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Te t e oe S i ben Te yS that shone. The~ cheru hearts no! OT in the stilly aigh The of ikii t ' Tre slumes elov i n as The eves thxat h'ie The clierinl hearl s n - Thus inl the stilly IJo"i Ere slozznber%, i ~' Sad nemory i I e Of other days a me. When I remem a I!Ve seen. arouni e fal. Like leaves in win' ry weather I feel like one who t rear'one Some banquet al d ese re Whose lights are tied, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed. Thus in the stilly night. Ere slumber's chain Sad memory brin Of other days arouni i -' Ta Iwo olijs. ]3v DL)'nnery CHiAI'2i1t XX1II. GREATER LOVE HATH -No MAN THAN THIS. Henriette's cry of despair, as she un derstood that she was condemned to exile, rung through the corridors 01 the prison, causing all who h-eard it to shudder involuntarily. In the intensity of her grief, whien had caused the Cry, it sounded more like the wail of a strong maii in his agony, rather than ,hat of a youaI girl. Picard evinced the great et cons er nation. "I'll go to the Bastile and i form the chevaiier." he thoug-ht. Henriette. turning to Marine,wh was standing near in the hopes that she might be able to render somne a;s sistance, said. in a world-wea ry voice: "Ah! now I understand wh y one may wish to die. "Do not speak so. niademoiselle entreated Marianne. "Riemember the words of hope you spoke to m. "If you have a family, think of themi said the good doctor. anxiousi to turn the though ts of t ie poor girl to something beside her own misery. "Think of master, the chevahier said Picard, in a tone which plainly 1 said: "Remember the plan which we have formed for your escape. "Ah! monsieur:" said Henriette to the physician, "exile has no terrors for me. I do not weep for my own imisfor tunes." "She has a sister of whom she was the sole support."exclaimed Marianne. A sister who is blind." "I had found her at the moment when they arrested me." added -Henri ette, sorrowfully. -I heard her voice. I saw her. She was cotered with rags' and her beautiful golden hair fell in disorder on her shoulders. She was being dragged along by a horrible old woman, who I know ill-t reats her beats her, perhaps, and they would not let me go to her. Now 1 have lost her forever-forever:" And again the sorely tried girl burst into a flood of bitter tears. while Mari anne supported the slight form in her arms. "Wait a minute. my child," ex claimed the physician, as a sudden thought flashed over him. "1, believe I have met that very sanoe girl. "You. monsieur't" exclaimed Henri ette in surprise. "Zes-yes, a young girl led by an old woman, who called herself Louise.' "Yes-yes. that's her name." and the young girl now became breathless with excitement. ' "I know the old woman, too. She is called La Frochard," ecntinued the doctor. while Henriette listened anx iously 'to every word he spoke. "La Frochard:" exclaimed Picard, quickly. "A old hag that goes about whining for alms in the name of Heaven and seven small children? Where does she live?" MIarianne shuddered. She knew full well what mercy any one might expect at the hands of the Frochards, and she resolved that t!.e blind girl should be rescued frm 1heir vile gap "She ives in a hovel by the river side," she said quickly. and as if it pained her even to be obliged to speak of the family. " It was formerly useci as a boat-house: but has long been oc cupied by thieves and the worst class of criminals. There is a sec ret en-I trance from tbe Rue Noir; but it lbi diaicult to find and always carefully guarded." i "Never mind that," said Picard. contemptuously. "the police of..Paris can find their secret entrances: if nAt, we will capture the main one. 1 musti go to the Bastile first, and t ry to etiect my master's release. Then we will go to this boat-house." And away Picard darted Iin the greatest haste, full of the importanice of the task he hafl undertaken, and re solved to accomplish it at any cost. "You are sure she lives t here""' ask ed Henriette. eagearly, and forgetting for the moment that sue wvas a prison er, hurrying toward the gate. 