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ISSUED SEMI-WEEEL^ jTiTigrist & sons, Publishers.J % ^amitj Hemspjer: dor the promotion of the gjolitital, ?ociat, Agricultural, and fi?ommn;cial gatwsta of the google. established 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1902. JSTO. 27. ft $ fHfE ? ? ? ft MM,*~ [ CAS] I-II3 i*Z CHAPTER XII. T* ~ "" HE following Is the statement as he wrote It out for the benof the Judge of Instruction, knowing that it would . doubtless secure an indictment against the accused: "Two leagues from Tarascon, on the left bank of the Rhone, stood the Chateau of Clameran. Here lived In 1841 the old marquis and his two sons, Gaston and Louis. A near ueigbbcr was tbe Countess de la Verbcrie, with one daughter, Valentine, a lovely girl of eighteen. M. de Clamernu detested the countess, and Urae. de la Verberie execrated tbe marquis. It was said that under the reign of Henry IV. a La Verberie had betrayed the affection ol a fair daughter of the Clameraus. Thic misdeed led to a duel, which iu turn led to bitter hatred betweeu the two houses. "Gaston de Clameran met Valentine de la Verberie at an evening entertainment, and the two fell desperately in love. Gaston would often plunge into the Rhone at Clameran and rise out of i the water at Verberie, where he would ] have a secret meeting with Valeutine. In order to facilitate these meetings i Gaston would place a light in his win- i dow immediately before starting which could be seen by Valentine at her home. The two lovers, despairing of permission to marry, kept up a secret intimacy, which led to Valentine's becoming ! a wife without the sanction of the | church or the luw. I "One evening Gaston went into a ] cafe for a cup of coffee. Later, while I playing billiards, hearing Valentine's name coupled with his own to her dis- ; honor, he demanded a retruction, be- | came embroiled and killed two men. He fled to the chateau, where he con- i fessed to his father his intimacy with Valentine, declaring that he wished to marry her. His father urged him to fly from the consequences of the mur- i ders he had committed and. having no money to give him. supplied him with the family jewels. Meanwhile the police were coming to arrest him. and it was arranged that the gates should be ' suddenly opened, a servant should flee i In one direction. Louis In another and thus misleading the police give Gaston i an opportunity to escape. Gaston would have got away had not Louis purposely tripped and fallen. The po- < lice, thus discovering the ruse, pushed on after Gaston, who. to save himself. Jumped Into the Rhone. The current was at the time so swollen that his pursuers gave him up as drowned. "Escaping almost certain death. Gaston, who before leaving the chateau bad placed the signal for Valentine in his window, reached La Verberie and had an Interview with his beloved. She informed him that she would soon become a mother. Before parting he left with her the Jewels given him by his father, then fled the country, going to South America. That night the old marquis died. Louis, assuming that bis elder brother had been drowned, took the title and the estate. He 'eft Clameran immediately and begun a 'ife full of Ignominy. "Valentine confessed her condition to her mother, who took her to England, where she provided for her daughter's secret accouchement under the care of a physician and a maid. Mlhonne. A son was born, which the countess immediately sent away to be adopted by a farmer. Subsequently Mme. de la Verberie pursuaded her daughter to attempt to forget the past, to consider it buried in oblivion and to marry. A young engineer. M. Andre Fauvel, spent some time at Beauealre. where they lived, and fell In love with Valentine, who, urged by her mother, accepted his attentions and finally married him. M. Fauvel afterward became the famous Paris banker. The countess died in 1S39. "Louis de Clameran, after an absence from home of eighteen years, returned, and from Mihonne, the maid who had been with Valentine at the time of her confinement, learned that bis brother had not been drowned, that Valentine had bad a son by Gaston and that she had subsequently married M. Fauvel. Impoverished by his excesses and unable to find a living honestly. Louis determined to use this information for the purpose of extorting money from Mme. Fauvel. Going to Paris, he called upon her and gave her to understand that he knew of her past. In order to better serve his purpose he told her that her son by Gaston was living, that he had been brought up in London, that his father had been there unci found biin, that Gaston hud died in poverty and hud usked him (Louis) to apply to her for means for the maintenance of their son