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- r f ? l ISSUED SEKX-WEEKI.^ " ' i.m. OEIST & SONS, ?nbii?her? 1 "" ^ ^amitg jfeipsgaper: jjfor the promotion of the political, Social, Agricultural, and dtommer.cial Int^sts of the people. j7 roS2^PY^F^^4DTvsANCB' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE. S. P., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1900. ;N"Q. 53. || MALCOI gig A Tale of Moral Heroismfl || BY CHARLES I = = Author of "la His Steps," "Crucifl = == Hardy's Sevi EE = OOPTRIOHT, 1900, BT THE A] 1 IllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII nHutrotionsbvH .i1lllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllll!llllll CHAPTER V. | a MALCOM ATTEMPTS TO RETURN THE MINI- D ATURE. r The next day Malcom Kirk doggedly set to work on his report In the fl evening he went over to see the presi- ) dent and consulted with him as to certain details, and then for the next three days he gave himself up to his task of getting together the great mass of material he had accumulated while abroad. It was the fourth evening of hJs return that he saw the lights In the Gilbert house across the campus as evening set In. The house had been shut up and dark. "She Is home again," was bis first thought. He was unable to work well that evening. The next day he continued, but the evident nearness of Dorothy made him restless to see her. Once she came out on the porch, and he rendily recognized her even at that distance. That eveniug he did not pretend to himself that be could do anything worth doing on his report and resolved to go and return the miniature without waiting any longer. He had kept It more than a year now. He was under promise to give it back. As well now as any time. He rang the bell with a tremor at heart that instantly bounded Into fever when Dorothy herself opened the 4oor. He stood there in the light of the 1 * porch, and his trepidation did not hinder his observine that Dorothy look- 0 ed very pale and even as If she had v been crying. h "Won't you come In, Mr. Kirk? I 8 am very glad to see you," said Dorothy. t She spoke so easily, so kindly, that he recovered his self possession at once and went into the parlor and sat down, 8 / wondering at the commonplace de- P tails of his meeting with the one wo- r man in all the world to him. " "You will excuse me for coming so soon after your return?" he said sim- c ply. 1 "Certainly," replied Dorothy, smil- e ing. "Would you like to see father?" e "No," said Malcom Kirk. "1 came ^ to see you." It wus so evidently true v that Dorothy could say nothing for a 8 moment. There was an awkward silence. She broke it by saying: 1 "I have read your pamphlet descrlb- 81 lng the life of the people on the contl- ? nent In the cities. I thank you, not for e the pleasure, but for the pain It gave 0 me." ^ He looked at her gratefully. He un- ^ derstood exactly what she meant The opening had been made for talk along " the lines of his deepest life, and be- Sl fore he knew just how it had been 8 brought about he was telling her some j* of the experiences of his year abroad, J1 things he had told to no one else and " had not even been able to put Into his n report All the time he felt the minia- " ture in his pocket. But he seemed to ^ fight against the knowledge that he d must give It up. v As for Dorothy, she experienced a . . Q fooling: of exhilaration in her in Ik with " this man. She was sick of the empty n nothings she had been-hearing all sum- Q mer. The recent experience of her b father's failure also had excited her. ? There was much In everything that ^ pervaded Maleora Kirk's life work to h attract her at the present moment. 0 It must have been nearly an hour that they had been talking, she ask- ^ ing questions and he replying, and ev- P ery minute grew increasingly full of J interest to her, when he suddenly stop- t( ped as he had done that evening a 8 year before and asked. "Would you? ' do you feel as if you could play some- 0 thing?" He was simply battling for time, and 8 he was in a condition where he could c , not run the risk of speaking something * he ought not. The longer, he staid the D deeper he knew his heart longed for 8 Dorothy Gilbert He felt that while v she was playing he might measure his c duty and his inclination better. u She was never able to tell herself e why she played as she did. She began fl with the old German Lorelei, "Ich ^ weiss nieht was soil es bedeuten, dass ^ ich so traurig bin" ("I know not how it is that I am so sad"), and then before " she could control her fingers or her thought she had passed on to the n Traumerei, which Kirk had asked her a to play before. v When she finished, she hardly knew h her own feelings. When she turned ^ about, he was standing, and he had o the miniature in bis hand. u "I promised to return it when I came ? back." He spoke with great slmplicl- e ty and, as his fashion always was, looked straight in her face like a man n who is j>ot ashamed or afraid. "No k one but myself has seen it. The keep- v ing of it has not"? a He hardly dared to trust himself to P say what lay within his heart. In v * ' *. * 1 It ? 