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Porgive. ~a 1. 1k : _ " Than aliv :he deep eankering f;,i of revenge i. your breast to abido: For your step u er life's patn wil be lighter When the load from ya:r IS cast. And the glorious say a: seem brighter. When the e>ud + dis.dmo a.urc ava passed. Thouczh your spirit swell high with emotit n To live back injustice again, Sink the thought in oblivion's ooean For remembrance increases the pain. Oh, why should we linger in sorrow. When its shadow is passing away Or seek to encounter, tomorrow, The blast that o'er swept us today. Our life's stream is a varyi:= riv . And though it may placidy lirde. When the sunbeams of joy o'er it quiver. It rust foam when the storm meets its tide. Then stir not its current to madness. For its wrath thou wilt ever regret: Though the morning beams break on thy sadness, Ere the sunset, forgive and forget. To Two OTp1nra. By D'nnery. CIAl'TEIR IX. THE BLIND GIILS SUFFERtINGS. The garret into which La l"rochard's cruelty and love for gain had consigned Louise, was a place to make even the stoutest heart quail. imagine a low, narrow room, reek ing with ordors from decaying wood and rags, and damp from the mists which arose from the Seine, and pene trating every crack and crevice, caus ing the unhappy inmate toshiver with dread, as if struck by a blast from a charnel house. The blind girl's sufferings were fear ful. For a moment all would be q uiet as the tomb, and then. start led by some unusual noise, the rats which infested the dismal place would scam per from their hiding-places causing Louise to- shrink with fear from the almost unearthly noise of which she knew not the meaning. Her imagination, vivid as it is in the blind, peopled the fearful place with terrors which were intensified by being unseen. During the hours of the day, and yet more dreary ones of the night, poor Louise crouched close to the low roof. trembling at every new noise caused by the wind or waves, and even pray ing that she might be visited by her brutal captors: for much as she dread ed them, the sound of a human voice would be a relief to her overtaxed nerves. After what seemed to her many days, but was in reality little more than twenty-four hours, Louise heard the sound of heavy footsteps on the stairs, and immediately after, the door was unlocked, and a man entered. The voice which she heard told her plainly that it was Jacques who had visited her, and much as she feared him, she gladly welcomed his coming. Instinctively, she knew that he was gazing upon her, and before she spoke, she sunk upon her knees before himnin an attitude of supplication. "If you have any pity in your heart -if youi ever knew what it is to suffer -take me from this fearful p lace." The tears which rolled down her pale cheeks showed how intense was her agony: but it had no effect upon the wretch before her. A coarse, brutal laugh was the only answer to her pleadings, and she sunk upon the floor almost lifeless. Villain as he was, Jacques saw tiat their victim could not survive her im prisonment many hours longer: for even as it, was, her day of terror had changed the rosycheeked Normandy girl as much as would many days of severe sickness. The pallid cheeks, the deep, dark circles under the eyes, and the marks of suffering that were to be read in every feature of her delicate face, told how severe had been her anguish. "You are better fitted for your busi ness now than you were before you came here," said Jacques as he exult ed over the misery, and Aelighted in the pain he had been the means of causing. "Oh, take me away-take me away: I will do as you tell me!" she pleaded. "Will you beg?" "Yes-yes:" "Well, come along then," and he grasped her by the arm, which was piltected only by a thin covering of coarse cotton, with a force that caused her to scream with pain. "Devilish tender, ain't you?" tie asked, with a chuckle, as he brutally dragged her toward the doorway. "Well is she willing to help her friends now?" asked the shrill tones of Mother Frochard's voice, as Louise and Jacques appeared in the doorway. "I guess she'll behave herself now," laughed Jacques, as he forced the blind girl to descend the stairs without any assistance from him. "Oh, very well--very well- my fine lady," said the old woman, as she led Louise to a seat near the table. "If you have been there long enough, I suppose you'd like to have something to eat, you ungrateful hussy'." "I am very hungry, madame," fal tered Louise. "Well, it's a good thing," snarled the old woman, "you'll know how to appreciate what you get after this." Jacques, seated astride of the chair, with his arms resting on the back. en joyed the scene with evident zest. while Louise listened anxiously for Pie rre's sympathizing voice. Let us leave this scene for a while, and follow Henriette. while she ac companies her deliverer from the beau tiful, but vile garden of Bel-Air. They had reached the street before Henriette ventured to speak to the chevalier of her gratitude for the as sistance he had rendered her. Then, in a voice trembling with emotion, she thanked him for his interference, and begged him to show her the way to the place where she had been robbed of her sister. The distance was very great, and during the walk the Chevalier lDe Vaudrey learned all of the history of the beautiful girl whom he had res cued from such a fearful fate: but in reply to the probable fate of her sister. he icould not conscientiously lighten her heart. "But I shall tind her. shall I not. monsieur?" asked Hlenriette, lookingt up into his face with an imploring gaze. For a moment D~e Vaudry thought he would tell her how little chance there was for tinding a lost girl immne diately, unless some kind, honest peo ple had taken compassion on her, and even then it would require several days. But as he looked into her beau tiful eyes, and saw there the hope and lonaing that was mirrored in them, he could not speak those words which would plunge her into despair. Therefore he assumed a hopeful air, which was very far from being sincere. and replied: "We shall tind your sister. mnademoi sele, but you must not get discouraged if it takes several days. tor we enn hope to tind no clew to where she has gone." Henriette was not satishoud with the answer, but she said not hinig, and bi a few moments mere they had reacedJ the Normandy coach omeie. The most persist ent mnuuiry rev eaieai nothing