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issued seml^weeklt ^ ^ ^ l7m~grist & sons, pnbu.hers.T ~<f Tamils"gtrosjjapfr: 4or (he gmmotian o| the gslititat, JSocial, Agricultural, and fl[cmmei;tial gnlerijats of the ftoylt. {.TEBM8.No^opT?^'c^'lcg' established 1855. yorkville. s. c., saturday, september 21, 1901. no. 76. ' NOT LIKE C By Frederick Vai Author of "The Xlrotlierlioo of a Hit Copyright, 1901, by Frederic Van Rensi CHAPTER XI. SOME REVELATIONS. ISLE MAXWELL remained perfectly still, staring hard But Erna. She heard the words, but she did not. could not comprehend theui. Erna had expected an outburst of passiouate anger or vehement unbelief. There was neither. Somehow her earnestness had Impressed the truth of her statement upon her companion. It may be that without realizing it Lisle was prepared for the announcement It certainly meant less to her than Erna could have supposed that It would. "Tell me more." she said presently. "How do you know?how did you discover that I am a woman? How may I know that I am one?" "I believe," replied Erna. "that your own heart has told you already that you are not a man. Don't you see that you are like me?" "Like you? No. I do not think that I am In the least like you. 1 am taller, broader, bigger In every way. We are not alike; we are very airrerent. "Oh, dear! Throw off your coat and waistcoat again, as you were this morning when you called me to go to your father. There! Do you not see that your hips are like mine. Press your sides so, here at your waist Now do "Look at yourscU in this glass. How do vou like itf the same to me. T have left off my < 'Instruments of torture.' aud so 1 am not bullet proof this morning. Dou't you see that, though larger than I am. you are shaped the same? Meu are not formed that way." Lisle obeyed slowly and wonderlngly. Her calm eyes studied the blushing face before her with an expression that was filled with awe. "Are they not?" she asked presently. "Are men created after one mold and women after anotberV" "Certainly." "Always?" "A 1 way 8." "Is that all the difference?" "Of course not. you goose!" "What are the other differences?" "Why, everything is different, I suppose." "Do yon only suppose? Don't you know?" "Oh. dear! Come Into the bouse. Let us go back to my room. We can talk better fbere. You look so much like a man In that dress that out here I feel as though the eyes of the whole world were upon us." "And if the eyes of the world were upon us. what theu? Is there anything to be ashamed of?" "No?that is. uot really. Rut It looks bo. Come, will you go back?" "Y es." They returned together to the house, and Erua. having closed and locked the door of her room, began again her difficult task. "Vntr T lolo M oho cni/1 "nlonco hp.nr mo through to tbe end of what I am going to say without asking any questions. Every one that you ask is sure to be tbe very oue that I least expect and it Is pretty sure to be tbe one that 1 do not in tbe least know how to aoswer-tbnt is. not in words. 1 never knew before today bow Ignorant I am myself of things that I ought to know. That is. I thought all the while 1 knew I about them, while the fact is 1 do not kuow much more than you do yourself. I suppose it Is for the saute reason that the Egyptians never thought of studying their owu pyramids until a lot of foreigners blew Into llie country and discovered that the hieroglyphic writings meant something. I have lived next door to the pyramids all my life and never thought them worth j the trouble of study, and now you have materialized on the scene, and you want to know all at once every secret that is couueeted with them. Now 1 cau show you the way to the pyramids. hut I don't in the least kuow what the writings meau. Did you ever read the Bible?" "Sly father used to read It to me." "Did he ever read about the garden of Eden?" "No: 1 do not remember It." "Of course uot. It is about a womaD. and he wouldn't read that Well,"? desperately-"there was such a place when God made the world, and there was a man there, lie was all alone. There wasn't another human being In the whole world, and Adam?that was his name?was lonely. I'm not surprised at that. It must have been horrid. He raised some kind of a row about it. and so one night while he was asleep God took a rib out of his side and made a woman out of It. After that Adam became the father of all men. ITHER MEN. i Rensselaer Dey, ? i i >d ot sfillonoo," "The Quality < i," Etc. I selaer Dey. and Eve?that was the woman's name ?became the mother of all women. Men are all made after the same pattern as Adam, and women are all made after the same pattern as Eve, and they are no more alike than a horse and a cow?at least not to my mind. Now, look here! 1 have an idea. My clothes are much too small for you, bat 1 am going to dress yon up in them. My goodness!" "What is the matter?' "My trunks! 