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THE ACTS PASSED By.the I egislature at the Session Whic Has Just Closed. OF A GENERAL CHARACTER. Arranged and Classified Accord ing to the Subjects to Which They Relate. Below will be f.urd a lit -f the Acts of a general character a t the ses sion of the Legilature wYhich adjournd last WCdi .lay irving: MU'NICIPL . the 'Ammetumu I town Ci cha: ers. Au set t., incr e a-. t11 pwxrs of town0 of as mIany as -uizit hundtr'i i habitants as to ire kgartmetI aI:q liuits F I NAN 'A i.. An act in ri. n to le!rs of tie oldinry an en e ,in'r.g und and to denosits ther. f in b k An act to dec:e t - in -elation to terwinatiozi - r'o ! t.at- . An act to amhor'z- t uni' ttoar(l of comnmissi-: of e Cot v to advertise for claina of l-ac-k i.::eA 14 ness and toiss a-rt t therC* RAiLU1ALD. An acI to ei art.r the Union and Glenn Springs ".ua. An act to authorize the Georgia, Carolina a.Ld Northern Railway. Com pany, the CI esterfield and Kerhaw Railroad Company and other railroad companies to manage and consolidate the capital stock. franchise and proper ty with the Raleigh and Gaston Rail road Company. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to authorize the consolidation of the Columbia Electric Street and Subur ban and Electric Power Company. An act to incorporato Conway Sea Shore Railroad Company. An act to anxud the charter of the Wilson and Summerton Railroad Com pany, andA to authorize a change of the name thereof to Northwestern Railroad Company of South Carolina. Aa act to incorporate the Due West and Donald's Railroad Company. An act to incorporate the Carolina ani Northern i',ilroad Company. An act to amend the charter Of the South Carolina and Georgia Ext-nsion Railroad Company of South Carolina and confirm the same. An act to incorporate Bennettsville and Osborne Railroad Company. An act to change the boundary line between Bucks and Conway townships, Horry county, with a proviso as to railroad tax. An act to incorporate Whitmire, Newberry and Augusta railroad com pany. An act to charter the Union and Augusta railway company. An act entitled "an act to charter the Hampton and Branchville railroad and Lumber Company," so as to change the name of said company to the Noith and South Short Line Railway, extend the line of road, and to extend the time for completing said road. An act to amend Section 5 of an act entitled "an act to authorize the town of Clio, in Marlboro, to issue bonds in aid of the extension of the Latta Branch Railway," approved December 1S, A. D., 1894, so as to provide for a levy to -pay said bonds. An aet to incorporate the Marlboro, Marion and, Horry railroad company. 4n act to incorporte the Pickens and Ooecnoy railroad company. An act to amend an Act entitled "an act to amend an act to incorporate the Greenville Railway and Power Cem pany," approved December 21, A. D. 1894. As act to forbid boards or township co'nmissioners and county boardii of commisstomers and any other offer or officers te a-ssess or levy, and county treasurers or any other officer or office" to collect any tax for the payment of township bonds, or the coupons thereof er judgments entered up thereon, issu ed in the aid of arait oad not complet ed and finished through the township issuing suoh bonds and coupons and no. accepted by the railroad commis sioners. An act to incorporate the North and South Carolina Railroad conmpan. An act to inc-orp-rate the Barnwell Blackville Railway and Power Comn Tnany. COUNTY GovERNMENT. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for the formation of new counties and the changing of county ines and count~y seats and consolida tion of countijes An .ct to amend Seotion 161 of the General Statutes of 1882, (being Sec tion 212 of the Revised Statutes of 1893,) with regard to vacaeaucies in *.iinty offices. An act to declare and regulate the fees of clerks of the Courts of Common Pleas in the State for enrolling and re cording transcripts of judgments from Magistrates' courts. An act to authorize the supervisor of any county of this State to exchange convict labor with any other county, and to make contracts for hire with re gard to the same. EDUCATIONA L. An act to fix the number and regu late the terms of office of the South Carolina College, the Winthrop Nor mal and industral College of South Carolina and the board of visitors of the South Carolina Military Academy, 'nd to limit the compensation of same. An act to fix the terms of the free public schools to provide for the sup port of the same, and to regulate the disbursement of moneys arising from the sale of liauors. CORPORATIONS. rAn act to incorporate the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Orphanage and pre scribe duties and powers of the b'oard of trustees thereof. An act to provide for the increase and decrease of capital stock of corpor ations in the State, except railroad, railway, tramway, turnpike and canal corporations. An act to provide for the renewal of charters of ferries which have expired or are abont to expire, and for granting charters for ferries not heretofore granted. Au act to amend Section 155 and 156 Code of Civil Procedure. as the same relates to the service of summons upon foreigh corporations. An act to extend the force of an act, approved March 1, 1878. entitled "An act to incorporate the Lynch Creek Na vigation Company," for ten year s. JUDICIAL. An act to amend Sud-division 1 of Section 267. Code of Civil Procedure, Volume 2, Revised Statutes 1893, by inserting after the word "defendant and before the word "and," on line 13, hi claim in open Court, whether item ized or not." An act to amend the law with regard to isruni-ts to writt1g purporting to have been -aled. An act to exempt u:arine engineers and their assistants. and ttwn and eity trea??x'rs ari their assiztants. from servmT on J uriC. An act fixing the time at which ob jectiot's *o the qualification of jurors must be made. An act to amend Part I. Title VII. Chapter 11. of the Code of Civil Pro eedure. v addig thereto a sectioD, to be ktn:!,.n as