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r ISSUED SEMI-WEEKI^ l. m. grist & sons, Pnbii?her?.} % gfetpspptr: $or (he promotion of the political, jtotiat, g,grirultaral, and (!Iotnniei;tial Interests of tht fjtoglt. | terms^-^oo^yea^in amnes. " establishedT85^ yorkville, s. c., Wednesday, December 3,1902. no. 97. II THE JVN n OF ORA: ? n. os ^ ^ Copyright, ifOf, by Choria B. BOurlmo $$$*9ae H9H?&9 te$ CHAPTER XVI. MAMMA PAULPOFF AVENGED. IT was midnight In Tomsk, and the palace of the governor was still. Jansky and Unsgethop bad ridden away to overtake Denton at Tivoloffsky, Itzlg was at his post In the guardhouse and the new lieutenant of the palace guard paced bis measures through the deserted corridors. But Neslerov was not asleep. Feverish and impatient, he sat In his room, awaiting the return of his police with the American, whose liberty was a menace to the life of Neslerov. He drank deeply from time to time from a bottle that stood on his table. If he spoke, be did It with a loud voice, but | no one was near. His thoughts were < spoken thus, as with a man half mad with fear. I "Heavens!" he said as he drank 1 again. "If he reaches Perm, and the truth Is known, I shall?what will be- ' come of me?" 1 He started as a light footstep sound- < ed on the hard floor, and bis haggard face grew paler as Princess Olga entered. "Why are you awake?" he asked i harshly. He was too excited to think ' of phrases. "I could not sleep, and I knew you i were not In l>ed." she answered. "I came to talk." i He stared at her. In his eyes she was as beautiful even as Frances Gor- don. but bis danger made him think I her a tigress seeking to devour hiin. Yet he dared not show it "Why are you alone?" asked Olga. "You usually have Jansky, the super- i lnteudent of police, with you?" "Jansky is away. A noted prisoner j has escaped and the superintendent has gone to retake him." , "I heard a commotion. 1 supposed It \ was something of that kind. Was It j a Russian?" ] "Yes-a nihilist." "I hope they will capture him." I "They will! They must!" said Ne- , alerov fiercely. Olga's eyes were veiled?they did , * not betray her thoughts. j "There Is much concerning this sys- | tern that is new to me, and It will take long for me to learn it all I am already weary with the little I have ( done." | "Better leave It alone. It is a business for men, not princesses," said Ne- ] * 6lerov. "The study has made me wakefuL i Bring me some wine." He opened a Dome. "It has puzzled me why you do not 1 marry," he said, trying to hide his fear of her as he poured out a glass of wine. ] "Why should I ?" she asked. "I have not yet found among the nobles of i Russia the man I would marry." "What sort of man must he be to please you. cousin ?" i He was sparring for time. Any hour i might bring Jansky back with Denton, i Then he could play his part in safety. But with Denton at liberty he dared < not act "Oh," said Olga, "to please me a man must be honorable, strong and wise, i He must not be bound by custom, nor yet must he scorn It There are ways? j in the world we live In there are ways ?of being great without being eccentric and without following the lead of oth era. A man whom I love must be patient and must not use his strength against the weak." A sarcastic smile crossed his lips. "You must look outside of Russia," he said. "Perhaps," she answered. "But you have not pledged me. Must I drink alone?" His eyes snapped with the remembrance that Jansky and Itzig had been drugged. But she was so handsome, so smiling, that no sign of evil intent was in her face. "From your hand," he answered, with a show of gallantry. She poured him a glass of wine, and they drank. For a moment he waited, as if half expecting to fall asleep. But the wine had no 111 effect, and they chatted on. But Neslerov grew more Impatient as the night wore on. Why did this girl persist in staying up and talking to him? Wha* was In her mind? Was there another plot? He paced to and fro in the room as he spoke. When his back was turned, she made a auick movement and dropped something?not Into the wine bottle, but Into the bottle of liquor from which Neslerov drank. "I think I will retire," said the princess. "It Is late, and perhaps I can i sleep now." "I hope you will find rest," he said. She went out Neslerov watched her with a dark, saturnine face. What did she mean? He poured out a liberal dose of liquor. The wine was too weak for him. He needed something to steady his shaken nerves. He drank It In five minutes he was staring blankly at himself In a glass. "What Is this?this feeling?" he muttered. "That she devil! I am poisoned! What trick Is this? Help! Guard! Lieutenant of the guard!" The young officer heard, and ran to him. "Your excellency called," be said. "Yes?quick?I am poisoned?I am drowsy?bring Princess Olga?quick!" The lieutenant, wild with apprehension, rushed to Olga's room. fSTERY || i SLOV e' ' Ayhloy Towae ff i <2 | $9 i ooosooooooooeo 0000000000??