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^ ^ ^ XSSSUBJ^'SEMI-WEEHL^^ l. x. grist 4 sons, publishers. 1 3, -familn Jlftrspaptr: -for the promotion of (he {political, fiorial, JSgriruItural, and Cammti;fial Jnlertsls of the fpooplt. jTERui0?o pVY pAi?E' c????CE' established 18557~ > YORKVILLE, S. O., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1901. NO. 96." " ^ - - - 1?i ?i_Li j i?ii _ I fiTfin ii's nr ?fv a tor iKcit.i.e THE COURIER BY JUIiBC CHAPTER XI. was 2 o'clock in the aft- , fire I T ernoon on the 12th of | *Vl: ^ August, under a hot.sun an(l cloudless sky, that 1 the toptschl-ba8chi gave the order to start i Alcide and Blount hav- , lng bought horses, had already taken ] the road to Tomsk. Among the prisoners brought by Ivan OgarefT to the Tartar camp was an old i woman, whose taciturnity seemed to i iroon hpr anart from all those who shar- ] ed ber fate. Not a murmur Issued from ber lips. She was like a statue of grief, i Tbis woman was more strictly guarded than any one else and. without ber appearing to notice or even to euspeet, 1 was constantly watched by the gypsy 1 Sangarre. Notwithstanding ber age. she was compelled to follow the con- i voy of prisoners on foot, without any alleviation of her suffering. I However, a kind Providence had placed near her a courageous, kind hearted t being to comfort and assist ber. Among ] her companions in misfortune a young ] girl, remarkable for her beauty and a 1 taciturnity equal to that of the Sibe- ] rian, seemed to have given herself the i task of watching over her. No words I had been exchanged between the two i captives, but the girl was always found < at the old woman's side Just when her help was useful. At first the mute as- < sistance of the stranger was not ac- I cepted without 6ome mistrust. Grad- < ually. however, the young girl's clear 1 glance, her reserve and the mysterious t Sympathy which draws together those t who are in misfortune thawed Marfa's < coldness. t VTmJIA ? I* AKA?moo thna ahln 1 11UU1U IUI II WOO OUC TT UO iuu0 uviv without knowing It to render to the mother those attentions which she had herself received from the son. Her instinctive kindness had doubly inspired her. In devoting herself to her service Nadla secured to her youth and beauty the protection afforded by the age of the old prisoner. On the crowd of unhappy people, imbittered by sufferings, this silent pairone seeming to be the grnuduiotlier, the other the granddaughter?imposed a sort of respect. After being carried off by the Tartar Scouts on the-4rtisb Nadla had been foken to Omsk. Kept a prisoner in the town, she shared the fate of all those captured by Ivan Ogareff and consequently that of Marfa Strogoff. Thanks to her young companion, Marfa Strogoff was able to follow the soldiers who guarded the prisoners without being fastened to a saddlebow, as were many other unfortunate wretches, and thus dragged along this road of sorrow. "May God reward you, my daughter, for what you have done for my old age!" said Marfa Strogoff once, and for some time these were the only words exchanged between the two unfortunate beings. Nadla also, If not completely silent, spoke little. XTrw-nroTTor nno dniT hpp hPRrt OVPT flowed, and she told, without concealing anything, all the events which had occurred from her departure from Wladlmlr to the death of Nicholas Korpanoff. All that her young companion told Intensely Interested the old Siberian. "Nicholas Korpanoff?" said she. "Tell me again about Nicholas. I know only one man, one alone, among all the youth of the time in whom such conduct would not have astonished me. Nicholas Korpanoff! Was that really his name? Are you sure of it, my daughter." "Why should he have deceived me in this," replied Nadia, "when be deceived me in no other way?" Moved, however, by a kind of presentiment, Marfa Strogoff put questions upon questions to Nadia. "You told me he was fearless, my daughter. You have proved that he has been so," said she. "Yes, fearless indeed," replied Nadia. "It was just what my son would have done," said Marfa to herself. Then she resumed: "Did you not say that nothing stop- ' ped him. nothing astonished him, that 1 be was so gentle in his streugth that you had a sister as well as a brother in i him and that he watched over you like ' a mother?" "Yes. yes," said Nadia; "brother, sis- i ter, mother?he has been all to me." i "And defended you like a lion?" ] "A lion indeed," replied Nadia. "Yes, 1 a lion, a hero." "My son, my son!" thought the old i Siberian. "But do you say that he has submitted to a terrible affront in the j posthouse of Ichlm?" "He has borne with It," answered Nadia. lowering her head. "Has he submitted to it?" murmured Marfa Strogoff. trembling with fear. "Mother, mother," cried Nadia. "do not condemn him. There is a secret there of which God alone is the Judge at the present time!" Anil" cniil Mnrfn rnlsinrr her head and looking at Xadia as though she deSired to rend the depth of her soul in this hour of humiliation, "have you despised this Nicholas Korpauoff?" 