Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CLYDE & CO., General Agents, 5 Bowling Green, New Y'ork. 12 South Wharves, Philadelphia T. G. EGER, Traffic Manager, 5 Bowling Green, New York. Th§ Fleet is composed of the fol lowing Elegant steamers: S. S. ALGONQUIN, (new.) S. S. IROQUOIS, (new,) Capt. Kemble. S. S. CHEROKEE, Capt. Bearse. S. S. SEMINOLE, Capt. Platt. 8. S. YEMASSEE, Capt. McKee. S. S. DELAWARE, Capt. Chicester. These splendid passenger steamers form an unequaled tri-weekly line to New York and the Florida Ports, with state rooms nil on deck, thoroughly ventilated and separated from the din ing saloon. There is no pleasanter traveling on the Atlantio Coast, and the trip to Flo^Wa consumes only 12 to 15 hours. For passenger engagements address J. E. EDGERTON, General Freight and Pass. Agent, Charleston, S. C. C. F. HUCHET Offers to the citizens of Aiken « Large and well assorted stock of Fine Groceries, AND ALSO OF OF THE BEST MAKE. Call and see him at his Store on East Side Laurens Street. You— out of employment, or in position that you do not ike? Possibly the solic iting of Life Insurance is your*special forte. Many People have, after trial, )een surprised at their itness for it. To all such t has proved a most con genial and profitable occu- >atiou. The Management f the Equitable Life n the Department of the Carolinas, desires to add o its force, some agents f‘character and ability. Write for information. W. J. Roddey, Manager, Rock Hill, 5. C. .*4 STATE NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST PAR- AGRAPHICALLY PORTRAYED In Conjunction With Political Notes, and Press Comment. Work on the Walhalla Cotton Mills is fast nearing completion. The or ders for machinery have been placed, and the machinery is engaged for de livery on October 15. The building is one of the best in the state. It is expected to have the mill in running order bj the latter part of December. Converse College, at Spartanburg, haj had the largest opening in its his tory. The <-nrollment this year will reach three hundred and fifty students and they come from many states and Canada. Every member of the large faculty w^is promptly on hand and work began smoothly aad effectively. Benjamin Riley, colored, died a few days ago at St. Augustine, Fla., of heart disease. He was born on Sep- tember 27, 1829, in South Carolina, consequently was GG years old. Riley had resided iu St. Augustine many years and was one of the wealthiest men in the city, being estimated at §100,000. He was greatly respected by the white citizens. William Holland, one of the negroes who represented Abbeville county in the legislature in 1873 and 1874, died on Iho plantation of Mr. J. A. Cal houn, near Ninety-Six, recently. Nothing of interest characterized his career, except that of stealing the bill to create Ninety-Six county, which had passed its second reading. It was reported and generally believed that he sold it for $20 in gold. A bold escape was made a few days ago from the South Carolina peniten tiary by Garland Good and Landrum Williams, two white prisoners who have been serving out sentences at that institution. The authorities of the penitentiary are making diligent search for the men, and have published a descriptive list and offered a reward of fifty dollars for their capture and .deliverv. The exercises of the dedication of the Baptist Collegiate institute at Or angeburg, a few days ago, were quite interesting and encouraging for the greatest amount of success of the un dertaking. The building is a very roomy, comfortable brick structure, and is most fortunately located on the corner of Broughton and Glover streets, in the centre of a large plot of ground that will admit of other addi tions from time to time. Deputy Collector Richardson return ed to Columbia a day or two ago after an extended tour over the eastern por tion of the state. He found no “moon shiners,” but an industrious, active • class of planters and farmers with 1 good crops of corn, rice and tobacco, and although the acreage of cotton is very much reduced the prices are sat isfactory. The Florence Messenger states that a party in the western part of Flor ence county recently shipped 900 pounds of tobacco in one hogshead to Danville to bo placed in one of the warehouses of that city and sold. He expected to get from $120 to $150 for the lot, but after the cost of commis sions, freight, hogshead, etc., were de ducted he got a check for only $71. Moral: Sell your tobacco iu Florence. It would seem from press reports that Receiver John B. Cleveland, of the Port Royal and Western Carolina Rond, expects the Central system to be the purchaser of the property when it is sold. It also seems to be proba ble that the Central will not only buy the road iu, but that it will be the only bidder for it. Some effort was made to induce Charleston to take an interest in the matter, but it Was of uo avail. The Messrs. Parsons, who own the South Carolina and Georgia, have showed no inclination to buy it, aud it is generally understood that the ! Seaboard Air Line is not iu a position : to incur any new obligations. The Central in the meantime own the securities, aud will have to buy the road iu to protect itself if for no other | reason. The Sumter Item says: The memo- I rial addressed to the constitutional convention by a number of the colored citizens of this county is ou the right liue, and asks no more than every cit- ; izen should have, and no less than any citizen has a right to expect. They ask for a uniform, impartial, fair, unequiv ocal and unchangeable regulation of the suffrage, which we all desire and with less than which we cannot be sat isfied. A majority of the iutelligent citizens of South Carolina desire a qualification of the suffrage that will elimiuato the ignorant, vicious and corrupt element from politics andpre- | vent fraud in elections. This will re- | suit in nothing but good to all classes and will make the right of suffrage a , distinction aud an honor to be sought after. lumbia, including also other selling points as namitl above, at 1 cent per mile traveled, plus 50 cents admission fee to the grounds. Final limit for return November 15, 1895.” COLUM151 A’S OI»FORTUN IT Y. SUBSCRIPTION. Low Rales for the State Fair. The Southern Railway Company have just issued their circulars and posters announcing low rates for the state fair, which begins in Columbia on November 11 and close on Novem ber 15. They will have ample train service, and will be fully able to ac- commo late the large crowds that will no doubt take advantage of ths induce ments offered and come to Columbia to enjoy the great event of the year. The announcement of rates is as fol lows: “For this occasion the Southern railway will sell November 9 to No vember 14, inclusive, from points in South Carolina, and also from Augusta aud Asheville at one faro for the round trip, plus 50 cents admission fee to the grounds, final limit of tickets Novem ber 18, 1895. And will also sell on November 12, 13 and 14, from points within a radius of 200 miles from Co* She Has a Chance to Get the Balti more and Ohio Railroad. From (he State.] A prominent citizen of Columbia has received the following letter, which he furnishes to the press in order that it may reach all our people: Dear Sir : We trust you will pardon us for the liberty we take in writing you on a matter which we believe to be perfectly feasible and one that would be of very great importance to all con cerned. There is no doubt, and wo know whereof we speak, that the Baltimore and Ohio road is anxious to get into the south. They are now at Lexington, Va., about 30 miles from Roanoke, Va., and have made a proposition to the city of Roanoke that if they will give them the right of way and termi nals that they would come ifito that place. The Roanoke and Southern road, as you are no doubt aware, might properly ba said to be iqAbe hands of receivers. This read wq* largely built by Winston money and'* influence and was leased to tbe Norfolk and Western for 99 years. When that road went in to the hands of a receiver they default ed on payment of the interest on the bonds of the Roanoke and Southern, so that the Roanoke and Southern could be easily merged into a general southern line. At the suggestion of the Florida Peninsular in pur last leg islature we secured a charter for the building of a road from this place to some point on the South Carolina line, hoping to make connection with the Florida Peninsular people at yonr place. Now, with this* explanation, would your people be willing to take an in terest and see what could be done to wards bringing about this combina tion of interests? The Florida Penin sular people told us they were anxious to have a northern outlet. Knowing that the Baltimore and Ohio are anxi ous for a southern outlet, it seems per fectly feasible that the Baltimore and Ohio, virtually being at Boanoke* and the Roanoke and Southern being in such a shape that it could be controll ed, there would only be the link to build between Columbia and this place; Wo feel that it is useless to say to you that the greater part of the liue between the two places is through a country that would be easily graded, and we believe if there was a little ef fort made in this direction that this connection could be easily made, thus securing to both Winston and Colum bia a through line north and south. The reorganization committee of the Norfolk and Western will submit their report in the next thirty days, which will be acted upon certainly within the next sixty; therefpre, whatever is done in this direction would have to be in augurated within these dates. We trust we are not presumptuous when we ask you to give us an expression of opinion. If you think the matter of sufficient importance would be glad if you would take it up with your chamber of com merce. We will take like action here, and we believe the outcome would be the attainment of the above results. It will also be necessary for Columbia people to take this up with the Flor ida Peninsular people. Trusting to be favored with an early reply, we are, Yours truly, P. H. Hanes & Co. CLEMSON COLLEGE. Col. Simpson