1- * 1 . ? c iruiu Lie sut'w wen euuugu mui uc " would be a far different man for the h rest of his days If he could only have a this woman for his wife, but at that I moment he felt as if such a possibility g was too remote for even thought. IJ He had walked to the mantel anil li was about to put the miniature down t In the place where It had been when c a sound In the library startled them e both. It was a sound as of some ono r falling heavily. c "Father!" Dorothy exclaimed In ter- I ror. She ran Into the hall, but swift as 1 she was Malcom Kirk was before her. f Even as he leaped forward he was con- i sclous that he held the miniature still, c iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill /L KIRK. || in Overcoming the World. = | SHELDON, xlon of Philip Strong1," "Robert = EE an Days." ' EE =5 DVANCE PUBU8HTNQ CO. EE EE erman Heyer. illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli g 1111111II1111111111II11111 Mil 1111 III in i in i. nd before lie reached the library he ad mechanically put It Into* Its old estlng place in bis pocket They found Mr. Gilbert lying on the loor unconscious. Dorothy kneeled n one side of the body. Malcom Kirk A rhey found Mr. Gilbert lying on the floor unconscious.' n the other, and for a moment there i*as a wild fear In Dorothy's heart that er father had In some way killed him elf. His business failure had been he great humiliation of his life. Kirk put her mind at rest "He has had a shock or stroke of ome kind." He lifted the body up, laced It on the lounge and Instantly an out of the house for the doctor who Ived only a few doors away. When he came, he pronounced the use serious, but gave Dorothy hope, falcom Kirk came back, but In the xcltement he could do nothing but xpress his sympathy and finally go ack to his room after the president's rife and some others had come in to tay with Dorothy for the night Mr. Gilbert had been a typical New England business man of the old chooL When his failure came and e had begun to recover from the first ffect of the blow, he had no thought f any other course but to pay dollar jr dollar of his honest iudebtedness. o do it meant the loss of his beautiful ome in Herinou. Dorothy felt as he id about it He had no fears on her core. The integrity and firmness of ueh a moral course were never in uestion with either of them. So he ad come back from where he had een staying with his sister, and the ight Kirk called he was busy in his brary arranging the business of the [ermon property, going over all the etalls of his recent loss and making rhat provision he could for the fuure. He was nearly 53, still, as he upposed, in the prime of life, and he lanfully determined to begin all over gain. He could leave Dorothy with er aunt, who was alone much of the ; Vw\?? of nvnoon t ntwl IIXIC ilLIU UCUUUU HVl uv vovut, Imself struggle luto place again with ouor untarnished and the good name f the firm free from commercial stain. So the honest, sturdy publisher bought as he sat at his desk with his apers before him. Then suddenly, ust a little after Dorothy had ceased o play, he felt a new and awful pain eize him, he reeled In his chair, valnf tried to call out for help and sank .nconscious to the floor. The next few days were days of reat anxiety to Malcoin Kirk. He ould see the doctor's carriage before he Gilbert house every morning. One aorning he saw the doctor go up the teps with unother man who entered tith him. The doctor's carriage reaained in front of the house that day intil noon. In the afternoon Kirk calld to Inquire, and the servant came out .t the back porch and told him Mr. Giliert had been sinking rapidly. A celeirnted physician from Boston had been q consultation, and he said there was [ttle hope. Kirk passed an almost sleepless Jght, and next morning as he looked cross the campus he knew that the roman he loved best was alone with er grief. He could see the wreath of lowers on the door, and it told him at nee that John Gilbert had passed on, lever more to be vexed with the strug;le of the life that now Is on the arth. The week following was one of the nost trying that Malcom Kirk ever new. The funeral of John Gilbert i-as held In the seminary chapel and ttended by the professors and townseople generally. Dorothy's aunt was ' ' * * T-*t? 1? f/V k 110 uer. IVUH IIUU uu u^punuuiij iv ec Dorothy and bo to her tlio comfort ic longed to be. It was agony to him Iter the funeral was over to think