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' _ " ISSUED SIMZ-'WEEHLT. L. M. oeist & SONS, Publishers.} % ^aniilg Ucicsjaper: <^|or the promotion of the political, ?ocial, Agricultural, and Commercial gnt^rests of the fcople. { teb"8ino^opy^ nracraPTOfllcg' ESTXBLISHEDI855. YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNEDSAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1902. NO. 73. ^^? ??>?? ??MM TBI L& C i ?. By SIR WA1 Copyright, 1901, by Sir Walter Besanl CHAPTER XII. THE "SOCIETY" AGAIN. "society" continue* I to meet, but Irregulai )? I ly, during this perio* Wi I nf PTnitement whei everybody was bus; j~i_f ~ | making money out o the company or Join &*? lug In the amusement or looking on. The coffee house at tracted some of the members, the tav era others, the gardens or the lonj room others. It must be confessed tha the Irregularities of attendance and tin absences and the many new topics o discourse caused the evenings to bi much more animated than of old. whei there would be long periods of silence broken only by some reference to tin arrival or departure of a ship, the de cease of a townsman or the change it the weather. This evening the meeting conslstet at first of the vicar and the master ol the school only. "We are the faithful remnant." sale the vicar, taking his chair. "The may or. no doubt, is at the coffee house the aldermen at the tavern and the ^ doctor in the long room. The captain I take it. is at the elbow of bis noble friend." The master of the school bung up hie bat and took bis usual place. Then be put his hand into bis pocket "1 have this day received"? At the same moment the vicar pnl his hand into his pocket and negan it the same words: "I have this day received"? Both stopped. "I interrupt you, Mr Pentecrosse." said the vicar. "Nay, sir: after you." "Let us not stand on ceremony. Mr Pentecrosse. What have you recelv ed?" "1 have received a let.er from Lon dou." "Mine Is from Cambridge. You were about to speak of your letter?" "It concerns Sam Sempie, once my pupil, now secretary to the Lord Fylingdale. who has his quarters overhead." "What does your correspondent tell you about Sam? That he Is the equal of Mr. Pope and the superior of Mr. Addison, or that his verses are echoes, sound without sense, trash and pre tense? Cost me a guinea." "The letter Is a reply I addressed to my cousin, Zackary Pentecrosse, a bookseller in Little Britain. I asked blm to tell me if be could learn something of the present position and reputation of Sam Semple, who gives himself. 1 understand, great airs at the coffee house as a wit of the first standing and an authority in matters of taste. With your permission. 1 will proceed to read aloud the portion which concerns our poet. Here is the passage: M 'You ask me to tell you what I know " of the poet Sam Semple. I do not know. It Is true, all the wit9 and poets, but I know some, and they know all those who frequent Dolly's and the Chapter House and the other coffee houses frequented by the poets. None 41 ** A 1 ? K-J or ineui ui ursr suew ur uuu ucuiu ui the name. At last one was found who had seen a volume bearing this name and published by subscription. "Sir," be said, "'tis the veriest trash. A schoolboy should be turned for writing such bad verses." "But." I asked him. "he Is said to be received and wel. corned by the wits." "They must be." be replied, "the wits of Wapplng or the Doets of Turnagain lane. The man Is not known anywhere." So with this I had to be contented for a time. Then I came across one who knew this would be poet. "I was once myself." he said, "at my last guinea when I met Mr. Samuel Semple. He was In rags, and he was well nigh starving. I gave him a sixpenny dinner in a cellar, where 1 myself was dining at the time. He told me that he had spent the money subscribed for bis book Instead of paying the printer: that be was dunned and threatened for the debt: that If he was arrested be must go to the Fleel or to one of the Comptors: that he must then go to the common side and would then starve?in a word, that he was on his last legs. These things he told me with tears, for indeed cold and hunger?he had no lodging?had brought him low. After be had eaten his dinner and borrowed a shilling he wenl away, and I saw him no more for six months, when I met him in Covenl Carden. He was now dressed In broadcloth. fat and In good ease. At first he refused to recognize his former companion in misery, but I persisted. He then told me that be bad been so fortunate as to be of service to ray Lord Fvlingdale, into whose household he had entered. He therefore defied his creditors and stood at bed