Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NATIONAL B?NKOF AUGUSTA L. C . HAY??B, Pres't. ?. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. ?ntllTlilcd Profits } ?110,000. Facilities of our mafrntficent New Vanlt containing 410 ^afcry-Look Boies. Differ ent Sizes are offered to our patrons and the public at $3.00 to SlO.OOjper annum. ras PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVIKGS BARR. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Inc-orJ8t \ on Deposits. Accounts Solicited, L. C. Him, President, W. C. W/BDiaw, Cashier. THOS. J ADAMS- PROPRIETOR. IDGEFiEL?, S. C? WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1901. VOL. LXVI. NO. 5 IB*-._j_.;. j The ?torj \ . .... . *v The editor sat at . his desk, l'?'z sorting the week's manuscript v wai: smoking . his after-lunche Qlg^f and- huniming quietly ?8 &aliie4 r,?t. tho,. vari?os u superset rTrifi^- isar^ffhins l?nG?nsc?mBl^.foj.? familiar handwriting or posiu Prp^An'1- .- ""V n sham rap ? w?.?. ....... . ._. the dcor, followtd almost immediat< by the entrance of the assistant i editor, who bore every outward i pearance pf hoing extremely annoy< "What's up now?" aaked the edit? ..'"IVin a< hele: Leighton:'^ j?nlj tlie assistant:., can't get Kiiytni: ctv?:?fc Ven Beck!" , .. . r y,^.n?t&.r?ia. matter..wi^h* Von Beck jjii^ljatpd Iiis ankiel.pr,;.feil ?ff r bjcycky or something-I don't Knoi - < l^e'&a week late with that illustr?t^ for Forbes's story, and the plates f that form have to be cast- the fir of next week. Here lt ls Wednesda and he sends .word he's laid up Thja assistant art editor ' waved h arms, in a gesture of despair. de-ww?t?? ?ioti wOT^hwith his ta does he?" -asked Leighton: .. ? "I wish he'd work a little with h head. I sent Johnny up with a no this morning, and he brought lt ba< unopened. The 'janitor had orde not to let any one up to see Vs Beeb?" "Well?" queried Leighton, patlentl "Well, what shall I do? I'd go up ar haul him out of bed mys?lf, if 1 c??l hilt i can't. Chapman's ?w?yt ?hd ?'i got to stay here in th? office:, There ?? ?sfe sending any t more boys ii; Suppos? .fte,ttirow Out Forbes's, stpr; and. put in that article on toadstools isij't this ttie.tpadstool season?" .... . "l^otl.^ac;" retorted Leighton: ,"Yp * know we can't throw out .Fbrbej I'd rather print the.story without th Illustration. But can't we get a hoo on Von Beck some way? He ougt to be able to finish the drawing 1 bed." "Of course," ans wered Mac, "if anj body could go up there and pound th importance of it into his Dutch head. dighton Jocked with a.pained es pression .at Mac; and then gazei tfi&?gkt??ily out of. the window:. J gentle breeze, was shaking the leave; of th?^ potted geraniums bri the tene ??ejat fire-esc?p.e keross the ,^-ay. . > '-. J'You are not Very busy this after - ?bon; are you, old fellow?" resume*: i Mac, persuasively. "Nothing but manuscripts," an swered Leighton, turning from th* geraniums. "Why can't you chase up to Voi . Beckys? You eould 4ake-a batch o; jLh&i stuff along with you, and reac ^ifc on the elevated:'' Leighton turned in his chair; ?nc asked: ... "Where does Von Beck live?" /'Ninety-something, street," sale Mac; with alacrity. "I'll find out," and fee rushed, shouting for his stenogra plier;, down the little passage, that lee" k to .his ow?" department: Lejghtor ^""Sighed and picked up a pile of. long thin enveloves. He snapped a heavj rubber band around them, put on. his coat,, and,, taking his straw hat strolled out Into the hallway; where Mac was fuming and expostulating with a weary looking young woman who had spent two minutes of vain search for Von Beck's address among the B's. Then Mac seized the book himself, and scrawled the house and street number on a piece of paper. Leighton walked slowly through the narrow streets and across the City Hall park to the elevated railroad station, and ensconced himself by an open window, in one of the double seats of the rear car of the train. It was comparatively early in the after noon, and there were few other pas