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XSSXJJSJ3 SEMI-WEEKLY, I k. GRIST s SONS, Publishers.} % ^amilg jR-xrspaper: 4or the promotion of the political, Social. Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the people. JTKe ooiJEk.vicmiN' * ESTABLISHED 1855. ' YORKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1910. NO. 17T [King / Copyright, 1909, by George ^ /I Barr McCutcheon 11 Copyright, 1909, by Dodd, / Mead Company x Synopsis of Preceding Chapters. ^ Chapter I?Truxton King arrives in , ^ Edelweiss, capital of Graustark, and meets the beautiful niece of Spantz, a gunmaker. II?King does a favor for Prince Robin, the young ruler of the country, whose guardian is John Tullis, an American. Ill?Baron Dangloss, 1 minister of police, interviews King and warns him against Olga, the gunmaker's niece. IV?King invades the royal park, meets the prince and is presented to the lad's fascinating Aunt Loraine. CHAPTER V. i The Committee of Ten. It has been said before that Truxton King was the unsuspecting object of interest to two sets of watchers. The fact that he was under the surveillance 0 of the government police is not surprising when we consider the evident thoroughness of that department, but 1 that he should be continually watched by persons of a more sinister cast suggests a mystery which can be cleared 0 up by visiting a certain underground 1 room unknown to the police scarce two blocks from the Tower of Graustark. There were two ?ways of reaching this windowless room, with its low ceilings and dank airs. If one had the secret in his possession he could go down through the mysterious trapdoor in the workshop of William Spantz, armorer to the crown, or he might tk come up through a hidden aperture in the walls of the great government sewer which ran directly parallel with and far below the walls of the quaint old building. One could take his choice of direction in approaching this hole * in the huge sewer?he could come up from the river, half a mile away, or he could come down from the hills above if he had the courage to arop inrougu one of the Intakes. It is of special significance that the trapdoor in Spantz's workshop was reserved for use by the armorer and his more fastidious comrades, of whom three were women and one an established functionary in the royal household. ^ The committee of ten represented the brains and the activity of a rabid coterie in Edelweiss, among themselves styled the Party of Equals. In plain language, they were "reds." The nominal leader was William Spuntz, he who had a son In the prince's household, Julius Spantz, the master of arms. For off in the hills above the Danube there lived the real leader of this deadly group?the Iron Count Marlanx, exile from the land of his birth, hated and execrated by every loyal Graustarkian, hating and execrating in return with a tenfold # greater venom, Olga Platanova was the latest acquisition to this select circle. A word concerning her: She was a daughter ,of Professor Platanova, one time oculist and sociologist in a large German university. He had been one of the most brilliant men in Europe and a member of a noble family. Less than a year before the opening of this tale he was executed for treason and conspiracy against the empire. His daughter, Olga, was recognized as one of the most beautiful and cultured young women in Warsaw. Her suitors seemed to be without number. Finally there came one who conquered and was beloved. He was the son of a mighty duke, a prince of the blood. The young prince pledged himself to marry her despite all opposition; he * , was ready to give up his noble Inheritance for the sake of love. The all powerful ruler of an empire learned of this proposed mesalliance and was horrified. The will of the crown was made known to him and?he obeyed. Olga Platanova was cast aside, but not forgotten. He became the husband of an unloved, scrawny lady of diadems. - When the situation became more than he could bear he blew out his brains. When Olga heard the news of his death she was not stricken by grief. She cried out her joy to a now cloud^ less sky, for he had justified the great love that had been theirs and would be theirs to the end of time. From a passive believer in the doctrines of her father and his circle she became at once their most impassioned exponent. She threw herself heart and soul into ihe deliberations and transactions of the great red circle her fathv er understood and yet was amazed. Then he was put to death by the class she had come to hate?one more stone in the sepulcher of ner lenuer, girlish ideals. When the time came she traveled to Graustark in response * to the call of the committee of ten: she came prepared to kill the creature she would be asked to kill. And yet down in her heart she was sore afraid. She was there not to kill a man grown old in wrongs to her people, but to destroy the life of a gentle, innocent boy of seven! There were times when her heart shrank from the unholy deed she had been selected to perform. But there was never a thought of receding from the bloody task set down for her. ^ On a Saturday night, following the last visit of Truxton King to the armorer, the committee of ten met in the underground room to hear the latest word from one who could not be with them in person, but was always there in spirit, if they were to believe his most zealous utterances. The Iron Count Marlanx. professed hater of all that was rich and noble, was the power behind the committee of ten. The assassination of the little prince and the overthrow of the royal family awaited his pleasure. He was the man who would give the word. Alas for the committee of ten! The f wiliest fox in the history of the world was never so wily as the Iron Count. Some day they were to find out that he was using them to pull his choicest chestnuts from the fire. The committee was seated around A vSVcrj' of GraustarK. By GEORGE BARR M'CliTCHEQIM <$?