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? _ ' ^ ^ ^ gMKi-wini.^ i. m. GEIST & SONS, Fabiidien. } % ^amilg Jetrapijer: 4or the promotion of the political, Social, agricultural, and (fommeijtial Interests of the feogte. { term981!<o^e0ooApt!^cent*NCE" ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE. S. C., WEDNESDAY, AJiJG-TTST 8, 1900. NO. 63. . __ ? - - giiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiimiii ||l!lllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll! ii malco: || A Tale of Moral Heroism BY CHARLES EE = Author of "In Hi* Steps," "Cruc = == li.ardy'8 Si EE EE COPYRIGHT, 1900, BV THE I Illllinilllllllllllllllllllllllllllll nkistrationsbi nlllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll CHAPTER XV. FAITH BECOMES A "HIRED GIRL." When the door opened, there stood, facing Faith, a good looking, well dressed woman, who was evideutly the mistress of the house. "1 have come in answer to your advertisement, ma'am," said Faith slow ly. She was unexpectedly embarrassed by the woman's silent look. "Will you come in?" The woman pointed to a chair, and Faith-sat down. It was the dining room, a fine, large room, evidently well kept. "My name Is Faith Kirk. I have been at work as a retoucher in Keffen's studio, and here are some referv euces from that place." Faith handed them out, and the woman look them and carefully read them. While she was reading Faith looked about, shyly but observantly. She liked the appearance of the house. "Have you ever worked out In the city?" asked the woman suddenly as she finished the references. * "No. ma'am. I came here to work in the studio and lost my position there owing to a reduction of hands." "Can you cook?" "Yes. ma'am." replied Faith modestly. "And do the housework for a family of four? There are my husband and my son and daughter." ^ "I think I can do it I am sure I can. I am strong and well." Faith spoke with some'prlde, for whether she had her mother's beauty or not she had inherited her parents' splendid physique. The woman of the house looked at her in some hesitation. "I don't know you at all," she finally ^ said. "No, ma'am. I don't know you, either." Faith said it without the least appearance of being Impertinent and after the fashion of Malcom Kirk she looked straight in the other's eyes as -?. she spoke. The women colored at first and then V smiled a little. ^ "It does seem to be about an even thing, doesn't it? Well, the references are good as far as they go. Would you come for a week on trial? I have generally hired my help In that way." { "Yes. ma'am." "I am willing to pay $3.50 a week if Jm you can do the cooking, or even $4 if ?* you can do all the work satisfactorily." Y "I will come on trial, and if I don't please you you can dismiss me," said Faith, a little eagerly. There was something about the woman's manner that seemed to her cold and unnecessarily businesslike; but, on the whole, it seemed like a desirable place to n. work. "My name is Fulton. Yours is?" "Kirk, Faith Kirk." "Ah, yes! Well, Faith, I'll show you your room. Have you a trunk?" _ "Yes, ma'am. At my room." Faith gave her the number. "I'll send an expressman after It." She went to a telephone in the next room and gave the necessary order. Faith bad packed her trunk so as to have it in readiness. Mrs. Fulton led Faith up stairs to her room, which was a comfortable place, and as they stood there she talked about the work expected of the "help." . "I suppose you will want your Thurs " ---1 o ^ aay aneruouu auu ouuuuj slui ***** ner?" "I suppose so," said Faith, a little vaguely. Mrs. Fulton looked at her sharply. "I have always been In the habit of , giving my girls that amount of time. Of course you don't have to take It If you don't want to." ?. "1 should like my Sunday. I want to be able to go to church," said Faith boldly. "Of course. We have late dinner, say 2 or half past After that you are at liberty for the rest of the day." Faith did not say anything, and Mrs. Fulton took her down to the kitchen, which was furnished in a complete manner that pleased Faith the moment she stepped into it. "Are you ready to begin work today?" asked Mrs. Fulton after explaining the range and showing Faith * where articles were. "Yes, ma'am." "Very well. We have lunch at 1. Dinner at half past (?. Mr. Fulion does not come out from the city until night. I expect my sou and daughter from school always. Can you go ahead and get lunch without any help?" ? "Yes, ma'am," Faith answered simply. She had determined to let her work sDeak for Itself. She had