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^^^ 1^^ ^ HB ? ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEEK?W33DNESDAY A3NTD FRIDAY. i. m. grist & sous, Publishers. | % .jffamitii Uea'sgaper: ,jfor 'I11! promotion of the political, Social, Agricultural and (Commercial Interests of the ?outh. { BsI.:o1^copySthreeceots?8' VOLUME 41. YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, NOYEMBEH -3a, 1895. NUMBER 80. FROM TB BY CAPTAIN ( Copyright, ISM, by the J. B. Lippincott Co. s, CHAPTER VL A lovely morning it was that beame< on Sibley and the broad and beantifn valley of the Cloudwater when once th< son got fairly above the moist horizon Mist and vapor and heavy clond al seemed swallowed np in the gathering glowing warmth, as though the king o day had risen athirst and drained thi welcoming cup of nature. It mnst hav< rained at least a little daring the dark ness of the night, for dew there coul< have been none with skies so heavil; overcast, and yet the short, smooth tnr on the parade, the leaves upon the littl shade trees around the quadrangle an< all the beautiful vines here on the trel liswork of the colonel's veranda shon and 6parkled in the radiant light. Th roses in the little garden and the ol( fashioned rorning glory vines over a the east 6ide were all aglitter in th flooding sunshine when the bugler cam out from a glance at the clock in th adjutant's office and sounded "sic] call" to the indifferent ear of the garri son. Once each day at 7:30 a. m. the doc tor trudged across to the hospital an< looked over the half dozen "hopelessly healthy" but would be invalids whi wanted to get off guard duty or a morn ing at the range. Thanks to the search ing examination to which every soldie: must be subjected before he can ente the service of Uncle Sam and to the dis ciplined order of the lives of the men a Sibley, maladies of any serious natur were almost unknown. It was a glori ously healthy post, as everybody admit \ ted, and, to judge from the specimen o young womanhood that came singing "blithe and low" out among the rose this same joyous morning, exuberan well being was not restricted to the men A fairer picture never did dark beau ty present than Alice Renwick as sh bent among the bushes or reached hig] among the vines in search of her favor lte flowers?tall, slender, willowy, ye v> with exquisitely rounded form; slim dainty little hands and feet; gracefu arras and wrists, all revealed in tb flowing sleeves of her snowy, weblik gown, fitting her and displaying he sinuous grace of form as gbwns so sel dam do today. And then her face?i glorious picture of rich, ripe, tropica beauty, with its great soulful, sunli eyes, heavily shaded though they weri with those wondrous lashes; beautiful too, in contour, as was the lithe body and beautiful in every feature, even ti the rare and dewy curve of her red lips half opened as she sang. She was smil ing to herself as she crooned her soft murmuring melody, and every littl while the great dark eyes glanced ove toward the shaded doors of bachelors row. There was no one up to watcn ant telL Why should she not look thithe and even stand one moment peering un der the veranda at a darkened windov hall way down the row, as though im patient at the nonappearance of som familiar signal? How came the laggart late? How 6lept the knight while her his lady stood impatient? She twinei the leaves and roses in a fragrant knot ran lightly within and laid them 01 the 6nowy cloth beside the colonel's sea at table, came forth and plucked som more and fastened them, blushing, bliss ful, in the lace fringed opening of he gown, through which, soft and creamy shone the porfect neck. "Dai?y, tell my fortune, pray: He loves me not?be loves me," ? she blithely sang, then, hurrying to th gate, shaded her eyes with the shapel; hand and gazed intently. 'Twas near ing 8?uearing breakfast time. Bu 6ome one was coming. Horrid! Captaii Chester, of all men! Coming, of course to see papa, and papa not down yet, ant mamma had a headache and had decid ed not to come down at all?she woul< v breakfast in her room. What girl 01 earth, when looking and longing ant waiting for the coming of a gracefu youth of 26, would be anything but dis mayed at the substitution therefor of : bulky, heavy hearted captain of 46, n< matter if he were still unmarried? An< yet her smile was sweet a*d cordial. 