hat there across the campus In tlio rent house was the woman he loved msslug through a great sorrow, and he iad no right to go to her and share hat sorrow with her. He felt as If he ould not break In 011 her grief to speak von of his love. So the days passed estlessly for him, and he tried to work in his report, but made very little real irogress. He laid the miniature on lis table and tried to write with the ace looking up at him, but he made 10 progress at all then, and the close ?f the week found him walking hla room In great uncertainty of heart and mind. On Monday the week following he was obliged to go down to Boston to consult some authorities in Settlement work, and when he came back the next day the Gilbert house was closed, and Dorothy and her aunt had gone to Beverly. It was the very next day that Kirk saw in a Boston paper the name of Francis Raleigh, arrived a few days before from Liverpool on the Cephalonia. Looking over the columns a little farther down, he saw in the local news from Beverly this statement: LVomio TJololtrh tho TTprmon artist, recently arrived from a year's study abroad, Is the guest of Mrs. Arthur Penrose, sister of the late John Gilbert." That was all, but It roused Malcom Ivlrk to Instant action. He knew with all the vigor and Intensity of his deep, honest nature that his love for Dorothy Gilbert was now the largest part of his life, ne bad consecrated his time and strength to the ministry. He did not deceive himself. He knew what such a consecration meant He faced, open eyed, the entire meaning of a minister's career in a home missionary church "out west." But looking at It all through dispassionate eyes be said as he walked his study: "She must choose between him and me. I cannot go to my work without speaking to her. My love for her is honest and true, and If God grant that she can love me and share my life with me"? He left the rest unspoken, and, going back to bis desk, he sat down, trembling a little as be pot his face In his hands and prayed that the hunger of his heart might be satisfied. He had made up his mind to act and act quickly, and once he had decided on his course he was free from all doubt as to Its wisdom. He took the afternoon train for Beverly and reached the place before dusk. Mrs. Penrose lived In one of the handsome summer villas near the sea. The whole place smote Kirk as with a blow aimed at his poverty, his obscurity, his whole future. And yet he said to himself as he walked up the steps that there was something in his life which money and all Its attendant elegance could not buy, and he believed that Dorothy Gilbert somehow, If she * *- 1 J M 1 ever loved any one enougn, wouiu ieei the same way toward all tfie outward display of wealth. The servant who came In answer to his ring said that Miss Gilbert had gone out for a walk and had not yet returned. He at once asked for Mrs. Penrose. When she came In where Kirk was standing In the reception room, she surprised him by greeting him very warmly by name. He had merely met her at the time of Mr. Gilbert's illness, but not more than once or twice and then very briefly. She was a woman of great tact, and 6he made Kirk feel at ease. She had not the remotest Idea that he was In love with Dorothy or what was the object of his call, and in a few minutes, seeing this, he made up his mind what to do. "Dorothy is down by the beach with Mr. Raleigh. They will be back for tea. You have met him, Mr. Kirk? I would be pleased to have you stay and take tea with us." "Thank you. I shall be glad to do so," replied Malcom Ivlrk promptly. All the while he was fast arriving at a determination to tell Mrs. Penrose what he had come for. "I believe you met Mr. Raleigh while you were abroad? He was telling us something about you this morning." "Was he?" said Malcom Kirk quietly. "Yes, I met him on the Cephalonia going over. We had several little visits together. I enjoyed them." Mrs. Penrose was sitting where she could see from the reception room window the stretch of beach. She looked out and said: "I don't see them coming ' t m I 1 T +l,<nb J'Ol. J. uey Will Ut' UCie suuu, i uima. You were saying, Mr. Kirk, that you enjoyed meeting ltalelgh. Excuse me if I say that he spoke In warmest terms of you. He told us about your care of that poor baby. He wondered what became of it afterward." "It's quite a long story," said Kirk, "but pardon me, Mrs. Penrose, If I don't try to tell It now. I want to tell you why 1 am here. I love your niece, and I am going to ask her to be my wife." to bf. continued. THE QUEER CHINESE. 