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% ft public schools for all children between the ages of six and 21 years, and for the division of the counties into suitable school districts, as compact in form as practicable, having regard to natural boundaries, and not to exceed 49 nor be less than 9 square miles in area: Provided, that in cities of 10,000 inhabitants and over, this limitation of area shall not apply: Provided, further, that when any school district laid out under this section shall embrace cities or towns already organized into special school districts in which graded school buildings have been erected by the issue of bonds, or by special taxation, or by donation, all the territory included in said school district shall bear its just proportion of any tax that may be lev'ed to liquidate such bonds or support the public schools therein: Provided, further, that nothing in this article contained shall be construed as a repeal of the laws under which the several graded school districts of this State are organized. The present division of the couities into school districts and the provisions of law now governing the same shall remain until changed by the general assembly. Sec. 6. The existing boards of commissioners of the several counties, or such officer or officers as may hereafter be vested with the same or similar powers and duties, shall ievy an annual tax of three mills on the dollar , upon all the taxable property in their /./MintiuB +.ftv fihftl] CO|/CVUIU vv/uuuvc, ?w? collected at the same time and by the same officers as the other taxes for the same year, and shall be held in the! county treasury of the respective J counties; and the said fund shall be { apportioned among the school districts of the county in proportion to the number of pupils enrolled in the public schools of the respective districts, and the officer or officers charged by law with making said appointment shall notify the trustees of the respective school districts thereof, who shall expend and disburse the same as the general assembly may prescribe. The general assembly shall define "enrollment/' Not less than three trustees for each school district shall be selected from the qualified voters and taxpayers therein, in such - manner and for such terms as the geno^amlilr mor i?oformiT??> PTOPnt gift i UAMJ v?vvv* WAux/f In cases of special school districts now existing, where the provisions of law now governing the same shall remain until changed by the general assembly: Provided, The manner of the selection of said trustees need not be uniform throughout the State. There shall be assessed on all taxable polls in the State between the ages of 21 and oO years (excepting Confederate sol- i diers above the age of 50 years,) an annual tax of SI on each poll, the proceeds of which tax shall be expended for school purposes in the several school districts in which it is collected. Whenever during the next three ensuing years the tax levied by the said ' county boards of commissioners or ' similar officers and the poll tax shall tt* **1/1 o n o tv* an n f onnol 4-rv J-lUK J 'tlU W $3 per capita of the number of children enrolled in the public schools of each county for the scholastic year ending the 31st day of October, in the 1 year 1S95, as it appears in the report of the state superintendent of ednca- 1 tion for said scholastic yevr, the comp- \ fcroller general shall, for the aforesaid ; three next ensuing fiscal years, on the i Urst day of each of said years levy ? such an annual tax on the taxable property of the State as he may de- : termine to be necessary to make up 1 such deficiency, to be collected as 1 other State taxes, and apportion the : same among the counties of the State ' in proportion to the respective deftci- 1 encies therein. The sum so apportioned shall ?>e paid by the state treas- ' urer to the county treasurers of the respective counties, in proportion to 1 the respective deficiencies therein, on the w arrant of the comptroller general, and shall be apportioned among: the 1 school districts of the counties and : disbursed as other school funds: and | from and after the 31st day of Decern- , ber, in the year 1898, the general as- ; sembly shall cause to be levied annu- ! ally on all the taxable property of the " State such a tax, in addition to the said tax levied by the said county boards of commissioners or similar officers, and poll tax above provided. : as may be necessary to keep the 1 schools open throughout the State for : such a length of time in each scholastic ' year as the general assembly may prescribe: and said tax shall be appor tioued among the counties in propor- * tion to the deficiencies thereiu and disVmitrhiI ,1 r cithor (KpVwinl flirtfe ] Any school district may by the an- | 1 thorny of tfif general assembly levy an I ; ;> 'HJj.iuhI tax for the support of its M SCilOt'ls. bee. 7. Separate schools shall be < provided for children of the white and :( colored races, and no child of either j1 race shall ever be permitted to attend j1 a school provided for children of the J other race. . Sec. 8. The general assembly may I] provide for the maintenance of Clem |' .son Agricultural college, the Universitv ' 1 . . * I J of South Carolina, and the Winthrop j Normal and Industrial college, aj branch thereof, as