Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ONE WRO SAW IS I Inside and Outside Facts Ab u Battle of Santiag). PRESS AGENT GRAHAM, Reveals the True inwirdness of the Persecution of Schley and Shows Up the in. trliurs. In connection with the controversy over Admiral Schley's actions during the naval battle off Santiaga, opened afresh by the charge of cowardice made by Mae'ay, author of the Naval Aca dewy text book, the Cincinnati Erquir er asked George E Graham to furnish an unbiased account of the battle. During the Santiago naval campaign Mr. Graham was correspondent of the Associated Press, noted for its imptr tiality and faithfulness in giving facts. When Admiral Sampson, on the New York, left the Squadron Mr. Graham hastened to the Brooklyn. Daring the battle he stood on the bridge beside Capt. Cook and Admiral Sohley, and was the only civilian spectator to wit ness every movement and know of every order issued by the Admiral. Mr. Graham give the following cir cumstantial story over his signature: THE REAL DEFAMERS "It has been and i3 still hard for me to believe that Historian Maclay wrote his attack upon Rear Admiral Schley except by instigation and at the urging of the navy department clique. He is in close touch with those who have pro vided the press and the civilian head of the department with the material that has been intended, dire failure as it has been, to change the public view of Admiral Sehley's character as an of fice and man. "At least Maclay is honest in one thing. He has dared to do openly what these sneaks of the naval clique have not had the moral courage to do. When has Capt. Onadwick, Sampson's flag officer, dared to assert that Schley was a coward? When has he dared to do otherwise than convey the material to a New York journal for publication? Did Robley Evans, he of the fighting cognomen, first person the autobio graphy he wrote? Did Sigsbee dare to do it except to stultify himself by de nying conditions which he had previous ly detailed in his reporto to the depart ment? EXPURGATED REPORTS. "Maclay, it is asserted, wrote his criticism from naval reports. What naval reports? The expurgated things that have been foisted upon the pub licor, or the real reports of commanding officers? I have in my possession the report of the battle of Santiago written by two offiers of the converted yacht called the Vixen. Itis signed by Lieut. Alexander Sharpe, and it was his ac count of the fight as he saw it at short range, the only naval eyewitness not engaged in fighting. I placed it along side the navy department's book pur - porting to print it, andlI find it has been expurgated so as to give but little credit to tire Brooklyn, and so as not to disclose the real position of Sampson's ship, the New York. Is that the way history is made, and is Maclay to be blessed fc'-boldlv following the example set him? Let me be as bold as Maclay. If 'coward' is to be the word let us draw the line sharply. I have supreme confidence in our navy. I dont be lieve a coward would stay in it a year. There are none in it now. There are men with unearned fighting sobriquets. There was one yith us. His name wa Evans. His ship was never closer to the enemy than one mile. it was not hit, but 'Fighting Bob' crawled into the conning tower and watched the fight from a 6 inch by 1-inch slit. "Schley was on the deck of the Brooklyn. Capt. Cook was near. A - man's lifeblood splashed their clothes. The ship quivered under fire. Still they stood thiere. Capt. Clark, on the Oregon, was on his bridge. Capt. Phillips, of the Texas, stayed on his bridge until part of it was shot away. And when it was over Evans had the largest story to tell, astory he would not like to see now because of its gross inaccuracy. And, pray, who was the coward'? SAMPSON TO BLAME. "The history of the battle of:Banti ago told exactly as it occurred, it seems to me, is an absolute condemnation of Admiral Sampson's vaunted ability and a tribute to Bochley and his officers. The happenings et the twenty-hours -precedigthe battle will go far,lIthink, wo demonstrate that Sampson was repre hensible for deliberately weakening the line of battle and deserting the line himself when he knew that the first time in several weeks, or since the establishment~of the blockade, extreme 1y suspicious movements were going on in the harbor. "On the afternoon of July 2 it was noticed from all the ships that move ments were occurring in the harbor, there being visible distinct columns of smoke, conceded by practical men to be from war ships. "That Sampson himself recognized this is evident from the fact that he sent the Yixen around to the different ships of the squadron to announce to' them that he considered the movements inside to be suspicious, and that he de sired a close watch kept. SAMPSON DESERTS THE FLEET. "The next morning at ay Dreak the columns of smoke were seen again, and it was noticed by an eficer on waren on the Breoklyn that they were nearer the enmrance, and it was, therefore, surprising to everybody when, acting under orders; the Massachusetts, one of the heaviest battle si~pa of the line, and the Niewark, a protected cruiser, carrying Lhommodore Watson's flag, left the line for uantanamo for coal. But decidedly nmore surprising were the future events. At 9 o'clcck, while Capt. Pirillip and Admiral Schiey were disoussing the suspicious movements, through the medium of signal flags. Sampbon suddenly signallea1, "D sre gard the movements-ot the commarder in-chief," and moved away from the line with the New York. The New York was the only other ship, beside the Brooklyn, in the line with the ac credited speed of the Spanish ship, andI there were present the Gloucester and the Vixen, two converted yachts, either one of which would have made a special dispatch boat, without weaken ing the line. SCHLEY IN COMMAND. When the battle call was sounded Admiral Schley made the signal, "The i enemy is escaping," and then, deter mining that the New York was out of, sight, made the signal, "Ships closei in." With a good, strong pair of field glasses, and standing unon the ecen tionly higa bridge of the Booklyn, I looked for speon and the Now York, but he was out of sight. We