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And t"~ tr Ofactaechme A nd listen :,o the vauter Of the soft rainr Ever tinkle w; h Has an ecln- 1111h. And a thouSan.. am m S Into bus .. : e'Cave tL ir air thra to wo f As I listen to t, nattcr OI the rain up n the roxf - And another comes to thrill me With ier y es' delicious b ue:. And forget 1. gazing on her. That her heart was all un e I remember that I love (. As I may ne'erlvea And my heart's To the patter Now in mem'y c m :oI. As she used in \ears agone. To survey her darliu areaimers Ere she left them till the dawn: 0: I see her leaning o'er me. As I list to this retrain Which is played upon the shingles By the patter of tio.e rain. There is naught hi art's bravuras That can work wi I) such a spel In the spirit's pure. deep fouitains Whence the holy passions swel. As that melody of Nature, That subdued. subduim strain. Which is played upon the shinles By the patter of the rain. The Iwo Ofpralan. C Il.PTEiR XVI. sYMPATHY AND LOvE-. Pierre and .Jacjues retun aed as soon as the doctor had gone away. and 1ae ques, who :ad vaited long for soieI money, said: "Well, mother. how is businessy" This quest ion had reminded the old woman of the money the doctor had given Louise. and she said quickly a-, she opened the poor girl's hand witih no gentle force: "Yes-yes: what did the doctor give -you?" "That, madame," replied Louise, as the old hag took the money. This was Jacques' opportunity. and he was not a man to let, such a chance miss i!m. Before his mother could tell of what amount the coin was, he had taken it from her. and after examining it, ex claimed: "Gold! What thieves these doctors must be: it's a gold piece," and he coolly put it into his pocket. and was about to go away, when his mother cried out: "But that is mire." "Eh? never mind, mother." he said, as he put his arm around her neck. and forced her to go with him. "'ll treat you to some brandy.. "With my own money. brigand. said the old woman, completely molli fied by her son's small show of a trec tion, and perfectly willing to accom pany her villain of ason on his orgy. But a thought of busindis came over her just as she was Ieaving. and she turned long enough to say in her shrill. angry voice to Louise: "Look you, they will be comning~ out of the church soon: now sing out loud. No laziness, mind what I say. for 1'li be watching you."' "Yes, madame,'' replied Louise. meekly. "Pierre: Where is that lazy scamp?" cried the old woman, who had not seen the poor cripple who stood in the angle of one of the builuings, unt il her voice called' him to come forward. "Here, put her on the church steps."' "Yes, mother." said Pierre. going toward the blind girl, thankful of an opportunity even of touching the in nocent girl's hand. But Jacques was opposed to his do ing even that, for as Pierre was about. to take hold of Louise's wasted hand. he pushed him rudely aside, and in a rouoh voice, said: "&ever mind, Cupid. yo'. need not trouble yourself. I'lltake care of her." Louise shrunk from his touch, but never let such trifles as that deter him: in fact, he preferred that even the sound of his voice should give pain. and taking her rudely by the hand, he led her to the steps of the church, and stood for a moment looking at her. -'Yes-yes," he said. hal1 to himself. "she is devilish good-looking, consider ing she's blind." "You stay here, and see that no one speks to her," said the old woman to Pierre. "I will watch her:" replied the crip ple, with a look of devotion to the poor girl such as one might give to the pic ture of the Madonna. "There's no danger that he'll let - n~~-iy one run away with her, is there. Cupid?" laughed Jacques, as he started off with his mother. For some time after mother and son' had gone away, Pierre si oud gazing o~n the wasted form of the poor blind girl. while the great t ears of sympathy and love filled his eyes and trickled down his distorted face. Seated upon the cold stone steps. which were covered with snow a~nd ice. and with scanty clothing to shield her from the piercing wind apo falling snow, the poor girl shook wth the cold like one in an agure tit. It was a sight which cut the honcst tender Pierre to the heart. but yet. he had nothing with which to cover her, save the ragged coat which he wore. and the loss of that would leave his body almost naked. * Only for a moment did he hesitate, and Ithen, drawing off the only gar ment in which there was any warmth., he went toward Louise. "I am so very cold." shivered the poor girl, as she tried to wvrap the mis erable sack she wore more closely around her. Pierre covered her wit h the coat, and stood exposed to all the mereiless fury of the storm, thankful that he was able to do her this service. "Is that you. Pierrey'' asked the young girl. asshe felt him cocvering her with the garment. "Yes, mamuzelle." replied the eri pple. breathing upon his tingers, which were rapidly becoming purple from the im tense cold. "Yes, it must he y.ou. Piere you are the only one who rs kind tO me. But this is your coat." she said as she felt the garment. "What wil voud without it. Pierr'e?"' "Oh. ill do very well without it. mamzelle," r'epliied Pierre. vainly t ry ing to keep his teeth fromi ehamttelrmg. and at the same t ime te.lling aI fase hood in order to induce the gicrl to' keep the coat. "1 have a jacket, ad a woolen waistcoat, and nmy-oh. that is only my overcoat. _Besidt, I1a Even wile the honest',o Iellow was speakingr he w'as obliged io move arround" to keel) the blood in c ircul&ation. Le was so rapidly becom in" cilled IPierre, sarid Lourise. earncstly. "w ithoult yzou I shold die wt .it hut your help 1 shouldn' hav streng'thr to