Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WILL NOT DOWN. imperialism Witl Continue to b I important issue. t EX-SENATOR EDMUNDS t f Says the People Have Not Yet Settled it, and His Party Must Answer for Its Mistakes. In an extended interview publis hed in the Boston Herald Monday last For mer United States Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, outilned his views in re- t gard to the future of' Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, in a manner clearly indicsting his belief that im perialism will continue to be an issue f in this co2ntry and that the Republi- F can party will continue to labor under difficulties arising from these new pos sesions. "I think the government's course in a regard to Cuba has been wrong and unnecessary. We have net made good our promises to Cuba, and there was nothing to prevent us from doing so. We promised to give the Cubans their freedom and wcu'd have stood much better in the eyes of the world and in our o vn estimation if we had done so. "My plan would have been to give them complete independence, as we q promised to do; let them set up their government, then Eome tim3 alo2g in the winter, perhaps, or before they had had time to get into any foreign entan glements o: contract any debts, we could have gone to them and explained our position in the matter. We could o have told them that in order to protect . ourselves we must have some arrange ment by which they could not make any alliances with other nations with out the government of the United States being consulted; that we had e set them free, and it was necessary for . us to see to is that our rights were pro tested. We could deal with them as t "a republic and have something in the a nature of a treaty that world insure us all the protection necessary and if they t refused to enter any such an arrange ment, it would be necessary and right for us to insist upon it, to tell them e Ermly that they must agree to it or s take the consequences. That would a have been my idea of it, instead of re fusing to fulfill our promises, and not giving them an opportunity to say whether or not we should control their foreign relations." 0 "Considering the amount of Ameri can capital that is being invested in Cuba, and that our relations to the Cu- b bans will be in a measure similar to a those which existed between England and the Transvaal, do you think there is any danger of a like trouble in a Cuba?' "No, I should dislike to compare anything to that horrible Transvaal at fair, but I do think it likely that wed may have a repetition of the experi-d ences Americans are having in Vene zuela," said Mr. E-imunds. "fake these asphalt affairs, for instance. It is nothing tut reasonable to expectr that we will have to deal with Cuba as we do with some of the South American republics." "In my opinion we have more to fear from Porto Rico than from Cuba.E P'orto Rico is a part of the United States, and it will probably not be long before it is flooded with ambitious Z lawyers and other carpet-baggers, who will soon be in control of its affairs to a greater or less extent. Then there will come a time when the political C parties will have to consider the pues 8 tion of admitting Porto Rico into ther Union. The carpet-baggers and others will find the conditions worse than we6 ever had with any of the Rocky moun tain territories that have bencm3 states. We will have much worse people to deal with than the Populists of the0 west.e "This will be due, in measure, tob the fact that Americans, or any of the . northern races, can not retain their en ergy in warm climates; their children e do no not live, while thiose of' the na tives multiply; the northerner becomes a very different man, he becomes venal.d I am afraid that -when Porto R ca is g ready to be admitted into the Union " the islaxd will be inthe hands of men b of this class. Then what do we find?d She. will have the same representation in the United States senate as does e New York. She will probably send P two senators, representatives of the class I have described. They will be venal and purchasable and represent a people so different from Americansv that it seems to me, taking this view ofv it, that this is the greater danger we have to fear from Porto Rico." "Then what you say about Ameri cans .in Cuba would apply to thebn in the Philippines?" 1 "Yes, although conditions in the Philippines are in many respects very a: different. Those islands are farther away, and we willprobably have to maintain an armed force there for a number of years. There will always beb more or less guerilla warfare going on there, and we will be in somewhat the ~ same position that England is in India, U where she is always finding it neces sary to suppress an uprising of one sort or another. England's experience in India has been much the same as ours will be in Porto Rico and the & Philippines, that is, in regard to the men who are sent out to those coun tries. It is a well known fact that the children of Englishmen in India do not live to be more than two years old, 0 and it is now the custom to send them O to England when very young. The cli mate affects the Englishman in the manner in which I have described, and6 then, being far away from home, he will do things that he otherwise would not, so that there is always corruption , in the management of affairs." Then you do not think our experi ence in the Philippines has been worth the enormous oost?" "That would depend on how you 8i tried to balance the account," said Mr. ti Edmunds. "If you put against the cost ti the loss of life, the hardship our sol- tl diers have undergone and the corrup- g tion that is likely to develop among 0 men so far away, and under such condi- 1 tions, I certainly do not think it has ti been worth the cost." e And This in Ohio! d A bloody race riot has occurred at s the Big Rock colored cemp grounds in t] Jackson, 0. The presence of white a persons was resented and when one of h the latter got into a fight with a colored g, man a general row ensued in which ei nearly a