'Then we will go at once. Thank God. I have~ found my dear sister again: As she reached the gate she sudden ly remembered her cruel position, and how impossible it was for her to take a single step toward liberating her" sister. The shock was a great one, and she sunk down cowerinlr and tremblng while she murmuretY, in a choked. st i-I fled voice: "Oh, Pin to be sent aw~ay-awayi from her." "No-no, mademoiselle." exclaimed Mdarianne, passionately, as she caught Henriette's hand, and pressed it to her lips: "youi need not-you shall not be sent away!''I "Whati do you meant"' asked the I doctor, as soon as he could wvipe awa'y his tears, for Marianne's positive as surance startled him. "I need not be sent away?" repeated Henriette. "Look at these guards who, have been sent to take mue, who walit for me," and she nointedi to the sol diers, who stood like -grim statutes ranged along the side of the yard. A nd as she looked upon their stern face's that seemed never to have known what pity was, her grief broke out anew. "Oh, Louise: my sister, myl poor~ dar ling" she wailed, while she covered her face with her hands as if to shuit out the sight of those who were to force her to leave iFranee and he'is-i' ter, branded as a fallen wornan. .. "I tell you that you need no'tr Io insisted Marianne, eagerly. *"What do you mean?" was the un happy girl's question. At this momernt. the unfortunatec prisoners whose names were on th ist ' of those condemned to exile, enteied I . the court-yard, accompanied by1 the otticers of the guard. The kind-hearted S'ist er Genei'ee. whose duty it was to inform theun-' *happy creatutres of their hard 'ate, had remained within the prison wals aIs xl to spare herse'lf the paiin of -ee'in'g tihe poor creatures as theyt weredrge away. In order not to be. oveilhearsi by ihe otlicerMarianne wont close io 'lhe doe *tor, and whispared: "'Doctor. have nit' y a hert an cor sent to help me." Before she could say mr.or even hear the physician's reply, t lbe 'illo who had been coniSul t ing his list - aid plete the list. lleuirte Gtirard. Henriette start ed as i hug~h he ad La received a blow. ilut b'efore' she could C speak, Marianne ran towarldIl heai urd saving: :'il evn hrhpkin uor silnc': ' w u ispered, and~ hn r ;imbee fihtn 1 was I 1 ilt . The oliter 1o1 ioni 1' 1 ike her place wi h trr. buv h s l tit .a% Ie mi iae' nd, v-a o . n o e t , ln . ;1 ca enbrai I Z( . :nridl a it ' h ole* if onaent t 1 h11' rl Cnue l 1:"le ol S acon.ie " .ish murmed. ne a"i onct I aimi po 'ol I 41os l'nt t " "lrena' xu \ I luin. pan d aouth . "t o is no11 .'.1 m whovm sa eiette1. it isg myelf If Ic reain h acilukev will :nd me m~in, am! once1k it 1' 1 lisoer I hurl11Ci er sis. Yo oi w ill b h' e.c. sav d." a ti e pel whch Loi-Ie'n arde cast ower Henri10 e prevet i ir It~~~~ ~~~ .Vi 1. p ...r l iiwd com proitestn.. a rai '~ a he vfFio citiee wich' was eig man 1o ' Or. 1ad shtef mur reder sister's a m (ina !:,.ed. Itpoy wayv. "llere, take i i S said 3arnmueti, a-, hev handled h)e:r Ihe paperv which on,!y a 'bort tim boi l se had re ceie!d wit . t Manx ex r Io f ri ll 'at. .4 It Was Pa hepadonl whichi alowed her o -. out ol La :ia f'ree wo ilald now Si"e was az1ouIh lo I c - :noe dato I tenritte mIghthre 1av1d, I ndtof er itn free will. she was abOice a ao sisoer's 1a, l-iom". i - up t. A ter so :e hat hno manrimt t hi. thepe ay dwhic Miane riN urer Iarine's love and Ih A th .idd I his. for wan doomme t ter-self to a whol,)e li1; Time Of m~y llenriette could not Zake tihe par-e'on f st frelv olnered. and slwinne looked I 't he rsocItor if to itplore him t t rIduce h por girl to do so. "Take it." he sai. -in low voie. o Your sister's fate depends upon it. cx AFter some e . Ienriette e ook thle patper which aarianne had brust into he hand. and then int r iher arms around the woman who 1Ad thus saved oe-. sobbed out e to hanlks. At this most inopportune mon t, ister Genevieve Came slowly out. ofli ; 'nd prison, toward the two weemg i irns a 1. ootnu ce h f i he sister superiorh" ejaculated t he >1hysician, in dis.may. -All is lost!", Iteaven would not perit i!' ex -eaimed oenriette. All felt that liariadnn's geierous .et pon could not be consumnated. for here was no hope that the good sis er, who looked upon deception as a einus crime, ouiled tbe persuade to eit a falsehood. "radame." said the orlieer to the t Ister, "will y-oul please verify this li-;t, d identify the ritsoner o who are - ended forexe? In a slow, monotonous voice the of icer read the namec of each one, and -Mot u-ni ther. s had lared hane. weresmong thles codmed. a Thme name forfi Herilte Gviirify was I hell lasoulh s. and wheni~tCn th of- s icer ronoeed itusine toan andKtv "You:" wolad sh ae site nyr >risie but bfr she could slay lie. nel. siteroto saod tiefreer. wnd e wad eithwery ofthie group, made-a nstrugpeeling gesteintesebu "31t lsher--mcedher hands poty eierd ide. Marnesty "blssce. and pn et m llglvne fons for thisexl. il in hel wa aou and saenit mnoen san. in eviera thimes tremSser depieviee i' .ttemt t'od peak. and e atie i ap erTonue i reau ~~pse to t. sav Glalywud sheu dae maded any a: aeriice. bth no-ld no elld suae ll icrllo aitrnd t h 'e omaneer aho la goly war ith thesna upon Th t ruie w aisestinen. s sh .t gastse it:aced hr hiandsa that eiter ie ofs gtratn' dac, aneod oftooin The rasih ey tot Heveladi mlring div ind togiens foor then gir rthe