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fe. ? ?? ?i r ^TT ISSUED SEMZ'WEESLT. ?7 m. OEIST * SONS,"Publishers, j % ^atttilg gticsgaptr: 4or the promotion of tht golifital, Social, Agricultural, and flommqcial Interests a| tht fjtoplt. {c^ANCEESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1902. 1STQ. 70. _ F 0: By SIR WALT Copyright, 1901, by Sir Walter Besant. CHAPTER IX. 1 THE LAST STEP BUT 0?TE. s rr^r?HpRD FYLIN(JDALE reLT5 j^ solved to marry Molly, j It- Ji jT You shall bear by ? Eia| I what cunning this no- . bIe and virtuous per- ( son' th,s adornment s l? o-r| and boast of the peer- f LmLmJ age, laid his plans for ( securing the fortune and the hand g of our Molly. He had persuaded ( the simple old sailor to believe any- g thlngt be chose to advance; he had | shown himself In the eyes of the girl that which women admire more than f anything else in the world?possessed r S\? taaflaaenaoa onH drill' ho h?li fllan _ shown himself ready to place his courage and his skill at the service and for the rescue of a woman. So far everything was prepared and in readiness for the next step. But there were certain obstacles still in the way. These be proceeded to remove. The Lady Anastasia, after the morning prayers, at which she was a regular attendant, generally returned to her lodging, where she sat with her maid ? engaged in the important affairs of the toilet until dinner. Lord Fylingdale was carried to Lady Anastasia's lodging iu the market place. The lady dismissed her maid. "You have something to tell me. Ludovlc," she said. "1 cannot tell from your face whether you are going to deal truthfully. 1 have had experience of the other way. Now, what is It?" "What I have come to say is Impor tant. Anastasia, in this matter 1 have given you my entire confidence. There have been. 1 own, occasions when I have been compelfed? But all that is over, i now connue aosoiuieiy in you and in you alone. My Interests are your$." "You have already given ue that assurance." She implied, perhaps, by these words that the assurance and the fact were not identical. "What can I give you except my assurance?" "Nothing, truly. But. pray, go on. 1 hear that you have been playing the part of tiie knight errant and fighting for distressed damsels. I laughed when I heard of it. You to fight on the side of the angels! Where are your wings, my Ludovlc?" "The thing happened exactly as I could have wished. The country bumpkin who carried her off had no knowledge of fence. He could only lunge, and be was half drunk. There was a t great appearance of desperate fighting * because he was mad with drink and disappointment. I played with the fellow long enough to make a show of courage and danger, then I pinked , him." I ,j "Is he dead?" "I believe that he is In some kind of ? fever. Well, Anastasia, the result of ^ the affair is that I have now arrived at perfect confidence on the part of my old friend the guardian." "And with the girl?" "The girl matters nothing. The first 1 part of the business is done. You can 11 now go back to London"? J "To go back to London?" she replied suspiciously. "You have done all I wanted done 1' here. You have given me a very good c character. You have charmed the peo- li pie of the spa. You have flattered the girl and Inspired her with discontent. Why should you stay any longer?" g "To be sure, I am at great expense, a and the bank is In a poor way. But d what are you going to do?" u "Anastasia," he sat down and took n her hand. "I have inquired carefully j into the whole business. There is no f doubt, none whatever, that the girl is s far richer than even her guardian un- ii derstands. She has a huge Income, a t great accumulation of money and. what Is more, a collection of Jewels which is t In Itself a large fortune. Go back to London tomorrow or next day. Then t sit down and write a letter inviting the t girl to stay at your house. Bid her 1 bring with her all her jewels and fin- a ery. I, for ray part, will urge the cap- g tain to let her accept the invitation." p "All this is very circumstantial, t What then?" \ "I will promise the captain to find v her a husband, a man of position, a ] man of rank, and, above all, one as t virtuous as myself." He said this a without the least blush or even a j. smile. a ?