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?HE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA I L. C. HAYNS, Prea't. F. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. Undivided Profits ( ?110,000. Facilities of our magnificent Kow Vault containing 410 ^afety-Lock Boies. Differ ent Sizes axe offered to our patrons and tho public at $3.00 to $10.00 per annum. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND I SAVINGS BANK* AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. HAYNS, President. W. C. WABDIUW, Cashier. VOL. LXIV. NO. 26. THE FLOWE A Night of Despair a BY J. P. ] "You aro as good as dead," said the doctor, looking steadily at Anatole. Anot?le staggered. He had come to pass a cheerful evening with his old friend, Dr. Bardais, the savant whose works in poisonous substances are so well and favorably known, but one whose excellence of heart and al most fatherly kindness Anatole had been able to appreciate more than any one. And now all of a sudden, without regard for his feelings, without being prepared to hear it, the terrible r .-og* nos tic is uttered by so great an au thority. "Unfortunate fellow," continued the doctor, "what have you done?" "Nothing that I know of," stam mered Anatole, greatly troubled. "Try to recollect? Tell me what you have drank, what you have eaten aud what you have breathed." The last word spoken by the doctor was a ray of light to Anatole. That rery morning he had received a letter from one of his friends who was trav eling in India. In this letter had been a flower plucked on the shores of the Ganges by the traveler-a flower, red, warped and of bizarre shape, the odor of which, he remembered well now, bad seemed to him strangely penetrat ing.* Anatole searched in his pocket book and. took therefrom the letter and flower in question, which he showed to the savant. "Without doubt," exclaimed the doctor, "it is the Pyrameuensis Indica - tho fatal flower, the flower of death." "Do you really think so?" "I am sure of it." "But it is not possible. I am only 25 years old. I feel myself full of life and health. " "When did you open that fatal let ter?" "At 0 o'clock this morning." "Well, tomorrow morning at the same hour, indeed at the same mo ' mont, you will feel a sharp anguish at the heart, and it will be all over with you." "And do you not know any remedy, any means of-" ."None," said tlie doctor, and hiding his face in his hands he sank back ward in an armchair, choked with grief. From the emotion displayed by his old friend, Anatole realized that there was no hope. He departed in a dazed map uer. With beads of cold norsniration on his brow ai Anatole mo what was j. even snspe. becoming d s>-Lo-agJ?iac. t a bench, he The rest ' he had bes; struck on t effects of the shock weredisapp and he begaa now io collect his vagrant thoughts. "My plight," thought he, "is ttuV * of a*persou condemned to death. Yet I can still hope for mercy. By thc way,how much longer havel to live?" He looked at his watch. "It lacks three hours of morning. It is time I was in bed. I go to bed, indeed! To devote the last sad hours of my life to sleep! No. I can cer tainly do better than that. But, what? Parbleu! I have it. I will draw up my last will and testament." A restaurant which remained open all night was near by. Anatole en tered and sat down. "Wuitei-,a cup of coffee and a bottle of ink." He took a sip and looked at his writing paper, reflecting: "To whom shall I leave my (?U00 francs income? I have neither fathri nor mother-a fact which is lucky for them. And among the persona who interest me I can think only of one-Nicette." Nicette was one of his forty-second cousins, a channing young girl of 18 years, with fair tresses aud large, black" eyes. Like himself she was an orphan, and this community of fate had loug ago established a bond of sympathy between them. His will was speedily drawn up. He left everything to Nicette. "Poor Nicette," thought he. "Her guardiau, who knows little of the world except his class, which he teaches to play on brass instruments at the conservatory, has bethought himself to promise her baud to a brute, a sort of bully, whom she detests, because she loves another,, as she has avowed to me, although with reticence and an embarrassed ?ir. Who is this happy mortal? But ho must be woithy of her, since she has Axed her affection on him. Goo:l, gentle, comely and affectionate Nicette deseives au ideal husband. Ah, how well would she have suited me for a wife. It is an Infamous tyranny to spoil her life by giving her to a brute. But why should I not be Nicette's champion? I have said it now, and tomorrow morning I will begin to act. But tomorrow morning it will be too late. Now is the time to begin, if at all. The hour is a little mal a propos io see people, but as I shall be dead in five hours I don't care a sou for conventionalities. Yes, I'll do it-my life for Nicette." It was 4 o'clock in the morning when Anatole rang the bell at the house of Nicette's guardian, M. Bou sard. Badly frightened and wearing his night-cap, he answered >be door. "Is the house on tire?" "No, my dear M. Bousard," replied Anatole, "I have come for a chat." "At this hour?" "I am at all hours pleased to see you; but you are not dressed, M.Bou sard. Are you going back to bed again?" ? "That's what I am going to do. But-I suppose monsieur, that to dis turb mo in this manner you must have something very important to say to me." "\"e?y important, M. Bousard. It is necessary that you give np your plan of marrying my cousin Nicette to M. Capendac. " ''Sever, monsieur, never." f'?ut I say, yes." "Monsieur, my resolution is taken. The marriage will take place," "It will not." R OF DEATH, g nd its Joyful Morning DAVIDSON. "We'll see about that) And now that you nre acquainted with my answer I will not detain you longer." "That is not altogether polite. But I am as good-humored as I am tena cious, M? Bousard. I am not offended nt your procedure?and I will remain." "Bemain if you like. I consider you as gone, and I will not converse further with yon." And M. Bousard turned Upward the wall,grumbling. "Did one ever see the like; to disturb a peaceful man, to rouse him from his sleep, for the pur pose of listening to such nonsense^' Suddenly M. Bousard made a bound from his bedv Anatole had taken up one of tho trombones of tho professor,into which he blew with might aud main, madly moving the sliu3. Infernal sounds were emitted by the instrument. "My cherished trombone, given me . by my pupils! Leave the instrument alone, monsieur." "Monsieur," said Anatole, "you consider me ns departed. I consider you as abseut, and I ara amusing my self while waiting for your return. Um-pa! Um-pa! What dulcst mel ody!" . "You will cause me to receive notice to leave tho house. My neighbors will not tolerate the trombone after midnight. " "Then all I can say is they have no love of music in their souls. Z-z-z-z! Wow! Tootle-too! Um-pa! Um-pa!'* "Stop, for mercy's sake." "Do you consent, then?" "To what?" "To give up thc marriage." "But monsieur, I can't do it. "Then, um-pa!" "M. Capendac is a terrible man. If I affront him thus ho will kill me." "Does that reason influeuce you?" "l'es, and others besides." "In that case leave all to me. Only swear to me that if I obtain the con sent of M. Capendac to the breaking of the match my cousin shall be free." "Yes, monsieur, she shall be free." "Bravo. I have your wold. Permit me to retire. But where does this Capendac live?*' "Number 100, Enc des Deux-Epees. " "I will go lhere. Good-by." "As for you," thought M. Bousard, "you are putting ' your head in the lion's mouth, and you will be taught a lesson that you deserve to learn." Meanwhile Anatole hastened Jto ?.oA Whan ha nvri "He.e is aman well defended," thought Anatole. Finally the door was (?pened. Ana tole found himself in tho. presence of a gentleman with a large, curled mus tache, who wore a fencing costume as his night-dress. "Always ready, you see. It is my invention." The Avails of the ante-chamber were hidden by suits of armor. In the little parlor into which Capendac conducted his visitor he saw only weapons galore; ataghans, poisoned arrows, sabre, one and two-handed swords,pistols,lances; there was plenty there to make a timid heart quail. "Bah," thought Anatole, "what do I risk now? Two hours and a half at the most. Here goes." "Monsieur," said Anatole, "von are goiup; to marry Mlle. Nicette?" "Yes, monsieur." "Monsieur, you shall not marry her." "Blood and thunder, and who