Section 242a. An ::et to ameud Section 250 of the Code of Cix il Procedure of this State. so as to requir the affidavits updon which a v-ar.rant. attachmrt is grante to be iled at once and copie er ved on deftrtedant. An ;ct to 2 11 1rmp settle An a to ip f C tinA oaeo co Tro rate for fire Rinsur an Z on ppetyin' S-thie tae An :ict t, !! - 1)r-'l!Lt. settle andpr n p 'u Ti targed labor An act to rpeal fire insuraac ce e"n panics. as~o;.iatioiis or partnerships do ing business in this State. or tle acent o ,aid copar ies. ssociations or parit nerships flom enutering into combina tions to make or control rates for fire insurance on prierty in tis Stated and providing punishment for violatien vf this act. DISI'E NSAIIY. An act to repeal an act entitled "an act for te appointment of police com mission ers. and for the reorganization of the police, and to provide salaries ifor the same, in cities and incorporate towns when deemed necessary or ad visable for the better enforcement of laws in cities and towns. approved IDecember 24. IS94. An act to prohibit the State board control from using any labels on bottles with the palmetto tree on it. TAXATION. An act to extend the time for the paymetrt of taxes for the fiscal year An act to limit the lien of the State for uncollected taxes. An act to prescribe the practie in suits brought by the State for back taxes o, railroad property when the property has not been returned or the value thereof ascertained for thation before the institution of the suit, and to declare when such taxes are due. An act to refund to the taxpayers of Beaufort county the state taxes for the year 189S, 2nd to relieve delinquent taxpayers of all State taxes due for that year. An act to proride for a poll tax and penalty for non-payment. An act to authorize county treasur cutions. An act to make appropriations for the payment of the per diem, mileage and stationery certificates of the mem bers of the general assembly, the salar ies of the subordinate officers and em ployees thereof, and for other purposes therein named. An act to raise supplies and make ap propriations for the fiscal year com mencing January 1, 1S99. An act to amend the law in relation to the inspection of fertilizers in this State, and as to the inspection tax levied for that purpose. An act to make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the State government for the fiscal year coin mencirng January 1, 1899. PRINTING. An act to regulate charges for adver tising notices. ROADS. An act to amend Section 5 of an act entitled 'an act to amend an act ena title/. 'an act to provide a system of county government in the several coun ties of' this State,' so far as it relates t - the working and maintaining the roads and highwayss in this State," approved 23d of 51arch. 189G. An act to atnetrd section 1,130, G.en eral Statutes of South Carolina. being Secti 353, Ylumec -:, Crimiina Code. Revised Statutv, of South Carolina. b. inserting 'n(-id borhood road. public highway, tfa r "turrnpike road." on lie2 and after "road" on lines 5 and 10. - C"TTON BUYERS. An act to r quire cotton buyers to accept bales .1 s'tron weighing not less than three humiredi pounds. NEW COUNTIES. An act to restore county and town ship lines and voting precincts in the counties of Kershaw. Sumter a'nd Dar lington, and to furth~er prescribe the duties of certaiu officers in said coun ties with refer nce to the act to estab lish Lee county. CLAIMS. A Joint Resolution to require the Comtroller General of the State to draw~ his warrant in favor of D. E. Keels, for $'71.90, per diem and mile age prior to being unseated as a mem ber of the House of Representiatives, and to require the State Treasurer to pay the same. A Joint Resolutio~n authorizing the Governor and Attoriney General to em ploy an agent or attorney to investi gate and prosecute claims of the State against the United States growing out of the common defence, and to revoke any former agency. MEDICAL. A Joint Resolution to appropriate 2500, or so much as mty be necessary as an emergency fund, to be used by the State board of health in dealing with ertain diseases. An act to empower the State board of health to enforce vaccination. An act to amend Section 943 as Sec tion 261 of Volume 3 of the Revised Criminal Statutes of 1893. relating to the practice of dentistry without license. An act to require the State board of health to co-operate with the Federal Government in establishing quarantine rules and regulations for the protection of the live stock industry of this State. An at to empower and authorize the utiF... tion of the county chain gang in the gomotion of the health of a county or community. MIsCELLANEOUS. An act to amend Section 353, Vol unme 1, of the Revised Statutes of South Carolina of 1893. An act to pL event destruction of graves and graveyards. An act to further establish and de lare the law of distress for rent. An act to amend Section 115 (1,048) of the Revised Statutes of 1893, provid ing for at ~least one beneficiary cadet frmec ounty. IAn act to regulate the employment of women in mercantile establishments. or any place Where goods or wares or merchandise are offered for sale, and to provide seats for themi, and to make it an offence to fail to do so. An act to forbid the acceptance of extra compensation. in addition to the eowpensation provided by law, by any pierson holdig an office or position of trust or i.rIFt in this State. or in the public institutions thereof. and making it a Iis dewe--4anLor to do s0. An act ;uthorizing the South Caro lina -rniety for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. or any other society (uly incorporated for that purpose. tolawful ly dstroy. or caus to be destroyed. anV animal found abandoned and Tiot properly cared for, maimed, diseased, d isa lied or intiri. and the punisimeiit of the person beingiz die owner or poi sosor. or having chiarge or custody of tha same. An act to fix a naximuni sohelule '4 0cha irges fior sellin.., lca!, tobacco by all m hou.I.es in this State. A J It Rsolti:. to require the Pei-tea MIr autwritis .O toiroi-ih a cer in Iii er %of ont i-s to :her njts of tiie S4te Hospital for tile IIi U act f . erott etIon of noenz 'n tis t , and to pun ih per:onT: sa:e at certain to of the .ea r. An act to autho;ize" the constructo. iaintenance and operation of teb'graph aid telephone lines in hO State ot S'uth Carolina, and to pr. 