- 1 A- _ uere is mat uusuuuu iu ue ^ found?" "As yet I do not know. He must be n creation of our own. He must not f know; he must simply obey. We shall t find such a person somewhere. I have, t I believe, a good many of my former v friends in the fleet or the king's <] bench. Now, Anastasia, to find one of 1 these unfortunates, to offer him an t allowance, say a guinea a week, in t return for a power of attorney to administer the property. True, there s are the creditors, but we might take over the detainers. He must uot be < suffered to get out." ne went on sug- r gesting deceits and villainies. ? "You said 'we.' What have I to do ? with the scheme? It is, you must con- r fess, Ludovlc, one of those arrange- t rneuts or understandings which the 5 world calls a conspiracy"? Lord Fylingdale released her hand, t Her words pained his sensitive soul, i "If at this time, after all we have done ? BY ~ ~ ^ ^ E?, BEZANT, ogether, we are to talk of conspira:les, we had better act separately," he said coldly. "No. I am your servant, as you mow?sometimes your most unhappy lervant, but always at your command -only now and then It pleases me to all things by their proper names. A1 such times. Ludovle, I look in my glass, ind 1 see not the Lady Anastasia in a jompauy of fashion, but a poor wretch litting in a cart with her arms tied lown, a white nightcap on her head ind a prayer book in her hand. There s a coffin in the cart"? "Anastasia. you are ridiculous! What lave we done that all the world would ?ot do if it could? These scruples are ibsurd. and these visions are fantastic. sVhat is your share? You know that mlf of mine?all that is mine?is yours is well. You shall have my hand and ny name. These you should have had oug ago had they been worth your licking up. Alas. Anastasia, no one mows better than you the desperate ondition of my affairs!" "Well. I will obey you. I will gc iack to town. I will go tomorrow. The other parties In our innocency? hey will also go back. I suppose?" "They will have done their part. Sir iarry and the colonel and the parson; hey will all go back. They cost a jreat deal to keep, and they have done heir work." "Should I see the girl before I go?" "Perhaps not Write to her from ^ondon. Invite her to stay with you. ^or my own part, I will look about me vo? MVI m<nxci> TV rcofu or TB IHa or the man we want?a prisoner; on he poor side; a gentleman, one who rill do anything for a guinea a week, ^he girl will not know that be is a insouer. u Will ue qune easy ? This he said, concealing his real Inentlon. niid only anxious to get this ady out of the way, but he left her uspicious and jealous. That is to say, he had already become both, and this at ilea te plot of a husband from the ^leet and the rest made her still more uspicious aud jealous. Having dismissed Anastasia, there emalued the parson and the poet. The atter lie could send away at a day's lotleo: the former he would probably rant for a certain purpose. He sent or Mr. Semple. his secretary. "Seruple," he said. "I have now made Dijuiry into the truth of your state ents?I mean as regards this young ady's fortune." "It Is as I told your lordship?" "It is. The fortuue you have exag;erated, but it is, no doubt, considerble. Well, I have sent for you in orler to tell you that I am now resolved ipon carrying out the project you subnitted to me. My own affairs are. as ou found out. embarrassed. The girl's ortuue will be useful to nie. Her per<?n is passable: her manners will be mproved. I have therefore determined o make her my countess." "My lord, I rejoice to have been the nimble instrument"? "You have kept the secret so far, I iclieve. At least I have seen no sign hat any one suspects my intentions. l'ou have Invented a lie of enormous LUdacity in order to bring us all together?myself. wlih your project up ay sleeve, aud certain friends of mine o assist in various quarters. Your inentions have converted an ordinary veil into a health restoring spring, fou have caused the elevation of this own of common sailors and traders ind mechanics into a fashionable spa. 5emple, you are a very ingenious peron. I hope that you are satisfied with our success." "( ratified, my lord, not satisfied." "i uuuerstumi. iou snau ue sansied very shortly by the fulfillment of ny promise. It is. if I remember, to ind you a place under government vorth at least ?200 a year, with perluisites. You shall learn. Semple, that can be grateful and that I can keep ny word, written or spoken. Now, here remains one more service." He proceeded to give him certain lntructions. "And. remember, the greatest serocy is to lie observed. Neither you lor the captain is to reveal the fact mtil the business Is completed. Ev rythitig will be ruined if anything Is evealed. Your own future depends ipon your secrecy. Yon are sure that on have your instructions aright?" "I am quite sure, my lord. I am your mbassador. I come with a message if great Importance. There are reatous why