44Why, good morning, Captain Ches v ter. I'm so glad to see von this brigh day. Do come in and let me give you i rose. Papa will soon be down." Am '1 1J "Do come in and let me give you a rose.' she opened the gate and held fori'h om long, slim hand. He took it slowly, a thonjjh in a dream, raising his forag< IK RANKS. 3HARLES KING. cap at the same time, yet making no reply. He wac looking at her far more 1 closely than he imagined. How fresh, 1 how radianv, how fair and gracions and e winning! Every item of her attire was . so pure and white and spotless; every 1 fold and curve of her gown Beemed charged with subtle, delicate fragrance, ' as faint and sweet as the shy and mod0 est wood violet's. She noted his silence 9 and his haggard eyes. She noted the - intent gaze, and the color mounted 1 straightway to her forehead 7 "And have you no word of greeting f for me?" she blithcJy laughed, striving 8 to break through the awkwardness of 1 his reserve, "or are you worn out with your night watch as officer of the day?" e He fairly started. Had she seen him 8 then? Did she kuow it was he who i stood beneath her window; he who leapf ed in chase of that scoundrel; he who e stole away with that heavy telltale lade der? And knowing all this, could she e stand there smiling in his face, the in1 carnation of maiden innocence and beauty? Impossible! Yet what could she mean? "How did you know I had so long a 1 vigil?" he asked, and the cold, strained 7 tone, the half averted eyes, the pallor 3 of his face, all struck her at once. In" stantly her manner changed. "Oh, forgive me, captain. I see yon r are all worn out, and I'm keeping you r here at the gate. Come to the piazza and * sit down. I'll tell papa you are here, for ^ I know you want ro see him." And she e tripped lightly away before he could re" ply and rustled up the stairs. He could * hear her light tap at the colonel's door f and her soft, clear, fluteliko voice, I "Papa, Captain Chester is here to see s you." Papa, indeed! She spoln to him and of him as though he were her own. He treated her as though she were his flesh 0 and blood?as though he loved her de1 votedly. Even before she came had not J ? a-1_ T\.* J A. tney Deen prepared ior tnisr jl?iu nut Mrs. Maynard tell him that Alice hart ' becoino enthusiastically devoted to her 1 stepfather and considered him the most 0 knightly and chivalric hero she had ever 8 6een? He could hear the colonel's hearty r and loving tone in reply, and then she came fluttering down again. * "Papa will be with you in five minutes, captain. But won't you let me give ' you some coffee? It's all ready, and you 0 look so tired, even ill." ' * :I have had a bad night," he answer' ed, "but I'm growing old and cannot 3 stand sleeplessness as you young people ? seem to." Was she faltering? Ho watched her ' eagerly, narrowly, almost wonderingly. 0 Not a trace of confusion, not a sign of * fear, and yet had he not seen her and , that other figure? * "T Tpich vnn r.onlrl sleen as T do." r was the prompt reply. "I was in the land of dreams 10 minutes after my 7 head touched the pillow, and mamma made me come home early last night ? because of our journey today. You know 3 we are going down to visit Aunt Grace, ? Colonel Maynard's sister, at Lake SabIon, and mamma wanted me to be look' ing my freshest and best,"she said, 3 "and I never heard a thing till reveille." His eyes, sad, penetrating, doubting, 6 yet 6elf doubting, too, searched her very soul. Unflinchingly the dark orbs r looked into his, even pityingly, for she quickly spoke again: "Captain, do come into the breakfast room and have some coffee. You have not breakfasted, I'm sure." e Ho raised his hand as though to repel P her offer, even to put her aside. He must understand her. Ho could not be ' hoodwinked in thts way. 3 "Pardon me, Miss Renwick, but did ' you hear nothing strange last night or early this morning? Were you not dis' turbed at all?" 3 "I? No, indeed!" True, her face had 1 r?VintitrPfl nmr tint, til pro WAS Tin fear ill VUIU.QV. -- ? | her eves. It was a look of apprehension, perhaps of concern and curiosity mingled, for his tone betrayed that 60rae1 thing had happened which caused him ^ agitation. 