sengers. He pulled out an envelope, opened the manuscript, and set to work reading slowly, unconscious of his surroundings. As he finished his study of each cntribution, he made a cabalistic mari, upon the envelope, for the benefit o? his clerk, and re placed it in the bundle on his lap. As the trail drew uptown, the cars filled slowly and finally at Fourteenth street some one took the seat next to Leighton. He merely glanced in that direction, saw that, it was a young woman In a pink shirt-waist and a sailor hat, moved a little closer to his window, and proceeded with the reading of the story that her approach had interrupted. It was evidently not to his taste, for he soon began glanc ing rapidly over the la3t few type written pages, then folded the paper, marked the envelope and started on the next. He was conscious of the fact that his neighbor was stealing furitive glances ovar his shoulder, but this did not annoy him-she was welcome to such information as her curiosity might acquire from his rapid turning of the pages. He read steadily and scratchf J here and there with "his blue pencr, and looked occasionally out of the window to keep his bearings. He disposed of several articles on scientific and social subjects, which did not seem to interest his neighbor very much, for she turned to her afternoon paper, but when he picked up the only blue envelope. in the pack, addressed in a heavy, rectangular hand, he noticed that she folded the "extra" into a tight roll, and assumed a position so erect that she could easily look over his shoulder on to. the page in his hand. These things he remembered afterward.' At the time he was merely conscious o? a alight jarring against his elbow. The manuscript was neatly typewrit ten, and he turned to lt with pleasure, after the strain of deciphering that last essay on "Esoteric Buddhism." It was a love story, and he smiled un? consciously at the conventional way in which it opened. His neighbor moved distinctly closer to him, with a kind of little jump. He turned his head slightly, and she looked quickly out of the* window on the far side of the car. Leighton proceeded. It was about a man and a woman who had not seen each other for many years; they had loved in the early day, and tho man. was now trying to pick up the lost threads-"lo rekindle the old Are." Leighton again smiled when he . clime to that expression, and AI he of a Story paused on the paragraph he was dis tinctly conscious, that his neighbor's weight waS ilargely resting or^hls^eft shoulder.' He stole a glanc? out cf ?hp corner cf his eye, and made sure tnat she was intensely interested in his fo'&ftiscrfpt.* He wondered why. It was a poor story, as siir'rie? ko', hvr ." ' " ""conting it. It he had no moa v._. _ was decidedly below tho av?rage~ra plot and construction; yet there was something in tho style that he liked. He thought the author Blight de better work ? ?ft?r ? tlm?: r ..?lj i^c\ Wetf? flaBhe^. irir,Qughahis ?ditorial .mind as ,?e j?ad.' H* t$ew he was-iiot interested, in the story,' and ^r^ep^OTdinarjy ^circumstances he ivouli?n?rT?'* -?WmflMl f?pid?y oV?rJhe remaining pages:- but he was strangel? conscious that his neighbor was ab sorbed in it, and it occurred to him to let her read it through. If she was interested ia it, why would not the average reader be interested like wise?. He wondered ll the ?Ver?g? f^?Q^?.reai|y-d^d ..enjj?y that Rind of sentimental)' a?m?s{ waut?in.V rubbish. Seventy-five percent 01 magazine readers are women, he argued, and here was a woman who might be con sidered to represent the tastes of that 75 percent. Leighton, therefore, de termined to try thc story on. the dog, and, turning the pages slowly, hu noted his neighbor's interest. Now that he was alert he cbiiifl* feel. Her every move: She leaned forward; or sat ereci hs the mild intricacies^ of the plot tinwoiin? themselves. M one point ! yery .respectable old , Joke, which had hee? put. intb the hero's mouth,, hrtuight ? sinlte .6f . recog nition t8. Leighton's lips, ?nd he, saw in the