Raoul. Mine. Fauvel at once gave Louis the jewels Guston had left with her at their last interview to be used for Raoul. Louis soon Introduced a young man to her who personated her son and received from her large sums, which the two villains divided. All this Mme. Fauvel kept a secret from her husband. Finally Clameran, in order to facilitate his plans, demunded that she receive Raoul into her house. Mme. Fauvel had a cousin living at St. Remy of the name of Lagors. and Clameran. partly by persuasion, partly by intimidation. Induced Mme. Fauvel to announce her M of \Lf By... i| Emile Hi = Gaboriau i:| ? ? ? MM t? supposed sou as ber nephew, Raoul de Lagors. This was done, and Raoul, having constant access to Mine. Fau* vel, soon extorted a small fortune, which be squandered. "Louis de Clameran now conceived the Idea of marrying Madeleine, with whom he had fallen violently In love. To force her to break with Prosper he used the power be possessed over Mme. FauveL Madeleine discovered * her aunt's situation and In order to avert a catastrophe consented to give up Prosper, whom she loved, and marry Clameran, whom she detested. Breaking her engagement with Prosper, she secured his promise to take upon himself the sole responsibility of the rupture. "Meanwhile Gaston had made a fortune in South America and returned to France. To still the membry of his youthful misfortunes he resolved to engage in business and bought an iron mill at Oloron. Louis, bearing of his arrival, went to Oloron and greeted hiin with every pretense of affection. Louis took up his quarters with his brother, who soon sickened and died ander very suspicious circumstances, leaving his fortune to Louis. "Louis now turned his attention to forcing Madeleine to marry him. He agreed to settle a large income upon Kaoui if he would extort money from Mme. Fauvel in sufficient quantity to embarrass her. Raoul consented and lived recklessly on the means furnished by the woman who supi>osed she was bis mother. Finally, having no more lo give him, she was persuaded to surrender her diamonds, a present from her husband on the day he became worth a million. When Mme. Fauvel's Jewels were gone. Madeleine's were given up. All were pawned by Raoul. "Louis de Clamerau was not satisfied to marry Madeleine while her heart was given to another. He determined to ruin Prosper, that she might lose her respect and her love for him. One night at a supper at which Raoul and Prosper were present Raoul beard Prosper, under the Influence of wine. name the word (Gipsy) that would unlock the safe lu SI. Fauvel's bank. This he communicated to Clameran, also telling him that when SI. Fauvel went out he always left the key to the safe in the drawer of his secretary In his chamber. "Clameran then arranged that 300,000 francs should be kept in the bank over niglit ready for him to draw lu the morning. That night Raoul. having been coached for the part by Clameran. went to Sltne. Fauvel. told her that he was ruined and must have a large sum of money at once, threatening that if he did not get It he would blow out bis brains. lie told her that she must give him the key to the safe, which he would open, take what he needed and restore it on the morrow. Mine. Fauvel. in terror lest he should commit suicide and thinking that he did not know the word which, with the key. was necessary to open the safe, in order to gain time, gave him the key. Raoul went down the stairway. Mme. Fauvel following him in agony. Raoul opened the safe and took the money intended to be paid Clameran in the morning. Mme. Fauvel. astonished that he had succeeded, begged him to shut the safe, clinging to Ids arm and endeavoring to pull him away. The key was dragged from the lock and. slipping along the glossy varnish, made a long, deep scratch. "The next day. after the robbery was discovered and Clameran had been paid the amount due him, he went to Mme. Fauvel and to Madeleine and told them that Raoul had secured the word uecessary to onen the safe from Prosper. who was to share In the plunder. Cla-' uieran. affecting to make a noble sacrifice for the two women, offered to restore the stolen money through them to M. Fauvel. but Madeleine, suspecting some hidden motive, declined the offer. "Madeleine, believing that she and Mrue. Fauvel would eventually get rid of the extortionists and vindicate Prosper, asked her uucle for 10,000 francs, to be used for a charitable purpose, and sent the amount to Prosper, with a letter made up of words cut out of a prayer book. "Mme. Fauvel and Madeleine, owing to the extortions to which they had been subjected, became urgently pressed by tradesmen and others to whom they owed money and had nothiug on which to keep up their position