelado Mexican?and go! This mine no longer stands in the name of Cruz Mendez, and I want it for myself! No, not a word!" he cried, as De Lancey opened his mouth to explain.* "Noth ing! Only go!" "NO, senor," .said Hooker, dropping his hand to his six-shooter which hung low by his leg and stepping forward, "we will not go!" "What?" stormed Aragon, "you?" "Be careful there!" warned Bud, ruddenly fixing his eyes on one of the four retainers. "If you touch that gun I'll kill you!" There was a pause, in which the Mexicans sat frozen to their saddles, and then De Lancey broke the silence "You must not think, Senor Ara gon." he began, speaking with a cer tain' bitterness, "that you can carry your point like this. My friend here is a T exan, and if your men stir he will kill them. But there is a law in this country for every man?what is it that you want?" "I want this mining claim." shouted Arafron, "that you have so unjustly ta ken from me through that scoundrel Men-lez! And I want you to step aside, so that I can set up my monu ments and take possession of it." " The Senor Aragon has not been to the agente mineral today," suggested De Lancey suavely. "If he had taken the trouble he would not?" "Enough!" cried Aragon, still trying to carry it off cavalierly; "I sent my servant to the mining agent yesterday and he reported that the permit had lapsed." "If he had taken the pains to in quire for new permits, however," re turned T)e Lancey, "he would have found that one has been issued to me. I am now a Mexican citizen, like your self." "You!" screamed Aragon,' his eyes bulging with astonishment; and then, finding himself tricked, he turned sud denly upon one of his retainers and struck him with his whip. "Son of a goat!" he stormed. "Pig! Is this the way you obey my orders?" But though he raved and scolded, he had gone too far, and there was no putting the blame on his servant In his desire to humiliate the hated grin gos he-had thrown down all his guards, and even De Lancey saw all too clear 1v TX - Vi o f Vi i c? Infon+inno tho mottof kj n uub uio lui^uuvui? iu i,ug u-iuiwv)* had been. "Spare your cursing, Senor Aragon," he said, "and after this," he added, "you can save your pretty words, too ?for somebody else. We shall re main here and hold our property." "Ha! You Americans!" exclaimed Aragon, as he chewed bitterly on his defeat. "You will rob us of every thing?even our government. So you are a Mexican citizen, eh? You must value this barren mine very highly to give up the protection of your govern ment. But perhaps you are acquainted with a man named Kruger?" he sneered. "He would sell his honor any time to defraud a Mexican of his rights, and I doubt not it was he who, sent you here. Yes, I have known it from the first?but I will fool him yet! "So you are a Mexican citizen, Senor De Lancey? Bien, then you shall pay the full price of your citizenship. Be fore our law you are now no more than that poor pelado, Mendez. You cannot appeal now to your consul at Gads den?you are only a Mexican! Very well!" He shrugged his shoulders and smiled significantly. "No," retorted De Lancey angrily; "you are right?I cannot appeal to my government! But let me tell you some thing, Senor Mexicano! An American ) needs no government to protect him?, he has his gun, and that is enough!" "Yes,' added Bud, who had caught the drift of the last, "and he has his friends, too; don't forget that!" He strode over toward Aragon and men aced him with a threatening finger. "If anything happens to my friend," he hissed, "you will have me to whip! And now, senor," he added, speaking in the Idiom of the country, "go with God?and do not come back!" "Pah!" spat back Aragon, his hate for the pushing foreigner shewing in every glance; "I will beat you yet! And I pray God the revoltosos come this way, if they take the full hal^ of my cattle?so long as they get you two!" vVery well," nodded Bud as Aragon and his men turned away, "but be careful you do not send any!" "Good!" he continued, smiling grim ly at the pallid Phil; "now we'got him where we want him?out in the open. And I'll just remember them four pal sanos he had with him?they're his handy men, the boys with nerve?and don't never let one of 'em catch you out after dark." De Lancey sat down on a rock and wiped his face. "Heavens, Bud," he groaned, "I never would have believed it of him? I thought he was on the square. But it Just goes to prove the old saying? every Mexican has got a streak of yel low in him somewhere. All you've gc o do is to trust