hundred persons engaged. e. The fight lasted half an hour, when d the whites were forced to flee from the j grounds. Beer bottles and clubs were e the weapons used. More than a dozen i THE COTTON CR0?. :ast of the Mississippi River Things Look Better. In Nrth Carolina, heavy rains over he southern counties damaged cotton, ud in Texas and northern Louisiana he drought conditions became intensi ed over extensive areas, to the d3 erioration of the staple, but otherwise he plants improved n aterial' y in c )n ition, and over the greater por.ioi of he belt east of the Mississippi are now mite promising. In Te ns, picking is in active pro ;ress, but in no other portions, although pen bolls are reported from all the cost southerly scotions. The present ondition of cotton indicates not less han an average yield per acre, and in eations 3 ields above the average may e expected. In North Carolina, the past week ,as characteriz d by very heavy rains rom Monday to Wednesday, inclusive, rhich were followed by fair, warm and ery favorab'e weather. Cotton improved generally during the reek; late cotton was revived, is vig rous and will reach sufficient size to ;ve a good yield with a late autumn; Id cotton seams to be holding its fruit ?ell, and very few reports of shedding ave been received, but the bolls are till ecattering on the plants. It may !e said that in some sections where he crop was well wcrked cotton will e good, in most others fair to very oor. In South Carolina, with few exzep ions, correspondents throughout the tate report an improvement in cotton. 'here are a few fields infested with ice, some with rust, and there is a ttle shedding, while on sandy soils otton seems to have stopped growing, ut generally the plants are healthy, f fair siz +, well fruited and still groew ag. Earliest cotton is opening. Sea land is blooming profusely. In Georgia, in the nothern and mid e counties an abundant rainfall dur 2g the week has put new life into all roeps, and the cotton crop, in particu r, was greatly benefited. The latter now generally in fine condition in le sections named, except where dam zed locally by rust and shedding. Too Euch rain fell in the s~uthwestern )unties for the good of cotton, and se wet weather is causing rust, shed ing and "firing." In the main, how ver, the crop is doing well in the south eton and is fruiting heavily. Bolls re opening in numerous counties. 'odder pulling is the order of the day i many counties. In Florida, freq ent showers, fol )Wtd by hot sunshine, over a portion northern and central districts caused tton to shed and, to some extent, afar from rust. In a few counties, owever, rains we:e not so frequent nd the staple did very well. As a ale, the bottom crop is poor On up inds the staple is opening qiite freely, ad picking is becomiog more general. loudy weather with moderate tempera area would be beneficial. In Alabama, generally favorable con itions prevailed, the temperature av raging very nearly normal, while the rought, which had prevailed for near r three weeks in northern counties, 'as generally broken by fairly copious ains; heavier rains occured over the reter portion of the southern half of le State on several days, while slight r excessive rainf alls in some east cen ral, south cesntral and extreme south rn counties, though amp: a sunshine ras received in all distriesi, and in a ew .scattered localities rain is still eded. Cotton continues in generally atisfactory condition; it is fruiting and dlng well, and some early is opening, ut no picking is :-eported; some few omplaints of cotton dying on sandy sil are reo'tived, and reports of rust, t and sh d ing are more numerous, ut damage from these causes is not rious as yet; one repor t of boll worms. In Mississippi moderate to heavy lowers were quite general over the yuthern half or the State and in a few the north-entral counties; but the rought continues in many of the north n counties, and in somne localities is ecoming very severe. Cotton is grow ig and fruiuing nicely; opening is be yming general. In use northwestern untes, where only a f ew light local iowers have fallen, upland crops are terirating. Cotton has stopped ~owing and is sheiding badly, and me premature opening is reported, at on lowland it continaes in fair con ten. In L:uisiana showers have been gen al and fra q lent over the southeastern rtion, ann in localities rains have ten heavy. No rain has fallen roughout the northwestern portion of te State, where the ground is getting try dry, and in a few localities a se tre drought is prevailing. The cot in crop has improved over the south istern portion of the State and in the arishes along the Mississippi river, here it is generally growing and fruit g well. Over the western portion of e State the crop needs rain generally, d in some places has already coin ened to deteriorate. Rust aid shed g are reported quite exten sive in a w localities between the Red and Sa ne riv .rs. Early planted cotton is >ening generally throughout the State, d some picking is being dona. Pre ture opening as a result of dry eather is reported from Grant parisis. no much rain is reported from a few of e extreme southerstern parishes, here grass and weeds are getting a ud start; otherwise the crop is gener y in a good state of cultivation. ~nile some plaCes report an excellent ospect, the outlo k is generally for a eld below the average. In some lo blities the plant is fruiting to the top the stalk. In Tennessee the good rains which 1over the greater portion of the eas n and midcile divisions on the 5th and were immensely benefioial to grow g crops and pastures. Cotton, which, hle standing the drought fairly well, as beginning so suffer, will take a new In Texas, some heavy rains for the 035 part the resut of loca! thunder orms, occurred over a small area in se .ortheastern portion of the State on te 6th, and light showers fell along e Gulf coast as for south as Mata >rda county, elsewhere with the ex ~ption of a few light sprinklets over idely scattered loeslities, conditions, iroughout the State have been decid