mirror; across the par, that the young woman positively beamed, and even seemed to color. He made a mental note about old Jokes in general. The sentimentalism grew more intense as thc pages turned, the lover pleaded, the woman spurned him, the moon came up, soft strains of music "flitted across the silent air," and th? y??n? Wftbian in the pink waist gripped hj?r newspaper, caught her breath and .turned almost half around . toward , Leighton., He sur mised that she had read faster than he, and was watching tb .not? the effect upon him ot that.last chaotic, heartrendering. paragraph. . He folded the manuscript slowly, conscious as he dld*so that the weight on his left shoulder was gradually re moved. He made some hieroglyphics on the back of tho envelope, and as he did so the guard shouted his station from the doorway. Leighton gathered up his papers, rose, stole a quick glance at his neighbor, and started for the door just as .the train pulled into the station: He Had seen that the giri was not bad lboklng, and her eyes shone with suppressed excite ment: Leighton riegan to doubt his editorial judgment, and, as he walked toward tho stairway; he determined to seek another opinion oh that story. . Just then some one laid a hand on his. arm, and he turned to find him self face to face with the young woman of the car. She was blushing, but she looked up at him with an air of quiet determination. "I beg your pardon," Bhe began, "I hope you will not think me too pre suming, but I simply could not help speaking to you. 1 could not miss the opportunity. I saw you reading the story, and I felt I muBt ask you about it." These words were rattled out as fast as she could speak them. She paused, breathless. Leighton smiled. "What is it that l can tell you about the story?" he asked. "To be perfect ly frank, I noticed you were interested in it on the train. Perhaps you will answer some questions for me, too," and he led the way to one of the benches on the platform and asked her to sit down. "I hope you did not think I was dreadful rude to look over your shoul der that way," she began, "but-" "Not at all," laughed Leighton. "That was natural. It was entirely pardonable." "Yes, it was," she said, "because I am Miss Ida Barker." Leighton looked at her with a pleasant but perfectly blank ex pression. He did not see the connec tion. He had never heard of Miss Barker. He felt for a moment as if he ought to have known at once who Miss Barker was. The young woman looked at him as If she, too, felt Tnat he ought to have known. If she had said she was the Duchess of Marl borough, or the president of the W. C. T. U., she would have offered him some ground on which to base a mutual understanding; but the name Barker conveyed absolutely nothing to Leighton. Besides he was in a hurry to find Von Beck. He was about to tell Miss Barker that he was pleased to meet her, when she re sumed: "Will you tell me what you really think of the story?" "That's just what I should like to have you tell me," he replied. "But what good would that ! o?" she asked. "What difference does it make what I think of my own story?" "Your story?" exclaimed Leighton. "Yes, my story. I just told you I was Miss Barker." Leighton stared at her for a mo ment; then a great light burst upon him. He jerked the blue envelope out of the package, opened the manu script quickly and saw written across the top of it Miss Barker's full name and address. He colored slightly, and said: "I had not connected you with the story at all. Miss Barker. In fact, this is the first time I have looked at the author's name. How very odd that you should have caught me In the act of reading it." Then, with a smile, "Do you think it ls" altogether fair to hold up a defenseless editor in this way?" "I suppose not," she admitted, "but I thought if you did not want the story, you could give it back to me now, and that would save you the trouble of malling it and of writing nt QM Qt your complimentary little fibs. Besides, it is not often that ons gets ft real live editor into