1 "And you heard no shots fired?" "Shots! No! Oh, Captain Chester, what does it mean? Who was shot? Tell * me!" * And now, with paling face and wild 1 apprehension in her eyes, she turned and gazed beyond him, past the vines and the shady veranda, across the sunshine of the parade and under the old piazza, searching that still closed and darkened window. "Who?" she implored, her hands I clasping nervously, her eyes returning eagerly to his face. "It was not Mr. Jerrold," he answeri ed coldly. "He is unhurt, so far as 6hot is concerned." "Then how is ho hurt? Is ho hurt at | all?" she persisted, and then as she met ; his gaze her eyes fell, and the burning ' blush of maiden shame surged up to her . forehead. She sank upon a seat and cov > ered her face with her J muds. "I thought of Mr. Jerrold naturally. He said lie would be over early this morning," was all she could find to say. "I have seen him and presume lie will come. To all appearances, ho is the last man to suffer from last night's affair," he went 011 relentlessly, almost brutally, but she never winced. "It is odd you did not hear tho shots. I thought yours was the northwest room?this one," he indicated, pointing overhead. ; "So it is, and I slept there all last 9 night and heard nothing?not a thing. 8 Do tell me what tho trouble was. " 9 ! Then what was there for him to say? The colonel's footsteps were upon the stair, and the colonel, with extended hand and beaming face and cheery welcome, came forth from the open doorway. "Welcome, Chesterl I'm glad you've come just in time for breakfast. Mrs. Mavnard won't be down. She slept badly last night and is sleeping now. WlJut was the firing last night? I did not hear it at the time, but the orderly and old Maria, the cook, were discussing it as I was shaving." "It is that I came to see you about, colonel. I am the man to hold responsible." "No prisoners got away, I hope?" "No, sir. Nothing, I fear, that would seem W jusuiy wy ik;iiuu. ? wuoicu Na 5 to fire." "Why, what on earth could have happened around there?almost back of us?" said the colonel in surprise. "I do not know what had happened or what was going to happen." And Chester paused a moment and glanced toward the door, through which Miss Remvick had retired as soon as the colonel arrived. The old soldier seemed to understand the glance. "She would not listen," he said proudly. ' "I knew," explained Chester. "I think it b- st that no one but you should hear anything of the matter for the present until I have investigated further. It was nearly half past 3 this morning as I got around here on 5's post, inspecting sentinels, and came suddenly in the darkness upon a man carrying a ladder on his shoulder. I ordered him to halt. The reply was a violent blow, and the ladder and I were dropped at the same instant, while the j man sprang into space and darted off in the direction of No. 5. I followed quick as I could, heard the challenge and the cries of halt and shouted to Leary to fire. He did, but missed his aim in the haste and darkness, and the man got safely away. Of course there is much talk and speculation about it around the post this morning, for several people heard the shots besides the guard, and, although I told Leary and others to say nothing, I know it is already generally known." "Oh, well, come in to breakfast," said the colonel. "We'll talk it over there." "Pardon me, sir, I cannot. I must get back home before guard mount, and Rollins is probably waiting to see me now. I?I could not discuss it at the table, for there are some singular features about the matter." "Why, in God's name, what?" asked the wlouel, with a sudden and deep anxiety. VY till, Sir, (111 UllUJCl Ul tliU ^axxioua is placed in a compromising position by this affair and cannot or will not explain." "Who?" "Mr. Jerrold, sir." ' 'Jerrold I Why, I got a Dote from him not 10 minutes ago saying ho had an engagement in town and asking permission to go before guard mounting, if Mr. Hall was ready. Hall wanted to go with him, Jerrold wrote, but Hall has not applied for permission to leave the post." "It is Jerrold who is compromised, colonel. I may bo all wrong in my suspicions, all wrong in reporting the matter to you at all, but in my perplexity and distress I sou no other way. Frankly, the moment. I caught sight of the man he looked like Jerrold, and two minutes after the shots wereYfired I inspected Jerrold's quarters. He was not there, though the lamps were burning