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, " " " ISSUES SEMI'WEEHL^^ ____ l. m. grist & sons, Publishers. 1 % Jfamilp geirspnper: the {promotion of the jjjotiticat, Social, Agricultural, and Commet|cial Interests of the {people. {tbkms^?&oo^a jfMMN^rvAKCE. ^established 1855. " YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 19Q2. ISTO. 17. ?fi1???????????^ | CAS] I=II3s CHAPTER III. * T the same hour that Mme. Nina Gipsy went to find refBEhS uge at the Archangel, so ?2k1 highly recommended by Fanferlot the Squirrel, Prosper Bertomy was being entered on the jailer's book at the police office. There he had to wait two hours while the commissary went to receive orders from higher authorities. When It was announced to him that a coach was waiting for him at the door, he got up, but before going out requested permission to light a cigar, which was granted. It was magnificent weather, a bright spring morning. As the coach went along Montmartre street Prosper kept his head out of the window, smilingly complaining at being imprisoned on such a love ly day when everything outside was so sunny and pleasant. "It is singular," he 6aid. "I never felt so great a desire to take a walk." To the court clerk while he was go Ing through the formalities or tne commitment Prosper replied with haughty brevity to the indispensable questions asked him. But when he was ordered to empty his pockets on the table and they began to search him his eyes flashed with indignation, and a single tear dropped upon his flushed cheek. In an Instant he had recovered his calmness and stood up motionless, with his arms raised in the air so that the rough creatures about him could more conveniently search him from head to foot to assure themselves that he had no suspicious object hid under his clothes. The investigation would have, perhaps, been carried to the most ignominious lengths but for the intervention of a middle aged man of distinguished appearance, who wore a white cravat and gold spectacles and was sitting by the fire. At sight of Prosper he started with surprise and seemed much agitated. He stepped forward and seemed about to speak to him, ?1 ? tlw gwddcnly changed Ids mind and sat down again. In spite of his own troubles, the cashier could not help seeing that this man kept his eyes fastened upon him. Did he know him? Vainly did he try to recollect having met him before. This man. treated with all the deference due to a chief, was no less a personage than a celettrotori momhpp nf the detective corns. M. Lecoq. When the men who were searching Prosper were about to take off his boots, saying that a knife might be concealed In them, M. Lecoq waved them aside, sayiug. "That Is sufficient" He was obeyed. All the formalities being ended, the unfortunate cashier was taken to a narrow cell. The heavily barred door was swung to and locked upon him. He breathed freely. At last he was alone. Yes, he believed himself to be alone. He was ignorant that a prison Is made of glass; that the accused is like a miserable insect under the microscope of an entomologist He did not know that the walls have stretched ears and eyes always watchful He was so sure of being alone that he at once gave vent to his suppressed feeling and, dropping his mask of impassibility, burst into a flood of tears. His wrath, long pent up. now flashed out like a smoldering fire. In a paroxysm of rage he uttered imprecations and curses. He dashed himself against the prison walls like a wild beast In a cage. In the evening when the jailer brought him his supper he found him lying on his pallet, with his face buried in the pillow, weeping bitter tears. He was not hungry. Now that he was alone, he fed upon his own bitter thoughts. He sank from a state of frenzy Into one of stupefying despair. The night was long and terrible, and for the first time he had nothing to count the hours by as they slowly dragged on but the measured tread of the patrol who came to relieve the senuneis. lie duuwku u^uiij. m iuc morning be dropped into n sleep, from whieb be was awakened by the rough voice of the jailer. "Come, monsieur," be said, "to the judge of Instruction." "Let us go," said Prosper, without stopping to repair his disordered toilet During the passage the jailer said, "You are very fortunate in having your ease brought before an honest man." The jailer was right Endowed with remarkable penetration, firm, unbiased, equally free from false pity and excessive severity, M. Patrigent possessed in an eminent degree ail the qualities necessary for the delicate and difficult office of judge of instruction. Prosper was escorted along a corridor, through a room full of policemen, down a