$? ! "His excellency the governor wants you!" he panted. "He Is poisoned." "He Is not poisoned," answered Olga 1 calmly. "He Is merely going to sleep. I want you to stay away from him, 1 and I want you to keep quiet" The officer stared. "What do you mean? He Is 111! The 1 governor called me and sent for you." "I am going to him, but yon must not" "But I must It Is my duty!" "Whom do you obey?*' "Neslerov. governor of Tomsk." "Then from this moment you obey ' me. Read this!" She placed before him the same pa per she had shown Dermsky, his fellow officer. His eyes started from his head. "The seal of the czar!" he cried, and ' be, like Dermsky, fell to bis knees. "I obey?command me!" he exclaimed. "Remain quiet. I did not come to 1 Tomsk for nothing. This night will mean much to Russia. Work will be ' done that will right a terrible wrong. 1 All you need do Is to remain quiet and 'I'V n/\* nffamni fA In tni'fQfo " ] UV UW UlVV>UI|/i tv IU1VI4V4VI "I dare not!" he said." "You have the seal of the czar! It commands all to obey you! I obey!" She left him, staring and wondering, and went to Neslerov. The governor was drooping. He opened his eyes as she entered. "You!" he hissed as he tried to regain bis strength. He would have killed ber. "Yes, IT' she answered quietly. "You will sleep. It wljl not be long." "What will you do?" he asked, with i curse. "My work," she answered. "I shall release him?Vladimir." He nmde a tremendous effort to rise and smite her, but fell with a groan to the floor. Quickly Olga, taking a pistol from her pocket, ran across the hall to Itzlg. "You!" he cried as she entered. "You brought me wine that was drugged, ind my prisoner escuped." "True," said Olga. "And now the J ither. You were with Jansky and the governor when they visited him. You {now where he Is." "I know not," grumbled Itzlg. # ' "That Is false. I heard them speak if you to Uusgethop. Will you guide ne to his dungeonV Open the door!" "I cannot. The key Is with Jansky. It Is never out of his hands." "Oh, heaven!" cried Olga. "Have I nade this terrible mistake?" "The key Is Jausky's," said Itzlg. 'No one goes to the dungeon save by lis orders." "Break dowu the door." "Impossible! It Is heavy oak. I lave no ox." She turned from him and fled to the stairs. "Lieutenant!" The young officer, with visions of nines and the knout and wondering ivhere this complication would end, tnswered her. "Come here," she said. "I want this loor opened." He looked at the door and at Itzig. "Jausky has the key, and he Is gone," said Itzig. "We must open It, If the princess jays so," said the officer. "What! You disloyal to Neslerov?" i The officer smiled and looked at Olga. "We must take off the hinges," he < 3ald. "I will get the tools." 1 He was gone but a moment, and 1 when he returned he attacked the 1 screws that held the great Iron hinges. I "I will alarm the governorl" cried It- 1 tig, leaping upon him. "Stand back! Keep your bands offl" 1 ordered Olga, aiming her revolver at him. "1 have commanded, and I will I be obeyed!" * "You have no authority!" said Itzig, cowering before the pistol. * "I have this." 1 She showed him the paper. His face grew white, and he sank shivering to 1 the floor. 1 "The seal of the czar! Oh, princess, 1 I did not kuow! 1 obey! I will do any- ] thing!" I "Help cpen the door." I The hinges were soon off and the door was opened. The Iron gate re- i slsted the united efforts of the two, but 1 they sawed out the lock. 1 "Take the lantern!" commanded the 1 princess. ] Trembling In every fiber, Itzlg lighted a lantern. "Lead the way to the dungeon where Vladimir Is concealed." "I obey." "And I will guard you, princess," said the officer. Thus they descended the stairs, Itzlg leading with the lantern, Olga following and the officer close behind her ready to protect her. Potent was the seal of the czar. They found the giant blacksmith In his chains. The hunger be felt had not yet sapped his strength. The key the princess had taken from Its peg soon released him. "Cornel" she said. "But who are you, and what does this mean?" be demanded. "Come! We have no time to waste with words. Tonight you have the work of your life to do. Come!" The four ascended, and Itzlg extinguished his lantern. The eyes of Vladimir blinked as he entered the great hall, which was kept lighted all night. "You are Vladimir," said the prln cess. "I am Olga of the Neslerovs. Do you know the story of the picture?" "The little picture." cried Vladimir eagerly?"the little one that Papa Paulpoff said be found? Tes; he told It to me and to the American one dhy In the but at Tivoloffsky." Then you know the truth. The American was to go to Perm and start the investigation." "Yes. but he was brought here." "I released him last night. He went