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IggTOD SEMI-WEEKL^ l. m grists sons. Publishers. I 31 jjfamilp Jlttrspapir: Jfor th? promotion of the political, Social, Agricultural and (Eommtrrial Jnttrmls of the ^rople. {TgM8w'oLi^opr.Briy?,c?!fT?!ll<:K' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, 8. O., FRIDAY OCTOBFCR 0, 1905. ISTO. 8Q. ' ELLEN C. 0 KING'S 5) Written for the Yorkvllle Enqi "I must beg, my dear Mr. WUlough^ by, you will not Inconvenience Miss Elm len on my account; but allow me the privileges of an old acquaintance. I have already seen her, and she has granted me every Indulgence." Davie's keen eye was fixed upon Mr. Wllloughby, and without another word the old man sat down. "I presume you have received intimation of your exchange, Graham," said Davie. "Yes; I received it yesterday. By the way. Hardy brought it. Why did you never tell me of that atrocious attempt on your life? I'll have him answer for It yet." "Oh, that Is nothing," said Davie, lightly. " I suppose he thought it all fair in war. And he was here last night?" "lei; ana 1 am sumcwuu om|? to see you venture here Just at this time." I "For fear of Tarleton. eh? Oh! I claim more friends In the country than he can. besides knowing every foot of the ground about. I could entangle him in the by-paths, and then take the main road to the camp, while he was extricating himself." "I do think. Henry." said Mr. Wllf loughby, "you ran a great risk In coming here tonight Think of the Immlnency of your peril before." "I do think of It," said Davie, gravely. "I am not so fool-hardly, as you suppose; but I am on my way to Greene, with dispatches. Morgan had not "> quite (prepared them; so I begged a few hours for you. and Sevier will be on with them tomorrow." "And you leave us In the morning?" said Mr. Willoughby, with more Interest than he had yet manifested. "Yes, I must be off. Cornwallls la growing uneasy at our many depredations, and we anticipate the pleasure of hearing from him shortly. I would be back to assist in the warm welcome with which we hope to greet him." "And you Intend to stand a fight?" said Mr. Willoughby. Davie smiled. "We'll be apt to defend ourselves, sir." % "But their superior numbers, their discipline?fcr I understand they have twelve hundred regulars?will not this intimidate you." "My boys would not understand you, sir, and their major la 'just as obtnse. We know no spch word as Intimidation," replied Davie, proudly. "But when do you act on your excnange, Graham ?' "V "I do not know," replied he. coloring. "I suppose I should do it immediately; but my arm is rather stiff yet." "You must not think of it. Graham. We cannot give you up," said Mr. Willoughby. "You might be weary of my prolonged visit, sir and duty's calls should not be unanswered," said Graham, hesitatingly. ^ "Nay, then. Ellen Inust plead with me." said Mr. Wllloughby. "Perhaps her persuasions will have more influence." "I doubt if Miss Ellen would think it worthy of her pleadings." he replied bitterly. "And I know to the contrary," said Mr. Wllloughby emphatically. "Here is Miss Ellen, herself.to decide the vexed question," said Davie, as she entered the room; and advancing to "V meet her, he took her hand and led her to a seat. "And what Gordian knot do you expect me to unravel?" asked Ellen, looking up at Davie, who leant upon the back of her chair. Graham started as he looked up at her. What metamorphosis had thus changed her, who had so lately been the pale and silent girl to the radiant ^ beauty before him. She was attired In a pale blue silk dress, which contrasted admirably with the clear white skin, so transparent as to show the delicate tracery of the veins beneath. The soft peachy tinge of her cheek. flushed and faded with every emotion. Her dark blue eyes seemed swimming in a sea of liquid tenderness, and ever and anon, the heavy lashes drooped as * if unable to bear their sweet burden. Smiles, like cuplds played around her arching Hps, and the dimples merrily chased each other in glancing flight. The sauare bodice was laced over a rich lace stomacher which but partially concealed the swelling bust, heaving in rapid respirations, tremulous in bounding Joy. "What tiordian knot do you expect k me to unravel?" Her eyes drooped, and the rose on her cheek tinged to damask blue, ere Davie replied: "Graham is to leave you. What inducement will you offer for his remaining?" She started as she heard it. This was Joyous news; but courtesy as well as the kindness of her nature, forbade her wounding him. "If the inducements are to be offered against the calls of duty, far be It from me to counsel against his interest." she replied. There was no flush now, no dimpling smile as calmly and coldly her eyes met his. He laughed bitterly. "I told you so, Mr. Willoughby. My departure shall meet neither opposl-1 . tlon nor regret." "Nay," said she, with great sweet ness, "do I not fill the office of true friendship when I counsel and encourage you in the pursuit of honor? Would I not be recreant :o that trust, did I not assist you In the discharge of the duty?" "And you would bid him go, to fight against the cause you have espoused?" said Mr. Willoughby reproachfully, p "That cause Is his honor," said Ellen [ gently. "But ladies of old persuaded men to what they consider truth and Justice, and then armed their knights to higher achievements." replied Mr. Willoughby. anxious that Ellen should be Interested In pleading with Graham. "Nay. uncle, you mistake. The knight adventurer must himself weigh MPBELL R [OUNTAIN ulrer, by Mrs. Mary A. Ewart. the justice and danger of the cause, and It would ill become me to Influence one, so far from every friend who ought to advise on such a step. Our cause, desperate as It