will hinder rue?" "I will." Capendac looked askance at Anatole, who wad not a large mau, but who seemed very determined. "Ah,young man,"said he.atlength, "you are lucky to lind me in a pleas ant humor. Profit by it. Do you know that I have fought twenty duels in which I had the misfortune to slay five of my adversaries and to wound the other fifteen? Once more I warn you to retire." "Isec," replied Anatole, "that you are an adversary worthy of my stop], and my desire increases to measure swords with a man so redoubtable. Let us see. Suppose we fight with those two swords by tho chimney, or these cavalry sabres, or these-or what do you say to these curved ataghans. You dou't decide? Why do you hesitate?" "I was thinking of your mother and the grief your death would cause her." "I am an orphan. Do you prefer the carbine, the pistol or the revolver?" "i'ouup; man,du not fool with these firearms. " "Ar? you afraid? You tremble." "I tremble? Nonsense, it is the cold." "Then either fight or renounce the hand ot Nicette. " "I like your pluck. The brave should always be in harmony with each other. Do yon wish me to confess some thing to you?" "Out with it." "For some time jiast I have wished to free myself from this betrothal, but I did not know how to go to work about it. I would consent very willing ly to what you desire of me, but you must understand that I. Capendac,can not have the air of yielding to threats. Now you have menaced me." "I withdraw the menace." "Then it is agreed." "Will you write and sign your re linquishment of Nicette?" "I have so much sympathy for you that I can refuse you nothing." Furnished with .the precious paper. Anatole hurried back to the residence of M. Bousard. He reached his door at 8 o'clock. .Ting-a-ling-a-ling." "Who is there?" "Anatole.- " "Pe oix to bed," .cried the professor, wrathfully. UI have the consent of M.Capendac. Opeu, or I will have to break the door.*' M. Bbusard opened it. ?uatol? show?d him the paper ?nd going to the door of Nicette's room called out: "Cousin, rise,dress yourself qhicklj-; and come flown." Some minutes after, Nicette, fresh as the dawn; came into the little parlor. "What is the matter?" she inquired. "The matter is," answered M. Bou sard, "that your cousin is crazy." "If that be sb there is at an}- rate method in my madness;" exclaimed Anatole. "This very riight, my dear cousin,! have achieved two things. M. Capendac has renounced bis claim to your hand, and your excellent guardian consents that you shall marry Whom you please." "Really and truly, my guardian, am I free to marry Anatole?" "Ha!" exclaimed Anatole. "Then, I love you, my cousin'; At that, moment Anatole felt his heart beat rapidly. Was it by reason of the pleasure which the unexpected avowal of Nicette had caused him? Was it tho paug predicted by Dr. Bar dais? Was it death? "Wretch *hat I am!" exclaimed the poor fellow. "The cup of happiness is at my lips, and I am going to die without tasting it." Then feverishly taking Nicette's hand he told her all; how he had re ceived the letter which contained the flower whose fragrance ha had inhaled and of the prognostic of Dr. Bardais; how he had made his will iu her favor, the steps ho had subsequently taken, and the success with which his efforts had been crowned. "And now," sighed ho, "I must die." * "But it is impossible," said Nicette; "the doctor is deceived. Who is he?" "A man who is never wrong in his diagnosis, Nicette-Dr. Bardais." "Bardais, Bardais!" cried M. Bou sard suddenly, bursting out laughing. "Hear what the morning paper says: . " 'Thu learned Dr. Bardais has just been suddenly stricken with mental alienation. The mania from which ho suffer? is of a sci entific character. It is well known that the doctor made a special study of poisonous substances. II? believes now that all whom lie meet* are poisoned and endeavors to per suade them that such is the case. He was removed at night to tho madnou.se/ " "Nicette!" "Anatole!" The young couple had rushed into each other's arms and were locked ina fond embrace. ERI?ONS WHO BAR ENCLISH. Thousands of Native Inhabitants Can't" Speak Their Own Langange. Not everybody is aware of the fact that a very considerable ?Jercentage of i tho native-born inhabitants (if the 1 Tolos cannot speak English. ?.