never saw him again until one long hour aster the surrender of the Colon. It is claimed that the Brooklyr ran from the enemy during the fight, and that in that movement Schley display ed cowardice. At the outset let me say that the movement of the ship showed the greatest good judgement, and probably saved the cruiser from be ing sunk or disabled. When the enemy was sighted coming out the Brooklyn moved straight for the entrance at the rate of about seven knots an hour and continually ineraasing her speed. THAT FAMOUS LOOP. "The ships of the enemy were mov ing out toward us at the rate of about 11 knots an hour, and the distance to travers was only five miles. We had opened fire with our port battery, the guns being trained almost directly for ward. The turning circle of the Brook lyn is 1,000 yards, and if we had turn ed in toward the shore that would have allowed the Viscaya to have gone be tween us and the Texas, and would have opened our unprotected side to the concentrated fire of the Spanish vessels, and also have intercepted the fire of our own ships. I stood on the top of the forwardi eight inch turret locking directly over the bow, and I know that we were Lever near enough to the Texas to hurt her, and we did not block her fire for an instant. "if Capt Phillip backed his engines when he saw us turning it was because through the smoake he 'ould not quite tell how we were moving, and he knew that he had to follow the motions of our ship, and not do as he pleased. The fig ship always has the aght of way. Up to the time.we turned we had been hit only twice. After we turned we were hit 27 times by projectiles and 15 times by firing pieces, and after we turned we ieft the marks of five-inch shells upon every Spanish ship. EULATE S TRIBUTE "To those who criticise Schley's turn, on the ground of cowardice, I commend the statement of Capt Elate, of the Viseaya: 'If the Brooklyn had not made that beautiful manoeuvre in turn ing I could have rammed and sunk her,' - "To those who criticise upon the ground that the Texas was stopped for a minute or so, let me say that a little later the Oregon crossed the bow of the Texas and blanked her fire for ten minutes, but certainly no one will say that the Oregon, in view of her splen did fight and chase, was not justified. "When the battle was over Sohley thanked his men and signalled his thanks to every commander under him. Wh:.n Sampson arrived he offered no congratulations to any man or any of ficer, although he did condescend to offer congratulation to the public for the splendid manner in which the fight that he did not take part in was conduct ed. "LAt me close with, perhaps, a new statement. The men who are respon sible for these vicious attacks are Capt F. E Chadwick, who commanded the New York the day of tho fight she fail ;d to get in; Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, the only captain in the tight who hid in the conning tower; Rear Admiral Crowninshield, of the nureau of navigation, and indirectly, because he dare not come in the open, Rear Admiral Wm P. Sampson, who should be Court-martialed for his action be fore Santiago, July 3, 1898, in weak ening our battle line. "George-E Graham." Time Wasted. ' wo of our prominent citizens who live within a thousand miles of where the writer is domiciled met in the pub lic road the other day, when the fol lowing conversation occarred: "What's the news?" "They've captured Aguinaldo." "Captured who?" "Aguinaldo." "Whats he been doing?" "Killing folks." (Excitedly) "Who has he killed?" 'On, lots of people." "Where is the scoundrel?" "E's in jail.'" (fore excited) "Lea's get a crowd and lynch him." "It would be too expensive." "Expensive! What's going to make it expensive?" "He's too far off." "Why, ain't he in Moultrie jail?" "Not a bit of it." "Well, where is he, then?' "He's in jail at Manila." "You mean Camilla, don't you?" ''No, I mean whatI say." "How far is it?" "About eight thousand miles." "Get up, Jacki'' As he moved off he was heard to ejaculate: "Got no time to talk with every fool I meet in the road. Eight thousand miles! Why, that's clean outside of Georgy, Agui naldo? Don't believe there is euch a man in the world. Never heard of such a place as Manhidler before. These fellows what don't do nothing but read newspapers are mighty smart. Get up. Jack! lost half an hour talking with that slophead when 1 ought to been home planting taters. "- Moultrie, Ga., Observer. Tried to Kill Ten. John Reed of Port Oram, N. J., was sent to jail Friday charged with an at tempt to murder ten persons. Reed had quarrelled with his wife. Late Monday night he left the house and loked the door, thus imprisoning his wife and nine children. Then, it is alleged, he set the house on fire.. For tunately one of his sons awoke, discov ered the fire an.d jumped out of a win dow. With the help of neighbors the lames were ex:inguished sad the a other and children saved. Mrs. Reed made complaint against her hus band and he was arrested. While be g conveyed in a buggy to the county jail Reed kicked Psheemnan Manaie and escaped The town marshal iat Prt Oram then went after Reed, who suuok at him with an axe. The mar shal hit the fugitive wita his c~iio, knocking him urnconseious. 1ihen iin irons the man was naliy i cked. up. A Soldier in Trou~ble. Private R. L. Leverton, company D). Twetysev n.h regiment, isationed at Fort McPnerson barracks at Atlanta Ga, has been piaeed undevr guard charged with setting fice Tibarsday night to the homa of Jaula Whitield, a re spctable woman living tea: the fort. A vacant house ad joining aino was burn ed. No cause is assigned for tho trouble. Lveron is held at the fort and the military officials ate trying to fiad anoher soldier said to have been im plicated. Arson is punishable by death' in Georgia. A man in Tennessee got four cords of wood, three gallons of honey and five coons from a sin gle tree. "Take care of the for ests if you want to get rich,'' comments the local paper which SOME GOOD ADVIC'E An Article Every One Should Rc ,d nud Remember Stand by your friend, your home, your town, county and State. Patron ize home dealers. Dju't send your money away to some mail order house jist because