her father's self possession In such matters. Besides, she found herself laboring under a pleasant excitement that stimulated her. She knew she would be able to do her best. Mrs. Fulton looked at her new help again with some sharpness. I "Where did you say you were from? I mean before j*ou came to the city?" "My home is in Kansas." "That is a good ways from Chicago." Mrs. Fulton spoke in some surprise. "No farther than Chicago Is from Kansas," said Faith, again after her fashion looking straight at Mrs. Fulton. The woman of the house seemed amused this time. She seemed also to be on the point of asking more questions, but finally went out of the kitchen, leaving Faith in possession there. M KIRK. II , L II | I In Overcoming the World, ?| I p M. SHELDON, ' 11^ :iflxion of Philip Strong'," "Robert == = 3ven Days." EE = i ! ADVANCE PUBLISHING CO. . = = I !lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|[fi " As Mrs. Fultou sat down In the parlor she sighed, but it was evidently a sigh of relief. r "I never did such a thing before, to hire a girl on such slender knowledge. But she looked clean and intelligent," she said to herself. "And I am so tired of the help I have been having. 1 expect of course to be disappointed in her. I always am. But I'll let her ? try it for a week and see." Mrs. Fulton sighed again and went up stairs to look after some of the I work there, for no matter how many girls sbe might have bad or how eapa- ft ble they may have been she was a I born housekeeper and never was sat- I Isfied unless she was doing something f herself. j Meanwhile Faith, down in the kitch- If en, planned and prepared a lunch that I was a delightful surprise to the fami ly when it sat down at half past 12. || She had rightly supposed that Mrs. R Fulton was a generous provider, and I she found an excellent supply of every- r" thing in the larder. Dorothy had taught In Faith cooking and had even gone be- ! yond the simple, plain cooking ordlnarily common to the life in the parsonage. It was not a difficult thing, therefore, with the supply before her, for Faith to produce a dainty and ap- J petizing lunch. _ When she rang the bell a few mln- << utes before the time, the boy, who had been in the library, came In and sat coj( down at once. Mrs. Fulton, who had p not been able to keep out of the kitchen ^ altogether, in spite of her determlna- pie tion to let the new girl manage alone, the sat down with a feeling of surprise as ciej she viewed the table. The girl, who anf was about Faith's age, came In from her the parlor, where she had been playing ? exercises on the piano, and the lunch ord proceeded with many favorable comments, especially from the boy, who ? had brought home with him a school- pu] boy's appetite. jrrl "Say, this salad is all right," said bie the young gentleman as he passed his ma plate for the third time. "Hope you'll "> keep this new girl for life." , Baii "She certainly has done very well for boc the first time. I expect it will wear off sch soon. We never had a girl yet that knc kept it up very long," said Mrs. Fulton. ne\ She rang the bell for something, and T r,~,AU ??~ Ti fluof Ima b/sH r U.UU cuuje iu. u nuo mc uiot> uuc uci the boy and girl had seen her. hac She .was somewhat embarrassed, but Fu: she served something on the table quiet- din ly and gracefully. Something In her joii ne^ acc 1 "This is my daughter, cilice, and my son, sld Roy." manner seemed to attract the girl, who, tha after a moment of awkward silence, hei said: cle "Mother, you have forgotten to Intro- wa duee Roy and me." exj "Oh!" said Mrs! Fulton, with a shade or pf annoyance. "Yes, this Is my daugb- I c ter, Alice, and my son, Roy. Faith? S what did you say your other name CQI was?" wil "Kirk, Faith Kirk." of "Yes, Kirk. You can bring In the des- be< sert now, Faith, if you have any. Have rj you?" hei "Yes, ma'am," replied Faith. She ? could not help looking at the other girl Pr< with Interest. She was pale and aid hei not seem to be very well. She was the er extreme opposite of her mother evi- thi dently. There was a pleasant smile on of her face as she nodded to Faith, and mc Faith would have been a very stupid I girl if she had uot noticed the look and thi been warmed at the heart by it. dis "Wish you would leave that salad I here," said Roy as Faith was about foi to take It oil' the table. coi "Hoy," saitl his mother sharply, "you Fa have had all the salad that is good for no< you today. Faith, take it out." " i Faith removed the dish, and Hoy ha made a face and said: "What have you sal 1 got for