from here to TivoloCfsky to bring Papa Paulpoff to tell his story before the governor general, who has net yet arrived. Jansky. the superintendent of police, and Unsgetbop have gone to fetch him. They will kill blm; they will not risk taking him alive. It Is your duty to ride to Tivoloffsky?ride as for your own life?and save the American and Papa Paulpoff. Bring them here. Do you understand?" "Yes; but a borse." "Lieutenant, In the name of the czar, the fleetest borse In tbe stables for Vladimir." "1 obey?tbe fleetest horse." "You must be famished," said Olga. "Will you eat?" "Eat! With the American and Papa Paulpoff in danger! No; but a drink of rlne." He watched her as she stepped Into Neslerov's room. He saw the governor. "Neslerov!" he said. "Is be dead?' "No. I drugged his liquor. Here Is wine. It Is not drugged. I drank of it myself." He drained tbe glass, and the officer entered. "The horse Is at tbe door, princess. 1 woke no one at the stables. I saddled the steed myself." "Good. You will be a captain tomorrow. Now, Vladimir, go!" He mounted and was off. He followed the line of the new railway and could not lose his way. His horse was fast, the best horse In Neslerov's stable. "For the American! For Frances! For the honor of Graslov!" muttered Vladimir as he strove to inHease his horse's speed. He passed through villages asleep under the bright stars. The hoofs of bis horse rang out on the pebbles of one road or sank into the mud of an other. But on he went Tlvoloffsky, like all the other villages, was asleep, [ts quiet was rudely disturbed by the hammering of the Iron shoes as the horse bore him through the silent streets. Right well he knew the way to the hut where Mamma Paulpoff was murdered. Two horses stood before the door. His own dashed up and whinnied. They were from the governor's stables. Like a madman he leaped from the saddle to the ground. He heard shouts, a pistol shot. It was something like a demon that Jansky and Unsgethop saw coming In UXe a whirlwind. In a corner,crouch \ t He brought their heads together with a crash. ?d Papa Paulpoff, trembling and white svith terror. On the floor lay Denton, unconscious, with the mark of a bullet n his forehead and the blood stream* ing over bis upturned face. Jansky svas bending over him. "Who Is this?" cried Unsgethop as Vladimir entered. The blazing eyes of the avenger took In the whole scene. A small lantern stood on the floor. "I am your master!" cried the black* smith, and the words were as If roared ay a lion. With a leap he landed between the two. Jansky's pistol and Unsgeihop's snife were drawn. Vladimir's right land closed on Unsgethop's neck. His eft shot toward Jansky, and the superintendent of police was powerless In that terrible grasp. "Now pray to heaven," cried Vladimir, "for this hour is to be your last! [n this house you killed that poor old svonian who had loved me. Here you have come to kill the American and Papa Paulpoff. Die like the dogs of j murder that you are! For your crimes take this! And this!" With his muscles of Iron he brought their heads together with a crash. "And this!" repeated Vladimir, swinging them apart and then together again. Flinging Jansky from him with a curse, he stooped quickly, seized Uns;ethop by the legs and swung him in the air. He brought his head against the rude wooden wall, and the blood spurted from his mouth. Jansky, with chattering teeth, tried to get his pistol limed at the giant's bead, but Vladimir . aught him round the waist and sent tilin, as an Indian throws a spear, into the corner of the room, where he lay motionless with a broken neck. "Come, Papa Paulpoff," ordered Vladimir. "You are not Injured. You are needed at Tomsk at once. But first I must get this poor fellow to a priest." He picked up the bleeding and unconscious Denton and set off with him to a nearby cottage. The priest admitted him, knowing his voice. "What Is your burden?" cried the priest. "What terrible thing has been done In Tlvoloffsky tonight?" "Nothing much," said Vladimir calmly. "I have killed two wolves." TO BB CONTINUED. pisfcllaneous Reading. NOT IN POLITICS. Booker Washington Claims That He Has Volunteered No Snaarestlona. The roliowing letter nas Deen received by the Birmingham Age-Herald from Booker T. Washington: "To the Editor of The Age-Herald: "I notice that several newspapers have recently connected my name with political matters in such a manner as to show that my position is not understood. I desire, therefore, to make the following statement: "My life work Is the promotion "of the education of my race. It is wellknown that I have always advised my people that it is of supreme importance, at this period of their development, that they should concentrate their thought and energy on the securing of homes, the cultivation of habits of thrift, economy, skill, intelligence, high moral