it happens to be the cheap. est supply house on earth; there are five hundred more of that kind in the United States; but spend it with your home merchant, who is your friend, and it the long run sells you your goods j at as cheap. When you spend a doilar with your home merchant, yort know what you are getting, and you are deal ing with one who has stood by you whe you needed help, and still stands by you in sickness, when the craps fail, when out of work, and when the ic3 band of death creeps into the home and claims one of your loved ones. Stand by your merchant, for he is an integral part of the community, lending his aid to public enterprises and charitable, a' well as helping to bear the burden o taxation. Who has done more for you for your town, your county, and al your public enterprises, than you1 home merchant? Who has helpei more people, been worae imposed upon and more abused than yoin home mer chant? The real facts are, he is one of ycu, eating your chickens, butter fruits, vegetables and other things tha would. prove a loss to you if it were no for him. How is it with the big mai order man? H3 has nothing in c im mon with you; no interest in you, you town or county, other than securini your trade-cash in advance. Ah, my brother, turn the tables -n' let your merchant send his mono y away an- buy all he consumes, and it you produce and other barter rot on you rands, what would you say? Let'i iook fairly at both sides. If you wan anything your merchant hasn't got, h will gladly order it for you, and the lit tle profit he mikes, you wil get bacl in some way. He has to eat and hav work done, all of which he pays out o the little profits he mtkesin selling hi goods. H about the money you sen< off? You never see it again, and if yoi were really in need and should make known your wants to Mr. Outsider, h would say, "NO; I have as much o that kind of business as I can attend nearer home." Does your home mer chant deny you when in distress? B! honest. Isn't your name on merchants books all over this county for goods yoi have worn out and provisions you hav Seaten? Hai Mr. Oatsider ever sob you anything on a credit? Dc you be lieve he wilt do it? Nj, you know bet ter than to ask it. These are every day, common*eense questions, starini you in the face, and an honest answe from you will put you on our sid 3 o the question. Come up sqnarely and fairly and be pillar in the church and a rafter in so iety. Pay your honest debts, even i you have to suffer to do it. The onl: alfference that we e in see in not payini your honest debts (.vhen you c in) an stealing, one is a broad, open, daylight face to-face stealing, and the other is siy, don't- want-to-te caught-at it steal icig. Jast stop and thint before yo1 egin to get mad. Isn't it so? In th' light .of justice, answer the question and then read -on. If I were to bu; yo.ur goods and hide behind the home stead act and not pay, you, what woul< you call me? Ohi, my brother, as suri as Gol is the Judge, we need waking up ajong these ines. A thief is thief, caich him where and when yoi will, If you get another man*'s proper ty and p'an ways to beat him by hidini behind the puny arm of the law, yor are a thief. We are not af ter the poor, poverty stricken, down-trodden laoorer, who ha: perhaps some excuse for dodgini his obligations, but we are afte: the man who wears tailor made clothes tooth p'ck shoes, standing collars smokes from three to ten cigars a, day goes on excursions, goes to theaters an< shows, sends his children to dancinl schools, pays for having them taught t< dance, and owes the poor grocery mai for the meat and bread that have kep his children alive, and the dry goodi man for the clothes they have worn out and the poor furniture man for the bed! on which they sleep; and, if perchance one has died, the undersaker for th< coffin in which the loved one sleeps. Il you are a church member and running on these lines, your influence for gooC isn't worth the snap of your fiager, anc you had better repent or pull out. Il you are a sinner out of the churah and atering to these things because some sinner in the church is guilty, for God'i sake call a halt, retrace your steps and follow some honest man's example. 1.1 you have gone to a friend and persuaded him to go yonr security for money ot for g cods, and, through mismanagement or extravagance, caused this friend tc have to pay your debt, do you feei eas3 spending money for things you could de wihout? The ve ry clatter of the hoofi of that horse, the rattle of the wheeli of that buggy, the licks of the hammei that drove the nails in the constructiot of that law-allowed homestead, thai downy bed, that book-case, that won derful library you are piling away ii that book-case for your oafidren to read; yea, it may be the children themselvei will all roll over you. like mounthins oi iron to sink you down, down, in the flames of perdition, unless you repent and. settle this side of eternity. Yor can't hide behind the homestead act nor the bankruptilaw and stand acquit ted in the sight of God and honesi people. If you can and don't, or won't straighten up, even if it calls for real self-denial, you are dishonest, and you would say the same thing about your felowman should ho treat you likewise. If you practice such ways, you wili be foui d out, and your abommnable hypocrisy will be hyosed and iised at by all henest people. If you arc in debt and can't pay, go and tell your friend that y ou cant p~sy, give him your noe, promise thim to da the best you can, and then do it; and if you have mont y to spend, go and spend it witfl nnm. SnoW h~I that you appreciate his kiaidness anci help,. Did you ever stop to think tnat that iriond did not have to go your security, uiu not have to seil you those goods on a credi? You were the pary being benentted, you were the bugir when you wantea these lavors. Nowv you have turned your caek upon him, and lihe a eneak ing cur, dodge hrm andi say ugly Liungs about him Are you not astiamed Ct your w:cktd self ? Some who reed this will be guity, and we arc feariua you will not profit by what you read. If you don't, you era a dishonest man or woman, and you would say the same o any? one else who would