flight of steps, across a kind of cellar and then up a steep staircase which seemed to have no end. Finally he reached a long, narrow gallery, upon which opened many doors hearing different numbers. Summoning all his courage, he placed his hand on the doorknob and was about to enter when the Jailer stopped him. "Don't be in such haste," he said. "Sit down here, and when your turn comes you will be called." The wretched man obeyed, and his keeper took a seat beside him. Presently a little old man dressed In black, wearing the Insignia of his office. a steel chain, cried out: \? <>@ [y By... i:l Emile ill = Gaboriau || <5=5=^^=^=54? < ? ? ? "Prosper Bertomy!" Prosper arose and, without knowing how, found himself In the office of the judge of Instruction. M. Patrigent's homely face, with Its Irregular outline and short red whiskers. lit up by a pair of bright, intelligent eyes and a kindly expression, was calculated to Impress one favorably at first sight "Well," he said abruptly, "you are accused of having robbed M. Fauvel of 350,000 francs. What have you to answer?" "That I am innocent monsieur; I swear that I am Innocent." "I hope you are." said M. Patrigent, "and you may count upon me to assist you to the extent of my ability In proving your Innocence. Have you anything to say in your defense?" "Ah, monsieur, what can I say when I cannot understand this dreadful business myself? I can only refer you to my past life." The Judge Interrupted him with aD Impatient gesture. "Let us be specific. The robbery was committed under circumstances that prevent suspicion from falling upon any one but M. Fauvel and yourself. Do you suspect any one else?" "No, monsieur." "You declare yourself to be innocent; therefore the guilty party must be M. Fauvel." Prosper did not answer. "Have you," persisted the Judge, "any cause for believing that M. Fauvel robbed himself? If you have, say so." The prisoner preserved a rigid silence. "I see, monsieur," said the judge. "that you need time for reflection. Listen to the reading of your examination, and after signing it you will return to prison." The unhappy man was overcome. The last ray of hope was gone. He signed the paper without looking at it. He tottered as he left the judge's of flee at-that the keeper was forced to support him. If Prosper had remained an hour longer in the gallery, he would have seen the same bailiff who had called him come out of the judge's office and cry out: "Number three!" Witness No. 3, who was awaiting his turn and answered the call, was M. Fauvel. Although he had very slightly examined Prosper, the judge was now scrupulously attentive and particular in having every question answered. "Did you ever suspect your cashier of being dishonest?" he asked. "Certainly not. Yet there were a thousand reasons which should have made me distrustful." "What reasons?" "M. Bertomy gambled. I linve known of his spending whole nights at the gaming table and losing immense sums of money. He was intimate with a bad set. Once he was mixed up with one of my clients, M. de Clameran, in a scandalous gambling affair." "You must confess, monsieur." interrupted the judge, "that you were very imprudent, not to say culpable, to have intrusted your safe to such a tnan." "Ah. monsieur. Prosper was not always thus. Until the past year he was a model of goodness. He was received into my house as one of my family. lie spent all of his evenings with us and was the bosom friend of my eldest son. Lucien. Then suddenly he left us and never came to the house again. Vet I had every reason to believe him attached to my niece Madeleine." "Then you can see no motive for your cashier's conduct?" The banker paused to reflect. "It is impossible for me to account for it. I have, however, always supposed that Prosper was led astray by a young man whoiu he met at my house about this time. M. Raonl de Lagors." "Ah! And who is this youug man?" "A relative of my wife, a charming fellow, but somewhat wild, though rich enough to pay his way." The judge listened attentively to this, then wrote the name Lagors at the bottom of an already long list of his memoranda. "Now," lie said, "we are coming to the point. You are sure that the robbery was not committed by auy in your house?" "Quite sure, monsieur." "You always kept your key?" "Usually I carried it about on my person, and whenever I left it at home I put it in the secretary drawer in my bed chamber." "Where was it the evening of the robbery?" "In my secretary." "But then"? "Pardon me for interrupting yon." said M. Fauvol. "and permit me to tell you that to a safe like mine the key is of no Importance. In the llrst place, one must know the word upon which the five