character and the gaining of the respect and confidence of their neighbors, white and black, both in the south and north. Prom such teaching and counsel, no influence can ever divert me. "What conferences I have had with the president, or any public official, have grown out of iny position, not as a politician, but a* an educator. It should be borne in mind that there are about 9,000,000 of Neferoes in the United States who are liablp under the law for the taxes and military service, and who are punishable for infraction of the law. These people at present have no member of their race in the national lawmaking body and It is right that those charged with making and executing the laws of the land should at times seek information directly from the members of the Negro race when their Interests and relations with the wnnes among whom they live are concerned. "Under no circumstances could I seek to promote political candidacies, or volunteer Information regarding men or measures, nor have I done so in the past; but always sought to place upon education and industry among my people the basis for friendly relations between the races. There may be occasions in the future as there have been in the past, when, if so requested, I can give Information about men and measures which would tend to promote such friendly relations between the races. Such Information it is my duty to give when it is apked for. "At every proper opportunity I say to the youth of our people that they will make a mistake if they seek to succeed in life by mere political activity, or the hope of holding political offices. Now and then, however, public questions , affecting our interests arise which are so fundamental and far-reaching that they transcend the domain of politics. When such questions present themselves, in justice to my race, I make my position known and stand for what I see to be the right. "We cannot elevate and make useful a race of peoj. ; unless there is held out to them the hope of reward for right living. Every revised constltu- ( tion throughout these southern states has put a premium on intelligence, ownership of property, thrift and character. | "As an educator, and not as a pollti T Mrrifir VinnArahlo UIUU, J. VIIIVC III C?Cl/ IIVUV! rational way to encourage the wise and enduring progress of my people; , for if all inspiration and hope of reward is to be denied them, they will be deprived of one of the greatest incentives to intelligence, industry, and righteous- ] ness. On the other hand, if they are encouraged in sensible and conservative ( directions, they will grow year by year into contentedness and added usefulness. (Signed) 1 "Booker T. Washington." BUSINESS MORE THAN PLEASURE. A Claim That Booker WaMhlnjrton ' Did Not Dine at the White Houne. Booker Washington did not dine at ! the White House table as the guest of President Roosevelt and family, as has been previously charged, is the startling announcement made by General ] Marcus J. Wright, of the war department at Washington, who has been visiting in Memphis for a number of days. | This statement was made several days ago by General Wright in the of- ' flee of a well-known wholesale grocer ' who was a companion-at-arms with ' him during the late war. Seated around the office were a number of well-known business men, who were 1 talking with General Marcus Wright over happenings of the past. The president was in Memphis that day for the purpose of doing honor to , General Luke E. Wright, and the subject of the Washington incident, as it j always has in the south, since the an- 1 nouncement was first sent broadcast ' Kv a num. U Vf I" U1C IclIlU, w ao ui vavn^u ktj m ? ber of those present. "That statement was false," replied 1 General Wright immediately, to the In- ( tense astonishment of those present. i "Now, as you all know, I am a Demo- < I crat, and have never voted any other ticket in my life. For the past twentythree years, however, I have been a i resident of Washington, and have had 1 no opportunity of exercising my fran- , cbise. But when a man has been so wofully misunderstood, even if he is 1 my political opponent, I believe it a ' duty to set the matter right before the , people. i "The whole truth of the matter is < this: President Roosevelt had been ( anxious for sometime to obtain a truth- j ful light on the situation in the south, i Finally, at the suggestion of a number ! of southern and northern men of both ( great political parties, he sent a mes- 1 sage to Booker Washington asking him to come to the capital for conference regarding the Negro, his needs and his 1 capabilities. Washington came, and the conference, which was started In the president's executive office and was 1 changed to his private office because t of repeated interruptions, continued for a five hours. T "In the midst of the conference be- c tween the president