and board at the house of his noble patron. Now, sir. it Is very well known that anj service rendered to this nobleman must be of a base and dishonorable nature Such Is the character of this most prof llgate of lords. A professed rake and s most notorious gambler, he Is no Ion ger admitted into the society of tbost of Ids own rank. He frequents halls where the play Is high, but the players are doubtful. He Is said to entertalr decoys, one of whom Is an old rulnec gamester named Sir Harry Malynsanc another a half pay captain, a bully ant a sharper, who calls himself a colonel spa >Sj I r spi ^ ^ UU( gar - _ bis Mo wil iTElt BE8ANT. gai vill t. the I Tto la tn ho fippn nt ffie liouse of fhe Lady Anastasia, the most notorious ?a woman In London, who every night 1 lj( 3 keeps the bank at hazard for the profit anf - of this noble lord and bis confederates. in 1 It Is In the service of soch a man that n?l n Mr. Semple has found a refuge. What inS y he fulfills In the way of duty I know f not." I give you, cousin, the words of i- my Informant. I have since Inquired s of others, and I find confirmation ev- tue ery where of the notorious character of Lord Fyllngdale and his companions. disl ? Nor can I understand what services a *^a 1 poet can render to a man of such a rep- f %10 p utation, living such a life.' f "Do you follow, sir," my father ask- 0 f ed. laying down the letter, "or shall I e\? J read it again?" t4, "Nay, the words are plain. But, Mr. ? Penteerosse, they are serious words. aDj - They concern very deeply a certain lady ? 1 Whom we love. Lord Fylingdale has been with us for a month. He bears a ca" 1 character, here at least, of the highest ^ f kind. It Is reported, I know not with ? a what truth, that he Is actually to mar- rav 1 ry the captain's ward, Molly. There is. however, no doubt that Molly's for tune has grown so large as to make J her a match for any one. however high ly placed." }val > "I fear that it is true." r?r "Then, what foundation has this genorp J tleman for so scandalous a report?" 1 "Indeed, I do uot know. My cousin, the bookseller, expressly says that he emi - - - - r. , ? sav has no knowieage or sain serapie. t "Mr. Pentecrosse. I am uneasy. 1. wai 1 hear that the gentlemen of the com- ? ft pany are circulating ugly rumors about one Colonel Lanyon. who has been ?n playing high and has won large sums 5 -larger than auy of the company can ? afford to lose. They have resolved to demand and await explanations. There aon are whispers also which concern Lord ,? Fyllngdale as well. These things ' make one disgusted. Then I also have on,;, received a letter. It Is in reply to one ' ( of my own addressed to au old friend J at Cambridge. My questions referred ' to tlie great scholar and eminent divine who takes Greek for Hebrew. J001 " 'You ask me if I know anything Jf a about one Benjamin Purdeu. clerk In I holy orders. There can hardly be two r1 ei ' persons of that name, both in holy or- V11 ders. The man whom 1 know by repute is a person of somewhat slight stature, his head bigger than befits j his height; he bath a loud and hector- r~ 1 lug voice: he assumes, to suit his own aas purposes, the possession of learning oai I and piety. Of theological learning he has none, so far as 1 know. Of Greek corr] art. combined with modern maimers. T1 he la said to be a master. lugiese -1 Itnlianato Diavolo Incarnato Is the a proverb. He was formerly tutor on J)ut the grand tour to the young Lord Fy- l8a lingdale. whom he led Into the ways of ?T1 C!|r 1 corruption and profligacy which have ' made that nobleman notorious. He is ^ u also the reputed author of certain rib- tlie aid verses that pass from hand to eve' : hand among the baser sort of our unl- w versify scholars. I have made In- 8 I quiries about him with these results. pr?' ' It Is said that where Lord Fyllngdale w is found this worthy ecclesiastic is uot ^ua ' far off. There was hist year a scandal at Bath in which his name was men- arc 1 tioued freely. There was also?but ? ' this Is enough for one letter.' " The vicar read parts of this letter ( twice over so as to lend the words i greater force. "The man says publicly that he was tutor to Lord Fyllngdale v'cr sale Ml- I tlUHft -TMH t? MOM tllOIW SOUI TBAM TOO tuwtcr.- vil't tion - "j ou the grand tour. 1 have myself am heard hiin. On one occasion he proclaimed with loud voice the private te" virtues of his patron. Sir. 1 very much beei fear that we have discovered a nest of bell villains. Pray God we be not too late." not? "Amen." said my father. "But what bef< can we do?" tect "Aye. what can we do? To denounce tain Lord Fylingdale on this evidence 1 ' l- ? it.i_ rr_ ? 