Is, Is founded on the gTeat principles of truth and justice and to induce him to take the Irretrievable step, would, In. my judgment, be neither the one nor the other." "Sweet monitor! I have but one fault to And with you," said Graham, j throwing himself on an ottoman by her side; "you are too reasonable by half." "If that Is her only fauit, Graham, she will, the next moment reach perfection. A woman steadily sensible, would be an anomaly," sail Mr. Willoughby. "Then I will sit here at.d wait the propitious moment." said he. "for, aJas! fatal self indulgence has made me such a creature of Imagination, that I can not brook the colder dictate* of reason. Davie, can you not recommend a friend who will teach me to redeem my error." "Nay. I need "too much stern discipline myself, to advise others," said Davie. "Then, Miss Ellen must direct me. Say, Miss Ellen, where shall I meet such a condescending: friend?" "In your own bosom, when you will listen to the still small voice," she answered. "No, no." he replied: "too feeble by half for my reckless nature. I need a power before which I must bow, tremble and adore." "Graham, you should have lived In times of chivalry and tournaments. Then dreams of love end ladles* charms would have mingled with deeds of honor and of arms," said Davie. "Bah! you know no bride but honor. You could not stoop to love. Your heart Is frozen?trenched In Ice." "What do you argue from, Graham." "Oh! you know lovers and madmen are alike, and I have 'never seen you yield yourself to the mighty 111." "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and love's heralds are thoughts," replied Davie. "He who can show all his love, loves but lightly, I have heard." "As if it were possible to conceal Its presence! As If we could not read the heart's hushed secret In the changing cheek the soft dark eye; as If we would not call her 'mine,' though, our reason cursed the falsehood," replied Graham. "Ah, Graham, we must get back to campflre. lest Inglorious ease lead you to forget 'none but the brave deserve the fair,'" replied Davie. "Hush, Davie. I would dream forever, Secure from trouble, toll and care. A world than earthly world more fair.' replied Graham, bending upon Ellen a look of Impassioned tenderness. "Say, Miss Ellen, shall I speak my dream?" "To tell me 'tis as fair, as flitting, and as frail, as Idle dreams generally are?" said she turning coldly from nun. "Aye." said he, in low bitter tones, "to tell you 'tis wild and broken, to tell you the surging wave of despair has forever buried the fair vision." "Nay; to tell me the trumpet call of duty, of fame, has thus aroused you and shaking off the dreamer's shackles, with logic akin' to Ffclstaflfs conclude that when war is at hand although it were shame to be on any side but one, it were worse shame to be idle than be on the worst side, though blacker than usurpation could make it," she replied, with a manner of playful reproof, intended to soothe, but which more frequently bewildered, 'like fire to heather set.' "Are these your paintings, Miss Ellen?" said Davie, taking up her portfolio, wishing to change a conversation that he saw annoyed Ellen "They are nominally mine. They owe all the merit they possess to my teacher." said Ellen, with a- graceful inclination to Graham who was standing with knitted brows leaning against 'he mantel. Davie glanced over several, with words of commendation, but at length said? "Why, Graham where did you ever see such blazing sky as this? You robbed your pallet man, to spoil your picture. Miss Ellen, you should have proiesiea against sucn waste ui tutors." "It was In a brilliant humor, I suppose," replied Graham, at once perceiving that It was the picture Ellen had refused to soften. "Let me see," said Ellen. "Oh! that was my obstinacy. He wished me to shade it. but I fancied the rich autumnal tints." "Yes; but your coloring Is not natural; you need some fleecy clouds In that royal purple, and that gorgeous crimson would be better caught in glimpses through those arching trees. The blue of your zenith Is too Intense?It needs softening and vapory clouds would not be amiss there also." "I see." she said, "It all needs a greyer cast; a softer tone." "Yes; you lack a twilight haze. Now here is one. Ah! It is Graham's?It is perfect. This was your model was It? Now, I fancy I hear the lowing of the cattle as they plod wearily home; the falling of that brook and all the drowsy sounds of evening quiet. There's rest in that picture. You have not done your model Justice, Miss Ellen," and with the eye of a connoisseur, and the taste of a true lover of the art, he criticized the work. Graham listened, amazed at her unwonted patience. He had never dared, but In the gentlest manner, to correct her; and Davie was really unsparing in his criticisms. And yet she was not only patient but eager to discover the faults he was so coolly pointing out. "I see the faults very plainly now," said she, "and wonder they never struck me before; but I will correct them." "Well, Davie," said Graham, "you have done more In ten minutes than I have been able to do in two months. I have repeatedly pointed out these very faults to Miss Ellen, far more tenderly than you have ventured to do, without being: able to convince her in the slightest degree; or if she was convinced, the remodeling was done after she thought I had forgotten it." Ellen colored deeply, and drew back the unfortunate sketch. "You know, Graham, some people's charity is so sweet as to be sickly. Perhaps your rebukes were to tender to correct," replied Davie, with a quick glance at Ellen. "Ellen must either rule or be ruled," said Mr. Willoughby. "She knows no middle cause?listens to no compromises." "And only bows to a master mind," said