1 "I have admired him without understanding him," answered the young girl. "I have never felt him to be more worthy of respect than he is at the present moment." The old woman was silent for a moment. "Was he tall?" she asked. "Very tall." "And very handsome?Is It not so? Come, tell me, my girl." "He was very handsome," answered Nadia, blushing deejjly.. OP THE CM I VERNE. "It was ruy son! T ten you It was my boii!" exclaimed the old woman, embracing Nadia. "Your son!" said Nadia. amazed. "Your son!" "Come," said Marfa, "let us get to the bottom of this, my child. Your companion, your friend, your protector. bad a mother. Did be never speak to jrou of his mother?" "Of his mother?" said Nadia. "He 3poke to me of his mother?as I spoke to him of my father?often, alwayB. He adored her." "Nadia, Nadia, ?ou have Just told me ibout my son," said the old woman. And she added impetuously: "Was be not going to see his mother, whom you say he loved, on his way through Omsk?" "No," answered Nadia; "no, he was aot" "Not!" cried Marfa. "You dare to te?l me not :" "I have said It. but it remains for me to inform you that from motives unknown to me and which had to guide aim before every other consideration 1 was given to understand that Nicholas Korpanoff had to traverse the country n the most absolute secrecy. It was 'or him a question of life and of death ind, more sacred still, a question of luty and honor." "Of duty in reality, of imperious luty." said the old Siberian, "of that rtnd for which a person sacrifices evfrything. for the accomplishment of which he would deny himself every:bing. even the joy of coming to give i kiss, the last perhaps, to his old mother. All that you do not know, Nadia, ill that I did not know myself at this Doment I know. You have made me inderstand all. But the light which rou have thrown Into the deepest darkless of my heart, that light, alas, 1 nay not cause to enter your own. The iecret of my son, Nadla, since he has lot told It to you, I must keep for him. Forgive me, Nadla. The good deed you lave done me I cannot return to you." "Mother, I ask nothing from you," inswered Nadla. All was thus explained to the old Silerlan. all. even the Inexplicable conluct of her son with regard to herself n the inn at Omsk In presence of the witnesses of their meeting. There was to doubt that the young girl's companon was Michael Strogoff and that a secret mission, some important dls>atch to be carried across the Invaded :ountry, obliged him to conceal his luality of the czar's courier. "Ah, my brave boy!" thought Marfa. 'No. I will not betray you, and tortures ihall not wrest front me the avowal hat It was you whom 1 saw at Omsk." Marfa could with a word have paid S'adia for all her devotion to her. She :ould have told her that her companon, Nicholas Korpanoff. or, rather, Ml;hael Strogoff, had not perished in the craters of the Irtish, since It was some lays after that Incident that she had net him, that she had spoken to him. But she restrained herself, she was slent and contented herself with saying: "Hope, my child. Misfortune will lot overwhelm you. You will see your father again. I feel it And perhaps le who gave you the name of sister Is lot dead. God cannot have allowed four brave companion to perish. Hope, ny child, hope. Do as I do. The nourning which I wear is not yet for UJ ouu. Such was now the situation of Marfa Strogoff and Nadin toward each other. The old Siberian had understood all, tnd if the young girl was Ignorant )f the fact that her companion so nuch regretted still lived she knew at east the relationship which ho held :oward ner whom she had made her mother, and she thanked God for havng given her that joy and pleasure ihus to be able to replace at the side it the prisoner that son whom she had lOSt. But that which neither the one nor the other could know was that Michael Strogoff, taken at Kalyvan. was one of the same convoy and was bound like themselves for Tomsk. At length, on the loth of August, toward evening, the convoy reached the little town of Zabedeiro, some thirty rersts from Tomsk. At this place the route again lay along the course of the Tom. All this night the prisoners were to camp on the banks of the Tom. The emir, in fact, had deferred until the next day the entry of his troops into Tomsk. It had been decided that a military display should mark the Inauguration of the