wsaout lto cofmmit, heosadsm o voirl hthrealedwespte aery aosbt ashaenowus efortomaer sitf and owar tim: iSal t ak Thu rid heavenyinrpose toi isae Asniete garom upon erdu fatteuatd reatensd ther ter o iteand as a er llacev. and hae murem an.al aoeiy anolyt oaneshold take upon erefthe. in of can dolsnohn. a sh egarder it:n kill whInll say~e thin oe las geatdamneecr of hethatude aliehaod unallnseioundtok~ h a dod ui odATli tXIawkeil oor d weg idthroollidgil Rhisir e'elthssor upon therm .l oung gir the'' h a wse wy o bt isa shaow of her formr elf n ow hardly sees abl iitos walk.tt le sra bedx ino lgt tobe lee.p, wil over her~o bendire the 1te-hearted rippl,0 e.. .Xl Ashe gazes5 upon. 4* t' lep10 attenae eiture, tetaso iyadl '.ood( hi X s adhe murmurs: hre "Po cikI:'I to young--iersol witk tso ues uplects and w'ltatchesrme. Ifi i scove rit;dklmeTenw t '4CoUtldI beoer ouer IC shudde. tl o 'tin ofe it.rtto' ' - lc"cIi vrsqit loud, and e) awoke'X 1he Rin herself' p''on4" he armI, sheii~ "W' there? " Ii I mamzlle' -i er re Iin g lad it' is ou 5i- may1 slee l a 'itl A v . - haA I wa t . in.*i .srn- a-Il -a s- ti. I h ? . i I I . '. I .- S; .tl : it! : m 1 ie s t S w I I s1: 1: 11 L, -men.wi l 'Iw w as di' a . li of a I: .Iler. le i. " A li-iat w p her ul i V. T: (-1 1 lim I - se. t 1h f I "'S h r to c pe. \Vhe 0:pp dre*n beci al rat 0. I& I j \\.I i! alli iei"' i.s t IIet mi wd w:1 pA e h 0) I t) L- V 10 VI 1( i' 1 1 ;-t i '-'gI I I~ i Ts ' inl ed his toler ne nad be resalve 1 a cen inn5iiis itak ir,4 1: l l t iisa ine Shrill. rio" n o'i here SO m t arit? No w ni ot I.t is, (A*~t.~ .so I hi-o"I-ii III% ist~ ~ t hih hd sknhsm he - re.:- av iat quick. lusiftciou relin; yo er s r "I-t is o ing r II brghC iyse -al ltr i'f home wit me." answered. 1ten to wo (. " o Oa oa Va ' eed e od wom01I a ir IC ' ) * e * a ' * * O rl I 0 l l : I ( \iVa ' 1 1 1 , - would beter t he y1ur vCes on . .a-u: hm \ you nvrind 'W I v houd I? he a i C olIest . and --.te'hecre. replId tile old, hag. aIS le n h ir peaa ion-, for diner. " e I fl is let w? -. hs awork, to b)e sure.- aliswcered Iao It Flochard. w iI h a tiolch of r"0i n hri- vojice. "le 1h1as l'Corked ti wo avS , his %,ek, t a think of I hat: Isn't i haI 1 hat :1 huidsomle felow lik im shouhi !mvu to wvork?" I)nta t I work every da y inl the :? Iake( Pierre. who could lint ale why it s ld) hIilaefil for his irt! i - I. e latte 1t work. ild a laitter allstat himself shiould he bilsv iromat early morning until t a t nigih. " What -lse are you lit for?" sneered he o1d wonzin. as she surveyed her o' daeformaed bodV wit h a look almost ihe tears gathcred in t he cripple's ves. buz t he ina naged to rest ra ii t hem. nd as .acwques entered. n'e had turned ound and resumed his work. There was a deep frown on Jacques' wow as he entered the hut, with an ngry gesture tore off the leather pron lie hald been wearing at his bor. flung himself down on the near st chair. and with a growl of dis leasure exclaimed: "I have had enough of it-no more ork for me. I aim tired of it." "It iresomie. isn't it iy son'!' re liarked the old woman, soothingly. "It's disgusting:' assented Jacques. And turning to light his pipe he saw 'ierre, who, leaning against his wheel. vas listening to thie ditTerence between is mother's reception of her two sons. "Hello. Master Cupid: Are you here?" he cried, in his rough com anding voice. "Go sharpen my cut ss. ou'll rind it at the wine-shop n the back street." V\e.ry well." ainswered Pierre, in a tulet way. "\ha is t is?" asked Jacques. as he trose iand went toward the bed where aouise Iay. "Asleep, eh? Why isn't he' at wtork?' "That's what I want to know." himued in the old woman. "She's leeping instead of working for a liv "Whiv. slie is so) usedt to it that she i-es when she is asleep," laughed .Jac ues. as he saw ile great tears rolling lown the pour gil's wasted cheeks. "is she cry ing?" askedi Pierre. anlX ouslv, as he went toward the bed. "Whats that to you? liercely del nandied Jl~allues. "She is an Obistiate, lazy hi31'o rite," replied the old woman. proaue ng eacn word with an emphasis as she lced the vegetable for the evening Caip. "This morning I had to push ier~ along to make her walk ait all, anid s to sinlging, she has no more voice han a crow." "I will make her sing if I t ry," ex laimedl Jacaques, coarsety, and at the amei timle making a mtotionl as if lie roud drag her fromn the bed. "You wili kill hier" exclaimed ierre, springing toward his brot her. s thtaugh lie would prevent him~i from oching t he poor girl. "C'an't yon ee t hat she is siek'?'' "Nonsens~e:" exclaimed Mother Fro hrd. "she is shamming: I know~ her "Wt is' thet matter with heCr?" skedi Jacquest. "She luhas igiot some n10tion in her ead. 1 c-an't tell