relative to Louilsc's where aots N ne had scnf her exeni i . i \ .: t ' ! " ' k i l l . : i{_ " . f l l f a n f ra r. ta l h. ar d by. " he beair; thtofla(dI\'tei~lt'V face and mind of the letanit i lieitte, lilte C .hevalier de'. \ i Cy was ready to 1filmf away al! R :1 Of wealthl andi king'ly favor.and t.' '. the young girl to necom hi u'. And wily should we\t'e Louise's s ier'is ':-: th .tn They were surel Irba the liet t of tI pyj ani yci hleb'.r 1l 1d li t i 0%V eli 110 il erCy. T -euriee weI wil pass over three m siilIi ii. urnl whlie ch each (ay, to b e. the1 sorrow iig orphians. Ibrouglt tile same siory of misery and de spiran in~ our n~ Iext echapter presenclt a iew scene to the rea(er. CHIA'TEil X. THE MIN ISTEIR OF 'I LICE. The newly appointed minister of po lice was the Count de Linieres. as we heard at the garden of Bel-Air. le was the uncle, and until that voung gentleman attained his ila.:Ori tv. the guardian of the Chevalier ialu rice de Vaudrev. Count de Linieres was of a very old and proud family. hut the hope of dis 1inct'i induced himls to accept. of t he high o:hice tendered him by the king. who honored hi:r: for his Sterling worth. It is shortly after his accession to omlice. and before he is well ac(1uaintedi with the ilt ricat worKingS of the ( vast and coiplicated body over which he is the acknowledged head, that we present him to our readers. A tall. portly old gentleman of some sixty years Of age is he, and one who as a friend would 1)t' true. and as an enlemy,\ h1uulacablet. )n this part icular afternoon he has just dismissed several of his subordi nates. and is now giving some neces sary instruction to the chief clerk. 1"'I desire.' said the count. "that there should be no relaxation in the severity of the police toward ganbl iug dens. low drinking places. and other haunts of crime. Professional beggars. too, must be ariven from the streets." These orders were delivered in the tone of a man who. having weighed what he is about to say, expects to be obeyed. "Their number increases daily," re plied the clerk, with a gesture expres sive of humility and deference. "The king is desirous that :l stop be put to the scandals that disgraced the administration of the police during the preceding reign." continued De Linieres. speaking slowly. "Night brawls went unpunished. and abduc tions, bringing shame and disgrace upon many honest families, were of common occurrence. And 1' rpros or that subject. I have here a rep'rt which needs an explanat ion. How is it possible that a young girl could be ab ducted in the open streets at eight o'clock in the evening, and there should be no one to oppose such an outrage?" 'There are scoundrels in Paris auda cious and dexterous enough to do an' thing," replied the clerk, as if that were sufficient excuse for the sh?rt comings of the detectives. "Where were the police?" askedit he count, sternly. "They have discovered the ae~om plices of the chief actor," said the clerk.trying to evade an answer to the chief's very pertinent inqu11i ry. 'anid comnpelled them to confess." "Three months hlave elapsed since that most daring ouitrage. arid the really guilty ones, tihe instigators of the crime, have not been pu'lished, said D)e Linieres, with a loo. of re proachi at his suibordinate. "That's due. my lord, to cer'taiin cir. eumnstances." was the answer, or per haps. wve shiouild say e'xcuse. "W hat circuimstanlces" saidi theC count, in evidenlt suirprise that any circumst ances shoul.d prevent then puni islment of a crime where the perpe trators had been discovered. "'To whom does this chateau of Bel-Air ot. long;." "To the Marquis de Presles." an swered the clerk. "DIe Presles:" repeated the count. "An ancient and illustrious family, whose last scion would not hesitate to stake all its glories on :he eaist of a die, cr the thrust of a sword in a drunken brawl. But the girl-after the duel, what became of her. "She was carried otf-by-by the an tagonist of the marqois," was the hes itating answer that aroused the count's suspicions at once. and he ask ed, quick'y, while he eyed the clerk with distrust: "The name of the mnarqutis's oppo nent. What is it?" "The Chevalier Mauice de Vaudl ry," replied the clerk, with reluct ance. "My nephew:" replied tile old gen tleman, in surprise, while an expres sion of pain passed over his face at the thought that his nepihew, whom he loved so dearly, and whom he had sup posed to be tile soul of honor. shotuld be engaged in what he supposed to obe a drunken brawl. After a moment's reflection he turn ed to the old clerk, who was regarding' his chief with a look of sorrow, and said, in a voice that was singular soft and sweet for a man. "I aprcit thie sentiment that .aused you to hesitate." The clerk bowed low, anld was turn ing away. when the count stopped himn. "For the future. sir. remembier that justice is no respector of peirosons." The chief's voice was now as harsh and comnmanding as it was before low and soft. "Are you sure that it was thle Chev aliar de Vaudrey?" "Quite suire. We have a list of all who were present-bothl ladies and1( gentlemen." "These gentlemen." said D~e Lin ieres, in an angr'y tone."must be made to unider'stand that such or'gies wvill be to orated 1no longer. It is not enough to bear a noble name. it mast be hoirne worthily: and these ladies muist choose between Salpetriere and exile." "D~oyou wish, my lord, that that af fair should be entered in tihe secret ar chives of the police?" "The secr'et archives of tile police." asked the count in gr'eat sur'prise that there should be anything of the kind. "1o suchl records really exist?" "Cer'uainiv. my lor'd," said the clerk. wondering not a little at tile igno rance of his chief. ''Tihe secret andI complete history of every 1nobl~e family in1rancenmay be found t here. YouI have but to mnentionl a namile. anld in ive minutes. the desi red volume wvill be in y'our ianidls. Thle count remainled in (deep . 11011ght for' a few momeints There had been in Is house. as n everyv man's, a skeletoii in thle close. and that skeleton was somec secr'et sur 'ow thlat pr'ayed tipon is wife. who11 was a De Vaudrev. If t he old clerI's words wvere true.I then here was an op)portunity for Im to discov er what ie hadi so long yaminly lLerC he could.i with1o1uitiublin hi nself to any one. penletrate tha It mysXtery in his wife's life which Nuh' ha d '0 long andl successfu lly concealed. Buzt it imusi h~e (1one ait the expense of his honorI2. andl at the umomlent t her was a1 g'reat struge0 goIing oi in iI min d. 11hould be avi! X imelf I I s i n- ( II~i woI have IIIe volume com!pleted,1 and' I at som fut urel tune :0e hp - ?