11 Kit, loV( WUUUJ lie impossiuie. iU OIIUW luia I marriage to take place without warnf ln? the captain would be a most wick- 'M ; ed thing." fon t "Let me send Jack," said my fa- the; , ther. "The boy is only a simple sailor, tlm r but he loves the girl. He will now be bel| t aboard his ship." as It is not far from the Crown to the drn . quay, nor from the quay to any of the he i ships In port. I was sitting in the intc . cabin, melaucholy enough, about 8 Mol i o'clock or so. just before the sunset at < } gun was tired from the redoubt, when fori j 1 heard a shout. "Lady of Lynn, "1 i nhoy!" You may be sure that 1 obeyed the I the summons with alacrity. thii I No one else had yet arrived at tho no, I Crown. The vicar laid both L-tters be- mai . fore me. Then, as when one strikes a life irk Id the tinder and the match Igps. flaming up. and the darkness lishes. so did the scheme of villainy 'old Itself; not all at once?one does at oue glance comprehend a conracy so vile?but part I say, 1 did lorsta^d. Sir," I gasped, "this Is more opporie than you suspect Tomorrow rniug at 6 at St Nicholas' church y are to be married secretly. Oh, a nbler. a rake, one who has wasted patrimony, to marry Molly?our fly! Sir, you will Interfere. You I do something. It is the villain, n; he was always a liar, a cur, a aln!" Steady, boy. steady," said my far. "It helps not to call names." It Is partly revenge. He dared to ke love to Molly three years ago. b captain cudgeled him handsomely. i I was mere 10 see. 11 is reveuge part He barb brought down this >le lord to marry ao heiress, knowthe misery he Is preparing for her. Sam. If I had been there!" Steady, boy." said my father again. Who spread abroad the many virs of this noble villain? Sam Sem-ln his service, a most base and tionorable service. Mr. Purden, the n who writes ribald verses"? I ught of the Lady Anastasia, but reined. She at least had nothing to with this marriage. So far, howr, there was much explained. What shall we do?" We must prevent the marriage of lorrow. The captain knows nothing it. Lord Fyllngdale persuaded MolHe cannot marry her publicly, bese he cannot join a wedding feast h people so much below him. Molly 11 not keep that engagement if 1 e to lock the door and keep the . ft Better than that, Jack," said the ir. "Take these two letters. Show m to Molly and ask her to wait He the captain makes inquiries. If d Fyllngdale is an honorable man, will court inquiry. If not, then we well rid df a noble knave." took the letters and ran across the ?ty market place. On my way 1 r the captain. He was walking to*d the Crown, with hanging head, et us first deal with the captain, entered the room, hung up his hat the usual peg and put bis stick in accustomed corner. Then he took seat and looked round. [ am glad." he said, "that there is e present except you two. My nds. I am heavy at heart." 3o are we." said the vicar. "But go caDtain." iTou have heard, perhaps, a rumor vhat has been arranged?" There are rumors of many kinds. > place is full of rumors. It is ru ed that a certain Colonel Lanyon i sharper. It is also rumored that 3 Semple is a villain. It is furp rumored that the Rev. Benjamin den Is a disgrace to the cloth, and re is yet another rumor. What is r rumor, captain?" -ord Fylingdale proposes to marry ly, and I have accepted, and she accepted, but It was to be a proad secret." t is so profound a secret that the ipany at the gardens this evening talking about nothing else." ae captain groaned. "I have received tter," he said. "1 do not believe It. the contents are disquieting. There 0 signature. Read it." tie vicar read it: "Captain Crowle? you are a very simple old man. 1 nre so ignorant of London and of fashionable world that you do not a know that Lord Fylingdale. to >tn you are about to give your ward, le most notorious gambler, rake and aigate In the whole of that quarter ;re the people of fashion and of lity carry on their profligate lives, the Interests of innocence and vlr> make some inquiry Into the truth this statement before laying your >ly ward in the arms of the villain ) has come to Lynn with no other ;et than to secure her fortune." t is au anonymous letter." said the ir. "but there is something to be I in support of It. From what roe did you derive your belief In the ues of this young noblemanV" <Yom Sam Seniple." Vho is In the service of his lordship, low not what he does for him. but if s turned out of that service he will illibly be clapped into a debtor's on." rbere Is also that grave and reverdivine"? rhe man Purden. He Is notorious writing ribald verses and for leada life that Is a disgrace to his pro;ion." * rhere Is also the Lady Anastasla." know nothing about her ladyship ept that she keeps the bank, as they it. every evening and that the gamtable allures many to their destruci." dy friends," said the captain, "what 1 to do?" fou must make Inquiry. You must Lord Fylingdale that things have a brought to you: that you cannot eve them if. as Is possible, you do but that you must make Inquiries jre trusting your wara to nis proIon. You are her guardian, capi." am more than her guardian. 