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"jMi fittrfa|T^| ?$&?&**' ^" L _ ISSUED iSKI-VESSL^ l. x grist & S0K8, Publishers. J % Jjamilg gleicspager^or the {promotion of the {political, gociat, ^cultural, and <Eotnmei;tiaI gntemts of the fjeoglo. {mms-^oo^jfea^in^dvaiicg. n?TABMSHEDl855i ~ YORKVILLE, 8. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1902. 3STO. 18. I CAS] 1-II3' ? ? J5t Jot lc& jfo Itoji <@1 jofc jpfc jpji j?fr j5|i $ ** *r v v v v ' * ... CHAPTER IV. QURING these minute investigations of his past life Prosper was in prison In a secret CHD cell The first two days had not appeared very long. He had requested and been granted some sheets of paper, numbered, which he was obliged to account ror, and he wrote with a sort of rage plans of defense and memoranda of justification. The third day he began to be uneasy at not seeing any one except the condemned prisoners who were employed to serve those confined in secret cells and the jailer who brought him his food. "Am I not to be examined again?" he would ask. "Your turn is coming," the jailer invariably answered. Time passed, and the wretched man. tortured by the sufferings of solitary confinement, which quickly break the spirit, sank into despair. "Am I to stay here forever?" he moaned. The cell door opened, and the Jailer's gruff voice called out, "Come to the court of Instruction!" He Instantly obeyed the order. But his step was no longer unsteady, as a few days previous a complete change had taken place within him. He walked with head erect, a firm step and the fire of resolution shining in his eye. He knew the way now. and he walked a little ahead of the guard who escorted him. As he was passing through the room full of officers he met the man with the gold spectacles who bad watched him so Intently the day he was searched. "Courage. M. Prosper Bertomy," he said. "If you are innocent, there are those who will help you.". Prosper started with surprise and was about to reply when the man disappeared. "Who is that gentleman?" he asked of the guard. "Don't you know him?" replied the policeman, with surprise. "Why, It Is M. Lecoq of the secret service." "You say his name is Lecoq?" "You might as well say 'monsieur,'" said the offended policeman. "It would not burn your mouth. M. Lecoq is a man who knows everything he wants to know without Its ever being told to him. If you had had him Instead of that imbecile Fanferlot, your case would have been settled long ago. Nobody is allowed to waste time when he has command. But be seems to be a friend of yours." "I never saw him until the first day i cuuie uerv. "You can't swear to that, because no one Is sure of the real face of M. Lecoq. It Is one thing today and another tomorrow. Sometimes he Is a dark man, sometimes a fair one, sometimes quite young and then a centenarian. Why, often he deceives even me. I begin to talk to a stranger?presto! It is M. Lecoq! Anybody on the face of the earth might be he. If I were told that you were he, I should say, 'It is possible.' He can convert himself into any shape and form he chooses." The guard would have continued forever his praises of M. Lecoq had not the sight of the judge's door put an end to them. This time Prosper was not kept waiting on the wooden bench. The judge, on the contrary, was waiting for him. His surprise was great to see the cashier's bearing?resolute without obstinacy, firm and assured without defiance. "Well," he said, "have you reflected?" "Not being guilty, monsieur. I had nothing to reflect upon." "Ah. the prison has not been a good counselor. You forget that sincerity and repentance are the first things necessary to obtain the indulgence of a judge. Will you be good enough to tell me," he added, "how much you have spent during the last year?" Prosper did not find It necessary to stop to reflect and calculate. "Yes, monsieur." he answered unhesitatingly. "Circumstances made it necessary for me to preserve the greatest order in my extravagance. I spent about 50,000 francs." "Where did you get it?" "In tho first nl?ir?r? lO finO frsnos wns left to me by my mother. I received from M. Fauvel 14.000 francs as my salary and share of the profits. At the Stock Exchange I gained S.000 francs. The rest I borrowed and intend repaying out of the 15,000 francs which I have with M. Fauvel." "Who lent you the money?" "M. Kaoul de Lagors." This witness had left Paris the day of the robbery and could no* be found. For the time being M. Patrigent was compelled to rely upon Prosper'? word. "Weil," he said. "I will not press this point. But tell me why, in spite of the formal order of M. Fauvel. you drew the money from the Bank of France the night before 'nstead of waiting till the morning of the payment." "Because M. de Clameran had told me that It. would be agreeable, even necessary, for him to have his money early in the morning. He will testify to that fact if you ask him. I knew that I would reach my office late." "'This M. de Clameran is n friend of yours?" v "By no means. I have always felt a I* L, By... j| Emile :m = Gaboriau ;:| o? lfr???