Gives Out a Report to the Press. The board of trustees of Clemson* college held a meeting a few days ago, and passed upon a number of matters which came before them,among other things the report of the investi gation committee, upon the recent re ported troubles zt Clemson. The board, as a whole, gave out nothing for publication concern’ng the actious decided upon, but President Simpson, of the board of trustees, gave out the following interview: “Have you anything to give out with reference to the work of the com mittee of investigation appointed at your last meeting?” Col. Simpson replied, “Yes, we wish to say in the first place that under the circumstances it was unfortunate that the word “investigating” was used, for the committee really was ap pointed more for the purpose of in spection in order to satisfy the board that the departments were working together harmoniously. It will be re membered that the committee was ap pointed prior to certain newspaper criticisms. While the committee was not charged with the work, it did give especial investigation to the depart ments criticised, namely, agriculture and mechanics. They found that while much remained to be done be fore they are completely equipped and developed, yet they are progress ing in such a way as to meet all reasonable expectations. We are glad to state further that most of the recommendations of the committee were adopted by the board of trus tees; that the various departments and branches are now so arranged and co-ordinated as to insure, we believe, good and efficient work in the future. The college has been put into five nat ural divisions, and the head of each charged with and made responsible for the proper conduct of his department, and the president cnarged up and held responsible for the supervision and matflipement of the whole.” ‘ifias any change been made in the faculty?” “l*e@, Mr. Williams Welch, the in structor of drawing, has tendered his resignation. It was accepted by the faculty. Oh, there has, donbtless.been more or less indiscreet talk, but not more than perhaps can be found in all college communities. Upon the whole, the faculty of Clemson college is a strong one, and we believe compares favorably with any college in the country.” Counterfeit Fives in Toledo. Toledo, Ohio, is flooded with coun terfeit five-dollar bills. During the last few days they have been thrown out of nearly every bank ia town. It is said hundreds of the bills were passed before it became known that they were counterfeit. CONVENTION NOTES. ’ WORK OF THE BODY NOW UN DER FULL HEADWAY. Debate on Various Measures Now in Full Blast. Sixteenth Day. In the constitutional convention Friday the committee on corporations reported an article covering that sub ject in nineteen sections, most of which are wholly novel in the organic law of the state, the old constitution having touched very lightly upon the regulation of corporations. The first section defines corporations to be all associations aud joint stock compa nies, having powers and privileges not possessed by individuals or partner ships, and excludes municipal corpo rations. Successive sections show the follow ing provisions of general interest; No railroad, express, telegraph or tele phony company is allowed to make contracts relieving it from its common law liability. No. charter shall be granted by special law except to insti tutions under the control of the state, but the legislature is required to pro vide for their organization under gen eral laws, and all charters are to be subject to repeal. Every corporation doing business in the state shall main tain at least one public office in it for the transaction of business, an exhibit of the holdings of stock, etc. All dis crimination in charges or facilities for transportation and all charges of higher rates for short than for long distances are prohibited. Any rail road may connect with, cross or inter sect any other railroad. No railroad or transportation company shall con trol or consolidate with parallel or competing lines, and juries are to de cide the qieition whether lines are parallel or competing. The legisla ture is forbidden to grant any foreign association or corporation a license to build, operate or lease railroad lines in South Carolina, but in case of in terstate lines the owners must be in corporated under the state laws. No general or special law shall be passed for the benefit of any foreign corpora tion operating a raili’oad in the state. The legislature is forbidden to grant any charter for banking purposes, but corporations or associations for such purposes may bo formed under gener al laws. The report of the committee on mu nicipalities left it optional with the legislature to license liquor selling or prohibit or continue the dispensary system. A motion was made to amend by prohibiting the granting of licenses for the sale of liquor. There was a long debate upon this, the conserva tive members and some reformers de claring that there was a general under standing during the campaign that this question should be left open. At last Tillman