1 > her better than If she was my own d." EVp know you do. captain. There? write a letter to blm. Tell him se things. Ray that you must have e to make these Inquiries. I will i you with the letter. And tell him well that you must have time to w up settlements. If be Is honest, will consent to this Investigation > bis private character. If be wants lly and uot her money bag. he will )nce agree to the settlement of her :une upon herself." I am an old fool I suppose," Raid captain. "I have believed everylg and everybody. Yet I cannot? my friends. I cannot think that this n. so proud, so brave, who risked his for Molly, Is what this letter says." "Other letters say the same thing. e< Now. captain, let as write." Ri The letter which was dictated by the h vicar was duly written, signed and a sealed. Then It was sent up stairs to li bis lordship's private room. s< TO BE CONTINUED. e< tl pi5cdlanc0u$ Reading. ? _ h THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Roonevelt Says That We Hmt Back ^ It Up With Power. la In a speech at Rutland, Vt., one day ^ last week, President Roosevelt spoke in h part as follows: s< "We believe in the Monroe doctrine, not as a means of aggression, at all. It jj does not mean that we are aggressive toward any power. It means merely that as the biggest power on this continent we remain steadfastly true to J3 the principles first formulated under the presidency of James Monroe, through John Quincy Adams?the prln- r< ciple that this continent must not be ^ treated as a subject for political colo- L nization by any European power. As I say, that is not an aggressive doc- ^ trine. It is a doctrine of peace, a doctrine of defense, a doctrine to secure ^ the chance on this continent for the United States here to develop peaceably b along their own lines. Now we have formulated that doctrine. If our for- 1 cr\ mulations consist simply of statements on the stump or on paper they are not ^ worth the time to utter them, or the paper on which they are written. "Remember that the Monroe doctrine ? will be respected as long as we have a firstclass, efficient navy, and not very u' much longer. In private life he who as- w serts something, says what he is going ei to do, and does not back it up, is al- pi 0| ways a contemptible creature, and as a nation the last thing we can afford ^ to do is to take a position which we do ( not intend to try to make good. Bragging and boasting in private life are al- ^ most always the signs of a weak man, and a nation that is strong does not need its account. Least of all does a self-respecting nation wish its public representees to threaten, or menace, or insult another power. Our attitude toward all powers must be one of such tr ,1 :rtAiirtnav q nrl rnonoot Q Q WP 111 tend that they shall show us In re- ** turn. We must be willing to give the ,r friendly regard that we exact from them. We must no more wrong them sc than we must submit to wrongdoing by them; but when we take a position, let us remember that our holding it de- ^ pends upon ourselves, depends upon our w showing that we have the ability to ai hold it. .J* . 8' "Shame to us if we assert the Monroe doctrine, and if our assertion shall be 01 called in question, show that we have ai only made an idle boast; that we are not prepared to back up our words by deeds." (Loud applause.) The president took lunch with Sen- la ator Proctor. Rutland was the next stop. He was greeted by a crowd of 01 6,000 people, and from a stand in the tc square delivered a brief address. The al stop here was for 20 minutes, and the CJ president resumed his tour for Bellows u Falls. S m t lo ' ti A BOER HEROINE. General DeLnrey'i Wife In the Field ^ For Eighteen Months. ^ The party of Boers who have come io England with the generals Include m many who have had exciting exper- gi iences during the war. In talking to m them you realize that it has been quite as much a woman's war as a man's w on the side of the Boers. Perhaps, In- cj deed, the most permanent fact that will jr survive in history will be the part that jc has been played by the women. Take re the case of Mrs. De Larey. She has cf been actually "in