him long enough anu you'll find It out. Well, we're hep to Mr. Aragon, all right!" "I never seen one of these polite, Tiolawflrlnor Vfit-" ffchflPTVAH I i Bud sagely, "that wasn't crooked. And 1 this feller Aragon is* mean, to boot But that's a game," he added, "that two can play at. I don't know how you feel, Phil, but ^e been kinder creeping and slipping around so long that I'm 1 all cramped up inside. ' Never suffered 1 more in my life than the last sixty days?being polite to that damn Mexi can. Now it's ,our turn. Are you ! game?" "Count me In!" cried De Lancey, 1 rising from his rock. "What's the ( play?" 1 "Well, we'll go into town pretty 1 soon," grinned Bud, "and if I run ^ across old Aragon, or any one of them four bad Mexicans, I'm going to make 1 a Bhow. And as for that big brindle 1 dog of his?well, he's sure going to get ' roped and drug if he don't mend ? his ways. Come on, let's ketch up our 1 horses and go in for a little time!" i "I'll go you!" agreed Phil with en thusiasm, and' half an hour later, each i on his favorite horse, they were clat- i tering down the canyon. At the turn 1 of the trail, where it swung into the i Aragon lane, Bud took down his rope and smiied in anticipation. i "You go on ahead," he said, shaking 1 i a -rna OO A DOC t 1 lUUKItST ALL IUU dUHnot Cleveland Man Set Fine Example of the Duty of a Gentleman to the Fair Sex. The youthful Walter Raleigh spreading hia velvet cloak on mudJy walk for his queen to pass, is a pleas ant historical picture. I Jut the heart of a courteous gentleman may beat under the blouse of a workingman as well as under the cloak of a courtier. Last November the city of Cleve land. O., was cut off from the outer world by the worst storm of wind and sleet and snow in its history. Trac tion lines and railways were tied up for several days. Four days after the storm, a woman readied Cleve land to^visit her sister. She knew that the cars were nor yet running on the line she wished to take, and so she took a car on another line that would take her to the city limits, where she hoped to connect with a car that would take her where she wanted to go. Forty minutes later she stepped from the car at the edge of the city. Between her and the curbstone a wide stream of water six or eight inches deep was running. As she looked -- >v&rri , j - ;r out his loop, "and 111 try to put the catgut on Brindle." ' "Off like a flash!" answered De Lancey, and, putting the spurs to his nery bay, he went dashing -down the street, scattering chickens and hogs in all directions. Behind came Bud, rolling jovially in his saddle, and as the dogs rushed out after his pardner he twirled his loop once and laid it skilfully across the big brindle's back. But roping dogs is a difficult task at best, and Bud was out of practise. The sudden blow struck Brindle to the ground1 and the loop came away un filled. The Texan laughed, shifting in his saddle. "Come- again!" commented Bud, leaning sidewisftj^s he coiled his rope, and as the womenfolk and idlers came rushing to see what had happened he turned Copper Bottom in his tracks and came back like a streak of light. "Look out, you ugly man's dog!" he shouted, whirling his rope as he rode; and then, amid a chorus of Indignant protests, he chased the yelping Brindle down the lane ind through a hole in tHe fence. Then, with no harm done, he rode back up the street, smiling amiably and looking for more dogs to rope. In the door of the store stood Ara gon, pale with fury, but Bud appeared "No, Senor," Said Hooker, ^Dropping His Hand to His Six-Shooter. not to see him. His eyes were turned rather toward the house where, on the edge of the veranda, Gracia Aragon and her mother stood staring at his antics. "Good morning to you, ladies!" he saluted, taking off his sombrero with a flourish; "lovely weather, aint it?" And with his tongue in his cheek and a roguish glance at Aragon, who was Btruck dumb by this last effrontery, he went rollicking after his pardner, send ing back a series of joyous yips. "Now that sure does me good," he confided to Phil, as they rode down between cottonwoods and struck into the muddy creek. "No sense in it, but It gets something out of my system that has kept me from feeling glad. Did you see me bowing to the ladies? Some class to that bow?no? You want to look out?I got my eye on that gal, and I'm sure a hard one to head. ^-1- 4- T 14 Irs* fha aM VJiXiy till 11 ? lOf x w uuiuu c nao Uiv viu man for a father-in-law the way mat ters stand between us now." / He laughed