@?????????? sort of repulsion for him, but he Is the Intimate friend of my friend. M. Lagore."' "One more thing." said the judge. "How did you spend the evening, the night of the crime?" "When I left my office, at 5 o'clock, I took the St. Oerraaln train and went to Vesinet. M. de Lagors' country seat I carried bim 1.500 francs, which he bad asked for. and. not finding bim at home, 1 left It w'tb bis servant" "Did he tell you that M. de Lagors was going on a journey?" "No, monsieur. 1 did not know that he bad left Paris." "Very well. Where did you go when , you left Vesinet?" "I returned to Paris and dined at a restaurant ou the boulevard with a ! friend." "And then?" Prosper hesitated. "You are silent." said M. Patrigent "Then 1 will tell you how you employed your time. You returned to your rooms In Cbaptal street, dressed yourself and attended a dance." "You are right monsieur." "And did you not play at baccarat and lose 1.800 francs?" "Pardon ine, monsieur; oniy i,iuu." "Very well. In the morning you paid a note of a thousand francs?" "Yes. monsieur." "Moreover, there remained 500 francs , In vour desk, and you had 400 In your . purse when you were arrested. So that altogether In twenty-four hours 4.500 francs"? Prosper was not discountenanced, but stupefied. Not being aware of the powerful | means of Investigation possessed by the law. he wondered how In so short a time the judge could have obtained 1 such accurate Information. "Your statement Is correct mon- 1 sieur," be said finally. "Where did all this money come from? The evening before you had so Uttle that you were obliged to defer the payment of a small bill." "Monsieur, the day of which you ' speak I sold through an agent some bonds I had. about 3,000 francs. Besides, I took from the safe 2,000 francs In advance on my salary. I have noth- 1 log to bide." . The prisoner had given clear an- . swers. M. Patrlgent determined to attack him from a new point "You say you have no wish to conceal any of your actions. Then why did you write this note to one of your 1 companions?" This time the blow told. Prosper's eyes dropped before the Inquiring look of the Judge. "1 thought," be stammered?"! wished" +-a onfoon fhle rrrnmon V 1UU WIBUCU IV iu*o mviuuu . "Yes, monsieur. that Is true. I knew that when a man In my condition is a censed of robbery he has every fault, every weakness, of his life charged agains* him." "I suppose you know who this woman Is?" "Mine. Gipsy was a governess when I first knew her. She was born at Oporto and came to France with a Portuguese family." "Her name is not Gipsy. She has re^er been a governess, and she is not a Portuguese." Prosper was about to protest but M. Patrigent Imposed silence. He shrugged bis shoulders and began looking over a large file of papers on bis desk. "Ah. here It Is." be said. "Listen! Palmyre Cbooareille. born at Paris in 1840. daughter of Cboearellle (lames), undertaker's assistant, and of Caroline Piedlent his wife." The prisoner made a gesture of Im patlencp. He did not know that the Judge was reading him this report to convince bltu that nothing can escape the police. "Palmyre Chocarellle." he continued, "at twelve years of age was apprenticed to u shoemaker and remained with him until she was sixteen. Traces of her are lost for one year. At seventeen she is hired as a servant by a grocer on St Denis street named Dombas and remains there three months. She passed this same year, 1857, at eight or ten different places. In 1S">8 she entered as a shopgirl the store of a fan merchant in Clioiscul alley." I While he read the judge watched Prosper's face to observe the effect of < these revelations. "Toward the close of 1858," lie con- 1 tinuod. "the girl Chocareille was em- ' ployed as a servant by Mine. Munes find accompanied her to Lisbon. How i loiiec did she remain In Lisbon? What i did she do while she remained there? We have no Information as to this. However, it is certain that in 18(51 she returned to Taris and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for