movable buttons turn. Willi the word one can open it without the key. but without the word"? "And this word you never told to any one?" "To no one In the world, monsieur, and sometimes I would have been puzzled to know myself with what word the safe had been shut." "Had you forgotten it on the day of the theft?" "No; the word had been chaugcd the day before, and Its peculiarity struck me." "What was It?" "Gipsy?G-i-p-s-y." said the banker, spelling the name. M. Patrlgent wrote down the name. "One more question, monsieur. Were you at home the evening before the robbery?" "No; I dined and spent the evening with a friend. When I returned home about 1 o'clock, my wife was In bed, and I went to bed Immediately." "And you were ignorant of what sum there was in the safe?" "Absolutely. After my positive orders I could only suppose that a small sum bad been left there over night. 1 stated this fact to the commissary In M. Bertomy's presence, and he acknowledged It to be the case." "That will do, monsieur." M. Patrlgent was well Informed of the high standing of the banker and knew almost as much of his affairs as did M. Fauvel himself. He asked him to sign his testimony and then escorted him to the door of his office, a rare favor on his part Five o'clock struck before the list of witnesses summoned for the day was exhausted, but the task of M. Patrlgent was not yet finished. He rang for his bailiff, who instantly appeared, and said to him: "Go at once and bring Fanferlot here." It was some time before the detective answered the summons. Having met a colleague on the gallery, he thought it his duty to treat him to a drink, and the bailiff had found it necessary to bring him from the little inn at the corner. "How is It that you keep people waiting?" said the Judge. Fanferlot bowed almost to the floor. Despite his smiling face, he was very uneasy. To follow the Bertomy case alone it required a double play that might be discovered at any moment. To manage at once the cause of Justice and his own ambition he took great risks, the least of which was the losing his place. "I have had a great deal to do," he said to excuse himself, "and have not lost any time." And he began to give a detailed account of his movements. He was embarrassed, for he spoke with all sorts of restrictions, picking out what was to be said and avoiding what was to be left unsaid. Thus lie gave the history of Cavaillon's letter, which he handed to the judge, but he did not breathe a word of .Madeleine. On the other hand, he gave biographical details, very minute indeed, of Prosper and Miue. Gipsy, which he ltad collected from various quarters. As lie heard the story M. Patrigent's convictions were strengthened. "The young man is evidently guilty," he said. Fanferlot did not reply. His opinion was different, but he was delighted that the judge was on the wrong track, thinking that his own glory would thereby lie the greater when he discovered tiie real culprit. The fact was that this grand discovery was as far off as it had ever been. After hearing all he had to tell, the Judge dismissed Fanferlot. telling him to return in the morning. "Above all." he said as Fanferlot left the room, "do not lose sight of the girl Gipsy. She must know where the money Is and can put us on the track." Fanferlot smiled knowingly. "You may rest easy alwiut that, monsieur. The lady is in g >od hands." Left to himself, although the evening was far advanced. M. Patrigent continued to busy himself with the case and to arrange that the rest of the depositions should be made. This case had actually taken possession of his mind. It was at the same time puzzling and attractive. It seemed to be surrounded by a cloud of mystery, which he determined to penetrate. The next morning he was in his office much earlier than usual. On this day he examined Mine. Gipsy, called Cavaillon and sent again for M. Fanvel. For several days he displayed the same activity. Of all the witnesses subpoenaed only two failed to appear. The first was the office boy sent by Prosper to bring the money from the bank. lie was ill from a fall. The second was M. Itaoul de Lagors. But their absence did not prevent the file of papers relating to Prosper's case from growing, and on the ensuing Monday, five days after the robbery, M. Patrigent thought he held in his hands enough moral proof to crush the accused. TO BE CONTINUED. Sconrlnnr Wool. Our ancestors scoured their wool in tubs, much as our wives and daughters scour our clothes today. In the hnnd washing of wool a tub was filled with the suds, in which one or two men with long poles stirred the wool until clean, when they lifted it upon a traveling apron, which carried