$? Q Q=^ the long table in the stifling, breathless room, the armorer at the head Tnose who came by way of the sewer had performed ablutions in the queei toilet room that once had been a secret vault for the storing of feudal plunder. What air there was came from the narrow ventilator that burrowed its way up to the shop of William Spantz or through the chimney hole in the ceiling. Olga Platanova sat far down the side, a moody, inscrutable expression in her dark eyes. At Spantz's right lounged Peter Brutus, a lawyer, formerly secretary to tne Iron Count and now his sole representative among these people. He was a dark faced, snaky eyed young man, with a mop of coarse black hair that hung ominously low over his high, receding forehead. Julius Spantz, the armorer's son, a placid young man of goodly physical proportions, sat next to Brutus, while down the table ranged others deep in the consideration of the world's gravest problems. One of the women was Mine. Drovnask, whose husband had been sent to Siberia for life, and the other Anna Cromer, a rabid red lecturer, who had been driven from the United States, together with her amiable husband, an assassin of some distinction and many aliases, at present foreman in charge of one. of the bridge building crews on the new railroad. Kvery man in the parly, and there were eight, for Olga was not a member of the "ten," wore over the lowei JM) STOP!" CRIED CLGA PLATANOVA. "YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK OF IT IN THAT WAY 1" part of his face a false black beard ol averse to recognition among themselves, but in the fear that by somt hook or crook Dangloss or his agents might be able to look in upon them. Brutus was speaking. "This man is a spy. He has been brought here from America to Tullis." "We shall continue to watch his every movement," said William Spantz "Time will tell. When we are positive that he is a detective and that he is dangerous there is a way to stop his operations." "Dangloss suspects more than one ol us," ventured Brutus, his gaze traveling toward Olga. There was lewd admiration in that steady glance. "Bui we'll fool the old fox. The time wll soon be here for the blow that frees Graustark from the yoke." It appeared in the course of his remarks that Marlanx had friends ant supporters in all parts of Graustark Hundreds of men in the hills, including honest shepherds and the dishonesl brigands who thrived on them, coa miners and wood stealers, hunters anc outlaws were ready to do his bidding when the time was ripe. Moreover Marlanx had been successful in hi! design to fill the railway constructed crews with the riffraff of all Europe all of whom were under the control o leaders who could sway them in an; movement provided it was against lav and order. With a cunning that commands ad miration, the Iron Count deliberately sanctioned the assassination of the lit tie prince by the reds, knowing tha the condemnation of the world woul< fall upon them instead of upon hin and that his own actions following thi regicide would at once stamp him ai irrevocably opposed to anarchy ana ai of its practices! In the course of his remarks Pete Brutus touched hastily upon the sub jeet of the little prince. "He's not very bite." said he, with i laugh, "and it won't require a ver; big bomb to blow him to smilta-reem He will"? "Stop!" cried Olga Platanova, spring ing to her feet. "I cannot listen t you! You sliall not speak of it in tha way! Peter Brutus, you are not t speak of?of what I am to do! Neve ?never again." She shuddered violently as she stooi there before them, her eyes closed a if to shut out the horrible picture he mind was painting. "She will bungle it." sneered Ann Cromer. Olga's lids were lifted. Her dar eyes looked straight into those of th older woman. "No," she said quietly, her body re laxing, "I shall not bungle it." The discussion went back to Truxto: King. "Isn't it possible that he i merely attracted by the beauty <>f ou < harming young friend here?" venture Mine. Drovnask. "It is part of his game." said Juliu Spantz. "He knows Olga's past. H is waiting for a chance to 'catch he off her guard. He may even go so fa as to make pretty love to you, cousit in the hope that? No offense, my deal no offense!" Her looked had silence him. "Mr. King is not a spy." she sal steadily. "Well," said William Spantz, "we are safe if we take no chances with him. He must be watched al! the time. If we discover that he is what some of us think he is there is a way to end his usefulness. Now, Brutus, what does Count Marlanx say to this day two weeks? Will he be ready? On that day the prince and the court are to witness the unveiling of the Ye- t( tive memorial statue in the plaza. It 81 is a full holiday in Graustark. No T man will be employed at his usual P task, and"? Brutus interrupted him. That is & the very day that the count has asked me to submit to the committee. He 1' believes it to be the day of all days. w Nothing should go amiss. We conquer v with a single blow. By noon of that ll day. the U6tti or Juiy, rne commiuee 01 ten will be in control of the state; tl the new regime will be at hand. A a new world will be begun, with Edel- tl weiss as the center, about which all the ?l rest shall revolve. We, the committee tr ' of ten, will be its true founders. We fi shall be glorified forever. The death gl 1 of the prince Is the signal for the qi overthrow of the present government ti and the establishment of the new order P< 1 of equal humanity." Up in the distant hills slept the Iron k ' Count, dreaming of the day when he a< ' should rule over the new Oraustark? v< for he would rule!?a smile on his griz- b< zled face in reflection of recent wak- t< ing thoughts concerning the punish- u ment that should fall swiftly upon the el ' assassins of the beloved Prince Robin. t< He would make short shrift of as- a sassins! It To be Continued. S\ - - - T ELECTION WIT AND HUMOR. tl it Candidate and Heckler In English st Political Campaigns. p< ' More often than not the heckler b 1 has the best of it and