now established by j law, and may create scholarships | therein; the proceeds realized from the j land scrip given by the act of congress j ^ passed the second day of July, 18152, |' for the support of an agricultural col- j( lege, and any lends or funds which j1 have heretofore been or may hereafter j * be given or appropriated for educa tior.a! purposes by the congress of the United St-ites, shall be applied as directed iu the acts appropriating the | same: Provided, That the general assembly shall, as soon as practicable, wholly separate Clafiin college from Clailin university, aud provide for a j separate corns of professors and in- i structors therein, represent itiou to be ! given to men and women of the negro . race: and itishall be the Colored Nor- jJ mal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical college of this State. Sec. 9. The property or credit .of the State of South Carolina, or of any county, city, town, township, school district, or other subdivision of the said State, or any public money, from whatever source derived, shall not, by gift, donation, loan, contract, appropriation, or otherwise, be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance of any college, school, hospital orphan house, or other institution, society or organization of whatever kind, which is ?rhnlv or in Dart under the direction **"* * *xx*e/ v" X" or control of any church or of any religious or sectarian denomination, society or organization. Sec. 10. All gilts of every kind for educational purposes, if accepted bv the general asaembly, shall be applied and used tor the purposes designated by the giver, unless the same be in conflict -with the provisions of this Constitution. Sec. 11. All gifts to the State where the purpose is not designated, all escheated property, the net assets or funds of all estates or copartnerships in the hands of the courts of the State where there have been no claimants for the same within the last 70 years, and other money cominginto tketreasury of the State by reason of the 12th section of an act entitled "An act to provide a mode of distribution of the moneys as direct tax from the citizens of this State by the United States in trust to the State of South Carolina," approved the 24th day of December, 1891, together with such other means as the general assembly may provide, shall be securely invested as the State school fund, and the annual income thereof shall be apportioned by the general assembly for the purpose of ? ? AH. tt: 1 maintaining iuc puunu buuuujo. Sec. 12. All the net income to be derived by the Stale from the sale or license for the sale of spirituous, malt, vinous and intoxicating liquors and beverages, not including so much thereof as is now or may hereafter be allowed by law to go to the counties and municipal corporations of the State, shall be applied annually in aid of the supplementary taxes provided for in the sixth section of this article; and if after said application there should be a surplus, it shall be devoted to public school purposes, and apportoined as the general assembly may determine: Provided, however, That the said supplementary taxes shall only be levied when the net income aforesaid from the sale or license for the sale of alcoholic liquors or beverages is not sufficient to meet and equalize the deficiencies for which the said supplementary taxes are provided. AKTICJLE XII. C HA KIT ABLE AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS. Sec. 1. Institutions for the care of the insane, blind, deat and dumb and the poor shall always be fostered and suj ported by this State, and shall be subject to such regulations as the general assembly may enact. Spp. c1. The renents of the State hos pital for the insane and the superintendent thereof, who shall be a physician, shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Ail other physicians, officers and employees of the hospital shall be appoiuted by the regents, unless otherwise ordered by the general assembly. Sec. 3. The respective counties of this State shall make such provision as may be determined by law for all those inhabitants who by reason of age, infirmities and misfortune may have a claim upon the sympathy and aid of society. Sec. 4. The directors of the benevolent and penal State institutions which may be hereafter created shall be appointed or elected as the general assembly may direct. Sec. 5. The directors and superintendent of the penitentiary shall be appointed or elected asthe general assembly may direct. Sec. G. All convicts sentenced to hard labor by any of the courts in this State may be tmployed upon the public works of the State or of the counties and upon the public highways. Sec. 7. Provision may be made by the general assembly for the establish-1 ment and maintenance by the State of j a reformatory for juvenile offenders separate and apart from hardened criminals. Sec. 8. The governor shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in the offices aforesaid, except where otherwise provided for, with the ! power of removal until the next session j of the general assembly and until a! successor or successors shuJl be ap- : pointed and confirmed. Sec. 9. The penitentiary and the i convicts thereto sentenced shall for- j' ever be under the supervision and con-1 rrol