0(1(1 Things One Seen In the Celestial Empire. White worn as mourning. Boats drawn by men. Carriages moved by sails. Old men fly kites. Seat of honor at the left. Hats worn as a sign of respect. Wine drunk hot. Family names come first. The compass points to the south. Soldiers in petticoats. Horses are mounted on the right side. Visiting cards four feet long. School children sit with their backs to the teacher. Babies that seldom cry. A married woman when young is a slave, when old the most honored member of the family. A coflin in the reception room. Fireworks are always set ofl' in the daytime. If you oflend a Chinaman he may kill himself on your doorstep to spite you. The Chinese divide their medical prescriptions into seven classes: 1. The great prescription ; 2. The little prescription; 3. The slow prescription ; 4. The prompt prescription ; 5. The odd prescription; 6. The even prescription ; 7. The double prescription. Each of these receipts apply to particular cases, and the ingredients are weighed with scrupulous accuracy. 5JTW "Well, we think the date's been alU'Hv UvVll**. tered. The 9 has been changed to a 1, ~ making the date January Instead of pTTnn T3 A 'T'TTd September. ^ ??LLilO. Corlears scrutinized the ticket "I Bv MADGE SUTHERLAND CLARKE. J5 no evidence of It" he said coldly. ' "However, It's no affair of mine. I [Copyright, 1000, by *.dg, S^rUpd CU*,., j??? ^ ^ ^ * "" Jack Corlears turned slowly away He turnPd t0 b)s paper The con. from the.door of the cut rate ticket of- ductor shifted uneasily and finally flee In Savannah. He had staked all turned away. he had on a venture and lost and now "The plot thickens," Corlears said 1o he wanted to get back to New York, himself. "Anyhow, I am two hours There at least was life, and If he was nearer New York than I was In Sato ntnrre hp nreferred to do It whore VUnnah." He went to sleep. At 10 he might gain some amusement during ?'c^oc^ the train ran Into Columbia, the process. Besides, in New York the where a new conductor came on. In . . _ . , . . about an hour Corlears saw him apunexpected was always likely to hap- proach he pretended t0 Btft pen, and chance and change were the asieept The new man waa very direct only gods on his altar. The day be- jn hi8 methods. fore he had pawned his watch, his "Look herel" he said, shaking Cor WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. Tho Democratic convention which today meets at Kansas City, will again nominate him for President of the United States. leather valise and his superfluous lears Dy the arm. TTEls ticket won't clothing. This morning, after paying go!" his hotel bill, he had just $8 left In his "* sue38 [t win 8? as far M New pocket. The regular fare to New York York," he returned easily, "and then by boat was $20, by rail $32. The Lll see Mr* Howson and tell him he's scalper's office could do little better for 8ot some fool conductors on this end of him. the line." He stared for a moment at the big "There's no use In bluffing," the man blue letters on the window of the of- growled. "Either you've been taken flee, then turned on his heel. As he 'n y?urse^ or you're trying to fool ua. did so a thickset men with a red face Somebody's trying to beat the road and a light overcoat came out of the ou* ?' a 'are' and * ^ y?u ^ won't ticket office. He clapped Corlears fa- 80 with me." millarly on the back. Corlears looked the man up and "See here," he said, "I heard you ask- down- "What do you propose to do ing about cut rates to New York. If about It?" he asked contemptuously, you've got nerve enough to take the "Either collect the fare or put you chances on this, I'll sell It for $3 and what cigars you've got about you." He Corlears looked him .squarely In the held up a long, somewhat soiled rail- "You'll do neither," he said. "As way ticket, much stamped and counter ^ '8? ^ou w,h i?se y?ur Piace?" stamped In blue and red Ink. "I bought . "When I lose my place, It won't be it of a fellow In New York last week ">r giving beats free rides to New for $10. He said it was a square re- York- If y?u was the president's sonturn ticket from Savannah that he in-law and had nothing better to show hadn't used because he -went to Texas -or tban th*8 here 80od for nothing first I've struck an easy thing here, ticket you'd have to pay up or get off," so I'm going to stay and don't want It" Corlears nonchalantly drew a bill Corlears looked attentively at the from his pocket (it was his last one) ticket It was a rather dubious look- and held It up to the conductor. "Here, lng affair, but the lowest slip was keeP this for yourself, and for the marked Savannah and the uppermost Lord's sake let me alone!" ? XT~? t* ?i The man's surlv face lowered angrl vile i^CVV lUlAi XI* UUO IX L UaULtT( /IIH i ? ? w he seized It ly. "I ain't that kind," he growled "All right," he said. doggedly and motioned to a brakeman. "If you've got gall enough, you'll Then he raised his hand to the cord work It I guess you'll have to bluff above his head. "1*11 give