and Washington, y lunch was sent to the chief executive t of the nation. Desiring to continue the t conversation, and rather than lose the f time necessary for Washington to go c to lunch, President Roosevelt thereup- a on ordered that lunch be served to the I Negro educator in the same room. c "Now this was all there was to that I story. Washington did not dine at the a White House table, did not break ] bread with the president's wife an'd r daughter, and was in no sense a guest \ upon terms of social equality." t Asked as to why the president had o never seen fit to have this statement made public, General Wright replied: j "Because he is too great a man. He I believed that It was beneath him to 1 deny a story so palpably false, and ~ that the truth would In time prevail. a It is his ambition to be the president of the whole people of the United States, J,' knowing no section or party, and his f visit here shows how fond he is of the c southern people. He is an aristocrat to a the finger tips, and for that reason, * aside from the fact that he is the son a of a southern woman, would never be t willing to acknowledge the social ? equality of the Negro. At the same time he believes, as we all do, that " everything possible should be done to r assist members of that race in their a 8 struggle for higher citizenship, and v will be their friend in all their worthy \i undertakings."?Memphis Commercial- v Appeal. ^ J POTATO SUGAR. n It May Supersede That From Deets y and Sugar Cane. li The Japanese are nothing If not pro- ? gressive. The Island of Formossa, says r the "Japan and American" magazine, p will soon become, under the wise, econ- 6 omic administration of Baron Kodama ? and Dr. Goto, one of the great sugar n producing regions of the world?and c the sugar It will produce will be made J! from sweet potatoes. It is regarded as 8 probable that in Europe and the United o States beet sugar will eventually drive 8 cane sugar out of the market, but In the far east the culture of the sugar p beet has not even been begun, as cane h sugar Is especially favored. The only ? rival to it Is potato sugar as made in r Formosa. There Is an almost unlimited b market in the east for sugar, and the e Japanese administration in Fosmosa is v wisely availing itself of the splendid p opportunity for developing and sup- v plying that market. p It is estimated that all the southern c half of the Island is adapted to the il growing of the sweet potato for sugar e manufacture. The first sugar compa- g ny was established about two years a ago. In 1901 the product of sweet po- n tato sugar was 20,000 "bales." This J year, as estimated, it will be 60,000 a bales. One acre of land will produce b 40,000 pounds of potatoes, worth about ? 140, "and the manufacturing expense t is only 75 cents for 1,000 pounds of a 9ugar." Wages are low, laborers re- t! - - ?a- - j? a., n celving from 12 10 10 cents a. uay, mc j product Is fully equal In quality to the 8 best cane sugar, and, In all the condl- c tlons, It is not surprising that the In- JJ dustry is developing so rapidly and offers so large promise. n Possibly the matter may possess a c large practical Interest for some pro- ? gressive community, or generation, in c this part of the world. The sweet po- d tato grows to perfection in all the j* southern states?some local varieties being of extraordinary sweetness?and tl is produced in great quantities, at tl comparatively small cost. It was re- y ported a few days ago that a farmer In a York county, this state, had gathered tl this year fifty-five bushels from an v eighth of an acre, or at the rate of 440 ? bushels to the acre; and we noted that another had grown 600 bushels on one d acre in Abbeville county, and that J more than 800 bushels have been pro- t) duced on one acre on the coast. Mr. J. tl H. Mattox, of Clinch county, Ga? how- c< ever, produced 1,500 bushels, less five, on one acre a few years ago, which t shows what can be done with the crop n by proper attention. ^ If the Japanese can make money out _ of the manufacture of the roots Into 3ugar, we might do the same. n.ven ai u SOO or 800 bushels to the acre we should n give the beet sugar people of the west js a sharp tussle for the control of the w sugar industry, as there is at least h three times as much sugar In one of ^ our yams as there Is In any beet of the v same size grown anywhere in the coun- si try.?News and Courier. 