Graham, scrutinizing her glowing face. "Do you know, Mr. Willoughby, I think Miss Ellen's education has spoiled her for yielding? Instead of the stern and rigid studies which she has followed, I would have taught her the gentle Una; given her the romantic. poetic fiction of Spencer and Dryden. and checked the fascinating theme by the sterling lessons of Shakspeare and Milton. Again; I would encourage the brilliant fancy by the powers of my own luxurious and brilliant land; the romantic memoirs of the French, and their dazzling histories. I would have taught her of war and chivalry, from the splendid and heart stirring pages of Froi8sart, and from the romantic love and knight-errantry of the Spanish Cavalier. And I would have read such legends in the corner of some sombre library, where the deepening twilight conjured up the ghosts of the past, to scare us with their imaginative terrors; or, stealing to the fireside, with no other light than was afforded by the glimmering brands of its deep and ponderous hearth, the sorcery of thought should raise the spirits of forgotten generations to people my ideal world, and thus chewing the cud of sweet and bitter fancy, her vivacious talent should extract honey from every study." "If your object had been but to awaken the imagination, you would have succeeded, no doubt," said Davie. "But the sickly food would have enervated, perhaps destroyed the understanding. "Pooh!" said Graham; "we only need woman to adorn life. What business has she with practical details." "A woman that could not add dignity to society?could not only adorn but support?I can neither admire nor respect," said Davie. "Why, Davie, my pupil would be a being of exquisite sensibility?of vivid powers?of ardent temperament?one born to love and be loved." "I grant you; one who can understand the misery of living, but never the Joy of It. One who would captivate our fancy in the morning of life, but who would be Incapable of engaging our maturer minds?an April maiden of smiles and tears?never the matron that renders bliss secure." "Miss Ellen, how can you listen to such matter of fact views! The philosophy of love! I would not be surprised at his advocating the Platonic creed at last." "Nay," said she, "you know my education leads me to agree with him. I am disposed to think esteem Is the only true foundation for happiness." "And you object to my course of studies?" "In so far as it would unfit me for all the duties of life. I am afraid if I sought instruction but for the sake of amusement, I would reject all else that lacked the charm, and thus lose forever that opportunity of acquiring the habit of controlling and concentrating my powers upon what would tend to utility and happiness." j "Utility! There it is again. I told you, you were too reasonable, Miss Ellen." "Is it not a gift rare enough in our sex to admire?" said Ellen, laughing. "No I cannot endure Its never varying lines. It would chafe me to madness, always to follow Its cold dictates." "You view it as a tyrant instead of a counsellor. Graham," said Davie. "I believe that there are impulses in the mind of man, that reasons cannot constrain?that she looks upon with awe, not seeking or daring to investigate them." "I am not in the humor for metaphysical discussion now, Davie. Tell me when you leave in the morning." said Graham, with one of his quick transitions. "As soon as Sevier arrives, which will probably be before the sun Is an hour high," replied Davie. "You leave in the morning? So soon," said Eilen, Involuntarily. "I must," said he. "Can you not give me an hour alone?" he whispered. She blushed and shook her head. He smiled, and said in a low tone? "I must have it." She glanced at Mr. Wilioughby and Graham, who were in conversation together. "I will arrange it, if you will grant it." She nodded her head In blushing assent. "Meet me at sunrise. In the Glen." She shrank and hesitated. He watched her a moment, and again whispering, "at sunrise, Ellen," he joined in the conversation, without giving her an opportunity to refuse him. rr? RP! nnNTTNT'nn Shortkr Railroad Hours.?Preparations are under way for a concerted movement on the part of the big railroad brotherhoods to secure a reduction of the present working hours for 11 ?.. A*v>r.1nirAO oil ATrne tViO OAlintrV I till V* ay an w?n viiv ww>.?w. The movement already has been discussed in the grand councils of the organizations. It Is expected that it will assume definite form within the next two months. The grievance committees of many western railroads will gather In Chicago In December to discuss desired changes in working conditions. At the same time the schedules governing wages and hours will expire on at least three western roads?the Northwestern, the Rurlington and the St. Paul. According to plans now laid, they oppose demands of the employes. The present hours of work on the railroads range from ten to fourteen, Put in no case are they fixed. This Is due to the nature of the employment. The brotherhoods, It is said, have no intention of appealing for a limited JdlRBJ pdUUB|d 9AB11 Aetjj, A?p 1JJ0.W to seek a general reduction, which shall be proportionate in all branches of the railroad service.?Chicago Tribune. Pwdtanwuis Starting. TILLMAN AN8WER8 TOWILL. Senator Renews His Bateeburg Allegation. Trenton, 8. C., October 2, 1905. To the Editor of the News and Courier: At the Batesburg meeting Saturday, September 23, I made the statement that the state board of control of the dispensary has violated the law and been derelict, as they did not purchase liquor under a competitive system of buying as required by the statute. I further declared that the system followed made it possible to sell to the state XX rye and XXX rye out of the same barrel, that