you two some, but you're a swell looking chap, minutes to decide," he said, and that'll help." A brakeman and a trainman joined Corlears gave him $3 and drew three the group. Corlears set his face firmclgars from Ills pocket "They're all I ly- "I guess I've had more than $3 have about me, but they're good ones." worth out of that ticket," be thought "I'll leave you one for luck," said the to himself. The conductor looked at red faced man. "So long!" him sullenly, watch In hand. Corlears stood for an instant making "Well!" he growled. Then he pulled his plans. Then he walked to the the cord, the train slowed up, and Corpawnshop and redeemed his valise. By lears found himself standing beside the means of some newspapers and a few snowy track watching a receding point stones he added the necessary weight; la the distance. As the train moved then he lunched, bought a clean collar past him Corlears was conscious of a and strolled to the station. When Cor- man standing motionless on the other lears stepped on the north bound train side of the track. It was a desolate that evening, two porters vied for the scene that lay about them. The pale honor of carrying his valise. light of a waning winter moon fell up"Pullman dls way, sah!" on long wastes of snow covered fields, "Smoker," said Corlears sententious-1 broken here and there ny lines or ly. black poplars and defined at the eastWhen the conductor made his first ern edge by a long stretch of woods, round, Corlears handed him his ticket The two men became conscious of without looking up from his paper, each other apparently at the same The man glanced casually at It; then moment The man across the track examined It carefully. After that he wore a silk hat and looked like a took a long look at Corlears, who ob- clergyman. "You've done a pretty served him In the mirror opposite. clever thing," he said, drawing a pistol "Where did you buy this ticket?" he from his pocket and taking deliberate asked. aim at Corlears, "but you don't find "In Savannah, of course," said Cor- me wholly unprepared." lears carelessly. Corlears laughed grimly. "That's "When?" where you have the advantage of me. "This afternoon." I admit that I am altogether unpreparHe took the ticket away with him. ed. I throw up ray hands. You'll Through the glass door Corlears could hardly find it worth while robbing me, see him in earnest colloquy with a however, as I've just been put off the brakeman. At last he returned. train for lack of car fare." "There Is something crooked about The man put up his revolver. "Extills ticket, sir." cuse my mistake," he said politely. "I Corlears looked Incredulous. "What Jumped off the train on the other side, do you mean by that?" he asked I'm not a highwayman, but I took you sharply. for something worse. Do you know "Well, the road hasn't issued that the country?" Corlears shook his head, kind of excursion ticket since the 1st "About midway between Columbia and of November. It was good for GO days, Chester, I should say." The man you know." The conductor's tone was scanned him narrowly, almost apologetic. "What are you going to do?" he said. "Look at the date. I should say that Corlears set his teeth. "Walk to the would jsettle It" Corlears. leaked bored, next station if I don't freeze oil the way and after that?get to New York { , some way." ' 1 "You say that you have no money?' t "I've just $2.16." There was a pause, i The man appeared to be considering, t At last be spoke. I "If you'd like to earn $500, 1 can put s i you In the way of It." 1 a-- J -11 -Ll-J 93 "1 8D0U1U ue ueugmeu, uuiieain ( drawled Ironically. "I might earn It j shoveling snow. There's a good deal of It about" ( ? "I'm perfectly serious," the man re- ( i joined. "Listen. You want to go to [ New York; I want to keep away from t i it I bought a ticket to New York, but ( I left the train when It slowed up to t i put you off. I've?er?changed my ( mind." , I Corlears nodded. "I see," he said. "Very good. You are about my t height and build. Change clothes with ( me, take my ticket, walk on to the next c station and board the first train for ^ New York. If you meet my anxious friends and they offer you pressing ( attentions, don't decline them on the j score of being some one else." "And then?" s The man smiled. "Yon will be taken j excellent care of, and you will be met j at the Grand Central station with a ( carriage. Then they will discover their mistake, and they will apologize. In ( the meantime you will have got to New York, and you will be $500 richer. He counted out five crisp new $100 , bills. Corlears saw them distinctly in . the moonlight. "Is it a bargain?' Corlears trudged on in silence for a ? moment "Let me see your ticket, . please." The man handed it to him. 1 "It's good for stopovers, I see, so