in society. They remained secluded for a time, but were at last obliged to appear in public at the Jandidier ball. Madeleine went to Vesinet to ask Raoul to return some of the money and jewels they had given him. Ou this occasion she was followed by M. Verduret and Prosper. Madeleine's effort was fruitless. though she finally forced Raoul by threats of exposure to surrender some of the pawn tickets. "At last Clamernn and Raoul found In the clown at the Jatulidier ball an enemy who possessed the secret of their villainies and tried to murder him." TO BE CONTINUED. tv' In Sandaga pond, near Jacksonville, Vt., is a floating island two feet in thickness and nearly a mile in length. The wind shifts It from one side of the pond to another. It is-a prolific cranberry farm. Miscellaneous Reading. PROHIBITION PROFITABLE. A Knntni Man Produce* Flicurei In Support of HI* Aaaertlon. J. B. McAfee, of Topeka, takes exception to the claim made by ex-Gov. SamT r??.onrfAP/1 f>?of TTonaoo 4a hplnc |UC. O. ? ruined by prohibition. After-showing that the progress of Kentucky and Missouri has been at a far less per cent., than the progress of Kansas, Mr. McAfee says: "Prohibition is ruining the liquor traffic of Kansas, but greatly increasing the wealth of our state. On December 10, 1901, there was on deposit in the banks of Kansas $87,181,175.14, five times as much as when prohibition in Kansas went into effect, $60 per capita for every man, woman and child in the state. This last sum does -not include the money in the purses or the homes of the people. Many millions of mortgage indebtedness have been paid off since we had prohibition. In 1889 the tax rate for state purposes in Kansas was 40 cents on the $100; in Nebraska, 66.3, almost 60 per cent, higher. Increase of taxaole property in Kansas under prohibition from 1880 to 1890, $200,234,312.06. In high-license Nebras ka, $92,363,920.41, a difference of $11,000,000 a year in favor of Kansas. Internal revenue collected by the government on spirits in 1889 in Kansas; in Nebraska, $2,142,425. Decease in Kansas since 1882, 49 per cent., increase in Nebraska, 122 per cent. During the decade Nebraska paid to the government on account of spirits about $30 for each $1 paid for Kansas. Prohibition keeps money at home; license dissipates it. From 1881 to 1889 the prison population of Nebraska increased 167 per cent., while Kansas deceased 5 per cent. The brewers handbook showed that in 1880 Kansas consumed 40,000 barrels and Nebraska 32,000 barrels; in 1890 Kansas 6,000 barrels and Nebraska 165,000. About 1893 a brewer in St Louis failed and gave as one of the reasons of his failure tnat his business in Kansas had deceased about 90 per cent. "Atchison county, wet, in 1894. with a population of 26,000, levied in Atchison city 28 mills tor city purposes. Lyons county, dry, with 23,000 population, in Emporia, only 17 mills. Atchison county returned for taxation, personal prop- ' erty, $687,000. Lyon county, $1,317,030. Brown county, dry, with only 60 per cent, of the population of Atchison county, returned $221,000 more personal property and-the rate of taxation In the county seat of Brown county 44 per cent, less than in the city of Atchison. Wyandotte county, wet, with a population Of 5t>,000 rata of tarnf.on in the county seat, 29.3. Personal property returned only $786,000. Shawnee county, ' population 45.000, rate of taxation in Topeka, 20.6 mills. Personal property in Shawnee, dry, $2,397,000. Shawnee three 1 times as much as Wyandotte. Wyandotte county, wet, has 140 per cent, more 1 population that Lyon county, dry, and returns 70 per cent, less personal property. Prohibition enforced is profitable."?Kansas City Journal. PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Tlicy Are Much More Satlifactorr Than Party Caucuses. uaniel Webster said in his day and generation: "It is time to do away with caucuses. They mak> great men little and little men great. The true source of power is the people." Perhaps we have made some advancement in our political methods since then, but it is biiii a iai v;i y miv lite iuiuic me political millennium. The state of Minnesota proceeding upon the theory of Webster that "the 1 true source of power is the people," has taken a decided step in this direction, the efTects of which other commonwealths may do well to thoughtfully consider. The Minnesota plan embraces two ideas combined in one procedure called "a primary election." Idea No. 1 is that the peopie shall do their own nominating instead of delegating that duty to conventions. Idea No. 2 is that they shall do their nominating almost exactly as they do their electing, with all the conveniences and safeguards now found on the general election day and