the board on its advertisement did not describe what X, XX or XXX rye meant and that the state was left at the mercy of the bidders to deliver anything in the shape of whisky with no guarantee whatever as to the goods coming up to the sample, for the reason that the chemist himself declared that he could detect adulteration, but that he could not tell anything about the grade or quality. The Hon. John Bell Towlll very ex wiifuiy urumicu uiai m j oiaicuicnt mm "not so," and, according to some of the newspaper reports, said positively "It was false." Quite a heated colloquy ensued. Feeling so sure of my ground, for I had read the advertisement the week before, I had not armed myself with the proof, but I requested the reporter for the State newspaper, In whose columns I have read the advertisement, to send a copy of it to each of the Lexington and Saluda papers with the request that they publish It In order that the people of the two counties represented at the meeting might see for themsedves whether Mr. Towill had any right to dispute my word as he did. For some reason this has not been done, and as the widest publicity has been given "to the Issue of veracity between Mr. Towill and myself I ask you to publish as much of the enclosed advertisement as I have marked In pencil, and It will be seen that I had warrant for every word I said, and Mr. Towill is convicted of dense Ignorance of what his own board is doing, to say the least of it. (The part of advertisement referred to follows:) NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALERS. Office of State Board of Directors of the South Carolina Dispensary, Columbia. S. C., August 14, 1905. To Distillers and Liquor Dealers: You are hereby requested to submit bids and samples, In accordance with the terms of the dispensary law, upon the various kinds and grades of liquors produced or handled by you, for supplying the South Carolina dispensary for the quarter ending November 30th 1905. It Is to be understood that the directors of the dispensary shall have the right to accept any quantity of any article bid upon, to be ordered shipped at our pleasure, with the right to supplement such orders any time during the quarter, according to the needs of the dispensary, the directors retaining the right to reject all or any part of any bid. As It is necessary to establish uniformity In values of grades denominated as X's, the following scale must be observed by bidders: The actual minimum of intrinsic value of X rye must not be less than....J1 50 Of XX rye not less than 1 60 Of XXX rye not less than l ?o Of X grin not less than 1 50 Of XX gin not less than 1 60 Of X rum not less than 1 50 Of X corn not less than 1 47 Of XX corn not less than 1 50 And XXX corn, peach and apple brandy must grade In value not less than 1 60 We also solicit bids on rye liquors to erode in value at $2, $2.50 and $3 per eallon; corn, at $1.75 and $1.85 per gallon. and malt at $2 and $2.10 per gallon. Bids and samples to be sent by express to State Treasurer, charges prepaid. on or before September 12th, 1905. Chemical purity and proof must be guaranteed one hundred. H. H. Evans, Chairman, L W. Botkin, John Bbll To will. There Is absolutely no check to guard against defrauding the state except the honesty (?) of the dealer, and I had a large whisky distiller tell me once that all men who handled whisky had to be watched. X In this advertisement is like X in the algebra an unknown quantity except as to the "proof or strength of the liquor and every one familiar with the business knows that this is no criterion whatever of quality or value. Section 557 of the South Carolina code provides: "And said contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, for such quantities and kinds of liquors as may be deemed necessary to the dispensary for the quarter." In the light of this advertisement, I can assert that there Is no competition in quality, only competition In price, and the spirit of the law is not complied with at all. It may be said that the samples that accompany the bids are a check on the bidder delivering something else, but this is an absurdity, as no man living can tell whether two samples of liquor are identical simply by taste or by other means for that matter. Yet liquor is a staple article and the government's bonded ware houses afford a check and absolute protection against fraud, and liquor can be described in an advertisement as clearly as corn or bacon. I do not know how long this systeip of advertising has been in vogue, but whoever invented it has certainly put it in the power of the liquor dealers to defraud the state and foist off on the people Immense quantities of inferior and perhaps poisonous stuff. No wonder there is such an Immense stock of "unsalable" or dead stock whisky on hand. I trust all newspapers in the state that have copied Mr. Towlll's impudent denial of my statement will do me the justice to copy this, and especially those papers of Lexington and Saluda counties. B. R. Tillman. BARRICADES IN HISTORY. Cases In Which They Have Proved to Be Very Effective. The men and women who erected the barricades around which so much blood flowed during the recent riots in Lodz, Russia, were following timetried precedents. For the street barricade is the first thing which an otherwise defenceless population puts up when it means to fight authority. History has been made at the barricades. Nearly six hundred years ago Paris, the home, apparently of this sort of fighting, barricaded its streets against the future Charles V.; and two and a quarter centuries later resorted to similar defence, when 4,000 mercenaries were marched in by Henry III to overawe the "council of sixteen." The barricades were terribly successful then, for