of officers employed by the State: j1 ind in case any convicts are hired or j, farmed out, as may be provided by j !aw, their maintenance, support, mod- i 1 ieal attendance and discipline shali be j' mder the direction of officers detailed i: "or those duties by the authorities of j' ;he penitentiary. ARTICLE XIII. I MILITIA. i Section 1. The militia of this State ; >hull consist of ali able-bodied male Mtizeas of the State between the ages : if 18 and 45 years, except such per- \ >ons as are now or may be exempted 11 >y the laws of the United States or J i ;his State, or who from religious j scruples may be averse to bearing; < irms, and shall be organized, otlicered, i irmed, t f] lipped and discipline las the j: general assembly may by law direct. i Sec. The vobiuteer aud militia j forces shall (except for treason, felony J) iud breach of the peace) be exempt 1; from arrest by warrant or other pro-! less while in active service or atteudng muster or the election of ollicers. j i i or -while going to or retnrning from either ol the same. Sec. 3. The governor shall have the power to call out the volunteer and militia forces, either or both, to execute the laws, repel invasions, suppress insurrections and preserve the public peace. Sec. 4. There shall be an adjutant j and inspector general elected by the qualified electors of the State at the j j.i 7 il.? .v,..,. .. SHIDO XILilt? fclliU. XII tuu oauiVT' luiiuuvri cao other State officers, who shall rank as brigadier genera), and whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint such other staff officers as the geueral assembly may direct. See. 5. The general assembly is hereby empowered and required, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, to provide snch proper and liberal legislation as will guarantee and secure an annual pension to every indigent or disabled Confederate soldier and sailor of this State and of the late Confederate States who are | citizens of this State, and also to the j indigent widows oi Confederate soldiers and sailors. ARTICLE XIV. EMINENT DOMAIN. Section 1. The State shall have concurrent jurisdiction on all rivers borderiug on this State, so far as such rivers shall form a common boundary to this and any other State bounded by the same; and they, together with all navigable waters within the limits ^ ^ yi i. ~i.-n i.- -? OI IL1C OlUl/C, HLUIU DC 1LU LLl L1J.VJ U w^u ways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of this State as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax or impost therefor, unless the same be expressly provided for by the general assembly. Sec. 2. The title of all lands and other property which have heretofore accrued to this State by grant, gift, purchase, forfeiture, escheats or otherwise shall vest in the State of South Carolina, the same as though no change had taken place. Sec. 3. The people of the State are declared to possess the ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the State; and all lands the title to which shall fail from defect of heirs shall revert or escheat to the people. ARTICLE XV. IMPEACHMENTS. Section 1. The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. A vote of two-thirds of J all the members elected shall be required for an impeachment. Any officer impeached shall thereby be sus pended Irorn oince uutii judgment in the case shall have been pronounced; and the office shall be filled during the trial in such manner as may be provided by law. Sec. 2. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate, and when sitting for that purpose they shall be under oath or affirmation. No person shall be convicted except by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected. When the governor is impeached, the chief justice of the supreme court,.or, if he be disqualified, the senior justice shall preside, with a casting vote in all preliminary questions. Sec. tf. The governor and all other executive and judicial officers shall be liable to impeachment; but judgment in such case shall not extend further than removal from office. The persons convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable to indictment, trial and punishment according to law. Sec. 4. For any willful neglect of duty, or other reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, the governor shall remove any executive or judicial officer on the address of two-thirds of each house of .v . 1 V.I.. . TD ;,1 me geiitriui uoouiuujv . oiiu>iucu, That the cause or causes for which suid removal may be required shall be stated at length in such address, and entered on the journals of each house: And provided, further, That the officer intended to be removed shall be notified of such cause or causes, and shall be admitted to a hearing in his own defense, or buy his counsel, or by both,before any vote for such address; and in all cases the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and be entered on the journals cf each house respectively. ARTICLE XVI. AMENDMENT AND UEVLSIoN OF THE CONSTITUTION. > I Section I. Any amendment or amendments to the Constitution may j be proposed in the senate or house of , representatives. If the same be agreed f ( to by two-thirds of the members elect-! ( ed to each house, such amendment or amendments shull be entered on the . journals