it between a pair of rollers which squeezed out the water. The same principle is applied in the automatic scouring now in vogue. Great forks or rakes seize the wool as it is carried by rollers from a feeding apron into the iron tanks and by alternating motions of their teeth give it a thorough scouring. Thus cleansed the wool is delivered by rollers to the drjfng machines, where hot air and great fans are now utilized to extract all the moisture without tearing the fil ?r?r Battlefield Courage. There is a story of a bullying colonel who turned on one of his aids during a battle and cried: "Captain , you are frightened! You are, sir. You are scared!" "You're right," replied the captain, "and if you were half as scared as I am you'd be six miles in the rear."? Richard Harding Davis in Everybody's Magazine. piscfUancous heading. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Review of the Proceeding* of Session Jnat Closed. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Columbia, February 24.?After 40 days' session, with a few days' recreation in Charleston, the general assembly adjourned sine die on Saturday afternoon. The session has not been sen sational or conspicuous In any respect, but a good deal of good work has been done and some good measures, perhaps, killed. This was the second session of this general assembly, and the members who want to come back?except, of course, the holdover senators?must face their beloved constituents on the stump this summer and defend whatsoever records they may have. The house is composed largely of young men, new to legislative and political life, and naturally ambitious, and no doubt most of the members will be candidates for reelection. At the last moment almost, the antitrust bill got safely through, though somewhat disfigured by the pugnacious senate. This is the measure introduced by Mr. W. J. Johnson, and Is the only one of several measures of Its character which came In sight of success. It passed the house late, and on Thursday was taken up in the senate without having been referred to a committee?a very unusual thing. Senator Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, made the principal fight against it, delivering a carefully prepared speech of several hours' duration in which he openly defended trusts and corporations as beneficial and worthy of encouragement, citing New Jersey as an example for South Carolina to follow. It is a coincidence that Senator Aldrich should take this stand, and that the most prominent advocate of legislation and prosecution in regard to the trusts, is Atty. General G. Duncan Bellinger, also of Barnwell, for between the two is a political antagonism dcting back before the days of Tillmanism. Senator Barnwell, of Charleston, at torney for the Southern railway, aiso fought the bill; but the senate by a vote of 21 to 11, on Thursday night, at 11 o'clock, refused to kill it and then several amendments were adopted. The two most important of these are one to exempt insurance companies, and another to strike out the rather drastic provision requiring every corporation, through some official, to make affidavit annually, as to its compliance with the law. An amendment to exempt farmers' organizations was voted down. The author of the bill and its advocates preferred to^ave the house agree to the senate amendments rather than run the risk of having it killed or further amended In conference, and so the amendments were accepted by the house. The bill was originally a close copy of the celebrated "Hogg law' 'of Texas, famous in the annals of antitrust legislation. As it stands, it forbids all sorts of combinations of corporations or individuals In restraint of trade and competition, or for the purpose of controlling prices and the output of products, and provides heavy penalties for violations. Individuals or corporations responsible for violations are liable to a forfeit of not less than $200 nor more than $5,000 for every offence and for every day of such offence, while corporations violating the act shall have their charters revoked and be forbidden to do business in this state. The one other important measure regarding corporations which has passed, is the bill giving the attorney general authority to demand evidence necesary for inquiring into the affairs of corporations and trusts preparatory to pros ecutlon. This legislation was asaeu for by Mr. Bellinger. But the bill to revoke the charter of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company was defeated. The hostility toward corporations so apparent ten years ago, does not now exist In this state. There seems to be a real friendliness to railroads especllly ?perhaps because the railroads are now conciliatory and suave in their methods where they used to be dictatorial. For instance, the bill to allow the Southern railway to consolidate certain lines?the old South Carolina and Georgia and its tributaries?was easily passed, the communities interested favoring the measure. Another matter which did not get through until the last and then only by conference agreement, was the road law. This is a bill framed by a special committee to supersede the present statute, which is held to be unconstitutional because it contains special provisions for each county. As finally agreed upon, the bill fixes the ages of citizens liable to road duty at from IS to 50; the number of days is eight or more, and the commutation tax for all counties is 51. The bill is quite lengthy, containing specific instructions for the maintenance of the highways by the county commissioners. The appropriation bill had the easiest time it has had since the Radicals left the Capitol. There was no fight on any important appropriation except that for Winthrop college, which the ways and means committee had fixed at $60,000, an increase from $43,500 of last year. By a vote of 65 to 43, the house cut the appropriation to $50,000, but the senate raised it to $55,000. The house refused to accept this and the bill went to conference committees, a compromise was agreed to and the amount fixed at $52,000, which both houses accepted. The pension appropriation of $200,000 as fixed by the house, was adopted by the senate by a narow majority of one vote?17 to 16. As already stated, the project to establish a soldiers' home was abandoned in view of the large appropriation to pensions and the passage of a bill requiring county supervisors to care for indigent Confederates at the veterans' homes instead of putting in the county alms houses. When we come to consider the bills rejected, the number is rather large. The most prominent of these are: The child labor bill, the compulsory education bill, the blennal sessions measure and what has become famous as the "chicken bill." The child labor bill passed the senate last session and this time received more support in the house than before. It will no doubt be heard from again. The compulsory education bill was introduced in the senate by Senator Raysor, of Orangeburg, until recently a member of the state board of educa tion. Its support In the senate was strongr, but it did not receive enough votes to pass. The biennial sessions bill passed the house and was killed in the senate, which also rejected the several bills presented on this subject by Senator Gruber, of Colleton. The "chicken bill" passed both houses and its neck was wrung by a conference committee. The bffl sought to include domestic fowls under the provisions of the general stock laws. The house wanted it to apply to turkeys, geese, ducks and guineas and the senate wanted to include chickens. The two houses could not agree on the chicken bone of contention and the bill thus failed of passage. The redistricting bill is one of the most important bills passed at this session. It has already been published in this correspondence. The congressmen most afTected are Messrs. Elliott and Lever. Col. Elliott's county, Beaufort, is taken out of the First and put in the Second district. If he runs in this district, composed of Aiken, Barnwell, Beaufort, Edgefield, Saluda and Hampton, he will have to oppose Attorney General Bellinger, of Barnwell, and Representative Croft, of Aiken?both strong men. Col. Elliott has been in congress almost 16 years. Some Charleston man may come out for congress in the First, and Senator Gruber, of Colleton, is also a possibility. There will be a general shifting around of state house officials at the next election. Attorney General Bellinger, as stated, will run for congress, and 1 his present assistant, Colonel U. X. Gunter, Jr., and Speaker Stevenson will be candidates for attorney general. ( Secretary of State M. R. Cooper is in i bad health; but if he offers for any of- r fice it will be for governor. His as- t sistant, Mr. Jesse T. Gantt, will run c for secretary of state, as will the gov- t ernor's private secretary, Colonel E. H. I Aull. Representative J. Harvey Wilson, c of Sumter, Colonel J. Thomas Austin, t a member from Greenville, and Captain * J. Hampden Brooks, representative from Greenwood, are also mentioned. ? Comptroller General Derham will be f opposed, it is said, by Senator Sharpe, r of Lexington, and it is possible that Mr. 1 N. W. Brooker, who made the race two r years ago, will be a candidate again. c Adjutant and Inspector General J. W. ? Floyd will oppose Congressman Flnley, ? and the present assistant adjutant and t inspector general, Colonel John D. e Frost, will run for his chief's place. J Colonel Henry T. Thompson, captain of t the famous Darlington Guards, and la- ? ter lieutenant colonel of the Second South Carolina in the war with Spain, t is being urged to run for adjutant gen- e eral, and Colonel J. C. Boyd, of Green- c ville, commanding the first regiment of j militia, may also be a candidate, as will ( Paul E. Aver, of Anderson. 