the soldiery would have been annihilated had not the court consented to negotiation in time to save the remnants of the 4,000. During the three days' revolution In Paris seventy-five years ago the populace showed thi.; It had not forgotten. Men, women and children worked to build ramparts in the streets, tearing up the roads and pulling down buildings and trees for their materials. Louise Philllpe fell when the first barricade of the revolutionaries was run up. There was a terrible fight to follow, In comparison with which that at Lodz was insignificant Sixteen thousand persons were killed and wounded and half as many taken prisoners. The damage done amounted to $6,000,000. When Louis Napoleon seated himself he remembered barricades and their power, and determined that he would have none of them. He made wide boulevards, which cannon would sweep with grapeshot; macadamized the roads, and did all that he could think of to make the barricading of the streets impossible. But the days ? V"? C/vmmiino ahnwed that the Old U1 ilic WilltllMitv art was by no means gone nor the possibilities exhausted. London also has had Its barricades. On the occasion of the funeral of Queen Caroline, in 1821, the crowd barricaded the route by which the body was to have been smuggled out of the capital.?Baltimore Sun. i 9 m 9 ON CONSCIENCE. A Few Remarks About That of the Public and the Individual. The public conscience consists mostly of trances. When once aroused the public conscience sighs and sobs and sheds blood with great fervor. Most men prefer the public conscience asleep. It then closes its eyes and gently slumbers once more. With it in that condition it is much easier to stay out after the ringing of the curfew. It is also easier to stay the market and strike the public for another cent on the gallon. The man who "Mrs up the public conscience sometimes gets stirred under himself. It Is the prerogative of the public conscience to send evil-doers to prison, when the private conscience of the average governor pardons them out a few at a time. The public conscience differs from the private conscience only In quan Illy, noi in quality. One is as easy to manage as the other?when asleep. There are more kinds ot consciences thtel you can count The civilized conscience is cultivated and is adorned with laces, tucks and frills. It wears a tailor-made suit and eats with a fork. The conscience of the heathen Is as unimbelli8hed as is his body. The nudeness of the combination appeals to the conscience of the missionary and he endeavors to utilize the mantle of charity. The man whose conscience wears tight shoes is not an agreeable companion, as you are always afraid of treading on its corns. Very few men are too conscientious to permit their hens to lay eggs on Sunday. Most men work their layers overtime. The conscience of some persons closes Its eyes to Its own debts, but keeps them wide open to the debts of others. The conscience of the monopolist Is as tough as a white pine knot and will burn as freely. Confession and restitution are highly recommended for this malady. Some patients try philanthropy instead and with different results.? Chicago News. THE SACRED BO TREE. One of the Moat Wonderful Natural Growths Ever Known. In October, 1887. the sacred bo tree, at that time supposed to be the oldest living vegetable monument on the earth's surface, was uprooted and destroyed by a cyclone which swept over the island of Ceylon. The oldest written description of the sacred bo tree now in existence is that by the celebrated Chinese historian FaHian, who visited the island and the sacred tree In the year 414 A. D. According to this learned Chinaman, the tree was at that time 702 years old, having been planted In the year 288 before our era by King Devinlplatlssa. As soon as It was known throughout the island that the tree had been destroyed by the fury of the elements great crowds of mourners gathered around Its "sacred remains" and held regular funeral services for two or three weeks. After the season of mourning was over the tree was cut into proper lengths, each piece wrapped separately In white cloth and cremated with the same funeral rites which would have been given a member of the royal family. So perished the sacred bo tree, one of the most wonderful natural growths known to the world? a tree which had been worshipped dally, one might almost say hourly, for 2,175 years. Where the Sea Disappears.?A Philadelphia girl was recently overtaken and drowned by the Incoming tide on the west coast of France. A transplanted Breton said of this fatality: "Can you, who see your own tides crawl In at the rate of ten feet or so an hour. Imagine tides racing like wild white horses up the flat sands at the rate of half a mile a minute. "The extraordinary flatness of our Breton coasts gives us these phenomenal tides. The sea does not rise and fall. It appears and disappears. You have a vast and flat plain of sand. At a set hour the sea rushes In, white, wild, submerging this vast plain. At a set hour an unseen hand sucks back the waters?back thirty, forty, fifty miles?and nothing is visible but the plain of pale sand again. "Woe unto such as walk on this desolate plain when the tide begins to rise, for they must drown! Nothing can save them."