said that he had pledged him self to leave it open and was commit ted, ane while he did not want ever to see a saloon in South Caroliua again, the dispensary might have to be aban doned for the Gothenberg system, so it would be unwise to prohibit all licensing. In his motion the debate was adjourned until Saturday to en able himself and others to prepare an amendment which would meet the difficulty. After other work of no gen eral interest a recess was taken until evening. The night session was one of the smoothest the convention has ever held. Colonel Robert Aldrich offered an amendment which denied to the ne gro the right to hold any office in the state, and for an hour aud a half ar gued from decisions of the supreme court and the Congressional Record, containing the story of the passage of (he fourteenth and fifteenth amend ments, that the right had never been sriven the negro to hold office by the United States constitution or amend ments. He seemed to impress many members to such au extent that Sena tor Tillman jumped on him with both feet and a stormy hour or more follow ed. Colonel Aldrich and Tillman had it hot and heavy. Tillman was never more vehement in all his life. He told them that if they did not kill the matter there and then they would make the greatest mistake of their lives; they would be ruined. Tillman’s influence controlled Ibe situation, and despite persistent efforts to adjourn, the convention laid Colonel Aldrich’s scheme on the table by a vote of 102 to 25. cellaneous matters, despite Mr. Pat ton’s earnest remonstrance. The matter of putting the dispensa ry into the constitution was called up and Senator Tillman was about to present (he following provision when (he matter went over: “The general assembly shall never, however, license any person or corpo ration to sell intoxicating liquors or beverages by the drink, or except in unbroken jiackages of less than a pint, which shall not be opened or drank on the premises where sold, and not to be sold between the hours of 7 in the evening and 5 o’clock in the morning, and not except in a house that has no door or other method of communica tion with any other house and in which no other merchandise is kept for sale.” It was decided that the legislature meet on the second Tuesday in Janua ry instead of the fourth Tuesday in November. The following also was passed: “Members of the general assembly shall not receive any compensation for more than forty days of any ono ses sion. “Provided, That thislimitation shall not affect the first four sessions of the general assembly under the constitu tion.” Pending the settlement of the ques tion as to whether the per diem of leg- is’ation be $3 or $4, the convention ad journed until Monday. Seventeenth Day. At Saturdav’s session the first final action on any one article of the new constitution was taken. The article on the executive department, after having gone all through the tearing process of three readings, was adopt ed at exactly 12:12 o’clock p. m., aud was sent to the' committee on style and revision, becoming thereby a part of the new document. Another important feature of the day’s work was the adoption of an amendment with the parliamentary clincher attached, changing the time of holding the sessions of the legisla ture from November to January, and after the first four sessions have been held, limiting the duration of the pay members to forty days. This is a very radical change in the organic law of the state, but judging from the ex pressions made by many members on the floor, it will meet with much favor among the people. An effort was made by Mr. Patton to pass a resolu tion sympathizing with the Cuban pa triots in their efforts for independence, but it failed to get through, and was laid over for consideration on Mon day. The resolution read thus: ‘•Resolved. That we. tbe delegates of the people of South Carolina, assembled in con vention for the purpose of forming a constitu tion for a free and independent people, extend our hearty sympathy to the Cuban patriots now contending for the same precious right.” Mr. W. D. Evans could see no rea son why the convention should at tempt to spread itself over land and 1 sea. He thought that the Cuban question was something with which ’Iiey had nothing whatever to do. He a-lied the convention to/decline to consider the resolution. The mem bers thereupon objected to the imme- | diate consideration of the resolution | and it went to the committee on mis- , Eighteenth Day. Monday was the first day since the commencement of the constitutional convention that the calendar was even nearly through. It was distinctly a routine day in every sense of the word. Two more articles, those on the im peachments and amendments, neither loaded with any dynamite, passed to a third reading. The rest of the day was devoted to sections of the report of the committee on miscellaneous matters. Everything calculated to bring about a fight was passed over. The convention came dangerously near passing a woman’s suffrage clause before realizing what it meant, but the trouble was