very low in the bedroom, and his bed had not been occupied at all. When you see Leary, sir, he will tell you that he also thought it must bo Mr. Jerrold." "The young scapegrace 1 Been off to town, I suppose." "Colonel," said Chester quickly, "you?not I?must decide that. I went to his quarters after reveille, and he was then there and resented my visit and questions, admitted that he had beeu out during the night, but refused fn nnv ctLofftmont1. fn mo " "Well, Chester, I will haul him up after breakfast. Possibly he had been up to the rifle camp or had driven to town after the doctor's party. Of course that must be stopped, but I'm glad you missed him. It of course staggers a man's judgment to be knocked down, but if you had killed him it might have been as serious for you as this knockdown blow will be for him. That is the worst phase of the matter. What could he have been thinking of? He must have been either drunk or mad, and he rarely drank. Oh, dear, dear, dear, but | that's very bad?very bad?striking the officer of the day! Why, Chester, that's the worst thing that's happened in the regiment since I took command of it. It's about the worst thing that could have happened to us. Of course ho must j go in arrest. I'll seo the adjutant right I a'cer breakfast. I'll be over early, Chester." And with grave and worried face the colonel bade him adieu. As he turned away Chester heard him saying again to himself, "About the worst thing he could have done?the worst thing ho could have done!" And tlio captain's heart sank within him. What would the colonel say when he knew how far, far worso was the foul wrong Mr. Jerrold had dono to him and his? TO HK CONTINl'Kli. ?f5T,It is told of a New Haven lady that she recently created much excitement in a store by saying that her ha by had been stolen while shopping. As the child could not be found, she finally returned home, and there was the child. She had dressed it, intending to take it with her, then laid it on the bed, and so absorbed was she in her shopping that she had forgotten it. ittteccUiuiroujs grading. SWEDISH HOME-LAWS. "My mother was the beat being have ever known/' writes Baron Loui fie Gen, a famous Swedish statesmar She had fourteen children, seve girls and seven boys. All the son were taller than the father, and al the daughters were taller than th mother. The intellectual capacity ( the mother may he judged from th barons statement that she knew thre books of Euclid before sne couia spea plainly. With so large a family there wo need of pretty careful discipline, i things were to go smoothly. The laws of the household were ur written, but not the less clearly un derstbod. Certain hounds were uot t he passed by the children withou some older companion. The stud hour was sacred ; its neglect was neve attempted. If a child came late to th table, he forfeited his share of any dis that had already been passed. At breakfast the children generall, sat down before the appoiuted timt milk was poured into a deep platter c each, hard brown bread was brokei into it, and then all sat, spoon ii hand, till the clock struck. At diune there were usually three courses. N< one was forced to eat, but whateve was taken upon the plate must b consumed to the last morsel. Eacl course was passed twice, unless then was ft short allowance at dessert. Fruit was dealt out by one of thi older children, and even the berrie were counted. As a rule, nothing wa to be eaten out of the dining-room pveenf n bit. of hard bread after th bath. Windfalls might always h picked up and eaten. Berries wer "free" on certain bushes for five ruin utes a day, and sometimes for 10 min utes in especially good years. Uude this rule the children fell into tin habit of picking in baskets green an< ripe together in hot haste; then tbi time was doubled, but the berries mus be eaten on the spot. As soon as the children were uu dressed, the evening prayer was to b said and not another word spoken This was pretty hard, and as is usua in the case of hard laws, a way wa found to circumvent it. One stockiu would be kept on until some interest ing chat was finished. Rights of property were sacredl; respected. The belongings of other we. o.never-to bo-borrowed withou leave. The children could give awa; only what they bad found or made Christmas presents were not to b "swapped" before midsummer. Not! ing