endure my suiferig Ag'ain the tear cameI mi'h rp ple's eye&: but thi ilm the were He was h' appy at the nore *iyh;ic Louise uttered for they sow*' h I that she thioughrt o' him. ' eprnd ti n( himnd h'u's ht, whchws ' a "'I know. ther maker'' Iou wretenen. he said, sadly. ' y Iear ie a the sufTering's ihc n ue Vc ou: 1~ Iam ilplessh . I cair dc niohinvet nocthin shIb was a t ly 0om - tIi r ti' , ie c r. n-i f . S'i Wa 1 L :'n 1no accustonUed to su''eri 11 they nt l'eO ave i' th I c! i 1r Mt to s'anUtan SWove 1 1eie 10 l But. l . a s I u. t : or die a d. Iilmy hop e of..ying my dear lia: el Ir wi'''' q1010, \'e once pthere.ilti rleelte ier wI'. of VO w I1clo nidt! words S. ti t ":_ l'it - l:he fol a nio hent be was eaae' to thin "haevon the se in igt of herd ig her as e dara. Ien s ou tLe: me une11 th1e oeana prais -n , r0 ta p 'li icti ae, s e le - od' msi t e: w have ot ogh of 1. handc in deepestineysir. Tfh ha tierlr shaps :r th ins aof eor he Butd.m ithen old bre pas fin fore. lUue.Im an idea Iq. ut annd me. aond gooiy lioe iO por al frl.m on te <1trcer of he hear ta in he r psaps som day ly voi-e myreachi my Sister's ears. I, wir ing a smo sang We loarnet' toge-t her, anll' when, 1 1iih I ilCry Pierte fIered et is myher should Louie: er yo nt hear Me. wenr te sisto ' As nhe porir thures rephed si :rv wih.eb she loped ywold lead her to ber dear siter, her voice unconscios ly arose to a louder pitch. until the Tswords wover, ad with aller stregi, akd sh seemed to in k that even there she might be heari by her sister. A te same time trc orgml fronI the churh bswened out a hymn of praise lo God that seemcd almost lie mockery, for hewr, ar the very teps of God's temple, was there not one of IT is children in deepest diesp-air, whio had boen cursed by pian, aid sutleriig an aIe.vtion which God prd visited upon her. perhaps for the sins of her ther? But the Ways of G d are past finding )ut. and in His own goo! time He will pour is ihen upon the stricken one s heart, and in the funess Of Hie i-ov ereove all sorrow and care from her pure life. Pierre feared lest hs mo thor should hear her cry. and hie knew by tihe sound fi t she organ that tho service was conaluded, therefore hte said. soothinly:W t"ush. Louise, ihey wll hear you. Thatarvice: ov arnddohrwl sad coin ack ttat akh o in Grids ifse des what isear meaning 0hat wixead me."'Adbedngo nthe poor g r~se atue oMycid can youse nthre obgn opur"to ihrh madshing withs ou ts' ough.h sad nser.h orhpr:hywr Pornuhocid ewimed the out Do o whichtye. piesadin stila ighto sher minds. cai thy a'nd loe from the ofrisocrahiledwh whwas - eding erlier awe. at menothe lastharo as lsenfomihe bTeo'o a he Countess d~e Lln' a in ard-eatud uold hface as he olsame but hver rate tl Heaunt rstr met mycid.' sh~e~ sa, hal t he. grea saod song whmichus wic tine aniit warange ien emotionsn rbra tha "ht aei'c: Hwtne n o sad: It'iol awakes pi dkin to pin. Traileos evel wiha iswth seandn onthe poor igr'aadshe aste:t"ypcihi "No~imadame."Ool h.wh was ow, ingoar inied!"~ort ex ae the oon ''oyou pity me, m~ ad ame?"nd Lise asda theuestioni almost ''An-s ro m.thaisoti lay gwhos wa s for te" idgr poesefl "arda grip upon ear'' adshed tew halt 30thrn rc ihrd. waistnn lar- fatured: haxehas eh ousn. brain woners ato tehe rke totrast11 >e wen sphe to heo. ~ c it wahe ahiing er Id ghr qust io.i'D .o hiy earo s madame? aroud all enioi ofes alwngs led kni~ownt to have. id girlws w ihL eiet emtio'Acn that he anwd:'''1twlSidc n ur ich poo gir'serad she ~o'Iv stopped ars t'eind lady.'reardles ofith oximtof the ,olidi ha, who wa's o ountesfe wrtiched. i r~v(' Youpit me b' eaue.m hiind.'i l t' e1 tid in atoucin Lo~iN. "Alas. iadame. tatr is roiant ieaet mis orltue. xedj* AL~ wl :hid.I m ich prhpsI in- 'li .t i ~ ' i'i' dard: eel ied Lo its. t r eacingl rslOo el'e toytoI i ady1t wil poe he in' ''Uch pi'ting' >f alown ih onestin1op alind irl's ende arm beineen he burtwhic caued ihe por i to iry Li l0 W NIT 10;:191 10 repi. 1011 l "l hervi ou r! -in a. bne;I o' -e brea A -B . .is if s was aIte I Iwith a exce of othrlyhe. s A- peol ow wint , *1 a I 'll d , ) wr' he' ebln 1-r anl ude ir..I ofI 1uk VAm' i a manner.Ill \ha aud ls i''-i m a 1t intnsve ain. :all' her l -'nkl, 1l , 1 '. o-z' ! Lo r 'Ire:I 0 An i o I A"e Nlmst irv ' dI1 i II v( *p il :1.1 at- IIiV S ilvl s-akin.W ~ T N w !t h1'er falsm W31on of tenderns, Ahe aUkd -tor.% voui;l Seen 1mor ropeir toa1-y. answer edi for Louise: . "t'rtain!. 1 s i t so. Im* de .a 1. --She ln o be ill'. andsu( em: -aid i ih cot, 2ess. as site s\w how: bad !v tilt pCoor giri i re'Imed. andwltrb t ha et ion. feaed t- i h t i' a:i k -'a: e VAu 16n: . I '1ai. lU 1lI.VACIt. anli co1ud~ vbta as the re:sonwhyLouse al not: answ\ered . .sou:- ilke ou my lai . nag pity on h,,*." rpliII he olo wina'n. in h'r vhnin vo VOW hat r: n101 i' ears. and even pa eher to -ArNk awayv as ia mpInP"I.l ! She has a nice.. ,oWd hom. aven I m.a eai? .s the old hung ased I his quest ion of Louise esli clultched her n: ir by I lie arm1. and1 in a low. hl'arse vo". -- e . fal rei Louis.. VLa i I "'sII C5 I I Co I It e." SlLUI e gWn to have some suspiciont or the real 1state of af'irs. La Frochard stepped in frnt of LouisC, and thus preveni ed ;ier fromf saying anything fulrther. 