an assault. Ah, she returned from Portugal with the name of Nina Gipsy." i "Hut I assure you, monsieur," Tros- i per began?"I assure you"? "Yes, I comprehend. This history is less romantic doubtless than the one you have understood, but, then, it has the merit of being true. We lost sight i of Palmyra Chocareille, called Gipsy, i upon her release from prison, but we < meet her again six months later, having made the acquaintance of a trav- ' ellng agent who became infatuated with her beauty. Slu: deserted him to 1 devote herself to you." 1 The Judge paused for a moment, as if to give Prosper time for reflection, and then slowly said: "And this Is the woman ^rhorn you have made your companion, the woman for whom you have committed robbery." Once more M. Patrlgent was on the wrong track owing to Fanferlot's Incomplete Information. Prosper remained silent "At any rate." insisted M. Patrlgent, "you will confess that this girl has caused your ruin." "I cannot confess that, monsieur, for it Is not true." "You will also say that It was not for tbis girl's sake you renounced an intimacy of many years and ceased spending your evenings at your employer's." "I swear that she was not the cause." "Then why did you cease suddenly your visits to the house of a young lady whom you confidently expected to marry? You had written to your father to demand her baud for you." "I had reasons which I cannot reveal." answered Prosper In a trembling voice. The judge breathed freely. At last he had discovered a vulnerable point in the prisoner's armor. "Did Mile. Madeleine dismiss you?' Prosper was silent lie was visibly agitated. "Speak." said M. Patrlgent "I warn you that this circumstance is one of the most important in your case." "Whatever be the cost I am compelled to keep silence." "Beware of what you do. Justice will not be satisfied with scruples of conscience." M. Patrigent waited for an answer. No answer came. Prosper was burled In thought. "Monsieur," he finally said, "there Is one detail I have forgotten to mention. It may be of Importance In my defense." "Explain." "The messenger I sent to the bank was with me when I put the bills in the safe. At any rate, I left the office before he did." "Very well. He shall be examined. Now you can return to your cell." M. Patrigent thus abruptly dismissed Prosper because he wished to Immediately act upon this last piece of Information. "Sigault." said he to his secretary as soon as Prosper had left the room, "is not this Antouin the man who was excused from testifying because he sent a doctor's certificate declaring him too ill to appear?" "Yes, monsieur." "Where does he live?" "He is not at his home. Fanferlot says be was so ill that he was taken to the hospital?the Dubois hospital." "Very well. I am going to examine him today?this very hour. Take writing materials and send for a carriage." Would Antoniu be able to answer? It was doubtful. The director of the hospital said that.- although the man suffered horribly from a broken knee, his mind was perfectly clear. "That being the case, monsieur," said the judge. "1 wish to examine hint and desire that no one be admitted while be makes his deposition." "Ob. no one will disturb you, monsieur. His room contains four beds, but they are just now unoccupied." "Very welL Come on." When Antonin saw the Judge enter, followed by a little lean man with the portfolio of an advocate, he at once knew that they had come to take his deposition. "Ah." he said, "monsieur comes to see me about M. Bertomy's ease?" "Precisely." In answer to the usual questions the messenger swore that be was named Antouin Pocbe. was forty years old, born at Cadaujac (Glronde), and was unmarried. "Now." said the Judge, "are you well enough to clearly answer any questions I may put?" "Certainly, monsieur." "Did you on the 27th of February go to the Bank .of France for the 350,000 francs that were stolen ?" "Yes, monsieur." "At what hour did you return?" "Five o'clock." "Do you remember what *1. Bertomy did when you banded him the money? Now. do not be io a hurry; think before you answer." "Let me see. First he counted the notes and made four packages of them, which he put In the safe. Then, It 3eems to me, he locked the safe and? yes, I am not mistaken?he went out" He uttered these last words so quickly that, forgetting his knee, be half itarted up, but with a cry of pain. "Are you sure of what you say?" asked the judge. M. Patrigent's solemn tone seemed to frighten Antonin. "Sure?" he replied, with marked hesitation. "I would bet my head