the field" for is months. She does not look like it. She j just looks a kindly, middle-aged mother of a family who has lived quiet all her tt life. u It all arose in this way. In the course a< of "guerrilla" war Gen. DeLarey would w occasionally come and visit his wife in a manner that perplexed and annoyed ^ Gen. Methuen perhaps more than any- ijj thing else happening in the war. It certainly must have been annoying, but perhaps the best plan would have been to have grinned and borne it. Unhappily this was not the rule with the Brit- A ish general when he found hinlbelf crossed by Boer women. It was intimated to Mrs. DeLarey that she must 19 pledge herself not to give lodgings to Si her husband. Now Mrs. DeLarey is a st plucky woman and a devoted wife. She w refused. "As long as I live," she re- la plied, "I shall give lodging to my hus- ti band when he comes to me." "Very re well, then," Lord Methuen Intimated, u "you must go Into camp." But Mrs. c< DeLarey refused to go into the camp. n< I "Give me a wagon," she said, "and I In will go and shift for myself." So they tl gave her a wagon and they asked her A where she was going. "Into the wide tr world," she said, and she went. ts That was at the end of the year 1900, la and from that time until the end of the tl war Mrs. DeLarey wandered about the w veldt, now sleeping in one place, now m in another, always on the eve of being Si captured, sometimes escaping by the ol barest interval of time from the pur- 0C suing columns. She carried her chil- F dren with her in her wagon and cooking G utensils sufficient to live a tolerable n< life. The plucky lady occasionally a: found a house where she could spend a 0C night or two; but for the most part she tl was perpetually on the move and per- w petually keeping her weather eye open Ot for the pursuing columns. Every now es and then Gen. DeLarey would visit her, and on one occasion he came to her c< sick and she nursed him. But while he M was lying sick in the farm house the t columns came upon them. Gen. De- tc Larey leaped out of bed, and with the C help of a small command of men with w him, fought off the attack and succeed- P 3 in escaping. On another occasion r? irs. DeLarey proved more clever than b er husband. He was proposing to rest r< night in the farmhouse, but she did not o: ke the looks of it. Her military eye si ;emed to see danger. So she persuad- o; 3 her husband to move. It was for- y mate that she did so, as the enemy L ime to that farm house immediately n hen they had left. Mrs. DeLarey was c< andering in this manner when she 35 eard that her husband had captured c< ord Methuen. At first she would not n< elleve it, but when she found it was ue she made her way to her husband's lager. She said she wanted to see ord Methuen and have a talk with A 1m. She took with her a fowl and )me provisions as a present. Lord Meluen consented to see her and was obged to tell her that he had detroyed n er house. Mrs. DeLarey must have ot some Christian consolation after a resenting him with the fowl and helpig to nurse him. ir Then came the question what DeLa;y should do with his prisoner. The a oumg Boers were all against giving a im up because he had treated Mrs. De61 arey in a manner they did not approve f. But Gen. DeLarey and his wife >ok a larger view. ."What can we do ith him?" they asked, "If we keep im? If he goes with us he will proba- f"* ly die on one of our treks and then his lood will be put to our charge. Better ^ a rronornua onH Hon/1 Him honlr " THp eneral had some difficulty with his t( ten, but at last persuaded them. And w en. and Mrs. DeLarey performed an ei :t of high generosity which was probbly the strongest influence in bring- a ig the war to an end. But it seems to 9 that the generosity of Mrs. DeLarey as even greater than that of the gen al. Certainly in her 18 months' cama.ign she showed quite as much strat- T ry as any of the Boer generals in esiping. What a pity it is that this tale a woman's heroism cannot be fully >ld, and that we cannot place it in Istory as a pendant to the wanderings ' DeWet.?London Daily Mail. t( * e THE ACCIDENT AT PITTSFIELD. s1 resident Telia of Hla Narrow Ea- ^ lc cape From Death. gi President Roosevelt, after his return > his private car at Stockbrlige, told a] le story of the accident in the follow- h ig words. There was no excitement in . Ql Is manner as he described the tragic ;ene through which he had passed: "We were having a very pleasant . ^ rive over from Plttsfleld. Governor rane and I were conversing, and Sec- jfl ?tary Cortelyou was in the front seat, ^ id Craig, poor fellow, on the box be- ^ de the driver. .. "Suddenly we heard the clang, clang n ' the trolley gong, and before we knew ^ nything else the car had struck us. "My impressions of what happened ^ ist after that are somewhat imper ct. I was thrown into the air, and I .nded, should say, some 40 feet away. "Fortunately I was unhurt, and I got i my feet immediately and went back ? see if the others were injured. It j II happened in a second or two. The ir was going at a very rapid rate, nless he had lost control of it, I can't ;e how the motorman could have al iwed it to travel so fast at such a me. rr "It came down upon us like a flash. 