one's hands'; just fresh from one's own manuscript;" "Very true;" said1 Leighton, look ing vacantly at thc blue envelope. His .Wrifir?en?e in his editorial judg ment was returning.' He felt better. Miss Barker,' ?fte> all; was not, ?? he had imagined, a representative of the great class of magazine readers. She had turned out to be the most prejudice4/1! audience he could havo had. He gave a little sigR af relief., "It ls not usually a profitable under taking," he began, "to tell an author, especially a woman, the truth about her literary' ^?crKf but if you will asoum* !he responsibility, I wfft tell you honestly whet em Hy ?? fau,t8 and the merits of your Btory. "I will assume the entire responsi bility;" sb? relied, eagerly, "and con sider jt ? privli?g?Y'', "V%y ftell; tiren;" said .Leighton", and he-, an.' o?c^ ir^c?efre?f t? giye Miss Barker, a , H?tl? ?mprpiapti? lecture :6n the art of story writing. Hg *w ?ftr.o?Bt ?pd?.f?r.ce^?l Jn his manner, and she listened" ??'&riMv?ly.! She did not like some of the things he said about her work, but she could see that they might be true. He praised what he had liked in her storys even more than it deserved, and then. Se gaf? heh ft few words of advice,-,on ber future work.' "Don't <b? i?o ainbJjJoufl?' . fie J?aid. "Leave to ot??ri vf write about heroes and heroines who love U??L. die. Write of what" you kn?w" about; and Bee before you. Remember that there is force In simplicity. Don't lay the color on too thick. Tell your little tale, and the color will find Itt way iii of itself; You have fie Ide? "how many po?pi?; ?? over {?e 66u3; try; arfe' cudgelling their trains for intricate filots: wited tn?y wbuld add, vastiy to the weftlr.fi of liter&?ir? if they would only , write of the simple things they see before them. Believe me; you cftri make & fetter; story out of what you yourself; have been doingf to-day, than you aux with the antics' of two lov?-slck puppets ,?f ;y?ur im agination. Gather your material,' so far as you can, from real life; then dress lt to suit your fancy. Yet don't get confounded by that old fallacy that fact is stranger than fiction. It is not. The startling stories served up to us as facts are the ones most cleverly coated with fiction. Use your imagination; but don't let your Imagination us?.yb?; ?f y&?. ?r? go ing to tell mb the story bf tfi? day's events, pick, out tile, salient points; and make them ft tMfle. mor? prom inent by a little justifiable exaggera tion. Just as an actor is made up with paint for th? glare of the foot: lights, so should fact bo assisted by fiction before it is submitted to the light of public scrutiny." Leighton feared he might be grow ing eloquent, and broke off his lecture abruptly. He slid the manuscript into the blue envelope, and handed it to Miss Barker. Then he rose and said he mu?t go. She thanked him and hoped she had hot taken too inuch of his time; but she felt as she spoke that her manner was affected and distant. She was not thinking of Leigh ton-she was thinking bf what he had said. He put her bii a. train. Theil he hastened for the dilatory Von Beck. About two weeks.later another long blue envelope found its way to Leigh ton's desk. He recognized the hand writing on lt and ripped lt open, ex pecting to find a revision of the love story. But the manuscript bore a dif ferent title. A little note slipped out of its folds: "Dear Mr. Leighton: "I have followed your advice about writing of things I know and have seen. I have accepted your sugges tion about using the events of one of my own days. Perhaps you will re? member th? day. "Sincerely yours, "IDA BARKER." Except for the Introduction and a few corrections by the editor, thia la 1 the story.-New York Independent. A DEDUCTION PROCESS Which Revealed a Whole Lot About ?> Tonne Mnn. " Do you see that man with the dark moustache," said Sherlock Holmes, Jr. "Yes; do you know him?" "I never saw him before. He te married. Ile ought to live in a flat, ' but doesn't. His wife is afraid of the ! hired girl and he ls left-handed." "Mr. Holmes, you are an everlast- ' ing marvel. How can you tell all thal, about a man you don't know, and whom you never saw before ?" 