with all parties doing the work at the same time and in the same place. We have this idea well developed in our primary system in South Carolina as to the Democratic party. In carrying out the second idea a ballot is provided for each party, and as the voter comes to the rail he must name which party ballot he wants. If required he must take oath that in general he supported the ticket of that party at the last election and means to support it at tne coming election. A convert, then, must abstain from caucuses for a year, a sort of political penance of a season for prayerful meditation that any neophyte ought to expect. rnu. ~ c 11 tm * i 4. j. ue muie piatutai uiiuae ui it is uia.i this lessens the chance of packing a primary with voters of another party. This plan of primary elections is no longer an experiment, but has proved entirely satisfactory in practical operation. Speaking of it, a writer in The National Magazine says: "The Minnesota plan lets and man be a candidate who will pay a small fee for having his name put on the ballot. Parlor caucuses cannot dictate nominations. The machine candidate stands no better chance than any other candidate. No aspirant need put himself under obligations to ring or boss or corporation before he will have a ghost of a show. Nominees will go to the polls unhampered by promises. Those elected will fill their offices with obligations only to the electors, the people. Political debts will no longer clog and hamper and embarrass." Manifestly in a Republican form of government the political methods which give the people the largest opportunity to express their will and have It carried into effect Is most In harmony with the spirit of our institutions. Frequently under the caucus system which prevail 1 in other states, It Is not the will of the ? people, but the will of a faction or in- c dividual, a ring or a boss which Is reg- I istered In the nomination of candidates t for office. The Minnesota plan is s worthy of emulation.?Spartanburg h Journal. d ? , g BREAKFAST IN THE SOUTH. 8 ! . l! A Surprise For a Traveler at a Little li Station. ^ The train was so late that break- 8 fast was out' of the question at the sta- ^ tion where that meal was usually e served. Passengers going further south ? and having to change cars had only time enough to step across the station 8 to the waiting train. * The new train started. The dust poured through the cracks of the win- 8 dows; the door swung open half the p time and the black, adhesive smoke of 9 the soft coal ; putted Into the car. ^ Breakfast was to be served at a station two hours beyond the point at which it was customary. The conductor took 11 tne names of hungry passengers who, 8 with no great expectations, resignedly said they would eat when the junction * was reached. Then they settled down b to another hour of smoke and dust. "Twenty minutes for breakfast," 0 shouted the conductor after awhile. A dinner bell in the hands of a stalwart mulatto youth rang a stimulating A obligato to this announcement. The passengers bundled out of the two cars. The appearance of the little station called Branchville, because trains star- h ted from it in several directions, did not reassure the solitary northern travn eler who alighted from the train. But , he followed his companions into the ^ dining room. The air was so soft and balmy that the windows of the dining ^ room stood open and there was a faint smeil of the pungent pine brought from Q tne thickness of the belt only a few o miles away. The linen on the tables was worn and ^ In many places carefully mended. But It was clean. So were the glass and china. It was the breakfast Itself that proved the greatest surprise. There were on the table ample plates of stewed chicken, tender and taste- q ful; plates of boiled bacon and ham of c the kind that is better in the south than t| anywhere else, chiefly because it is pro- w perly cooked in that region; hpt beat- ^ en biscuits and corn bread, thin strips c of well-done liver and light omelettes? these were the dishes that made up an ^ unexpectedly good meal. c The northern traveler never remembered to nave fared so well anywhere ^ on his extensive journeys through the ?j country. But more astonishing to him ^ than the excelWifce of the food was the ^ politeness of his fellow guests. He knew none of them. He had a never seen any of them until they were j, seated about the table. He was accustomed to the rough and ready ways of j, other regions. So it surprised him when the man on his right before help- p Ing himself asked politely if he would fl not like some chicken. p "Take a piece of the white meat," p his neighbor added, "You'll find it 0 very good." s From the other side came similar in- a