the. proceedings are to be kept secret. Thp lady will be made a countess before a prying and Impertinent world ran be Informed of your lordship's Intentions. I fly, my lord. I fly." "One moment friend Semple. Before you depart on this mission resolve me as to a difficulty In my mind." "What is that, my lord?" | "You nre aware, of courRe, that my plan of life is not quite what this girl expects in a husband. She will expect In fact the bourgeois virtues?constancy, fidelity, early hours, regularity, piety. You know very well that she will not find these virtues. You nre preparing for the girl, in fact a great disappointment and perhaps a life of misery. If I did not want her money, . I migut pity ner. ? Sam's face darkened. "Tell me, my friend, in return for i what nets of kindness done to you by - the captain or by Molly herself are you [ conferring this boon upon the girl?" , The poet made no reply for awhile. ; Then he answered, his eyes on the ground: "The thing is as good as done. ( 1 may as well let you know. The cnp, tain cudgeled me like a dog-liken dog. [ My gratitude Is so great that I have I succeeded In marrying his ward to you, , my lord. What worse revenge conld I take?" : "Frankly, I know of none." I "You will waste and dissipate the , whole of her fortune, and would If It were ten times as great, in raking and gaming; you will send her back to her i own people broken hearted and ruined. [ That will be my doing." "Friend Semple," said bis lordship. ! "If I were not Fyllngdale, I would be t Semple. and. to tell the troth. If I saw , any other way of raising money I would?well?perhaps - I would?even , pity the girl and let her go." TO BE CONTINUED. piscdlattfous Reading. ROOSEVELT'S DUEL. I _____ Failed to Materialise! lint Teddy Wrk Game. In the crowd of from 30,000 to 50,000 persons who, it Is predicted, will be present at Maplewood park when President Roosevelt attends the Bangor fair, late in August, there will be one man at least whom the president will be delighted to see and greet with the most cordial Roosevelt greeting. This man is "Bill" Sewall, of Island Falls. "Bill" tramped the Maine woods and rode over the western prairies with Roosevelt long before the latter was dreamed of as a presidential possibility; but even in those days "Bill" was heard to predict that "Teddy" would some day be the foremost man in the United States. "Bill" was a sort of father to Roose velt when the latter was in his teens, and as a pale and sickly youth he came every year to the Aroostock woods to shoot and fish, under the guidance of the veteran woodsman* It is said the president has always kept a warm corner in his heart for the old guide, and that never a year has gone by without some substantial token of his regard. It is now more than 25 years since the two first met, but they have kept with each other through correspondence ever since. Sewall lives in one of the most comfortable cottages in Island Falls and owns a fine farm, some woodland and a camp at Mattawamkeag Lake, a few miles away. He is 65 years old, tall, spare, blue-eyed and fair-haired, with a fine cast of countenance, athletic and very intelligent. "Roosevelt is first of all, an honest man." said Bill, speaking of his acquaintance with the president, "and one of the plainest men I ever met. He doesn't Judge a man by the clothes he wears, or by his position in life. He takes a man at his true worth, and he's been so ever since I can remember, which was when I met him here as a boy 25 years ago. "I know him, for I have eaten with him and slept under the same blanket with him. They say to know much about a man you must know him in that way. "He'll never be a wealthy man. Why, I've known him to financially aid his political opponents when they got into a tight place, and he often told me the only pleasure he got from money was in the good he could.do with it. "I always said he'd be president some day. I told him when he was only 18 years old that he'd sit in the White House some day. Something told me he would, and you see it has turned out true. "He used to laugh at me. He never wanted to be in public life then. He wanted to be a naturalist. He loved to study trees and animals and expected to devote his life to that sort of thing. "One day when we were out hunting he said to me in a sober way: 'Bill, I've been thinking about what I shall do in life, and I feel that if I were to follow my natural bent, and be a naturalist. I wnnld hp rnhhine' mv fpllowmen of mOrp useful service. Consequently, T have deckled, much against my natural Inclination, to go into public life, and for that I shall fit myself