what.'' said his ather. "I can tell you."' said Pierre. "You ememh ter t he night of ihe snowv si orm? fter tinishing iher song. she crled out (i thle top of her voice. '! lenriette: lenriette: Hlenriette: my sister-' "Yes. anlil I stopped heri mou~tth rtyc1 qitck." said the old woman,. hlucklig to lierself. "Yes--ves. VYol I wisted her arms uni i you n ara~roke it. a nd as l'ierre bouht of . he ruit al I reat ment. 0 hih Loulsie was subljected I hat night he sobs came so fast as to almost pie cni his speaking. "Wel. why d~idn't she mindiu 1ie' skead La Fr'imtiiard . uneiloneerniedlyI. XYoui' kiilin h~~tler." "1 can't a hfordt so suppoart her inih il as. She 1mus15 work, or if she jIll Iind tilt war to matlke her." aidl. Jatiles, tillshl ing the sentenlce "You:ll at w~ Xould yaOu do?" 'asked CereI remb1) lng wa.ith fear. "That is 'my l'siness. nih d a e ii re rt i'i n l foril dinnerli imd ir p1ing mar food0( ove'r I he firn oa cua.'s'e w t o t' poor hblad~ r!. whoa~ enitirelya exhanustedt by. lie )oi waik-s -he w::s tobligedt to) take. he' 11.an- thery hiad )a bee oesin-il. With ao gent le. hiand the Caid hag "C ome. gel lip. my. lne ladv."~ she aid. "Na iore airs. youI mulst goa oit d earin vaur' i living. it ere. :.i:ka ourii toilet rirst. Lot down this hair.'' d tile oildl wvretch gav-e Lao;ise's ha~tir sudden wr'ancha. and11 i t'lel ilin)~g h st-arf. I hiey keep yoau itt warm." nid as5 shet spotke. La 1l'rochardl oo le art Ii's sne hal spen tof fr'om ie girl. and pultt Ilam n all rslf~. ing tihe-sear f en refuily aroundia hle' w~ thrat.- "Y'ou'l shiver morel' om'fart i a wxiitot thetSe ti ngs. "And(i ha IiIS what11 1 ley call liiakinlg ITo lae conitined. Coaat Line 1-Xarnin;as. Thec Atlan' t- Coast Line Ca:ni::ny atde a lathertia? Iet-ier~a' shoing lls indiadY -a lit n- inUcase ain thet rI -ot. earn i alfor tu anths f s nt earninia. The' I flwin a was ud-recent n Vtb Itaihof Ih -'m any 'I- th aI tI he Is ' w ' t t ients of Ii-- At--mi -a.' Lin a e -. g o he-- - - - i ex-pa nsi n al i nt r t s en:-nia i-tl r aa-potai2o Ire i ae-- n d i. ' is Ise '--s reS~ases.X The ia-li-s should a vs i-i w 1a w prgo 'itheIair co-Pe A STRjEGE CAE AI) hs The of Sry of a Yoing Lady'y Who Steals Timonds. i st IS SHE A THI{ OR A MANIAC?: r tl is, sozit- m to be ;)rawni bly :tiamondsI as. titw _Need,.i f)t tile "ole V a.d sota;.. No ~gP Else. Tihe Alugusta c)rrespnrindent of The StaiTe says a mlvsterv that outrivals th(e y -lwest o. 1he n.etropolitan pu, *'es 's !e in which the ;eogi ia sea-Ii. port cit. Savanlla. is- pluiz!ed to un- h derstand. in which a pretty tirrl of I sm 1- ears has won the souabriquet S of the 'Queen (if Diiamonds. from the 1f actihat S!Y seems to be po's-ssed of a leTomnaniz anl e1y1 (on the sub- si jct of this m.ost valuable jtwels. I augzhty of manner. in the brigh t est xosihl' of moods anfi gay of 1 speech, with absoutely ro thouglt Of: the 1immesitv of the crime with whichli she is (harged. except for an . OfcIsiinal expression of dou_. Lfui sor row at the fact that. she has been cap- v, tured and her nane placed before the it puitoc i the m:ner it has. Manie dC n Christ OCcui'Ies a lonely cell in thel Chatha.m1 county jail. Sne receives occasionally a visitor from among the d se' with w'hi'ch she used to mingle and y ee e the story of misdeeds that s, woul ad iake the strongest man blush e The arrest of Mis DeChrist in At- a lanta last week was of a most sensa- r1 t inal nature and has continually since then kept Savannah agog with d the eXCitement. of wonder impelled by p wondering whatInext, and the entire a State tilled with interest as to the ti possibility of an unexpected turn in y the case. New York in all its history u has never produced a drama of a more u startling nature tha'n the exploit of b Mamie DeChrist last July, and the fi connecting subsequent events, when l she appeared repeatedly at the jewel ry stores of Theus Bros. and A. S. n Desbullions and succeeded in robbing t them by a most marvelous nerve. of d watches of high value. diamond u broches and rings of various prices. l1 Imagination does not picture a cooler i scene, which was her salvation. v throughout her transactions, that the s stylishly dressed, pretty, petite bru- k nette who enters the jewelry stores with an air that fitted to a nicety d with the stories which she told. At the store of Theus Bros. she was Miss n Williams, the niece of Mr. J. P. Wil liams. a Savannah millionaire, and at b the other establishment she was Miss s Blun, a niece of Capt:'Uhenry BMun, e president of the Germania hank. k At the one place she presentea a t note scribbled <n *society stationery t, from Mrs. Williams asking that she v be shown a lot of jewelry from which d to choose pieces to be taken to Mrs. , Williams