thus treai yen. When are you going to str aighten up? Ycu must do it tais side of death, for the gave shuts df all opportunities. If we go to the judgment crooked and dishonet, we wat have to wear that garb ttir~ugh the scorching fires of eternity. As Josh Billings would say, "Advice is like eastor oil, easy to give, but hard to take." For you own good, Bud, Sis, you had better take it. OLD frUTr 1TE9 COTTON CROP. Som Improvement in all But Two of the States. With the occurrence of rain where drought previously prevailed, except in Tennessee and Arkansas, where it con tinues dry, and with generally dry wtathez where heretofore there has been an ezc'ss of precipitation, there has been a doeided improvement in the condition of cotton during the past week. Picking has begun in Texas, and bolls are beginning to open in car tain localities throughout the Atlantic States. As compared with reports of prev.cus years, there is less shedding than usual, but the plants are smaller. Over the central portion of the belt the cotton crop is exceptionally prom icing. If cotton continues to improve. during the critical month of August, or even holds its present condition, the yield will be equal to or above the averaze, over the whole belt. In North Carolina, very favorable weather co:nditions prevailed generally throughout. the State. The influence of the hot, dry weather was immediately apparent in the improved condition of cotton, especiallp where it had received gocd cultivation; laying by cotton is under way. In some places ootton has too much weed, in orthers it is very small, and generally it is not fruiting very rapidly; in some northern counties it is only just beginning. to bloem, the l bolls do not seem to be raturing very well; comilaints of lice on cotton are very few. in S >uth Carolina, cotton improved steadily throughout the State, and in l most places is fruiting well, especially on stiff, clayey or red las d., while on white or sandy lands the improvement is less pronounced. Most cotton re mains small and late, but is green aod growing. Some fields are still grassy. Lice are reported from a few localities, but have done no great damage. Cater -pillars infest cotton in 0 aigebarg county. Open bolls are reported from F Hampton a yunty. Se is-and is in good condition, with the exception of blight I in spots. Laying by cotton is nearing I comp'etion. In Geargia, the weather of the past week was generally favorable to gro s ing crops, although partial drought pre vails over limited areas in the southern portions of the State. In the maj irity of the counties the rainfall was suf ficient for present needs. Reports on the cotton crop are of a more encourag ing character than for some time past. In a few southern sections the crop is suffering for moisture and is scalded, wilted, and blcoming at the top from the ffects of the drought. Elsewhere the p ants have taken on a vigorous r growth and are fruiting and bolling heavily. Some bolls ale - opening in early fields. In Fiorida, rainfall has been gener -ally leesl over norther and central f portions. The distribution was more general in the northern and over por tions of the western district. In see tions of Suwaree county no rain has fallen during the last four weeks: ad jining seations report ample precipita tion. Cotton advanced during the week, although there is complaitti of rust and shedding where precipitation was ex cessive. It is beiog well cultivated. In Alabama, conditions were gener ally favorable, except in northern counties where hot and dry weather pre 3vailed; in middle and southern counties showers fell on several days, beine copious in some places, and rather ex cesives in extreme southwestern coun ties, particularly so at Mobile. A gen eral rain would be beneficial. Cotton is clean and generally healthy, and, while small, is now making good growth and fruiting satisfactorls; there are a few scattered reports of rust, mostly in southern counties; some c tton continues to die from 'black root" or "root rot" in southeast por tions of the State, but damage from the causes is or a local nature as yet. In Mississippi, except in the northern portion of the State, the week was quite favorable for all crops. Where Igoods rains have fallen cotton has made a very rapid growth and is fruiting well. A little shedding isreperled from some sections. In the northern counties lowland cotton is doing fairly well, but on uplands it continues to show the ill effects of dry weather by blooming to the top. In Louisiana, plentiful showers and seasonable temperatures have prevailed generally thr'oughout the State during the week just ended. In many places, especially in the southern parishes, more rain fell than was needed, and more, in fact, than is good for the staple crops where the land is not well drained. Cotton is reported doing well in all sections, except in a few in stances wherd the rainfall was. excer' sive. Old cotton shows singns of a see. ond growth, which it is. thought will cause some shedding, but the increased size of the stalk, it is anticipated, will compensate for any loss from that cause. Young cotton is making good and rapid growth and fruiting nicely. In Tennessee, the disastrous ?rought which was prevailmg over the greater portion of the State at the last report has continued during the past week with irncreased intensity, except in two or three counties in the eastern por tion, where good local rains brought re lief. Generally, however, conditions are fast approching the serious stage-and this is especially true as to the western division, and portions of the middle division-where the later crops that have, up to tne last week, been holding up fairly well, are now beginning to show signs of rapid deterioration, and unless relief comes very soon they will prove entire failures. Cotton, which has stood the drought fairly well, arnd although small, has been fruiting satis faciocily, is now beginning to shed its forms. in Texas, the weather conditions dur ing the past week have been generally favorable to all agricultural interests. The long continued drought has been cither partially or completely broken in portions of the State. A great many loealitie3setill