'Look at the second knuckle on his left hand. You see lt ls badly skin ned. Also there's a black mark on his left cuff. Now, let us see what we must make of thiB. When a left-hand ed man pokes up the furnace fire how does he do it ? By putting his left hand forward, of course. Thus it hap pened that It was his left hand which scraped against the furnace door. The blackened cuff shows that it was a furnace door. Having this foundation to work upon, the rest is easy. If he lived in a flat he would have no fur nace to look after, and If his wife were not afraid ot the hired girl.they would make the latter do the poking up. It ls all very simple, if one'B perceptive faculties are properly trained. He can't really afford to live in a house, because if he could he would have a man to look after the furnace. There fore, he ought to live in a flat." " But, hold on. How do you know the man is married? He can't be over 30 years at the most. Why may it not be possible that he lives at home with his widowed mother?" "My dear slr,' said Sherlock Holmes, Jr., "I am surprised at your lack of perspicacity. If he lived at home with his widowed mother, he would permit her to attend to the furnace herself.* -Chicago-Times Herald. Senator Hoar'n Little Joke. Not long ago Senator Hoar, who Is noted as an inveterate punster, was joined In the corridor of the capitol by a former colleague in the senate, and as they approached the entrance to the senate chamber Mr. Hoar motioned his companion to pass in first. "After you," said ..the ex senator, drawing back politely. "No, indeed," retorted Senator Hoar; "The X'a always go before the wl?e," -Argonaut, CHINESE DISCOVE f???'s ?t?rllirtg p?v'?lation of ( ?dlvjf Corroborated by EVii WAS the real ?St&WWP. ? Chinaman? This astound ing question is raised by statement that has just come from Pekin, f?ffV??reed by re cent remarkable discoveries in Mailer', $ays the New York Herald'. In the f?e.t of one pf the palace? In the For bidden C*f?? (here WAS found an an them'" historical docurrierVt. telling of the discovery o^?s continent Ul tte fifth century of our era by *Te B,,(1" dhlftt monks, who voyaged from China io a d?st?ilt l?Md now deemed certain to ?ave, b??ri Mexicd; / , T^6\^ro?Ms frdni thejfe? of 8 historian1 hamed Li ?fc'fr fchari,' \vii0 lived,In the beginning of t?fe ?e.v????? fefttflrf.'t&fid /.t tells the^ story as It was' related by one o? uW? fb'tjiilib^jyhoj more fortunate than his companied!?, returned from the New World in safe ty, in the year 499 A. D. He described the newly discovered country, which, h> ealle,d Fu-Sang, ns situated some seven thousand1 m'l?S f? trie east of Chlua.t Tho distance ls" stated1 iii ii; *hf?e o? which ar? ?b??f equal ttf one" of our miies. . . The wonderful discoveries 01 capitol of the ancient Moutezumas by workmen who were making an excava tion for n sewer In Escallllerns street, immediately back of the great cathe dral in the modern City of HeSiCO, a few days ?gp; ctfr'r'WOrat*? to ?ti amaz ing; d?g?e? the statements m im his t?rica^ document, ?f ?;i Yefi Shah. In the, fli-?t pWft.-, ht? less thah a thousand genuine jad? bea?S tfefe tin earthed. 'N?w, these beads were knoWri fri "?*te,c diamonds," the most prized of . ?II t?elr .?^??e??aloi?'flf;, vTh?V possession of these .jade objects by thV Aztecs ls "regarded by. archaeologists, as the strongest link.In tile chain ot evidence Indicating ihe preHfuep o? Chinese in Mexico hundreds of yeifrS ago. No jade in its natural state has ever been found In Mexico. China ls MEXICAN CABGODOBES WEABINO BAIN COATS LIKE THOSE CHINESE TJSE. the only place where it is found, or ever has been found, so far ns is known, The very fact so Well known to ali historians that jade Was so high ly prized by tbe rificient A?t?cs-^prized far above gold and silver find ali pre cious stones-further ludientes tbat ll was hot a native product; but ? rarity from some