(" he .5 of the ho of ti:? :re. hi that istory . n'i leied. !'' le i~ 'aid : uii-: as if i 1 0 n ( ? : l" the ''', atio'l pgn~ heis m1issio.andi ( at 114he sa me t 1lime te 'e.'* otk, I i:-ar1. n m ea)nIIient. hid ed ') it' called valet U ilhy <-'l ie V 11(1. itered. A\!. ' . :un glai that yoiu C- c.'i. ! wi'shl to speak to you n: ," :Mast er. ilow is lie behav i \r waS a e1anice for Picard which wt, w:; nt disposed to let slip him, 1nd allor la extravagant bows, he an ',erd ii his peculiar voice: SW;i h all due respect. my lord, his Onduct is scan(ialous. perfectly scan 1ialots. and unbhecoming a nobleman >t its tank. l'i1a d looked for some expression of mrprise upon his listener's face, and 'aling to sec it there, continued, in an ijilred tone. as if his master's be avior was a reflection upon him as a ervant. "Formerly he had a few gentlemen sso:iates. with whom he occasionally unused himself." said Picard. slowly, -and saw life, thereby giving me some pportunities. Alas: it is different :ow. For the last three months he )as changed entirely. Indeed, my .ord, my life has become so monoton us. that a man of spirit like myself :nnot stand it any longer." Am 1 to understand that you wish :o leave his service?" asked the minis er, with a preoccupied look upon his ace . "Yes. my lord:" exclaimed Picard, agerly. "The chevalier, your nephew, ?as principles which I can no longer eept1. They clash with all my )pinions. and although the' chevalier :inks proper to compromise his no >iiity. I can not compromise my ivery." and a look of virtuous indigna ion was Picard's round face, giving it V very comical appearance. "Very well." said De Linieres. "I EiEl take you back into my service." You will!" exclaimed Picard. in lelight, and then giving a sigh of re ief. and straightening himself up as rar as his diminutive stature would Dernit. lie addedi: "Ah, imy lord, you :are relieved me. and I resume my personal (iignity.' "I will (1o as I have said, on one :ondit ion." added the count, and at this. Picard's face lengthened wonder [ully. ""I wish you to remain for a time with my nephew. It is impor tant that I should know his move ments. I could employ the police, but I have already learned too much from them. and through you who are at tached to him, I desire to know the rest." "The rest?" echoed Picard, in amaze ment. "What has he been doing?" and now his face brightened as he thougnt himself upon the verge of dis 'ove;y of an escapade of his master's, whien was all the faithful valet hung ered for. "The' know that after the duel "The duel: What duel?" interrupt ed Picard. forgetting. in his eagerness to know al. the respect due the minis 1er of police. Do you pretend not to know that he killed the Marquis De Presless in a duel about a woman?" asked the count, while he regarded the valet with a piercing gaze. "le fought a duel, and dangerously wounded his antagonist, and on ac count of a woman:" exclaimed Picard. in an ecstasy of delight that his mgste er should be concerned in such affairs, which Picard considered the only prop er thing for a nobleman to do. "Oh, the sly dog and I wanted to leave him:" "No-no: not vet." saiu .he count, uickly, catching thbe last of the valet's reark. without hearing the first. "I desire that you remain with him. and discover where lie hides himself." "Of course I will." exclaimed Picard, now perfectly willing to remain with: the chevalier any length of time. "I thought he wvould not disgrace the blood of a French nobleman. Certain' lv. I'll !!nlu out this sauecy little beauty 'or whom hie neglects all his friends,' and he added, in a tone of a connois seur'. "of course she must be little and iaucy, with a jaunty, piquant air. That's ttue style, I like.'' "Oh,. indeeil:" said the count in sur prse. "Doubtless he had done everything in good style," continued Picard, who in his ecstasy was impervious to every thing but the one satisfactory idea that now engrossed all his thoughts. "He has probably taken some elegant, luiet little house, the rooms hung in Velvet, and furnished in silk and laces. with everything of the sort." "Why, at that rate you will ruin our master," said the count, surpris d at this phase of Picard's character, which he had never seen before. "If she's wor'th the trouble, where's he harm in a little ruin?" asked the valet, innocently. Ihow much longer Picard would have :ontinued to express his delight, and what he might not have said to furth . surprise the count, is a matter of :onjecture, for at this moment the countess de Linieres was announced, nd the count at once dismissed Picard, with ani injunctien not to for ~et his orders. "I will obey them, my lord," said he valet, as he bowed himself out, nd during his wat to his master's house, lhe muttered to the infinite elight of the gamins who heard him, Oh. MIaster Cnevalier, you are a sly log, and I thought you a saint." A s the countess entered, her husband freetedl her affectionately, and con lucted her to a seat. "I was about to come to you." said he count. "but you have anticipated ne. 1 dsire to speak with you on the ubject of your nephew, the Chevalier le \'audrey. and to ask you to prepare ui for the marriage which the " ishes to impose on him," inter rupt ed the conutess, bitterly. "lImpose on him?" repeated De Liniers. "It is a magnificent alliance, which will complete the measure of the distinguished honors wvith which als majesty deigns to favor us." "Ihave vou spoken to the chevalier "No: but i am expecting him every moment, and I wishied to talk with aim in your presence." As if this conversation had seine in tuence over him. D~e Vaudrey entered t this moment. "Ahi, Chevalier:" exclaimed the ounty. "i am glad to see you. The :untess and myself have an import' Lnt commuitication to make to you." D~e Vaudrey looked at his uncle in surpise. "Mv dlear MTaurice." said time count, after'a moment'ts hesitation. "the king did me the honor to receive me vester dlay. and lie spoke of y'ou." "Of me?" asked lDe Vaudrey, in stur "ie takes a great interest in vou," i'onilinued IDe Linieres. speaking quick lv, and in a forced tone. "He wishes vo to accept a p)ositioni at court, and desires. at the same time. that you should