dessert? Apple pie?" br< Mrs. Fulton rebuked hini again, and wa Faith went out with the dishes. She th( ' cleared the cloth deftly and then ers brought in the dessert, which, to Mas- 1 t ter Roy's great satisfaction, happened m ' to be a delicious apple pie made from he) . one of Dorothy|s own recipes. fai "This is what I call pie," said Roy wa I as he attacked a segment which ropre- inj , sented about a quarter of the circle. wt "It won't be a pie very long at the sei . rate you are eating now," said his sis- in ter. nl{ CAPTAIN PERCY SCOTT ANC Captain Percy Scott of the British wa mprovised carriages, and just in the nick Japtain Scott's ingenious carriage, were li There's another, I hope, isn't there?" ^ asked Faith anxiously. "I like it rea u iui uiuuui. ?pf 'aith nodded, and Mrs. Fulton look- sjn sternly at her boy. But she wa9 u ased with the new girl so far. When ^ lunch was over and Faith was aring everything away, Mrs. Fulton wIj 1 the children were talking about ver 1 in the parlor. Mother, I'm sure she's not just an unj inary hired girl. She seemed to me wo ; a lady," said Alice.* bai You needn't try to spoil her." Mrs. gjr Iton spoke with a near approach to ^yi tation. "She is apparently a capa- 0^t girl as far as cooking goes. She ^ y be a failure in other ways." a | The cooking is the main thing," ctn j Master Roy as he strapped his gch ?ks together and started off to em ool. "That last girl we had didn't ma >w how to boil eggs. I vote for the the v girl every time." bly hat afternoon Faith continued with oth ' work, conscious that so far she Fu 1 pleased the family. When Mr. inti Iton came home and sat down to the wa ner, he was agreeably surprised and bes led with the rest in praises of the the v girl. ovc I think you have found a treasure," or i Mr. Ftilton. "And if so we ought j^r )ay her $4 a week. She is a superior wa k." to By all means, my dear," said Mrs. ose Iton. "We can afford to give that to j; ip her." tha Phen Faith came in to serve that we ining, she was startled as she recog- g0i ed in Mr.' Fulton the graybearded tle< n who had stood in front of the pic- ton e with the young gentleman he had fr0 led "Malcoin." Evidently Mr. Ful- 0f did not recognize her or remember t he had seen her before. He seem nice a man woo was cumpieieiy cussed in liis business. He was gen- g us and wanted the best of every- bee ng, especially on bis table. Like the gu ers of his family, be welcomed with tioi eel ins of relief the domestic service ma ich meant comfort and pleasure in Cai affairs of the kitchen and the table, gio ,t the close of the week Mrs. Fulton wa t so well satisfied that she told Faith hei ? would give her $# a week to re- dre in. Faith accepted the offer, and in per room that Saturday night she took fro ount of her surroundings with con- net erable satisfaction. fy T am really making more money t0 in I was in the studio," she said to D1i( -self. "Nearly all I make now is ^ec ar gain. I get my board, room and per shing, and that saves a large bill of j jeuse. If I went into a store at $5 ma a week and had to pay my board, ouldn't save anything." the Ihe was right about that, for she had me ne away from home well provided p th clothes, and her expenses, outside COr board and room and car fare, had ext ?n almost nothing. qui .'here was one thing that troubled it r now, however. nie >he had not yet written home of her to . sent place of work. She said to i-self that she ought to tell her mothfrnnkly how It all came about, and " it resolve seemed to give her peace litt mind. She would write home to- sai irrow, Sunday afternoon. " tut when Sunday came several sta ngs happened through the day to ser iturb her. yet n the first place, Mrs. Fulton in- mi; mo/I h thnt thov wr>rp tr? hnvft fiir npany for half past 2 dinner, and stii ith knew that meant a hard fore- gic an's work. Jus It doesn't seem right for people to ma ve company dinner on Sunday," she gre d to herself as she cleared away the wo >akfast dishes and proceeded to phi .sh them while the family went into ter i parlor for Sunday morning pray- tui i. " rhe kitchen door had been left a lit- his ajar, and presently Faith could jui lr the piano. Mr. Fulton never had wa nily worship during the week. He coi is too busy to stop for it Ln the morn- hi{ ;. But Sunday he held to the custom by dch his own father had strictly ob- soi ved back ln New England, not only ha< the morning of every day, but at Bo jht as well. tui wf-' | | ,t 7////A I ONE OF THE TERRIBLE rship Terrible saved Ladysmith by of time the Terrible reached Cheft