?Philadelphia Bulletin. THE BOY KING OF SPAIN. Alphonso is Foil of VUd Boyish Pranks. UNDIGNIF1EI FUN WITH THE PEOPLE. But Littlo Regard For Court Etiquotto ?Unnatural Treatment of Hie Mother?Source of Constant Anxiety to His Minilters. Never were more contradictory stories told about a monarch than about Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, who la now In his twenty-first year. Some of his pranks are taken to -prove that the young monarch is a victim of a diseased mind, which' every year grows weaker. The same stories, interpreted In an other way are taken to mean that the king is merely a very human young man. who takes a youth's delight In noting the confusion of big wigs and dignitaries. Most of his outbursts of eccentricity have their common object. They are In one form or another, rebellion against the formality of court life and a protest against the dignity which in Spain of all countries, most closely hedges 9, king. Alfonso's eccentricities showed themselves In childhood, when most healthy minded youngsters of his years would feel Inclined to seek the same relief from tutors, prime ministers and other dignified guardians. It was during his first tour in the Spanish provinces three years ago, that the people of his country first had the opportunity to observe the capers which hitherto had been reserved for the eyes of the palace courtiers. It was on this journey that the king complained of being bored, and asked why he could not go to bed. Pacheco, the general In charge of him explained that etiquette demanded that the people ikave first. "Oh, they must eh?" replied his majesty. "I'll soon send them away." A moment later, In a hush, Alfonso doubled his fists, placed them to his mouth in -imitation of a bugle and sounded taps. Everybody stood aghast and glanced toward the king, who again sounded taps, stretched his arms and yawned. The people took the hint and departed. In Leon the king was met by a brilliant procession to escort him to the a 1__ It n- ?UA A ?ninmnkAl lUYVIJ IltUI. Ull 1.11c; VV CXj a i* iuui|/uai arch attracted his attention. He called on the driver to atop, alighted, unslung his camera and proceeded to take pictures of the arch. In Santander the king received the city's keys on a street stand. As they were handed to him the crowds cheered. "Long live the king! Long live Asturlas! Long live Spain! Long live Santander!" In the stillness which followed, the king leaned toward the Duke of Veragua, who was on another stand, and cried: "You didn't get anything this time, did you? No long life for you." While ln.Cabadonga the king visited the shrine and was Induced to Inspect the sacred relics. The bishop of Cabadonga showed the King St. Peter's toenail and St. Paul's hair. The king stopped him with: "Say, Bishop; do you believe that lonsense?" The scandalized bishop affirmed that he did. "Well, I don't," replied Alfonso. "I'm going to dinner." 6n the ifoad from Ovledo to Mieres the king spied a small gauge railway and asked where It led. He was told to the mines several miles away. This roused the king's curiosity and he said: "I want to go there. Let us turn." Gen. Paciieco remonstrated and said hat the people of Mieres had been waiting slrfce morning to see the king, and it was already late. "Am I not king!" he exclaimed. "I'll do what I want to and I want to see the mines." His majesty then compelled the party to go with him to view the mines. In consequence the people of Mieres, after a lonp wait, thought that the king was not coming and nobody was in the streets to welcome him when he arrived. In the past three years more serious breaches of palace etiquette have alarmed some of the ministers, who seem to think that a king even at 19 should recognize the dignity of his position and understand that It Is impossible for him to indulge In the pranks permissible to other youths of his age. Recently Alfonso In passing through an anteroom In the Madrid palace met Admiral Chacon, a venerable sailor who was formerly aide-de-camp to the king. Alfonso approached the admiral and said to him: "What office are you Ailing now?" The admiral replied that he was attached to one of the bureaus of the navy department, whereupon Alfonso answered In a loud voice: "Is that so? Well, my dear Chacon, I suppose you Idle your time away there just as you did when you were at court." The kins then raised his hand and slapped the face of the old sailor, after which he walked off laughing boisterously. Chacon. In relating the incident later, said: "When I felt his majesty's hand hit my face it was all I could do to restrain myself from disgracing myself and my uniform." On another occasion, as Alfonso was going to his private apartments In the palace, he noticed for the first time, outside his door, a small bell button fixed to the wall and covered with a glass case. The king inquired what the buttton was for, and was told that It connected with a bell In the guard room of the palace and was to be used only in the event of grave danger threatening the king. Before any one could interfere Alfonso broke the glass pushed the button vigorously, and then ran into his apartments. Instantly there was a frightful racket In the palace. Cries of "Assassin!" were raised and the palace filled with soldiers. A company of halberdiers and cuirassiers dashed up the stairs with loaded carbines and drawn swords and rushed into the king's suite of rooms. There Alfonso met them, almost In hysterics from his laughter. The soldiers retired, unappreciative of the Joke. Alfonso's reckless speeding through the streets of Madrid In his automobile has repeatedly been commented upon In the Madrid papers, and It has been said that the attempt of the late Maura government to compel the king to atop his breakneck speeding was the real reason why the cabinet fell. Premier Maura, at an audience with the king, pointed out the danger of using the streets of Madrid as a racecourse. and the fact that the municipal laws were broken by his majesty. Alfonso was greatly angered over the remarks of the premier, and at once demanded the government's resignation for impertinence. The resignations were handed In and a new government was formed. Another and more serious phase of