that she herself might make o selections, and at the other she tiis' o played a similar note purporting to be t from the wife of the wealthy banker. f, IAt neither store could the jewelers doe enough for the relative of either of a these ladies and really insisted on her a taking mfor'e bauibles than she had n choseni from the cases. They were sorry when this smooth female whom they4 had never seen before and whose identityv was as vague to them as that1 of a foreigner except for the penciled . note when she would not take more, than 82.000O worth of jewels. and .that the'y did not have more valuable C t trinkets for her to bear away to her imaginary aunts. Young Decsboullions asked when the woman left who she wvas and was told 5 she was Miss Williams. Then it a dawned upon him that there was no such person and a seareb was institu- e ted, buzt the woman was not found. As a matter of fact she was living in a flat on the same block where her victims did business the whole time. A craze for having her name appear in print was her undoing. She went to Atlanta and stopped at the Kim ball house. For the purpose of letting i her friends see that she was being re-t ceived by the top of society she wrote d a story to the Savannah Morningu News telling all about a swell wed ding at which she was present as an attendant. '1o make the story more graphic she told of a pair of horses running away hitched! to a carriage in! which were two attendants.the namest used being the most promirsat fami-v lies in the Statte, and the couple being killed. The whj. story was filledn with well known Georgia names. but with strange ini ials, the signature to the story being "'Mrs. G. W. Wil liams." The affair was investigated t and found by the authorities to be en-e tirely imaginary, the dIramnatis per soane being withiout existence. b On reading the story the solicitor general deduc~ted that Miss D~eCliriste was the "Iliamond Queen." by com parison of the writing in the letter to The News and the note left at the jewelry store. She was arrested in ii Atlanta and confessed. She was t'tkenr n back to Savannah. where she told iru endless contlieting stories which led to In the popular opinion that she was in- b sane and causedi the issuing of a writ ir of lunacyv at the inustigal in of her a: mother. Mamie DeChrist was horn of c hum ble parentage in tha t part of Sa- u vn'ah known as Thunderbolt. but le ni>w sh de Unies her mother'i. C:e li A~ part of State constaibles left C I ~'n 'i 4hursday to searzchi for stills E ai)nd(momshiners inl the mountains " "rin l C''esar's 1liend. They' return- 0 ed to4? town this mo4rn ing and say they c hiad what is generallyv known among C 'a' ienshiners as 'a little excitement,- it .on pasing' around the base of a moun- b t'in thie miountain party was tired 0 nov'n s~eeral diff'eent noiits above, I and( for a few minutes bu~ckshot came !!ebl.Fortuinately no one was hurt I ()Oe of the horses,~ .howeverj 1 heenme fightened1 and ran for oeveral. miles..mashing the bugrly to4 which i it w4as attaCced. Several stills were lc found and dlestr'oyed. bu0t ino arrests d weren'made The party ec sisted of cl .1ate. Constable Grady and Coleman. and lI) puy Sherlif Meltamiel. Mr. ti Iil rr (alnim o0'(f TrenitOnl. New tI Jierv who was lanxi' us t'i see a real iv monshiirer. wasaiso in theparty. 1 It is regretted thait. thougrh they mad liheir presenlce diistinctly felt. la thei moi'nsinetrs rema~linedI invisible. tI !1' Iurs .i.. naed~ 17 ycarns, was neidentalki 1 snOm W~ednesday: after n 'nby.u L'v . whil ou441t hunting near"GreenvlO.. The~ entire load of d) shin pei rated 1 he y41ug man's side h am1h diedI at $ o'clock. four hours an! 'r the accidenot. ie w4as the son S of I li-ert I 'avis. boss oft the card room~ d< t. to' Ii hrilin t milln. An Inhuman Revelation. -Child insurance" in Pennsylvania a sysrem now attracting attention ,caIuse nf some sensational and horri e (velopments. The suspicous at.hs ,f two chiliren in Philadelphia ive brouglt the abuses to light. an aminination revealing poison in their onmaches. The life of each child was sured for $100 and the theory is mt the parents.who are poor. adm iv tered the poiisoni to secure the :ney. The State justly says "when e are told that the oficials have dis ,vered a number of recent cases sus triously similar to this one the state ent is almost sullicient to shake .'s faith in human nature, for of all lings sacred to men and women it oul4d seem that the lives if their idllren are irst. But inhuman, cruel i rents have lived before now and hen moved by cupidity or poverty Ive made way with their offspring." i considering the issues involved the pringfield lepublican logically sets irth the temptations which such a -steim holds