on It. Still I am not sure!" It was impossible for him to be more decided in his deposition. He had been frightened. He already imagined himself in difficulty, and for a trifle bo would have retracted everything. But the effect was already produced, and when they retired M. Patrigent said to Sigault: "This is very Important?very important!" TO BE CONTINUED. Tooln and ProKrenn. Despite all the attacks upon machinery. an age without tools is an age of drudgery and degradation. If once -...v.. 11! n .1a? o cin Ull'll lUHl'U IU UWllia M ? IIU U. Biupie stroke Watt's engine cut off two Lours in the morning for rest and two Lours at night for reading. The modern Lome, with a thousand and one comforts, is the gift of tools. We now compel steel lingers, steel knives, steel wheels and steel wires to do our work. Take away our tools and civilization would go back 100 years.?Newell Dwlght Ilillis In Woman's Home Comnaniou. pisccUattwus Reading. TILLMAN'S PROTEST. Senate Not Warranted In Depriving South Carolina of Representation. The Democrats of the senate were not willing to endorse the act of President Pro Tempore Frye In depriving South Carolina of representation. There was a warm fight on the subject, led by Senator Joe Bailey, of Texas, and backed by other Democrats. The following paper, prepared by Senator Bailey, was presented to the senate with the signature of Senator Tillman: The undersigned, holding a commission in this body from the sovereign state of South Carolina as one of its senators, and having been in the full and undisputed exercise of that high office for seven years last past, solemnly protests against the ruling of the presiding officer, sustained by the vote of a majority of the senate, depriving him of the right as such senator to vote on the pending measure and to take part generally in the proceedings of the senate, and he respectfully asks that this, his protest, may be spread on the Journal of the senate. The office of senator of the United States is a high constitutional office. Section 3 of article I of the constitution declares that the senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years, and each senator shall have one vote. I respectfully insist that a right and duty is here conferred and imposed on each senator, and that so long as he remains a member of the senate he cannot be deprived or relieved of that right and duty. He may be punished for disorderly behavior by a majority vote of the senate and he may be expelled from the senate by a two-thirds vote, as declared by the second clause of section 5. article I., of the constitution; but the right to punish for disorderly procedure cannot proceed to the extent of depriving him of his voice and vote in this body, unless and until the punishment against him shall have been adjudged to be one of expulsion. While it is true that the undersigned has been adjudged to be in contempt of the senate for disorder committed in its presence on the last legislative day before this, an act committed In the heat of blood and which he regrets and has apologized for, the incident has passed and gone and he is now in his place as senator, desirous of proceeding in order and in accordance with the rules of the senate in the performance of the high duties intrusted to him by the authority ahd under the seal of the state of South OTl-oMna. The second section of Rule 19 of this body, which provides that a senator called to order for transgressing the rules of the senate shall sit down and not proceed without leave of the senate, is a rule to secure the orderly conduct of debate?its direction that a senator called to order shall sit down and not proceed without leave of the senate, has relation to the debate then immediately progressing and nothing else. Such has been the uniform construction and application, and the attempt to stretch It so as to indefinitely disqualify senators from performing their duties here, even to the extent of depriving them of the right to vote, is an invasion of the privilege of senators and a grave breach of the constitutional right of each state to equal representation in this body. Under such a construction of that rule the majority may force a closure In this body by simply declaring each member of the minority in contempt. Under such a construction, moreover, a minority may be transformed into a majority, if, taking advantage of the accidental absence of majority members, the minority, being temporarily in the majority, shall declare a sufficient number of majority members to be in contempt. The