1 bad forgotten all about them. They've been out on the prairie all this time, and everything will be ruined or stolen." Lisle smiled. "They are here In the house," she said. "I gave orders last night about them. Shall 1 have them brought : here?' "No. If they are safe, that Is all I , care. The clothes we have on are all we need. We will change. You shall wear these, and I will try yours. Take them off." < "In your presence?" "Certainly." "I have been taught by my father never to"? "Bother your teaching! I am your teacher now!" "Well, at least you need not put these on." said Lisle. "1 have other apparel here. You shall have a much better suit than this one." The extra suit was soon forthcoming, and after that the two girls worked on in silence, with here and there ao luterjectlon from Erna. Lisle (lid not offer any remark, nud every question that she would have asked during the process of removing their outer garments was nipped In the bud by vehement protests from her cotupauiou. The Interjections came when the work of arraying Lisle In fcmiuiue ap parel was in operatlou. The "instruments of torture" were made to tit blattering the lacings, and when at last they were clasped around Lisle's waist, so tightly tiiat she found it dilticuit to breathe. Erun believed that the most heroic part of the work was done. Nothing about the costume came together. but woman's ingenuity is ever equal .0 femiuiue emergencies of dress, and the ditiiculties were surmounted one by one. so that at last Lisle stood before her Instructor, having successfully douned everything except the tight fitting waist and skirt aud the footwear. ' "There!" exclaimed Erna, stepping back a few paces and viewing with undisguised admiratiou the cousuuima- 1 tion of her toll. "You are simply glo- t rious!" she added. "As a boy you were , unmistakably handsome, but as a wo- ' man you are simply out of sight! You are perfectly beautiful! Here, let me pin this skirt on to you. It won't meet, and it's too short, but I can make it . do. The waist will never come together In the world, and we'll have to do , without that. Oh, dear, what a ravish- . ing creature you are! There! I can talk to you now without feeling that every drop of blood in my body had J gone to my face. 1 could not get rid of the Idea before that you were a man , after all. Now I know that you are . not Look at yourself in that glass. How do you like It?" "I don't like It This steel jacket Is the worst of all. Aren't you going to dress In my clothes?" "No. I don't want to. Come here. . Lisle, and sit down beside me. Are , you so very uncomfortable?" , "I feel as though I were In a vise. Must I wear clothing like this always?" . "Always!" with a vehement nod. Then, with sudden emphasis and wisdom. Erna added: "But not at once. The people on this ranch must not know of the discovery we have made? at least not now. You must be to them as you have always been." "Why?" "Because you would not be safe here If they knew that you are a woman." "Why? Do all men hate women so? Would they seek to kill me?" "Kill you? No; but you would not be safe." "Bah! 1 do not fear them." "Of course not. That isn't the question. I do not exactly know what Is the question, only that it would not be just the thing to do now. When Craig Thompson comes, we will take him into our confidence. He shall tell you what to do; papa shall tell you what to do." "You are sure, very sure, that I nm a woman. Erna?" "Goodness gracious, yes! I hope so. Heavens, you almost frighten me! Don't you see that, as small as 1 am. my Instruments of torture needed hut very little letting out lu order to reach around you? Don't you see bow they bring ont your shape, so that It Is like mine, only a little more so? Don't you see that we are alike In a lot of other ways?" "Yes." "Well, don't'that settle it?" "Yes. I suppose that settles It," said Lisle slowly. She stood for a moment as though turned to stone, but her eyes became fierce and her lips drew togeth- 1 er ominously. "Yes. 1 am a woman, one of the out casts of the world?the cursed of all ' mankind! Oh. Ood. how I hate my- 1 self: how I loath myself: how 1 despise everything about me that makes uie a 1 woman! My father is dead. So be it. 1 I am glad that he is dead. He knew, ' and he deceived