01 aturally, I suppose our driver thought ai 5 had the right of way. w "My injuries don't amount to any- 01 >ing. The bruise on my face is no ^ lore than a man might get in a polo tI ime or any other sport in which he light un8klllfully engage. ir "I don't mind my disfigurement, and t? ould regard the affair as a mere indent of the trip if it had not resulted i the death of Craig. I was genuinely >nd of him. He was faithful and >ady, I regret his death more than I t in say. A "In order not to disappoint the people gave instructions that the trip should w i finished as scheduled. But I hope c{ le people have not been disappointed lat fcdid not attempt to make any Jr 3dress at the stops but merely stated gJ hat had hapened. h] "I regret exceedingly that the New " ngland trip, carried through so de?htfully to the last day, should have ad such a tragic ending." m - - ? ? < A RAILROAD EPOCH. liierionn Construction Pamm the ^ 200.000 Mile Mark. The beginning of the second half of 02 sees the railroads of the United J tates cross the 200,000 mile line. Con- ^ ruction during the past six months as not especially active, though it was rger than last years' corresponding t( me, but the total which had been 3. sached by the end of 1901, was so near h le 200,000 mile mark that that line was . frtain to be pased long before 1902 b ?ared its close. It is only by compar- tj ig this mileage with that of some of le rest of the great countries that the merican people can fully realize the emendous development which has ni iken place in this field in their own oi nd. Figures of railroad activities for fe je world at large are not very trust- ai orthy, but taking those which are la lost recent and reliable, the United ni tates is seen to be far ahead of any hi :her country. Germany has about 32,- tc 10 miles of main track; Russia, 29,000; sc ranee, 27,000; Austria-Hungary, 23,000; T reat Britain and Ireland, 22,000, while us 3 other European country has as many cf * 10,000. All of Europe has about 175,- Si 10 miles of road, or considerably less r lan the United States, while the entire as orld's ijiileage is approximately 500,- ol iO. of which the United States furnish- H ? two-fifths. F All this railroad construction has g\ >me in about two generations of time, t fhen John Stevens, in 1822, got a char- n? >r from the Pennsylvania legislature tl ) build a railroad from Philadelphia to Vj olumbia, on the Susquehanna (which te as never built,) somebody asked a a ennslyvania paper, "What is a rail- ai PRESENT NAVAL FORCE. Rear Admiral Taylor Declared That a Big Increase Bfnae be Made. Forty thousand men will comprise the enlisted force personnel of the navy if Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, chief of the bureau of navigation, can bring it about. In his next annual report Rear Admiral Taylor will recommend a substantial Increase in the number of men authorized by law. The limit of enlistments now fixed is 25,500, and while this i? sufficient fnr the nrpsent sad, anyhow?" The editor grave it up, ut said that "perhaps some other corespondent can tell." It is only 74 years n the Fourth of July since work was tarted on the construction of the first f America's great roads; it is only 61 ears since the waters of the West at ake Erie were first reached by through ill from thfe Atlantic coast, and as re?ntly as Appomatox there were only 5,000 miles of main track in the whole juntry, as compared with 200,000 miles ow.