respectively, with the yeas and nays taken thereon: and the same ' shall be submitted to the qualified f electors of the State at the next geuer- |. ul election thereafter for representa- ! tives: and if a majority of the electors . tju ditiea to vote for members of the general assembly, voting thereon, shall i ^ vote iu favor of such amendment or j amendments, and a majority of each j branch of the next general assembly ! shall, after such an election, and be- j . fore another, ratify the same amend- !; meat or amendments by yeas and nays, ! the same shall become part of the; Constitution: Provided, That such amendment or amendments shall have |' j been read throe tim?s, on three several! . days, in each house. Sec. 2. If two or more amendments 1 shall be submitted at the same time, j, they shall be submitted iu such manner ' that the electors shall vote for or ; against each of such ameudmcnta sop- j' ar itelv. _ . Sec. -d. Whenever t.vo-thirds of the j, members elected to each branch of the ! general assembly -hall think it neces- j aary to call a convention to revise, amend or change this Constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote for or against a convention at the next election for representatives; and if a majority of all the electors voting at said election shall have voted for a convention, the general assembly shall, at its next session, provide by law for ealling the same; and such convention shall consist of a number ot members equal to that of the most numerous branch of the general assembly. ARTICLE XVII. MISCELLANEOUS MATTE US. Section 1. No person sbali be elected or appointed to any office in this State unless he possess the qualifications of an elector: Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the offices of state librarian and departmental clerks, to cither of which offices any woman, a resident of the State two years, who has attained the age of 21 years shall be eligible. Sec. 2. The general assembly may direct by law, in what manner claims against the Stato aiay be established and adjusted. Sec. 0. Divorces from the bonds of matrimony shall not be allowed in " this State. Sec. 4. No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution. Sec. o. The printing of the laws, journals, bills, legislative documents and papers for each branch of the ganeral assembly, with the priuting required for the executive and other departments of the State, shall be let, on contract, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Sec. 6. The general assembly shall provide for the removal of all causes which may be pending when this Constitution goes into effect to courts created by the same. Sec. 7. No lottery shall ever be allowed, or advertised by newspapers, or otherwise, or its tickets be sold in *"? - c*i. 4. _ 1 xl. miS QlU.lt', uuu I Lit yeucmi shall provide by law at its next session for the enforcement of this provision. Sec. It shall be unlawful for any person holding an office of honor, trust or profit to engage in gambling, or beiting on games of chance; and any such officer, upon conviction thereof, shall become thereby disqualified from the further exercise of the functions of his office, and the office of said person shall become vacant, as in the case of resignation or death. Sec. 9. The real and personal property of a woman held at the time of her marriage, or that which she may hereafter acquire, either by gift, grant, inheritance, devise or otherwise, shall be her separate property, and she shall have all the rights incident to the same to which an unmarried woman or a man is entitled. She shall have the power to contract and be contracted with in the same maunor as if she were married. Sec. 10. All laws now in force in this State and not repugnant to this Constitution shall remain and be enforced until altered or repealed by the general assembly, or shall expire by their own limitations. Sec. 11. That noinconvenience may nnice from the ehunce in the Constitu tiou of this State, and in order to curry this Constitution into complete operation, it is hereby declared: First. That all laws in force in this State, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, not inconsistent therewith, and constitutional when enacted, shall remain in full force until altered or repealed by the general assembly or expire by their own limitation. All ordinances passed and ratified at this convention shall have the same force and efl'ect as if included in and constituting a part of this Constitution. Second. All writs, actions, causes of action, proceedings, prosecutions, and rights of individuals, of bodies corporate and of the State, when not incon-! sistent with this Constitution, shall coutiuue as vulid. t Third. The provisions of all laws which are inconsistent with this Constitution shall ct-ase upon its adoption, except that all laws which are inconsistent with such provisions of this Constitution as require legislation to enforce them shall remain in force until such legislation is had. Fourth. All fines, penalties, forfeit ures and escheats accruing to the State I of South Carolina under the Constitution and laws heretofore in force shall J accrue to the use of the State of South Carolina under this Constitution, except as herein otherwise provided. Fifth. All recognizances, obligations