I c can use It all right" The man's eyes glittered. "Do you J agree?" he said eagerly. "I'll take the ticket" Corlears said 1 slowly, "and In exchange for it I'll 1 swap clothes with you, and I'll keep my mouth shut until we get to New ? York, but you can keep the $500." "Don't be a fool," said the man. "It will be worth more than that to me if i It works." Corlears shook his head. "I tried to beat the railroad company out of 'a fare, I must admit" he re- ' plied, "but I usually play fair. I t haven't made much of a success of my t life, but I've lived It squarely so far. t It's habit I suppose." { The man gave a kind of groan. "God t knows 1 wish I could say as much." The exchange of clothing was quick- t ly made. "I'm In a stovepipe hat" j Corlears said, with a laugh, "though ( u'- ? .U>nl/1 luimfnrf In thlfl gnnv , 11 B raiUCi WIU WVU14V& ? AM m?v .. heap." "Goodby," said the man, and he ran quickly off in the opposite direction, his long black shadow trailing grotesquely after him. The next morning when Corlears, footsore and hungry, walked Into the little station at Blankvllle he found two men there lounging by the stove. They stood beside him at the lunch counter, and when he finally boarded the north bound train they entered with him and took the seat behind , him. Corlears smiled to himself. When the train reached Charlotte, a boy came on with the morning papers. Corlears bought one. "William Brand, the defaulting cashier of the Winderton bank, has been traced to Savannah. It Is supposed that he has with him some $50,000 In bills and gold. A large force of detectives is working on his case, and his speedy capture is looked for. He was burned in effigy last night by the people of Winderton, many of whom are reduced to penury through his peculations." | "I'm glad I kept clear of that $500," Corlears said to himself. Then be fell asleep, for he was utterly worn out ! "Takes it cool, doesn't he?" said one of the men behind Corlears. "Wonder If ! he knows the game is up?" : MAGISTRATE "SHALL" CHARGE JURY. f Interesting Supreme Court Decision In a Greenville Case. Greenville News, An important and interesting decision iust handed down by the South Carolina supreme court is that in the \ case of March banks against March- c banks, taken up on an appeal from ^ this county by Lawyer Adam C. Wei- c 1 born, on the ground that the magis- 9 trate in the case failed to charge the c jury. Mr. Welborn held that it was \ mandatory on the officer to charge and t the supreme court has sustained bis f view. The Columbia correspondence of The News and Courier of yesterday, a contained the following : ji "The supreme court has filed quite ? a number of decisions within the last t day or two. Many of these decisions v involve old issues and points of law. 0 Several present interesting and novo! b points. v One which may be regarded with p considerable concern, and presents a fi phase of humor, is in the case qL-p Marchbanks against Marchbauks. t The court points out that magistrates? g the ordinary trial justices?ought to r know the law, and if they do not kuow v it then they ought to resign. It is f( hard enough for a great many lawyers t to do that, and if the magistrates of f, this state were to have to undergo the very lightest kind oi an examiuauuu a they would not have much of a chance, g The point, however, is that the court d holds that magistrates have no right to |( comment on the facts or to give their views to their juries; but are simply rj to state the law and stop there. It d will be a difficult matter for them to do Q so; but such is the law as announced s by the highest tribunal in the state. rj In the case at issue the supreme q court says: "The appeal herein raises f< the question whether magistrates are % within the terms of section 26, article 5 of the constitution, which provides: 2 'Judges shall not charge juries in res- 4 pect to matters of fact; but shall de- ^ 1 clare the law.' " The decision goes v on to say : "The word judges, with- v out superadded words, 'of the circuit v court,' is sometimes used in the con- v stitution so as to embrace 'magistrates' as well as justices of the supreme court. For instance, section 6, article d >, of the constitution is as follows: No judge shall preside at the trial of my cause in the event of which he nay be interested, or when either of he parties shall be connected with him ly affinity or consanguinity within iuch degrees as may be prescribed by aw, or in which he may have been :ounsel or have presided in any inferor court. "In case all or any of the justices )f the supreme court shall be thus disqualified, or be otherwise prevented *rom presiding in any cause or causes, he court or the justices thereof shall :ertify the same to tho goveraor of he state, and he shall