rule in question was never intended for such a purpose, and ought not to be given a construction which can make such a result possible. In making this protest the undersigned is not moved by considerations personal to himself. He is not restive under the just discipline of this body. He is ready to cheerfully accept such order as it may make for the vindication of its rights and Its dignity. But until that order shall have been made and until it shall have adjudged his expulsion, if the senate thinks his offence merits that punishment, he cannot silently permit his state to be deprived of its full constitutional representation on the floor of this chamber, which is most notably exemplified in its right through its senators to vote and speak upon every measure before it. All of which is respectfully submitted for the consideration of the senate. Recognizing the justice of the position taken by the Democrats, the Republicans were unwilling to stand by their action, and on Tuesday President Pro Tempore Frye ordered the restoration of the names of the South Carolina senators to the roll. Immediately thereafter, the senate adjourned ostensibly out or respect to the memory of a member of congress who died several months ago. The object of the adjournment was to secure time to meet the Issue raised by the Democrats. Wheat Does Not Gnow Wild.?The existence of names for wheat in the most ancient languages confirms the evidence of its great antiquity and of its cultivation in the more temperate parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. From the evidence adduced by botanitsts of high standing, it seems highly improbable that wheat has ever been found growing persistently in a wild state, although it has often been asserted by poets, travelers and historians. In the "Odessey," for example, we are told that wheat formerly grew in Sicily without the aid of man. Diodorus repeats the tradition that Osiris found wheat and barley growing promiscuously in Palestine, but neither this nor other reputed discoveries of wheat growing wild seem at all credible, seeing that it does not appear to be endowed with the power of persistency, except under continued culture. THE COMMODORE'S PEDOMETER. A Trick by Which He Was Made to Lone Confidence In the Contrivance. A good story illustrative of the character of old Admiral Stephen B. ijuue, wnose wurK un strtnimuoiup is now a textbook In the navy, was told by the officers who served under him on the South Pacific station. The admiral, then a commodore, had as his flagship the old corvette Quinnebaug. On the qaurterdeck was a very comfortable lounging place formed by a pile of spars, cushioned by colls of running gear, and the junior officers formed the habit of sitting there during the monotonous night hours, in- J stead of pacing up and down the quarterdeck, as the regulations require. The old commodore had his suspicions, but he was not convinced and preferred to suffer an infraction of the rules rather than run the risk of accusing his officers unjustly. But one day, when the ship was in Callao a Yankee pedler, who had somehow drifted into the tropics, came on board and sold to the commodore a pedometer, guaranteed to record automatically the distance traveled by , a pedestrian up to 200 miles. That night, when the ensign of the first division was about to go on watch the | commodore summoned him to the cabin and said: , "Mr. , I wish you to carry this , little package with you during your entire watch and then pass it on to your relief. Instruct him to do likewise, and then hand It to me at quarters tomorrow morning." The young man saluted, went on deck, sat down on the colls of rope and smoked for awhile. Then he took a , walk for a few minutes and finished out his four-hour watch on the "lounge." The Junior of the second division did the same, and the third division man, who was on deck from ' 4 till 8 in the morning, did no more , walking than he had to. After quarters the orderly summon- , ed these young men to the cabin, ( where the commodore sat, holding the ] pedometer In his hand. "Gentleman," said he, "I And by this j little instrument that you three have traversed a little less than two miles in 12 hours on deck. How do you account for that? The three faces fell like a thermometer in a blizzard, and the boys remained silent while the old gentleman proceeded to read the regulations regarding the duties of officers of the i deck, particularly emphasizing that part whieh relates to walking, and at- i terward added an extempore riot act of