seen iu time. When the convention met in the evening a matter that had been brew ing all day was presented. It came in the shape of this resolution, offered by Mr. J. E. Ellerbe: “That the con vention shall adjourn on Friday, Oc tober 4th, to mee 4 on Tuesday, Janu ary 14, 189G.” There was a long debate and a hard fight upon the adoption of a provision putting a married woman’s property rights on identically the same footing with those of au unmarried woman. Then the divorce problem was taken up, and when the convention adjourn ed at 11:15 o’clock p. m. the heated debate was scarcely more than half completed. There are three proposi tion pending, one. absolutely against any divorce, as South Carolina stands todav; another to allow no divorces except for conviction of adultery in a court, and not allowing the guilty par ty to remarry. The third ia to allow divorce “by the judgment of a court, as shall be prescribed by law.” Nineteenth Day. The very important suffrage article of the constitution was reported by the committee, of which Senator Till man is chairman, Tuesday. It is by long odds the most important report the convention will consider. The leading sections read as follows : Section 4. The qualifications for suf frage shall be as follows: a. Residence iu the state for two years, in the coun ty one year, iu the election district in which the elector offers to vote four months before any election ; provided, however, that ministers of the gospel in charge of an organized church, shall be entitled to vote after six months’ residence in the state, if otherwise qualified. b. Registration which shall provide for the enrollment of every elector once in ten years. c. The iierson applying for registra tion must be able to read and write any section of this constitution or must show that he owns and pays taxes ou $300 worth of property iu this state; provided, that at the first registration under this constitution, and up to January 1st, 1898, all male persons of voting age who can read a clause in this constitution or under stand and explain it when read to them by the registration officer, shall be entitled to register and become electors. A separate record of all il literate persons, thus registered, sworn to by the registration officer, shall be : filed, one copy with the clerk of court ; and one in the office of the secretary of state, on or before January 1st, 1898, and such persons shall remain during life qualified electors, unless disqualified by the provisions of sec tion 6 of this article. The certificate of the clerk of court or secretary ef state shall be sufficient evidence to establish the right of said class of citi zens to registration aud franchise. d—Any person who shall apply for registration after January 1st, 1898, if otherwise qualified, may be regis tered; provided that he can both read and write any section of this constitu tion or can show that he owns,and has paid taxes during the previous year on property in this state assessed at $300 or more. e—Managers of election shall re quire of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to vote,proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed against him for the previous year. f—Registration certificates when lost .‘•hall be renewed if the applicant is qualified under the provisions < f this constitution or if he has been regis tered as provided in sub-section “C.” Section 5—Any person denied reg istration shall have the right to appeal to any all courts of this state to deter mine the question under the limita- lions imposed in this article, and the general assembly shall provide by law for the correction of illegal or fraudu lent registration and the punishment of same. Section 6—The following persons are disqualified from being roistered or voting: First—Persons convicted of burgla ry, theft, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, embezzlement, bigamy, or crimes against the election laws; provided, that the pardon of the governor shall remove such disqualification. Second—Persons who are idiot^in^ sane, paupers supported at thejpiblio expense, and persons confinetBro any public prison. Section 7—For the purpose of vot ing no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence while em ployed in the service of the United States uqf while engaged in the navi gation of the waters of this state, or of the United States, or of the high seas. Section 8—The general assembly shall provide by law for the registra tion of all qualified electors and shall prescribe the manner of bolding elec tions and of ascertaining the results of (he same; provided, that each of the two parties casting the highest number of votes at the preceding election shall have representation on the board of managers at each pre cinct, and ou the board of county can vassers in each county. Section 9—The several counties in the state shall be divided into election districts with one precinct in each of the same at which alone the voter registered for (hat precinct can cast his ballot; provided, that a voter may be transferred from one district to an