me. I asked him. and he lied to me. If he were not dead. 1 1 would kill him! 1 would kill him, 1 say, as 1 killed Jim Cummlngs?as 1 would have killed others had they dared to call me a woman. I?I, Lisle Maxwell, am that despicable thing called a woman. My God! You. Erna, do not know the horror of It You have never known what It Is not to be a woman. You have done me a service, and 1 thank you, for I would not live a He any more than I would tell one. Richard Maxwell Is dead. I will never think of him as my father again. Perhaps he also lied to me about that; perhaps his whole life was a lie, like the one that he maae me uve. n muy ue mm my name Is not Lisle Maxwell. I do not know who I am. I only know what I am not. You thought because I was calm that my heart was not breaking. I only waited for proof, for I suspected before you spoke. Now I know! Take off these garments or I shall tear them off and ruin them. Quick! I am going mad, 1 think! Off with them! 1 will not live to walk forevermore hand In band with my own shame! I will kill myself, as yesterday I would have killed a man who bad dared to tell me what I now know to be the truth! Off with them!" TO BE CONTINUED. pteatlattam? Heading. ? -in 1" ( ROOSEVELT ANECDOTES. i Throwing: Side Lights on the Character of the Nevr President. Theodore Roosevelt was a mere wisp )f a boy, pale and puny, without iealth or strength. But he had a will, md determined to overcome his lack >f physical vigor. His first reading vas of the sturdy toilers of Scandina, la and the Northlands. Their hardilood, their deeds of might and valor nsplred him, and he determined that le would be like them. Not once did le hesitate. He rode and swam and ind climbed and jumped?not alone 'or the pfeasure, but to attain his end; ind even disease could not resist his vill. When Roosevelt was a small boy he ind a playmate used to walk together o a private school. Their way took hem past a public school. One day roung Teddy appeared In a new sailor iuIt. This was too much for the public school boys. To them the suit was he distinguishing mark of a "dude." The sneering crowd planted itself icross the sidewalk. Teddy and his 'hum, seeing trouble ahead, came on vith fists clenched, and the battle be?an. A few minutes later the "dude" ?nd his companion went on their way tomewhat less tidy than when they darted; but leaving behind them a amed and lame bunch of surprised joys. For a week there were dally Ights with the same results. One norning after an especially hard bat:le, young Roosevelt said to his friend: 'Let's go around the block and come jack to fight 'em again." Once, when a school boy, Roosevelt .vas called upon to recite the poem beginning: # i \t midnight, in his guarded tent, rhe Turk lay dreaming of the hour i iVhen Greece, her knees in suppliance . bent, Would tremble at his power. 1 Theodore arose and started out brave- ' y. With all the flourishes of boyish mergy he repeated the lines as far as , 'When Greece her knees"?and then le stopped. ; Wo nJnmmoreui shnfflpii his fept. and ?tarted again: "When Greece, her tnees " The old schoolmaster lean;d forward and. In a shrill voice, said: ! 'Grease 'em again, Teddy, and maybe t will go then." And Teddy, with his jsual pluck, tried it again with marked , success. A young lieutenant told an incident if a night in the trenches which well | Ilustrates by what means Mr. Rooserelt held his power over his men. It vas the night of the Spanish sortie on ( the captured trenches. The "Rough , Riders" had laid, sweltering by day J ind shivering by night, for 48 hours in ( i mud ditch, with little sleep and lit- , .le food. During nearly all of this time Mauser bullets sang over their heads. ( \t the hour of early morning, when ( men are cowards if they ever are, the , fusilade increased suddenly and the Spaniards appeared in a dense dark line at the top of the hill. For a mo- , ment the men in the trenches stirred restlessly and then they saw Colonel , Roosevelt walking calmly along the top if the intrenchments with a faded blue handkerchief flapping from the back of lis hat, wholly unmindful of the bul- ( ets which hummed about him like a , hive of bees. A cheer went up and \nlls for the colonel to come down, and that was the end of the restlessness. , "It was the bravest thing I ever saw in ? ' 1 fin ' ' nn 1/1 + V* r\ /t/xtirKmr liAii^annni1 Iiy llic:, oaiu liic tuwuuj ucuiciiaiu. I "What are you going to do with this 1?d Roosevelt?" one day asked a Tam- ; many man of a friend, who had become ( ilarmed at Roosevelt's fierce energy For the passage of