marry.'' As thme couni~t said this, lie watched De V'audrev's face with an intentness that was almost painful, Hie expect ed to know by' this means whether the stories wvhichi apaearedi to be so wvell authentientedl were true, and lie sin Lerely hoped that lie might be able to believe them the fabrications of some --Narrx'?" asked lDe Vaudrey. as thugh lie comuld net believe his uncle rea'in eant what lie said. The countess wvaited as anxiously foi l* \ audrey's answer as (lid her huts' i 'Ind ai iihe~u from a d itrerent reason. Sle l)d ** he young~ man before her. an 'is 'appiness and wvell-beinig were. x* deI l"ieiphtw. she said. kindly. "I see laa t!1his news surprises you. Yt fiher" is iio fear that the king's elvice will 0 iolene to yMir feeiii gs. T""' lady :?onm his najesty has chosen has youtih buty and fortml"." "In proof of which I have only to tell you that his choice is 'Made iioiselle-' the count attempted to say but was interrupted by the cheva lier. [ )o not name her." he said, excited lv. "Why not?" as ked his uncle, in astonishment. "Because I refuse to marry:" To be continued. Slandering Bryan. There are some men and some news papers that never lose an opportunity to misrepresent and slander Mr. Bry an. Recently the Missouri State Re publican, published at St. Louis. said: Bryan receives $5,000 from the State Democratic campaign fund for speaking in Missouri. It is, appear ently. a purely commercial proposition with him. Ile must know. for it has been published far and wide, that the men in actual control of the Missouri Democracy have declared against the issue which he himself raised and which is the only possible excuse for his continuance on the political stage. In accepting pay for advocating his '"principles" Bryan descends to the level of a common entertainer, in a line with Marshall P. Wilder or any other vaudeville "star." It is interesting to observe that this Republican paper admits that Mr. Bryan's suggestions have "some good ingredients," and it is also interesting to observe that the chief objection which this Republican paper presents to Mr. Bryan's proposed remedies is that "Bryan certainly must know that the senate as at present constituted will enact no law that would- curtail the privileges or conflict with the in terests of the coal barons and giant corporations commonly called trusts:" and it is also interesting to observe that this Republican paper says, "an extra session of congress would, there fore, simply be a waste of money and energy."' And why "a waste of money and energy?" And why would "the sen ate as at present constituted enact no law that would curtail the privileges or conflict with the interests of the coal barons and giant corporations commonly called trusts?" asks Mr. Bryan in The Commoner. Mr. Bryan then answers his own question in this way: The plain and simple answer, readi ly at hand, is that the senate as at present constituted is a Republican senate, representing a party that de rives its campaign funds from the coal barons and giant corporations com monly called trusts. An extra session of congress would, he says, simply be a waste of money and energy because the Republican party is the benefici ary of the trusts and its representa tives would not dare to do anything in contravention to the policies of these great and enormous aggregations of capital. A very candid confession, in deed, coming from one of the repre sentative Republicans of the west; and yet what intelligent man will say thbat such a statement is a suticient reply to the remedy which Mr. Bryan has suggested for trust Impositions? This whole statement is a sheer fabrication. The facts of the case as published In the Commoner one that "upon invitation of the Democratic state committee Mr. Bryan delivered twenty speeches in Missouri. The subject of compensation was never mentioned.The committee never offer ed and Mr. Bryan never asked for any compensation. During the trip through Missouri he was asked to send in a statemnt of his expenses and he replied that he was interested- in the campaign and preferred to contribute his expenses to the campaign fund. When he reached home, however, he found a letter from the committee saying that the committee would not consent to his paying his traveling expenses and enclosing a check for two hindred dollars with a request that he inform the committee if that did not cover his outlay. Mr. Bryan returned the check, saying that his expenses did not exceed one hundred dollars and again asked that the amount be considered and contribution to the campaign fund. Now these are the facts in the case, but the mendacious Republican has never had the honesty to correct its vile slander. Boxes for Rural Free Delivery. The Postmaster General has issued an crder regarding the kind of boxes the patrons of free delivery service are required to secure for the recep tion of mail matter carried by the car riers. The circular says: Ordered, That in all rural free de livery service, established on and af ter October 1, 1902, these require ments shall be observed. Each per son desiring the rural free delivery service must erect at his own cost, and in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the Department, a box complying with the following speci fications: Material.-All square and oblong boxes shall be made of not less than 20 standard gauge sheet iron or sheet steel, and galvanized the edges of which shall be supported or strength ened either by folding the metal back upon itself, or by riveting to the edges band iron or steel at least 1-16 inch in thickness and at least one-half inch In width, or by wiring with at least No. 10 gauge wire: provided, if a box be made of a heavier material than 20 gauge. the above require ments as to reinforcements need not be observed. Each box must be erected by the roadside, so that the carrier can easi ly obtain access to it without dis mounting from his vehicle. The same box must not be used for more than one family, except in case of near relatives or those residing in the same house. Persons neglecting or refusing to comply with these conidi tions will be regarded as not desiring rural tree delivery, and the rural car rier will be directed not to serve them. in all service heretofore established, and wherein inappropriate, unsafe and unsuitable boxes are in use, the Department will expect that patrons of rural free delivery (now accepted as a permanent