1 For Railroad Commissioner Wllborn's place, the aspirants are too numerous 1 to mention; but some of them are Mr. 1 Wilborn, Senator "Banks" Caughman, W. Boyd Evans and ''Jim" Cansler. These are some of the candidates for state offices that have cropped out thus early In the season. Besides there will be five or six for Senator McLaurin's seat, as many for governor, and several for lieutenant governor. Many of these have been in Columbia during thg session, making themselves solid with the politicians; but for about three months there will be a rest from politics. A SOUTHERN PUBLISHING PROJECT. Necessity For Home Made Book* by Home People. A meeting of Southern men is announced for Charleston, S. C., Tuesday, February 11, for the purpose of taking into consideration the interests of the south with reference to publishing school text books. It is expected that a corporation will be organized with a large capital to embark in this branch of business. It is set out that the southern states have a school population of about five millions, 75,000 teachers and 50,000 school buildings. The moderate estimate of one dollar per pupil for books and printed supplies gives an aggregate of $5,000,000 a year. It is further said that not 5 per cent, of the books in schools or private libraries bear the imprint of a southern publisher, or the name of a southern author. It is considered a conservative estimate that! $10,000,000 leave the south every year for the product of printing presses. It is asserted that the south is more de llCItrill III UUUIV JM Ml Cl llfa VIIO.11 1.1 U..v other industry. To correct this it is urged that the south should combine in such a way as to own one vast plant < with an outfit not surpassed by any I other in America. Sentiment and reso- i [ iutions will never supply the deficien- < cy. In order to be independent it is 1 I necessary for the south to build the [ plant?to have its "own machinery, tal- 1 ent, funds and editors." There is certainly no reason why the i south should not push the business of publishing books as well as aim to e extend its other industries. This not j for the reason that southern writers cannot get fair treatment from the northern publishing houses, as some t foolishly contend; but on the general 3 principle of diversifying industries and 1 supplying all the articles for which an 1 adequate market can be found. It is needless to say that such an enterprise s j to succeed must be conducted on strict [ business principles. The facilities it - provides must be proportioned to th iemand, and it will be obliged to sue :eed by supplying an article as we idapted, if not better, to the needs c the market at a reasonable price a :an be done by any of his competitor! tt will have very vigorous competltio :o meet, and it cannot overcome 1 vlthout giving better services at th >ame price, or as good service at a les jrice. Too much reliance must not b jlaced on calling this a distinct! louthern enterprise. . There is no nuch sentiment in business, and sec ionalism counts for nothing unles here is at least equality in the service *0 doubt the south has money enoug ind ability enough to found a grea publishing house and to conduct it rhe problem is to get this money an his ability together under competen nanagement. Without able supervis on a project of this sort cannot b successful. We do not want sectional text books put good ones. There has been com plaint of some of our school historie pecause they have a sectional or part pias. These may easily be displace py providing better ones. But when 1 louthern publishing house is establish id it should work not for the sout; ilone, but for everybody who is wlllini o give it patronage. A project to se ip a publishing house in the south fo ;he benefit of southern writers wh :annot get their manuscripts accepte n the north, would be certain to fal ind a project to conduct a publishini pouse to profit by and stimulate sec ionalism would deserve to fail. If th south makes books on a large scale i nust do it as it makes cotton cloth 0 mgar?for the benefit of everybod hat wants them?and must adapt it products to the wants of the marke is other branches of business are oblig >d to do. There