Tartar headquarters in this important city. Feofar-Khau already occupied its fortress, but the body of his army bivouacked under the walls, waiting for the moment to make a solemn entry. Ivan Ogareff had left the emir at Tnmci- wiiprp thpv had both arrived the evening before, and he returned to the encampment at Zabedeiro. Next day he had to start from this place with the rear guard of the Tartar army. A house had been placed at bis disposal where ho could stay the night. At sunrise, under his command, horse and foot set out for Tomsk, where the emir wished to receive them with all the pomp and display of an Asiatic sovereign. When the orders for a halt had been given, the prisoners, worn out with a three days' journey, a prey to the most burning thirst, could at length quench their thirst and take some repose. The sun had already set, but the horizon was still lighted up by the twilight, when Nadia, supporting Marfa Strogoff, reached the banks of the Tom. The two had not been able so far to penetrate the ranks of those who thronged the high bank, and they came to drink In their turn. The old Siberian bent over the fresh stream, and Nadia, having plunged her hands into It, carried it to the lips of Marfa. * Then she refreshed herself in , her turn. The cold water of the pure stream seemed to give back life to the old woman and the young girl. Sud- j denly Nadla, as she left the banks, t straightened herself. An involuntary ( cry escaped her lips. t Michael Strogoff was there and only some paces from her! It was he! At the cry of Nadla Michael Strogoff . had started, but he had sufficient command of himself not to utter a word which could compromise him. And yet at the very moment that Nadia had recognized bim he had recog- 1 nized bis mother. Michael Strogoff at this unexpected meeting, not feeling * himself to be any longer master of him- ? self, raised his band to bis eyes and Im- ? mediately lert tlie spot. i\auia was in- > stinctively hastening forward to rejoin I him when the old Siberian whispered I these words in her ear: fi "Stay, my daughter!" 1 "It is be!" answered Nadla in a voice r trembling with emotion. "He lives, c mother! It is be!" ^ "It Is my son." answered Marfa Stro- t goff; "it is Michael Strogoff, and you c see that I do not take one step toward t him. Follow my example." t Michael Strogoff had Just experienced one of the most violent emotions which t It is ever given to man to feel. His a mother and Nadia were there. Those two prisoners, each of whom seemed to t hold the first place in his heart, were d there joined with him in one common t misfortune. Did Nadia know who be t was? No. for he had seen the gesture c of Marfa Strogoff holding her back at v the moment she was about to rush upon t him. Marfa Strogoff bad understood s all and kept her secret. t Michael Strogoff could then hope that j this fresh and unexpected meeting at a the camp of Zabedeiro would have no r Injurious consequences neither for his mother nor for himself, but be did not know that certain particulars of that scene, rapidly as it had passed, ' had been gained by Sangarre, the spy of Ivan Ogareff. The gypsy was there, a few paces from the bank, watching as ever the c old Siberian, without her suspecting It c She had not been able to perceive MI* 13 chael Strogoff. who had already dlsappeared when she turned round, but t the gesture of the mother, withhold* t ing Nadia, had not escaped her, and a light from Marfa's eyes told her every- t thing. d There was no longer any doubt that n the son of Marra Strogoff. the courier y of the czar, was now at Zabedelro t among the prisoners of Ivan Ogareff. "" c Sangarre did not know him, but she c knew he was there. She did not then attempt to discover him. a thing which would have been impossible in the midst of this numerous crowd. 1 As for again spying after Nadia and Marfa Strogoff, this was equally useless. It was evident that these two wo- g men would be on their guard, and it would be impossible to seize by sur- Jl prise anything of a nature to compromise the courier of the czar. h The gypsy had then only one thought h ?to warn Ivan Ogareff. Wherefore she s immediately left the camp. h A quarter of an hour afterward she a arrived at Zabcdeiro and was shown fl into the house occupied by the Iieuten- n ant of the emir. Ivan Ogareff immediately received the a ffypsy. c "What do you wish. Sangarre?" he p asked. g "The son of Marfa Strogoff is at the g camp," answered Sangarre. h "A prisoner?" t "A prisoner." n "Ah," cried Ivan Ogareff. "I knew"? e "You knew nothing, Ivan," said the r gypsy, "for you do not even know d him." e "But do you know him? You have c seen him, sangarre/" c "I have not seen hlin, but I saw