his own composition. "But," he continued, "I am not will- i ing to convict you on the evidence of one trial of a catch-penny mechanical ' contrivance. If you have loafed, stop it: but carry this instrument again tonight." The trio held a council of war. It was the second division man's first watch that night, and as he took the 1 deck he called one of the apprentice 1 boys. "William," he said, "you have some extra duty against you. Take this lit- 1 tie box and shake It as hard as you can for two hours and then return it to me." 1 Then the junior sat down and rested till the box was returned to him. 1 The next morning the same three < officers were called to the cabin, and 1 as before found the commodore seated at the table with the pedometer in 1 his hand." "Gentlemen," he said, "I have done 1 you an injustice on the testimony of a 1 mere machine. Yesterday this thing registered a little less than two miles, I while this morning it shows that you walked in 12 hours 130 miles, which is ' a manifest impossibility. The thing is ' absolutely worthless," and the commodore threw the machine out of the cabin port into the sea. He never knew the facts of the case 1 until the end of that cruise, and then the first division officer told him. But i the commodore had just been confirm- 1 ed as rear admiral and laughed hear- < tily at the joke.?Youth's Companion. *t | i Poe's Army Record.?Edgar Allan 1 Poe, author and poet, according to the records of the war department, enlisted as a private in the United States army, served nearly two years with distinction?attaining the rank of sergeant major?and was honorably discharged. His enlistment, which took place three years after Byron's death ^ in Greece, was a boyish freak, prompted, perhaps, by reading books of military adventure. Poe served un- 1 der the name of E. A. Perry, his right name coming into the record only in connection with his offer of a substitute. The enlistment was at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, May 26, j teyn- ri?? hv T fpiltpnnnt lOwi. rue is ueowiii/wu -rj H. Griswold, who enlisted him, as 22 years old, 5 feet 8 inches in height, gray eyes, brown hair and fair com- \ plexion. He was assigned to Battery H. First Artillery, which was soon afterward transferred to Fort Monroe, Va. Nearly two years after entering the army Poe was advanced to the non-eommissioned staff, having while at Fort Monroe shown ability that attracted attention. On April 14, 1829, ' he offered a substitute and was honor- ' ably discharged, having at that time 1 the rank of sergeant major. On July I, 1S30, he was admitted to the Military 1 Academy at West Point, and on I March 5, of the following year was ) dismissed by order of court-martial, , having grown tired of military life and purposely violated rules and reg- ' ulations which would cause his dis- 1 missal.?Washington Post. ? ASSUMING TO DICTATE. d a Gossip About South Carolina Con- a Kreaamen. 'V Washington correspondence of News r and Courier: Trouble Is brewing among r the members of the South Carolina del- 8 egatlon, and It Is feared that the end Is not yet. The cause of the impending ^ strife is a story that the delegation had pledged Its support to Representative * Latimer In his race for the senate this 0 summer. Where the strange tale orl- s ginated, or what foundation it has, is 8 yet not forthcoming, else there would v have already been a public denial from r at least two of the members. As the v matter stands, the members affected do v Q not care to advertise the story by denying it through the public prints. Furthermore, they are particularly averse ^ to committing themselves to the man they intend supporting in the race for fVinu n./V,iU in n LUC ocuaic, ? lllLli IHCJ V> vLUU 111 a IIICttDure be forced to do in denying the report. However, should the story con- 1 tinue to gain credence, one of the members has declared his intention of getting the delegation together for the pur- t pose of clearing up the whole affair. Soon after congress met last Decern- a ber the South Carolina delegation held (] a caucus, at which were present six of v the seven members. The purpose of the n meeting was to decide what they would t ask the speaker for in the way of committee assignments, and what would be the general policy of the delegation during this session of congress. As a result, it is said, the members came to a harmonious agreement. South Carolina's welfare was to be the one end and (1 aim of their efforts, and they were to back up each other in their striving for plums for