out to the beneficiaries, Lyi mg: "It the insurance is no more than hat would sutlice to give the child a rial, th-re can be no objection. But hen thie sum of the policy goes be nd this the death of the child be imes an immediate tinancial advan ge to the parents, and in cases of ry poor p:eople a temptation to cap al crime is held out which should at be there. There is no such sim arity between ordinary life insur ice and child insurance as the in strial companies seek to make out. here the life of the husband is in ired for the benelit of the wife for cample. an "insurable interest" ex ts which makes the loss of the lire much greater financial loss as a ile than the gain from the insurance. .nd where such an insurable interest )es not exist. no insurance can be laced without creating a moral liaz rd too great to justify it. This in rest does not exist in the case cf ung children. They are dependent pon their parents. not their parents pon them. Financially they are a urden. Their loss is the parents' nancial gain for the time being at s', and when to this is added the ain of a lump sum of money, a strain iay be put upon the parental love in ie homes of poverty and where chil ren are numerous and burdensome, nder which It may and does frequent r give way before the opportunity of red of effecting some material ad antage fur the parent. Some re riction should be imposed on this ind of insurance. It should not be ermitted that the lives of little chil ren, almost in their cradles, be ex osed freely to the placing of pre iiums upon their loss of life." The Columbia State says it cannot e denied that what the Republican tys above is a "true analysis of the ise; based upon human nature as we now it, but it is not comfortable to bink that human nature is such as justify the admission. It is only ,hen the very beasts are unnaturally ebased that they destroy their young; rmally they defend the life of their Tspring at the sacrifice of their wn." While what The State says is rue, yet inhuman parents have been >und who are willing to sacrifice their ildren for a money consideration, nd unless these insurance companie~s re very careful who they insure the umber will increase. Readt This Girls. Some one ha~s said that the hestf ay to get along with people is to ~arn to get along without them. Be uch good company to yourself that ou will not need to care whether thers seek you or not. MIake sure at you, yourself, are pure gold. and ou will not then feel like questioning le value of others. Do not look up n another as being very much your uperior, and never fawn upon your ssociates. Respect yourself and reat all with sincere courtesy. Be specially kind to, and thoughtful for be very aged, the timid, the weak, nd the neglected. Do not look upon ress as the standard of value. Treat o one as an inferior, though yo.u may ot treat every one as an equal. Culti ate and store your mind with know ~dge. and make yourself interesting. f you do not interest enough to at ract, go away to yourself and try to iscover why.. Do not force yourself pon another. The interesting girl mst be-or seem-interested: do not iink of yourself to the exclusion of thers. hut never quite forget yourself. .lways keep in mind that you are a dy-or should be. and can be. and aat "noblesse obliae." Do not allow urslf to harber en vy or malice. 1)0 ot allow yourself to indulge in petty eannesses, or in unkind speecbes. if u connot say kind things, say noth ig. Do not repeat unkind criticisms. r short, rememiber alwa ys to practice e golden rule -"D. nto others,' cc.. and if yCo da is, no matter o~ poor, or plai:i you are, you will a loved. The above good advice ta irs is from the Commoner, which is lited by Hion. W. J. Bryan. Aik important Law. The questi >n of fireworks is making s annual call for consideration to the mind of the young boy whose Lost ecstatic thoughts of Christ mas are associated with big >oming cannon crackers and flam ig skyrockets. However, it looks if the State iaw. will considerably rtail the Christmas joy of the city rhins and the small boy. The last gislature passed a state law to the fect that cannon crackers over three iches in length could not be fired in ie State of South Carolina either on ristmas day or any other day for iat matter and i.ow the small boy is ia quandary. Furthermore a city -dinance exists against the tiring of mnon crackers and fireworks in the ty. Hlowever. the mayor has author y to grant permission to the small v to tire crackers in back lots and ;her out of the way places and this ill probably be the case this year. le new State law is as follows: "Sec. I. It shall be unlawful for 1y person to sell, barter or exchange ithin the limits of this State any ~ecracker, exceeding three