ly drouthy, and the rainfall for the eek has been markedly deficient. The rought which has prevailed over the >utern, western and northwestern ctions has been greatly intensified by se dry, warm weather of the past eek, and, with the hot southerly wind, ad a disastrous, effect on ve..etation nerally. Conditions, especially in the tntrai poit on of the State, have be me quite seriou.s. The general con iion of cotton along the greater por on of the Trinity river valley, thence aisward to the Lcuisiana border, and some of the counties along the Guf while the crop is not seriously snfering for moisture, a general rain would be of inealculable value. In all portions of the State, except where rain fell, a marked change for the worse is noted in the condition of cotton, and many fields which have passed without seri ous injury through so many unfavor able conditions are failing fast. Where rain fell cotton is doing fairly well, but many complaints of rust are received, and the boll weevil is working in some sections; where the drought prevails it, has stopped growing; a number of complaints of shedding are received and a number of fields are reported to be opening prematurely. Cotton pick ing except in some of the northern counties i in general progress. In Arkansas about normal tempora ture prevailed during the week. Rain fell in most sections of the State, but was very uncveniy distributed. Cotton is reported to be in very good condition in many section?, while in others it is shedding and rust is dping some lam age. In Oklahoma and Indian Territory cotton continued to make a fair growth bolling a -d fruiting well, and was in good condition, except over a few lo calities where it is shedding consider able, due to hot, dry weather. WEATHER AND CROP3. Ideal Conditions Prevailed Nearly all Over the State. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops in the State issued yesterday by Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service 1 of the United S:ates weather bureau: 1 Moderate and nearly normal temper ature prevailed during the week end- I ing S a. m. Monday, August l2.h, with a maximum of 96 degrees at Green- 1 wood and a minimum of 62 degrees at Greenville. In the southeastern coun ties and a few localities in other por I tions of the State the amount of sun shine was deficient, but generally it t was just right for cotton and other crops. Damaging high winds cc ,urred I at a fiw points, blowing down some corn. General and benefirial rains occurred on the 5th, 6 h and 7h. There were also scattered showers near the close of the week. At a few points in the I middle Savannah valley more rain is 1 needed, while over the northeastern t counties the rainfall was excessive and 1 to sone extent harmful. Sam) places in that section had over six inches of 1 rain in two days, and the week's av erage for the whole States is about t o inches. Freshets in the Wateree and Great Pee Dae rivers and confluent creeks I destroyed all lowland crops, entailing great loss and causing much distress in those sections. After making due allowance for the I damaging conditions briefly noted above, the past week was the most I favorable one of the season on growing crops, and the ideal weather conditions I caused a marked improvement on all crops, except ea' ly corn and tobacco, both being too nearly ripe to be benefit. ted. With few exceptions, correspondents throughrout the State report an im 1 pro vement in cotton. There are a few fields infested with lice, some with rust, and there is a little shedding, while on sandy soils cotton seems to have stopped growing, but generally the plants are healthy, of fair asize, well frunted and still growing. Earliest cot ton is opening! sea island is blooming prof useiy. Little change-is noted in old corn, but young has improved and is now promising. Tobacco cutting and caring is unfiaisned, having been delayed by the excessive rains. Rice is heading well in most districts, and some will soon be ready to harvest. Peas, sweet potatoes and all minor crops are doing well, excapr s igar cane and sorghum, which are poor in places The hay crop will be a large one ovar the western counties. Pasture are fie. The soil is in excellent condition for plantirng fall truck crops, and for sowing turnips. The general outlook for autumn filled crops is decidedly bet ter than heretofore. Republican Prosperity. The Spartanburg Herald says ane cat ton mills in Fail Raver have made a 14 per cent reduc;ion in wages, to go into effect the trat of September. The ac tion unanimous. While cotton mills all over the country are having a hardi time just now, making more goods than they oa.n dispose of profitably, it is to be hoped that the mills of the south will be able to tide over this period of. depression without reducing wages. Tillman's View. Senator TillIman of South Carolina, who was in Washington Tuesday en route east-to meet an engagement to leture, said that Senator MVcLaurin is not so strong in his State toiay as he was six week. ago. He was sure that if the primary election for senator were to come off in South Carolina now Mr. MLaurin could no; get more than 15, 000 or 20,000 in the first pnimary a year hence, and he was satisfied he could not be elected. A Town Burned Early Wednesday morning fire broke 1 out at Chipley, Fia., a railway station, t and destroyed property worth $100,-c 000, . The fire was of an incendiary t origin, and makes the third that hast imied that town within the past 60e days. The citizsns will offer a large reward for the apprehension of the in-i endiaries who are supposed to be ne-t groes. There is considerable excite-r ment. A Mean Defence. Miss Stella Emslie, of Prescott, On-a tario, has brought suit for breach of promise against a former sweetheart. In his answer to the suit the defen-r dant alleges that when he became en gaged, eight years age, Miss Emeslia weighed 125 pounds, but that she now t weighs 315 pounds, and is not the girlt to whom he became engaged. That he f is a small man, and could not consent1 to marry her.t Houses Washed