Ian Malcolm tl hits the nail on the head when he e< says apropos of the "voice in tne si crowd," "You are powerless In face h of it; the lilt of your sentence Is ruin- g ed. Your withering scorn is turn- p ' ed to laughter and after laughter no retort appears effective." ci Even Bernal Osborne, the wit of si the Victorian age, was nonplused si when after a glowing speech at q Waterford upon patriotism and a sol- o dier's duty there came a voice from g the gallery: "Och, what's the world si to a man if his wife's a widow?" fi Another election story of the Em- tl erald Isle which Mr. Malcolm tells is b that concerning a leading member of fl the Irish bar who in an eloquent d speech upon the woes and injustices of his native land sought to impress ci his audience still further by squeez- p ing out a few tears which trickled si over his expansive cheeks. But the li sublime was turned to the ridiculous o when the wit of the gallery shouted r< out: "Shure, boys, there's a fine field ri for hydraulics." T This was as disconcerting as the re- a< ply made to Sir Richard Temple, who P returned posthaste from his duties in India to contest a seat. In the course w of a speech he remarked that he o: "had traveled 5,000 miles and sur- c< " -- ??? ' 1 .11 r>f lu rencierea tn.uuu nu hip j>mi.cbv , representing this great constituency," and the audience were impressed un- a: t til the remark in a loud voice from fi " the crowd: "Oh, what a fool!" tl And the heckler silenced Lord ^ George Hamilton on one occasion 11 when the latter, describing the late ^ Mr, Gladstone as "a political advens turer who always had his eye on the treasury bench," was met with the shout: "Yes, and he'll have his body there soon if you don't watch it!" " During the last general election a C1 [ speaker at one meeting was somewhat w irritated by a member of the audience d who continually repeated, "We won't S{ have our food taxed: no taxes on " ^ food." But it was not long before p he silenced the interrupter with the ^ cutting remark: "Console yourself, . my friend: Joe isn't going to tax Cl I thistle." 81 "The voice" at another meeting ? shouted out, "Talk to us In language r we can understand," because a j speaker had quoted some Latin d phrases. Like a flash came the cry ^ from the platform, "Hee-haw! Hee, haw!" And the heckler vanished. t i. I The son of a certain lord was adj dressing a meeting and was inter- ? , runted every few seconds by "the 81 voice" saying, "I'm's good as you; g , what'sh the duff'rence 'tween you'n ? 1 me?" Suddenly the answer came, , "One difference Is that you dtfink f and don't work, and I work but don't 1 c . drink.M v . - e v Lord Morley is one or tne iew x>olitical speakers who can silence a ? heckler with a smiling retort as ef- a f fectively as the famous Campbell of '' . Monzie. who. when he asked an Edin- s t burgh burgess to vote for him and re- ? ] ceived the angry answer. "Vote for s 1 you! I'd sooner vote for Satan him- ^ e sel'," sweetly replied, "Yes; but if s your friend doesn't stand, may I de- ? 1 pend upon your support?"?a remark K that earned him a stanch adherent. " The fact tnat a blind man. Mr. Wal- ? . ter King, is standing as liberal eandtdate for one of the divisions of Som- K ri j ersetshire recalls a story of Prof, y Faweett, who as a candidate for ? s. Brighton was asked by an elector 8 how he. a blind man. was going to 1 . "catch the speaker's eye" and vote D in the right lobby. Mr. Fawcett v t sensed effectively by replying that n he would depend on the kindness of ' r friends. But. as to mistaking the " lobby, lie said he might occasionally " d vote \vrong. "but at all events that 1 s would not be so bad as your present ^ r M. P.. who is always in the wrong " lobby, and he does it on purpose!" a The answer was cheered to the echo. ' k Making a Sermon Stick.?< ?ne of the e reasons why we so easily forget the k teachings of the Bible is because we ^ - do not put them into practice. Dr. t James S. Chile tells of a Korean who ij n learned the whole of the Sermon on the ^ s Mount and then walked a hundred I r miles in order to recite it to his pastor. |; (1 When he had finished he was told that f he must practice the teaching. t s He replied: "That is the way I | learned it. I tried to memorize it. but e it would not stick, so 1 hit on this v r plan: I would memorize a verse and r then find a heathen neighbor of mine and practice on him. Then 1 found it * would stick." All of us would know s r? much more Scripture than we now l d know and the knowledge would be of f far greater value to the world, if we would follow the Korean's method of (' making it stick.?Cumberland Presb.v- * terian. <: iUiscrllanrous grading. ^ fo FACTS FOR FARMERS. ^ tn lit low to Destroy Pests That Prey on , de Trees and Vegetables. rpj Many of the insects most injurious an > our crops are introduced pests, lys a bulletin of Clemson college. Cq?-* Taoa onolu ia n crnnH PYnm le. th A few years ago the legislature of pc outh Carolina attempted to relieve Be le situation by passing a nursery p0 ispection and quarantine law. It p? as the intention of this law to preent outside dealers from shipping w| ito this state infested nursery stock. er I provided that stock shipped into on lis state should be accompanied by gci certificate of inspection certifying sei lat the stock had been carefully in- h< lected by a duly authorized govern- bu lent officer and that said stock was an ee from injurious insects and conta- pr lous plant diseases. It Is furthi r re- th uired that a certificate of fumiga- sti on accompany nursery stock ship- th ed into this state. th In 1904 and 1907 bills were passed th nnu-n the linll vvppvll <iu:irnntine In ct. The object of this law is to pre- tei ent the introduction of the Mexican cu oil weevil through shipment of cot- ba )n seed, cotton seed hulls, baled or po nbaled cotton seed, forage plants, be tc., from the boll weevil infested jrritory. It is impossible to have ar ny law executed according