his mother betray herself by a movement p which has told me everything." a "Do you not deceive yourself?" e "I do not" t "You know the importance I attach d to the arrest of this courier," said Ivan h OgarefT. "If the letter which was sent t to him from Moscow reaches Irkutsk, e and it should be handed to the grand g duke, the grand duke would be on bis t guard, and I should not be able to o catch him. I must have this letter at any price. Now, you have Just told me r that the bearer of this letter is in my F power. I repeat It, Sangarre, do you t not deceive yourself?" e Ivan Ogareff had spoken with great animation. His emotion bore testimony to the extreme importance he attached t to the possession of this letter. Sangarre was not at all troubled with the ^ persistency of the fresh inquiry. "I am not deceived, Ivan," she answered. "But, Sangarre, there are at the camp several thousand prisoners, and you 0 say you do not know Michael Stro- c goff?" f "No," answered the gypsy, whose face lighted up with a savage joy. "I indeed do not know blm, but his moth- 0 er does. Ivan, we must force the mother to speak." "Tomorrow she shall speak!" said * Ogareff. I Then be held out his hand to the gyp- 1 sy, and she kissed It. without there be- s ing In this act of respect habitual to the ^ people of the north anything degrading i or servile. I Sangarre returned to the camp. She r found the place occupied by Nadia and c Marfa Strogoff aud passed the night In watching them both, with her ears * open for any Information. She could t hear nothing. By an Instinctive feel- 8 lng of prudence not a word was exchanged between Nadia and Marfa s StroeofT. a TO BE CONTIKtED. ^ Xi':' When soda crackers are damp, as a though water soaked, the indications t are favorable for rain. I piscfllancmts fading. * ~= h the Mckinley memorial. rr vi V Circular Letter Which la Being Sent Oat by Capt. John G. Capers. Captain John G. Capers, who has jeen authorized by Chairman Hanna v o raise subscriptions in this state for ;he McKinley memorial, has sent out :he following circular letter: You have no doubt seen the publish- bi :d account of the organization of the (r HcKinley National Memorial asBocia- b( Ion, the purpose being to erect a mon- ts lment to William McKlnley, at Can- (C on, Ohio, the historic home of our la- h nented president. G The broad and American purpose of a] his association Is shown by the plan w idopted, by which the citizens of the Vl leveral states of the Union are re- ai luested to contribute. It will thus ap- n, >ear, when the entire matter is com>leted, exactly to what extent each jj] itate of the Union has, through its clt- S zens, contributed to the lasting menorlal In commemoration of the servl- fr :es of the great and wise president vho did so much to make us all feel p( hat he was the president of the whole country and that he respected and H jonored the citizens of all of the sec- w ions of that country. ^ The News and Courier, of Novem>er 13, ln noticing the purpose of the t{] issociation, had this to say: c, "The people of South Carolina had C? he kindest feelings for the dead presl- re lent. His Bpeech In Atlanta, in which tr le said that every grave dug during c, he civil war was a tribute to Amerl- e, an valor, struck a responsive chord b* vhlch was calculated to heal the L| reach between the north and the or outh. The money raised will be dis- fr inctlvely a South Carolina fund. Atanta and the state of Georgia have 0f ilready arranged to erect a monunent of their own to Mr. McKlnley 0f nd South Carolina is only asked as to in his other monument to have a place V( n the lasting memorial at the home of 4rs. McKInley, where lie the remains w if her distinguished husband." aI Senator Hanna, the chairman of the j0 Canton association, having put me in m harge of the fund to be contributed a >y South Carolina, I direct your specal attention to this matter and ask re hat you assist me in having the con- at ribution from our state a liberal one. jei I will be glad to have your contribu- jn Ion by postofflce or express money or- ^ ler, or by check, and will promptly je. nail you an official receipt and enroll rj, our name upon the list I have opened, o be forwarded, and which is to be- Qf ome a part of the records of the asso68 iation at Canton. tr PENNY POSTAGE. OT ot 'he Time Im Ripe and the Country ^ Should Have It. e> Congressman George W. Smith, of B(] Southern Illinois, has arrived in Wash- aj ngton for the session, says a Wash- th ng dispatch. Mr. Smith has taken a la ouse for the winter and will devote ni imself to active work during the ses- of Ion. He is second in term of service th n the house committee on postoffices sc nd post roads, and will