and all other instruments entered into or executed before the adoption of this Constitution to the State, or to any j county, township, city or town therein, and all fines, taxes, j>enalties and forfeitures due or owing to this State or to any county, township, city or town therein and all writs, prosecu- j tions. uciions and proceedings, except as herein otherwise piovided, shall continue am! remain unaffected by the adoption of this Constitution. All indictments which shall have been found, or may hereafter be found, for any j crime or cifeiice committed before the adoption of this Constitution may be prosecuted us if no change had been j made, except as otherwise provided j herein. Sixth. All officers, State, executive, j legislative, judicial, circuit, district, j county, township and municipal, who ! may be in oiiice at the adoption of this Constitution or who ru:iy be elected before the election of their successors as herein provided, shall hold their respective otlices until their terms J have expired and until their successors j are elected or appointed and qualified i as provided in this Coustiution, unless sooner removed as may be provided by law, and siiai! receive the compensation nov.* fixed by the statute laws in force at the. adoptionpf th.s Constitution. Seventh. At ail elections hold for members of the general assembly in cage of a vacancy, or any other office, State, county or municipal, the qualifications of electors shall remain as ! they were under the Constitution of 1868, uutil the first dav of November, 1896. Eighth. This Constitution, adopted by the people of South Carolina in convention assembled, shall be in force i and effect from and after the 31st day ! of December, in the year 1895. Ninth. The provisions of the Constitution of 1868 and amendments thereto are repealed by this Constitution, except when reordaiued and declared herein. CHEAP HOOKS, How the Price of Publications Has Been Reduced. Fifteen years ago Munro, the great American pirate, surprised the public, amazed booksellers and precipitated international copyright by issuiug standard works at 15 to 25 cents c volume. They were in newspaper type, in awkard shape and badly printed. They were recivcd as a miracle of cheapness. "Whatever else they accomplished thej7 destroyed the profits of the respectable New York 12mo and Svo pirates, and the big bookselling firms, after half a century of piracy, were all instantly converted to international copyright. Ten years ago there began to be issued at 10, 20 and 40 cents a volume, in paper 12mo editions of standard works, which again amazed the public by their cheapness. They were in as large type and as well printed as the 1 franc, 25 centimes books with which Levy revolutionized the French book trade 40 years ago. They were better printed and covered a wider range than the shilling volumes of Rutledge, in England 25 years ago, the predecessors of many shilling series fiinpp. Five years ago various failures, liquidations and speculations brought great blocks and stocks of these issues on the market and they fell to 10 cents. This seemed about as far as they could go, but the past five years has seen a great change iu the cost of producing cheap books. Paper has fallen in value, typesetting machines have reduced the cost of composition, presses are run at a speed before unknown, while new machines fold,stitch and cover the volumes as they come from the press and tie them in bundles. The result is that one New York firm has made a contract to deliver 2,000,000 complete paper covered books at 21 cents a volume, wh\]e another cheap book firm is delivering all its large list by the 1,000 at 2i cents a volume, less 5 per cent, for cash. This is probably as cheap as the book is likely to go and even at these wholesale prices the book is not as cheap as the newspa2>er.?Philadelphia Press. BLUNDEKsT"UKEEP IN. Typographical Errors Found in AH the Books Ever Printed. I remember once of a publisher in London who made up his mind to publish a book that should have no typographical errors whatever. He had his proofs corrected by his own proof-readers, until they all assured tn'm that, there were no Ionizer anv errors in the text. Then he sent proofs to the universities and to other publishing houses offering a prize of several pounds sterling in cash for every typographical mistake that could be found. Hundreds of proofs were sent out in this way and many skilled proof-readers examined the pages in the hope of earning a prize. A few errors were discovered. Then all the proof-sheets having been heard from the publisher felt sure that his book would appear before the public an absolutely perfect piece of composition. He had the plates cast, the edition printed and bound between expensive covers, because as a perfect specimen of printers' art it was of course unique iu literature and exceedingly valuable to bibliophiles. The edition sold well and was spread all over the country. The publisher was very much pleased with himself for having done something that had hitherto been considered an impossibility. Ihen his pride had a fail, for six or eight months later he received a letter calling his attention to a certain line on a certain page. Then came another letter announcing the j discovery of a second error in this j l^orfect book. I believe before the j year was out four or five mistakes were ! found.?Harper's Hound Table. Best School of Journalism. It is impossible, in my judgment, that there should be any special school which will take a young man intend- J ing to pur.