to the sis tter but every law has an intention fai hlch should be carofully observed, th "he nursery inspection law means on lat any man in South Carolina buy- co ig nursery stock from without the us ate should satisfy himself that the do erson from whom such stock is ar ought is reliable, that furthermore to nis stock has been carefully inspect- oli I by an expert competent to make |u ach an inspection and that the stock ch as been declared free from contaious diseases and Injurious insect tei ests. ar In traveling through the state re- su pntly on several occasions, nursery di! lock was encountered at railroad th lations not complying with this re- an ulrement of the law. Every one ki f these cases was thoroughly investi- m; ated and people are cautioned that fo uch shipments can not be delivered th rom tho railroad stations at which no hey arrive. Such stock should first se e inspected bj a duly authorized of- th cer of this state before it can be ag elivered. be This office, therefore, again urges j0i o-operation on the part of those 8ti eople who have any occasion to ship sp tock in from outside of South Carona, believing that as long as this coperation does not eMst we have no nason to complain if we are over- W un by bugs imported into this state, he inspection office has been very ctive and investigated and dealt c0 roperly with every case that did not 1,c omply with the laws of this state hether it applied to consignments to f nursery stock or to shipments of nc otton from within or near the boll eevll territory of the southwest. ga At the present time there is kept re s nearly as possible a correct northrn and eastern distribution line of tu le Mexican cotton boll weevil. "* iThile such a line is nearly correct, , can be easily seen that it can not (-)l e absolutely correct.. It can only e a close approximation. If for in- m iance. such a line on the map passed irough Jackson, it does not mean w' lat any place anywhere east of this 10 ne Is safe from which to ship agri- stl ultural products into this state, ve hile such material shipped some fo {stance east of this line might be w' lfe. The inspection office, therefore, i guided not by the exact line as ?* iven for boll weevil distribution, but y the territory east of this approxi- w' late line. Whenever this office en- 1)1 ounters nursery stock at railroad ce tations or other shipments from in stl r near the boll weevil infested ter- te' itory of the southwest, and finds , , Cl( necessary to confiscate same and estroy it, there should bo no reason lo or complaint. Anyone not informed as to the etails of the inspection laws should, efore he makes a shipment from pi utside of the state, write to Clemon college and we will be glad to ive him information and render him very assistance possible. th Bugs and How to Fight Them. The following bulletin, issued by jj", he agricultural experiment station at is 'lemson college, is peculiarly intersting at this time: There are two questions frequently sked in regard to insects affecting 01 hints. One question Is how to detroy the Colorado potato beetle; an- ? ther how to spray fruit trees in the fa pring to prevent the serious ravages to y the fruit worm? Regarding the first question, this s0 dice has advised the use of Paris do reen, owing to the fact that it is one su f the cheapest poisonous insecticides "? 11 tho market. Complaints, however, qf ave been frequently made that Paris th reen burns the foliage of the plants, 'he following formula, therefore, is ^ iven for fighting these bugs another nt easoii: Paris green, one pound; wa- th er. 100 gallons milk of lime, three munds. To the Paris green a little Sj, rater is added and stirred so as to er lake a paste. This is added to the arrel of water, after which the milk " f lime made by slaking three pounds q, f storo or (|uick lime is added to lu he mixture and thoroughly stirred. *j: 'his will make a thoroughly poison- qj us spray for the beetles, at the same ime will not injure the foliage of the Pi Tl lotato vines. t df For Family Garden. sa tr The formula above given is for ti urge scale spraying. For a family K ;arden of course one would not care o make up a barrel of spray. It can ie made in a pail holding about three rations, to which a tablespoonful of j, 'aris green has been added after it H las be?-o mixed with a little water to 's orm a paste. To this then is added Jl(| he milk of lime, made by sinking a ,p it tie lump of quick lime. The lime is cry important to keep the Far'* n! ul treen from burning the foliage. It is inly where this is omitted that Si eorching has followed. Some pen- P' ?le prefer to use the poison in dry ()| orm. This can be accomplished by t) aiding about a teaspoonful of Paris ni rreen to a quart of flour or road '"J lust, land plaster or some similar p leap diluting material. The mateil must be thoroughly mixod here dsuting on the vines so that the Jev iris green is uniformity distributed rough the diluting material. This is } thtly dusted on the plants when the <\\h w is on the plants In the morning, ces lis moisture will make it adhere a r id will be very effective In killing las] e bugs without injuring the plants. i0\i Arsenic Principal Element. hui Attention is called to the fact that Fet e principal element in all of our ?. ilsonous insect destroyers^ is ar- of nic. There are a number of com- wai iunds that contain arsenic, or which Aft iris srreen is nrohablv the best mil lown. Paris green must be used car th caution anywhere in the south- the n states. It should hardly be used i peach trees, because always some x*e orching will follow and in some He; asons the Injury will be very se- hac >us. It should not be used on plum, to it can be used with safety on apple hui d pear when made according to i oper formulas. A mixture like uer at given for potatoes would be too ear "ong for any of our fruit trees, but obr e potato is a hardy plant and for con at reason is less easily scorched "pi an the more tender foliage of