by study and training.' "I'm confident of one thing," continued Rill, "and that is that unless some of those tricksters get him tangled up they'll never be able to get the better of him and they'll find him the hardest man to corrupt they ever tackled. I know this as well as I know that I'm alive. I know his every trait, for I spent the happiest years of my life with him. both here and on the ranch in Dakota, where for three years I was i his foreman. i "How did I come to meet Roosevelt? Dr. J. West Roosevelt and W. E. Roosevelt. the latter a wealthy banker of 1 New York, used to come here to hunt ! in the fall. Once they told me they were going to invite a young relative ! of theirs up here. They said his name was Teddy Roosevelt, and that he was a college student. "They cautioned me about him, saying he was a gritty, headstrong youngster who had more sand In his crop than he had strength, and they wanted me to take the best care of him. "Well, he came. He was a pale delicate youth of 18, but the toughest boy physically that [I ever met. I gave him the room right -over this one we're sitting In, and we went out hunting. He took the greatest interest in the woods, and never complained of being tired, although I knew many a time that he was hardly able to drag himself home after a long tramp. "That boy would never give up. He'd always take the biggest end of the stick, too, and many a time I was afraid he'd collapse on me, but he would cheer right up and say he was as fresh as a daisy. Talk about grit. He was all right. "He came year after year, and we went out into the woods. Among others he met Bill Dow, the fairest and squarest man that ever lived and the best shot in Aroostock county. That's Bill's picture over there on the wall. When he died I lost a good friend. We were together on Roosevelt's ranch, out in the Bad Lands, and it was a toss-up who was the foreman?Bill or myself. When Roosevelt started out on his new career he didn't forget us, and asked Bill and me to go out to his ranch in Dakota. This was along in '84, and Bill and I went to New York to meet him. "We found him in the Fifth Avenue hotel, surrounded by politicians, and when he spied us he rushed with both hands held out. He was glad to see us, for a fact. We engaged to go out to Dakota. Neither of us knew anything about ranches or bucking bronchos, but Col. Roosevelt said we were all right, and that he wanted some Maine men to look out for his interests. The ranch was on the Little Missouri, about 30 miles from Medora, on the Northern Pacific. "Medora was named for the wife of the Marquis de Mores, and the Marquis owned the lands on both sides of the Roosevelt ranch. He had in his employ the toughest lot of cowboys in that part of the country, and there was trouble in the air all the time. This gang seemed to thjnk they could run the whole country, and threw a lot of big bluffs our way. "Two men namea neiny anu ^ Bunnell were told by the Marquis that they were encroaching on his land, and that if they didn't get out they would be shot on sight. One day these two men were fired on from ambush, Reilly killed and O'Donnell crippled for life. The marquWfcrAs arrested, but was acquitted. "Soon after this Bill and I were notified that if we didn't get east where we belonged our bones would be found on the ranch, and the life of Col. Roosevelt also was threatened. The De Mores crowd claimed that we were on their land and threatened to shoot Roosevelt on sight. "Roosevelt was in New York at the time, but the day he got back and heard what had been going on he mounted his horse and rode straight over to the De Mores ranch. He hunted up Paddock, who was in charge, and said to him: "I understand you have threatened to kill me on sight. Now, I have come over to see when you want to begin the killing, and to inform you that if you have anything to say against me, now is the time to say it.' " "Paddock turned pale and stuttered out something about it being all a mistake. He made all soris ^f apologies and Col. Roosevelt rode buck to his ranch. "Next came a challenge from the marquis to Col. Roosevelt. The marquis sent a letter saying the colonel had influenced one of the witnesses against him in the murder trial, and declaring that between gentlemen such differences could be settled in only one way, meaning, of course, by a duel. Colonel Roosevelt said to me: " 'Bill, I don't want to disgrace my family by fighting a duel, but I won't be bullied by a Frenchman. Now, as I am the challenged party I have the privilege of naming weapons. I am no swordsman and pistols are too uncertain and Frenchy for me: so