his aldermanic bill, ] ivhich gave uncontrolled power of ap- 1 [iointment to the mayor. "Do!" was the disgusted reply. "Kill < film. We're going to lose sure, now." "Kill him," replied the other. "Yes, I'd like to?if it was only for shutting 'rom sight those tombstones in his j mouth. They frighten men:" When this conversation reached Mr. ! Roosevelt's ears his only reply was to < irrin more than ever and1 remark: i 'Well, they will be more frightened be- : Fore I get through with them." A reporter talked with a number of ' dicers and troopers in Mr. Roosevelt's regiment while they were camped at i Montauk Point, and found their admi- < ration for their colonel to be boundless. Every man of them had something in- ] teresting to tell about him. "Why, he knows every man in the i regiment by name," said one. "He spent $5,000 of his own money 1 0 at Santiago to give us better food and medicine." "You ought to have seen him talk when some of our fellows weren't treated well in the hospital." When Roosevelt was police commissioner, a few hours served to make his advent a reign of terror. Fat and lethargic policemen who had been in v.Qkif of falfinc mnrninc nnnn in some sheltered doorway were suddenly made to discover their shortcomings by this determined looking man. ( Mr. Roosevelt's way of making noc- 1 turnal tours to see if the policemen ' were on their respective beats left a 1 wake of terror. It was in the early < morning hours that the new commis- 1 sioner made his favorite rambles. 1 One morning he found a policeman sit- 1 ting in a doorway comfortably smoking a cigar. "What's your number, my man?" he 1 asked, suddenly confronting the policeman. ( "What's that to you?" the policeman growled back impudently. "What's i your name?" s "I am Commissioner Roosevelt," was f the quiet reply. "Be at my office at 10 \ o'clock this morning." J The policeman hastily jumped up, 1 tried to stammer out an apology, but was cut short in sharp tones. The next { day he received a lecture on the crime i of being impolite to strangers, as well as for loitering on post. Dozens of policemen in the first few days of Mr. 1 Roosevelt's commisslonershfp were i PRESIDENT I summoned to that dreaded office for * reprimand, and so confused were most I of them that the piercing: eyes of the t commissioner overshadowed everything: * else until the policemen managed to * pull themselves together. s t There never was a man who had a 1 keener appreciation of bravery than ? Mr. Roosevelt. "Every feat of heroism " hp flnvn "mnkps us forpvar in debted to the man who performed it." He was continually watching for it and rewarding it among his men. A lank, red headed Irish patrolman, named Duggan, saw a burglar one night, on Park avenue, near Seventeenth street, making off with a bundle of silverware. He gave chase. The burglar threw away the bundle and jumped the fence that surrounds the cavernous ventilating holes of the New York Central railroad tunnel. Dug- e gan followed him. The burglar ran to one of the holes, hesitated and jumped c a sheer 20 feet to the tracks below, re- a gardless of the danger of being crushed by passing trains. Without a moment's hesitation Duggan sprang after him, landed on him, and dragged him out by the collar. When the president of the police board heard of that he straightway sent for Duggan and heard the story from his own lips, and when Duggan went away he was a patrolman. And this is only one instance among a hundred. Roosevelt could shoot when it was 1 necesary. It is not on record that he ^ ever killed anybody. He is so good a 1 shot that it was never a necessity. He was always after big game, grizzlies v for choice. He has taken desperate chances with them, but was never hurt. ^ This is the wav one of the westerners T who had trouble with Roosevelt eulo- a gized him: s "He's as clear strain game as a grlz- a zly, and If there's any living thing on 11 earth he's afraid of I'd like to see its brand and learn its range. I'd want to 5 keep away from it. He's sure a good t boy." v An old man by the name of Rrophy, "V of Wibaux, just across the river from I Medora, N. D., recalls one of Mr. Roose- v celt's thrilling experiences: "One day s when it was snowing like it was never a ?oing to stop, 'Four-Eyes, (as Mr. -a Roosevelt's western neighbors called r him), who'd been out after lost cattle, I1 came into the hotel. There was a 'bad man' In the hotel, and he was looking < for somebody to pick on. 'Four-Eyes' ii looked to him to be the person. I " 'There, you," he says, ugly, to him, a take a drink.' n '\TA tViunlrC' * e<n?o 1 PitiiK T??mo If smiling all over. 