1 G ive tihis to your mot her. and, praY for 1:e.' said the counI ess, as she h.nd ed the poor girl a gold piece. and enter e er sedan chair. and in a few mo ients W; ou t of Siill Until the chair in which the coun tess was seal (d was out of sight. Moth er Froclar(i watched it narrowly. and st ood in a motherly sort of at t it'ude near Louise: but as soon as the last one of the servants in the De Linieres livery had turned the corner. she grasp ed the money eagerly and with no gentle foree. "Ah. a louis. another golden piece. L has been a good day, after all." And carefully placing the money in her capacious pocket the old wonan looked anxiously around to see which one of the many streets that met at the square offered the best facilities for her busineCss. At length she decided on her route. and going up to Louise. she sei::ed her roughly by the hand, then gave her I arm a pinch by way of reminder. and i said, inl her hard. stern voice: ''Come oin now. and sing out. Sing, I tell you:" Tbnis commi~anlded. the poor girl be gun ini a low voice that t remblied with uppresed emiotijon, and the two walk ed slowly away. while the old hag coil inue~fd her shilli. monotonous cry of "'Charity. good people. charity for a or blind girl' Jlacque~s and Pierre had been silent witnesses of the scene between the countess and Louise. and nothing but tile numb1e11r of people that were pass ing prevenlted -lae~jlues adinig tihe louis given by the counltess to some iqunor-de~aler's hioardl. WXhenl La Frochard and Louise went on t heir way P~err'e siartedi to follow them. in or-der that he ight have the satisfaction of gaziing upoin the slight form of tile blind girl, if only frmadistance: but he astopped~t by Jacq ues' brut al voice: "'Stop:" he cried, ill an an.:ry tone, "I have a word to say to y'our For an instan tI he cripple did 1not heed t he voice but thle I bought of whallt h1.5isr troier mlight do cause~d him11 to stop. turnl half round, and ask: I"Whatist? "I forbid you to follow Louise:" ex laimed Jacues. in ain angry voice. "What you foirbid" asked Fierre. as if he doubted thatt lhe had heard arighit. "Yes, and forbid you to even think of 1her:" This time .Jacques' vo'iec was full of raie. and he looked as if he was about to spring upon his deformed brotherd. Iand kill hun t henl and there, because be eVen dared to cast his eyes in the di rection lie blind girl had ta:ken. It was evident that this brute of a man111 who knew no0 other pleasure 1 ban irinking. or mlakingi othieissuitfer. ha d. in his brut al wvay. fallen ini love wAilh tie poor i. whiomi he Ldelight ed to "Jacute. can not help it: said "Yo wo l ot be tocul o-no. Jacues. Why are you so) cruel ' "Nve mind why: I forbid youi that ienough:l if vou (lure 1.o disobey meC. 11 1>n-ai'k those. 11 nSSIIapen legs over As hie said this, lhe delail 111e poor 11ri)p)le a cruel blowv. whichl knocked im r down, as a nilid way of enforc ingl hisl commands. "A\h: ki Imie---i-ill ime, if yon will.'' Sai P11tieire. as he slowly arose fronm the round, and in a low voice lhe added: 1 "I~i I do love her. and vou' cani tnot I fobid that." Jacqlelues cast a look of scorn and eon tempt at the cripple who stood shiv er inY like one Cin an agiue tli. and the Cl1 ligtingt an inseparable com panion-a 1 sortI elay pipe--mnoved aa in the dieedon of the nearest 'aharet. 1o ai Ie mt. ~omeInts thel poor1 boy, wh!o shiouild hav'e protecte ld inlstead 01 IIeateni himi stood in da dejcd at-I 'itude. lie knew full well why Jiacques hd forbidtden himn to t hin~k of Louise. nd heshui ddered as he tc1houghta of ad- 1 (iitol 1 rue.lty' which the poor' girl t .woul hav 10 sull1er. Itecauise o~f tile 1 oeL w ii1 Jaolqules--crnel, In i'd-i ea rt - Id Jatcquets--had c-Once ived for he.'I Lu on- i's l rr to WXasiington f romr1 Por RoyaIlX and Charleston . where' be I wentitL inspect the naval property, Secretar' Molorly told1 of the peculiar gae hI an d Lieutenanit Commaiuunder Stne.' . ti e Dol jh in ski pper. encounL1' tered il o ;"ut hunt in1g. Th' e htter. whotl is a S:Sh Caioliianif. !ied into a c)vy oft p 1'tlridlges LLver a hedgeZ. Some stray cshuot collidtd witht aI negro and ts cilt ren. whol~ were in a nearbyl 1 ied ' i neL Ldarkley htalted the it.'re tarX' and0 the villVeer wViIh a ''wX a. thre.' who daLi Itou sh1-tin't No onVa. I ur. but thle pa'i th' secrtar'y purIchas1edl a - .o the inegro Ialt anl advXan<l t ate to soothte the latter's woundedl feelings.I TaxF .itlant Jounal astks: ''HI pat smfr l'.self to be maVde~ ridieu-l lo* by tne man byt a IpophT who tie Ia ln 'ihe A ugus. Wiia I. *tr V:I. We wouald like what lir nhdt o ihtelt egr A;ssails a White Lady anid She Kills Him. THER COURAGE SAVED HE. ;;w l' cted !!r' Hnr' ur ani Pre ta Tkin; of' ier Vounn .n':., Lite. (Se A sNfi''al dispatch from Camder. to he Collumtbia Sm te ies the details of das tardly attempt on the part if a e h1v the name of Ned Kendrick I'r)e..-- 11is way ( A ed neso-Iy night) nto : t:oom, of 31:Ir. Eir E. Elliott, L h ighly respectted and hardworking .hite ladv Of alout fortv-five years vie 1ives wiith her sin. a niheteen :ear old lad. about four miles from 1laney. and 1-: miles .:om Camden in We-1 Waterce. Tlie negro reaped the due reward ohis cr inal intent, as Mrs. Elliott with undaunted courage tI hit would iave done honor to any. killed him. at wer dooyr step. The story as related by :eiable parties. who live in West ateree. is as follows: Mrs. Elliott's Icarest neighb-r, Ned Kendrick. who ived with his family about 100 yards rem her1 house: the next nearest ehbors were some white people. thout, a quarter of a mile distant. Kendrick had been living there ;ihout bree years and had worked at the Onu111et saw mill. Mrs. ElliuLt's home consisted of one 'onom. occupied byv herse]f and a shed %om. where AllenI Eil iott slept. opcii ng into a back porch. On Wednesday ight, b -t.ven 9 and it o'Ulock, Ned Kendrick appeared in front of the bhed ruon. began to curse youni Eli tt. ired IT a piktol. and warned iiM lie would shoot him if he poked iis head out If the window. that he had the right gang with him:? lie hen went on to 'Mrs. .Elliott's back loor