*?<.?"?.? fir?? there Boswortn, ?u....0 as tbs commonly spoken tongue of nearly 3, OOO, OOO 'inhabitants. At that time Welsh was spoken by 1,000,000 persous, Strangely enough, while in Wales fewer people speak both English and Welsh than Welsh alone, in Scotland almost live times as many people uso both languages as those who speak Gaelic only, and in Ireland the pro portion is still greater, being twenty speaking both to one who is able to speak Irish only. Ulanx is spoken in the Isle of "Man. The population of the island is 55,598? The people arc of Celtic extraction, with au intermixture of Norwegian. Tho island was under tho rule of Nor way iron, S70 to 12GJ A. D. Both Manx and English aro used in tue pro mulgation of any new law in the island. The Channel Islands have a popu lation of about 02,000, and the lan guage spoken is French. Thus six languages aro used in the British Isles. There is,it muy be mentioned, a Col tic dialect spoken in Brittany called Arinorican, or Breton. It is largely of the nature of Welsh, and is th last member of the Celtic group,on? of which are mentioned above. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. , Both Mary Quee n of Scots and George III were buried at midnight. Gunpowder dates from A. D. o?G, while smokeless gunpowder dates back to 1845. There is a quick silver mine in Peru .ISO feet deep. In ibis abyss are streets, squares, and a chapel where religious worship is held. A farmer in Lorain county, Ohio, hung himself recently because a quan tity of money which he had buried in his cellar had been ruined by mould. One of the oldest birds in the world died not long since, lt was a parrot belonging to tho Prince of Wales,and had lived, it was declared, 12-5 years. Two Kentucky farmers in a buggy were killed by a train, which smashed the buggy but did uot injure the horse that was pubing it nor the horse the men were leading behind it. A fisherman's trawling net brought up recently, near Carlingford Lough, Ireland, a lot of law documents mis ?iug in Irish Chancery cases. Though much damaged, the papers could be read. In Fiji there is a curious sea worm which arrives in myriads on tho coast on a certaiu day. The waters are so full of them as to resemble vermicilli soup. After laying their eggs noth ing is left of them but empty skins. ' Mammoth Cave is located iu Ed mondson county, Ky. It Avas discov ered in 180.) by a Mr. Hutchins while iu pursuit of a bear. Its extreme ex tent is less thaa ten miles, and the combined length of all the accessible avenues is possibly 150 miles. The smallest perfect watch ever made is owned by a Russian princess. It wad first placed in an exquisite'gold ca* covered with tho most minute but literally perfect Watteau scenes in enamel: then at tho princess's de sire the works were removed aud placed inside a splendid diamond, scarcely two-fifths of an iuch in diam eter, AROUNDTrjEWO ftpEEDAYS The world's record fo: around the world will so twain. Prince Hilkoff, E ter of Communication, recent meeting of the way managers that v Siberian railway is cor be possible to travel an in thirty-three days, best possible record is raixcE HILKOFF'S T" Bremen, by rail to St. Pet St. Petersburg to Vladivo "Viadivostock to San Frat San Francisco to New Yo New York to Bromon...... Total. ?ODOQCOOOOGQOOOO IPHIDIPFIKE TRIBES ? EOMPM?ELY I O An Ethnographic ?oooooooooooooooc ? simple classification pine Archipelago's popul made with the assistance < panying ethnographic ma; Harper's Weekly: 1. The Moros, or Sulus dan Malays) occupy the sm islands, the southern a coasts of Mindanao, and t ?Tfcrp.mitv of Palawan. 1 p. Hilkoff arranges his thirty .j-day itinerary. . ??dculating this run Prince Hil ?stimates speed on tho Siberian h y at the very modest rate of but ?ight kilometers, or thirty miles, hour. Faster communication both *a f.nd land will doubtless soon :-e the minimum time to thirty MESEST TIME TABLE. Days. York to Southampton.6 .ampton to Brindisi.<3K Isl to yokohama by Suez Canal..42 ?ama to San Francisco.10 -anolscoto New York.iii .CC, Blacks), or Aetas, only IP,OOO bOOremain. They are "asnear an ioh to primitive man as can any be found, "says Professor Brin ad they are so far inferior in phy Mindanao to Mindoro auu M anes Islands, the total numb ab'y much greater. 