'I don't want to e Jrink.' " " 'You gutter drink!' says Mr. Bad o Man. s " 'Guess not,' says 'Four-Eyes,' still a jrinniing. s; " 'I say you have,' says Mr. Bad r Man, pulling his 'gun.' ti " 'Four-Eyes' lets out his flst faster than ever I seen a man's flst move In I my life, and caught Mr. Bad Man right e between the eyes. The 'gun' went off t into the celling. Bad Man, he fell over A backward and went to sleep. J " 'Where was I shot?" he says i first thing when he come to. It took us I balf a day to convince him that all I be'd been shot with was a tenderfoot's t flst." s I] Once, in writing of the ferocity of the u jrlzzly bear, Mr. Roosevelt noted the labit of a certain hunter to seek refuge v n a tree when the animal charged, and n jarenthetically added, "I don't approve j )f this, however." No clearer idea of t :he president's method of dealing with g nen and things could be given. He 1 jelieves in facing things squarely. 0 1 One evening his eldest son came F lome with his face scarred. "What's the matter?" asked his father. "Well," replied young Teddy, "a boy t ip the street made a face at me and ;aid 'Your father's a fakir.' He was a food deal bigger than I, but I vouldn't stand that, you know, so I ust lit Into him and I had a pretty c lard time, but I licked him." h "That's right! That's right! I'm ? jlad you licked him," were the pa- 0 ental words of approval. a s Two boys were fighting on their way t lome from school in Albany one after- t toon, and a policeman who had separa- s o t o ft o 3? f V c 1 Jllk 1 Be n a n a < a v o n c 0 0 LOOSEVELT. j ii ed them saw Governor Roosevelt com- v ng and thought It a fine opportunity c o Impress the boys?and the governor. ^ n i* then cmVpri the I o nr. Awacvcu uomuvu! ? ^ >oys for their story. Their statements C leemed to have greater weight, for ? urnlng to the policeman, he said em- j >hatically: "Let 'em fight It out! It's h rood for them." P P o Mr. Roosevelt attends the Dutch Re- s ormed church, but his real religion Is tl >erhaps revealed more clearly through * in Incident of his visit to a big ranch ? n Wyoming, one Sunday during his jj ate national political canvass. The o wner of the ranch and a number of lis friends were anxious to entertain t, he governor in any way that might h >e pleasant to him. He chose to ride. a V. wolf hunt was proposed. "There is lothing I would like better," the gov- tl rnor responded, "but it is Sunday." h "Still, nobody will know," suggested ^ ine of the newspaper men; "we won't e my of us say a word." tl "My dear fellow," said the governor, c' there are two ways of keeping out of ? rouble. One is to do nothing that can Ci >y any possibility make trouble for p rou. The other is to conceal the things j'1 'ou have done which might cause trou- jf ile. The first w&y is the simpler. If d 'ou act by it you never want to tell a <--i le'" si There was no wolf hunt that day." t< THE PRESIDENT'S FAMILY. 11 CI The personality of Mrs. Theodore S| ? '* ?><* na\\r mlcfrpflq of the a wosevciL, ?v?. Vhite House, is very little known o the public. Her picture has j, :een pui)ilshed less than that of the b rife of any man prominent in public ? ife today. The explanation, is Presi- ^ lent Roosevelt's right ideas on the jr irivacy of the home. He believes that a : man's public and private affairs jj' hould be kept scrupulously distinct, tI nd this belief has always" governed le lis own life and that of his family. In the circles of her acquaintances, 4rs. Roosevelt is known to be one of e< he most cultivated and accomplished C romen who has been a member of Vashington society in recent years. L.( n the minds of those who know her ti cell there is no doubt that to her tl teadfast ambitions for her husband nd her firm belief in his talents and bility, have been a spur to which the n iresldcnt owes much of his success in n lublie life. g'J Mrs. Roosevelt was Miss Edith rt 'a row, whose family had always been s' ntimate with the Roosevelts, and Mrs. 01 loosevelt and her husband knew one w nother from childhood. She is of hi nedfum height and with fair complex>ti. dark eyes and hair and a decided (,| harm of manner. She has traveled fr riuch, is a good linguist and probably er ne of the best read' women in official ociety. The amount of literature she ai nd her husband manage to read is le aid to be equaled only by the famous ecord of Lord Macaulay and his siser. IP As the wife of the vice president, rtrs. Roosevelt has naturally appeard much in society and she has enterained the most interesting figures in -Vashington, both foreigners and Americans. But Mrs. Roosevelt's chief nterests have never been in society, ler home duties have always claimed ler first, and her children and her lousekeeping have her constant peronal care. She is a good business wonan, and her household finances are mder her direct supervision. There are five children in the Rooseelt household. The president was named when very young to miss tlice Lee, of Boston, who lived but wo or three years after her marriage, ihe left a daughter, Alice, who is now 7 years old. The other children, Thedore, Jr., aged 14; Kermit, 12; Ethel, 0, and Quentin, 4, are the present Mrs. toosevelt'8. RELIC'S OF OLD HICKORY. Effort to Get Them Together For Charleston and St. Loals. It may be truly said that the Charleson exposition is now being talked bout all over the country, says Auust Kohn In a letter to The News and Courier. Recently, while in Norfolk, lundreds of people asked me about the xposltion and indicated their purpose o go to the exposition. The literature n the exposition was eagerly taken nd the desire seemed to be for all posible information. The people of South Carolina seem o be less concerned about the exposilon than any others and more interest eems to be taken in the undertaking utside than can be imagined. There is a great deal of inquiry about he hotel accommodations that will be ffered in Charleston, especially as to ates that will be charged and faciliies that are to be offered. Publicity n these lines will help. South Carolinians seem to be the last nes to recognize their own historic reources. No one here seems to have hought of an Andrew Jackson feature or the exposition; but the idea comes rom the St. Louis exposition and it an well be used at Charleston and hen the exhibit may be taken to St. .ouis. The following letter from Mr. Jesse \ Gantt, of the secretary of state's ofice, will be of especial interest and ully explains the matter: September 14, 1901. Chas. M. Reeves, Secretary Commitee on State Exhibits, Louisiana Purhase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo.?Dear lir: I am in receipt of your favor of 1th instant, in which you say that ny attention has been called to the net that Jackson's birthplace was in little log cabin, near Florence, S. C. l photograph of the house is now in ly possession. I believe it would be n interesting feature to have this abin brought to St. Louis as a part of lie South Carolina exhibit at the Louda na Purchase Centennial exposition, t St. Louis. 1903." I am informed by a gentleman who islted the birthplace of this rugged Id hero several years ago, that little ow remains of the log cabin in which ie spent his boyhood days but the himney. It is located in the Waxiaw neighborhood of Lancaster couny in this state, but so close to the line f Union county. N. C., that residents f that state claim it to be across the ine. However, all doubt that may have xisted as to the nativity of General ackson was removed beyond question fhen. In his famous nullification procimation. he appealed to his fellow citsens of his "native state," and when, n his will, he directed that "the large ase presented to me by the ladies of Jharleston. S. C., my native state, with large picture representing the unurling of the American banner, preented to me by the citizens of South larolina, when it was refused to be acepted by the United States senate, I iave in trust to my son, A. Jackson, r., with directions that should our appy country not be blessed with eace?an event not always to be exected?he will at the close of the war, r end of the conflict, present each of aid articles, of inestimable value, to hat patriot residing in the city or state rom which they were presented, who hall be adjudged by his countrymen r the ladies to have been the most valmt in the defence of his country or ur country's rights." Jackson's boyhood days among the Vaxhaw patriots were pathetically ragic and doubtless did much to shape is mind to the stern mould which it fterward acquired. His partizanship here learned its first lesson. That he lways turned with love, in spite of he after connicts, to these people of is youth, many circumstances prove, 'hey have always delighted to honor is memory and would, I am assured, o-operate with the enorts to preserve he relics which still survive. The reonstruction and preservation of the !d log cabin, with the original chimey and such timbers as still remain, ould be easily accomp;isned and would rove of exceeding interest?an insplition to the youth of the land, whom ; would teach the reward of duty