vitations. all delivered as if his neigh- v bers took a personal interest in seeing tl that he was well cared for. The solid- i< tude of the waiters was just as mark- <j ed. s "hATi't tah-a that hlsnilt sir" said one of them. "Let me get you a hot i one." And he dashed off to do It. b All this politeness combined with the 8 unusual excellence of the food, made an b unusual impression on the stranger h who had never before been in that re- t gion; and he was convinced that the a breakfast was better than any that the ] average railroad restaurant could sup- t ply. while the manners of his fellow e travelers were certainly superior. They <3 were indeed a revelation to him just t as they are to all strangers making 3 their first visit to the south.?New p York Sun. n FROLIC OF PAGES. r An Imitation Seanlon of the Hoane of Reprenentative*. t The last concerted frolic of the pages 1( of the house of representatives took 11 place yesterday morning between 9.30 0 and 10 o'clock, says the Washington f Star. "The house will be in order." Page c J. H. Holllngsworth, of New York ut- n tered these words with gravity and d nrecislon. at the same time bringing v into play on Speaker Henderson's desk t an improvised gravel. Some 15 pages s respectfully rose from the seats of the c members of that body whom they de- 1; sired to impersonate, while Cyrus Kel- 5 ly, of Wyoming as chaplain went h through the form of prayer. s Clerk Dannie McCleaver of the Dis- a trict of Columbia read the minutes of the session of the preceding day, which f were heartily aproved. d Silas C. Herring, of Pittsburg, who s was occupying the seat of Representa- e tive Dalzell of tnat state, was recog- v nized in accordance with a prearranged schedule on the speaker's desk 11 to offer a privileged resolution from the P committee on rules. The resolution, h first, that the pages of the house 1) should be put on the annual roll in- i' stead of being merely session employ- t ees and that incidentally they should s hereafter receive $350 a month instead " of $75, and he allowed two month's ex- p tra pay each year. The resolution was 11 received with hearty applause and was c nbout to be passed by acclamation i< when Jacob Beder, of Ohio demanded a vote by "tellers." Speaker Hollings- t worth gazed at the obstructionist a v second and then ruled in stentorian 11 tones that the motion was "dilatory" c and declared the resolution adopted at once. s A. L. Woodcock, of Massachusetts as a sergeant-at-arms and March Fisher, of Ohio as major presented themselves P in the middle aisle and after a profuse t )ow Woodcock announced: "Mr. Speaker, a message from the presllent." Then Fisher, in imitation of dajor Pruden, ran his hand down the ilack cord of his eyeglasses, and after olemnly pretending to place them on lis nose he said with gravity: "I am llrected by the president of the United itates to deliver to the house a mesage in writing." This clever bit of mitatlon was hugely enjoyed by a irge party of schoolmistresses who iad been interested spectators in the ;allery and a general handclapplng iroke ofrth. The gravel of the speakr thumped noisily. "The speaker is ompelled to announce," he declared, that any further demonstration In the alleries will result In an order to clear hem." Just at this Instant Jerry Contantine, the house telegraph operator, ushed open the lobby door at the peaker's left and flourishing a oneollar bill in his hand he asked leave to introduce this bill." "I move that the bill be received and lid on the table," was the quick reponse of Herring, of Pennslyvanla. 'onstantine begged leave to reconsider his offer, but at the sight of the greenack the pages made a football rush or it and the session of the house was ver. CAT SUCKED BABY'S BREATH. ,n Old Notion Confirmed In Some Hindu by a Denver Case. The death of the 8-months old baby f Gustave Brown of 1210 Gaylord St., as proven to apprehensive -Denver lothers the old time belief that a cat lay take the life of a child by simply ihaling its breath. The strange case, rought under the actual knowledge of >r. F. E. Waxham, proves conclusively ir the medical profession the hearsay f nM famllv nhvsiclans and the tales f old-time medical authorities long out f print. The infant son of Gustave Brown was 11 led by his favorite playmate, a great laltese cat, while taking his morning ap in his carriage in the back yard of lie residence jcsterdky. The examinalon of Dr. Waxham, the mother's obervations and the investigations of oroner Horan, all bring the same unontradlcted decision. The cat killed tie sleeping baby by putting its mouth rlthin the child's mouth, by sucking ;s breath, the child breathing back the at's breath till suffocation resulted. "It is my positive belief,'' said Dr. Vaxham this morning, "that death ame to tne baby in just this wr.y, and or my own experience, the 0I5 aaying s proven. I have heard of death havig been caused in this way before, ut I have never had reason to believe :, until now. 