this young king's independence of thought and action is concerned with the mother who has devoted her life to his education and rearing. Her care has made him a healthy, sturdy youth, al'hough he promised to Inherit all the physical weaknesses of his sickly father. He Is capable of great physical endurance and can stand up under fatigue that would exhaust men of apparently greater strength. Although he has almost reached his majority he follows still the daily routine laid out by his mother when in 1891 his royal curls were cut and he set out to prepare himself for his high place. His mother drew up a timetable and school routine. He still gets Up every morning at 7 o'clock and says his prayers, for he has been brought up to be very religious. Having spent about half an hour on his toilet the king has breakfast with his mother and sister, the Infanta Maria Teresa. The breakfast generally consists of coffee, tea, bread, butter and fresh eggs. He has a chat with his mother and sister, then goes to his rooms to study under teachers carefully selected. He is extremely good at languages, and has mastered German, as was proved by his conversation with Emperor William at Vigo. He is devoted to everything connected with the military profession, is a splendid horseman, a keen hunter and a fine shot. At 11 o'clock the king takes up official business. At 1 he takes luncheon with his mother and sister, generally inviting some of the officers or ministers in attendance. The afternoon he spends in exercising; then for an hour reads magazines and newspapers and dines at 8 o'clock. After dinner he plays billiards or chess with his brother-in-law, the Prince of the Asturias, and except when he visits a theater, which is seldom, he goes to bed at 11 o'clock. His enemies say that, in spite of her years of devotion, the king is lacking In respect to his mother, who has givhim such autocratic ideas that he will not tolerate the least interference with his kingly conduct even from her. The king's attitude toward the queen mother Is most severely criticized by his political opponents. The king will have it clearly understood that his word Is supreme, and at the most trial -l?l kl. nl.luui V.O Ha IllUg uppuouiuil IU HUB nuiinw uv come* dictatorial. He has frequently spat In the faces of servants who have neglected his orders, and where he does not dare subject his victims to this Indignity he gives vent to his feelings by employing all the strongest terms that Spanish profanity can command. The most recent of these scenes very nearly resulted in an open rupture between the king and the queen mother. One evening, shortly after dinner, the king, disguised as a laborer, had slipped away from the palace unrecognized by the guards and proceeded alone and on foot to the slums of Madrid, where he had made up his mind to attend a worklngman'8 ball. He passed the light dancing, drinking and playing and returned to the palace at dawn half Intoxicated. The queen-mother, acquainted of his mysterious disappearance from the palace, had spent the night in agony, fancying him the victim of a plot. When she heard the cause of his absence she felt compelled to remonstrate. She approached him in his apartments and represented to him that he was not only compromising his reputation but endangering his crown. The king, losing his temper, told her to mind her own business and respect his authority like the rest of his subjects. The queen replied that in the eyes of God the son owed submission to his mother. The king Anally ordered her out of the royal palace. The queen remaining Impassive, the king cried violently: "I shall call my guards to throw you into the streets of Madrid." He was ringing to give the oqder when his confessor, to whom the scene had been reported by a terrified servant, came hurriedly in and, closing the doors, remained with the royal couple until he succeeded in restoring peace. The queen-mother then declined to see the king save in public, and passed most of her time in prayer. It is not possible, of course, to say how much truth there is in such a story, that could have been known to only a few persons. It was industriously circulated, however, by the party opposed to the king. His enemies declared that his arrival early one morning at a garrison near Madrid did not come from an Interest in the army, but was due to a nervousness resulting from a diseased mind. But they even attributed his personal investigation of an eocplosion in the outskirts of Madrid to the same cause. . So it is evident that the king's enemies will not admit that his eccentricities are due to the exuberance of youth. Name; of Fa3ric9.?Muslin Is named for Mosul, In Asia. Serge comes from Xerga, the Spanish for a certain sort of blanket. Bandanna Is derived from an Indian word signifying to bind or tie. Calico Is named for Calicut, a town In India, where It was first printed. Alpaca is the name of a species of llama from whose wool the genuine fabric is woven. The name "damask" Is an abbreviation of Damascus; satin Is a corruption of Zayton, In China. Velvet is the Italian "vellute," woolly, and is traceable farther back to the Latin vellus, a hide or pelt. Shawl Is from the Sanskrit sala, which means floor, shawls having been first used as carpet tapestry. Cambric comes from Cambria, gauze from Gaza, baize from Bajac, dimity from Dametta, and jeans from Jean. Blanket bears the name of Thomas Blanket a famous English clothier who aided the introduction of woolens into England in the fourteenth century.? Philadelphia Bulletins. ELEPHANT PA88ING. Demand For Ivory the Cauee of Qroat Slaughter. The gTeat quantity of ivory annually exported from Africa, and especially from the Congo Free State, is causing much anxiety for the