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. BULLED THE LIZARD MARKET. Callfornlan Who Created a New Indnatry for New Orleana. Three weeks ago a man arrived here om California, who visited the sevejl bird fanciers' stores and bought up II the small lizards and chameleons lat were for sale. The bird and anl lal fanciers always carry some lizards i stock, but not many. The visitor nnounced that he was willing: to ta?:e 11 he could get at $1 a hundred. Ti e tock was soon exhausted and the dealrs have set to work to meet the deland by advertising for boys to catch zards. The task is easy enough. There Is rnrcely a garden In New Orleans but olds hundreds of lizards; and this is specially the case with the gardens of le creole section of the city, "down >wn" as It is called, where the wild ealth of vegetation' and rotting woocl0 fences offer the lizards the very ome they want. The lizards live mong the foliage by the thousands, rell concealed, save from the boys, by leir colors, for they are brown when n the fences and green when on the ushes. They are an easy mark for ny active boy, and perfectly harmless, hey neither sting nor bite; but they re very delicate and brittle, especially bout the tall, which frequently breaks ff in handling, but that seems not to tatter in the least to the lizard. Nearly half the boys in "French>wn" are catching lizards and making ood pocket money by doing so. They :arted at 25 cents a hundred and found lany boys willing to catch them at the iw figure; but the price has latterly one up to 50 cents a hundred. The reason of the heavy purchase nd shipment of lizards to California as leaked out. They go there not as ecorations for the ladles, nor as dainty Ishes for the Chinese, but as proteci s of the orchards and guardians of ?e fruit from insect enemies. The lameleons live entirely on Insects, and the best insect catcher in the world. :s green color as it lies on the plant, eceives the average insect, and when shoots out its long pink tongue, :lt ever fails to hit the mark and capire its game. To them is due the proiction afforded New Orleans gardens om the swarms of insects that proall In this semi-tropical climate. The value of the lizard in keeping own and destroying insects has long een recognized, and the dealers say lat have done a considerable business 1 IImtHo fnr voni-fi nnrtirularlv in the iHt.?New Orleans dispatch. Got a Ralai. Marshall Field, the gTeat Chicago lerchant, Is generally known as a man ? unusual seriousness and reticence, nd is commonly thought by those ho know him but slightly to be wlthut a well-developed sense of humor, he latter conclusion, however, is con adlcted by many Incidents, but by one more convincing than the follow-] ig, which has become one of the esiiblished traditions of the monstrous lercantlle establishment. While Mr. Field was making an Injection of a certain stock floor he was ccosted by a boy who asked permission > make a plea for advance of salary. Ithough somewhat surprised at the udacity of the lad In appealing to him, [r. Field told the boy to present his ise. After stating the demands which ere upon him In the way of contrlbutig to the support of his family, the :ock boy concluded his case with the uslnessllke argument: "And, besides, m worth more than I'm getting right ow, Mr. Fields." "How much Is that?" inquired the lerchant. "Five dollars a week." "Why," exclaimed Mr. Field, "when was your age I got only three a eek." Looking the great mercnam ana uancier straight in the eye, the boy relied: "But, maybe, Mr. Field, you weren't orth any more?and I'm sure I am." The whfte mustache of the proprie>r twitched suspiciously, and there was merry twinkle in his sharp eyes as e returned to his desk and immediatc' gave an order for the increase of the oy's wages to the amount for which le courageous little fellow had asked. m ? Nationalities In Hawaii.?There Is 0 place in the world where such varies nationalities, and such widely dif>rent races can be found in so small a area. It is true that on the mainmd such races are to be found, but ot all in one spot. Few people realize aw many different nationalities are > be found in our schools and that few hools are confined to one nationality, he statistics of school children give s Hawaiians, Part-Hawaiians, Ameriin, British, German, Portuguese, ?andinavian. Japanese, Chinese, Porto icans and scattering which are classed 1 "other foreigners." The tabulation ' teachers gives Hawaiian, Partawaiian, American, British, German, rench. Belgium, Scandinavian, Portujese, Japanese, Chinese and others, he Japanese and Chinese teachers are Dt employed in the public schools of ?e territory, but are engaged in prlite schools. The main body of the lachers in the public schools are merican, Hawaiian, Part-Hawaiian ad British.?Honolulu Star. needs of the nary, it will not be high enough to permit the commissioning of ships under construction and which congress will authorize in the next few years. For the two battleships and two armored cruisers recently appropriated for 2.500 men will be required. For the 18 battleships built or under construction, 9,805 men are required. Adding to this number the crews needed for the proposed battleships almost 11,000 men, nearly half