81 u ' * * ? o In the Nation'*! Dark Days. a America, we hope, will never again 8' know a civil war, but it is well for the " young people of today to understand ? how terrible was the great war when J1 state fought against state, neighbor ,2 igainst neighbor, brother against broth- "j er, and father against son. Mr. John [Jri Lloy l tells, In Frank Leslie's " Mnnthlv. .he story of a Kentucky vil lage in war time. u When men saw life's duty differently, P and one man believed in the Union and P another in State's rights, neither raised ? a hand to prevent the other from Join- D Ing the cause that his conscience told him was right. " A man called at the little house of his * neighbor, kissed the children, and shook hands with the parents. "I may not see you again," he said. "Tonight I go to join Morgan." The host went to his little wardrobe, took from it his greatcoat, thrust a pistol in the pocket, and threw it over . the arm of his guest. Both were poor 16 men and winter approached. The visl- C tor tried to return the coat, but the ft jther said. p "No, you take the coat. Your path is to be one of privation; besides I'll not (need it. Tomorrow morning I start le north to enlist. My government has e< nvercoats to spare, and pistols, too. . You who go south may find neither. God bless you, friend; may we return P to meet again." ft Charleston, S. C. Nov. 21, 1902. My Dear Mr. President: I thank you most warmly for your very frank and considerate letter of the 10th instant. If I was mistaken?as of course I must have been?In understanding: your policy in the south to be not to refuse the reappointment of a Negro to office where he had faithfully and efficiently discharged the duties of the office, but to confine your new appointments here to the white population, it was probably because the wish was father to the thought: inasmuch as I felt it was for the good of both the white and colored people of the south, and the good of the whole nation, in opening the door to a very large portion of it to political freedom, where the people could have a voice at the ballot box in national questions. I most heartily agree with you that hope of political reward should not be closed to the Negro, and I am earnestly pleading that the best and most worthy SAYS HE'S COLOR BLIND. 'resident Replies to Protest From Charlestonlans. The president has given out for pubication a letter that he recently wrote 0 a citizen of Charleston in reply to 1 protest against the appointment of V. D. Crum, the Negro candidate for ollector of the port of Charleston. It las been understood for some time that he president is favorably considering he idea of appointing Crum; but Is lesitating on account of certain harges, and because of the fact that ifter being appointed postmaster by a lepublican president, Crum failed of < onflrmation by a Republican senate. t is still possible that Crum may be ippolnted; but there is reason to beleve the chances are against him. The (resident's letter, however, is especialy interesting, as giving his views on he subject of appointing Negroes to ifflce. It reads as follows: White House, Washington, D. C., November 26, 1902.?(Personal.)?My >ear Sir: I am in receipt of your leter of November 20, and one from Mr. ?, under date of November 11, in refrence to the appointment of Dr. Crum .s collector of the port of Charleston. In your letter you make certain specifc charges against Dr. Crum, tending o show his unfitness In several res ects for the office sought. These barges are entitled to the utmost conitderation from me and I shall go over hem carefully before taking any aclon. After making these charges you idd, as a further reason for opposition o him, that he is a colored man, and, ifter reciting the misdeeds that folowed carpet-bag rule and Negro domnation In South Carolina, you say that we have sworn never again to subnit to the rule of the African, and such n appointment as that of Dr. Crum to my such office forces us to protest inanimously against this insult to the irhlte blood;" and you add that you inderstood me to say that I would lever force a Negro on such a comnunlty as yours. Mr. puts the objection of color Irst, saying: "First, he is a colored nan, and that of itself ought to bar dm from the office." In view of these ast statements I think I ought to make lear to youi why I am concerned and >alned by your making them and what ny attitude is as regards all such ap?olntments. How any one could have ;ained the idea that I had said I would lot appoint reputable and upright colred men to office, when objection was nade to them solely on account of their olor, I confess I am wholly unable to inderstand. At the time of my visit to ,'harieston last spring I had made, and ince that time I have made, a number f such appointments from several tates in which there is a considerable olored population. For example, I made one such apointment In Mississippi and another i Alabama shortly before my visit to " T ka/l at that time an /IlttI 1COIUII. X IIUV4 Ml. v?