what do you say if I make it Winchesters, I'll just write to the marquis, saying that I have not done anything to injure him, but that if his letter is meant as a challenge, and he insists on having satisfaction, I will meet him with Winchester rifles at ten paces, both to fire until one drops.' "I was horrified, and said such a fight meant certain death fpr one or both, but I couldn't stop it, and the colonel sat down on a log and wrote to De Mores, stating his terms of duelling. "The answer came by the very next post to the effect that the marquis had no intention of challenging Roosevelt? that what he meant by his letter was that 'differences between gentlemen could be settled without trouble.' The marquis and his wife came over to our ranch the next day and called on Col. Roosevelt, and always after that were very friendly.' Sewall relates many incidents of life Ill me 13CLU JjUIlUn LU SUU? II1C Uiiu persistency of Roosevelt, as when he chased two river pirates who had stolen his boat a distance of 400 miles down the Little Missouri and captured them with a lot of plunder stolen from the ranches along the way, afterwards having the satisfaction of seeing the pirates sent to Mandan jail for two years each. "I don't think Roosevelt ever made a dollar out there," said 'Bill,' "but he seemed to enjoy the ranch life, and the cowboys thought a lot of him. He was a good shot for a man who couldn't see a foot without glasses, and we had a good many hunting trips together. After three years of ranching we decided to come back east, as Roosevelt was being constantly called to New York, and had little time to devote to the cattle business, anyway."?New York Herald. ART ON CAPITOL WALLS. Decorative Painting* (or the Senate Committee Rooms. The Capitol building: already has many decorative paintings, which adorn the walls and ceilings of committee and other rooms. Many of these are noted for their beauty and artistic merit. Since congress adjourned a notable addition has been made to the adornments of this character by four decorative paintings for the senate committee on foreign relations. This is located In the old library section of the Capitol, looking up Pennsylvania avenue. The paintings have been executed by Mr. A. R. Willett, and are allegorical in treatment, the figures being half lifesize and the subjects chosen being suggestive of the work of the committee. In the centre of one of the larger paintings, representing "The Arts of Peace;" stands "Peace," a figure in a white robe, with arms outstretched as though offering her blessings to the people: on her right stands a husbandman. with a scythe over his shoulder and a fleece and shears in his hand; to her left is a mother with a child in her arms holding a distaff, the group being symbolic of the "Family." On the right of the panel is a group of smiths at work, a plowshare lying beside the anvil, while in the distance one gets a glimpse of a field being plowed and a village church. At the other end of this panel is a group of shipwrights at work, and a large steamer is seen in course of construction, symbolic of commerce with other nations. On the opposite wall to "Arts of Peace" is a painting representing "War." In the centre a figure of "War," armed, and about to draw his sword, advances amid smoking firebrands; with his clinched hand outstretched he seems to be calling "To arms"; on his right a female flgrure of "Mercy," with a child clinging in terror to her knee, appears to be restraining him, while on his left stands a veiled figure of "Destiny" with an hourglass in her hand. To the right of this panel is a burly warrior with a prisoner, while in the background one sees armed men marching and the smoke ol a burning village. Suggestive of the humanitarian side of war is a group of nurses binding up the arm of a wounded soldier. The painting over the mantel on the south wall shows "Abundance," and "Peace" clasping hands before an altar on which lie the flags of the nations: "Abundance," a female flgrure clad in a rose-colored drapery, bears a cornucopia filled with fruit. Behind her are a sheaf of wheat and sickle, while "Peace," in white, bears a palm branch. On the face of the altar is inscribed the quotation from Jefferson, "Peace and commerce and honest friendship with all nations," while behind the altar stands a Hermes, the boundary mark of the ancients, bearing a sculptured head of Washington. In the last panel "Courage" and "In tellect" stand on either side of an altar bearing the inscription, "Beneath the rule of men entirely great the pen is mightier than the sword." "Courage," a young man with