3. The Tanais, Tagalogs, (Roman Catholic Malays), 1 Aguinaldo has drawn the li of his forces, inhabit centr Their number is uncertain, the present we may accept tin's estimate-1,200,000. 4. Tribes of Malays, numerically of less impo not always clearly distingt Tagalogs and Visayans-e. canos, Pampangos, und 5 Northern and Western ] Eicols (or Vicols) in the eil east of Luzon and in adjac the S?banos of Southern ( 5. Non-Malayan savage; of an earlier population wi placed by the Malays, are wi.. tered, and the common name "ii nesiens" is given to these tribes by the writers, who regard themas repre TONTBATJ UASOABDO. ie Philippine insurgent loader jas most influence with the 9 tribes of the island.) id intelligence to tho civilized or a^dii-civilized Malay or "Indone sentatives of a race which the Malays | Bien" that they seem destined to dis drove into the mountains, somewhat j appear altogether before lonfr." as Saxon displaced Celt in the British j 7. At or near tho principal ports J StOV8Drul ETHNOGRAPHIC MAP Of . -^e.Ilt?PirTLIPPINE ISLANDS ?.CELEBES SEA Isles. That famous band of the Igor rotes who trusted to charms and bows and arrows in the battle of February 5 were of this class. The accompany ing map shows the names of a dozen different tribes in Northern Luzon alone, with others in Central Minda nao, Northern Panay, and Negros, etc. Little reliauce can be placed upon the estimates of the total number of "In donesiens" who have never consented to stand and bo counted. As an ap proximation, some of the authoritives have suggested 300,000 or 400,000. 6, Of the aborigines called Nogrifcoa are about 100,000 Chinese, and per haps 15,000 whites-not including G?nerai Otis's army. The present distribution of the na tive tribes has evidently been occa sioned by successive waves of inva sion. The aboriginal Aetis (Negritos) as a less vigorous branch of the linman family, were unable to resist attacks from restless and progressive neigh bors. The first people from the main land to appear as conquerors on a large scale may have been the so-called Indonesiens; but these in turn were displaced, in the more desirable por tiona of the archipelago, by hordes bi Asiatics coming from the Malay Pen insula by way of Dorneo-the first incursion being led by Tagals, and the set?o?id by Visayans. The third and last wave bf Malay invasion cul minated about the middle of the sk* teeuth century, not far from tho tima whbh the Spaniards' arrived upon the aceito and established themselves in the Visay?s and Luzo?b The editor Of the Dictionnaire d? Geographie Universelle estimates the' total population of the archipelago at about 9,000,000, but fails to give con vincing reasons for this opinion. In view Of the statements which have been repeated day after day for the last ten months, that the Philippines support a population of 8,000,000 td 10,000,000 persons, it may not seem that our question is too pointed if wa ask, How is this information derived7 A little scrutiny*of figuresgiven in the foregoing paragraphs will show that perhaps 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 have been accounted for. Within a limit ed area, conditions which allow half a million of people to live by hunting are not ' usually Stich as to allow 8, 000,000 or 9,000,000 more to live by agriculture and commerce. Why, then, does it seem probable that the population of tho Philippines is so dense? How has it been possible to secure trustworthy information on this head?-Marrion Wilcox, in Harper's Weekly. An American Girl's Romance. The news that the Viscountess Deer hurst, has just given birth to a son and heir recalls her strange but romantic VISCOUNTESS DEEBHCKST. history. As is known, the young Viscountess occupies an enviable posi tion in English society. She has been twice received by Qnoen Victoria, and she has won many friends by her charming personality. She was first known to English society as Miss Virginia Bonynge, the daughter of 0. W. Bonynge, a California millionaire. Virginia Bonynge became the inti XJamei waa tm xmyiiou ???...?v^.. .._ married a housemaid and emigrated to America. The Daniels journeyed from tho East to Illinois, where they began farming on a quarter section of