'ide for the assess iment of just compensation for such rights. An act to prevent shooting upon the highways. NEWS FROM MAILA. There is Some More - Harum Scarum Fighting There. The Filipinos in front of Manila con tinue to fire on our troops every chance they get. During the past week they have killed about ten of our men and wounded three times as many more. On Thursday morning an attempt was made to rush through our extreme left, near Caibocan, but it was promptly checked by a hot and effective musket ry, and artillery fire. In the meantime small bodies of re bels, spread out between the city and the (utposts. Every available -- was sent to drive them away, wit : result that there was desultory firi al the morning. From 8 to 10.30 a. m., the i i ed States double turreted monitor Y -:ad nock joined in the engagement, h t-ling 10 inch shells over the Americar lines into bodies of the enemy. as id i-ated by the signal corps. At 11 o'clock there were shard en gagements at the Chinese cemetery and at San Pedro Macati almost simultane ously, but the artillery fire from bcth positions drove the enemy back. From the high towers of the city fires can be seen burning at a dozen different points outside. Some of these are probably due the Monadnock's shells. It is currently reported that the na tives have threatened to burn Escolata and the walled city tonight. Scores of rebels have been arrested in the Londo district. A band of 60 rebels, having two carloads of arms and accout.emients was captured in a house. Business is temporarily suspended. Fire has been burning all day in the Tondo district and has been clearing the residents out of many houses in the outskirts from which the enemy previ ously fired on the Americans. A cloud of smoke hovered over the city today, eonveying the impression to the people about the bay and in the outside dis tricts that the whole city is burning. The rebels between the city and the outposts are being smoked out this af ternoon and iriven toward the beach. Sharpshooters at various parts of the line are very annoying, but otherwise there has been no further excitemnent since the frustration of the mori:ing's attack. Lieut. Eugene S. French, of Co. L. First Mlontana volunteers and Private Oscar Felton. of Co. C, South Dakota volunteers, were killed and two other Dakotans were wounded Unde~r date of Manila, Feb 24, Gen. Otis cabled the war departmerat as fob lows: Sce'ndia arrived last night. On nights of 21st and 22d anid yesterday morning insurgent troops gained access to out skirts of the city behind our lines. Mlaia in hiding and about 1.00)0 entrencher thiemselves. Completely routed y ester day with loss of killed and wounded of a bout 500 and 200 prisoners. Ouir los very 'light. City qiet, confidence re stoi ed. business progresssing. Otis. FOUND HALF FROZEN. A Curious Character Who Was Picked Up in the Country. A stranger in a strange laud, a Swede, lay stranded in the city of Colu mbi:' Wednesday morning, bis fingers fr'.t bitten and swollen, himself half starn - and half dead. The State says 'A d nesday two geintlemen, living abouti seven miles from town on the Camden road, Messrs. Martin and Dennis brought in a man whom they had found in the woods near where they live. He had been seen around that neighborhood for a day or so and was in a half starved concdition with his hands swollen and his legs seemingly lame from exposure. The poor fellow could not speak Eng lish at all, but it was discovered that he is a Swede, and Mr. Lind, who works at Ruben's tailor shop and who is also a Swede, was sent for to talk with him in their niative tongue. The stranger had been taken to the police station where Mr. Lind held a conversation with him The only information the strainger gave was that his name is L. Getill, and that he has been in this country only two months. He declared the Swedes were after him and requested Mr. Lind to tel egraph the Swedish conel at Washing ton that he was here and that he had done nothing wrong. lie seemed to thiuk the Swedes wanted to injure him but would not say for what, only stat ing that he had done nothing. Mr. Lind sent the telegram as requested. Mr. Lind was unable to get any further information from Getill, thoug..h he hatd another talk with him later in the afternoon at the request of a reprcsen tative of The State. The mtan had on his person $10 in cash and a railraad ticket from Washington to Jackson ville. Fla. Good for Linares. Gen. Linares, who was in commaad of the Spanish troops at Santiago at the time of the capitulation has chal lenged Count D'Almeas to a duel on ac count of attacks the count made upon him on Monday in the senate at Mad rid. __________ GENERAL John M. Palmer, who ran for the presidency in 1896 on the Palmer and Buckner gold standard ticket, has just been voted a pension of $50 a rionth by the United States TI E NEW L4 W Relating to the Government of the Several Counties. AS IT FINALLY PASSED. Some of the Counties Exempted from Some of the Sections of the New Act. Considerable portion of the morning se_'ionl of the L C t lst we'k was devote d to pa-itn the cu ty goivernmnent hill ;s prppared by .n Tz '' a n -~' i (ors SJIvingstonI. Gr oln .! IJOen A liepreenutai' . J. J.-.nson. BIN-lye. J-nkins, Daria and. r. T.e iill with all l he eate :I'IaI m-.nt- was ado-ed Isa't thIra . She Oirangeb: r:..yare er a la i :~ claiia:: ai the aOri. of ta'. eawa IV em:: 'aaoner wer' pleed tVI h::!h. b.t1 h I e refua-I t-d to J j..oaiza toa whic!