remtlessly followed; and it would be eemed a hallowed relic by the Amerian people. The parents of Andrew Jackson are aid to have emigrated from Ireland ) the Waxhaws in 1764, and were Presyterlans. The emigrants, who at that Ime were rapidly peopling the upDuntry of South Carolina, were a tern, simple people, with few desires nd less riches. The log cabin was le sole possession of the future preslent of the United States, and the eath of his father soon placed the urden of responsibility upon the widwed mother. Buford's defeat by the ritish fired the patriotism of Andrew, ho was then but 13, and was attendig the school ox' Mr. McColloch, and n elder brother, Robert. The two oys enlisted under Sumter, and at the rutai massacre or ine assemDiea pa iots at the Waxhaw church by Tarton, were taken prisoners and cared to Charleston. Another brother, [ugh, had also enlisted and was klll3 in battle. The agonized and widow3 mother followed her two sons to harleston, and finding that they were mfined aboard a prison ship, sought ) relieve their distresses. If the acnunts which come down to us can be usted, this noble woman, inspired byre sight of the privation and illness tie found among the prisoners, volun ered as a nurse, and became a mlnisiring angel to them, providing the aked with clothing from her scant leans and nursing the sick with dented tenderness until she herself was tricken with fever. Attempting to >turn to her home in the Waxhaws le died at the "quarter house," six liles from Charleston. The proud spirit of the two brothers : as sorely tried while prisoners in the finds of the British, Andrew having ?en stricken down by a British of' *xtt/turltf ac/io nlrto- /Ino fVi nnnn IvM illlU lianunij cocapuig uwamupw.. Is refusal to obey a command to perom a menial service, while his broth- 1 \ Robert, died from the effects of a ound received under like circumstan>s while a prisoner. How fully he renged the degradation at New Orans! Left an orphan, without relatives, at le close of the war he entered the shop ' Mr. White, a harness maker, who red in the Waxhaws. After a ser- i vice of at out eighteen months he removed to North Carolina, was admitted to the bar and began the brilliant career which finally made him president of the United States. A tradition handed down in Marlboro county, in this state, which, I believe, has never been published, as criDes 10 two soutn Carolina inenas ot Jackson, much of the credit for the memorable victory at New Orleans. Daniel and Hugh McColl, who lived where the town of McColl is now located, and belonged to a family of stanch patriots in the Revolution, were gunsmiths and famous rifle shots. Many of their exploits with the old long rifles are still preserved among the residents of the locality. About 1810 the brothers removed to Tennessee and. their reputation following them, upon the outbreak of hostilities joined Jackson's command. While awaiting the approach of the British in the famous action of January, 1815, Jackson sent for the two brothers and, placing them in favorable positions, directed that they unhorse the commanding officer of the army. After several fruitless attempts the tradition states that one of these brothers killed Packenham. It will give me pleasure to co-operate with you in the matter to which you refer and to give any assistance within my power. Yours truly, J. T. Gantt. There is now at the Hermitage, near Nashville, a splendid exhibif*t)f relics connected with Andrew Jackson. At the Nashville exposition there were a dozen cases of Jackson relics displayed, and no doubt by proper efforts this exhibit can be secured for Charleston in its entirety, and it would appear Wof f Vila C\11 rrV\ t Kv oil moo *"? o tn Ho ilia v. 11110 vugiii Kfj an iiivuiio wv. done. Mr. Gantt will take up the matter of getting up an exhibit of the historic relics in the possession of the state, and under his direction, that will prove one of the most interesting features of the exposition. TO IMPROVE FARM LATfDS. Government Borean of Agricultural Engineering Will be Proposed. The secretary of agriculture has received a letter from Senator F. E. Warren, of Wyoming, urging that the secretary use his Influence with congress to create a bureau of agricultural engineering in the department. Senator Warren sets forth in detail what he conceives to be the proper functions of such a bureau. This is not a new idea and has been talked of by a number of members of congress for some time, but no definite move has been made to secure official recognition of the same. It is not unlikely that