feature of postal service) will conform as promptly as possible to the foregoing requirements, if they desire the continuance of rural free delivery. Those charged with the administration of the service will put this order into effect with firmness, but without undue haste or harshness. IN the opinion of Senator D~epew all this talk about the trusts is most inudicious and tends to unsettle values. It may be remembered that MIr. Depew manifested a similar soli citude for the stability of values when people expressed some resentment at the blowing up of the M1aine. There is nothing so important as a proper regard for values in the estimation of such patriotsia e nator Depew. REPORTS ON COTTON. IThe' Cotton Ginners Should t the Census Agents. The national government has ap- t pointed local special agents in each i county to collect cotton-ginning: statis tics and we join the government in urging the cotton ginners of this t county to give the agent appointed to r do the work in it their hearty support and cooperation. thus enabling him to make prompt and accurate returns. We would impress upon the ginners the fact that this agent is a sworn officer of the Government, and that 1 their reports, are forwarded as given to him directly to the census ottice. at Washington, without passing through the hands of any middlemen. I The information given is held as strictly confidentiai, and the opera- 1 tions of individual ginners are not di- 1 vulged. Upon the joint co-operation of the cotton growers, ginners, and I local agents must depend the success C of the census office in this inquiry, and its ability to render this great service to the Southern people and to 1 all interested in the cotton staple. The census office has demonstrated, in three annual reports the fact that t the ginners are the only reliable source of information as to the vol ume of the annual cotton :rop. This is very complimentary to the ginners, who, no doubt, will feel a pride in sustaining the reputation earned. In recognition of this interest shown by the ginners, and of a gene- I ral demand for more frequent re ports through this source. Congress. in the act creating a permanent cen sus office. provided for the collection t and publication of these statistics at intervals during the ginning season. For the crop of 1902 the office will issue three reports: the first two will cover the quantity of cotton ginned up to and including October 18 and December 13, respectively; and the final report ,will cover the total quan tity ginned from the growth of 1902. Realizing that the collection of the data for these reports is made at a season when the ginners' time is great ly taxed, and appreciating the ne cessity for prompt returns, the census office has located in each county con taining ten or more ginneries an agent, who will visit each ginnery in the county and secure a report of the quantity of cotton ginned up to cer tain dates. In undertaking the fee quent and hurried reports now sought, it is of vital importance that the re turns be made with absolute unifor mity, and that all be received at Washington at one time. This re sult could not beexpected from in dividual requests made by mail of 30, 000 ginners, at a time when they are engrossed in their ginning work. Furthermore, the census of fice must be kept advised of all changes in the management and operation of these establishments, and secure returns from all new and revived plants. To accomplish such re sults, it becomes necessary for the of fice to have local representatives who shall be charged with the duty of keeping in close touch with the ginn ing industry in each county, and of promptly reporting the quantity of cotton ginned. The statistics for the October re port will be collected during the week beginning with Monday, Uctober 20, ana ;;Luczrs should keep such records as will enable them to furnish prompt ly the required inlormation. These returns will be tabulated, and the re sult published within one week from their receipt at Washington. Cotton statistic collected through the commercial system, however ac curately compiled, fall short of the demand of both producer and manu facturer--first, in that as they cover the quantity of cotton marketed be tween September 1 of one year and August 31 of the following, they are not statistics of a crop grown in any one year; and second, in the liability to error involved in statistics so compiled. Nothing short of official reports, made sufficiently early to form a basis of prices, will entirely satisfy the cotton grower or manu facturer. It is gratifying to know that the South has the assistance and co-operation of the Govern.iaent in bringing about the result they desire, an undertaking the success of which now depends upon the cotton growers and ginners themselves. Understand Each Other. The Baltimore Sun directs atten tion to the fact that although "A ttor ney General Knox announced last week, in an elaborate speech, that congress has the power to enact laws which will bring the trusts under sub jection" it is evident "the Chicago meat packers attach no weight to the attorney general's declarations, for they have gone right ahead and in corporated a trust in New Jersey with a capitalization that may eventually exceed half a billion dollars Little incidents of this kind." says The Sun, "must incense the attorney general. They seem to indicate that the pack ers are skeptical about MIr Knox's ability, even with the aid of congress. to thwart the plans of our captains of industry. Of course, Mr. Knox will take heed of the beef barons' de finace. An attorney general who ignored such a challenge would be altogether too amiable and forgiving for this wicked world." The Sun need not worry about this matter. The Attorne-General and the trusts understand each other. The trusts know that Knox was only talking for the purpose of hoodwinking the peo ple into voting for the Republican candidates for congress in next week's election. After the election the trusts know that Knox will tind some way to so modify his opinion that congress will not be called upon to do anything against the trusts. Great is the hypocrisy of these Republican oflicials. A Candid Confession. The Omaha Bee is a Republican pa per. Its editor is Edward Rosewater, one of the shrewdest politicians and one of the best newspaper men in the west. In a recent Issue of the Bee, commenting upon an article that ap peared