tired his pistol again, cursed her imd told her to keep quiet or he would ;hool her. lie then began to ha tter town the front door with an axe. Mrs. Elliott recognized Kendrick by his ;oice. and locked the back door just is e entered the room, armed with a ru and pistol: by the front door at he same moment Allen Elliott rush ,d into the room through the door just opened by his mother. Then it was that Mrs. Elliott, in mortal terror that the intruder would oot her unarmed son, jumped at Kendrick like a tigress and winding er arms around him pinioned his irms to his body. at the same instant er son seized him by the throat and began to choke him. In the scuffle that followed all three fell and rolled 'ut of the house. Mrs. Elliott jumped uip. wrenched the negro's pistol out of his hand, and beat him over the head with it till it broke and then crushed his skull by hammering it with a rock Lill e died. Hadl it not been that the negro was veakened by a spell of fever the out :ome of the light would have been Soubtful as he was. when in full ealth, a powerful man. weighing ful .y d pounds, and young Allen is an :ergrown. not very strong slip of a oy. Mrs. Elliott who has supported erself and has raised her son unas isted. by wvorking her little farm her elf, enjoys the esteem and respect of ill who know her. The coroner's jury', Magistrate lowen actingr as coroner, met Tihurs Jay night and brought a verdict of 3xcusable hom icicle. On examination f Kendriek's body it was found that ie negro had tied up his shoe in old ags, and had a quantity of matches n his pocket. and it was also ascer :ained that lhe had made arrange nent to drive to Caimden early in the norning. Lt is therefore presumed :bat after killing young Elliott and arrying out his sinister design on Irs. Fi?ott, he intended to kill her Iso. and then obliterate all traces of he deed by setting lire to the house, td absconding. Died Amid Applause. To die on the stage before a large udience while bowing in acknowl ~dgement of an encore is the fate of 1iss Annie Reed,daughter-of Rev. F. I. Reed. pastor of the Disciples Thurch of South Butler. N. Y. Miss leedl was an elocutionist and was giv ng a series of readings away from tome. She took part in an entertain nent given at Lansinburg, near Troy, S. Y. The young wo man had finished selection, and in response to an en ore. stood bowing before her audi mee. Suddenly she igasped. threw up 1r hands and fell face forward upon he stage. She did not- regain con ciousness and died in a short time. diss IReed's fa!! fractured her skull. The had probably only fainted at first. 'he young woman was d1 years old. A Precacher' Robbed. A special from Lancaster to The state says Rev. W. F. Little. who ives about six miles from that town iad the misfortune to lose about $650 mder singular circumstances. On londiy he was in town and sold cot on. That night he spent with his 'riend, M1r. D). F. Ihelms, who lives in Vest Eud. He took with him that iit all of the money in a small ather grip, and before retiring sat tn his bed andl counted the money. \ext noining he awoke and the mon was cone. The sash was up and he blinds were closed. Two of the attice pieces to the blinds had been ut out and the grip had been cut and e money taken out and the grip left ,ehind. So far there is no clue to the ltev'engedl a MIurder. A special from Favettville, N. C.. avs: Solicitor C. C. Lyon. who is oding court here this week. received teleram giving the news of a shoot ug afair and a subsequent lynching n ilen. The telegram is from .lizabethtwn, and reads: ''1. Single *arv. who resides three miles from :ladenboro. was shot Mlonday night. 1 was carried to the hospital at Vimington. Hie is supposed to have eenI slut oy Ed D avis. The "no enc" law caused the shooting. A ette' recived Thursday says that avis' house was broken into last Jight and the property left intact. )avis and his boy have disappeared ntld it is thought they were lynebed." M. Butler a llepubl ican represen at~e froim Pennmsylvan ia, says the ensv] via lI epublicans are utterly ny s'd to tamperimng with the taiif d hat he was 'onvincn(ed P'resident ]leveland's free tariT speech the >tlher day at Morristown. New .Jersey. .urned ver 50.000 votes to the iie >blican party in Pennsylvania. From in it woul seem(ii that Cieveland and ot iryan is tihe .Ionahi of the Demo a use for what was formerly a Sur plus product has long since ceased to ie a novelty. Yet some little inter est i. being manifested in certain qu trtLers in an industry but recently developed in the middle west-the utilization of ciorn cobs. Three or ror phents devoted to this purpose have- already been established. the lar'est be ing in Indiana and using. it is stated, something like a thousand icaloads of cobs a year. These cobs are lnelv ground. sacked and sent out from the mills iabeled 'Corona' though wvhere the product goes or what it is used for seems wholly un known. It hais been charged that 'Corona' forms the basis of certain popular breakfast foods now on the market. but we have seen no evidence going to establish this as a fact. We are reminded that there was a time in this section, within the recollection of men yet living, when cotton seed were regarded only as an incumbrance and ginners nut infrequently demand ed of planters who brought cotton to be ginned that they carry their seed away with them. This requirement the planters often managed to evade. and in such instances it was customary for the ginner to wait for a freshet and then to shovel the accumulated seed into the steam which furnished the motive power of the ginnery. to be borne off by the high water. A few people had discovered that the seed might but