other. Section 10—The general assembly shall provide by law for the holding of party primary elections and punishing fraud at the same. Section 11—The registration books shall close at least thirty days before an election, after which transfers and registration shall not be legal, except as to persons coming of age in the in terim. Section 12—Electors in municipal elections shall possess all the qualifica tions herein prescribed. Section 13—At any special election in incorpoaated cities and towns of this state for the purpose of bonding the same or for raising revenue, all resi dent owners of property in said cities and towns of the assessed value of two hundred dollars who are qualified electors under this constitution shall be entitled to vote. At such election the voter shall produce a receipt for all taxes, county state and municipal for the previous year as evidence of his right to vote. The fight began Monday night on the divorce law and continued all day Tuesday. By a vote of 86 to 49 the c^uyention adopted a strict section that “no divorce"sh&ll ever be granted in this state”—not for'3tiy~«?AU90 what ever. Senator Tillman made a big effv„t to have divorces granted in otner states recognized, but for onoe he was overwhelmingly voted down. The par liamentary clincher was put on tho di vorce clause as adopted. The convention promptly voted down the proposition to take a recess till January 14. Another proposition to take a recess for ten days was also voted down. Twentieth Day. When the constitutional convention was called to order Thursday morning an effort was made to limit all speeches in the future to ten minutes, but it failed. Wednesday night when section 34 of the legislation article, reading “the marriage of a white person with a negro or mulatto or per son who shall have any negro blood, shall be unlawful and void,” was called up, Delegate Robert Smalls pesented a sensational amend ment to add the words: “And that any white person who lives and cohab its with a negro or mulatto person who shall have one-eighth or more of negro blood, shall be disqualified frbm hold ing any office of emolument or trust in this stat?, and the offspring from any such living or cohabitation shall bear the name of the father and shall be entitled to inherit and acquire prop erty the same as if they were legiti mate.” » After an all-day battle this amend ment was killed and the original sec tion was adopted with this correction by Senator Tillman, attached: “And the parties to such marriage shall be punished as the general assembly may prescribe. ” The section on police and municipal corporation was amended on motion of Mr. Patton, of Richland, after a sharp fight, so that for five successive years from the time of their establish ment, municipal corporations can ex empt all manufacturing establishments from taxation. The only important action of the convention at the night session was agreeing to a resolution offered by Senator Tillman that when the con vention adjourns Friday it take a re cess until noon ou Tuesday, Octofcer 15tb. This was adopted by a vote of 83 to 38. The reasons given for tak ing a recess were that a number of the members were sick, a number of law yers would absent themselves for sales day whether they were excused or not and that the business of many farmers at this particular time demanded their presence at home. The convention devoted tho remainder of the night session to hearing arguments for and against eliminating the right of dower in any and all lands aliened by the husband during the coverture. RECESS OF EIGHT DAYS. Constitutional Convention to Take a Short Recess. After four week’s work and strain upon what Congressman Tolbert calls the “automatic months” of the dele gates, the South Carolina constitution al convention at noon Friday took a recess until October 15. Just a few days since the conven tion overwhelmingly defeated a mo tion to take a recess, and the action was a surprise. Senator Tillman brought the matter up Friday night and stated that his reason for favor ing it was that the farmers ought to be at home a few days to see about gathering their crops. The cenven- tion agreed with him, and a recess was ordered by a vote of 83 to 38. There was just a quorum present when the convention met at 10 o’clock, and the day’s session was necessarily a brief one. The fight on the questibn of abolishing the right of dower in South Carolina took place during the session. Tbe convention finally de cided to retain the dower in tbe new constitution, by a vote of 83 to 18. The following resolutions, offered by Mr. H. C. Patton, were considered and adopted: “Resolved. That we. tfe* delegate* of tUKieople of South I iu ^convention for framing a constitution independent people, oat sympathy to the Cuba^T)atriol^5bw struggling for the same precioue^^^ rights.” “Resolved second, That we call upon the federal government to recognizo the Cubans as belligerents, so soon as the rules of international law shall - permit.” An effort is being made to do away with the holding of a session of the legislature this