need moisture, but even where no re~in otenrred the prevailing clouady and damp conditions have af forded at least temporary relief. The cutlook for cotton is improved, although reports from distric a where the rain fall was insufficient indicate that many fields arc still in a preesrious condition. T'his crap, even under the most favor able c ,nditions, is below the average, but it is fruiting welh, and where suf ficient rain fell is rapidiy eatching up with the seasons. A few complaiate of shedding are rcceived, and in some setosit is bloomong to the top. Cot ton has began to open rapidly in the south and southwest, and some picking has been done iu these sections. The corn crop in Texas is ahout mada, and exepting the late planted, was not benefited by the recent rains. in Arkansas, the temperatuire con tinues high. Local showers coeurred throughout the State, but as a rule they were of very little benefit to corn and cotton. Cotton is being irnjured by the dry weather. Jn most sections it is bloom'ng at the top and squares fall ing rif, and the nlant is vne :ml. In Oklahoma and Indian Territory, heavy rains oceured mostly over the cotton belt, and as a consequence the crop is now in fair condition and look ing much better, especially so over the Indian Territory and the southern of o dahoms counties. INTERNAL REVENUE. Annual Report Showing Receip's from All Sources. Tae annual preliminar? report of Commission ,r of Internal Revenue Yerkes for the Escal year end ed June 30, 1901, shows that receipts from all sources of internal rev'nua for the year aggregated $306,071,669 an in crease of $11,555 561 over the reoaipts for the fiscal year ended June 30, 19U0. The expenses of the bureau for the fiscal year will approximate $1,737,192 and the percentage of cast of collectioo, predicted on these figures will be 1 55 a reduction of 03 in the percentage of cest of collection as comparr d with the preceding fiscal year, waen the per ceotage of cost was 1.58 Receipts were in part as follows: Sp.irits. $116,027.973; tobicso, $62, 918 907;907 Ih r neated liquors, $75,. 699,907; schedules A ani B (aroprie tary and daoumentary stamps), $39, 241,036. 'Ihe quanties of distilled spirits, to bacco, cig irs, cigarettes, etc., on which tax was paid during the last fiscal year are as follows: Spirits distilled fr )m materials other than fruit gallons, 99, 267,732, increase, 5,766,892. Fermented liqu'rs, barrels, 40,517,078 increase -11.86,229. Cigars weighing more than three pounds per L 000 nu-n ber 5,770.934 369, increase 454 660,808 cigars weighing not more than three pounda per 1 000 number 684,504,050, increase 70.670,230. Cigarettes weigh ing not more th:rse pounds per 1.000, number 2 271 626, decrease 363.823, 767; cigarettes weighing more taan three pounds per 1 000, number 5,447, 193, increase 998.800. S inff, na.uaas, 16.691,811, increass 1,774 426. To bacco, chewing and smoking, pounds, 294.101,715, increase 15.121,680. Jolleotion in southern States: Ala hama $573.254; Fiorida $804 708; G orgia $924,379; K ntucky $25,181, 305; Louisiana and Mississippi $2,399,981; Maryland, Dalsware, Dis trict of Columbia ani tw) counties of Virginia $9,630,133 Nor ah Carolina $7,126.749; South Carolina $310,590; Tennessee, $2,4'16,180; Virginia $5, 623,608. To Die. It is to bid the warning world good night, To say good morning in brighter sphere; To pass from darkness into eternal light, To shed no more the burning, bitter tear, It is to hear no music or lull at play, To feel no touch of e'en a loving hand; To know no longer weavy night or day, To go with gladness to the better land. It is to take no kiss that love may give, To need no bread that yet this life may be; To sink into the grave and still to live, To lie in silence and a mystery. It is to have our talents counted o'er, To garner all that we have ever sowed: To reach at last the solemn hopeful hour, t o east aside for o'er life's heavy load. It is to leave the flowers, the birds, the trees, To behold no more land or sea, or sky; To listen to no sound of voice or breeze, To answer to no call, or morn or cry. It is to look no more on gold or dross, To rest beyond all hope or fear or pain; To welcome the crown and bleat the cross; To lose all ties of earth and yet to gain. It is to close the eyes in deepest sleep. ChJmin of Collars. A wholesale city house making col !ars has adopted a novel plan to in crease sales on its goods. These manufacturers have retail agencies in first and second-class cities through out the United States, through which their brands are marketed. The con sumer pays $1.50 for one dozen col lars in a box, and 35 cents additional for an "exchange ticket." The cus tomer returns the dozen collars soiled *with the ticket to any dealer who acts as agent for the producers, and gets a dozen new collars of any style desired, in exchange, by the payment of 35 cents on every dozen. If the original box is not returned five cents extra is charged the purchaser. The firm relaunders the collars and puts then in regular stock again and again, until wear shows.-N. Y. Her ald. Creer Soup. Scrape some nice red carrot' and boil them in well flavored broth tinl tender enough to press through a sieve. Mix-enough broth with this puree to miake it rather thinner than the soup should be when finmshed. In a small saucepan dissolve an ounce of butter, stir into it an ounce of flour, when blended add half a pint to the soup;. stir till it is well boiled; then use it for thickening the soup, which also should be hot. Stir together till it boils up; add pepper and salt if required. Should any fat be on the surface draw the pan -to the side of the fire, let it cool a little, tilt the pan toward you and skim it off. Serve with bread that has been dried in the oven till light brown and cut into small dice.-Washington Star. Indian Hospitality. How to stop the Indians of the South Dakcota reservations from eat ing each other's food is an amusing but perplexing problem with which the Indian bureau is now dealing. It is an unwritten law of Indian hospi tality that a guest may stay as long as he likes, and that as long as the guest remains the host must provide the food. It has become the custom among the Sioux, who have a feast with their two-weeks' ration as soon as they receive it from the govern ment, to go to the more provident In dians and live on them until all their food is gone.