sword and shield, appears ready for the fight, while "Intellect," a figure suggestive of a Roman senator, in a red toga, stands with scroll in hand, as though debating. On the altar stands a statue of Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom, while through the foliage appears a view ol th? capitol.?Washington Post. l'ROOF AGAINST YANKEE LEAD. Wonderfnl Endurance of a Canton County Veteran. Among the attendants upon a barbecue and political speaking in an adjoining county to the one in which this city is located, last Saturday, was a farmer named H. A. Torrence, a Con federate veteran, who was during the civil war twice officially reported dead, and who was twice shot through the head with minnie balls, and yet who is now able to work on his farm, attend public gatherings and do almost anything else he wants to, with the exception of reading, his eyesight allowing him to write but not read. Mr. Torrence, while fighting at Gettysburg, was shot squarely through the head, the ball passing through the right eye and going out the back of his neck. He was left for dead by his comrades, and he lay on the field amidst the thousands of dead bodies until next da>, when he regained consciousness. "When I came to myself," said the old soldier, "I at first thought I was blind, but after working with my left eye I managed to see things around me, and I got to my feet. I saw a few 1 Yankees at a distance and they motioned me to come to them. I went any they took me to a hospital, where I remained until I was exchanged and able to go home. I had been reported dead, and my folks had worn mourning for me for six months when I walked in upon them." After remaining at home for some time, and despite the fact that he had only one eye, Mr. Torrence yearned for the life of a soldier, and rejoined his regiment. In ihe fighting around Rif-hmnnri he was aerain shot in the head, the ball entering near where the former one had made Its exit, and coming out through the right eye, In the same place where the first ball entered, Again the official report from his officers placed Mr. Torrence upon the list of the killed, and once more the folks at home mourned for him, and wore black, but, in due time he reappeared among them and has been there ever since. In his section Mr. Torrence is known as a man whom Yankee lead could not kill, and his case is a remarkable instance of physical endurance.?Char lotte correspondence Atlanta Journal. SOCIAL HAWAIIANS. Everybody In Willing; to Celebrate Every One Elie'i Holiday. There be those who have been shaking their heads sadly these five years past and telling Uncle Sam that he was making a great mistake In gathering i in first the Sandwich Islands, then the Philippines and the planning now to gather In the Danish Islands. They have assured him that he didn't want them, and that he wouldn't know what to do with them when he got them. Two of the three groups he's got and what he gets he keeps. The Hawaiian group he's had for four years and has proved that he didn't have to do anything with them, that if he gave them a reasonably stable government they'd do the rest themselves and do it well. Any one who regard these particular islands as an undesirable possession has not been there and doesn't know, that's all. The Hawaiian Islands have been called "the cross roads of the Pacific," and in their right to that title 1 their commercial value becomes ap. parent. But it is a field of untold posi slbillties for money getters, the group is still a field of comparatively inex haustible rertiuty ior pleasure seaaers. ' In the days of our grandfathers the 1 trip to the Hawaiian Islands was fraught with grave dangers. The perils ' by sea were scarcely more than the perils by land. These were the dreaded Sandwich Islands, and the fate of Captain Cook who discovered them in 1778 only to meet his horrible death on them in 1779, were still bogies wherewith the wives and children of the hardy East Indian traders terrified themselves in their lonely New England homes while their men folks were away on the two or three years' voyages they involved. Heretofore the pleasure traffic to Honolulu has been in the winter. In its character as a tropical city it has been regarded as probably a delightful win1 ter resort, but no place to go in summer. Gradually this error has been correcting itself. People are beginning 1 to find out that the climate of the Hawaiian Islands varies very little the year round. Uncle Sam's weather bureau quotes facts, and facts are stubborn things. According to the bureau's records the maximum temperature at 1 Naikiki, Honolulu's favorite suburb, for the year 1901 was 89, the minimum 1 56, the average 72. Probably no other place in the Union can boast of so equi! table a temperature. Certainly New 1 York couldn't; and it is doubtful if any of the favorite seaside resorts could show a mercury that never reached the ! 