renew his w ght for penny postage. In this con- gi ection he said today: sii "The first bill of national Import- th nee I will introduce when congress th onvenes, will be one providing for Ir enny postage. In the past three conresses I have introduced my bill to fa ive the people penny postage, and I ill ave received letters from every sec- ac Ion of the country indorsing the pr neasure. I did not press the bill, how- Yi ver. for the reason that the postal ej evenues could not well stand the re- th uction at the time and because the m xpenditures of the country were ex- m eedingly large, growing out of the di Ipanish war. cr "But now the time has arrived when T1 enny postage can be given consider- sv tion by congress, and it can be adopt- e> d without crippling the revenues of in he postofflce. In the face of the reaction of $40,000,000 in war taxes we lave a constantly growing surplus in he treasury, and, besides, the amend- H d regulation made by the postmaster eneral, will make a saving in the posal revenues of something like $15,000,- ai 00. cc "With these changed conditions I can U iow press the passage of my penny d( iostage bill. It can not consistently te ie opposed on the ground that the rev- bt nues of the government will not war- to ant the reduction in the postage. At n] Irst there will be a dropping off in pos- di al receipts; but the eventual increase th vill more than make up for the loss. Ju ?his was demonstrated when we re- di luced the postage from 3 to 2 cents. al "We have the richest country and ri he best government on earth, and we ce an afford to give the people the gl heapest postage in the world. Penny bi iostage will be a boon to our merhants and it will add to the prosper- aj ty of the country in more ways than bi ne." hi More Lives Than a Cat.?If we are at o judge from expressions of the anti- ed dcLaurin and Tilman organs?and we b< ise the word "organ" only because it w eems to be a favorite one with the d? Tillman newspapers?McLaurin might ust as well go Into a hole. He has di >een given "knock out drops" ever so hi nany times, and still as opportunity w iffers he Is knocked out again. ti: Up to this time we have seen no edi- vj orial utterance that is worthy to be it ermed as a reply to his facts and ar- "W ;uments. te Whenever McLaurin speaks he says iv omething. When his opponents pi peak, they utter malignity, and cry P< volf, wolf; Or Republicanism. When ct dcLaurin -speaks he appeals to rea- it ion, and speaks to the educated and pi he intelligent portion of the people, cs ils opponents appeal to prejudice T nd seemingly reiy ror success upon m lisrepresentlng him. When he and pc is traducers go before the Jury, we eJ< lay expect a true deliverance.?Abbe- 10< llle Press and Banner. ra FEATS OF A GREAT TRAILER. ti< Ju ^hat an Ordinary Trail on the fa Plain* Revealed to Frank Gon- Qf rard. dc The passing of the Indian scout will Is e another page of the romantic torn re om the world's history which Is ever w< scorning more prosaic. Buffalo Bill T1 i an able man and true as steel. But 24 >r a detective ability that Sherlock lo' 'olmes himself might envy Frank ar ourard, a Hawaiian, brought up sa mong the Indians, stands probably pr Ithout a peer. Gourard is tall and ' sry muscular, with huge shoulders w] nd chest. He gives evidence of his t0' atlvlty In his thick sensuous Hps, flat- ye med nose and dusky complexion, un- of ke that of an Indian. He says him- ?VI ;lf that he merely remembers the a8 ict, that, as a baby, he was brought wi om across the water. By long liv- co ig with the Indians, he acquired a P? irfect knowledge of their habits, tra- 8tl tions and even methods of thought. f01 ence he was invaluable to the army 'n hen it was called upon to march W( gainst the hostile red men. be Lieutenant Jordan of the metropoli- *h in police force was with General bu rook's command in its memorable no impaign against the Sioux. Gourard W tndered yeoman's service during this ying period when the horror of the uster massacre was very fresh, espeally in the minds of the devoted Jn md which hurried after his slayers, leutenant Jordan is, it is believed, tne ^ lly man in this city who can recall sa om personal experience the terrors ' that memorable chase. Speaking wl Gourard, he said: en "I never met a man with the faculty da ' Gourard. He could tell a footprint the grass, where the ordinary obser- Bi: ?r would notice nothing. Moreover, C01 i would tell whether the footprint J as that of a white man or an Indian, P1{ id if the latter, to what tribe he be- 1 nged. To be sure, he explained the cei atter by saying that each tribe wore 'n certain style of moccasin; but the dis- st? nction was sometimes so trival as to str nder