is no such thing as ai ixclusively northern publishing hous md there is no legitimate field for a; (xclusively southern publishing house -Louisville Courier-Journal. CELIBACY IS NOT SACRED. Phe Rev. Mlnot J. Savajce Gives III Views Upon Marriage and Love. The Rev. Mlnot J. Savage of th Church of the Messiah preached a ser non yesterday on "Love and Mar iage." He took the general grouni hat all should marry, barring o course, the diseased, criminals am hose who have not the means to sup >ort a family. In opposition to the ec ilesiastical dogma that there is some ,hing sacred about celibacy, Dr. Sav ige said: I care not what councils, bishops :hurches, popes may have enunciate* he dogma. Let me say it 'reverentl; ind without being misundecatpo^if nay; I cannot have any reverenc vhatever even for the far-famed an :ternally exalted virginity of Marj ro place virginity, celibacy, after th :onsecration and noble service of fath irhood or motherhood seems to me t :ast a slur upon the father or th nother, and to impugn the wisdom an* he goodness of God, who has ordain id the fact that this distinction of se: uns through the universe from th lighest to the loweBt and has made i he means of all the power and glor; md beauty that are. Speaking of the grounds and condi ions of a true marriage, Dr. Savag laid that the first, last and universa :ondition ought to be that intangibk ndefinshle thine which is called lovf )f marriages that are not based oi ove he said: I am aware of the fact that whirr 'ancy, passion and many other thing ire sometimes mistaken for love. I ar uvare that there are marriages for ; lundred reasons; marriages of con renlence, as they are called. There ar leople who marry for money, both me md women; there are more frequent! lerhaps in the Old World than hen leople who marry out of family con iideratlons or for the sake of bringin, :ogether two estates, landed or wha lot. As this country gets oldei ;hough, and large fortunes are estab ished, the temptation of this sort o hing here becomes more and mor( But I do not believe that marriages c :hls sort can be too forcibly brande 'or what they really are. If a woman gives herself to a ma tor money, I for one cannot see an listinction, on account of the large less of the price. It is not marriag vhen you marry for money; it is jargain, a bargain in which you se! :he one thing that is most sacred i nanhood or womanhood: it is not inar -iage if it becomes a matter of con - enience. If a woman marries for :ltle or for a home or for anything bu ove it is not marriage; it is really tha mmentionable thing that we look upo vith such supreme contempt Dr. Savage declared that in an :rue marriage there ought to be at lolute respect for the inviolate person ility of each, and in elaborating thl srinciple he said: I do not believe that a husband ha iny business to break open a letter tha s addressed to his wife, any more tha lie would have to go into a merchant' jfflce down town and tamper with hi nail. I do not believe that his wife ha my right to interfere with the cor -espondence of her husband; if the ire married, really, and love and trua ?aeh other, there is no need of it; an f they are not, then it only leads t more mischief and makes matter ivorse than they already are. Respec ;ach other's individuality. If you fin rou cannot live together properly, i mutual respect and love, then separ ite.?New York Sun. Some Evils Necessary.?At the Xluarter sessions a petty case was bein, :ried. A well known criminal lawyei ivho prides himself upon his skill i: u-oss-examining a witness, had an odd ookin genius upon whom to operate. "You say, sir, that the prisoner is i hief?" "Yes, sir; 'cause why??she confesse t." "And you also swear she was employ d by you subsequent to the confes iion?" "I do, sir." "Then," (giving a sagacious look t he court), "we are to understand tha ,'ou employ dishonest people to worl or you even after their rascalities ar cnown?" "Of course; how else could I get as listance from a lawyer?" The lawyer only said, "Stand down. -Stray Stories. TH MM TO BLOWS, ?f 3S Tillman and McLaurin Fight n In the Senate. it , I BECAUSE OF TILLMAN'S . TAUNTING ACCUSATIONS. it ~ McLaurin Brands Tillman's Unsup3 ported Charge as a Malicious Lie '* and Tillinan Tries to Fight?Both h Senators Are Ruled For Contempt, * and Investigations Appear to be In Order?Most Sensational Incident d In History of Senate. Senators Tillman and McLaurin had a fight on the floor of the United States senate last Saturday afternoon. It was the result of Senator Tillman's repeated ' charge that Senator McLaurin sold his vote on the Spanish treaty'for the Federal patronage In South Carolina. Send