inches in ngth and exceeding one-half inch in ameter, or any kind of explosive acker containing dynamite. "Sec. 2. Any one violating the pro sions of this act shall upon convic on be punished by a line of not more ian 100 or imprisonment for not o~e than 30 days." Approved F-eb. 1902. A nun'ser of stores in the city are ying in a big stock of fireworks with me expectation of furnishing fun and nusement to the small boy and some the older people during the ap oaching holidays. Fatal Explosion. A box of dynamite carelessly han ed fell down a deep shaft of the Le gh and Wilkesharre colliery No. 5; ednesday morning, and exploded. ~venten persons are known to bie To Aid Southern Schlools. There was incorporated in Washiu-' .,n a few davs ago a body of educators Ind m111 illonair'es w1ose inbtOin1; l iS LO aid th, si'hools Of the Southc. Th ibjeets of this assiwlati'n enn h)- hwt Ler understood 1) the following, infor rnation about T 1.1he pianl furnished by ne of;the trustees: "We have decided upon this cOurSe to attract greater attention to t1 work.we have undertaken, ,.o giv- the body a great e r degree of pernanency Ind ;one in whivch people with mone-y to !givefean have greater conlidun1'e. It is our hope that, money will be lelt to the board and it will be our aim Ilso!to raise and expend -1.000.000 a ear at least and more if we can get it. That seems a lot of money. but, we hope to get 100 men of wealth who w11 agree to subscribe ,10,000 a ye:ir. Dur plan is to improve the pblich chools. For the present we are de voting our work to the South. because there we find the most need. We agree to give twice as much as the people of any town there will raise for public education in that plice and we insist also on a local school tax. We ave already essisted the normnl ;chool at Knoxville, the University Normal at Athens and a number of smaller schools through North Car( - lina. but that is only a beginning. This we have done largely by the sob scriptions of just the members of the board. The Southern Educational Board conducts the propaganda for us imong the people of the South and we supply the money. the two boards being largely made up of the same gentlemen." In commenting on the association ind its work The States says "the 3rporation of the General Educat;on board by act of congress discioscs its broad purposes and tremendous re ources. The intentions of the ) >ard have been freely made known to the peopleof the south. in which section much of the work of the board ha been and is to be done. - The boar-i lesires ti help communities whic' ced help in establishing and coin;.uc' ing schools, offering *to give twice a much as the people* of any town w;! raise for public educatioi' and a:., insisting on a local tax. There is no umiliation in accepting such an of fer as this, and the assistance of, Lhe board should be welcomed by' very community which deires belp. It is stated that while last Fear the board expended S100.000 in the south it is prepared to spendI an nually hereafter no less than one million dollars in this section. 'I'h .re ire a member of wealtby men in the >rganization but the principal backer is understood to be Mr. John ). Rockefeller, whose interest in the ause of education is so well known." Good Manners. A great many children and young persons think it will be time enough to attend to manners when they gr.w young men and women. says the Catholic Mirror. This is a mistake, and a mistake that does a great deal of niischief. NIo boy or girl is too young to attend to manners, and this is the reason why we wish to say something to the children on the sub ject. By manners, we mean cond'uct or behavior (If every kind, but more particularly in our i ntercou rse witEl oue another. Good or bad manners w ill first show them elves in our1 own homes. If we wish really to know what boys and girls are made of., we must see them in thoir own immes: and then not with their company manners. Many a boy and many a girl would be ashamed to speak and act in other peopi'g's bonses as they do in their own. They can be respectful and polite when away from home. while to their own parents and to their brothers and sisters they are very disrespectful, unkind and rude. If a boy should speak to a friend's mother as he does to his own mother, or if nec should be as surly and unkind to his f riend's sisters as lhe is to his own sisters, we do not tnink he would be asked to visit that friend's house more than once. it is a shame for anybody to behave better away from home than he does at home. Let the boys and girls know that bad manners at home will soon be known to all the neighbors and friends. The very essence of good manners is to be found in a kind thoughtfulness of othiers, whlile