immediately :ommission specially the requisite lumber of men, learned in the law, 'or the trial and determination. The tame cours? shall be pursued in the ;ircuit and inferior courts as is preicribed in this section for cases of the tupreme court." Having shown in this part of the institution that the intention was to nclude 'magistrates,' when using the ivord 'judge,' it is but reasonable to tuppose that when this word is found n other parts of the constitution it las the same meaning unless the con* ,ext shows otherwise. There is nothing in Section 26, Arti* , :le V, of the constitution, tending to ihow that the word "judge" was inended to have a different meaning rom that which it had been shown to lave in section 6, of said article. Any other construction of' the conititution would deprive a litigant of he important right to have the jury nstructed by the court as to the law >f the case. If the magistrate knows the law it s his duty to instruct the jury, and if ie is not sufficiently versed in the law o charge the jury he should not hold he office. The other grounds of the appeal ire not considered. STORY OF SEYMOUR'S MARCH. low the Internationals Were Drlveu Uack by the Chinese. In a dispatch of June 27, from Tien rsiu, by way of Chee Foo, Juue 29, to he British government, Admiral Seynore told the following story of .the id ventures of the force of Internaiouals with whom be had been atempting the relief of Pekin : Have returned to Tien Tain with he forces, having been unable to reach ?ekin by rail. On June 13 two attacks >n the advanced guard were made by Boxers who were repulsed with conliderable loss to them and none on our tide. On June 14 the Boxers attacked he train at Lang Yang in large num )ers and with great determination. IVe repulsed them with a loss of about LOO. Our loss was five Italians. "The same afternoon the Boxers stacked the British guard left to protect Liofa station. Re-enforcements were lent back and the enemy were driven iff with 100 killed. Two of our seanen were wounded. "We pushed forward to Anting and engaged the enemy on June 13 and 14 nflicting a loss of 175. There were io casualties on our side. "Extensive destruction of the rail*oad in our front having made further idvance by rail impossible, I decided )n June 16 to return to Yank Tsun, vbere it was proposed to organize an idvance by the river to Pekin. After uy departure from Lang Yang two rains left to follow on were attacked )n June 18 by Boxers and imperial -roops from Pekin, who lost from 400 ;o 500 killed. Our casualties six killed ind 48 wounded. These trains joined ne at Yang Tsun the same evening. "The railroad at Yang Tsun was ound entirely demolished and the rains could not be moved. The force leing short of provisions and hamperid with wounded compelled us to withiraw on Tien Tsin with which we had lot been in communication for six lays and our supplies bad been cut off. "On June 19. the wounded, with lecessaries, started by boat, the forces narching along the river. Opposition vas experienced during the whole iourse of the river ?rom nearly every rillage, the Boxers, when defeated in me village, retiring to the next and killfully retarding our advance by occupying well selected positions from vhich they had to be forced, often at * ' ' '1 ? * U A be point ot toe oayouei auu tu mc ace of a galling fire difficult to locate. "On June 23 we made a night march, .rriving at day daybreak opposite the mperial armory above Tien Tsin, /here, after friendiy advances, a reacherous heavy fire was opened /hile our men were exposed on the pposite river bank. The enemy were :ept in check by rifle fire in front, vbile their position was turned by a iarty of marines and seamen under ifaj. Johnson, who rushed and occurred one of the salient points, seizing be guns. The Germans, lower down, ilenced two guns and then crossed the iver and captured them. The armory /as next occupied by the combined arces. Determined attempts to reake the armory were made on the allowing day but unsuccessfully. "Found immense stores of guns and mmunition of the latest pattern, everal guns were mounted in our efenses and shelled the Chinese forts awer down. "Having found ammunition and ice we could have held out for some ays ; but, being hampered by a large umbes of wounded, I sent to Tien siu for the relieving force which arived on the morning of June 25. 'he armory was evacuated and the arces arrived at Tien Tsin on June 2G. ye burned the armory. "Casualties to date: British, killed 7 ; wounded, 75. American, killed, ; wounded, 25. French, killed, 1; mounded, 10. Germans, killed, 12; mounded, 62. Italian, killed, 5; founded, 3. Austrian, killed, 1; founded, 1. Russia, killed, 10; founded, 27." Persian ladies call a European lady's ress "trousers with odo leg."