of thfe present effective force, will be required to man this type of man of war alone. When all the armored cruisers authorized are built the United States will possess 10 of this class and they will require 7,197 men properly to care for and flght them. The line of battleships, therefore, must have 17,002 men in order to go into action. Besides these ships, crews must be provided for ten monitors, 27 cruisers, 46 gunboats, 60 torpedo boat destroyers end torpedo boats, and a number of auxiliary vessels. Of course, all these vessels will not in time of peace be kept in commission, but a goodly proportion of them must be continued in service, and 40,000 men will be needed for them. Rear Admiral Taylor does not intend to recommend in his forthcoming annual report that the enlisted force be increased from 25,500 to 40,000 men. The increase he will suggest will be gradual, and will extend over a number of years. At the same time the rear admiral believes the navy should have an ample number of men who can be trained in the serious business of war and be ready for action when the moment arrives. Rear Admiral Taylor's views with respect to the increase of the enlisted personnel are understood to be in harmony with those entertained by the president and Secretary Moody. In his annual message the president is expected by the navy to repeat his recommendation for an increase not only of men but of officers. MEDIAN AGE OF OUR POPULATION. That of the Whites Has Increased 7.4 . Years Since 1810. . . The census bureau on last Thursday isued a bulletin showing the Increasing age of the population of the continental United States. The bulletin says that in a former publication this increase was shown for the period from 1880 to 1900 by computing the average age of the population, and shows that in 1880 the average was 24.6 years; in 1890, it was 25.3 years and in 1900, 26.3 years. As the ages of the population were not reported by single years prior to 1880, this method of measurement cannot be applied to the results of earlier censuses. Another method of computing the age of a large population is by the use of the median Instead of the average in its ordinary form. The median age may be computed, the ages of which are reported only by Ave year periods, on the assumption that the population within the flve-year group containing the median was distributed among the five years in the proportion which prevailed in the same age group in 1900. With the aid of this assumption it has been possible to obtain the median age of the population of the United States for censuses prior to 1880, and a table has been complied showing this increase in ten-year periods. The table shows that there was an increase in the median age of the white population of the United States during each decade from 1810 to 1900, amounting in ih? nlnptv vears to 7.4 years, or an average amount of about five-sixths of a year in a decade. '?he median age of the colored population, Including Negroes, Indians and Monogolians, increased after 1830, but with less regularity, the median age for 1840 and 1850 being the same and that for 1880 and 1890 being lower than that for 1870 and not much higher than that for I860. The median age for 1870, however, may have been affected by the serious omissions in the count of the colored population of that year. The median age of the colored population increased 3.0 years in ' the seventy-year period from 1830 to 1900. or only about half as fast as that of the whites. But during the last 20 years of the century the increase for the two groups has been substantially the same 1.9 years for the colored and 1.1 years for the whites. The most marked increased in the median age of the whites was in the decade 1840-1850, a period in which that of the Negroes did not rise. The change was probably due to the influx in that j decade of large numbers of adult immigrants, raising the median age. Many complex influences have cooperated in producing as a resultant this steady change in the age composition of the population. There may be mentioned?the rapid progress of medical and sanitary science which has tended to increase the average length of life, the decrease in the relative number of children born, which has made IJ"- ^AHIA/IO loac nrPtinndpr ine earner age iuuu r. ant numerically In the total population, and the influx, especially since 1840, of great numbers of adult immigrants, increasing the number in the older age periods. The difference between the white and colored poulations is doubtless due to the fact that these influences have wrought more powerfully upon the white race than upon the colored. I M