inded and did as effective work aga .lice was playing. The family hac d a passage from the Bible in turn 1 now, before the prayer, they wen ging. j Welcome, Sweet Day of Rest" float out through! the dining room int< kitchen, and Faith paused as sin )ed a dish, and to tell the truth f y hot tear dropped down into tin hwater. She had not been asked t< te with these Christian people li rshlp, and for a moment an angry d, rebellions spirit stirred In tin I as she listened to the familial nn. It was one the family at hom< en sang at prayers on Sunday, ir. Fulton kneeled to Dray. He wai trustee In a large and fashlonabli ii'Cb, bad a class In tbe Suriiaj 100I and was considered to be I ictry borroraoie, exemplary cbristiai n. It never crossed bis mind tba servant in bis kitcben could possl need or want a little worship wltl er Christian people. k As for Mrs iton, she had never invited her helj o tbe parlor for such services. I s her theory and practice that it wa it not to encourage familiarity wit! "domestic." Alice was trouble< :r tbe matter and bad in fact onci twice timidly said something, bu s. Fulton silenced ber objections al ys by saying: "Tbe girls never wan come into prayers. So what Is thi > of asking them?" n the kitcben of the Fulton tqansloi it Sunday morning while the famil; re all away at church a struggle wai ng on that would possibly have star 3 the complacent doctor at Mr. Ful i's church as he preached beautlfull; m the text, "There is no respecte persons with God." . r TO BE CONTINUED. WHY CANNIBALS KAT M?N. ome grewsome information has (D collected by a member of the ropean medical fraternity In rela a to tribes that eat men. A Frenchn figures that 20 per cent of all initials eat the (lead in order tc rify them; 19 per cent eat greal rriors in order that they may in it their courage and eat dead chil u in order to renew their youth; 1C cent partake of their near relatives m religious motives, either in con rtion with initiatory rites or to giori deities, and 5 per cent feast in ordei avenge themselves upon their ene ?s. Those who devour human flesb muse of famine are reckoned as 1? cent. n short, deducting all these there reins only a portion of 24 per cenl o partake of human flesh because iy prefer it to other means of allutation. n the heart of Africa man eating Is itinued to this day. and to such ac :ent that in certain villages ribs and lrters of man meat can be bought is easier for the native there to kill u when they desire flesh than to gc the exertion of hunting game. . ?. . ? INGERSOLL AND DELAWARE. The late Colonel Ingersoll had bui le use for the state of Delaware,' d Mr. E. V. Turner of Wilmington. His aversion had its origin in t temeut made by Chief Justice Jo >h P. Comegys, now deceased. Som< irs ago Ingersoll delivered in Wil ngton one of his most scatehing lec es against Christianity. Its delivery rred up the preachers and the rell his people mightily, and the cliiel itice, who was a man of deep piety ide a public statement that If th< ?at agnostic came there any more h< uld arrest and try him for bias r4r"" Iiioti/io nlcn SMlllrxl tlio Jit I7iilj . XUC jucuvv vms.vv. vMV w. itiou of the grand jury to the lec res. Ingersoll was. of course, ready wltl i retort when he heard of what tin ist had said. He stigmatized Dela ire as a state that had but thre< jnties at low water and only one a ;h tide; that it was inhabited cbieflj oysters and clams, whose only rea i for not migrating was that thej d no legs. But. all the same, Colone b didn't come to our town to lee re again."?Washington Post. ' { f ^ I 'S NAVAL GUNS IN CHINA. mounting his 4.7 naval guns on hastily j i, and a number of 4.7 guns, mounted on Inst the Chinese as against the Boers. I THE FULFILLMENT OF A PROPHECY. j ' ^ i ' A Warning The People Ignored and the , Dire Results. ? In view of the actual facts in the 1 9 1 i case, the effort to make it appear that 1 t Dr. Strait is the victim of a political j i mistake made three years ago by the ] * people is very funuy. The doctor , claims, and a few others are claiming i 3 for bim, that the doctor was defeated I r because of his denunciation of Senator ' ) McLaurin as a Republican, and now j ibat time has really proved Senator ( | McLaurin to be a Republican, the , ? doctor Bhould he-se?t back-to congress < i to right the original wrong. Of course < 1 the claim that Senator McLaurin is ' not as good a Democrat as there is in j the state is absurd. He has never L done anything more undemocratic than ) the action of Senator Tillman in going t to South Dakota to assist