in The Commoner. MIr. Rose water said: "William Jennings Bryan's latest trust remedy has some good ingredi ents, but his proposition to squelch the coal barons and suppress the trusts by calling a special session of congress is about as senseless as the proposition to settle the coal miners' strike by the Detroit conference. Bryan certainly must t~ now that the Senate as at presenit constituted will enact no law that would curtail the privileges or conflict with the inter ests of the coal barons and giant cur porations commonly called trusts. An extra session of congress wouldl, there fore, simply be a waste of money and 30WING WHEAT IN THE -OUT. Vith Proper Preparation and i-'erti! izing it Can be Made Profitable. Southern farmers cannot be aroused 0o fuily to the importance of plant ng a considerable area of their farm ng lands in wheat during the next ixty days, particularly in all those ections where our lands are favorable ,o its growth and profitable develop nent. ' The price of provisions and all kinds f commodities used on the farm are ontinually advancing in price. Pro -ision bills within the past twelve nonths have almost been prohibitory ,0 the farmer who has been heretofore lepending upon his cotton crop to pay or supplies and all other costs for the perating expenses of his farm. The )rices for which we are forced to sell cur cotton is not on a parity with the ugh prices which we have to pay fir ,he things that have been bought. ['he margin of difference has been too eavv in favor of the seller of such :ommodities as we have been in the abit of buying, reducing the margin f profit on our money crop to about he cost of production. We could bet ,er afford to run the all cotton system >n a basis of 6 cents for that staple ,wo years ago at the prices then pre 'ailing for supplies, than to buy pro -isions at the present prices and sell sur cotton for 8 cents. Tne crop of :otton this year has been short in ost sections of the cotton belt. tak ng into consideration especially the shortness of the staple. Ordinarily armers are quite busy with their cot on during the time that should- be aken up in preparing their lands for heat. This trouble, however, will lot be on us this fall, and nothing hort.of indifference will stand in the vay of being aW' to plant a goodly trea of land on every farm in this val table grain crop. The first question af prime importance to decide is vhether or not the crop can be made t profitable one by giving it that at tention which is necessary to secure he best results. The question of an ,xtensive area is not important. A ew acres properly prepared and high y fertilized will turn out a heavier ield than double the number of acres )n poorly prepared land with little or io fertilizers. The general unfamil arity of our people with this crop renders it necessary to discuss in de Jail many of the important features' ssential in making an effort to se ,ure the best results. This I shall en leavor to cover as fully as possible in his article. There are many success- { 'ul wheat growers in the South annu lly turning out as heavy yields per cre as is made on the best lands in ;he great wheat regions of the West. The possibilities of our southern soils to meet competition from any section aas been fully established not only by 3xperiments, but by hundreds of prac 3ical farmers in yearly yields of the lifferent crops planted. No man hould ever become discouraged in aking an earnest, active effort to provide the food crops necessary for sustaining all the requirements of his ramily and farm animals. It is the key note to succesful farming in the outh where conditions not only ren ir diversitied farming possible, but makes that system of farming imper itive. A full appreciation of our mag aiticient resources, and a determina ion to take advantage of them, will within a few years 'make every suchi 1armer independent and secure for' aim a business which is not only pleas int, but highly lucrative. BIRDS GET NEW 19AMES. English Substituted for Foreign Titles of south American* Feathered Creature. Robert Ridgway, chief ornithologist of the Smithsonian institution, has about completed the unusual task of popularizing the literattrre of birds by inventing plain and appropriate Eng lish names for some 5,000 or more South: and Central American varieties that have, of course, Spanish names, by which they are known in the country where they are common, and also names of Latin derivati~on by which they are known to scie-nce, but which are destitute of plain English names. Mr. Rtidgway takes the view that Enrish is now the dominant tongue, and that as a language it is becoming moure universal in its application every day; so much, in fact, that the demand for plain English terms in law, eduea tion, science, etc., has come to be felt on every hand. He realizes that out side of a small group of ornithologists few people know or care to learn the scientific names of birds of Greek or Latin derivation. difficult of pronun ciatio)n and impossible to remember. when p'ain English terms would serve the purpose quite as well, and in the book that het has prepared and which goe-s to press soon, he has supplied t-his want by employing English in place of scientific names for American birds. This is the first time in the history of science that such a thing was ever attempted and the result will be watched with interest by both Amer ican and English scientists. ORGANS DISPLACE BAGPIPES. Gifts of Andrew Carnegie to Scotch Churehea Threaten Popularity. of Anotent Instrunnents. Home from Scotland, af ter spending the summer as the guest of Andrew Carnegie, at Skibo castle. Rev. Donald Sage Mackay, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Colleginte church, in an in teriviw :old of the developmnent of Mr. Carnege's philanthropic plans, of his intention to return to the United States ini November aad of Mrs. Car ngie's cooperation with her husband in dispentinig the great Ciarnegie for tune. Mr. Mack::v said: "'Mr. (am'negi'e is a very busy man. His : e : enfaction was to provide the churches of Scotland with organs. Thus far. his s re'tary tol :ue. or ders havv been givenx for 35(0 instru mets, ranglig in value from Sl.5:i0 to $3.00 each. so) that nearly $1,000,000 mmet have been expended in this way. Mr. Carnegie is fond of music and, al though his munificence threat-nis the poulairity of the harpipe, I believe the oranms wil do much to soften the au:erity of the Scotch service. "Mrs. Carnegie has entered heart and soul into her husband's plans. Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie an d their daugh ter Margaret will return to New York on the steamnship St. Louis early in November. Their New York home will n~ot be ready for occuponey by that time, but they have d'cided to come THE people of Chester are arranging 'or a big veterans' rally to be held on ovemnber 4. next. The idea is to ave Confederate veterans attentd from oints in both this State and North arolina. The Governor of North arolina will be invited and it is cx ected that he will attend. The governor of South Carolina will also C urged to be there. BUSY ARIA)MA BEES.! targe Store of Sweets Laid Up inl Hidden Places. rons of the Treasure Taken from the Flowers of the Southxvrestern Desert - Great Sport for Honey Hunters. The greatest crop of honey ever known in Arizona is that of the pres tnt year. The averat" produ.t of the territory is sotewi-at r: c:,s of .000,000 pounds. T's year it will be far in excess of that ::mI -prob ably double. The great. r part of this honey will find a market in Chi ?--o, reports the Chron-le. . y.;:ng a - it may see.::. the mes puite and cactus, which tiourish with aut water, proviiic the b 'witi a honey far snperier t% that from en! tivated plants, and the blossom and fruit of the cactus are even bett:r tlnl the r:.esquite bhn. 'i. Th mcst bar:d-,,tme of de:r it fowers grov: on the hundreds of varieties of :actus. (nc of the mo : bi ..mtilfu! is that f !h. (cere:i- (iga;. s. the or ran e .',s. -enterally known by its .~tuiof tac '..: tiara,. rizoia , ::::St _-p:al l.nt, that t'werg ni ;at, green, !uted shafts, tens c gcusand oddest sub' cet ott all t:he pL.ns. In t:e late tprangtime each saguau :t er 'd Lyi a mass of brilliant, s-lkeii white dowers, sometimes over 100 in a bunch. Eich blossom is about four inches across. Nearly all develop to fruit, the "petahava." the most palatanIe or the wIa prio" ets, and in the b!ejom unit the 1-n the wild bees and the tame-d ones tir:d the es Bence of bon-y. The prickly pear, the night-blooma:g cereus, the cho!!a, the doubly barbed terror of the dese''t, the ocatil:a and many others give honey to the Dees, while the wild roses of tne rocks and the thousands of smaller flowers aid in furnishing the most deieately flavored honey known to the apiaries. In the Salt River valley bees work tor a longer period than in any other locality, a crop of 200 pounds of honey to each hive being not unusual, while an average of 100 pounds for the season is maintained. From Phoenix and Tempe alone are shipped about 1,000,000 pounds of honey each year, nearly all of it being separated or strained. The wild bees of the desert and mountains provide an interestinjg study and honey-hunting is a most unique spoit. which is not without its dangers, but with recompense suffi ieatly delghtful to repay one for its diliculties. In the cavities of the highest rocks the bees gather in great swarms and store their supply of food. With remarkable segeity they choose the most inaccessible. spots and frequently find places which baffle all ingenuity of even the Indian, the most persistent seeker of honey. Frequently great hoards of honey are found in caves and down the sides of steep cliffs, where thou sands of bees have stored their prod:ucts for perhaps scores of years, and sometimes as much as a thon sand pounds of honey are taken from such places. The Indian bee hunter many times risks his life to obtain, the nectar of the wild bees, and swings himself at the end of a frail rope, far down the sides of a steep precipice. Neither is his danger end ed there, for if not well protected from the onslaught of the bees, some times in dense swarms of thousands, he is likely to become a victim of the angry defr uders. Indeed, not long since a Papa;go young man was stung so badly while robbing a wild hive that he died soon after his comrades had pulled him up to the top of the cliff. On the desert, too, the bees make their homes, sometimes swarming in. the shell of the decayed cactus and often in caves along arroyos and the beds of the large streams. Very often they swarm close to the agricultural distr':els and it is a frequent and very easy thing for the ranchers to gather them into hives and hold them. One rancher a few miles southeast of Phoenix has on his propcrty a small isolated butte, near the top of which is a small cave. From this piece of rock the owner hasi gathered honey enough to p;ay for his raneh. Several years ago a great swarm of bees set tled in the cave and the owner has gradually tamed them, and each year gathers from 1.000 to 2.000 pounds of honey from them.. Something Like a Covey. Two old hunters were swapping yarns and had got to quail. "Why." said one, "I remember a year when quail were so thick that you could get eight or ten at a shot with a ritie.", The other one sighed. "What's tihe matter?" said the first. "I was thinking of my quail hunts. I had a fine black horse that I rode everyw~vhere. and one day out hunting luail I saw a big covey on a low branch of a tree. I threw the bridle rein over the end of the. limb and took a shot. "Several birds fell and the rest flew aay. Well, sir, there were so many quail on that limb that when -they new off it sprang back into place and hung my horse!"-Los Angeles Times. And the Baad Played On. Blrowne-W~ho is that clumsy womn n dancing over there? Greene-I don't know; but certain y hers is not a hcrse~less carriage, is t?-Judge. Shoemaking at Lynn. In Lynn, Mass.; the center of the shoe -trade, the factories ars ruln~nig fuli time. and grea-t dittlinity is experi enced in getting enough hands to do the work. 