boisterously at this wit ticism, and the little Mexican chil dren, playing among the willows, crouched and lay quiet like rabbits. Along the sides of the rocky hills, where, the peons had their mud-and-i rock houses, mothers came anxiously to open doors; and as they Jogged along up the river the Chinese gar deners, working in each separate nook ind eddy of the storm-washed creek bed, stopped grubbing to gaze at them Inquiringly. "Wnndor what's the matter with them chinks?" observed Bud, when his happiness had ceased to effervesce; 'they sit up like a village of prairie 3ogs! Whole country seems to be on the rubber neck. Must be something doing?' "That's right,"agreed Phil; "did you notice how those peons scattered when [ rode down the street? Maybe there's been some insurrectos through. But 3ay?listen!" He stopped his horse, and in the silence a bugle-call came down the wind from the direction of Fortuna. lelplessly about, a workingman whose ti&ir was touched with gray left a ?roup on the sidewalk, waded out to tier and said: "Madam, you don't know me, and I don't know you, but f you'll let me, I'll be glad to help you :o the sidewalk." She thanked him. ind he took her suitcase to the curb, splashed back, and taking her up in lis arms, waded with her to the walk. rhere he put her down dry-shod, car ried her suitcase into a near-bv store, ind told her he would teil her when iier car came; for he was also waiting [or it. Two hours later he waded with the suit case to the long-delayed car, returned, and splashed once more through the stream of melting snow is he carried her to the step. Then tie said: "1 hope you'll be all right," md cook a place at the opposite end jf the car.?Youth's Companion. Daily Tliought. As the flowers carry dewdrops. trembling on the edge of the petals, md ready to fall at the first waft of wind or brush of wing of bird, so the heart should carry its beaded words of thanksgiving, and at the first breath af heavenly favor let down the shower perfumed with the heart's gratitude. ?Beecher. , J ' * "Soldiers!" he said. "Now ?her* did they come from? I was In Fortuna day before yesterday, and?well, look at that!" From the point of the hill just ahead of them a line of soldiers came into view, marching two abreast, with a mounted officer In the lead. "Aha!" exclaimed Bud with convic-J tion; "they've started something down below. This is that bunch of federals that we saw drilling up at Agua Ne gra." "Von." admitted De Lsncev regret fully; "I guess you're right for once? the open season for reb?.V3 has f-egun." They drew out of the road and let them pass?a long, double line of shabby infantrymen, still wearing their last year's straw hats and summer anl forms and trudging along -In flapping sandals. In front were two men bearing lan terns, to search out the way by night; slatternly women, the inevitable camp followers, trotted along at the sides with their bundles and babies; and as the little brown men from Zacatecas, each burdened with his heavy gun and a job lot of belts and packs, shuffled patiently past the Americans, they flashed the whites of their eyes and rumbled a chorus of "Adios!" "Adios, Americanos!" they called, gazing enviously at their fine horses, and Phil in his turn touched his hat and wished them all Godspeed. "Poor devils!" he murmured, as the last tottering camp-followers, laden with their burdens, brought up the rear and a white-skinned Soanish offl cer saluted from his horse; "what do those little pelones know about lib erty and justice, or the game that is being played? Wearing the same uni forms that they had when they fought for Diaz, and now they are fighting for Madero. Next year they may be work ing for Orozco or Huerta or Salazar." "Sure," muttered Bud; "but that ain't the question.. If they's rebels In the hills, where do we get off?" CHAPTER XI. The pla^a at Fortuna, ordinarily so peaceful and sleepy, was alive with hurrying men when Bud and Phil reached towp. Over at the station a special engine was wheezing and blow ing after Its heavy run and, from the train of commandeered ore cars be hind, a swarm of soldiers were leaping to the ground. On the porch of the hotel Don Juan de Dios Brachamonte was making violent signals, with hia hands, and as they rode up he hurried out to mept them. "My gracious, boys," he cried, 4,It's a good thing ybu came into town! Ber nardo Bravo has come over the moun tains and he's marching to take Moc tezuma!" <1. t "WVi tr ViQf molro OT1V <HfTpP? ence to us!" answered Phil. "Mocte