Away. a Coal Creek in Tennessee is two feet higher than ever before in its history. Half of the town of Coal Creek is inun dated and the people are moving to higher ground. Seven bridges and trestles on the Southern 'railroad near Oal Creek are reported washed away. Sixhouss were washed away near Coal Creek. The damage will amount to many thousand dollars. Nc liV(s are reported lost. He Is Right. Melville E Ingalls, president of the, "Big Four" Railway company, one of the brainicet of the captains of indus try, publi'y declarel that the only way to save the institutions cf this country is to return to state rights-E local self goveanment." He is dead CHARLESTON WAKING UP. rhe City Council End, the Dispensary Law as an Ordinance The Columbia Record says unich in terest has been enaitod, especially in lispensary circles over the proposed sc ion of the city council of Charleston in passing an anti-liquor selling ordin nee. When Mayor 3myth appeared before the state boar. of control be ieclared that while the oily enforced the law as well as possible, yet he lidn't think the passige of such an >rdinance would be conatitutiona', as the city had no jurisdiction in such uases any more than it hai in burglary >r murder or such serious crimes. The state board withheld the profi:s from harleston, and that seems to have brought about a chan ge of of opinion s to the constitutionality of the en Eoroement of such an ordinance The following is from the Charleston Past: "As was stated y3sterday in the Evening Post, the ordinance is pra ically a ro enactment of the dispen ary act itself. The c.rdinanoa gives he mayor and the p~lice the right to make the dispensers obey the law as ell as the people generally. The lispensary act covers the conduct of he liquor traffic in all the details of the prevailing system and the beer lispensers, the regular dispensers and the illicit dealers will all get a taste of the new ordinance in curse of time. "It is understool that the police uthorities will give their attenti n :o the hours of operation of the dis pensers and will ee-ze beer wagon mud contents on the streets after ours, will require the dispensers to sell only to parties who will sign their names on an open book, to be kept specially for the purpose, not to sell :o drunkards, minors and men who are nown to deal illegally in liquor, and he many other piovissions governing he dispensers, will hav to be followed ' 0a the other hand, the polioe are -q-ired to keep a close watch on the )arrooms, and it is proposed to en orce the new ordinanc 3 in a way hat has never been done here before. Lhe proposed system will make the lispensers keep a check on the bar *oom keepers and the latter will in urn watch the former, and between he espionage of the dispensers and llicit dealers on each other and the afomation which they will give, the ,olice department will be kept busy mud the law will be properly enforced. "With the supply from the dispen aries shut off, many of the barrooms will close, for it is generally known hat most of the cheap whiskey sold ibout the city comes fram the diepan caries. With an active force of con stables at the depots and along the water front, the importrs of liquors will find business dull and unprofit ible. Chief of Police Boyle had noth ng to say this morning regarding the iew ordinance, except that he would see that the provisions were observed 'he ordinance is not yet operative, as ,t must be ratified before it becomss a aw, and that cannot be done until souncil meets next month. In the neantime, the police force wi'l doubt ess study up ways and means of en oring the act." Object to Negro Neighbor. The Rev. Dr. Seth D. Smith, pastor f the Betal African Methodis Epis sopal church at Dean street and Schnec ady avenue, Brooklyn, who lives at [73 Schenectady avenue, is having a hard time of it as his landlord and the eighbors are opposed to his occupying he house. Dr. $mith moved into the ouse about ex weeks ago and paid two monthe rent in advance. When his white neighbors learned that a negro 1ad moved into the avenue they be same angry and since then have made t unpleasant for him. Day and night is ears are assailed by the negro song: 'Coon, coon, coon; I wish my color would fade; Joon, coon, coon; i wish I was a diffbr ent shade. Joon, cocn, coon; morning, night amnd noon, [ wish I was a white man, instead of a coon, coon, coon." Dr. Smith says he intends to hold the ort. He rented the house in order to > near his church. Tne landlord says ie will not take another cent from the legro clergyman and when the time is ip will begin dispossess proceedings. Dr. Smith lauarhs at the landlord and hows with much satisfaction a 1b ase or one year. "If they wil not accept the rent when t is due," said Dr. Smith, "it is their >usiness and not mine. The rent will ,e ready when it is due. If they wont ske it, I'll not force it upon them, but 'm here to stay until the lease ex >ires."-New 1 ork Sun. Makes Cloth New Again. Take about 20 laurel-leaves, prefer bly young, and, having carefully rashed them, place them in an earth inware dish. Pour a pint of boiling rater over them, and let them steep for wo or three hours, and you will have a excellent solution for cleaning cloth ir serge. It will be found to remove 1l status without the least injury to he fabric. IBrush the garment well on th sides, and remove all linings and rimmings in bad coadition. S3pread i a table, and sponge carefully with he solution, wring and dry. It will hen look like new. iBtek slik can be ileaned in this way, but greater care is Lecessary. If the silt is in breadth., t must be very lightly sponged, then ightly rolled in a linen cloth round a oer, and allowed thus to dry. How to Save Your Figs. A gentleman on the Sand Hills lost 11 of the first crop of' figs by the depre ations of rnumerous jay-birds, wocd teckers and sparrows infesting that egion. When the second fig crop came in, the feathered host prepared for ,nother banquet, but were frustrated y a simple aevice. Strings with fiut ering pennons c f red tissue paper were estconed arouad and about the tree. ~he birds came, halted in an adjacent ree, held a vociferous indignation neeting and retired bmffibd. This seems n effective fig protection and may be ommended to the attention of the de artment of agriculture.