utilized as a stock food. but generally they were regarded as valueless. Today the cotton seed in dustrv is one of the most important of the southern States and the uses to which they are put are manifold. In the nature of things it is. of course. impossible that corn corbs can ever become correspondingly valuable, but the attaching of any worth whatever to a product formerly considered al most valueless in noteworthy." We Were Not Rebels. Ex-President Grover Cleveland went out of his way at a recent banquet in New York City to hit the South a backhanded slap. He might have been a little more particular in his use of words, if he does not care to be his tori:ally correct. In saying 'when the government was threatened with armed rebellion' he used an expres sion that was both inaccurate and of fensive to the Southern people. The Richmond Times states the case ex actly and accurately when it says the South was not in rebellion against the government. The Confederate states exercised their rights as sov ereign states to quit the Union and set up a government of their own. Tney did not threaten the United States government. They did not propose to make war on the United States government nor to storm the capital at Washington. They propos ed to set up a government for them selves, as they had the constitutional right to do, and they armed them selves and fought because the troops of the United States government un lawfully and maliciously invaded their territory. There was no rebellion about it. and -Mr. Cleveland knows it. As Mr. Cleveland sent a substitute to do his tighting for the Federals dur ing the war, he is the last man in the country that should refer to the war in any way. A Horrible Story. New York detectives are trying to ti:id a New York branch of the syndicate, which according to Philadel phia disciosures, is operating for the purpose of procuring girls abroad to send to the chief cities of this coun try for immoral purposes. The Ger matn amnbasse'dor in Washington, through the German consul at Wash ington, furnished the Philadelphia police with information which led to an investigation, and Thursday night a score of houses were raded, and posi tive evidence was obtained. As a rule small prices are paid for girls. The agents come to New York to meet the victims when they land, then send them over the country. New York detectives .said Friday that the Phila delphiia raids recalls the famous red district investigation in New York. It is reported that conditions in Balti more are as bad as in New York and Philadelphaia.. -Work of a Sharper. A negro man wvent to the home of Mr. Emanuel Sanders at Whitney Mills, near Spartanburg and told the lady of the house that Mr. Sanders had sent for his shotgun to kill a dog. Mrs. Sanders turned the firearm over to the negro, after taking a critical survey of his appearance and apparel. Hie represented himself as Jim Clip pard, a negro who works at Whitney, and who is reliable and industrious. When Mr. Sanders returned home from his work in the mill a short time afterwards he was surprised to learn of the incident. Clippard was found, and he knew nothing what ever of the affair. A negro named Tom Kelly was arrested, answering in appearance and dress to Clippard. The gun was found at another negro's house. A Fatal Accident. A Southern Railway engine and an electric car came together in Augusta, Ga., on Tuesday. The electric car was thrown from the track. Mr. C. 0. Smith, a popular young man, book keeper for Hlorkan & Co., of Augusta, had his head and arms severed from his body. He died instantly. No others were killed, though quite a number were more or less injured by the accident. IRE3E3MBER Tr Is.-We have a num ber of subscribers who are considera bly behind. We know that they would prefer not to dunned personally, but unless they come up and settle their accounts we will have to send them a personal reminder of a debt that they 'seemed to have forgotten that they owe. To save us this trouble and ex pense and themselves the annoyance sometimes caused thereby, we hope our friends will come forward at once and settle their subscriptions. We shall commence to send out the state ments about the middle of December. I313EDIATELy after the circus parade in Charlotte a woman in a wa gon lifted up a blanketed bundle and screamed: "Oh, my God: My baby is dead!" It was found, after question ing. that the woman, with her hus band and several others, had witness ed the parade. In their excitement they had forgotten the infant that was too snugly wrapped in woolen stuti, and as the mother laughed at the antics of the clown her little baby died. "THE President voted without cere mony."~ So a dispatch says. and the llouston Post is surprised. ''One would naturally expect him to ride up to the polls on a cow-pony, bucking in rag-timc and shoot his vote into the hallot box with a forty-five, while the "bndlayned on'' TWO CASES OF TYPHUS. ;tory of a Turkish Doctor and 4 Modified Prescription. Mr. Oscanyan in his booc. "The Sul tan and His People," says that a Turk Ish- physician was cailedl to visit a man who was very ill of typhus fever. The doctor considered the case hopeless, but-prescribed for the patient :mnd took his leave. The next day. in passing by. he lnquired of a servant at the d',or if his master was dead. "Dead'" was the reply. "No. he is much better." The doctor hastened upstairs to ob tain the solution of the miracle. "Why," said the convalescent, "I was consumed with thirst, and I drank a pailful of the juice of pickled cab bage." "Wonderful!" quoth the doctor, and out came the tablets, on wSich he made this inscription: *Cured of ty phus fever, Mehemed Agha. an uphol