'Wis is tne first instance hat ever came under my observation nd that I have ever heard of dlrectMrs. Brown is certain that Dr. Waxam is right in his conclusion. "Yesterday morning," 'she says. "I ut the baby in its carriage as usual or its nap, and as I have always done, ut him in the back yard, with the arasol lowered to keep the light out f his eyes and to prevent the admlslon of too much cold air. I had had man engaged to clean the house and ras so preoccupied and busy during he morning that I did not run out to )ok at the baby as often as I generally o. to see that he is well covered and leeping quietly. "At noon when we were at luncheon left the table to look toward tne aby's carriage, and at that moment I aw the parasol moving. I thougnt the aby had wakened. He is so sweet and appy when he first wakes that I hought for fun I would juBt run out nd steal some of his smiles and play ?eek-a-boo' at him 10 see the dear litle thing's delight. I went to the kitchn door and as I opened it and started own the steps I saw the maltese puss, J he family pet, jump out on the other ide of the carriage from under the arasol over the baby's face. I thought othing of it especially, since the cat ften jumps into the foot of the carlage and lies there asleep while the aby takes his nap. "When I reached the buggy, pushed he parasol away and leaned down to aok at the baby, there he lay, dead, his ittio month sliehtlv alar. Not a mark f disfigurement was on his white ace." This part of Mrs. Brown's story Is orroborated by Mrs. F. S. Knox, a lelghbor, who also saw the cat jump own from the baby's carriage, and ^ho ran over to the Brown yard when he mother's scream announced that omethlng terrible had happened to the hild. Dr. F. E. Waxham was hurriedy summoned and.two other neighbors. Irs. C. J. Dutch and Mrs. M. N. Jones lelped their fr.end in her effort to retore life to the child by rubbing and .11 the other methods they knew. Dr. Waxham's efforts proved equally] ruitless. The child had probably been: lead, he said, for some time. The trange conduct of the cat during the fforts to bring the baby back to life k-as remarked by all four women. "When we took the baby in the louse," says Mrs. Jones, "the cat apteared uneasy and followed close beilnd Mrs. Brown. When the baby was lid down and we were all working over " - ?4 4 Uo Aimo fivorl nn C, tne Cct l Sell Willi no tj vo ?iAv.u v? he child, as if perfectly fascinated, and eemed under an almost hypnotic inluence. It cot up and walked around is and appeared to be crazy to get learer the baby, until we finally beame so annoyed at Its strange behavar that we had to put it out." Mrs. Jones declares that she has wice before known of instances in rhich a cat caused death in a way simlar to the death of Mrs. Brown's hild. "My little cousin, a child 4 years old," he says, "was killed in the same way . few years ago while asleep." The old assigned cause of this strange iassion In the cat is due to the belief hat the taste of the milk in a child's mouth first induces the cat to put its own mouth within that of the child. As it gets the taste of the milk, it sucks the child's breath, and finally becomes overpowered with an unexplalnable fascination. The old explanation is held to be true, in the lack of a better one, by the child's parents.?Denver Post. MORMON PROSELYTES. A Great Many Missionaries Are Working Hard For Converts In Denmark. X lie xicno^apcio ui ^upciuiagcu oaj that the Mormons have energetically resumed their missionary work in Denmark. There are now over a hundred Mormon missionaries in that country, their work being supervised from their headquarters at Copenhagen, where they publish a newspaper organ. Thousands of tracts and books are being continually sent out from this centre to supplement the work of the missionaries. The Mormons in the United States have contributed an important sum of money toward the building of a Mormon church on a piece of property that has been purchased in Copenhagen. The Mormons have always regarded Denmark as an exceptionally good field for their operations. For some years after our state department, in the days of R. B. Hayes, sent out the famous circular warning foreign countries against the efforts of Mormon missionaries, on the ground that Mormons persistently violated the marriage laws of this country, all Mormon missionaries were excluded from Denmark. In the past few years, however, it being understood abroad that the practice of