*M% ...... .r olnted two colored men as judicial magistrates in the District of Columbia. I have recently announced anothr such appointment in New Orleans nd have just made one from Pennsylanla. The great majority of my appointments in every state have been of fhite men. North and south alike it 1 as been my sedulous endeavor to ap- ' oint men of high character and good apaclty, whether white or black. But t has been my consistent policy in very state where their numbers waranted it, to recognize colored men of ood repute and standing in making ppointments to office. These appointments of colored men have in no state made more than a small proportion of he total number of appointments. I m unable to see how I can legitimately e asked to make an exception for outh Carolina. In South Carolina to 1 he four most Important positions in he state I have appointed three men 1 ? ? J IM aOIaa O V* .oil J na cuuiiuueu m uiulc a. wui ui, ?*? w? hem white men?three of them orlgially Gold Democrats?two of them, as am Informed, the sons of Confererate oldlers. I have been Informed by the itizens of Charleston whom I have let that these four men represent a lgh grade of public service. I do not intend to appoint any unfit len to office. So far as I legitimately an I shall always endeavor to pay egard to the wishes and feelings of the eople of each locality, but I cannot onsent to take the position that the oor of hope (the door of opportunity) j ! to be shut upon any man, no mat- ; er how worthy, purely upon the rnnnds of mcp or color. Such an at Itude would, according: to my convic- , Ions, be fundamentally wrong. If, as ou hold, the great bulk of the colored eople are not yet fit In point of charcter and Influence to hold such posilons, it seems to me that it is worth rhile putting a premium upon the efart among them to achieve the charcter and standing which will fit them. The question of "Negro domination" oes not enter into the matter at all. t might as well be asserted that when was governor of New York I sought a bring about Negro domination in tiat state because I appointed two olored men of good standing and charcter to responsible positions?one of hem to a position paying a salary wice as large as that paid in the office ow under consideration?one of them director of the Buffalo exposition, 'he question raised by you and Mr. ?, in the statements to which I refer i simply whether it is to be declared hat under no circumstances shall any , ian of color, no matter how upright nd honest, no matter how good a citsen, no matter how fair in his dealings rlth all his fellows, be permitted to old office under our government. I cer- ( linly cannot assume an attitude, and ou must permit me to say that in my ' lew it is an attitude no man should as- I lime, whether he look at it from the ] tandpolnt of the true interest of the , 'hite man of the south or of the col- ' red man of the south?not to speak of ' ny other section of the Union. It 1 ?ems to me that it is a good thing , rom every standpoint to let the col- , red man know that if he shares in 1 larked degree the qualities of good cit- s :enship?the qualities which in a white ( ian we feel are entitled to reward? ( lien he will not be cut off from all ope of similar reward. ' Without any regard as to what my i ecislon may be on the merits of this j articular applicant for this particular lace, I feel that I ought to let you now clearly my attitude on the far s roader question raised by you and Mr. i ?; an attitude from which I have ( ot varied during my term of office, 'aithfully yours, { Theodore Roosevelt. < To the Hon , Charleston S. C. ^ Mr. Rliett In Reply. 1 The publication of the president's ;tter developed the fact that the he.rleston gentlemen referred to were ^ layor J. Adger Smyth and Mr. R. G. j Ihett. Mayor Smyth was not in I harleston at the time the president's * itter was published. Mr. Rhett, how- ( ver, promptly gave out a letter that t e had written in reply to one from the resident, similar to the letter from lr. Smyth. This letter is as follows: or tnat race De not snut ore rrom any hope of having a voice in that government which really affects his material welfare; that is local and state government. The Negroes of the south are now Republicans; not because it means to them what is for the national good, but because It means antagonism to the southern white man, and an opportunity for office holding. It conveys no other idea to their minds, and so long as something is not done to eradicate this idea they cannot grasp that reward for which they should strive, but which in my judgment is being effectively withheld from them by these appointments to Federal office in the south. The entire government of the south, save in Federal patronage, is in the hands of the white man, who has had to wrest it by desperate struggles from the Negro in voara naat anri vhn 4a nnt cnlnc to permit the possibility of a relapse in the interest of civilization and humanity. In your earnest appeal for the people of Cuba and the Philippines, you do not realize that the cohditlon of the south for many years subsequent to the civil war was