was to be accepted from a depen dent or from any one outside of thi family without the direct consent o the parents. If a child asked for a book out o the family library, he always got il but having got it he must read i through. No one was allowed t read more than 100 pages a day. Any one might cry quietly, if sorrow fulorinpain; but screaming was nc permitted except in a certain room se apart for the purpose. The childrei must uever pass through the drawing room. If there was company or musi they might stand at the door. Whipping was never administere except for obstinate disobedience then the punishment was prompi nclial rw.ll'lltv MS lie ftlM fVll'fpitin of some privilege. Praise was give for well-doing ; but a caressing nevei after earliest childhood. It was a hig day for a child when he had been "pal led by mamma." These laws were in force until th children were "big"?that is, 15 year old. After that they were treated ii the house as grown-up persons, wit all the lights and duties thereto pel taiuing. COMPANY MANNERS. "Will you please sit down and wai a moment till mother comes?" said little girl to two ladies who came to se her mother. "And will you give me a glass c water, Martha?" asked one of th ladies; "I am very thirsty." "With pleasure," answered Martin and she presently came back with tw goblets of water on a waiter which sh passed to both ladies. "Oh, thank you," said the other lad} "you are very thoughtful." "You are quite welcome," said Mat tha, very sweetly. When Martha went out of the roor one of the ladies said: "This littl irirl is one of the lovliest children I eve r> met. How sweet and obliging he manners are!" Let us go into the next room and set Martha took the water back to the dir ingroom. "Me drink ! me drink !'' cried littl Bobby, catching hold of his sister' dress and screwing up his rosy lips. "Get out, Bob," cried Martha; "g to Bridget." "Don't speak so to your little broth er," said Bridget." "It is none of your business what say," cried Martha, tossing her head "Martha !" That is grand mother call ing from the top of the stairs. "What!" screamed Martha back. "Please come here, dear," sah grandma. "I don't want to," muttered Martha She, however, dragged herself u| stairs. Unwilling feet, you know, fiu< it hard to climb. "Martha," said graudma," "will yoi try to find my specs? I am pretty sur I left them in the diuiugroom." "No, you didn't! cried Martha in I cross contradictory tone ; you alway lose them up here," and she rummagei round the chamber, tumbling things - over like the north wind. "No matter," said the dear old lady I seeing that she would have much to d< is to put things to right again ; "no matte: i. Martha ; they will come to hand," am II she quietly put down l he newspaper foi s by aud by. Martha left her and weu I down stairs with a pout. e Oh ! dear, where are Martha's civil >f obliging manners? Why, those are hei e company mauuers. She puts them ot e in the parlor, and puts them off whet k she leaves the parlor. She wears then before visitors, and hangs them uj is when they are gone. You see she hai f no manners at home. She is cross anc disobligiug and rude and selfish. Sh< i- forgets that home is the first place t( i- be polite in?in the kitchen as well ai u in the parlor. There is no spot iu th< t house where good manners cau be dis y pensed with.?Zion's Herald. I A DOG'S FAST, h How long a dog can live withoul food has been a much controverted y question among the people who know the dog and his ways. Some very if I0112 survivals are on record ; but n none, perhaps, more remarkable 01 u interesting than a well authenticated r case which comes from France. ;i Mr. Gely, a farm superintendent at r Dampierre, in the department of the e Upper Suone, has a dog named Rigo li let, which, although past 10 years old, ; and almost toothless, has never abated the activity of his warfare against all ji the. animals of the field, and especially s against foxes. s A short time ago, as Mr. Gely, with ,f his dog, was passing the mouth of a e fox burrow, Rigolet made a sudden u and furious descent on the burrow, e showing plainly that it was inhabited It had so spacious an opeuiug that the - dog forced himself into it quite out o! r sight. u Preseutly the master heard the tu] mult of a combat within. The doj; e was harking fiercely. Then