Gourard's feat a very remark- 1 >ie one. The Indians, as you doubt- sa' 9s know, when on the warpath march single file, those behind treading in th< ie footprints of the leader, so as to of ave a single pair of marks. The car- dri ages used for carrying the squaws no id children and supplies were formed mi ' two poles lashed together, one at as ich side of the horse with the ends he ailing along the ground. "These were of the same width and foi ie was driven in the path of the on her. But in spite of these precau- ov ans Gourard could tell, with practical :actness, the number of warriors, nil luaws and papooses that had passed tui ong a trail, in addition to the tribe 're iey belonged to and other particu- tat rs which were hidden from the ordi- *"! iry observer, and the determining trc ' which, to those who did not know stf ie extraordinary capabilities of the rei out, seemed wholly impossible. He Is. ould notice two sticks laid upon the If. ound and they would tell him of a lnf gn or warning left by the Indians for 8pi ielr people. There are very many of cai is latter kind of marks by which the I 1 tdians counsel each other. un "In short, Gourard had reduced the aw culty of observation, which most civ- ' zed people use so carelessly, to an ex- str :t science. The Indians, also, as you thi obably know, are keen observers, by du will never be able to catch their wt re, perhaps, or to know just where sal iey are looking, but they will see He uch more than the average white In an. The only occasion when an In- vi< tram la flvtfkrl la whpn hp tin a" o ? ?? ? -v.. ? ies some object at a great distance, vie hey have a way on the plains of tei veeplng the horizon, shading their me res with one hand the while."?Wash- I 1 gton Times. th< SEVERAL KINDS OF IVORY. nei tei Ippopotaml and Even American Hokb Can Farnlah It. j The elephant is no longer the only an ilmal which can produce ivory, ac- yo rding to the official decision of the me nited States general appraisers. Ivory i salers and those who work in the ma- ble rial have known this for a long time; it the makers of the tariff do not seem t have been so well posted. Testimo- jnj f from the ivory dealers was Intro- og iced at the investigation to show that p0 le tusks of the hippopotamus furnish 0f ist as ge>od ivory as do any of the 25 se, fferent varieties of elephants. It was p]3 so shown that the boar, narwhal, ty] ght whale and alligator were produ- er; trs of ivory. Even the western hog up ves up many an ivory tusk to the Mi itchers in Chicago packing houses. ex; The ivory question arose a few weeks COi jo, when an importing firm tried to po ing in a consignment of umbrella ifl( mdles made of hippopotamus teeth. p0 he importers objected to paying duty Po ; the rate of 35 per cent, and contend- ou I that the hippopotamus teeth should thi i assessed at 20 per cent., as they be ere not mentioned in the tariff. The sa! scision was against the importers. pri This does not mean that there is no pa fference between elephant ivory and ppopotamus ivory. Ivory workers 1 ho understand their vocation can dis- ho nguish a difference even between the Fr irious kinds of elephant ivory before ad has been polished and worked over, str rhen it is carved often experts can de- gri rmine from just what animal the ho ory originally came, but the ordlhary otl jrchaser can see no difference. Hip- th< >potamus ivory answers every mer- th( intile purpose as far as it goes. That hii is not considered as valuable as ele- ral lant ivory is due to the fact that it ca in be used only for smaller articles, shi he hippopotamus teeth received in ms is iiiurKei wcigin 1 rum uue-naii >und to three or four pounds. Th sphant tusks range In weight froi 3 to 250 pounds. Narwhal tush nge In weight from 5 to 25 pounds. When manufactured into small ai :les the hippopotamus ivory bring st as much as any other kinds. A r as that goes, however, the tush the American hog bring more tha ies any kind of ivory if weight alon considered. If they were sold at th gular ivory rate of $4 a pound the 5uld bring about four cents eacl ley are sold by the piece and averag cents each. The pig teeth are hoi w; but will take a very high polisl id can be used in many ways. It I id that 20 per cent, of the hogs kiile oduce valuable tusks, rhe long, thin yellow tusk of the nai nai aoes not. Bring neariy as iiiuu Jay as it did one hundred and flft ars ago. This is due to the passin superstitious ideas regarding thl ?ry producer of the sea. A centur ;o people believed that the walru is connected with the fabulous uni rn and the horn or tusk was sup sed to posess magical virtues For in mce, it was regarded as an antidot r all poisons, and kings kept a hor their dining