polygamy no longer characterizes the Mormon chucrh, the missionaries have been permitted to renew their labors. There never was a time when the Mormon church put forth greater effort to win converts to its faith than at present. Bishop Joseph Bunker, one of the foremost Mormons in Utah, said in 1890 that at that time the church had 1,623 young men employed in various parts of Europe and Ameirca in Mormon missionary work. He said the church was engaged in the greatest mlsionary labor ever undertaken by a religious body. He said that the church expected in 1901 to have at least 2,400 misionaries busy in the field. President Snow of the Mormon church declared In the same year that by 1910 he expected that the church would have between 3,000 and 3,500 missionaries in the field. One of the Mormon newspapers in Utah reported in December, last year, that the church had missionaries at that time in every country of Europe, excepting Turkey and Italy, in 40 states of this country and even in Australia, Brazil and South Africa, Canada and Scandinavia are at present regarded as the most promising fields for missionary activity. There are now over 300 Mormon missionaries at work in Canada and there are about 10,000 members of the church in the provinces of <~>nt?rio nlone. Every Mormon missionary Is expected to proclaim loudly that today plural marriages are not sanctioned by the church. This fact Is undoubtedly helping them to gain converts. In the early days of their proselytism abroad the missionaries tried to induce at least all the younger converts to emigrate to Utah. They are not now so active in that direction though they are very glad to have their church In this country reinforced by recruits from abroad. But their main Idea now Is to build up the church in all lands, so that it may take Its place as one, of the great churches, established widely In all parts of the world. They therefore do not care so much for large Immigration to Utah or the other western states in which their church Is strongest, for they wish to have powerful centres of Mormoni8m in every state of the Union and in all the countries of the earth. This is the ambitious scheme to which their energies are now devoted; and it must be said that they appear to be meeting with at least as large a measure of success as that achieved by the missionary societies of other religious sects.?Exchange. DEMAND FOR GOOD HORSES. Price* Have Advanced Recently 20 to 25 Per Gent. A Imnrnvomont hflQ tfllfAn place in the sale of horses during the past two weeks. The sales have almost been doubled. There is now a demand for good strong, farming and working horses, and the consignments from the west and Pennsylvania of draught, chunks, business and acclimated animals have met with a ready sale. The consignments inside the past few weeks have been good, and an average of 800 horses have been shipped weekly to local markets. Owing to the low prices tnat have ruled for the past ! few years some of the western farmers have not given so much attention to stock raising. In consequence there has been a scarcity of western animals. Within the past two weeks prices have increased 20 to 25 per cent. In West Philadelphia 400 horses were disposed of at one horse bazaar, while another sale stable reports a sale of nearly 500. The Adams Express company is now seeking a number of good strong general business horses, and being unable to get what they require here are sending wtfbt lur iiicriu. Recent sales have been made at these prices: Farming horses, $135 to $150; business horses, $100 to $125; draught horses, $100 to $125, and mules, $60 to $90. These prices are for good, sound and sturdy stock. Acclimated horses have found a sale at $75 to $125. Most of these animals come from this state and New Jersey. Of the better class horses, which includes drivers, pacers, trotters and carriage pairs, there has been a steady sale for the past two weeks. At some [of the recent combination sales the prices secured have been good. Car i riage pairs have gone as high as {450 i and 1600, while pacers and trotters ; have ranged all the way from $250 to i $1,600. At one large North Broad street stable the sale of high class stock during the past week exceeded those of any previous week this year. There has been large purchases out west for the Britisn army in South Africa of Cayuse horses. These are a wiry sort of animal of a nondescript breed. They are small and hardy and suited for the African campaign. They usually bring about $8 to $12 each, and these prices are guided by the age and character of the animal. The purchase of this stock does not affect our markets, as they are hardly ever in demand here.?Philadelphia Times. CHARGES OF BRIBERY. Biff