in securing | 8 the election of Senator Pettigrew as a , J Republican. But after all, this is not i the joke. It was because of McLau* ' t rin's Populism rather than Republi canism that Strait appeared so grieved. j t The following report of the senatorial ( 9 campaign meeting in Yorkville, from , The Enquirer of August 14, 1897, i ought to prove interesting just at this l 3 time, aud it ought to help to keep the -- record straight: "What did I go to Congress for," 7 Mr. McLaurin asked. "Was it to add | r the empty houor of M. C. to my name ? ( Was it to draw a salary of $5,000 a yeur? It was neither of these ray friends. There may have at first been some youthful ambition ; but my i object has been far beyond that. I ' i find .duties and responsibilities there which furnish employment for all the , - intelligence, energy and patriotism ( 1 that I can summon, and, my friends, I , > find that now, above all else, you need J : men there who are broad enough to realize the extent and varied interests ( of this great count ry of ours. I must ( > represent my own state; but I must, 1 remember, also know how to give and j ' take when our own interests conflict ' with the just rights of others. Evans ^ may sneer his charge about licking the ( feet of the Yankee nation and voiiug ' for the protection of Texas wool; but * it should be remembered that it is not time to build a wall around this state J yet, aud there is no reason to lug in 1 this Populist business either." ' At this point Dr. Strait jumped up j aud asked : "Do you deny it?" ( 1 The doctor was behind the senator, 1 who was not thinking about him at ( the time, aud evideutly did not hear ' his remark. But members of the au- ( dience did, and they shouted, "Sit , * down, Strait; its noue of your busi- , ness!" Strait said something about . "not being afraid of anybody," and by j this time, Senator McLaurin, becoming ( \ aware that he was on his feet, asked him what it was he wanted. "Do you deny it?" responded the 1 doctor, swelling up somewhat like a frog. i "Deny what, doctor ?" asked Senator McLaurin, mildly, as someone again gruffly told the doctor to sit down. " "Deny what I said at Chester," pursued the doctor. "Will you please repeat just exact1 ly what you said at Chester?" asked ' Senator McLaurin. As the wheels in the doctor's head began to revolve, he tried to reply ; i but the confusiou was so great mat ne could uot be heard. People in different parts of the house were fiercely shouting to him to sit down. The chairman called for order, but without , effect; and quiet was not restored until Mr. McLaurin waved his hand und assured the audience that he had asked Dr. Strait to make a statement aud I wanted to hear it. Several men who were starting toward the stand paused, aud the doctor continued : "I said didn't you come to me aod Talbert aod say, 'I wautyou to go iDto :he Populist party with me. The time a ripe, the current is high and the sea s coming in ?'" [Jeers from the auiience.] "I do not remember to bave made ,hat remark," said Senator McLaurio ,o the audience. "There was a time, lowever, when every free silver Dem )crat of any prominence in Washingon was talking that way. Sibley, Bryin, Tillman, myself and others, were rying to do all we could to unite the free silver forces of all parties. Governor Evans was elected to the Chicago convention on the "free silver or lust" idea, and I presume that Dr. Strait was that way too." [Cheers for McLattrin.] The doctor seemed to think that an effort was being made to put bira iu a False position, and in a now-l-haveeaught-you, in another tone, he jiormed : "Did vou hear me sav that ?" McLauriu?I never beard you say inyihing about anything doctor ; but [ look it for granted that the people oi this district were that way, and if you were not that way then you did not represent tbem." [Cheers and cries get down Strait.] Strait failed to say where McLaurin's Alleged remark was made, and Mc Luurin suggested that it was probably it the famous Willard Hall conference. Strait (snappishly)? I was not there, sir. McLauriu (very pleasantly)?I was. [Cheers for McLaurin.] McLauriu, still unable to locate the place where he was alleged to have solicited Strait as a recruit to Populism, weut on to tell about the Willard Hall meeting. It was a gathering of free silveriles of all parties, with a view to trying to get together. He had told the meetiug that South Carolina would work for free silver naturally ; but the free silverites would not leave the Democratic party. Senator Stewart bad jumped on