-Augusta Jhrnicle. Stays in Jail. Carrie Nation, the smasher of liquor aloons, is rusticating in jail in Topeka, iecause she can't pay a fine of $148, ,d of all the crowd of cranks that fob owed and egged her on not one has een to see her or offer har help. Even )vid, her husband, has deeerted her. at perhaps David thinks that keeping Lr in jail is the best way to keep her rithin bounds. Two Ladies Drowned. Stella and Gertrude Ambrose, daugh ers of Pilot Andrew Ambrose, of lavannah, were drowned Wednesday rhile bathing in the surf off Farber's oint 'Tybee island. ltattuesnaked. From the effective character of their weapons of offense and defense, rattlesnakes have a great advantage In the struggle for existence against all animals except man and his do mertic companion, the pig. Hence, in unsettled localities in North Amer ica they are abundant, especially in the warm regions of the south and west. In many places they are the most abundant species of snakes, as, for instance, on the plains, where no species is as often seen as the Cro talus confluentus. That they have been much more abundant in many will parts of the east than at pres ent is indicated by the great quanti ties of their bones which are found in the caves of the limestone regions of the Mississippi valley. The pig, as is well known, will destroy and eat rattlesnakes with impunity. It is said that the poison is not sufficiently in troduced into the circulation to cause deAth, owing i o the thick adipose lay er with which the domesticated pig Is covered.-Smithsonian Report. The Bermuda Lily. The Bermuda lily was introduced into this country in 1375. Two plants in bud and bloom were brought to Philadelphia by a lady and given to a florist. This florist, appreciating their beauty and value, cultivated the plants for the bulbs. Since that time the ex porting of the lily bulbs has been one of the industries of Bermuda. Very few lilies are exported, as the cut flow ers do not arrive in good condition. Nor does it pay to export the growing plants, because of the duty and the cost of freighting so delicate a cargo. The bulbs are exported all over the world and are a valuable source of revenue. Thus these beautiful lilies have a new significance. They bloom that, dying, they may come to life un der new conditions, where they sur pass in beauty what they were in their native home. The cultivating of the bulbs means special care of the flow ers, for to this care is due the quality of the bulb.-Lilian Betts, in Woman's Home Companion. Convention. The beautiful Lib Teters, daughter of Jim Teters, the illicit distiller, ob served with uneasiness that the reve nue officer had red hair and wore glasses. For convention prescribed that she fall in love with this person and be tray her father'ssecret to him. "Marry an ill-favored mug, this!" she muttered, dropping somewhat in to colonial dialect before she per ceived, in her agitation, just where she was dropping. But there was a measure of consola tion in the reflection that convention likewise made it incumbent upon the revenue officer brutally to desert her, after he had obtained the information he wanted.-Detroit Journal. Wanted Thirteen-Inch Shells. The negro porter in a certain office building applied to a young lawyer who had frightened him on various oc casions and asked him to write out all of the big words he knew on a piece of paper. The lawyer, being puzzled at the re quest, asked the negro what he wanted with the words. "Well, you see, boss," replied the darky, "I is going to have a debate with a sassy young nigger who thinks he is eddicated. He don't know big words, and he hasn't got de sense to find out how to git dem, and if you will jest help me out, boss, I will do dat Digger up in de fust round."-Memphis Scim itar. The Queen Got Her Primroses. The following little anecdote, told by the queen herself, will show her in dependence of character: Very fond of primroses, and finding none in the royal gardens, she sent word to have some planted. The gardeners, the queen said, made many objections, and finding, shortly afterward, that her wishes had not been carried out, she dispatched a messenger, inquiring the reason. "I suppose Queen Anne had none," she said, "so they did not think It proper for me to have any: but I sent them word promptly that Queen Victoria would have some-and she dd."-Century. Matter of Tone. Wife-We really ought to have a piano. Husband-What's the good of hav ing a piano? You can't play. "No, but it would give tone to the house." "Oh, if it's tone you want I'll buy a bans drum."-Chicago Daily News. Accounted For. "I wonder why we always have some very bleak weather after the begin ning of spring?" the observant board er remarked. "Oh, the weather bureau has some winter remnants to work off," the dry goods boarder said.-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Sovereign. La India. The sovereign has never been a pop ular coin in India. Among the wealthier natives who have not yet learned to trust the yellow metal as currency the idea of turning a sovereign into orna ments, such as earrings and brooches, has recently become a fad.-N. Y. Sun. Stingy. Some people are so stingy that ii given a million dollars they would register a violent kick because they had to pay taxes on it.-Chicage Daily News. Mean Man to Deal With. It is not safe to buy a man, for if he is mean enough to sell out, he is also mean enough to tell it.