foreign country. Second-The ancient Chinese were as fearless seamen hs the ?orseineii. It is a well known fact that the mar iner's compass Is of Chinese Origin. Time and again Chinese junks him? been found stranded on the shores of Alaska, British Columbia and as far south as Oregou. This proves the sea worthiness of their craft. TJ Ird-The great oceanic current which flows northward up the eastern coast of China passes aloug the south ern edge of the Aleutian Islands chain and then sweeps down to the sou lb again, past the shores of Alaska, Brit ish Columbia and California. Every thing set adrift or dropped overboard on the coast of China comos to Ameri ca by this route. Fourth-Pictures of old thatched roofed shelters in Oaxaca arc striking ly similar to the thatched roofs of tho Chinese. The peculiar rain coats worn by the old Mexican porters ure almost precisely like the rain coats of the Chinese. Fifth-In Southern Mexico are found a numerous aboriginal people possess ing the only true monosyllabic lan guage-a language in structure singu larly like the Chinese-found in -that part of the world. The hieroglyphic PAC JTMILE or timjfff^ f????i& t - : til characters used in writing by the May as of ancient Yucatan and Mexico somewhat resemble those employed by the Chinese. The Chinese characters of to-day ure, merely modifications of hieroglyphics which die more or less pictographs. Sixth-Tbe ancient Chlneso symbol representing tho malo mid female prln< mp)?) et g?n?ration) wblcU ls djfttiuet :RY OF PERICE )r?ento! Exploration Unexpect ?icrtcc F?vnd ir\ Mexico. ly Oriental, tras found carved lo a bi?cS ?f'-jtfone,- which seemed to have been part'of ??fl rincieht altar, Profes sor E. T.Haray, of the Tro'cndero Mu seum, discovered this long before tbe recent discovery in Pekin of the Li Yen S??fiff Oocument. Other Mexican images, with figures having Chinese turbans ;and Oriental fe/Iteres, have been found in Southern Mexico", ac cording ito Professor Saville, of thc Am'?'f??'ftft Museum of Natural History. He doe?; not think the Chinese ever lived onfli.'s continent/ but admits that SBAG-orH? CHINESE JUNK* J JUNK Wj&B ?fjygSL?O^ST I '< I' ttaf?'fi striking evidence 6f the knowl edge of thing1? CMnei-e in old Mexico; Here" ls the original' oVcVrrrterrt: "FuTSang is situated about ??.tftlQ li to the east of the country Of Tnhan and afl. equal distance to the east of China. It has many trees, whose first SproUt? resemble those of tho bamboo, and Vilich: serve the natives as food. The' fruit ia red and ahapod like a pear; The ba irk of the tree is prepared iii th? saine manner ?s fl?idp, to be j mannf?ci?r?d i?t? cloth and flowered stuff?;: and the wotid serves for the constOTttiori 6f houses;. The' Inh'ribl tants/have' ? system of writing,- flW make'paper from tr?? bark: They p?? sess neither arms nor trpops, dit? they' never wage war. "According to the laws of the king dom, there are two prisons, one In the MATA INDIAN OF YUCATAN, SHOWING ORIENTAL PHYSIOGNOMY;. north, the other in thc south. Those who have committed trilling faults are sent to the latter, those guilty of graver crimes to the former. The male and female prisoners are allowed to marry each other, and their children are sold as slaves. When a man of superior rank commits a crime the ifB.TKOSETROM.vmic.H MODERN ' ;?^^?>:JCHOn?E CHJ^RACTE??i MATER RABBIT, PEPPER BEAN DRUW KNIFE HOUSE MAGUEY DOLL* ?ROAD KAT EAGLE NOBLE BALL-^L/N LEG GOWN GRASS QUAIL , Jil MM people assemble in great numbers, sent themselves opposite the offender, par lake of a banquet, and take leave of tho condemned person as of one who Is about to die. Cinders are then heaped about the doomed man. For slight faults the criminal alone is pun ished, but for n serious crlmo his chil dren and grnndchUdren suffoi' willi hluii And in some vsTrflordlQ&ry WSPB bis stn is visited anon bis descendants to the seventh generation. "Deer are raised just aa cattle are In China, and cheese is made from the milk of the females. A kind of red pear ls found there which ls good at