90 mark in summer. And surely if one I could, it could not also show a mercury ' that did not fall below 56 in winter. Winter in Hawaii would not recognized were it not emphasized by showers rather more frequent than at other periods.?Brooklyn Eagle. THE BOER AND THE SOUTHERNER. I > The Two Hold the Same View of the t Nezro and His Capacity. An article in the last number of The ' Fortnightly Keview, entuiea, iNegruphilism in South Africa," is of extraordinary Interest because it describes a collision of sentiment concerning the j ' Negroes which exists in this country ^ ' also. i The article starts out by saying that "the body of sentiment in England," i which he calls "Negrophilism," "counted for more 100 years ago than it does i i today," "when it has largely spent its i force." Like sentiment in this country also may be said to count for very much less than it did half a century ! ago. The debarring of the Negroes ' from the ballot box, which is now so universal in the southern states, provokes relatively little resentment in the north. The run of people here seem to be wholly indifferent to the matter. The attitude of the Boers toward "Negrophilism" has been and is, it seems, very similar to that of our own southern people. "The Boer," Mr. M. 1 J. Farrelly, the writer in the Fort nightly tells us, "challenges as untrue, as unscriptural, as a standing danger 1 to life and property, and as a menace tn the elviHzntlnn the Nefirronhilist. * blackman-and-brother, theory." The i Boers' dread of English interference, he says, is due very largely to the impressions and apprehension that it will bring to South Africa trouble and confusion by unduly lifting up the Negroes, and thus reversing "one of the cardinal features of their native pol' icy." Meantime, of recent years, contact with the Negroes in Africa has brought about in the religious missionary societies working there "a very marked alteration, if not of ideals, at least of prescribed courses." Not even the Societe Evangelique of Paris, the pioneers ' of French missionary enterprise in Basutoland, now recommend marriage between black and white, and the London and Scotish missionary societies have come to show like reserve. The Jesuits and Trappists in Matabeleland ? and in Natal do not deny the validity of such a union, but they do not encourage it. At all the missionary cen' tres, too, there is "an increasing perception that not literary training, but training 10 ihuui is wuul ia icquucu ao the first European lesson to the black men." A movement started of recent years by the Kaffirs to form themselves into a separate church in South Africa is viewed with disapproval by the missionaries as fraught with possible political danger. President Steyn and the Boers generally are troubled by the report of "the importation from the United States of a Negro bishop of an African Episcopal church." "The people will endure no equality of black and 1 white in church or in state," declared ' the Transvaal constitution of 1857, and they are of the same mind still. Here is a significant remark by Mr. Farrelly: "One principle of the Boer laws with reference to the Kaffir should centainly not be interfered with, that of the infliction of the penalty of death for of fences against white women. This is not a subject which it is necessary to dilate on; but all of South African experience are agreed that it is an absolute necessity of existence for Europeans. Carrying revolvers is not always sufficient; there must be, in addi- tion, the spectacle to the savage Kaffirs, denizens of the towns, as the consequence of infringing the inviolate status of the European." We do not need to make any comparison between all this and the situation in our southern states as concerns the Negro problem.?New York Sun. fake: advertising. Business Men Growing Impatient at Imposition. If one may judge from the manifestations in different cities on the part of people who believe in advertising and give practical evidence of their belief by practicing it, there will be a considerable change of heart among those people as to where and how their advertisements In the future shall be placed. That there is an amount of money of conslserable proportions expended uselessly in "fake" advertising and without the most remote chance of producing satisfactory results is as plain as