(h maehr aua.e. a hijtch ian-i keep ile entire b;- frma gi ngtijj throuL'h. 41 accounit oif the iited tim:e. Folloawis is ihe~ bii: 'ectioi'n 1. That ian a't entitledi "Ana act t,; provide f- the c.,uy govern ileIt (if tle Various counties f this State'," be, and the saine is hereby. re enacted and amended so as to reari as foltaws: Section 1. That there shall be in each of the counties of this State a county board of comissioners, which shall be cou posed of the county supervisor, who shall be elected and hold office., as now provided by law and two ,omnission ers, v-ho shall be appointed by the gov ernor upon the reco-nmendation of the members of the general assembly from the several counties, or a majority of them, and whose term of office shall be coterminal with that of the supervisor with whom they are appointed to serve, and until their successors shall be ap pointed and qualified. Said commission ers shall be commissioned by the secre tary of state, as >ther county officers, but without charge for their commis sions: Provided, That in Pickens coun ty the supervisor and the said commis sioners shall each give bond in the sum of $2,000 after the year 1900: Pro vided, further. That in Sunmt'r county six commissioners shall be appointed, as aforesaid, who, with the county sup ervisor, shall constitute the county board of commissioners in said county: Provided, further, That in Richlaad county one commissioner shall be elect ed in each township by the qualified electors thereof at the next general elec tion, and every two years thereafter, and they shall hold office for two years from election, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Provided, further, In the county of York, there shall be appointed by the governor, upon the recommendation of the delegation in the general assembly, three discreet persons in each township one of whom shall be chairman of the townsip board of commissioners, and he shall attend the meetings of the county board of commissioners at least quarterly, and shall receive $15 per an num, payable quarterly, for such at tendance, and the said township board shall be the township assessors for their respective townships, and be paid the perdiem and mileage herein provided. Sec. 2. That said board shall meet at the county seat at stated times, once in each month, for the transaction of busi ness, and a majority shall const'tute a quorum. The county supervisor shall be chairman of said board. Sec. 3. That said countY board of commissioners shall. in their several and respective counties, have and exer cise all the jurisdictio n, powers and duties heretofore devolved by law upon. the county suervisors, the county board of commissioners and the township boards of commissioners, under the provisions of the law~s hereto foare existing, providing for a system o.f county government for the vari -*us counties of the State: Provided. i'hat no claim againast the count.y shall be paid until it shall have beet approved in writing by a miajozit: .f saud boaard and entered in their mit Sec. 4. That the county supervisar' -af the various counties shali rece.iv annual salariesg. ptayahle as now provid d by law. :os follows: A bheville. $90a, per annum utit Jan. 1st, 1901. anad af -.-r that time $700) pt'r annum; Aikaen. $500); A nde'r-ou. $800; Bamaberg. 66a00: Barnawell. $80aa; 1e.auifort .U0(; 1- rke icy. $S500; Charle ston, "-1.00 CalD hero kee, $500: Chester. St); Chesterfi- 1i. $6110; Clarendonr. $1600; Colleton, $)00; Dalington. $600; Dorches'ter, N400: Edgefield, $300. after the 1st of Jana nary, 1901; Fairfield. $650; Florence. $600; Geortown, $750; Greenville. $M 0; Greenwooad. $700: Provided, The sup ervisor shall spend his whole time on the roads and in the covnty; Hampton. s60;oo Horry, $300; Kershaw, $750; Lancaster, $300; Laurens, $600; Lex a.gnu. $2000; M1arion. $800; 31arlbor". 600; New berry, $750; Oconee. $500: Orangeburg. $S800; Picke's, $200, after the year 1900; Richland. $900: Spar anburg, $1,000: Saluda, $100: Sumter. 600; Union, $(00; Williamsburg. $600; Lork, $600, after the 1st of January. 1900. Sec. 5. That said commuissioners shall each receive from their respoetive counties, as compensation for their ser vices, the sum of $3 per day, not ex eeding 2rj days in any year, except in Saluda, where they shall not exceed 35 days in any year; arnd in Newberry county, where the per diem shall not exceed $50: and in Chesterfield and Clarendon counties, where they shall receive $2 per day, and 5Scents permile for each mile in going to and returning from the meetings of the board at the court house: and in Greenville, Lancas ter and Sumter counties, where they shall receive $2 per day for not exceed ing 25 days; and in Sumter county, mileage not exceeding 5 cents per a~ile in going to and returning fromn thec court house by the reare.a rvu:e to at tend the miee:iings of aboard : andr 1a Fairtield con'ay. here they shall re eive $2 jaer day, nat exeaeding35 days. .Ud in 1tackens county, where they shall each receive $200 per~ 'ainn after the year 1900: and ini spartaalourg county. wera they shall receive $2.50 per day for not exceeding 50 days, and 5 cents per mile for each milc of necessary trav el on official duty. Sec. 6. That said boards may in each of the counties named in this section. and no others, elect a clerk, who shall perform the duties of secretary. and be paid an annual salary as now provided by law, to be fixed by the board, not exceeding in the several counties the sums hereinafter named. towit: Aik en, 200; Anderson, $150; Barnwell, $250); Berkeley, 20; Charleston, $300: Cher okee, $100; Clarenadon, $150; Colleton, $150 Darli'ugton, $50: Dorcheste.r,$I100; Edgeliild, Sj350afterist January-. 1901, Florence, $150; Georgetown. $104); Grenvilic, $250; Greenwood, $150; 10 Laun. 8$150: Marion. -200; 0: 0. ; Oran :Zebu: I, 1 ; ik enls, I1. ; ie lm! 3 0 S1ar-1Af Uni. 3 Wi i iu. : York. t Prevtdpc Tia 1ti Newh)r111 th d.uties df cerk wit hout Id-:ion al cop:tt. Proviled, further. That in Greenville -ounty the clerk :,Al aoi' ted by the supervisor. 7. ThaLt. cx:ept as lcreinfter provided. the towjnship boords of com reistioners are abvl'o lied. and the du tics heretofore perft oried by said town ship boards of c4)omiuissioners and the c-ourty oadi of commissioners. reht tive to tle-valuation. assement und re iurn of projerty for taxatioi be, an. the name are hereby, devolved up. townshii boil rds of assessors. special boaris if asses for eith.