zuma is eighty 'miles from here?and look at all the soldiers. How many men has Bernardo got?" "Well,- that I do not know," respond ed Don Juan; "some say more and some less, but if you boys hadn't come in I would have sent a man to fetch you. Just as soon as a revolution be gins the back country becomes unsafe for Americans. Some of these low characters are likely to murder you If they think you have any money." "Well, we haven't," put in Bud; "but we've got a mine?and we're going to keep it, too." "Aw, Bernardo Bravo hasn't got any ' men!" scoffed Phil; "I bet this is a false alarm. He got whipped out of his boots over in Chihuahua last fall, and he's been up in the Sierra Madres ever since. Probably come down to steril a little beef. "Why, Don Juan, Bud and I lived right next to a trail all last year and if we'd listened to one-tenth of the revoltoso stories we heard we wouldn't have taken out an ounce of gold. I'm going to get my denouncement papers tomorrow, and I'll bet you we work that mine all summer and never know the difference. These rebels won't hurt you any, anyhow!" "No! Only beg a little grub!" added Bud scornfully. "Come on, Phil; let's go over and look at the soldiers?it's that bunch of Yaquis we saw up at Agua Negra." They tied their horses to the rack and, leaving the solicitous Don Juan to sputter, hurried over to the yard. From the heavy metal ore cars, each a roll ing fortress in itself, the last of the active Yaquis were helping out their women and pet dogs, while the rest, talking and laughing in high spirits, were strung out along the track in a perfunctory line. If the few officers in command had ever attempted to" teach them military discipline, the result wad not appar ent In the line they formed; but any man who looked at their swarthy, faces, the hawklike profiles, and deep set, steady eyes, would know that they were fighters. After all, a straight line on parade ha3 very little to do with actual war faro and these men had Droved their worth under flro. To be sure, it was the fire of Mexi can guns, and perhaps that was why the officers were so quiet and unassert ive; for every one of these big, up standing Indians had been captured in the Yaqui wars and deported to the henequen fields of 'Yucatan to die in the miasma and heat. But they had come from a hardy breed and the whirligig of fortune was flying fast?Madero defeated Porfirio Diaz; fresh revolutions broke out against the victor and, looking about in desperation for soldiers to fill his ' ranks, Madero fell upon the Yaquis. Trained warriors for generations, of j a race so fierce that the ancient Az- j tecs had been turned aside by tbem m their empire-founding migration, they were the very men to whip back tbo. rebels, if he could but win them to hi* side. So Madero had approached Chief Rule, whom' Diaz had taken under a flag of truce, and soon the agreement I was made. In return for faithful serv- I ice, Mexico would give back to the I Indians the one thing they had been i lighting a hunrded and sixty years to attain, their land along the Rio Yaqui; and there they should be permitted to live in peace as their ancestors hud done before them. And so, with a thousand or more of his men. the crafty old war chief had taken service in the federal army, though his nrind, poisoned perhaps by the treachery he had suffered, was not entirely free from guile.' (TO BE CONTINUKL'J I w & . . I ; JUDGE GARY DEAD EARNEST GARY, SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGE PASSES AWAY IN CO LUMBIA. LONG TIME IN BAD HEALTH He Was in His Twenty-Third Year of Continuous Service on the South Carolina Bench. Columbia.?Ernest Gary, judge of the Fifth circuit, died Shortly after aoon recently at his home, 1520 Ger vais street, Columbia, in the 56th year of his age and in his 23rd year of con tinuous service on the bench. He was the senior circuit judge among cne 13, nis election naving anieaaiea by some years that of the judge next him in point of seniority. Judge Gary had b?en in bad health for several years. The funeral services were held at the residence in the evening at 6 o'clock. The interment took place in Elmwood cemetery. Judge Gary was born January 29, 1859, at Cokesbury. He was the sec ond son of the late Franklin F. Gary, M.j D. His father was a surgeon in the Confederate States army during the War Between the Sections, was for several terms a member of the general assembly, was -chairman of the state'board of health, was presi dent of the South Carolina Medical Association and in