land, and it was during their sojourn in this State that Virginia was born. When a mere baoe her parents started for tho Bookies. Whilo in a mining camp on the Pacific slope Daniel quarreled with a num ber of reckless men and killed his man. He was tried and convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Soon after Bonynge, also aminer, met Mrs. Daniel and persuaded her to get a divorce from Daniel, which she did, and married him. Thereafter Virginia became known as Virginia Bonynge. Tho Bonynges prospered and became rich, and eventually -went to London to live. When the facts of Miss Bon ynge's antecedents were made known to the prospective bridegroom the en gagement was broken off by the scion of the noble British bouse. The Princess Christian, however, re mained tho lair heiress's friend, and she challenged her right of entre into the most aristocratic British society. The chances aro that Virginia Bou yngo cared little for her first noble love, for she soon forgot him and mar ried the Viscount Deerhurst, who loved her iu spite of the fact that she was the daughter of a miner and a convict. Tho l'un-Ainerlcan Einblein. This design tor the emblem of the Pan-American Exposition, to be held Buffalo, N. Y., in 1901, has been awarded the first prize. It follows the outliucs of the map and shows South America as stretching up her hand to North America. OFFICIAL SEA!. OF PAN-AMEBICAN EXPO spp,?; The design is by Eaphael Beck and is considered a splendid effort in ar tistic endeavor. Some German Naval Titles. The titles of some of the ofici?is in the .German navy would tangle the tongue of an American officer, and the Emperor is trying to simplify them. For example, a frigate captain was formerly known as a "korvet ten-capitan-mit-oberslieutenantrang." There is au officer on the list of the German navy known as the "marine kasseninspeotor," whose duties are to inspect the marines, while the chief inspector of marines is known simply as a "marinegarnisonverwaltungsober inspector." Imagine the Admiral calling for that officer in the midst cf a but tin, ODD FISHIN? IN tHLiruniiin, Boy Ansie? tfrf HerselrrK-Ii nnt? Got? Pon anU?i?u Frcnrt Vltfhe*. "Hi, there!" shouf?d a boy, very much out of breath, who had rim np from the beach at Sau Diego, Cal., whore the big rollers were piling iu .with rt mighty roar. "What is it?" yelled a stableman. "Squids, millions of 'om; they're jrist lu the surf. Can't yon lend me ft horse?" gasped the boy, "Is that go?'' said the man. "Why," looking arouud, "here's a couple of ponies waiting; jump or] and I'll go with you," and forewith thc two spraug into the saddles and dashed down to the beach. "You can hook 'em right ashore," said the boy, nud leaping off the pony ho picked tip from the beach, where he had previously laid it, a bamboo rod about nino feet long that had a large hook at the end. Thus equipped, he moved down to the water's edge. It had been blowing a heavy south easter, and great waves were coming in, piling up long black masses of kelp that wound away like serpeuts over the sand. Here and there, just on the bordera of the waves,were strange uucauay-looklng creatures, six or seven feet in length, with long fiuger like tentacles and black, staring eyes. Some were high, dry and helpless; others were half in the water, waving their sucker-like tentacles as though imploring aid, while out in the waves others could be seeu, either driven in by some large tish or beaten in by the sea. "What good are they?" asked the stableman, who had never seen the animals. "Good?" repeated the boy, "why, lt's fun catchiu; 'em,and I can sell the ayes and pen for fifty couts. Jest look it 'em, will you!" and,digging his feet into the reluctant broncho, htt urged bim into the surf, where, reaching flown, he hooked on to something. A big wave splashed over his back, ;lrenching him from head to foot, but be held on to the squid, and the bron cho, though visibly alarmed at the hideous-looking creature, dragged it out high and dry on the beach, where it lay pumping iuk and water, it? long arms coiling about like snakes. After various excursions into the aurf the boy, having with the aid of the stableman hauled the animals above high-water mark, began to secure his treasures. Each