sterer, by drinking a pailful of pickled cabbage juice." Soon after the doctor was called to another patient, a yaghlikgee. or dealer In embroidered handkerchiefs, who was suffering from the same malady. He forthwith prescribed "a pailful of pie kled cabbage juice." On :alling the next day to congrata late his patient on his recovery he was' astonished to be told that the man was dead. In his bewilderment at these phe nomena he came to the safe conclusion and duly noted it in his memoranda that "although in cases of typhus fever pickled cabbage juice is an efficient remedy it is not to be used unless the patient be by profession an upholster er." A Poor Compliment. "People don't often insult you when they mean to be gracious," said an art Ist the other day. "Insults are the cre ations of ill nature and not mere mat ters of words. But I had an experi ence that made me laugh and yet irri tated me." "Somebody take one of your snow scenes for a spring landscape?" in quired an amiable friend. "No," replied the artist; -this was not a matter of professional pride. A tradesman sent me a bill in which he unintentially charged me only about a third of what I owed him." "Thought he stood a better chance of getting It, I suppose." interrupted the facetious friend. "Now, hold on, Billy, and let me tell the story. Well, that was the second time he had sent a bill for less than I owed, and I wrote him a note calling his attention to the error. This morn ing I got a letter from him in which he 'thanked me for my honesty.' A man may thank you for your courtesy or for your kindness, but when he thanks you for being honest it is an nsult. One might as well praise a man for not beating his wife." The Soil Was Not Congenial. It was Aunt Rebecca's first visit to her niece, a city girl who had married a few years before and begun house keeping in a pretty town in southern hiichigan. "Myrtle," she said, looking out of the kitchen window one morning, "you have a fine patch of ground here that seems to be going to waste. Why don't you plant peach trees? They grow beautifully in this climate." "No, nunty," replied the young'wife; "the soil is too poor. I have tried it. You remember those canned peaches you sent me year before last? They were the fmnest 1 ever saw-finer than any that grow here. Well, I saved the stones, and, without saying anything to Robert about it, I planted them out there in the yard, but not one of them ever came up-not a single one!" The Royal Color. Purple has always been considered the royal color. The ill fated Charles . was, however, at his own desire. rowned in a robe of white. Although he was seriously reminded that of the to exceptions to this rule, Richard II. ad Henry VI., who wore white satin robes at their coronations, both had ome to a violent end, one at Ponte ract castle and one in the Tower, Charles I. was resolute in his decision, nd, when, twenty-three years after ward, almost-to a day, his body was onveyed to its grave through a heavy sowstorm, the superstitious could not help remarking that the third "white ing" had suffered a violent death. St. James Gazette. An Optimnistic Tiew. The invalid looked out of the window just as a hearse went by, and he smiled happily. "D'ye mind, Biddy," he said, "it's worth the dyin' to have a ride In a thing like that, with the feathers on top an' a man with a bug on his hat, a~n' you bein' gr-reater an' more nicis sary than the marshal iv a St. Path rick's day parade. There's wanst in ye're life ye're the whole thing, an' that's whin ye're dead."-Chicago Post. 'The Sensible .ThIng. Schoolmaster -What is the meaning f one twenty-fifth? Boy-I-I don't remember. Schoolmaster-If you hid twenty-five friends visiting you and only one apple for them, what would you do? Boy-I'd wait till they'd gone and then eat it myself. Unfortunate. Von Blumer-I wonder what kind of peole have taken the house across the way. Mrs. Von Blumer--I don't know. I was out the day they moved in.--New York Herald. Why a Man Shouldn't. There are two thigs that should keep a man from worrying-if he have o reason for worrying, there's no use worrying; if he have a reason, there is o use.-Los Angeles Herald. A Boy Kills Himself A dispatch from Nederry to The state says Wednesday night Oliver Jones. a boy about 9 years old, while playing with a gun at a neighbo'rs house shot and killed himself. He had Lhe muzzle of the riule in his mouth d pushed the triggter with his toe talling to a boy standing near to ok at him. It is supposed that the bhooting was accidental as the young rellow probably did not know thea gun vas loaded. THE WEArHER. ---icks prediicted the present very pleasant weather in November "~Word and Works." The pleasant weather is about over how aver. as one of the marked storm periods of the month he dleclares coy rs the period from the 19th to the :rd. Between these dates he thinks we are to have a cold wave which wilil reach a crisis about the 22nd and 23rd 'f the month. From the 26ith to the 27th it will be cloudy and unsettled weather. with plenty of freezes and flsasterious to shipping. THEi great results that were expect d to result in the East from Cleve ands participation in the campaign HOW AT CO L5 iCW' F "-. A Little Eaet-imer-t ' ortb the Try in= 0::t r ee C=risitr.. fast he had ordered the young clerk gazed nervously at the resti-rant clock. It was plain he had oversIpt himlself.aud was ;:h:g the way to ru. ture ndigestion .y bi: his (Xod. The c(offee was tl:? stumbiug block. It was let-very ho:-L:t the clerk need ed it badly, and Le sipp-d it v:!refully, having due reg:ml fu: his muit b and tonigue. But time pr .. ed, aud1. with a partin: glance at the el>ek. he reached f- r