fruit no\ ies. The same Is true of the more ord rider vegetables, such as tomatoes, son cumbers and squash, while cab- me ge is very strongly resistant to Jnfi Isons on which Paris green would nar safely used. Ph! London purple is another form of Ha senlcal poison on which tho analy- gui i is not guaranteed by the manu- olu cturers, it being a by-product, and i erefore should hardly ever be used foe valuable plants. Sometimes its enj mposition is such that it can bo ing ed effectively; at other times it may hoi great uumage. aiiuuici mini */i nin senic which is especially valuable ber r dusting is known as gre'en arsen- cot J. It is a very fine grained, di- Wa ted form of Paris green. It is also all eaper than Paris green. Ho The safest poison to be used on ritj nder plants, including fruit trees, is der senate of lead. This is a white anj bstance bought In the markets and mo luted at the rate of about two to ?ne ree pounds to fifty gallons of water, > id can be safely applied to most any am nd of foliage without the additional ma Ilk of lime, though on such tender He liage as peach it is advisable to add tre e milk of lime made by slaking two ,\ir mnds of quick lime. While this in- era ct destroyer is slower in its action sail an Paris green, it has the advant- j ;e of sticking to the foliage much all tter. It is white and can be easily tin cated on the trees and in most cases jea lys in suspension much better for gat raying. Sal MASTERLESS PACKS. CGS 'ild Dogs of Africa Which Unite to ^ Hunt and Kill. ,.w Hunting where and in whatever untry he likes, without leave or mo ense, the Cape hunting dog or wild mden of the Boers becomes a terror the game in the country he hunts, s * >t only on account of the bucks he w n stroys but because he keeps all the (,u1 me in the district in a state of un- ua st. Pal He is admirably endowed by na- * re with all the necessary qualiflca- a'11 >ns to enable him to find, hunt and 11 his own quarry without help. am ice afoot with his game, says gtM tlley's Magazine, a kill becomes al- w" ost an absolute certainty. an< Standing 25 to 27 inches high, cu' th good galloping quarters, rather t'rr ng but very muscular legs, with' wa rong feet and toes; the ears are cetl ry large and erect, beautifully ind rmed to catch the faintest sound hen working in thick coverts. AddI to this he has a very keen sense on( smell. The jaws are wonderfully strong, m'! ith beautiful white teeth; they can eak bones which few animals ex- or pt the hyena could crack, and the rength of the latter's jaws and ^ta eth are proverbial. , 1 Their mode of hunting is very ever. Having found and started a agi ick, some of the fleetest dogs gal- OCf p forward ahead of the main pack, leping on either side to prevent the me ick turning and doubling back. As ha< e-se dogs tire they fall back and thr hers take up the running in their u.l ace. When the quarry tires the ick closes in and all their energy is *er voted to killing by tearing out the 1 scera. ft>H Some writers say the pack takes e form of a crescent when running eir prey, gradually closing in as the ter ime tires. All agree that the short r ne taken in running down a buck jj .limply marvelous, a quarter ui an ?ur being the estimated time In 'nt tnting. killing and consuming a ioa lck under ordinary circumstances. ne, The wild dog is not at all fastldiis as to what food he shall take, but 1 levies toll on any sort of buck or Mo itelope he finds handy. Gnu. sable he id waterbuck are said to be his j vorite. food, but he has been known pull down a buffalo when pressed *,} r food. Needless to say, when at- ur> eking a powerful animal like this j)r, me of the dogs meet with a sudden ath, and these are consumed by the rvlving members. They always he em ravenous for food and their ap- fri( tites are nearly insatiable. There |s >es not seem to be any record of eir having attacked a white man. ext The Cape hunting dog is sometimes wil lied the hyena dog on account of stj, s likeness to the hyena. The like ss. however, is only superficial, and e fact that he runs down and kills spa s prey in a sporting manner enti- on ?s him to a small share of our re- su( iect which a scavenger like the hyiii could never command. ^'!l Packs range from fifteen to forty tin: number. The note is bell-like and an, ther musical. One writer. Sir An- . ew Smith, likens it to a "Ho-ho-ho)" sound, tending to run one into see ie other. It is a mooted point as to niri hether they ever bark in the or- wJ) nary way. r . The Cape hunting dog seems inca- bui .ki? ti-iot-mich domestication, pri hey have been crossed with other jZ). >gs. but the result has never been itisfactory; the young retain the eacherous nature of the wild parent, da tie hunting dog is numerous in ca.< ast Africa, and most sporting par- tre ss account for a few. tat . ' ' pu Jewish Colonies In Holy Land.? rum time to time various colonies of ,k" *ws have actually returned to the Lei oly Iwind. There are records of Jewh settlements there as early as 1170. , id in tile sixteenth century tlie city ' Tiberias, "where only Jews were to W well," was rebuilt. boi But it was not until comparatively odern times that the founding of reglar colonies began. In 1878 the ideas ret ' Laurence Oliphant and the Earl of nol haftesbury took definite shape in the nf urchase of 700 acres of land by the ws of Jerusalem and the foundation r the colony of Petah Tikwah. After ' ie Russian persecution of 1881 large scr umbers of Jews emigrated and at the id of 1898 there were about 5,000 ' 'Wish colonists in Palestine.?London hronicle. of HAYM SALOMON, PATRIOT. a s v Broker Was Real Financier of Revolution. iaym Salomon, the Jew broker, ose money made possible the sucs of the American Revolution, was lative of Poland, the land of Pukl and Kosciusko, the brave feli's who unsheathed their swords for nan liberty, writes Dr. Madison C. :ers, in the Washington Post. Salomon was born at Lissa In 1740, Portuguese descent. His family s highly respectable and