there t came the sound of a caving in, and the noise ceased. Either Rigolet had beeu silenced e by the fox, or he had been engulfed i. by the collapse of the gallery in which ,1 the fight was taking place. Mr. Gely s set about digging him out ; but found g the ground so stony that he was obliged to give it up, and the old doj was left to his fate. y Gely went home, and after mourns ing the dog a few days, thought of hiir t no more. Twenty-two days went by y It happened that the miller of th< . neighborhood, passing the fox burrow e with a friend, said, "There's the plac< >. where noor old Riirolet was buriec - alive." Just then he heard a feebh e whining, which seemed to come fron f underground. He called and listened and th< f whining was repeated louder than be D, fore. There was certainly a dog with t in the fox burrow. The miller weni 0 to apprize Gely, who, this time, broughi picks and shovels and a sufficient num - ber of hands to open the burrow, it After five hours of active digging it the old dog was unearthed at a consid 1 erable depth. He was almost a skele ton ; his face was bloody, for he hac c worn it almost to the bone in his at tempts to dig out through the stonj rl soil, and his claws were worn off frorr ; the same cause. t. As soon as he was brought to tbt g open air Rigolet fell to the ground n apparently dead. But his master sue *, ceeded in reviving hiin with a dose o h beef tea and milk, and the old dog was soon seemingly as good as ever. It became a question whetlfer hi e fusted in the burrow for the 22 days s or whether he had subsisted on tbi fox which he certainly found. I h was assumed by his master that hi - was too nearly toothless to have beet able to devour a fox ; and those wht dun him out declared that there wai no sign that he had had anything t< it eat. a ? < e If You Please.?When the Dukeo Wellington was sick, the last thing h< ?f took was a little tea. On his servan e holding it to him on a saucer, and ask ing him if he would have it, the duk< i, replied, "Yes, if you please." o These were his last words. Hov e much kindness and courtesy is ex pressed in them! He, who had com r, manded the greut armies in Europe and had long used the throne of author - ity, did not despise or overlook the small courtesies of life. Ah, how man^ n boys do ! Whut a rude tone of com e uiaud they often use to their litth r hrothers and sisters, and sometimes t( r their' mothers! This is ill-bred auc un-Christian, and shows a coarse nature . ami hard heart. In all your home talk >. remember "ifyou please." To all wh< wait upon you and serve you, believt e that "if you please" will make you bet a ter served than all the cross or order - ?.1" i" 1... IlIJi WUIUS 111 lilt HIIUIU UIVVIVIIUI J 0 Don't forget three little words?"ifyot please." Life is made up not of greal i- sacrifices or duties, but of little things of which smiles and kindness, and smal 1 obligations, given habitually, are whal I. win and preserve the heart, and securt i- comfort. Constant Movements ok Orr tl Glome.?According to Professor John Milne, the crust of the great globe i. "upon which we live and have our bep ing" is in a constant state of agitation i weaving in and out, up and down, like a circus tent in a cycloue. There art a earth movements that are being expee rienced at all times and in all lands, but they are so slight from month tc a month and from year to year thatthej s generally escape detection. In all the i countries in Europe and in many of > those in Asia, most notably Korea and Japan, these tiltings are so great as to , be noticed even by the unscientific and ) inexperienced representatives of the r lower castes. Germany seems to be the i seat of greatest European earth-crust r agitation, Japan occupyiug a similar t position in Asia. Of the above two countries, Profes. sor Milne says : "In both Germany and r Japan a tide-like movement, too great 1 to be produced by lunar attraction, i has been observed, the ground being i tilted once every 24 hours and some> times twice, in which case the night 3 disturbance would be greater, and in 1 all cases buildiugs, trees, etc., stand ; slightly inclined, like cornstalks in a ) gentle, steady breeze." i ' ? ' ; Modern Arms and Gettysburg. - At Gettysburg, in July, 1863, had the Federal troops been armed with the rifles uow being issued to the United