Masonry was most excellent grand high priest. "Quick perceptions, studious? habits and a most genial disposition characterized f)octor Gary and made him many friends. He became a member of the general assembly in 1886, was re elected in 1888 and again in 1890 and served in the house of representa tives with conspicuous ability; nota bly as chairman of the judiciary com mittee. He was also county chair man of the Democratic party in Edge field, was a delegate to several Demo Vjra'tic state conventions and in 1892 was an elector-at-large on the Demo cratic national ticket Gen. Joseph Brevard Kershaw of Camden, having declined re-election as judge of,the Fifth judicial circuit, ErneBt Gary was elected by the joint assembly in 1892 to succeed him and since then as his several terms have expired he has been re-elected. Judge Gary was one of nine chil dren born to his parents. Surviving him from among these is Mrs, James M. Eason of Charleston, with two brothers, Eugene Blackburn Gary and Frank Boyd Gary, both of Abbeville. E. B. Gary has been at various time? lieutenant governor of South Carolina and associate justice of the state su preme court, of which tribunal he is at this time the chief justice. F. B. Gary, now Judge of the Eighth judicial circuit, was a member of the constitutional convention of 1895, served three terms in the general as sembly, during part of which time he was speaker of the yhouse of rep resentatives ; and was elected l>y the Joint assemhi'- as United States sena tor to fill unexpired term of As bury C. Latimer, deceased. / Insurance in South Carolina. Columbia.?"Insurance as an Inci dent to Banking" was elucidated in an addresse 'delivered by F. H. Mc Master, insurance commissioner of South Carolina, at the annual conven tion of the South Carolina Bankers' Association. Mr. McMaster made gen eral assertions relative to the insur ance business and applied these prin ciples to the 'history of insurance in this state. He stated ?he conditions that had arisen, and then spoke of how the insurance companies could invest their money in South Carolina. Instructor in Domestic Science. Columbia.?Mis Amelia Webster, a , trained nurse and masseuse, who has resided in Columbia for the past year, will go to Fletcher, N. C., July 10, to consult with the faculty of the! Naples Agricultural and Normal School, an institution for the training of the mountain boys and girls, some of whom will go out as teachers in the more remote rural districts. Miss Webster, who is a graduate of Battle Creek sanitarium, is a woman of wide experience and will accept a position as instructor in domestic science. Sumter Enjoys Aviation. Sumter.?The popular amusement in Sumter these afternoons is to mo tor to the aviation field and watch the experimental flights. E. A. Robbins of North Carolina about six weeks ago brought to Sumter his aeroplane, leased some space in the buildings of the Sumter Electrical Company, took his machine to pieces and rebuilt it. Mr. Robbins is an aviator of sev eral years' experience and this is his fifth machine. His flights are not made for spectacular purposes, but for scientific purposes. Weather Man Returns. Columbia. ? Richard H. Sullivan, section director of the United States weather bureau, has returned from a trip of inspection over the Congaree and Wateree rivers and the land ly- , ing round-about. This was done so that lie can estimate how much land eu u.r llic wrllfj Wfien 1110 pause registers at various water lev els- Mr. Sullivan stated that the 1 rainfall had caused the river to rise ! and that boats could steam up the river now without fear of the sand- ' bars. Sumter Wants Inspection. Columbia.?William F. Robertson, ] city manager of Sumter; J. H. Forbes, , health officer, and the Sumter Cham- ( her of Commerce have sent invita- j tions to H.. R. Carter, M. D., R. C. Derivaux, D. M. Malloy and H. A. Taylor, members of the United States , public health service, to visit Sumter and study the conditions there in re gard to malaria and the mosquito. These invitations passed through the ( hands of J. A. Hayne, M. D., and have , been sent to the government experts \ with the recommendations. ' .: . ^ . .. you are writing a gospel?a day, By works that you do you say; Men read what you faithless or true Say, what Is the Gospel Tou? ?E. E. Hlgley. HELPFUL IDEAS FOR THE WIFE. 