-s ad WWII aS n-W providcl by law. andt the cuint boa3rd 0f L""< ; : iti1 1. w ich saIdN t"wn Ship aw- Ie -il budani shall be :i pill--td V ry two year' by the govern or, upon the e in of tho niImber, of thl teneral ce 1nI'y n them: anid ilv ir :Jie s all iDL conitil:u t4m niutltei uesossa b. n t l a'. I Tuiti: nd tfhe chair 01'. of e'ah o' ai.d bo rds shall be. ex 110 a u l11 of the county board fi eq.lizat i: Provided. Th:tt ill New a a.d Plckeni coities the town s iai ton' t b ard-' siall be appoint. ed b:. dlh aulitor; and in Spartanburg C-Ulnty. they ldli be appoitl:ed by the conuiy board of comuiission:ers. The tembers of each of baid boards shall re caive, as a compensation for tie per formance of i heir duties, $1 per day for for not exceeding five daN s in any year on each of said boards, and 5 cents per mile for cach mile of necessary travel on official duty; except in Fairfield county, where the number of days for each of said boards shall not exceed three, and the members of the township boards shall have no mileage; Provided, That in Greenville county the township assessors herein provided for shall also perform the duties of township commis sioners, as now constituted for said county; and in Spartan burg county said township assessors shall also perform the duties of township commissioners, as now provided by law, and, as such, shall be subject to the supervisory con trol of the couuty board of commission ers. and shall receive for performing such duties, to be paid out of the road fund of their respective townships, $1 per day and 5 cents per mile for each mile of necessary travel on official duty, not exceeding in :e aggregate the sum of $15 in any year to each member, not including his compensation as a mem ber of the township board of assessors, or of the county board of equalization: Provided further, That neither of said boards shall let any contract to any member of either of said boards. Sec. 8. That the provisions of this act, except those of sections 4 and 6. shall not apply to the following named counties, to wit: Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort. Charleston, Cherokee. Ches ter,,Kershaw, Hampton and Oraogeburg. Sec. 9. That sections 1 and 2 of an act approved 9th March, 1S96, entitled "4An act to amend sections 2375, 2376 and 2402, of Vol. 1, revised statutes of 1893," be and the same are hereby, re pealed. Sec. 10. The county beard of comn missione~s shall have the same rights and duties with reference to-the prepa tion of jury lists as are now devolved by law upon the present county boards of commissioners. in the county of Aiken the juries shall be listed and drawn by the auditor, the treasurer and the clerk of the court, without extra charge; and they are hereby declared to be the board of jury commissioners for such purpose, with all the pewers devolved by law upon such boards. Sec. 9. That this act shall go into effect upon its approval, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repeaied. Pleasures of Farm Life. The person who does not love life in the country has lost the best part of hti nature by being cast out of the gardenI of Eden. at an early period of life, to be reared artificially on the sights. ounds and smi.lls of the streets. alleys and sewers i-f some city. He knows n-~ hing of re-al home life- cities have cerv little, as a rule, only numibet's amI14 so. tueh a stroet. He has very lit de sense of homne jo~ys a'nd affections: 'he nur4 air and water of the counjtr~: its hily quietudes; its gentle appieals to all the senses; its solitude~s, where tu lult and mob never intrude; its de oghiful wools; its sports and pleasures; ts love and friendships, undefiled b., he dust and grime of crowded tene tettts and throaged thoroughfares; its sared privileges and seclusion-; it :eiure; its freedonm and independence frotm the intrusions and demands of nurrying urban life and its sacred ex emptions from the gross contacts anti associations of the bustling and should ering streets--all these, and more akin to them, make the rural existence a perpetual delight, undefied by the con ditions that attend the constant pres sure of mixed and crowded population. he farm is not a bonar'zi but it feeds the world. To one accustomed. its la ors are eas y and healthy; its incidents interesting: its rests. its changes and relaxations with exchanges of visits. avays full of recreation; its crops en age continual care and attention. with 'aly vicissitudes c-f weather. with promise of fruitism, and at the last wtt garnered crops. it affords ye. plenty. w ith a roaring lire under youi own rootf-happy of being monarch of all you survey. despite the struggle. for bread in the cities and never end ig exertions and woes insep~arable from style and silly rivalries. Go back to the country, young mau' Seize the 1pl0w and become an independcnt and happy man. though you may miiss wealth. fashion and luxury. Wise Words of H. W. Grady. When every farmer in the South shall at bread from his own fielIds and meat fcom his own pastures, and, disturbed by no creditor and enslaved by no debt, shall ait amidst his teeming gardens and orchards and vineyards and dairy and barn-yard, pitching his crops in his own wisdom and growing themi in independence, making cotton his clean surplus. and selling it in his own time and in his chosen market, and not at a master's bidding-getting his pay in cash, and not in a receipted mortgage that'discharges his freedon-then shall be the breaking cif the fullness of our day. Great is King Cotton; but to lie at his feet while the ursurer and grain raiser bind us in subjection is to invite thec contempt of man and the reproach of God. But to stand up before him aid the crops and smokehouses, wrest frim him the magna chiarta of our inde pendence, and to establish in his name an amp!c and diversified agriculture Ithat shall honor him while it enriches us-this is to carry us as far in tihe way Iof happin-ss and independence as the farmer, working in the fullest wvisdomi and in the richest field, can carry ally WANT TO HANG TIIE The Sparish overr ent and GeneraS Fmely Critic:sed. HOT TIMES IN OLD MADRID. One Member of the Czrtes Wants to Know Why no Gener al or Admiral Has Been *.Hung. Tie Spanish Core- raIiezdtc at .,i drid oN . ;I f h1,t w.ek., ani hOre wa a um r *e -iure. Theoli 1: were. lp:1-ied. with an! exptm r sd. the r. not-~apone ie Srntc va4 very fuli, hard]% a Se.or .