squid had a pen-long, opal-tinted, translucent object, the model of a huge pen and holder eighteen or twenty inches in length. This was found extending foo .n the tip of the tail to tue neck of the animal, and served as a support, something like a backbone. But the squid is a squid, not a backboned animal. Next the huge eyes were taken ont and the eyeball secured, which, after drying, resembled a pearl almost as large as a marble. Then the vouni fisherman produced a bag of There is an atraospnero ot noisier ons life about the youth of Cromwell, aud royalist writers represent him as a terror to his neighbors. "He threw himself into a dissolute and disorderly course of life," says Sir William Dug dale," being more famous for football, cricket, cudgelling,nnd wrestling thai for study." But football and cricket are not unpardonable sins in a y oath, even if we add to them the further ac cusations of his enemies, that he wa; of a rough and blustering temper unable to endure contradiction, anc always ready to make those who ob jected to his words and ways feel the weight of his quarter-staf?l If lu really was of such a disposition, his early reformation was very creditable to him, for soon after he was twenty years of ase the admonitions aud en treaties of his mother-then a widow -prevailed over all other seduction. His sudden reformation drew on hill' a charge ot hypocrisy, but the abrupi and absolute change of his life wa: only tho natural consequences of at iron will that, having once d?termin?e on a change, makes it without hesita tion, and with a thoroughness leavinf nothing for future regret.-Ameli: Barr, in Harper's Magazine. Tl?c Fat? ?f American Ruler*. Assassination of royal rulers seem: to have beau introduced into Americi in the first decades of this century, au< the first to fall was a black man,Dos salines, who for a while had masquer nded under the title of emperor am was killed by his troops in 1806. Th next to die was his successor, Chris tophe,sometimes calle 1 the first blacl king in Ameri.'? and who was crowuec as Henry J, built a palace and castl and kept ; n executioner. He rau th gamut of royalty and then committee suicide to avoid death at the hands c his enemies, shooting himself with silver bullet. Ho was thc emincu creator of those now degenerate scion of nobility wi o o ancestors sporte the titles of dukes and counts of Mai malado and Lemonade. As "Sain Henry" he now rests secure of iain in the Haytian chronicles. It becam the custom, after that, to depose Haytian ruler by the powder an poniard route, so thal tho chronic! becomes tiresomo of those who too! that means of exit.-New York Tele gr? m. "An Anecdote of Tennyson. The poet Tennyson was gifted wit the grace of humility. His letter disclose his dissatisfaction with bin 3elf and his achievements. He pilche his ideals high, and he knew, non more clearly, when he failed to gras what he had reached after. An anet dote contributed by the Duke c Argyle and quoted by Miss Cary i her volume, "Tennyson," exhibits th poet's humility. "The first words I heard him utter, says the Duke, "remain indelibly iu pressed upon my memory. On bein introduced to him at an evening part iu the house of Lord J ohn Russell, said, perhaps with some emotion: " 'I am so g'iul to seo you!' "Not in the tone or voice of mei conventional reply, but in the accenl of sincere humility, lie answered: "'You won't find much in nie afterauV" Dennis wa? hearty when Dennis was young, High was ni.' step in the jig that hu sprung,. He had the looks an' tbe sootberin' tongue An' bo wanted a girl wld a fortune. Nannie was gray-eyed an, Nannie was tall, Pahr wa? the face hid in-undher her shawl. Troth f an he liked her the best o' them ali Bat she'd'not a traneen to her fortune He began to loo* out for a likelier match. So he nannied a girl that was counted & catch, An1 as ugly as need be, the dark* littra patch But that was a thrifle, he tould ber. She brought him her good-lookin' gould tc* admire, . She brought him her good-looking cow.? to his byre. But far from gobd-lookin' she sat by his fire And paid him that "thrifle" he tould her. He met pretty Nan when a month bad gone by, And he.thought like a fool to get round ber he'd try; Vvid a smile on her lip an' a spark in