-Indianapolis News. Punished for Cause. Church - I understand the jury stood eleven to one in favor of acquit tal at first? Gothanm-That's right; we did. "Well, how in the world did the. 11 ever come around to think as the one man?" "Well, you see, the fellow who was alone for conviction knew the pris oner pretty well, and he told us that the fellow had a lot of interesting children, and he was forever telling stories about their marvelous sayings, so we thought it wouldn't hurt to leek him up for a few weeks."-Yon hers Statesman. Story of a Comfn. A poor widow in Koethen has been put in a quandary by a generous donor. He used to be a cofiin man ufacturer, and when he broke up his business he made her a present of a beautiful coffin. It was delivered, but the neighbors of the widow in the tenement house object to its pres ence. Now she will have to move, and she is short of funds. Nobody wants to buy the coffin, as the coffin manufacturer spoiled the market when he sold his goods at auetion. The donor refuses to take his gift back.-Wiener Tageblatt. Ai Eiata Ways. To a Chinaman the idea that a judge should take bribes seems as natural as that a duck should eke to the water. And yet the Chinaman will not, unless he knows he is on the right track, brutally push his bribe under the judge's nose. Either he or one of his countrymen will from the judge's arrival have rendered him good 'service. Does the judge want a gardener or a cook? Ah Sin soon provides an excellent one who never esks for his wages. Have some vis itors arrived at the alcaldia? Ah Sin sends in a dozen chickens, a tur key and the best fruits. Is it the judge's name day? The wily Celes tial presents a few cases of wine and boxes of fine cigars. Is the roof of the alcaldia leaking? A couple of Chinese carpenters will set it right without sending in a bill for it. Then, having prepared the way, should Ah Sin be summoned before the alcalde, he may confidently hope that his patron will not hurriedly give judg ment against him, and that he will probably get a full opportunity to present substantial reasons why the suit should be decided in his favor. "Inhabitants of the Philippines." Kissing Queen Victoria. Apropos of presentations is an an eodote illustrating the queen's tact andkindness. An American debutante, who was both young and pretty, in making her court curtsey committed the error of kissing the queen. In stantly realizing her blunder, the poor girl nearly fainted, and hurried home in a most distressed state of mind. Next day the American min ister was asked by her parents to present her apologies through the properchannels. Simultaneously there reached the legation a note for our minister from her majesty's secre tary stating that, comprehending the young American's embarrassment, Victoria sent her an invitation to a state dinner. Needless to say that this kindness not only silenced ad verse criticism but gave our fair countrywoman an open sesame to the London season.-Anglo-American. Ideals. Still they regarded the Armless Wonder distrustfully. "The money all passed through your hands!" they insisted. "Ah, yes," rejoined he. "But don't you see that I should have been false to my professional ideals had I per mitted any of it to stick to my fin gers?" Hereupon, with these high assur ances, they were content; all except the Circassian Princess, who had been reared upon a New England farm and had accordingly but an inadequate .conception of genuine devotedness to art.-Detroit Journal. Argon and Its Companions. Since the discovery of that new con stituent of the atmosphere, argon, a few years ago, four other previously unknown gases have been found, and Prof. Ramsay recently gave an ac count of their properties before the Royal society. ,They are helium, neon, k-rypton and xenon. Of these, xenon is the heaviest and helium the light est. In the vacuum tube they are very beautiful, neon being extremely brilliant and of an orange-pink hue, whily krypton is pale violet and xenon sky-blue.--Youth's Companion. "The Marriage Knot" Is Not a Myth. How few of those that talk of the "marriage knot" realize that the knot was ever anything more than a mere figure of speech. Among the Baby lonians, tying the knot was part of the marriage ceremony. There the priest took a thread of the garment of the bride and- another from that of the bridegroom, and tied them into a knot, which he gave to the bride, thus sym bolizing the binding nature of the union which now existed between her self and her husband.-N. Y. Herald. Potato Biucuit. Boil, peel and mash fine one quart of potatoes; rub them into one quart of sifted flour and one teaspoonful of salt; wor~k in one teacupful of lard, then add enough sweet milk to make a moderately stiff dough; roil out to a quarter of an inch thick, cut into cakes and bake in a qjuick oven. Sprinkling sugar over the top is to many palates an improvement.-Peo ple's Home Journal. Honest Labor. "Look at those, these, them!" said Weary Watkins, proudly showing two dollars. "I hope you ain't been working!" exclaimed his friend and partner, Hungry Higgins. "No, not 'zackly; been posin' as a horrible example." "Temperance spieler?' "Naw. Soap fakir."-Indianapolis Press. Lonesome. When small Bobby had worn his first pair of trousers for half an hour he went to his mother and begged to have on his kilt again. "What for?" she asked. "Because," replied Bobby, "I feel so lonesome in pants."-Lewiston Jour nal The Usual Source. Assistant Editor on London Comic Paper-Isn't this joke rather far fetched? Editor in. Chief-Well, rather. The postal service brought it clear across the ocean in a Yankee paper.-Somer ville Journal. Naturally. Hicks-See that woman there? She is a clairvoyant; travels all over the country giving sceances. Ricks-A circulating medium, I sup pose .