Slates infantry, and with the present t improved field guns, Pickett's heroic I baud, in the charge on the third day, : would have been under fire from start ' to finish, and the fire of massed ini'an' try, combined with breech-loading can' nun, would probably have destroyed I every man in the assaulting lines, writes General Fitzhugh Lee in The Century. Pickett's right, when formed for the charge, was 1,800 yards from the Union lines; and the magazine , rifle sight is graduated, it will be rei inembeied, to 1,900 yards. I With the weapons then in use the ' Federals did not open with artillery until they were within 1,100 yards of i their lines, and their infantry did not i fire until they were within a much closer range. In the recent war between China and Japan, it was stated . that a ball fired from a Japanese rifle, ! called the Murata, similar to the I United State magazine rifle, struck a Chinese three-quarters of a mile away, in the knee and crushed it to atoms. ! The Value of Rank.?The ex' treme cheapness of military titles, a few years after the war, is well illus' trated by a story that was told at a re' cent camp-fire. The narrator said that 1 in the year 1870 he was traveling ' through a certain populous country ' district, and stopped to converse with 5 a farmer who had a considerable tiumy ber of men at work in his hay-fields. "Most of these men are old soldiers," said the farmer. 1 "Indeed ! Are any of them officers ?" "Two of 'em. Oue of'em there was 1 a private, and that fellow beyond was r a corporal, but the mau beyond him ' was a major, ana tnat man away over ' in the corner was a colonel." i "Indeed! Are they good men?" 1 "Well," said the farmer, "that private's a first cluss man, and the corpoJ ral's pretty good, too." "But how about the major and the " colonel?" L "The major's so-so," said the farmer, t "But the colonel ?" "Well," answered the farmer, "I ain't a-going to say a word against a i man who was a colonel in the war, but " I've made up my mind to one thing?I ain't a-going to hire auy brigadier-gen' erals!" ' A Long Farewell.?The French1 man's politeness sometimes serves him - -1 1 - L..I.a 11) good sieaa 10 poiui/ a reuuae, na 3 well as to emphasize attention. A i Frenchman who was staying at an American hotel asked, at the cashier's f desk, how much his bill was one day, 3 and was astonished to find how great an amount he had been charged. 3 He felt that he had been plundered, > but he paid the bill, and then asked to 3 see the proprietor. Presently the t landlord came down, in response to 3 the call, all beaming with smiles. 1 The Frenchman rushed up to him, ex} claiming: 3 "Ah ! let me embrace you, saire ! } Let me kees you !" "But why do you want to embrace me, sir? I?I don't understand. "Ah ! saire, but look at zees heel!" i "My bill? Yes, but what of it?" 1 "Votofit? Yy, I mean zat I shall nevaire, nevaire see you again, saire." Bad Honey Bees.?"Lovers of the ' product of the busy bee find it a wise precaution to have their honey tested '?? * ^ t Vi q tr nof if. A!' IKJ IU lid J/UI llj UtlUi t luvj vuv a v v* ? use it in a culinary way." Professor Remingtou gave a warning something 3 like this at a recent meeting of pharmacists, and at the same told of a German who was extensively engaged in 3 bee culture, and who had his apiary ? close to a sugar refinery. A lot of rank molasses was accessible to the 3 bees, and they gorged themselves. The result was that their honey was 3 equally rank, and unfit for use. On 3 another occasion the bees fed on bloom ing digitalis, and their honey proved to be poisonous. Natural honey there' fore, is liable to vary much, and oc1 casionully, when it looks best and is ^ sweetest, it may be loaded with poison, j Unscrupulous bee farmers are accustomed to forcing their bees to increase L their output by feeding them sweeteu! ed water. The honey, of course, is scarcely lit for use. t Wants Them in Atlanta. i Colonel James I). Blanding, president ! of the Palmetto Iiegiment Survivors's association, has issued a call to all the , survivors of that organization to be in ! Atlanta on November 28. He would > like to have them register in the South Carolina room of the Woman's building, , and, if possible, before 9 o'clock in the > morning. He says that the regimental ' flag and the Jackson vase will both be i in the building.