\onturo lios prcCierid of tiw' a e. t opoithg the prceediigz pro u ne-d a eulh., uponI .\. Faure. and a resdlationa of condo'ence% with France was adopted unanir:ou1y. Setnor Sagsta, the premier. then propostd to refer the bill 1providing for the cession oF the Philippines to the Untited States to a eicial committee, but this the Cons rvytives protested ainst. d.eluring that the bill ought to he con(cintiouily discussed, aid an1d Stor Saaata withdrew his pro posa1. Count D'Almenas then brought up the questiou of the conduct of the gen erals engaged in the war ia Cuba, de claring that Gen. Primo de Rivera. Gen Weiler. Gen. Blanco, Admiral Cervera and Gen. Linares had proved failures. This declaration elicited much applause from the public galleries in consequence of which several of the spectators were expelled from the chamber. Observing that he would deal with the "shameful capitulation of Santiago' Count D'Almenas asked !Ce house whether he should proceed and was answered with cries of "yes" and "no" and a general uproar ensued. A repe tition of the query provoking still greater tumult. Seuor Sagasta rose and defended the government and it-s Spanish peace commission. I he pre mier criticised America's "unjustified conduct- and said that everything might be discussed except the war, be cause the cases of the generals were still sub-judice. Count DAlmenas resumed his attack upomn the generals and complained that '-ive months had elapsed and not a single general had been shot." This aave rise to another tumult and Count D'Almenas was called to order. Again he asked why the generals who capitu lated had not been executed. It is quite true, he declarEd, that the army is an army of lions led by asses. Capt. Gen. Blanco's administration in Cuba was deplorable. he said, but was not responsible fcr the surrender of Santi ago. Recriminations continued between Count YAlmenas and Lieut. Gen. Cor rea. the minister of war. and there was renewed diaorder. Then Gen. Primo de Rivera arose and denounced Count D'Almnenas as a contemptible calumi nator. Gen. Blanco followed, defending the generals and accepting full responsibil ity for events in Cuba during his comn. mand in the island. Gen. Barges also denounced Count D'Almenas as a caluaminator. After a promise on the part of Count D'Almenas to produce proofs of his assertions tomorrow, the senate ad j ourned. In the chamber a resolution of con dolence with France over the death of President Faure was unanimously adopted. Senor Silvela, leader of the dissident Conservatives, moved a vote, sig.ned b)s he Conservative depuoties. een:-urinu this government for its indifference to the country's troubles. Senor Annis in secondint the mnotion --nouniced the miiitry for aeceptio: the war through fear of the Carlists. and declare:d tha; the country was no'w oiffering the com~equenes of the gev erniment's pusilia nimnity. He proceeded o detail the lack of preparation and of war materials, and charged the govern nent with r,-sponsibilities for the sur r,-nder of santiago, "which they or dered. although the garrison there num oered 23.000 and there was suffieient provisions in the place for three mouths." 'Ihis declaration created a riasation. Ii proof that the government was re -pousible for tho. surrender of Cuba snor Annix read telegrams from Sonor .easta and Lieut. Gen. Correa to Gen. Blanco ordering the surrender of Cuba as a nwans of saving Puerto Rico and the Ptzilipines and ptreserving order in th'e Peninsula. lie also read Gen. Blanco's telegram in reply, opposing the surrender, but agreeing to obey the government's or der. Senor Annix added that President McKinley had telegraphed to Gen. Shafter that the surrender of Santiag' had been arranged with the Madriti .:overnment, and that, therefore, he must make a Sort of sham attack. Capt. Aunon. minister of marine, in :erposed at this point, saying he believ ed this story to be incorrect. wheteupon Senor Annix repeated the statement that Premier Saitasta had ordered the sturrenoler of Cuba in order to save the monarchy. Why Men Don't Miarry. The extravagant theory of' the young people, as to the necessity for keepin;: up a certain style is the reason why so many of them put off mnarriage year af ter year. and tinally drift into the ir remnediable stae of celibacy. G irls with out fortunes are supported in idleness and luxury by over indulent pirents and expect to be thus cared for after marriage. Th1e annual co'~t of such a girl's maintenance is more than the in come of a young man, unless he be ex eeptionally fortunate. The fault lies with parants. Unless they are pre pared to give a fortune with a daughter when she marries, they have no muitral rigzht to make her unfit for the position of wife in the home of a young man who has his fortune to make. And tis is not a trivial mi-take, for it is a great and irereesing source of personal unha~ppiness, and it inev itably promotes immoraliy Insead of thousands of bauclors and soinsters in boarding-I houses in cities, there should be thous anus of maodest haomes, in which y-oung arried couptles would be helping each other to realize the dreams of their youth. The old- fashioned virtue, thrift. domestic economy. saving up for arainy day, needs a revival, not especially i the homes of the very poor, hut in those who have fair incomes and whoe ambition to make a show prompllts themi to adopt the habits and the ways of the very rich. The fact that there are just as good fish in thle sea as evcr were eaught is ratihet encouraging to the piscatorial Makes the food more deli ROYAL BAIN Pw GOOD FOR HEALTH. Ten Commanldmen ts of the French in Regard to Habits of Living. 