-Jud ge. Mental Dyspepsia. Envy is the dlyspepsia of the mind. -Chicago Daily News. Paris Fountains. The fountains of P'aris are among the rnost interesting features of the city. and the aut horitieis arec careful to in crease their attractiveness whenever an opport unity arises. An experiment has been tried by which the waters will become luminous. A sort of golden yellow will alone be employed: but the waters will assume the aprear ance oif cascadles of dliamonds and to pazes. The effect will be attained by cans of electrie lights and colored glasses placed around the basins in such a way that the beauty of the fountains will not be diminished when seen by daylight-Tit-Bits. Mourning Garb in Sweden. In Sweden mourning clothes are soniewhat pepuliar, according to our way of thinking-. For women a long veil is absolutely necessary, as are also a black dress and a crepe bonnet, but a jacket or mantle of any color may be :donned wit these, and it is by no cneans unusual for a widow to wear the regulation weeds in conjunction with a brilliant red jacket. Men also will dress in black trousers and hat and a colored waistcoat, or possibly F'or many years our school gega phies have given the supposed pronun ciation of the name Popocatepetl as the name of the famous volcano of Mexico has been spelled. Children have been taught that the last sylla ble was pronounced as though it were spelled "pel," and they have pro nounced the whole name with the ac cent oui the "cat." According to F. P. Hoeck & Co., of the City of Mexico, who have written to the oard on geo graphic names, Washington, in refer ence to the pronunciation of the name, the old usage encouraged by the geog raphies is incorrect. The name con sists of two words. The first word, Popoca, is accented on the second syl lable, po. The second word, tepetl, is accented on the first syllable and is pronounced as though it were spelled "taypel." The name of the volcano is thus pronounced very differently fromr the common usage in this country. In the last report of the board on geo graphic names the spelling Popoca tepetl has been authorized.-N. Y. Sun. Robber Crept in with Wolves. For sheer melodrama the English jewel robber Houghton's arrest would be hard to beat. After his last big diamond theft,, which occurred a few days ago, he was traced to West Bromwich, and thence led the detec tives a dance over the country. At last, when the pursuers were hard on his heels, he dashed into a travel ing menagerie, which was exhibiting just outside Birmingham. There he found one of the attendants fasten ing. up a van cage containing a pair of large gray wolves. He flung the man on one side and opened the cage, shutting himself in. with the beasts, and daring anyone to fetch him out. The strange thing was that the wolves, which the proprietor had al ways considered the most dangerous animals in the show, took no notice of the fugitive, but showed great ill temper toward the keeper and a con stable, who had great difficulty in dragging Houghton out.-London News. Milk as a Weapon. There are ~no points in Europe where the cold records of America are eclipsed, but in Asia our lowest records are thrown completely in the shade. Tomsk, in Siberia, isn't the coldest place in the world, but it must be frigid enough, for the records of the police court there show that last winter a woman was summoned be fore the magistrate to answer the charge of having knocked down a neighbor with a block of frozen milk which -she was bringing home from market. There are many months in the year during which milk has to be handled as a solid rather than a liquid, and' it is the custom to de liver it in blocks.-Golden Days. Natural Politeness. "Of course I'm in favor of suffrage for women, Henrietta," said Mr. Meek ton. "But I do not think they ought to go to the polls themselves." "What do you mean?" "They ought to be able to send their husbands to vote for both. If they go to the polls themselves 't will confuse matters. A perfect gen tleman who saw a lady at the polls looking a little worried would feel compelled to lift his hat politely and say: 'Madam, -take my vote.' "-The King. Life-Saving Pigs. The Australian coasting steamer Kameruka, while going from Eden to Sydney, traveling at full speed, struck on a reef at Moruya Head. There be ing no rockets on the ship, the cap tain tied a life line to some pigs which formed part of the cargo and had the animals put everboard. The pigs swam to the shore, taking the line with them, and by establishing communication every soul on, board was rescued.-N. Y. Sun. Making an Effort. "What makes you say 'ha! ha!' in that ghastly and idiotic manner every now and then?" "I am trying -to do my duty," an swered the misanthrope. "Everybody says that spring time is a joyous sea son, and I'm trying to live up to the traditions in spite of the fact that when I left home my wife was shaking the moth balls out of my clothes and making preparations to move on the first of May."-Washington Star. A change. "The namne of the sultan of Moroc co is Abdul Azziz," remarked the Snake Editor. "Thanks for the information," re plied th-e Horse Editor. "Don't mention it, my dear sir. I only wish to add that after he dies he will be Abdul as was."-Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. A Trouble Maker. Hoax-You're a fine lobster! Joax-Wha't's the matter? "You've given your wife a $25 bon net." "Well, you don't have to pay for it. "No; but I have to pay for anoth er one just like it for my wife." Philadelphia Record. Revenge on the Post Office. A Sheffield manufacturer who has had trouble with the post office about registering his mail packages is tak-. ing his revenge by sending 200 em ployes daily to the post office to buy penny stamps. Each employe is deco rated with red tape and is provided wvith a sovereign's worth of coppers with which hc buys one stamp at a time.-N. Y. Sun. Exercise for Town Dwellers. A great many men living in town ay: "I wish I lived on a farm; I need exercise."~ How about -your yard; why not clean that up? WThy not lean up your alley, and keep things in shape around your home? That would give you plenty of exercise. tchison Globe. A Great Snap. It must have been a' great snap to have lived in the days of Noah. A nan was well posted then if he knew the tribe living over the next moun tain, and had all the history of the world at his finger ends if he could name his grand'father.