learned. ;er visiting many countries and acrlng various languages, Salomon ne to America, probably soon after partition of Poland in 1772. n 1778 he was taken prisoner In w York by the British general, Sir i nry Clinton, on charges that he 1 received orders from Washington burn fleets and store houses, and 1 made the attempt, iut Salomon got into trouble ear than this for his patriotism. As ly as 1775 he had made himself toxious to the British. He was ifined In the prison known as the evost," which stood on the spot v occupied by the old hall of recs In City Hall purk. In this loathle den he suffered inhuman treatnt. He was liberated through the uence of a Hessian commander, ned Helster, and made his way to iladelphia, and there married chel Frank, sister of the dlstinshed Col. Jacob Frank, of the Revtionary war. le became an uncompromising to British domination. He was raged In banking and money lend, and several European financial lses did their business through s i. The hand of Salomon was c leath every pecuniary help this 1 tntry received from abroad. He ? s intrusted with the negotiation of the war subsidies of France and Hand "on his own personal secur," which were disposed to the resiit merchants in America, without r loss, at a credit of two and three nths, for which he received only '-fourth of 1 per cent. ,Vhen Count de la Luzerne became bassador for France, Salomon was de banker for that governmemt. was appointed by M. Roquebrune, asurer of the forces of France in terica, and made paymaster gen1, which office he filled without ary. ie had confidential relations with the foreign representatives at one le or another. His Catholic maty of Spain was under heavy obliions to Haym Salomon, the Jew. omon, out of his own private rse maintained this ambassador years. His name was Don Franco Rendon. Writing to the Spangovernor of Cuba, Rendon says: r. S. has advanced monefy for his ist Catholic majesty's agent here, 1 without it I would not have been e to render the protection and astance to his majesty's subjects ilch his majesty enjoins and my ty requires." More than $10,000 a iiiua uuvunucu, ?iui;u naa nou id. t ought not to be forgotten that hough he endorsed a great portion 1 the bills of exchange for the ount of loans and subsidies our 1 rernment obtained in Europe, of, ' Ich he negotiated the entire sums, 1 1 the calculation of which duty oc- ' >ied a great deal of his valuable 1 ie from 1781 to 1783; still there ' s only charged a fractional per- 1 itage to the United States, although 1 ividuals were willing to pay him. d it is known he never caused loss to the government of i cent of those many millions of negotiations, either by his own I ^management or from the credit he e to others on the sales he made those who commenced trading I er the account of the United I tes. I mmediately after the peace of < 13, when foreign commerce could < rin float unmolested on the < an, Salomon engaged as a trading < rchant to European ports. He I 1 several ships upon the sea, but I ough the failure of merchants in i om he placed confidence he suf- ' ed great losses. < :Ie was always eager to help his I low-man. He gave every assistance I those who commenced trading af- ' the war. rn the president of the national I ik, whose partner was the super- 1 endent of finance, ho gave two < ns of 140,000 and $24,000, and ' ;er received a penny of Interest. I is firm was known as Willing, I iris & Swaneck. It is doubtful if ! ever got any of his money back. i n Madison's letters to Virginia in 1 ;1 r... irrltM' "Mv IV ii tits nri? so ! font that it is impossible to sup ss them. The case of my brethi is equally alarming," ami later declares that "the kindness of our ;ml in Front street (Mr. Salomon) a fund that will preserve me from remities, but I never resort to it hout great mortification, as he oblately rejects all recompense. The essitous delegates he gratuitously ires from his private stock." Called to advance the entire pay for enng years to Jones, Randolph, anil dison as members of the Revolunary congress, it was in writing ttteil that Madison should get ?.10 s than the other two, but Salomon, Ing in Madison, then only twentyie years of age. great talents, for ich he became afterward distinsed. presented him from his own vnte purse the ?50 and the equald pay of the whole delegation, fared Sparks, the historian, dered "the person who did loan the ih to a member to relieve his disss in that day. was in no expeclon of ever getting repaid." nds were also given to Jefferson, ss, Duane. Reed, Mercer, Arthur. I'. Harrison, Mifflin. Rittenhouse. ndolph and others. Henry Wheaten says that Judge Isnn, so dlstinguisneo rnr nis m- | rs in the convention that framed ? Federal constitution, would have I ired from public service had he i t been sustained by the timely aid ( Ha.vm Salomon, aid administered i delicately as it was generously. ' it is true that other men suh ibed to make up army supplies in , <ft. hut Madison's journal shows i it they had a contingent security ' the best sterling exchange to the . imount of ?150,000 in excess of their ubscriptlon. A document presented to a com- B nittee of congress from the Bank of "forth America, the first and only one chartered, by the Revolutionary con- sa tress, shows that the accounts of rh brty other principal merchants were ea lot so large in the aggregate as that w done of Salomon's. His balance m cached as high as $50,000, and the er imount charged by the band to his st iccount, us paid by Robert Morris, th ,vas $200,000, whilo Morris' own ac- vc ount during the same period showed gi i deposit of less than $10,000, which vas received on the very day from sa -laym Salomon that it was charged th o him. sr As appeared from documentary pi vidence afterward admitted to con- or tress, he advanced to the government te dtogether $658,007.13, an enormous of ium at that period for a private in- w lividuai when all business and com- tv nerce was prostrated. This sum ta ioes not include his