her eye She said, "How is the woman thai owns ye?" Och, never bo tellin' the life that he's led ! Sure, many's the night that he'll wish him self dead. For the sakw o' two eyes in a pretty girl's bead An' the tongue o' the woman that owns bim. -Moira 0'Neill,in Blackwoods Magazine. HUMOROUS. "What is ideal weather?" "Any kind of weather which makes you mad because you have to work for a living." Henry (with a wedge of pie in his fist)-Fingers were made before knives and forks, Uncle George. Uncle George-Not yours. "That story was the funniest thing I ever heard," said Flinders. "It would have made a jae! ?ss laugh. Why, I laughed at it fit to split my sides. " The Lawyer-"Well, we have won the suit, and now I will formally turn over the amount yet coming to you from the estate. The Heir-Oh, keep tho change. Jackson-Heaven bless him! Ho sho.ved confidence in me when tho clouds were dark and threatening. Wilson-?lu what way? Jackson-Ho lent me an umbrella. Hojack-I don't believe in heredity. Tomdik^-Wby not? Hojack - Tho Father of this Country could not tell a lie, but look at his children's suc cessful efforts in that direction. "With or without?" asked the bar ber, as the customer took his seat in the chair. "Without," replied tho customer. Whereupon the barber shaved him without any conversation. Among the tantalizing gifts the lavish hand of nature pours Aro the moonlit nights whiob como along before it's safe to court outdoors. Dobbs-There's a man who shaves several times a day. Wiggin-You don't mean it Should think there'd 'I? CI <:}.? .%:.(; ai L"- iur.'.. it ali. . Sire; --j - - - o- -O? very dangerous. Do people often get drowned in this bay? Waterman-No, \ indeed, mum. The sharks never let , anybody drown. "It is said that if man were to. live - long as the sun endures be would, \ a. the end be learning still." "Yes, t ano: the office boy would probably t thiuk he knew more about tho busi . ness than the old man did even j then." First Young Woman-Let's see. I Who wrote "Pickwick Papers?" Sec ? ond Ditto-Dickens. (The Lie) "Of i course. I conlnn't for the moment 5 think of his name." (The Trap) "He ? was the author of 'Pendennis' and i 'Under Two Flags.' von know." ' (Caught) "Oh, yes,'I know that." "When Bilford went west he told me that as soon as he had settled down and pulled himself together ho ' .would write to me, but I have never heard from him." "Bilford was blown 3 up in an explosion of dynamite three j months ago. He may have settled down,but I don't believe he has pulled himself together yet." Had Observed lt. There had been a brilliant company at the home of a society leader, a woman whose husband, while a worthy mau, was noted rather for his wealth than for his mental attainments. . "Well, Abner," she said, after the last visitor had gone and they had sat down to talk it over, "it was a com plote success, wasn't it?" "Sure," replied the husband. "Did you notice Professor Much man?" "He was the man with the bandage around his neck, wasn't he?" "Yes. You heard him talk, didn't you?" "Oh yes. I heard him." "What an astonishing vocabulary he has!" "Well, that maybe what it is," said Abner, doubtfully, "but from the way I he held his head I should judge it was a carbuncle."-Youth's Companion. The Island of Negro*. ? Negros is an island in the Philip pines, about one hundred and fifty miles long, and having an average width of twenty-five miles. It lies between Panay and Cebu aud just north of Mindanuo. It is about three hundred and eighty miles south of Manila. The islaud is divided into two provinces, one known as Western Negros, having an area of 1929 square miles and a population of 226,995, and the other called Eastern Negros, with a population of 94,782 and occupying 371 square miles. The island is mountainous and wild and its coasts are difficult of access. A high moun tain chain crosses it from north to south. The land is uneven, but fer tile. The natives irrigate the soil and produce, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane and wheat. His Interest.v "I want to see tho airship an es tablished factor in our every-day life," remarked the skeptic. "You think it will be a particularly useful institution?" "No. I'd like to live that long, that's ail,"-Washington Star.