all seasons of the year. Grape vines also are plentiful. There Is no Iron, but copper is met with. Commerce is free, and the people are not given to haggling about prices. "This is the manner of their mar riages- When a man wishes to wed a girl he erects his cabin Just before the door of her's. Every morning and evening he waters and weeds the ground, and this he continues to do for a whole year. If by the end of that time the girl has not given her consent to the union his suit is lost and he moves away, but If she ls willing he mAtries her. The marriage ceremony Is almost the same aa that observed In China. "Images of the spirit? of the dead are plrt?ed on a kind of pedestal, and prayers are addressed to them morn ing and evening. Tile King does not meddle with affairs of governm*- -.? un til ?C bas been three years on thu throne. "In former times the ftt?gfoti of Bud dha was unknown in this country, bot in the fourth of the years ta ming, in the reign of Hiao-wou-tl, of the Soung dynasty, five missionaries from the country ICI.-pln went to Fu-sang and OLD ?UADALJAEA HUT WITH THATCHED HOOF I/IKE CHINESE HUT. there diffused the Buddhist faith. They carried With them aacrcd books and images; tbey introduced the ritual and inculcated monastic hables of life. By these means they changed the man ners of the people." Naturally, the most striking remain? left bchin'l by the ancient people vt Yucatan and Southern Mexico are architectural, some of the ruins bein* In a very fair ?tate of preservation. Many of the buiidiugs look like Bud dhist temples-vast caven of stones, ?ark and windowless. One finds in the carvings on the ancient buildings of Yucatan au<l Southern Mexico a no ticeable likeness to grotesque Chinese carvings, walls and pillars being adorned with countless human heads, more or less caricatured, and with other fantastic designs. The artists of that vanished race appear to have had a great fancy for making masks for corpses and death's heads of lncrusted work. Representations of snakes and monkeys are numerous. Like the Chinese, the Mayas "had a wonderfully elaborate calendar Sys tem, which embodied so many e'e ?nents of accurate chronology that It amazes European scholars to-day. The Unspeakable Turk. A Turk thinks it the most natural thing in the world to lose a province, and, having lost lt, to quit and live elsewhere. He talks quite complacent ly of leaving Constantinople some day, he will go over to Asia and found an other capital. He originates nothing; he takes what he finds without assim il?t lng It, and remains profoundly Turkish. He leaves no trace of his oc cupation except ruins. Practically there is nothing at Belgrade, Sofia and Athens to show that for centuries they were Turkish cities. All occupations, except agriculture and military service, are distasteful tc him. Yet there are two other charac teristics even more Important than these. The first Is his sense of disci pline. It is this which keeps togethet the apparently tottering fabric of the Turkish empire. It makes the half fed, half-clothed soldier ready to en dure every privation, and prevents the corruption and incapacity of the offl cers from producing the anarchy which would be Inevitable in any other country. Sedition ls unknown; even complaints are rare, and were a holy war proclaimed there is not a man who would not bc prepared to die in defense of the system of extortion which grinds him down. His second characteristic ls his lazi ness, in spite of the laborious Industry of the Turkish peasant. The fact is that the Turk is too proud to do many things, too stupid to do others. His re ligion inculcates a fatalism which tends to a conviction that effort ?3 use less.-London Telegraph American excelsior is exported to Central America, to the West Indies,* to Englnud, and other foreign coun. tries, ?ovoriU thousand tona of to* Abro belog ?hlpned yearly, ^...^ ?1 r || Diamonds, ? ^ Watches, % $ Jewelry. & ?Sjf Our fall stock ls now ready for inspection. 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