Secretary Wilson will adopt the suggestion in his report and that It will receive considt?mhlp snnnnrt fnllrnvlnp* tho IntrnHnp tion of a bill proposing such a bureau. The recent impetus given tne movement may be ascribed to Prof. Elwood . Mead, the irrigation expert of the department of agriculture, who, it is presumed, if such a bureau was created, would be made its first chief. Prof. Mead has prepared for Senator Warren a statement, which statement is adopted by the senator in his recommendation to the secretary as a basis for the proposed organization. The bureau of agricultural engineering would take charge of all irrigation work now done by the department and carry on investigations as to the water supply and the application of water to the land. It would also make a specialty of irrigation law, bringing out the inconsistencies of the water laws of the various states, and endeavor to bring about greater harmony in their application to the rights of the irrigator. In this connection it may be said that there is some confusion as to a possible division of irrigation work between the department of agriculture and the hydrographical bureau of the geological survey. The original intention was unquestionably that the hydrographical bureau should continue to investigate the sources of water supply and devise schemes for extensive conservation. The department of agriculture was to undertake investigations as to the proper method of applying water to the land and the growing crops. The public lands are under the department of the interior, and as the conservation of wa J M J.. ~ r iU/v n.,??l.r In ici ttnu a. SLuuy ux me tvaici oujjpij to largely a matter pertaining to the public lands, it is considered inadvisable and it would be impossible to separate the hydrographical work from the geographical survey. Both departments have encroached one upon the other in their field of Investigation, and the agricultural irrigation bureau is apparently inclined to assume some of the functions which have heretofore been considered as peculiarly a part of the work of the geological survey. It is possible, however, that by the creation of an agricultural engineering bureau conflict might be avoided, as the irrigation work of this bureau would then be a minor part of its duties. It is proposed that this engineering bureau should have in its jurisdiction the swamp lands as well and the problem presented thereby. There are about 116,000 square miles of swamps in the United States, or an area equal to that of Holland. Numberless questions arise in connection with their development and reclamation, which requires investigation and experiment. The rice lands of the south are increasing in value and productiveness, and there are many engineering problems involved in the dyking and flooding of these lands. It is DroDOsed to make a feature of the swamp land work if the suggested bureau is established. Country roads and road making would come under this bureau. This work is already an important feature of the agricultural department and is properly an engineering task. It has been suggested by those who are urging the organization of this bureau that much attention has been paid by the agricultural department to road problems in cities and towns. The work of the bureau, it is asserted, would be confined to the strictly rural districts, where a constantly enlarging field and pressing need would make the road department a very important branch of the work. New' England is appealed to in this scheme by a proposition to take up the matter of hillside farming. It has been noted that, by careless ploughing and draining, many hillside farms have been wiped out and destroyed. The agricultural department would endeavor to devise some plan for preventing this destruction, and would place itself at the service of the farmers who wish to retain the fertility of their hillside fields by intelligent cultivation, based upon engineering experience. Farm machinery would be another feature of the work of the bureau of agricultural engineering, and experiments would be conducted, new inven tlons tested and suggestions made to manufacturers which would lead to much desired improvements for cultivating the land and harvesting the mops. Whether the secretary of agriculture recommends the creation of such a bu- , reau or not, a bill will be introduced next winter in congress with that intention, and owing to the increasing inluences of agricultural interests among the legislators it will undoubtedly receive considerable attention and consideration.?Washington Star,