future fate of the big king of the jungles. As there are official statistics of the amount of the Ivory exported, of how much is sold in a year on the exchanges of London, Liverpool and Antwerp, the exchanges of ivory in Europe, the weight of this Ivory, the number of elephants required to furnish it there is no great difficulty In figuring out approximately the number of years it will take to annihilate the ? last of the elephants in Africa. The year 1897 may be taken as a sample as in that year there were sold In the above mentioned excnanges 660 tons of ivory. To this should be added several tons to come nearer the truth, but let us be generous in our mathematical calculations. It will give the elephant some few extra years to live and will be a consolation to many, who cannot but feel Indignation at the thought that the big. strong, useful and rather ? harmless beast is in danger of disappearing from the earth. In August, 1897, was sold on the exchange In Antwerp about 12,000 tusks, representing the death of 6,000 elephants, as each one has two tusks. The whole weight of these 12,000 tusks was about 140,000 pounds. That means that each elephant gave about 29 pounds of ivory. This, of course, is t ? "arithmetic medium" only, as there may have been tusks weighing 60 or 76 pounds. If we look upon such ornamental tusks as, for Instance, were seen among the queen's jubilee presents at the St. Louis fair, their weight must be two or three times the average weight of a tusk. Now, it remains only to know the number of elephants in Africa. This may be difficult to decide fairly correctly. The great African explorer, Henry M. Stanley, however has said that some years ago he estimated the number of elephants in Africa to be from 600,000 to 700,000, and in Congo from 200,000 to 200,000. One ton Is about 2,200 pounds, or some little more. Therefore we reach the regrettable flgure of about 60.000 elephants needed to furnish the ivory sold in 1897. Is not that flgure high enough to Justify apprehension as to the fate of the elephant, and does it not appear certain that the elephant rapidly approaches a possible and complete annihilation? There are in this matter, fortunately. some qualifying circumstances. As the natives for years and generations have been hunting elephants In Africa, mostly for pastime, I dare say, as they really have little use for the brute when dead, they have been in the habit of burying the tusks, and now, since they are expected to pay a certain "tax" in Ivory to the Congo government, they have begun to unearth large quantities of ivory. Thus It Is sure that part of the ivory exported In the year 1897 was not from freshly killed elephants. It is not the idea that all killing of the elephant should be stopped. Ivory is the best-paying article to the Congo State, and as It takes co* lossal sums to run that country, ivory must be sold. But how or where to draw the line between too much and moderate killing of elephants? King Leopold, of Belgium, sovereign of the Congo Free State, gave out already. In 1889, a royal decree forbidding the "white" employes to hunt elephants. But as there are between 20,000,000 and 30,000,000 natives in Congo who for hundreds of years have been killing elephants without discretion nor any one Interfering with them, how can we expect them to stop killing elephants, or how can any control be kept on them, living in the Jungles as the most do. Besides, they are paid for ivory in merchandise brought from Europe, and they are immensely greedy for them. Thus the fact remains that the extermination nf tho olonhant eoe.s on at a fearful rate. Some elephants are born every year, but. In proportion to the killing, . the number must be small. The elephant cow bears her "babies" between her twelfth to eighteenth years, and two are always born at the same time. So it can be seen that this process of natural increase is slow. There has for years been going on a movement in Belgium favoring the domestication of the elephant. This has also been done In the Soudan by the English during their long campaign against the fanatic dervishes. Oen. Gordon used the elephant to carry heavy burdens of ammunition, the same Gordon who was killed by the natives there, and whose death the Englishmen for years tried to avenge, until Lord Kitchener succeeded in doing so. When Africa develops into an agricultural country?and the soil of the Congo, at least, is of the best, not a stone to be found for miles and miles?the elephant will be needed to execute such a work as our horse or oxen perform. F&r this reason it ' Is hoped that something may be done which for an indefinite time will "put off" the moment when civilisation with Its refinement ana vanamism has succeeded in the annihilation of the useful king of the African jungles, the noble elephant.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. New Twenty Dollar Bill.?A new $20 gold certificate is now in circulation. The new bill is unlike the old saffron-colored $20, $50 and $100 notes. The predominating shade on its face is steel, while on the back the yellow of the old note is replaced by a rusty brown. George Washington's face occupies the center, instead of Garfield's, which is to the right of the center on all notes, and it in the extreme right of the new bills and at a relative position on the left is the figure 20 in saffron, surmounted by a $ of the same shade. Around the edge runs a broad band of engraved work in steel. The rest of the face is a pale gold. On the back the golden eagle of the old note with Its spreading wings gives up Its place to a smaller and more formal bird, encircled by bonds and "Twenty Dollars." The new bill contains more difficult engraving and is said to be harder to counterfeit