their constituents. This, it c Is claimed, is the only caucus held by v the delegation, and on this occasion ? "the senatorial campaign was not touched with a ten-foot pole," as one ' of the members expressed it. What ? bearing this meeting has on the story in question is not known; but some 8 of the members are of the opinion that e the purpose of the narmony evidenced at that time has been mis- p construed, not necessarily by Repres- e entative Latimer, but probably by out- 11 siders, as indicating the attitude of 0 the members toward each other out- 4( 31UC llie Wttlio UL t'UIiKICBO. As a matter of fact the delegation a Is by no means agreed on any one * candidate that has yet announced 8 himself for the senate, although each v member has probably a pretty good ^ Idea as to which of the aspirants he v will lend a helping hand. " COTTON SEED PRODUCTS. y F Great Growth of Industry Still In ^ It* Infancy. The preliminary bulletins of the cen- a bus bureau always contain valuable li Information, but one which has just e appeared Is especially interesting to the south. It relates to the cotton e seed Industry and shows what great Importance It has acquired. d In 1900 there were 357 establishments a devoted to the extraction of the cot- v ton seed oil, all of them In the south, y the number has increased largely since C these statistics were compiled. o During the year ended June 1, 1900, o the mills manipulated the enormous c quantity of 2,479,386 tons, which cost a J28.632-.616, an average of 311.55 a ton, f which is less than the present price, i The total value of the products of the o cotton seed oil mills In the year referred to was 342,411,835, making the profits from the conversion of cotton seed In one year 313,779,219. The products ? turned out in that year were 93,325,729 gallons of cotton seed oil, valued at 321,390,674, or an average of 29.9 cents per gallon; 884,391 tons of oil cake and mpal valued at S16.030.576. or 318.13 a n ton; 1,169,286 tons of hulls, valued at j (3,189,354, or $2.73 a ton, and 57,272,053 b pounds of llnters, valued at $1,801,231, d or 3.1 cents a pound. n The cotton seed Industry, great as It g has become, is still in its infancy. c In 1870 there were only six cotton 3eed oil mills in the United States. By v 1880 the number had increased to 45. v In 1890 there were 119 and in 1900 there j were 357. It is probable that there are ^ now at least 375, an increase of over a 200 per cent, in ten years. h Cotton seed oil products are not only v used for many purposes in this coun- tl try, but they are exported tn great n and increasing quantities. Much of the best "olive oil" we get c now is cotton seed oil that has been refined in France. Cotton seed meal, v cake and hulls are gaining favor in a Europe as feed for stock. The oil is n used there and in this country in in- s creasing quantities in bread and for frying. It is much purer than most of d the commercial lard and is more wholesome. n Every year the cotton seed industry Increases in Importance, adds more t to the value of the cotton crop and be- h comes more useful to the public. n Making a Waterfall.?it is cer- p talnly an exceptional circumstance to c behold the plans and specifications for t a waterfall. No human eye beheld the c blue prints for Niagara; perhaps there I were none; and yet It was very well c done. Niagara was immeasurably ii aided by the huge bulk of water at h hand. Without that green ocean be- h hind It very little could have been t done at Niagara. c We are not so favored at Forest n Park. The glittering cascade that is I to tumble from the brow of the hill at the Fair must be pumped up by two " engines at the foot, and, like a stage v army, will appear and reappear, though, fortunately, not so recogniza- s bly. There will be no playtime for t< that water. It will not wander c through green bowers or darkle under I bowlders, linger in fernbound pools or tl run braided in the sun. It will work ji eight to fourteen hours a day and be st forced contrary to its nature and con- fl ititution, to run uphill as well as F lown. It will be always In a hurry, ind will be forever in the delirium of in endless shoot-the-chutes. There vlll be no night shifts, no substitutes, 10 escape, save when a sunbeam eaches down and draws the spirit of i sparkling drop, dispersed and invisble to the bosom of some restful :loud. This cataract of ours is now in ts creative stages as it forms itself in he minds's eye of the artist, spread >ut in innumerable lines and curves on heets of parchment. It is the