wiuter, as is shown by the following resolution, introduced by Mr. J. E. Ellerbe to be considered immediately upon th# reassembling of the convention after the recess: That, with a view to save the q^oes- sity and expense of holding the ap proaching session of the general as sembly, it be referred to the commit tee on finance and taxation and on the legislative department to frame and present for the consideration of this convention an ordinance providing for such tax levies and appropriations as may be necessary to carry on the state and county government until the first session of the general assembly be held, as provided for under this con stitution. BOARDING-HOUSES PLANTS. FOR Flowers Lare£ for While Owners Are Out of Town. Boarding-houses for plants are s novel institution, designed for the housing of plants for families who close up their city houses for several months during the summer. »Every woman who loves flowers is at her wits’ end to devise a means of hav ing her plants cared for when she goes away. In the case of a large and valuable collection this becomes a serious matter. It is up on Columbus avenue that the plant boarding-houses abound. Often in the spring and summer any one passing a florist’s may see in his window a strip of painted glass, or some other sign bearing the words: “ Boarding House for Plants, 5U cents apiece.” A few of the estab lishments offer accommodations for 25 cents. This price covers a month’s Doard and lodging for a single potted plant. None of these boarding houses seek winter patronage, as the florist would hardly be paid^ ingfor_othei at that time house space whlT by the proprietor t^ age in raising flowers' Then, too, in winter it is of the florist to put in a stodc" house plants for sale, that'hefl. e> time when most flower fanciers think of increasing their collections, and naturally the profits on sales is larger than could be expected from these frail boarders that require unusual watchfulness on chilly days. In summer, however, the rate of board is an ample return for the small out lay of time and attention, when plants need only such trifling atten tion as being supplied with water Sometimes it happens, the men In the business say, that the caretaker finds that the soil in which one of his boarders stands rooted has be come impoverished. In such a case he immediately sets to work to repot the plant. All such bits of necessary care are undertaken without extra charge, being covered by the regular board bill. There is also a boy, whose duties consist in walking up and down among the boaders and seeing that they are not molested by bugs. “I’d much prefer to keep a flow#* sanitarium,” says a caretaker, “thaq to perpetually have to follow up that boy and see that he isn’t happing. It would’nt bo half the trouble.* And those boys are all alike. ;But it's a class of work that only a Sf'jc would consent to do. However, oil M,he whole, I must confess that the plant boarding house business ia rather too good to give upon account of so insignificant a drawback as a lazy boy, especially when it furnishes occupation and income in what would otherwise be a dull season for the florist.’ A Powerful KiogcJom in Africa. Traders who have recently reached Tripoli from Bornu in the Soudan, tell of the rise of a new and powerful kingdom in the interior of Africa. The monarch is named Rabah. He began life as a slave. Afterward he became a lieutenant of Zebelir Pasha, who was Egyptian governor of Dar fur. After the fall of Gordon, Rabah, who was collecting taxes in the Sou dan, made his way with a body 0*1 fighting men to Baghirmi, southeas of Lake Tchad, and not only hale his own against the Mahdists, but conquered the country far and wide. He then turned against the Sultan of Bornu, whose capital is Kuka, on lake Tchad, where the traders were. Ashem, the Sultan, was defeated, and Kiari, Ashem’s nephew, who succeeded as Sultan, gathered fresh forces }rml_attacked Rab3k>gain ami again, buf^Wks - always^ repulsed. Rabah is a free lance, fighting for his own hand and profit; his army live* on pillage. He is a tall spare negro, very energetic, and of simple tastes. He has collected a large store of gold, silver, coral, feathers, and ivory, and has a good number of modern rifles. His power is absolute, and he U rapidly forming a powerful state be hind the French, English, and <j|pr- man hinterlands. Lassoed a Sea Lion. A wounded sea lion on the beach at Bear Harbor, Cal., which a hunter had shot and then lassoed, dragged • the hunter and his horse into the surf, and got the rope so entangled about the horse that the hunter had to abandon his animal and swim for his life- The drowned body of the horse was washed up on the beq^j next day. The rope was broken, and no trace was found of the wound ed sea lionr The sea lion was so powerful and dragged the %orae into the surf so quickly that the hunter was unable to use his knife to cat the animal free Amos Cummings Nominated. Hon. Amos J. Cummings has nominated by Tammany Hall_ dat^ for oosgreas from York district to fill the to by the death of Andrei