'Improved Hamburger Steak.?Chop a pound of round steak, season with salt and pepper, a grating' of nut meg, a pinch of ground cloves, one egg beaten light and a small onion chopped fine and one cupful of boiled rice. Mi* well, make into cakes and cook as usual over coals or pan broil. This amount will make neat cakes to serve seven or eight people, provided they are not too hungry, and there are other good things served. Poached Eggs New York 8tylev? Mix small cubes of chicken breast with fresh mushrooms, pimentoes and a little Mornay sauce. Spread a thin layer on earthen au gratin disheBy set a poached egg above, cover with Mor nay sauce, mixed with a little tomato puree and a dash of paprika. Sprinkle with grated Swiss or Parmesan cheese. Set in a hot oven an instant and serve at once. v. ' fiui/4a ?'Prif throa tahlA. V % ,Vibsi .' to?# spoonfuls of batter in a saucepan, when bubbling hot add three table- i spoonfuls of flour, salt and pepper, about a half-tablespoonful of salt and a cup and a half of consomme, chick en br veal broth. Add a fourth of a , cupful of Gruyere.ojr Parmesan cheese and stir until melted. ; Chop 8uey.?Take a pound of lean . pork from the shoulder, cnt in small!' pieces, three large onions, three stalks of celery, a handful of mushrooms, cut fine, two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, - two tablespoonfuto of black molasses. Put a little butter into a kettle and when hot, drop in the meat, cover and simmer. Then add the vegetables, add a teaspoon of salt and simmer un til the vegetables are done. Mix the molasses a?d cornstarch together with half a cup of warm water, add.and; cook until well done. <For those who; do not like the Japanese sauce this i recipe will De enjoyed. When bread Is thoroughly cooled wrap each loaf in waxed paper and put away in a bread box. Each loaf may be handled In the paper and any. portion left wrapped and kept moist. God will not look you over for medals, diplomas and degrees, but for scars. The, welfare of the human race de mands that mothers should extend and widen their mental visions. All which tends to enlarge woman's mentality Is good and that which tends'to limit, repress or suppress her is bad. NATIONAL 8ANDWICHES, Russian.?Slice some cold roaat renison and spread over it a paste j -A. made of hasd boiled egg robbed with but ter; season with pepper, salt and minced celery r | and serve on round pieces of bread. , 1 German,?Steam wein erwursts about ten min utes, skin and turn in to a meat dish; mix with finely chopped onion and enough tomatp cat sup to moisten; lay thickly between buttered slices of brown bread. sturgeon, hard cooked eggs, water cress,, parsley or lettuce with French mustard; spread this on nutmeg dusted, buttered slices of bread. Scotch.?Blend three tablespoonfuls of butter, one tablespoonful of. pre pared mustard, salt, pepper and yolk of egg; stir into this minced Iamb, lay on rye bread cut thin and buttered. Parisian.?Mince turtle meat, terra pin or frogs' legs wh|eh have been cooked, mix v/itfcumayonnaise dressing and spread on lettuce leaves, put be* tween slices of ^French bread, cut thin' and well buttered- : ' Bohemian.?Chop up very fine any, kind of wild fowl, bird or game meat that has been boiled or roasted/ Put it in a saucepan with sufficient gravy to soften it; add a piece of butter, pep npr celerv and mild spices; while heating, mix these ingredients to a smooth paste; when cold spread on slices of stale bread. A few drops of lemon juice squeezed over the sand wich before putting the slices together improves the sandwich. Scandinavian. ? Fresh herring, cooked or smoked may be used, pound ed with hard cooked egg yolks in a mortar, season with salt, pepper and cream; spread on buttered biscuits. Pearls and Rubies. Pearls may be found nearly any where In waters inhabited by oysters or mussels. Some of Canada's fresh water pearls have a fairly high value. The Mississippi has also yielded val uable pearls. Rubies have usually come, from the East?India or Ceylon ?though South America has furnished some good specimens. Oil wells are really excavations into underlying lakes or "fields" of petroleum, gener ally found on this continent just above the Trenton limestone formation. Contradiction Habit Strong. It is reported of a well-known pro* fessor of history at Harvard college that whenever one wants to find him, ill he has to do is to go into the col lege yard and make a statement about some fact in history, whereupon the professor will immediately come out ind contradict it. Real Melody. "A cross between a hymn and a comic song," was a pollreman's de scription of a toper's melody in Ches terfield (England) market-place.