room, believing that i >uld warn them if their food ha en poisoned. The tusks were wort; ousands of dollars in those times t the whalers and hunters of th rth are glad to sell them today fo New York Tribune. DICIAL DEFINITION OF DRL'NM nlffei Disagree on Question o What Constitutes Drunkenness. Like lightning out of a clear skj ys the Baltimore American, cam dge Burke's emphatic disagrreemen th Judge Dewey's decision of drunk ness in the Municipal court yester y morning. This was the first day of Judg trke's sitting In the court and he ha< me prepared. F. J. Callahan was the first man t ;ad "not guilty" to a drunk charge lis honor listened calmly to the offl r's testimony that he found the mai a house on Tyler street unable t ind and witn breath smellini ongly of liquor. Vfter he had finished, Judge Burk Id: 'I have been asked if I would follov ? recent decision in this court by on my associates as to the crime o unkenness. And I reply that I can t. I find it just as easy to deter ne the question, 'Is a person drunks it is to determine the question, 'I overcome?' The Century Diction y gives me no aid or comfort in thai we are immediately thrown bad the proposition, 'When is a mai ercome?' 'But, giving full weight to the dcfl :ion of 'drunk' as given in the Cen ry Dictionary, that is. overcome tnzied, I think a reasonable Interpre don of this is that he Is overcom 10 has surrendered the use or con (1 of any of his faculties. The mai iggering upon the street has sur idered the control of his limbs an* therefore, overcome to that extenl therefore, a man is found stagger r upon the street and incoherent o eech by the voluntary use of intoxi ting liquors I should be required, a flew the law, to hold him as drunk less these conditions were explaine* 'ay. 'Every man who staggers upon th eet cannot be said to be drunk, fo it condition may be brought abou infirmity or disease. Every mai 10 is incoherent of speech cannot b Id to be drunk for the same reasor ;re is where common sense must rul the determination. Leaving out o ?w the extreme views of Prohibi nlsts and total abstainers, am iwing It from the standpoint o nperance, that is to say, the proper >derate, controlled use of all things think it would be an evil day whei i public accepts as morals or law th aucer poetic definition of drunken ss, that a man must reach the gut and be unable to arise therefron fore he can be determined drunk." U the close of this oration the clerl nounced: "Callahan, the court find u guilty and sentences you to fou >nths in the house of correction." kVithout a word the dazed man sium id into the back of the dock. STENOGRAPHERS WANTED.?A Wash jton paper reports: "Any maJe sten rapher of fair ability can secure i sltion in the Philippines at a salar; $1,200 a year to start on. The clvl wice commission is unable to sup r the demand for stenographers am pewriters for the insular service, ev / eligible one who has been obtainei to this time having been sent off b inila with an appointment. Specia aminations were held throughout th untry recently to get men for thes sitlons, and only 34 candidates qual id. Every man who would accept i sitlon in the Philippines was ap inted at once. Women are rule* t because they are not wanted ii e East. The candidates must b< tween the ages of 16 and 40 and th< lary of $1,200 is raised to $1,400 if th< obationary period of six months ii ssed satisfactorily. [ he "Extra Horse."?A lover o rses recently noticed a custom li ance which he thinks ought to bi opted In this country. On ever; eet In France which has a steej ide there is stationed an "extn rse." The law compels draymen an< lers to make use of this horse unti i summit of the hill is reached, an; sre Is a heavy fine for refusing t< e the extra horse at a small fixe; te. Placards by the roadside indi te the point where the extra horsi ould be taken on and also where hi iy be dispensed with. ie n Told by a Nan Who Had Been a a Senate Employee For Fifty Years. In the room of the senate committee ._ on the District of Columbia, where the s board of architects and landscape a gardeners are preparing their report ;s outlining a plan for a new park sysn tern for Washington, there is on duty e an official of the sergeant-at-arms's c office who has been in the continuous y employ of the senate for nearly a half v a century. His name is Charles S. :e Draper, and he has known personally l_ almost every man who has been a 1( member of the senate in all those [S years. The late John J. Ingalls, of d Kansas, was once chairman of the District committee, and In recalling - reminiscences of his administration h the other day Draper told two very y good stories. One of them was this: g When the late David