-Atchison lobe. One of Thouse Bad Breaks. Youth-Miss Stanhope, you're posi tively the only person I've met to-day ,orth stopping to speak to. Miss Stanhope (thoughtlessly)-In deed! You are more fortunate than I am! -Judge. A Philosophic View. Whoop-I'm glad my salary isn't a million a year. Gooph-Why?. "Oh, I'd lose too much every time 1 took a day off."-Baltiinore American. Registered. First Neighbor-I hope my daugh er's playing doesn't annoy you? Secoftd Neighbor-Oh, ng, not at all. We get our landlord to reduce the rent on aconnt of it.-Answea, Desert plants are commonly obliged to store up water in one way or an other, so as not to perish during the long periods when there is no rain fall. Various species of cacti do this, and the tired and thirsty traveler oc casionally comes across a spiky thing about the size of a beer keg, which is to him a godsend-perhaps even a rescue from death in hideous shape. It is the so-called "water barrel of the desert," a species of cactus which is a living spring, containing within itself a considerable supply of the purest water. One hastonly to chop off the top with a machete, when a mass of pulp is disclosed somewhat resembling in consistency the pulp of a watermelon. If a bowl-shaped cav ity be cut in the top of the pulp mass it will quickly fill with water, which may then be drunk. Or, if preferred, the pulp may be chewed.-Nature. Bathing Day in Mexico. From Siberia to Mexico is a long jump, and from wintry climes we reach the sunny south. If you were to visit Mexico on 'the 14th day of June you would find a most unusual. holiday in vogue. This festival occasion is known as the national bathing day, and in the 24 hours comprising-June 14 everyone in the republic, from Pres ident Diaz down. to the commonest: servant is expected to take a good. wash. Mexico is the only country in the civilized world which has such. a: national holiday, but from all-aceounts the institution is needed,'for unnum bered thousands allow no water to touch their persons except on the oeca sion of this official washing -time, known as St. John's day.-Golden Days. Not Meant Seriously. A little girl of my acquaintance some eight or nine years old had to undergo a very hard school examina tion, for which she feared that shs was not prepared, and, being a child of much faith, began to pray that she would be taken with diphtheria (mild cases of which were prevalent in the neighborhood) before that day, so that she 1might avoid the ordeal. The night before she woke up to=!, ward morning to find her throat very sore, and, becoming alarmed, turned over suddenly, which awakened' her older sister just in time for the lat. : ter to hear her say, in a most be seeching tone: "Oh, Lord, can'.t you take a joke?"-H. S. F., in Harper's Magazine. ? Finland's Stamp of Mourning. When the measure abolishing nish gostage stamps was, ; gated, the Finns issued a black stamp with the words "Suomi-Finland":aid the national coat of arms on it. This stamp they affix to the top right Cer ner of the envelope simply as a of mourning.and protest, while affil- ; ing the Russian stamp ontihe seater' of the other side of the envelope The imperial governmentgotalarmed= as it always does, at such purely se timental manifestation of nationa feeling, and in a few days initerdicted the practice.-The. Anglo-Russian. Loud Reports. An interesting matter,. from asi entific point of view, in connection with the death of the queen is thie distance at which the sound of-firing was heard ien,-.the fleet saluted 'as ' the body was conveyeil from Co'e to Portsmouth. Letters in the EBig. lish journals of science show that thie sounds of the guns were heard in sey eral places at a distance of 84 miles, and that at a distance of 60 miles the concussions were sufficiently intense to'- shake windows.-Chicago 'Clirn icle. Pure Mikin China. A notice board~mis been erected on shore near to thie naval anchorage at Woo-Sung, China, with the following information: "We open-at.Wo-Sungd on the' south' of the telegraph company, for sale of foreign mlk,'the taste are sweet, the milk are pure, the price are just. We have not put any water in it. If eramine out won'' pay single cash~ If you wantito buy it. you will know the foreign': cow' chop. No.. 1 milk. Yih Pngs~ dairy."-London News. D~og and Cat Shows.> Cat shows do not date from more than a decade and a half; dog ihows - have at leastl an existence 'of the quarters of a century.' The foremost European galleries contain hundreds of pictures of dogs; there are' nota score 'of great artists who have def voted their talents to the pictorial representations of the cat.-N.Y Sun. Over the Bridige. Mrs. Galloupe-Be sure and .coze, Mr. Gibble. I promise you you shall meet, oh, quite a numbea of pretty women. Gibble-How can I refuse you, my dear madam? It will not be-for the pretty women, however, but for you. that I shall come.-Boston Transcript. Heavy Weight. Fried-So you made a lump sum of your wife's cooking? Hingso-Yep. "Bakery?" "Nope. Took her loaves of bread, painted 'em black and sold 'em fol old iron."-Syracase Herald. Very MedicinaL. Mistress-Nora, you have snade a terrible mistake. You have mistaken the quinine for baking powder and Elled our flannel cakes with medicine. Nora-Faith, mum, awn they must be medicated fiannils.-Chicago Daily biews. Better Fun'Than Dancing. "Enjoy your party, Bobby?" "Yes, ma." "Well, what little girls did you dances with?"I "Oh, I didn't dance. I had threel ights downstairs with Willie Richard on, and I licked him every time." hiladelphia Inquirer. Completely Gone. "She's not bad looking," observe& he unemotional young man. "But he hasn't any money." "What does a girl with hair like that eed of money?" exclaimed the other outh, gazing after her with his soul n his eyes.-Chicago Tribune. Bearu HiM Name Worthily. Jack (during their quarrel)-Now, let me explain. May-I want to say something first. "All right. I'm all ears." "I know it. No doub.~ our parents called y 'hilaledphia Press. ~ Not an E -M. B Miriam-Didn't I Mr. Brassi~ iss you on the links t day? Millicent-No; he tri- to, but he nly foozled.-Puck. Papa's - ~'x~ o "I haven't seen y a o ong time. What is ~ .io?