noonday. When it Is considered that there are hundreds of millions of dollars spent annually in the United States in advertisements it is but natural to expect that some of it will go to waste. Possibly that is inevitable. There is, of course, a certain percentage of loss in all business transactions. Advertising or publicity may be the exception to the general rule, but the chances are, by a large majority, that it is not. However, be that as it may, the fact remains that the men who advertise, both great and small, are giving the subject much more attention. They are discriminating as to where they shall or shall not spend money in giving publicity to the goods or products they have to offer to the public for sale. This movement is not confined to any particular section of the country. From far-off Oregon to nearby Massachusetts business men are considering the question of where they shall or shall not advertise, and the t. medium they will employ to give their business the publicity which will bring them practical financial results. In some of the towns of Pennslyvania, New York and Massachusetts, for instance, business men and business men's clubs have resolved that they , will do no more advertising in programs Of PntPrtnlnmPnto crnt nn fr\t- oronlfl/. ? Ow* u|/ fcvi purposes, or in the ephemeral sheets and bills of fare printed to give publicity to the day and date on which such and such concerts, picnics, excursions, clam bakes, ice cream or strawberry festivals will take place for the benefit of such-and-such an association, club, church, etc. When any of these affairs is arranged a committee makes out a list of the people who advertise, and also of those who do not advertise, and proceed at once to inform them that they want them to advertise in their programme. Some members of the committee may be customers of the store-keepers on whom the committee calls, and the store-keep er finds It very hard to refuse. The | committee generally wins and gets the advertisement it has been after, though the unfortunate who was waited upon knows full well that his investment will not do him a particle of good. It may, however, save him from business harm. He does not want to antagonize a regular customer, so he gives the commit* tee the ad. to get rid of it. Besides, his rival in business or his neighbors, he was told, is going in, and has given the committee a half-column display. Under the circumstances no man who is appealed to can afford to stay out of the columns of this absolutely worthless, from a business point of view, programme. As advertising mediums these kind of catchpenny printing "snaps" are positively no good to any one save to the organizations which get them up or the people who undertake to do the printing gratis and take chances of getting out even on whatever advertisements they can get paid k Ul This kind of thing may seem small and comparatively Inexpensive; and so it would be if there was only one or two annually, but that is not the case. In some cities and towns there is any number of these organizations which have outdoor excursions in the summer, indoor festivals in the winter and possibly a fair at Christmas time, and for each one of these "snaps" there is sure to be a programme or journal attachment to which the local advertiser has to pay tribute. There is no way of getting out of it. The rivalry for local trade is so great that no man can afford to provoke antagonisms, and in the smaller cities there is no surer way of doing so than to refuse to encourage these Irregular and occasional undertakings. Many times the women interested in thees outings, festivals, concerts or fairs undertake the duty of canvassing for ads. as a labor of love, and that being the case the poor unfortunate store-keeper has to give up at once and make his advertisement longer that he otherwise would, or than his business will warrant. The whole thing is wrong. The system is a bad one. There is a flavor about it which is most unsavory, and the sooner the practice is exterminated the better. From many parts of the country reports of the determination of business men to abstain from advertising in any of these "fake" advertising sheets reaches The National Advertiser. The newspaper proper is the only correct medium in which to advertise; special prints, such as referred to, have little or no value. Let the business men advertisers, all over the country determine to avoid all this kind of "fake" advertising. It can do them no good. They will save money by it, maintain their self-respect and give the quietus to a practice that should be abolished.?National Advertiser.