him and he lold Stewart there would he no seuse In such a move; that South Carolina Silverites already had control of the party organization and that an atten.pt lo form a new party would only mean local division to no good purpose. To prove the wisdom of what he said, the senator cited the case of North Carolina, which last year elected a Republican governor and gave Bryan a majority of 20,000 votes. "And," concluded the senator, "what people want now is live, honest, iulelligent and energetic representatives, and hereafter I be lieve they will lay the hand of affliction on all non-entities who act as ^tumbling blocks in the way of their lemands." [Long continued applause luring which Strait subsided.] TO FIGUT THE AMALEKITES. Emperor William Preaches a Remarkable Sermon to His People. On board bis yacht, the Hohenzollern, on Monday of last week, Etnperar William of Germany, preached a remarkable sermon that is reported in the dispatches as follows: "Once again has the heathen spirit of the Amalekites beeu raised in distant Asia with great power and much cunning. With destruction and murder it will dispute the victorious march of Christian customs and Christian faith. , "And again is heard God's command, 'choose us out men and go out to fight with Amalek.' A hot and sanguinary struggle has begun. Already a number of our brethren are over there under fire. Many more are traveling along hostile coasts. "You have seen them, the thousands who, to the call of volunteers to the front, who will guard the empire, have asse nbled themselves to battle with victorious banners. We who remain at home are bound by other sacred duties! Woe unto us if we remain slothful and sluggish while they are engaged in their difficult and bloody work, and if, from our place of security, we only curiously look on while tbey wrestle in battle. "Not only should we mobilize batLallions of troops; but we should also, and shall, set in motion an army of ' ?: ' """"lo tA ha.r u n H PnfPPHf, far uaiufii pcujiio i/v ^? our brethren that they may st?ike into the wild chaos with sword in hand. May they strike for our most sacred possessions. We would pray that God, the Lord, may make heroes of our men, and lead these heroes to victory, and that then,* with laurels on their helmets and orders on their breasts, He may lead them home to the land of their fathers. "Our fight will not be finished in one jay ; but let not our hands grow weary or sink until victory is secured. Let our prayers be as a wall of fire around the camp of our brethren. Eteruity will reveal the fulfilment of an old promise?'Call upon me in trouble, aud [ will deliver thee.' Therefore, pray ooutinuously." UK OBEYED THE JUDGE. over a score of years ago Judge Fitzgerald was appointed to the bench of the district that includes Pima and Cochise counties, in Arizona. He fouud on coming to Tucson that formality was almost unknown in the courtroom. If the days were warm, the attorneys and attendants dispensed with coats. This to him appeared particularly disrespectful. He announced that smoking in the courtroom would hot be tolerated and that coats must be worn under pain of the court's displeasure. The grand jury was called. Among the jurors summoned was a brawuy miner, who appeared In his usual costume, a dark blue shirt and overalls. "What do you meau," thundered the magistrate, "by appearing in this courtroom In your shirt sleeves? Where Is your coat?" "At home, judge," mildly returned the juror. "Then go and get It! No, not a word, sir!" glaring down upon the man as he attempted to speak. "Go home and get your coat, sir, or i n commit you for contempt!" The miner went silently out He didn't return that day nor the next and the judge, after issuing a bench warrant for him, swore in another Juror. About two weeks thereafter the original miner, dressed as the court demanded, again stepped within Judge , Fitzgerald's range of vision. To the Irate magistrate he tendered the explanation that bis home and coat were both in Harshaw mountains, near the Mexican border, over 100 miles away, and that he had but obeyed the orders of his honor in going home after bis coat?Arizona Graphic. FOOL TKE BEES AND THE PEOPLE. "People buy comb honey,".said a man from the country, "believing that the fact that it is sealed by the honest little bee precludes the possibility of fraud. The fact is that the bees of many professional 'honey' raisers do nothing the livelong summer but pack glucose into their hives from an open barrel that is left standing close by. The bee will not search fragrant