-Wash ington (Ia.) Democrat. The Worst Evil. The worst evil we have to contend with In this world is insincerity. Chicago Daily News. Cupid in Command. Of the 400 American teachers who Bailed on the transport Thomas from an Francisco to Manila, sixty of them on reaching Honolulu were married. he teachers had been chosen from the nany normal universities of the coun try and were strangers to each other. rheir acquaintance and courtship ex ended over a period of less than tea days The captain of the Thomas re fused to permit the weddings while at sea, and the thirty couple, upon the arrival of the transport at Honolulu, ought out a clergyman and were mar ried. A boat was chartered and the thirf y pairs made a tour of the bay. A Fatal Stroke. A terrific electrical storm visited the Gr enville section Monday night, doing cansiderable damage in the mill village of the American Spinning ompany. A six-room house was struck and Miss Citoria Levi and Miss Bus bee were almost instantly killed. Cling ham Ward was, also struck, but is still living, although his condition is still serious. Four children of the assell family, who were occupants of the house, were also shocked, re Origin of the Toast. If the celebrated Beauty of Bath in the days of Charles the Second, who was the original "toast," had been Iden tified by the Tatler, when it traced the eerivation of this word, which two cen turies ago was a pleasant and entirely unnecessary excuse for much drinking, one important phase of the social sea son in New York might be dedicated to her. The distinguished editors of the Tatler were somewhat lacking in news sense, according to modern standards. They didn't search the musty inn rec ords of Bath for the lady's name, and probably they wouldn't have found it If they had. The Tatler's picturesque explanation of the present secondary. meaning of the word toast has ever sinoe been accepted as adequate. A celebrated beauty was discovered in the Cross Bath by some of her admir ers, one of whom took a glass of the water in which she stood and drank her health. Another gall'a.nt, well fud died with wine, offered to jump in, and swore that although he liked not the liquor, he would have the toast, this being an allusion to the usage of the time of drinking with a toast at the bottom of the glass. "This whim," says the Tatler, naively, "gave founda tion to the present honor which is done to the lady we mention in our liquors who has ever since been called a toast."-George B. Mallon, in Ains lee's. Better If He Had. Coming home rather late one night, old Jones discovered a country yokel with a lantern standing by the kitchen door. "Young man," said he, "what are you doing here?" "I've come a-courting, sur." "A-courting? What do you mean?" "Well, I'm a follower of Mary, the kitchen maid, sur." "Do you usually carry a lantern when you are on such errands?" asked the old man, sarcastically. "Yes, sur, always." "Don't tell me such nonsense. You had better be off quickly - courting with a lantern, indeed! In my young days I never used such a thing." "No, sur," replied the yokel, sidling off, "judging by yer missus, I shouldn't think yer did."-London King. Turns Flank on Monitress. It was at an exclusive South side boarding school and the young women pupils in the institution were at din ner. The preceptress was a task mis tress of the most rigid sort and al ways paid special attention to the manners of the young women at the table. She laid down the strictest rules and she compelled her pupils to obey them to the letter. On this occasion she espied one of the young women wiping her knife with a napkin. "Would you do such a thing as that at home?" .asked the preceptress, sharply. "No, indeed, I would not," replied the young woman. "We have clean knives at home."-Chicago Chronicle. Viennese Mufs. A peasant woman in Vienna is sel dom seen in winter without her muff of dilapidated fur, writes a traveler. She may carry a hod of bricks, or a shovel, or drag a wagon with one hand, but the other will be secure from the weather. It is not an un usual sight in the Austrian capital to see women w.orking in the street, re pairing pavements and making trenches, swinging pick and handling shovel. in the most masterly fashion. These women wear almost any sort of costume that may be at hand. To their backs are often strapped bas kets containing heavy burdens, or mayhap the family cherub' swung over the shoulders in a shawL-N. Y. Sun. Wonderful Milking Record. The milking record for New Zealand has been put up by a Plains settler and his wife, who, without any help except what could be given by a 20 month-old infant, milked 79 cows twice daily. It is a fact, and can be vouched for, that he delivered on an average 2,000 pounds of milk a day at the fac tory, and not a penny was spent in wages last year.-New Zealand Eee ord. The Sumatran Widow. In Sumatra, if a woman is left a widow, immediately after her hus band's death she plants a flagstaff at her door, upon which a flag is raised. So long as the flag remains untorn by the wind the etiquette of Sumatra for bids her to marry, but at the first rent, however tiny, she ean lay aside her weeds and accept the first offer she has.-Womanhood. Alabama Beaten Biscuit. One quart flour, one tablespoonful lard and butter mixed, teaspoonful salt. Mix into a stiff dough with wa ter. Pound or work until the dough is soft and "blisters." Roll out the dough until three-quarters of an inch thick; cut out with small biscuit cutter; mark with fork holes. Bake in moderate oven.-Washington Star. When Charm Meets Charm. Mr. Jackson-I done hab my rabbit's foot erlong, but she give me de mahble heahit, jes' same! Mr. Johinson-Mebbe she done bab her rabbit's foot erlong, tool-Smart He Knew 'rnem. Smartley-That's young Bluegore who just passed. HRartley-You seem to be familiaE hereabouts. I guess you know more than half of the young swells in town, eli? "If I didn'.t know more than all of them put together, I'd go to school again."-Philadelphia Press. Among Women Friends. "Now I am sure that Ernesto wants to marry me." "What ground have you for saying that?"' "I've noticed that Ernesto begins to be unable to stand mamma." Mexican Herald. No Doubt About It. "You seem," said tne authior's irri table friend. "to think you know more than anybody else." "I seem to think so?" was the se rene rejoinder. 'Not at all, my dear boy; I know it!"