'The number of passengers killed in rilroad accidents in the United States luring the year ended June :30 last, iceording to a bulletin issued by tihe nerstate commerce commission, was 30, and (i.0S89 were injured. Tihe lumber of' employees killed was 2.516. j whom l.C07 were trainmen, while ~he injured numbered 3,711. of whom l902 were trainmen. ACCORDING to Senator Burton, of Kansas. Boston missonaries have in vaded tile Hawaiian islands with a lovel plan for reaching glory. They tre selling the natives passports to eaven. through tickets as it were, withl stop-over privileges at all points~ >f interest en route. It takes thle New England saints to look after the nterests of the colored brothler in all :li mes. __________ THE Spar'tanburg .Iournal calls at etion to the fact thlat Grover ~levland has scratched out of tileI ~ombj to give out one of his ponderous nterviews wherein he says that the ine has come for a D~emocratic vic ory. If the cost is to be the same in alures, hard times and depression as vhen this statesman was last a candi late, excuse us. There are some' t hincgs wore than deife~at. IlonL FOR WOR(Mi Chicago Labdring Me to $e Givei a Modern and Cheap Hostelry. J. W. Gessard and X. Montgomery Ward Considering Plans to Build an Institution Simatr to fills' Hotel, at New York. J. W. Gossard and A. Montgomery Ward. both well-known students of practical sociological problems, may oatt. :ovement to give to Chicago a hot.l for workingmen similar to ti Mills hotel in New York. The two Men: have iot discussed the matter personal.:, but the subject was bro aehecd to Mr. Gossard by John H. Bo; :e. representing Mr. Ward. "I have had such a hotel in mind for some time." said Mr. Gossard, rCl I would like to go in with some caitatlist and erect one, or I would he:ul a stock company for the pur prr>e. Mr. Ward has found me in the rip-h: mood for joining him if a hotel ca n.e erected according to my ideas, gained from personal experience amtorg the people whom such an in stilt-ion would benefit. n the first piace, it should be sit::at e in the downtown district, wit in the loop if possible. It-should be at least 12 stcries high mnd of the most mod: ra firepro:f construction, r..d living ettuld be had on both the .tmerican and European plans. On the American plan the highest price would he one dollar per day and on the I ur:opean plan the lodging would be at the rate of about 20 cents per nicht. Every modern 'sanitary con venienee would enter into the con struction; there would be a bath in every room, tubs in the higher-priced rooms and shower baths in the rest. The meals would be moderate in price a::d there would be two res tauran:, one serving a vegetable diet only. the other a mixed diet. "There should be a free employ ment agency, a free dispensary for the sick, and bath treatment rooms - for those who are obliged to get the 'red licker' out of their systems before they can brace up. The vege tarian diet will be a part of the treatment. There will be provisions for laundry work, which will be done at a merely nominal rate. There should be bowling alleys and billiard tables, but no bar. "An important adjunct to the hotel would be the assembly-room, or au ditorium. Here should be carried on the Higher Practical Education so ciety meetings and the work that the society has been doing at the Jones school all summer. The hotel should be under the auspices of the society, and be used to carry out its plan of work amon' those who need its help. I should gve mny personal attention to the management of the hotel and direct also the work of the Higher Practical Education society." SKATING POND FOR CO-EDS. Prof. Crook, of Northwestern Univew. - sity, Has. Scheme to Keep Stu dent, in Evanston, Certain social distractions at NIorth western university, at Evanston, Il, of which there has been much .com plaint by the parents of the students at the institution, may be stopped if the plains of Prof. Algie R. Crook to construct a skating rink materialize. Prof. Crook has announced his in tention of utilizing for the purpose. the vacant half-block just north of Willard hall, the home of the co-eds. He would have the university author ities prepare the lots so that they may- be flooded before 'cold weather. The concrete sidewalks would serve as banks for the pools on three sides, Fraternity men, who have heard of Prof. Crook's scheme, have offered to - build seats for the skaters, and sug gest that each secret society -build one and name it after the fratern.ty. On account of the proximity of'the lots to the dormitories the young women are taking kindly to the prop osition. They laugh at the sugges tion that it is a scheme to keep thefa away from the Chicago parks, where many of them go skating in the win ter. "American Supremacy." In the new issue of the London Fortnightly Review there appears an. anonymous article on "American Su premacy," says the New York Trib une, that is likely to attract much attention. The author considers the notion of Europe being overwhelmed by the boundless production of the United States a most fantastic fig ment of the imagination. U'pon the new president's recognition of the limits of American supremacy, he argued, the commercial and political fort unes of the whole world may in no0 little degree depend. lHe goes on to show that England will make a had mistake if she -opposes the wishes of America in regard to the isthrmian canal. T1he United States should bold the iron keys of the gate df the two oceans, and should have the power to close it against enemies. Wood Putp and Paper Industry. An interesting bulletin has just been isue' by- the census office, showing the remarrkacble increase in the wood pulp andu pae industry of the United States. It -hows that the establ~ish mert' have increamid in ten years front 649 to 763, er 17.f6 per cent., while the capital has :umped from $Su,629,548 !n 1t0 to $1G^.507.713, an increase of %.5 per c'nt. Thie waze accouint is now $60.746. ::6, an increase of 57.1 per cent.. while the value of the products ha-a riuen from t>.9:.7.184 in 1800 to $U7261 t:1 000 an i::.~t cs of 61.2, thuts shIowini a :enrkably close rela tiont between watges and product. TUE a Spa rtan'tturg .Jonrnal says: "Thle Abevile Press and lihnner is barbaJrous enoughl to demand that chief Jutstiec M1ever resign bccause he is 'onined to his room with perhaps a mortal illness. Surely we have come upon a materialistic age when a chief justice of the supreme court must answer a roll call daily and have his evices- passed on like a common laborer." Can the Journal give us ny g'ood reason why a judge should receive any more consideration in a republic where all are supposed to be >cn an equality than a "common labor er"' who may be employed by the State? THE following is going the rounds: "Wm. Jennings Bryan has $168,000 in bank. a home that cost $40.000 and an income of $1,500 a week. In 1896 is resouirces amounted to $100,000." If oime of the little three for a quart er editors who never lose an oppor tunity to slander Bryan had one tenth as mnuch brains as he has their itinciali condition might be improv