far worse than that of the people of either of these countries. Men and women of the highest refinement, education and civilization, were ground under the heel of an ignorant and brutal race suddenly converted from slave to master. Since those early days education has assisted in eradicating of suppressing some of these Instincts, and it has also taught the best of the race that naught but harm could come from keeping alive that antagonism to the southern white people which was so sedulously cultivated in them by the representatives of the Republican party who came south at the close of the civil war. What possible good can come to the Negro race at large to have a Federal office held out to one of his number in each state, at the sacrifice of the good will of the entire white race among whom he lives, by whose laws he is governed, and from whose councils he is thereby kept excluded no matter how deserving he may be. By such appointments that very door of hopethat door of opportunity?to which you refer, is shut upon the Negro no matter how worthy he may prove himself, and for the benefit of a few office seekers, who have not one-tenth the regard for the welfare of the race as either you or T Tftlro tho nnsp hofora n*' Fir f!nim was nominated for the poatofflce by Mr.' Harrison. His confirmation was opposed before the. committee, which of course was Republican. It was was there brought out by Senator Walcott, that Dr. Crum had gone to the National Republican convention pledged to vote for Mr. Blaine, and had sold his vote to Mr. Harrison for that very appointment This, together with the evidence then given the committee as to his unfitness, brought an almost unanimous report against his confirmation, In which report the senate concurred. If a Republican senate in the days when the appointment of Negroes to office was common, found Dr. Crum unfit to discharge the duties of the postmaster, there must have been very grave reasons therefor. Is It such a class of Negroes that should be encouraged? Is It astuteness In ascertaining when and where to sell his vote to the successful Republican candidate that should be held up as the goal for which the race should strive? Yet such Is the Idea which the southern Negro who takes any part in politics has today, and such only will he have until he be made to understand that he must enter the political arena, not as the enemy of his white neighbor, not as a mere office-seeker for his personal gain, but from a higher, purer motive, that will elevate him to a plane where a door to noble aspirations and lofty purposes may open to him. In the northern states he had to win his way to recognition by merit, and It Is impossible to appreciate the very different motives Inspiring the two races here, and how impossible It Is to place the Negro on a higher plane until these motives are obliterated and replaced by such as now exist at the north. And now I must apologise for my presumption In expressing at such length views so divergent from those which you seem so emphatically to entertain, but you have always been an earnest seeker after truth, and I feel, therefore, my earnest zeal In presenting to you another view of this very Important question, from one who is, and has been In the very midst of its field of operation for many years; who earnestly wishes the welfare of the entire south, whether white or black, and believes that In that welfare the nation at large will benefit much. Sincerely yours, R. G. Rhett. ro the President, White House, Washington, D. C. Mosbt's Last Raid.?Colonel Mosby Df civil war guerilla fame has made another raid, this time rounding up a band of men and women who have been systematically defrauding Uncle Sam out of western grazing lands. Colonel Mosby is a special agent of the land office or the interior department, ind lately has been engaged In clearing certain public land In Nebraska ind other western states of the fences :hat had been Illegally erected by cattle men In their efforts to control grazng fields. Mosby was located in a small Nebraska town, In which there s a land office, when about thirty women got off the train H^iiarge of a slick looking individual. All the women marched to the land office and filed ilalms for grazing plots, on the ground :hat they were widows of union solliers. In each case the soldier's service was given as just sufficient to cov>r the claim. Colonel Mosby was sus>lcious of the outfit, and engaged one -* A- ...UU II me wumeii iu iuiivcikiuuii, mm uic esult that he found that the whole icheme was a fraud and none of the vomen were widows of union soldiers. Vfter getting their warrants they projosed to turn the land over to a big lyndlcate that is monopolizing grazng lands. Wholesale arrests were nade at Colonel Mosby's recommendaion.?Brooklyn Eagle. The average age at death from ac:idents is about 33.5.