-Tit-Bits. The Limit. First Arctic Explorer (coming down)-I've been hunting for the pole for the last 18 months. Second Arctic Explorer (going up) -How far did you get? "As far's my last dog!"-Puck. No Faupers in Iceland. The people of Iceland are all poor, ut there are no paupers, no depend ents; all are self-supporting. There is little or no crime there.-N. Y. Sun. Contentment.1 The contented man i~s never poor; the discontented man never rich. Tigonm King Edward's Pew4Uisites. A king has many privileges, but the oddest of all King Edward's is surely the right he has by statute to the head of every whale caught on the coasts of his kingdom. The tail is to go to Queen Alexandra, the object of the di vision being to guarantee that the queen's wardrobe shall be furnished with whalebone. King Edward is not likely to receive many whales, how ever long he may reign, but there are many perquisites of the crown which are not so rare as whales in England. The king is entitled, for instance, to every sturgeon brought to land in the United Kingdom; one.of them, caught in the Thames, was on the table at Queen Victoria's wedding banquet. The king should receive, too, every year from divers persons, a tablecloth worth three shillings, two white doves, two white hares, a cataptlt, a pound of cuminseed, a horse and halter, a pair of scarlet hose, a currycomb, a pair of tongs, a crossbar, a coat of gray, a nightcap, a falcon, two knives, a lance worth two shillings and a sil ver needle from his tailor.-St. James Gazette. Queerest Railroad in the World. The queerest railroad in the world runs in and out and around a public garden on the outskirts of Paris. called the "Jardin d'Acclimitation." In appearance it resembles a cross between a great Chinese dragon and a sea serpent. The engine forms the head of .the enormous beast, and the steam arising from its nostrils is quite in keeping with the fabulous tales of dragons, who are popularly supposed to breathe forth smoke and flame. Each car forms a joint of the creature's sinuous body,and the seats are along the sides-back to back. To go gliding through the woods and open grounds of this park on this curious monster is a fascinating sport.-N. Y. Herald. A New London Organization. An organization in England is known as "Scapa," the word being made up of the initial letters of the words "Society for Checking Abuses of Public Advertising." The members of the association are opposed to the placing of glaring business announce ments on picturesque rocks, along rustic roadways, on 'buses and on huge billboards. They declare that the newspaper is the proper place for advertisements, since the latter are intended to convey information of a news character. Moreover, they say, better results can be achieved by newspaper advertisements than by objectionable signs and posters.-N. Y. Sun. Population of German Empire. Germany, according to the census taken on December 1 of last year, has :6,342.014 inhabitants, of whom 27, 731,676 are males and 28,613,947 are fe males. TIN population of Prussia is 1,500,000, of Bavaria 6,200,000, of Sax .ony, 4,200,000 and of Wurtemberg 2,300,000. The population in cities of over 100,000 inhabitants is 9,100,000, or 16.7 per cent. of the whole. In five years the population of the empire has ncrcased by 4,065,113. Since the first census in 1871 it has increased by 13, 00,000, or nearly. 33 per cent -N. Y. Sun. Memory at Fault. Miss. Passay-Old Col. Guff was re marking that the weather of this Christmas was exactly like that of '71, and he asked me if I didn't remem ber. Miss Hammer-You don't say? "Yes, positively insulting, wasn't it?" "Oh, I don't know. I don't think he meant any offense. He probably doesn't know what a wretched mem ory you have."-Catholic Standard and Times. Lived Under Many Monarchs. The little Norfolkshire town of Wal ton may well be described as the home~ of patriarchs, for there reside eight persons who have lived under five English monarchs - George III., George IV., William IV., Queen Vic toria and King Edward. In addition there are eight other residents who are octogenarians, and the 16 form an aggregate of 1,300 years. - Chicago Chronicle. A Convert to Civilization. "Are you aware of the benefits of civilization?" "Fully," answered the barbarian. "We are realizing them already. We have captured a Maxim gun, and the whole 'neighborhood is delighted to get away from the old-fashioned method of killing people one at a time.'-Washington Star. Fairs Are Demoralizing. The state government of Pueblo, Mexico, has prohibited fairs and local newspapers applaud its action. .One of them says that the old jolly fiestas have degenerated into mere drinking and gamnbling sprees-"a public re proach."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Ghoulish Glee in Boston. Gothamite-.L suppose you may think we New Yorkers ire rather se vere on your Boston girls when we speak of theii- cold-bloodedness? Hubbite-Not at all. So many of your fellows have been frozen out by them, you know.-Boston Transcript. An Early Case. "Then," said the man whose memory was being refreshed, "I believe Noah became intoxicated." "Yes," said the other party; "it was one of the first recorded instances of iceless skates."-Puck. Astonishingly Easy. It is astonishmng how easy it is to aidylse others how to run their busi es. -Washington (Is.) Democrat. Never Decide a Bet. Never decide a bet; the loser will hate you.