Davis, of 1111s nois, was president pro tem. of the y senate, holding the balance of power as s an Independent Democrat and prevent[ ing the Republicans from taking posi session of the senate patronage, he was i- presiding one day at a long drawn out e session and, becoming tired and hunn gry, was anxious to have the senate ;t adjourn. Sending for a senator, he red quested him to mqke a certain point h of order that would have brought i; about such a legislative situation that e adjournment would necessarily have r to follow. The senator made his point, which was a very bad one, indeed, and Mr. Davis promptly decided that ?. it was well taken. Just as he did so Senator Ingalls emerged from the ' cloak room. Strutting down the main aisle, he addressed the chair and In his sternest voice and. most dramatic e manner shouted: "Mr. President, I am t amazed." "So am I," said the presiding officer - promptly, dropping his head on the desk to conceal his laughter, and then quickly entertained a motion for ad J journment and retired to the lunch room. 0 On another occasion, toward the end " of the session lasting far into the sum mer, the usual proposition was before n the senate to give everybody on the 0 employee's pay roll an extra month's ? nav. Tha hill wnn nhnut tr? nnsn whan Senator Ingalls, arousing himself, e sent to the library for a stack of books and began such a fierce attack on the v measure as quickly to fill the senate e chamber with an audience to listen * to his sarcasm and invective. "There - is no precedent for this, Mr. Presi dent," was the burden of his speech, " and over and over again at the end of 8 each well directed attack he would re peat: "There is no precedent for this : Mr. President." At the close of his k speech, as the senator was passing n from the senate chamber to the committee room, Draper, who had been - standing with a group of other em ployes, anxiously awaiting the result > of the onslaught on their salary grab, - stepped out from the others and said 8 to Mr. Ingalls: "Senator, that was an able speech n from your standpoint; but why do you - oppose it? We thought that you of all 3 the senators would be our particular ? friend." With a frown Mr. Ingalls turned and f said in his most cutting tones: 'Dra per, do you mean to tell me that you s men who have so little to do and who are so well Daid desire to draw thir 3 teen months' pay for twelve months' service? If you are not satisfied why e don't you resign and let some one have r your places who will be satisfied to t draw a legitimate salary?" n "Why," said Draper, quickly, uncone sclously Imitating the voice and man i. ner of Mr. Ingalls in his speech, e "There Is no precedent for this, Mr. f Senator," and Ingalls went oft laugh ing so loud that he could be heard over 3 at the house of representatives, f The next day the bill passed and the \ employees got their thirteen months' i. pay for twelve months of semi-idlen cess. e > ? > The First Drink. Two boys stopped in front of a sari loon, and an old man standing near listened to what they said. < "Let's go in and take a drink," said 8 one of them. r "I?I don't think we'd better," said his companion," my father's terribly - opposed to saloons. I don't know what he'd say if he knew I'd been in one, and drank liquor there." "Just for the fun of the thing, you - know," urged his friend, "of course, a we'd stop with one drink. There could y not be any harm in that." 1 "My boys," said the old man, com ing up to them, "you don't know what 3 you're talking about. If you go in there and take one drink, your're not 3 sure of stopping there. The chances 0 are that you won't, for I tell you?and 3 I know what I'm talking about by a e bitter experience?there's such a fase cination about liquor that it takes a " strong will to resist after the first taste 1 of it, sometimes. Take the first drink, " and the way of the drunkard is open 3 before you. Only those who let liquor 1 entirely alone are safe. I know, for e I've been a drunkard a good many e years. I expect to be one till I die. e I began by taking a drink Just as you 8 propose to 'for fun'?but I didn't stop there, you see. Take the advice of a poor old wreck?and that is never take the first drink. 11 "You're right," said the boy who had e proposed to visit the saloon. "I thank ^ you for your advice, sir. I say, Tom, 3 let's promise each other never to take 1 the first drink." * "All right," said Tom, and the boys * clasped hands on their pledge. 1 "That's a good temperance society ? to belong to," said the old man. "I wish I'd joined one like it when I was * a boy."?Eben E. Rexford. e tS" The way to gain a good reputation e is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.