his glass of ice water and prepared to pour some of the frigid fluid into his cup. "Don't spoil your coffee. young man." said an elderly -rnean who was eating his brea!:fr.st ou the other side of the table. ir-a teke :ll the goad out of it by put:ig ic-cr le" water in it." The clerk was at first incih. to re sent the interference. but the patri archal appearance of t'he oiher man tempered his reuniment. "What am I to do?" he asked. "I am late for the ofice. and I w:not this cof fee badly." "Let mne show you a lit:l schem:." said the elderly nzm. TaL'ng the cylin drical saltedi::r froin the table, he wiped it carefully Vwith a n::pk-n. then. reaching over. dep-.sited tht' glass ves sel in the cup of colee. "Salt, you know, has peculiar co'.ling properties." he said, meanwhile hold ing the receptacle firmly In position. "They put it with ice to Intensify the cold when making ice cream. I. is usad extensively in cold storagt- warehouses for cooling purpcses. and being incased in glass does uct aff*ct its power to any great extct." As he spoke he withdrew the salteel lar from the coffee and niotioned to the younger man to drink. He raised the cup to his lips an, to his surprise. found the liquid coced to such an ex tent that he could drink it w-thout in conveninLce. "Th'e uses of salt are manifold," said the elderly man, with the air of one be ginning a lecture. "I remember once when I was in Mexico" But the clerk, with another glance. ve the clock, thanked him profusely and dashed out of the restaurant-New York Mail and Express. FRUITS AND FLOWERS. Land cannot be too rich or too mel low for fruits. Manure for the garden should be free from weed seeds. The head of a tree needs to be iairly open to admit sun and air for full growth of fruit The dahlias' will never disappoint you. -Ijink, white, yellow or. crimson, tall, dwarf or- cactus, it Is bound to flower. In the fall after the leaves have dropped is generally the best time for taking cuttings from quinces, but they may be taken later. Heliotrope should not be mixed with 'other -cut flowers in water. They de cay quickly and have a harmful effect upon the other blossoms. Myosotis (forgetmenoti needs partial shading, but not the shade of a tree. Plant among taller flowers or around rosebushes. and It will do well. Plenty of yellow blossoms should be secured for . pia:ss which lack sun shine.. T ellow is good ini almost every situation and is the cheeriest of tones. Good cultivation causes an abun dance of librotus r-oots to be made. The growth of any plant is iargely meas urd by the number of its fibrous roots. Too Smart. He was one of those men who are (fonstantly, trying to beat down prices," said a bank cashier, "'and had evident ly been looking around for bargain prices for his bill of exchange. When he presented it to me and asked the rate, I replied. 'One-tenth of 1 per cent' "'Now, look her-e,' he said. 'You ar-e too high. I bave done business in this bank for ten years, and yet you charge me a higher rate than I can get from the Farmers' bank. over the way. They will do it for one-eighth. if you don't do it for that. I'll take my account over there.' rnae. W lld " All right.' reakd'W wilo it for the same rate, considering that you are an old customer.' -The bill of exchange cost him G0 cents more than it woujld had be kept quet."-New Yorki Times. Needed For Other Purposes. A Georgiar justice recentiy married a runaway couple who drove up to his house and went through the ceremony without descending from the car-riage. When the ceremony was over, says the Atlanta Constitution, the groom fum bled in his pockets and fished up thirty six cents. "Jedge." be said, "this here's all the money I got in the world. Ef you've a mind to take it, you kin, but I'll say now that I done set it aside fer the honeymoon expenses." Her Opportunity. "They say she isn't happy." com mented the neighbor, "but I don't see why." 'Oh. some people never are satis fied." "That's right, and It's her- own fault if she Isn't happy, because she's able to buy clothes that will make all the other women envious."--Chicago Post. An Insinantion. Doris-Yes, she was furious ab~out th way in which that paper reported her marriage. Helen-Did it allude to her age? Doris-Indirectly. It stated that "Miss Olde and Mr. Yale were mar red, the latter being a well known col lector of antiques."-Chicago News. TlE Newberry Observer says: "A white South Carolinian arguing in the New York Tribune for suffrage for the negro. as A. C. Kaufman of Charleston does, is a spectacle for men and angels." The Obsever- re member that Kaufman has been at the pie Counter a long time without being helped. According to advices received from Apia. Samoa. via Tonga, a volcanic eruption has broken out in Savali, the westermost and largest island of the Samoan group. Six craters arc report ed to be emitting smoke and flbames. ni onie village in the vicinity the earti is covered two inches dleep withi lntAN .stumti r tihe State of Mdis 5oui for the I emocat s. and in con-l (liiece the' iad alniost a cea'n Sweep. lo sing only one 'iongr!essmzla ut of sixteen]. Tihe paipers that deC i to mlisre-present and abuse- i',rvan eemif to have iost sigh~lt of thec aiU')Ve No doubt tihe llepublicans havjig aiin foeled the peoiple into conltinlu in them in powver will make a bluil at FATE OF HINDOO GIRLS. xex,r iaoiects cause their D3augh' ter tu .