1. Be teuiperate in labor, calm in thouJht an'i spirit. G to extremes in 11,)hiwzg, but lid to muderations in all usiings. In these conditions are the fouudaions of a harmonmous life. 2. Live as much as possible in the fresh air and suushine, in a healthful place, and avoid uuwhAlesomne hunses and regLoUs. 3 Eat moderately of simple fo..d -u-ted t)> tie i.eds of the body, wheth er givcu to sedentary ph3sical labor ana to the season and climate. Eat .lowly and be agreeable at the table. Let the daily meetings with friends and laimily be a joyous one. 4. I'ake sufficient exercise of body and mind for all needs, but avoid ex ccss and physical straits, draughts, 5. Keep the body clean by baths and the bkiu well exercised and tough by friction, with now and then a sun bath. 6. Dress so that the body will be well protected, but also so that there will be perfect freedom of motion. Do not in the prime of manhood dress too warmly, nor in old age too scantily. 7. dleep in a well ventilated room, and sleep long enough to allow the bodily waste of yesterday to be repair ed. Do not, however, spend more time in bed than is necessary for this purpose. S. Drink pure water-that which is free from the germs of disease, or of some equally wholesome drink. 9. Attend to all the functions of na ture, .so that waste and poisonous mat ter will not accumulate in the system. Here is a source of untold harm. Take the directions of life philosophically, and do not be too elated over its suc eesses, or depressed over its failures. Do your best and rest satisfied. 10. Avoid all pursuits which enslave the mind or keep it in a fever of un wholesome excitement, or discourage ment and depression. Do not live alone, or become pessimistic, nor sour, but cultivate joyousness and seek that perfection of nation which is within your reach. Let Whiskey Alone. The Greeenville News has been in terviewing a prosperous young farmer of its county and reports, among other things: "One thing more you ought to tell farmers," he said as he was leaving: "I like whiskey, but I'm land hungry. I want more land, I figured out years ago that with very inoder.ate drinking I'd drink an acre of good land every year. So I quit. At the end of the year I tell myself I'm just an acre ahead it $25 an acre by not drinking. I find when I put it to my neighbors that way it makes 'oim think. You tell farmers to think about land every time the3y start to buy whiskey and calculate how much real estate they are drinking or giving away.' S'me men, who are not farmers, could accumulate a goodl~y plantation every ye'ar by the indicated plan, as there is good land in the State to be had for only two or three dollars an aere'; but the News goes on to say: "As the farmer left he was chuckling over the story of Bob 31eans's Alliance corn patch. 3Mr. M1eans says when the Alliance was first organized he marked off a ten-acre tield of corn ann -iermined that he would work it only while his neighbors were attending Al iarnce meetings and looking after poli ies. His scheme fell through because ite found he was working his corn to Property nannas. There is a story in Southern waters about a strange sort of banana, grown in dark Hayti, which neither ripens nor gives sustenance to the hungry wanderer. The Mole St. Nicholas, home of many weird things, Is responsible for the yarn, and the worst of it is that there's an element of truth in It. A despatch boat running to the Mole with war news after the marines land ed at Guantanamo was short of sup plies. The steward bought a bunch of green bananas, and hung them up to ripen, as was the custom afloat. A week passed and they were still green. Heavy seas washed over the craft, and the bananas, falling on deck, were washed about inl the brine. Then the steward hung them up again to ripen. Another week saw the despatch boat at the Mole again. The bananas had not changed. Some one. In anger, hurled them overhoard. An hour later a boatman picked them up and tried to sell them to the steward. He was driven away, but another de spatch boat bad ari'ived, and when it sailed the same bunch hung in the sun on its deck. A third boat bought the same bunch a fortnight later, and then there ran through the newspaper fleet a story that this was a property bunch of bananas of uncertain age, which had been sold to innocent visitors to the Mole from time immemorial. And maybe it's true. IHoteis and Ifickers. "Confound a kicker, anyhow," said a quiet gentleman at the counter of a hotel, after a good specimen of the trice had given an exhibition and re tired. "Why the dickens does a fellow want to make himself so disagreeable? When anything about a house dis pleases me seriously I simply pay my bill and go somewhere else. A com plaint is both foolish and useless. It is a nuisance to the guests, an annoyance to the management, and the employe complained of is almost certain to do something to get even. The best plan, as I say, is to hold your tongue and get out." When the quiet gentleman had sauntered away the clerk took an inn ing. "That's just the kind of guest that hotels dread." he declared earnestly. "They ruin more houses than all the kickers put together. They don't give us a chance to repair anything wrong,' but go away and give us a black eye all over' the country, and their reputation for 'never kicking' lends great weight to whatever they say. No hotel service is perfect. Such a big machine is cer tan to be slipping cogs continually, and we like to be told about it. Of course there are some donkeys who make a habit of complaining without special cause on the theory that it se cures them better treatment than the other guests obtain. Such fellows are a nuisance, but they are infinitely pre ferable to the guests who leave with out notifying us what is wrong " I WDER URE cious and wholesome R CO., NEW YORK. TO CROSS THE CHANNEL A Curlons Iailroad to Be Constructed Be tL'een Dover and Calais. One of the projects for which a scheme is periodically cropping