support of the sa leleirates to eon Kress arid officers of bl he army and government with the se neans of defraying their ordinary ex- k( jenses of the men, among others, al- m eady named. A committee of the United States fr :ongress in 1850, to which was re- p< erred a resolution to reimburse the at leirs of Hym Salomon for the money th 10 generously advanced, admitted the al ustice of the claim and reported that ol le had "advanced liberally of his cl neans at a time when the sinews of ot var were essential to success." to Down to date not a penny has been epaid to the heirs, and to their honor m t must be said thut they do not ask sf or money, but that some medal be vl itruck in recognition of the services tv >f their illustrious ancestor, and more It ecently a movement has been In- re lugurated to have his picture adorn pi i bank note. Madison, in 1827, urg- c? ?d that the memorials might be in- Hi lemniiled. st Jared Sparks wrote many years ago hat Salomon's associations with w Ftobert Morris "were very close and b< ntimate, and that a great part of the fi success that Morris attained In his ei lnancial schemes was due to the skill dl ind ability of Haym Salomon. ai Salomon died suddenly in lvso, at he age of forty-five, left his affairs tJ n a tangle, and his wife and four u] children, to use the language of the nn ;ongressional report, "to hazard and rn leglect." He had great claims due s< dm, quantities of public securities, si jonds, notes and mortgages, govern- ta nent securities and other valuable papers. c< For any account of Haym Salo- hi non's dealings with the government fc ive have to depend chiefly upon con- vi sessional reports. Almost all books g< ind papers dealing with him and his ai iffairs were destroyed when the bi british pillaged and burned the pub- ti 1c archives. e< The oft-repeated observation of the si ngratitude of republics applies with fli striking force to the "little Jew c< oroker." Here is his obituary no- tl tice, taken from the Pennsylvania ti Journal and Weekly Observer of w January 8, 1785: st "On Thursday, died Haym Salonon, a broker." e< That's all! The real financier of tv he American Revolution, one of the r< greatest benefactors of his country, ol ind the foremost philanthropist of fii lis day! Surely, this American re- ir public should now, In this twentieth c? :entury. give credit to the Jew broker vv .vhose princely munificence made ai possible our peerless republic, m Dr. Madison C. Peters. is THE GREAT SPANISH SWINDLE, m v< How Many Americans Continue to be ti Victimized by It. tc Despite the warnings given out by u] :he department of state at Washing- 01 ton from time to time against such si 'rauds, the Spanish swindle cases H continue, and recently these attemptHi frauds have increased to such an >vtent that the state deoartment re selves several letters every week from n; people who have either been victim- fli Ized by these schemers or who have Ii received letters from them. These fi swindlers have preyed upon residents r< )t the United States for more than tl twenty-five years and have secured c< :housands of dollars from Americans, si They are located In various parts of Spain. Their method of procedure ol is to write to some person in the ai United States respecting the imprls- \< mment of a relative and the guardian- pi ship of his child. The stories vary ai In detail, but the most common one c: Is that a distant relative of the per- $ son to whom the letter Is written is pi i political prisoner from Cuba, who r' Pas been in prison for several years. sent there because he was accused of tf asing funds belonging to the Spanish tc u government to aid the Insurrection In Cuba. It Is said that the Spanish js government has confiscated all his 1c property which could be found, but that there is still a large sum of Sf money on deposit in the United States. c< The certificate of this deposit, the let- y< ter states, is hidden in a valise in w in arbor somewhere near the prison, si This communication is from a sup- tl tosed priest, who is the confessor of tf the prisoner, the latter being repre- m rented as vory ill at the writing and ol 'suffering torture" as to the fate of ,>| lis only child?a beautiful young ai laughter. Will his beloved relative 0! n the United States undertake the ai guardianship of this child, whose fortune is anywhere from $30,000 to fa M00,000? One-fourth of the amount tc to be given to the relative who be- hi jomes her guardian. ci The whole scheme is presented in tc such a plausible manner that seventy- $f live per cent of the recipients of such $| etters send the money, and in many nstances people have been known to tl mortgage their homes to comply with ci he request of the swindlers. Several ni Americans have gone in person to Ct tiring the daughter, only to lose sight st if the priest after the money had p] leen paid; and in one case the vie- ai :im received a letter after his return a tiome telling him how much the gang rr liad enjoyed his money. It is general- to y supposed that there are confeder- b< ltes in the United States, who ob- ai tain names and learn something of t< he persons who are selected as vie- fi| :1ms for them. oi Recently the department of state ti lias received a report on the subject ni from Consul General Hill at Barcelo- t ria, who has had the various consuls in >f Spain investigate the swindles; oi ind this activity on the part of our ni (iticlals there has caused the gang C( to change the story somewhat, and tl now the imprisoned relative is a not- bi ?1 banker of Russia, who absconded w ind fled to Spain for refuge. The bi change of characters, however, is im- p| material, for the scheme is the same, oi ?Mrs. C. It. Miller in Leslie's Weekly.'tc GUARDING GOLD. ullion Is Not Watched By Armed Men on the Liners. One would naturally think that to feguard the treasure which the vaous countries are constantly sending ich other by the big liners there ould be required the vigilance of any men. This, however, is