-ue the profession of journalism, after he has finished his college I studies, and give him much valuable I instiuction in the duties and labors of the future professional life, and m j that general experience in business which I recommend as most indispensable. '1 here is only one school for j that purpose, and that is the news- j paper otiice, and the better the news- | paper ollice the more complete, the more varied, and the more extensive the labors that it aims at and performs, and the better educated the young man who is going to learn his trade there, the more effectually will he 1< arn it. The newspaper office is the best post-graduate college that the student of the newspaper profession can have. Let him gc the best education possible and then go to work in a newspaper office, and the better the editor the better the instruction.? Charles A. Lana. CRAILO MANOR HOUSE. Supposed to Ke the Oldest Dwelling in This Country. Contrary to general expectation, pays the New York Times, the famous Crailo manor house is not to be demolished. This will be extremely interesting news to many people throughout the United States, bat _ more particularly those of Eastern ''flUS New York. The historical old placo OLDEST DWELLING IN THE UNION. stands in one of the picturesque streets of Greeubush, just across tbe Hudson River from Albany. It was near this house that "Yankee Doodle" j was written. For years tbe old block I house has been fast decaying under the ruthless ravages of time and the element5. The Society of Colonial Dame?, recognizing the value of this, the oldest house in the United States, | has leased it for a term of fifteen years.1 | When the improvements now in progress shall have been completed a cus todian will be placed in charge. By the payment of a small entrance fee it will be accessible to all visitors. The building was erected in 1642 as a manor house and place of defense, and was known as Fort Crailo. It was General Abe^crombie's headqntrters wtnle that doughty warrior was marchinor to attack Fort Ticonderoga, in 1758. It was at the cantonment eaat of this house, near the old well, that the Army Surgeon, R. Shuckburgh, composed the immortal song, "Yankee Doodle." The house is the original homestead of the younger and larger.! branch of the Van Rensselaer family,; after whom the county was named. According to the best histories, the building was erected by Killian Van Rensselaer for his son Johannes between the years 163 3 and 1642. The building is a two-story and attic brick structure of most substan-i tial construction. The walls are of. great thickness, and are still pierced with two of the nine stone loopholes which once commanded the approaches. The beams of hewn pine are of unusual size, some of them being sixteen inches square. About the , middle of the eighteenth century the, rude fortress-like dwelling was transformed into a handsome residence, j and an addition was made in the rear i:a 1749. The main entrance is in the middle of the river front and gives access to a small hall, from which open doors leading to the main rooms on either side. At the end of the hall springs an arch, the imposts and soffits of which are ornamented with delicate garlands in low relief. A. second and much larger paneled hall, opening upon tlie porch at the left, intersects this hall at the centre of the house. The old Crailo manor house is most curiously planned. All the rooms connect with each other, usually by means of closets, but as there are several levels on the same story the doors in some cases open several feet above the level of the floor of. the lower room. There is no apparent reason for this difference of level, unless it was purposely designed to increase the difficulty of capture in the event of the house being taken by an enemy. The building some years ago passed out of the hands of the Yan Bensseiaers, and the property was in litigation for nearly two years. Daring that time it was the retreat of a band of young ruffians who broke the windows, defaced the woodwork, and demolished the mantels and balusters. Prior to that time the old manor "was visited by people from all parts of the United States. It is famous in history and song. In the Same Heat, ' ' " ' 1 Ann or V? f +M a " \L5 ID irUU lULti/ vua v~v? richest man at the beach last summer? I heard you were engaged to him." ' 'Of coarse I was engaged to him! Do you think I wanted to be the only girl that was not?"?Truth. Sho tVas Astonished. -** As a Chicago woman cyclist was taking a ruu on her wheel along a country road, a woman rushed wildly, out from a small cottage many yards from the highway, waving her apron and hallooing madly. The wheelwoman stopped short and waited. The worn-, an's husband was probably dying and, ~ fr>r n doetnr Curl. ?UHLC>A v*wwww.. WW..* ens, she tarried while the rural darno drew near. As she came up. panting and breathless, she ejaculated: "'Fore God, lady, tell me how ye ever learnt to set on them wheels." A "versatile genius" is really a .Tack-, of-alMrades, and master of uoue?