up on the other side of the Atlantic is a means of communication other than by steamboat between England and France. A few years ago Sir Edward Watkin's proposal to run a tunnel underneath the English channel was heavily backed by capitalists, and at one time seemed to have some chance of being put through. But the popular fear that it might be an awkward thing to have such a highway to the English coast open to the French army in case of war. and the opposition brought to bear from the war office, swamped the undertaking. The latest idea that has been brought to the at tention of the authorities InLondonand Paris is to secure a passage for trains without going to the cost of a bridge or the danger of a tunnel. Not long ago an electric road was constructed at Brighton. the rails of which were cov ered at high tide. This, however. made no difference to the operation of the car. which was raised high on Iron stilts and propelled by current derived from a trolley running on a line of poles parallel to the track. In the new scheme for cressing the channel this method has been copied. It is propos ed to lay rails on a track about fifteen feet below water level and convey the strain between Dover and Calais on a tower-like structure running on these rails In the bed of the straits. The train platform would be about 500 feet long and fifty feet wide, carried on five steel columns on each side, and these would be braced to and support ed on a submerged platform on the series of rails, which would be 100 feet wide. Steam engines and dyna mos on the train platform would pro vide the power for rotating the train wheels on the lower platform. The estimated cost of the undertakint ie $70,000,000. and the line Is to be com pleted in five years. HIS SUCCESS IN LIFE. One Man's Luck Attributed to a Pair of. Old Boots.* 0. K. Swayze. a millionaire of To peka, Ks.. is the possessor of a pet superstition and is not ashamed to own to It. "To what Influencees do you owe your success in life?" Mr. Swayze was asked one day. "To a pair of old boots,' replied the millionaire. "I allude to the old boots that I once lent to Susan B. Anthony." One snowy night -in the early .70s Miss Anthony, making her way to the office of the Leavenworth Times after a lecture, presently became aware that the snow had soaked through her cloth shoes. Miss Anthony walked into the com posing room and demanded the loan of a pair of boots in these words: "Boys, will any of you lend me a pair of boots? My feet are wet with the. snow and ice." Out of the crowd stepped one young man, carrying a pair of boots in his hand. Miss Anthony accepted them with a laugh, saying. "Who knows but that these may be an omen of good luck for both of us?" "I was the young man," says Mr. Swayze, "and from that hour every thing seemed to come my way. Noth ing but good luck has followed me. Can I be blamed for indulging In the harmless fancy that the loan df the boots may have been the beginning of it all?" A Wrongr Diagnosis. The young man who sat with both feet on a table gazing at a bookcase full of leather-covered volumes, did not seem exactly happy, in spite of the liesurely comfort of his attitude. "What's the matter?" Inquired the friend who had been trying to engage him in conversation. Got the blues?" "Not precisel.g' "I'll tell you what you want to do. You want to come with me to the thea tre to-night." "What for?" "Why, for recreation. You want to get your mind off your business." "No. You've diagnosed the case wrong. I don't get through more than two pages of one of those books before some piano-organ comes along and be gins playing a tune that I've got to whistle in concert with it, whether I want to or not. By the time I've taken a fresh start and gotten half way through another paragraph, some man comes along with a hammer and begins to play the Anvil Chorus on a long Iron stringer over by that new building. And before my Intellect has groped along a few sentences further somebody drops in and tells me a fun ny story. T hats all a mistake about a man's wanting to get his mind off his business. What I need is some thing that will assist me in spiking my mind right down to business, so that every little tiling that comes along won't be suffilent to jar it loose. Si k From shellinsh. Silk is obittined from the shellfish known as the anlytilidae), which is found in theC Mediterranean. This shelltish has the power of spining a viscid silk which in Sicily is made Into a regular and very handsome fabric. The silk is spun by the shellfish, In the irst instane. ror the purpose of at taching itself to the rocks. It Is able to guide the delicate filaments to the proper place and there glue them fast, and if they are cut away It can re produce them. The material when gathered (which Is done at low tide) is washed In soap and water, dried, straightened and carded. one pound of the coarse fila ment yielding about three ounces of fine thread. which when spun Is of a lovely burnished golden brown color. Larg-st Flower in the World. The largest flower in the world, it is said, is the bolo, which grows on the Island of Mindanno. one of the Philip-' pine group. It has five petals, measur ing nearly a yard in width, and a single flower has been known to weigh twenty-two pounds. It grows on the highest plunaele of the land, about 2000 feet above the level of the sea. We Are Frog Eaters. From tihe present indications Ameri a will soon be outdoing France in the consumption of frog flesh. The city of New York alone consumes 600,000 "hamis" of frogs during the year. These delicacies are now sold in tin boxes like other conserved meats. Plenty of Gold. The gold contained in the medals, vessels, chains and other objects pre served in the vatican would make more gold coin than the whole of the present European circulation. A Bird Habit. Among the many mysteries of bird migration is the fact that over-sea journeys are generally conducted In the darkness and invariably against a head wir.d. Englh Pickles. About 1,300,000 pounds of piCkles and sauces are exported yearly from Eng