Sennatlon Connected With Parchaiie of Danish West Indies. Some warm words were brought out between Representatives Richardson, of Tennessee and Payne, of New York, last Thursday as the result of the efforts of the former to have the resolutions providing for an Investigation of the charges made by Capt von Christmas in regard to the purchase of the Danish islands investigated. Mr. Richardson is the Democratic floor leader, and Mr. Payne is the leader of the Republicans on the floor of the house. Mr. Richardson's resolution was as follows: "Whereas, Captain von Christmas, agent of the Danish government, had made a secret and confidential report to his government, setting forth that he was entitled to 10 per cent, or altogether about $500,000 of the price to be paid by this government for the Danish West Indies, part of which, was used in bribing members of the United States congress and other prominent citizens and for subsidizing the American press, and whereas, the ratification has not yet been consummated, the money not yet appropriated, therefore. "Resolved, That the speaker of the house be instructed to appoint a committee of seven members of the house to examine into the truth of these charges." Mr. Payne, upon the reading of the resolution, said with considerable sarcasm: "The preamble sets forth that this report is a secret one, and then the resolution contradicts itself. The facts are not known. A question of privilege cannot be founded on such a report. The mater is not before the house." To this Mr. Richardson replied, without any attempt to conceal his warmth, "I will state on my honor as a member that I have before me what purports to be, and what I belfeve to be, that report?less one page. Those charges were made by the diplomatic agent of the Danish government, who was also the quasi, if not the real, agent of our own government. The report was a secret one, but I say, fully realizing the force of my words, that on my honor I have a copy of it." "When did the gentleman examine the archives of the government at Denmark?" Interjected Mr. Payne. "I have never been In Denmark," wnn the retort, "but that is not the only way In which to get a report. Capt. Christmas makes grave charges, and they ought to be investigated. I disclaim, in this connection, all intention of sparring for any political advantage in thlB mater.' Mr. Richardson's point was sustainey by the speaker. The story of how the report was secured was told by Mr. Henderson, and was substantially as follows: In an affidavit, Neils Gron, a former citizen of Denmark, stated that he had seen the report of Capt. Christmas to the Danish government, and that it sustained reports printed in newspapers in Denmark, capt. Christmas, Gron declares in his affidavit, stated that the printed reports were correct. Translations from the Danish newspapers tell that the report of Capt. Christmas shows that he had made an agreement with the ministry by which he was to receive 10 per cent, of the purchase price of the Danish Islands. With this promise of the amount of $500,000, Capt. Christmas is spoken of by one of the papers as having bribed certain members of congress and two press associations in the United States " ~ +V.A OOIA nf lut tutrix diu in cucvimg iuv oaic w*. islands to the United States. One of the papers states that Christmas negotiated with members of congress through Mr. C. W. Knott, an intimate friend 01 Senator Hanna, and R. P. Eddy, a friend of Representative Gardner. When Secretary of Embassy White was in Copenhagen looking after the purchase of the islands, he was the guest of Capt. Christmas. The report of Christmas states that Abner McKinley and his partner Mr. Brown, "knew all about the affairs of congress, and were well informed as to what members or congress must be paid to accomplish results." He says, further, that he had to promise a certain sum to Mr. McKinley and Mr. Brown, and to pay a large sum to two press associations, one in New York and one in Washington. He further states that he dined members of congress at the Raleigh in the interest of the sale of the islands, and assured them that they would receive a share of the commission for the sale. The resolution of Mr. Richardson was adopted, and the speaker appointed the following committee to investigate the charges: Messrs. Dalzell, of Pennslyvania: Hitt, of Illinois; Cousins, of Iowa; McCall, of Massachusetts, Republicans. Messrs. Richardson, of Tennessee; Dinsmore, of Arkansas, and Cowherd, of Missouri, Democrats. Perhaps the Bard of Avon, if he were living today, would be broader in his views, and would not say ''there is something rotten in Denmark" alone. W Some of the caterpillars in Australia measure 12 inches in length.