flow ers the livelong day for a trifling amount of pure boney when be can get glucose. The bouey men see that there is plenty of glucose bandy, and Instead of one pound of pure boney they aid the bees In putting ten pounds of glucose on the market "Human Ingenuity has not devised a way for making and sealing the honey- * comb, or the bee would be dispensed with altogether. In handling the glucose the bees give It a boneyisb flavor, and if you complain to the bee man that It Is not as sweet and sticky as it should be be will tell you that it is the early crop and that the heavy rains make it thin. "I know a man who keeps 60 hives of bees on the roof of bis store In the city, and by bustling up plenty of glucose be gets enough 'honey' out of the buzzing slaves to do a wholesale business in boney. Why, bis bees never saw a flower and would shy at a honeysuckle if they happened to come near one. He will not even let the poor v things have a recess to get a drink of water, but keeps a pan of fresh water near the hives for 'them to drink."? New York Mall and Express. WHEN THE PDSS GETS HER BACK DP. ' It Is not anger alone that makes cats arch their backs. -Indeed, when two cats are preparinc to fight they do not assume this attitude, but crouch low, , just as they do when about to spring on their prey, the body being extended and the hair not in the least erect But when, on meeting a dog suddenly, fear is combined with anger then the cat standing at its full heljght, at once arches its back, with an instinctive effort to appear as formidable as possible. Darwin compares it to the similar attitude of the lygx when attacked and to that of birds which ruffle their feath- . era and spread out their wings and tail when alarmed. It is noticeable that a cat will also arch its back when ?? ' in an effectionate frame of mind, rubbing Itself against its master's leg. At ? * I ?? dotoAa 14-a Pni? I Lie same urne u onguuj iui^u ? and holds Its tall erect Its whole attitude Is just the reverse of that which It assumes when savage. Darwin accounts for this In the following words: "Certain states of mind lead to certain habitual actions which are of no service. Now, when a directly opposite state of mind Is Induced, there is a strong and Involuntary tendency to the performance of a movement of a directly opposite nature, though it may be of no service." . : A BRIDE'S CLEVER IDEA. Out in a big apartment house on Columbia heights there dwells a young married woman who Is as naive as the bride In the comic weeklies. The housekeepers who live in the same house with her have been somewhat annoyed i of late by mice. The young woman met one of them in the hall the other day, and the conversation naturally turned on their common pests. "The mice have been so bad lately, said the elder woman, "that I keep everything locked up and all my eatables In the boxes." The younger woman's eyes sparkled with eagerness. "My!" she said. "I wouldn't dare do that I wouldn't want to run'such a risk. I leave crackers and cheese lying . about every night when I go to bed so rrrhon tho ml * become hunery they'll find something to eat and not gnaw things. I'm always afraid they'll bite holes in my new tablecloths and my nice centerpieces If I .don't leave the cheese right where they can find It easily. I feel perfectly safe when I know there's plenty for them to eat right where they can get at It" There's notWng after all like having a clever idea like that now and then.? Washington Post NICKNAMES OF BRITISH REGIMENTS. The grenadier guards were nicknamed "The Coalbeavers" because they were at one time allowed to work In plain clothes at odd jobs for private employers. The Seventb foot were "The Elegant Extracts" because at one time all their officers "had been chosen from other corps." The Forty-sixth owed their name of "The Lacedemonians" to their colonel's stirring speech on the ancient Spartans. Like many other regiments, "The Gallant Fiftieth" received several nicknames?"The Blind Half Hundred," from their ophthalmic troubles in Egypt, and "The Dirty Half Hundred" because in their peninsular fights they wiped themselves with thalr Monk fnnlntra. The One Hun mv.. dredtb regiment are "The Old Hundred" and "The Centipedes." The Twenty-eighth were called "The Fore and Afts" because, standing back to back, they repelled a front and rear attack before Alexandria In 180L The Cheshire regiment has been christened "The Lightning Conductors" because "in the Irish maneuvers of 1899 several men were struck by lightning during a night march."?London News.