not genally the case, for once the gold is ored away in the rooms set apart for lat purpose on the big ships and the jssel is well out to sea no armed aards are deemed necessary. Taking the specific case of one liner illing under the German flag, we find lat it has two strong rooms, the nailer of the two being in close oxlmlty to the captain's office. This le compartment has no doubt shelred gold enough to pay for the cost ' the liner many times over. The alls, roof and ceiling are lined with 10 inch steel plate and the room conIns nothing in the way of fixtures .ve shelving. The locks, of the doue variety, are rendered still more cure by steel hasps covering the jyholes and they are provided with asslve padlocks. The strong rooms, being in the most equented portion of the vessel where irsons are constantly passing them all hours of the day and night, ius receive the best protection after I. There are two sets of keys, one ' which is retained by the agent in targe of the consignment and the her of which remains with the capiln. In the case of the German vessel >entloned there is another and larger lecle room, situated next to the proslon department. This is about velve feet in length by four in width. frequently happens that both strong >oms are filled to their utmost caicity. and on one occasion this liner irrleid some 150,000,000 In gold bulon, packed in small kegs bound with eel hoops. Gold is usually brought to a vessel hereon it is to- be shipped the day ?fore the date of sailing and is careilly stored away before passengers nbark. It arrives at the dock in orInary trucks, under the guard of two rmed men. The customary method of getting te gold on board Is to haul the kegs p an Inclined chute to the deck by leans of a hoisting engine, but this lethod is not invariably followed, smetimes each keg is placed in a ing and carried on board by men deilled for this service. The receipt given by the steamship \mnonv aofa fnt'f H that QA mQTlV ave been reecived for shipment, not >r any stated amount of gold to the ilue of so much. The kegs bear the Dvernment seal In many Instances, ad In such cases, when they have een safely put In the strong rooms le Iron doors thereof are also seal1 with government wax, the Impreson being broken only when the ofclal on the other side comes to re?lve the gold. The kegB are checked hrice?when they are taken from le trucks, when they reach the gangay, and when they are placed In the rong rooms. Although, as stated above, no arm1 guard stands by the strong room, vo men are constantly watching the )oms as long as the ship Is In sight f land. As a matter of fact there is ttle danger of any one stealing gold i transit on a ship. It would be ne^ssary that he should shoulder a keg elghing some two hundred pounds id vanish with it without being seen, asters of vessels declare that gold the safest cargo of any to handle. The total weight of one consignlent of gold shipped by the German ?ssel In question amounted to someling like 36,000 pounds, or sixteen ?ns, and the freight charges footed p some $12,000, or, roughly speaking, ne-eighth of 1 per cent. Specie thus lipped is insured at its full value.? harper's Weekly. The Cost of Our Navy. The actual expense of running the avy of the United States for the past a tiQ 7qfi nnn Stttl ) Cai aiiiuuuicu w v iui v ?|v v ?. 1 this sum is included everything, om the pay of enlisted men to the 'pairs and equipage of vessels. And le vessels Include the tugs and reviving ships as well as the battlelips. The battleship Connecticut, llagship f the Atlantic fleet, may be taken as it example of the cost of keeping a essel of that type in service. The ay of the officers and enlisted men ttached to this vessel, with the other . tpenses, amounted to more than 790,000 during the fiscal year just assed. The Atlantic fleet in that peod included sixteen first-class war essels, viz., six of the Connecticut r'pe, five of the Georgia class, and te others ranging from 13,000 tons ? 11,500 tons. The average cost of eeping a vessel of the Georgia class i commission, not including repairs, $677,500 a year. The classes be?w the Georgia require expenditures mging from $532,000 to $604,000. fhile the figures will vary for the ime vessels in different years, the jst changes vary little from year to ;ar for the same class; $10,521,000 as the total cost for running the xteen ships of the Atlantic fleet for te past year. There were twentylree first-class battleships In comlission last year, and the total cost r keeping them in service, exclusive f repairs, was $13,035,000 making an rerage cost for running them $592,44. On all these ships the repairs -nminted to onlv J100.496. It might seem strange, but it is a ict nevertheless, that it costs more i maintain a cruiser than it does a ittleshlp. There were ten armored uisers in commission last year, the ital cost of running amounting to r. 150,600, or an average per ship of ri5,060. It would seem at the present time lat there is to be no limit to the in eased size of future battleships, and iturally there will be an increased )st of running expenses. For inance, the latest battleships to be laced in commission, the Michigan id the South Carolina, each require crew of fifty-one officers and 818 len. These vesels are of 16,000 ins displacement. The next that will rt ro tVio T^alq w'Q VP J I Cau> Mil nci viv-c aic ?.?. iid Xorth Dakota, each of 20,000 >ns displacement. Each of these ?htlng crafts will require fifty-five fleers and 878 men. Then will come le Florida and Utah, each of a norlal displacement of 21,825 tons, hose monsters of the sea will have i their respective complements sixty fleers and 954 men. But we have ot reached the latest vessel yet. The mtracts have already been let for le Arkansas and Wyoming. Rememsr the Oregon of Spanish-American ar fame? Well, that is only half a attleship besides the3e. They dislace 26,000 tons each, with a crew r 1,030 men, and eighty-five officers > command.?Scientific American.