-Atchison Globe. Hand Ruling an qad Rooks. Has attention ever been drawn to the fact that the ruling of lines in old bocks is done by hand? That this was the case is proved by the frequent un evenness of the work. Here and there one can see that the ink gave out be fore the line was ended. Almost all the title pages of seventeenth century ser mons are hand ruled, the page being set as it were in a frame. In some cases the ruling is carried through the volume in this fashion. I may cite as examples the 1623 and 1632 Shakes peare Folios, Sydenham's "Sermons" (1637), and Wase's dictionary (1662). In the last instance the page is ruled nto three columns. This work must have been done after the printing, while the book was in sheets, and it must have employed many workmen. otes and Qupag JUDGE Jenks. of the Supreme Jourt of New York, told the law ;tudents of New York Uuiversi ;y the other day that "the man vith furrows in his brow wins ganst the man with creases in u trers veary time. 969 koyalty jat' Twice. It is not out of place to' mention, especially as the fact is never sui' eiently remembered when royal in' comes are discussed, that royal per sonages have the dubious privilege of paying at least twice as much for nearly everything they buy as ordi nary mortals are charged. From a diamond tiara to a breakfast roll, al most every article they order is charged for by the royal purveyors at double the price at which it can be bought by a private citizen. It is not only that kings and princes can not chaffer and bargain, but it is a tradition with them-almost a point of etiquette, at any rate in this coun try-not to inquire too curiously the price of anything they wish to pur chase. Practically, the only excep tions to this unwritten law are when the princess of Wales, for instance, goes shopping privately, in which case it is etiquette for tradesmen to ad dress and deal with her as a private person. But even then the royal per sonage, if recognized, is. usually out rageously charged. For instance, two Christmases ago the princess of Wales bought two or three of the little -nil ver "Trilby" feet that were so popu lar that year. For these she was charged two pounds each, while the price marked on them in the window was 22s. 6d.-Free Lance. The Kitchen-Garden. Whether the "garden" be a two acre plat or a city back yard 20-by 30 feet, there are certain things that should be planted for the infinite comfort derived through the summer from such provision. Herbs come first, that garnishings and soup or sauce flavors may always be at hand. If besides the place for herbs there be space for a fair-sized garden, let preference be given to cucumber, which are good only when freshly picked; tomatoes, and . about three plantings, two weeks apart, of- let tuce and radishes, which are whole- . some only when fresh. If more space still be at command, give the next choice to green beans of the string- . less variety, and corn, both of which are so much better if freshly gate ered; then peas, carrots (a most delicate vegetable when small), .beets and okra.-Ella Morris Kretschmar, in Woman's Hone Companion. Speed and Endurance of Dogs. Dogs and wild animals of the same family are remarkable for theirquick ness and staying powers in running. as everyone knows. A fox terrier, for example, will follow his master's car' riage for hours with no signs of fa-e. tigue. Wolves will travel 60 miles ia a night. Nansen saw Arctic foxei an the ice' nearly 500 miles from and found their tracks in the-snow~d the parallel of 85 degrees north. Eskd mo dogs can travel 45 miles in iven hours, according to Hayes, who reg.: cites that he once drove his dog-tesam seven miles in half an hour. A Siberian dog, on good ice, will draw about ". pounds; our ordinary dogs, at fn1r speed, run at the rate of from33aolk feet per second; setters and~joint = about 181/2 to 217-10 miles per:houm. and they can maintain this speed:;o;E two or even three hojr F oxhounds are very fast, and in frecentitriatoee of them beat a thoroughbred hre covering 4 miles in 6% minuts. e' ' hounds can run at the rateof 5io '75 feet per second. Horses cannoto-e ceed 63 feet per second.-lN. YSun. A flaugue' ==Oer. It was a barber who had long served on the cracks of an Atlantic liner whose saloon was visited by'one of the owners. The .indications of the ge eral notion trade done by this ton-j> sorial artist were much in eoi and -were set out with a skill ta would have put an Oxford street ie dow dresser to the blush. "I don't quite like this," said the owner. "Thir is a ship, not a store," and then joking ly added: "I thinke s1al10ave..to Z make a change." "I wouldn't do that if I were you," retorted the barber "I've been with you now 15 years, and - - If you dismiss me I'll start an oppo sition llne right away."-Marine Jour nal. Nikola's Latest. Nikola Tesla rushed into the news.~ raper ofice with the light of triumph on his face. "Eurekal I have it at last!" he shouted. - "What! Again?" inquired the pea simistic editor. "I have it now! Marvelous! Mar velous! I have devised .an alarmC lock which you may set for aix o'clock, but which will not go of until you want to get up."-Balti more American. Light as a Cures At a meeting of the Academy of Sciences in Paris on December 3 M P. Garnault reported that in cer tain diseases light exercises a specific curative action. The most successful treatment under concen trated light occurred in cases of inus cular and articular rheumatism, vari ous kinds of ulcers and chronic ca tarrh of the nose and ear.-Youth's Companion. Taking No Chances. Hotel Clerk-I am sorry, sir, but you will have to give satisfactory proof about those scars on your hands. Ham de Fatte-Why, can't a man have scars? "No. How do I know but what yu got those scars while sliding down te lightning rod at the last hotel!"-h cago Daily Newis.. ' ttachments. Polonious-Attachments are quicka ly formed in our profession. Hamalkter-Alas, 'tis true! 1 "Why that note of melancholy i thy tone?" "I was thinking of my wardrobe which my landlord has this day at tached."-Ohio State Journal. But Nothing Is Done. Mrs. Pettit-Whenever I express a desirefor anything my husband never objects. Mrs. Ig. Nord-Same with me. I-can express the desire as often as I please. It never disturbs Mlm-Phil adephia Press. Cause and Effect. She-I'd never have married you if I'd have known you would become daf. He-I should never have become deaf if I hadn't married you. Gaiety. But, Oh the Fun. Phil Ossifer-Young man, a rollig stone gathers no moss. Mr. Flitabout-Oh, I know, Phil, but think what a deuced lively time it has rolling!-Ohio State JournaL Put Him to Sleep. Poet-Did you get my book of son nets that I sent you? His Friend-Oh, yes- delightful! I couldn't sleep till I'd read 'em."-Tid