~.d~c1 A Calue in m v!.;.gaged in mis sionary work in Nepaul, writing of Hindoo ::: ily ife, remarks that it is Very .... . for parents to make ad vau- zi mtche s for their daugh ters. T liindoos therefore find a e:*so rAd;g themselves of too miany -m -s 'y murdering them. It is :: iL n fact that Hindoos of hii.:h ri. tise who are called rajpo.sts. c:: sed 1.ir daughters to be pat to d h after their birth by men spe:.:,il e:-:a; cd to do so. This crim ia cu"to. n had Lxcme so general thati 1 in TfIe seventy-three vil lages Of the Allah.abad district there wer : three gIrls under twelve years of age. and three years later in the twn er Agra there was not one to be fo'":i under that age. All had been put to death. The En:.lish government .has very passed severe laws against, this aoominable crime,. but to evade them the Hindoos allow their girls to live until the age of twelve, after whi.ch they do away with them by ad ministering poison in small doses. Orin::ls :;re past m::sters in the art of poisoning, and after some minute l' .s it tr ns'ires that in many distr;cts tventy-:ive ent of every hun dred :irs have been got rid of in this minam . Those girls who have be& spared they marry very early. gener ally hetween fourteen and fifteen yes, and that not according to their own choice. but by the, will of. their parents. which is decisive. An Indian family of good rank could not L:eep an unmarried daugh ter. It would not only be a public shame, but also a crime against rell gion. To prac:re husi:ands for those who ha ve not already found them there are a number of Brabmans, old and decrepit, called Kulin Brahmans, who go aent with the one object of going throu:h tile ceremony of the "sevcu stepis" w:th -s many young girls as they can upon receipt of a large sum of money, but who after ward leave the country and perhaps never see them again.-Pafl Mali Ga zette. KINGS AND QUEENS. The king of England who could not speak the language of his kingdom was George . In the battle of Bosworth Field, 1485, a king was killed (Richard II.) and a king was crowned (Henry VII.). The motto, "Dieu et Mon Drolt," was first assumed by Edward II. of Eng land when he took the title of king of France. "Your majesty" as a royal title was assumed in England in 1527 by Henry: VIII.- The title before that was "your grace" or "your highness" for the king: or queen. * William IV. was at the time when he succeeded to the throne the first Wil liam of Hanover, the second Wmiam of Ireland and the third Willia of Scotland. Henry VIII. was the first to nanme the title of king of Ireland. The title king of Great Britain was assumed by James VI. of Scotland when he beae James I. of England. Richard I. was the first to call him self king of England. Every king fromn William to Henry II. called gmnelf king of the English. The title was as-A sumued by Egbert, the first king or Engla nd, in S2S. King of France was a title borne by the monarchs of England for 432 years. and when Elizabeth became queen of Engliand she~ was also "king of France," asserting that 'if she could not be a queen she would be king. The Spendthrift. Once upon a time there was a spend thrift who made his father very un happy through his profligate habits. "My son," said the parent, "you spend every penny that you get, and it must cease. Remember that the pennies make shillings and the shil lings make pounds. If you do not change your habits of always spend ing to habits of judicious saving, I wDi not spare the rod." The admonition had no good effect on the youth, and he continued to spend the pennies before they could accu mulate into shillings. His father spoke no more about the matter, but he applied the rod most vigorously to him until he howled with pamn. Moral.-He' who spends the pennies will get the pounds.-New York Her' ad. Instinet of Horses In War. Arabian horses manifest remarkable' courage in battle. It is said that when; a horse of this breed finds himsel' wounded and perceives that he wiBt not be able 'to bear his rider much: longer he quickly retires from the con flict,'bearing his master to a place of' safety while he has still sufiicient: strength. But, on the other hand, if the rider is wounded and falls to the' ground the faithful animal remains: beside him, unmindful of danger,. neighing until assistance is brought. Plenty of Color. "That Mrs. Wadhams to whom you introduced me the other evening re minds me very much of a portrait by Rembrandt." "Is that so? Which one?"/ "Oh. any old one. They all. look, when you get close to them, as if the paint had been thrown on by the handful"-Chicago Herald. A Serene Temperament. "Mike," sa. .d Plodding Pete, "don't - you wish y. was rich?" "Kind o',' answered Meandering Mike. "Course I couldn't eat any more dan I uos but I'd be saved de trouble o' sayin' 'much obliged' so of' ten."-Washington Star. CONG~REsSMrAN Rhea, of the Ninth Virginia district, has refused a certiti cate of re-election because votes which would have elected his Republican op pnet were thrown out by the authori ties on the ground of irregularity, lie sas it is so manifest. notwithstand ing their irregularity, that these votes. were intended for his opponent. he cannot conscientiously accept a seat in congress won on any such techni cality. ________ ___ A dispatch from Washington to The State says Booker Washington appears to have superseded .John G. Capers as the president's adviser in federal appoinitmeni.s for South Caro ln. The-re is a strong probability that Dri. W. D. Crumn will he appoint ed colilector of the p':rt oif Charleston. Wahinon is bacekinig Crum and Ca p)ers is supportinlg R. R. Tolbert. Tmu: ero;'ts being made by some nevwej i 'rs to h hr1. Bryan responsible for the dIiaStrouis effects of the late elcinis prep oer'us. Hie had no more t" <io with it. than any other Demoicrat who cast his ballot. Ia mst of the Eastern States. wvhere the rer:ranizers headed by Clevelana had things their own way. the Republi -cansset evryr thing before them.