ator McLaurin denounced the statement as a "wilful, malicious and deliberate lie." Senator Tillman struck Senator h McLaurin, and Senator McLaurin returned blow for blow, bringing blood j from Senator Tillman's nose. The Associated Press gives a remarkably 0 graphic, but at the same time fair and d impartial story of the whole sensational 1 incident. Senator Tillman had commenced a g speech on the Philippine tariff bill on the day before, and he resumed his ret marks Saturday afternoon. Senator ' McLaurin was at the time engaged with business in the room of the committee y on Indian affairs. Senator Tillman was s t not being taken very seriously, and he directed a taunting question to "his n friends on the other side of the chamber." Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, desired to know to whom he referred and he replied: "I have many friends on the Republican side. Personally you are a nice, clean-hearted set of men; but politically you are the most infamous cowards and hypocrites that ever happened." This was received with good natured laughter; but later on Senator Tillman became involved in e a lively colloquy with Senator Spooner, regarding the ratification of the PoHa fro a t\r Tn a onwh t\f thft dftV before, Senator Spooner had referred ^ to the efforts of Wra. J. Bryan to secure the ratification of the treaty. Senator Tillman agreed that the influence of Bryan was potent; but Insisted that even his influence was not sufficient to Induce the senate to ratify the treaty, for after he had done all that it j was possible for him to do, Senator Tilly man asserted that the Republicans yet I lacked votes enough to secure ratifloa? d tl0n' r "You know," he shouted, shaking his e finger at the Repubuican side, "how " those votes necessary were secured." ? "How were they secured?" demanded j Senator Spooner. "I know if the senator does not?" rex piled Senator Tillman. "I have recelv* ed information In confidence from that y side of the chamber. I know from that that improper Influences were used In - getting these votes." e "Name the man," insisted Senator tl Spooner, "upon whom those influences i, were brought to bear. It Is due the s. senate and due the country that he a name him. A man who impeaches another in confidence is a coward. If the i. senator knows of any man who has 8 been improperly influenced he should a name him." "I know," asserted Senator Tillman, e "that the patronage, the Federal pa" tronage of a state has been parcelled ?t out to a senator since the ratification - of that treaty." S "What state?" demanded Senator Spooner. !- "South Carolina," shouted Senator 't Tillman. "Then," said Senator Spooner, "I (3 leave you to fight the matter out with your colleague." n "Well," retorted Senator Tillman, "I ? never shirk the responsibility for a o statement I make. I know that he a (Senator McLaurin, his colleague), vo|| ted for the treaty. I know that improper influences were brought to bear, i- I know what I believe." a "You simply believe," retorted Sena| tor Spooner, "what you do not know." n Here the incident came to a close for a time. Senator Tillman continued his y speech, and on the authority of newsi paper stories and anonymous letters, i- told of alleged cruelty and murder coms mitted by American troops, particularly the troops under General Funston, in 8 the Philippines. Senator Burton, of Kansas, defended General Funston, " and branded a certain statement about a his troops as an "infamous lie." s In the meantime, Senator McLaurin had returned from the committee room, and had gotten a transcript of the stend ographer's notes of what Tillman had 0 said. The balance of the story is as ? told by the Associated Press without d abridgement: n Pale to the lips and trembling with the emotion which in vain he endeavored to control, Senator McLaurin, of South Carolina, rose and addressed the senate, speaking to a question of perf sonal privilege. Instantly a hush fell ' over the senate and over the people in n the thronged galleries. The very atmosphere seemed surcharged with excitement. With breathless interest the a auditors, both on the floor and in the galleries hung upon every word uttered by the South Carolina senator. Despite the emotion under which he was laboring, Senator McLaurin seemed to be the coolest man In the chamber. He spoke with deliberation and his enunciation was clear and distinct. Every 0 word he uttered seemed to be felt, as * well as heard, in the remotest parts of the historic old hall. e "Mr. President," he began, "I rise to a question of special privilege." He had voiced less than a dozen ? words, yet the excitement by this time [Continued on Second Page].