vast keleton, the anatomical outline, to vhlch the breath of life is to be imlarted by electricity. Its fascination vlll enchain the beholder as he comes vithln the gates, but simple crayons, omDasses. T sauares and the common ools of the 'draughtsman must preede the working of the miracle.?St. xrnis Globe-Democrat. HOW PERKINS SAW THE KING. ?he California Senator Tells of His Meeting With Oscar of Sweden. Senator Perkins, of California, who 0 quote his own words, Is a sailor by >rofes8ion, a merchant by necessity .nd a politician by accident, has had n his life more adventures than fall within the experience of an ordinary nan. Perhaps this Is because Senaor Perkins followed the sea for so nany years. One of Mr. Perkins's nost interesting adventures was his neetlng with King Oscar of Sweden .nd Norway. "I was quite a boy then," said the enator, telling the story yesterday. 1 had sailed In the good ship Luna rom New Orleans to Sweden with a argo of cotton, and while the ship b-as in port I thought I would like to ee the royal palace In Stockholm. >ne Sunday afternoon, In company vith a sailor named Harry Bransombe, an Englishman, we went up to he palace. Boy like, we wanted to ;et Into the grounds, and so we crawld through a waste pipe which ran hrough the walls around the palace lark. As soon as we got inside, howver, we were arrested by the gendarnes, and as we did not know a word f Swedish we were In a sad plight. "Presently," continued the senator, a party of distinguished people came aoAmo/1 In^AKoota/^ In Alir rouble. One person In the party poke English. He asked us what we vere doing In the king's park. I told ilm that I was an American boy, who wanted to see the king and how the :lng lived. " 'But don't you know,' he said, 'that ou might be put into prison for tresaslng?' " 'Oh,' I said, 'I don't want to hurt he king; I only want to see him.' " 'I am King Oscar,' was his reply, nd then," added Senator Perkins, "I earned that I was really in the presnce of the monarch." "What happened to you then?" askd his listener. "The king," he replied, "sent a solier with us to show us the palace, nd we had a splendid time. But that wasn't the sequel to the story. Thirty ears later, when I was governor of Jallfornia, I went off on a little cruise n a yacht, and who should be a satlr on the yacht but Harry Brans ombe. He knew me and I knew him, Ithough we had not seen each other or 30 years. I took him up to San Francisco and gave him a place in one f my ships."?Washington Post. SENATOR VEST'S DOG CASE. lis Client Liked a Good Dog, and the Best Lawyer Was None Too Good. A story is going the rounds of the ewspapers crediting Senator Vest, of Ilssourl with uttering an eloquent triute to the dog. The eulogy of the og Is really a beautiful one, and it is ot surprising that, according to the tory, Senator Vest won his case in ourt. "Yes," said the senator yesterday .'hen some one asked him if the story ,-as true, "I did have a case in vhich said something about the dog, but he speech, as printed, Is not exactly s I delivered it. There was no shortand writer in court, and the report ;as made up afterward by a combinalon of rough longhand notes and lemory." "How did you get into tne aog ase?" "Well," said the senator, "one day I fas going to my hotel, after having rgued all day, when a farmer stopped le on the street "Squire Vest," he aid, 'I want to hire you in a case.' CVhat kind of a case?' I asked. 'A og case,' he replied. "I looked at the man and made up ny mind that I did not want to go ito court on a dog case, so I told him hat he had better go to a younger nvyer, as I would charge him too luch. 'How much?' he asked, and named J500. He went down into his ocket, took out a roll of bills and ounted 5100 into my hands as a reaining fee. I grew interested, of ourse, and asked him for the details, le told me that he had owned a peuliarly fine dog, which had been shot n cold blood, as he expressed It, by ,is wife's brother, with whom he had iad trouble. 'I loved the dog,' said he farmer, as I love my wife and hild, and I am going to make his mrderer suffer, if it takes every cent have.' "The dog," continued Senator Vest, was really a valuable animal and kas known throughout the country or miles around. The farmer had ecured over a hundred witnesses as o the value of the dog. I tried the ase and, as I have always liked dogs, did make a speech, which influenced lie jury. We asked for $200 and the jry gave us $500. But that dog case" aid the senator, laughingly, "was my rst and only one."?Washington ost.