selfishness wvill always produce bad manners. Either of these will be sure to show itself. Tne boy that is thoughtful and considerate of his mother, and brothers and sisters, is a gentleman, and everybody who knows im will find it out: while the selfish b *v will sooner 'r latter reveal ihis chrater, and everybody will dislike him. And, :4gain, the boy whose manners are good at home is sure to have glod manners every where. F'ou1ly Murdered S-.'ral diays 'ago a young mana nlamed Saml Lightsey disappeared fro'n his home near Sycamore over in Barw~ell C..unty. All efl'orts to find him failed, until last Satrday a p-rty of young men out hunting while pasing~ through some thick woodlantd ear the younug man's home stumbled rvr his dead holiy. Ile been foully murdered, and the b->dy hidden away in the woods. At a late hoar Saturday night >vernor 31eSweeney received a tele ram from M~r. J. F. Lightsey, a rela ive of the murdered young man. in which he said "on the night of 29th Sam Lightsey, a young white man; s in of ML 31. Lightsey, mysteriously lisappeared from his father's house near Sycamore. ils dead body was~ found today in the woods about a half mile from his father's. Several ne ~roes on the plantation were suspect 3d of maurdering the young man but the suspicions were not strong enough ror any arrest to be made until after the body was found today. Ed Daniels are now under arrest and Ed. Daniels has zonfessed that his brother. ~ill D~aniels, and another negro, Stev.e lolly, had told [him that they killed Sam Lightsey and threatened to kill iim if he told it. Steve Holly got way and took to the woods. lHe iuut 5 feet 6 or 8 inches tall, slender built, black, sharp face and head, Scar ver one eye. Talks and moves quick.' It is to be hoped that the description given above of the escaped murderet ,vil lead to his capture. Engineer and F~iremian Killed. A Rock Island northbound passen rer train ran into a broken rail near 'erral. L. T., at midnight Friday. rhe train was badly wvrecked. Eng eer George Clark and Fireman Geo. ells, both of Fort Worth. were kill d. None of the passengers was ser )usly hurt. TUE Atlanta .Journal says 'thie top rop of cotton having been cut otT by rost, the bears and mill men are now rying to make it appear that south 3rn cotton planters have a milli In or so bales hid away on the farms. Any d cry to keep the price down: but here is a sad as'u'keniing for these people when they can find nothing HOW SALT COOLS COrFFEE. A Little Experiment Worth the Try ti;c Out of Mere Curiosity. Between bite's of the sinrple break fjst he had urdcered the you:.:s clerl gazcd nervously at the restauran clock. It was plain he had ov'.rsiep himself and Ws paving the way to fu ture indi;:estioii by bolting his food The coffee was the stumbiijng block. I was hct-very hot-but the clerk need ed it badly, and he sippeci it carefully having due regard for his nu:.h au tong~ue But timne press!,d. and, with a partin; glance at the clock, lie reached for hi glass of ice water and prpartd to pou soie of the frigid fluid iito his cup. "Don't spoil your co!fee. young man, said an elderly gentlenuta who wa eatlng mis breal:fast on the other sidi of the table. *You -t:ike :ll the gro out of it by putting ice or ice water ii It." The clerk was at first inclined to re sent the interference. but the jpatri archal appearance of t" - other mai tempered his rcsentment. "What ara I to doy" he asked. "I an late for the office. and I want this cof fee badly." "Let me show you a little scheme. said the eleerly man. Taking the cylhi drical salteellar from the table. h wiped it carefully with a nal-kin. ther reaching over, dep.;sited the glass ves sel in the cup of coffee. "Salt, you know, has peculiar coolin! properties." he said. meanwhile hold ing the receptacle firmly in positior "They put it with ice to Intensify th cold when tuaking ice cream. It is use extensively in cold storage warehouse for cooling purposes. and being incasei in glass does not affect its pow. t any great extent." As lie spoke he withdrew the salteel tar from the coffee and motioned to th younger man to drink. He raised th cup to his lips and, to h::; snrprisc fomud the 1:' ec oled to snel an es tent th:at h.- c . rink it w ith'ut in -T: a? ui-e- o t ar' t-lt ifld." sai th- !.r!:y n::!. ih iho air of one bc ginni::-: a -a 7:.. " remmbeir on But the clrk. wiiih another g.:icv . the clock. thanked him profusely a dashed cut of the restaurant.-Nev York Mail and Express. FRUITS AND FLOWERS. Land cannot be too rich or too me] low for fruits. Manure for the garden should be fro from weed seeds. The head of a tree needs to be fairl; open to admit sun and air for ful growth of fruit. The dahlias will never disappoin you. Pink, white, yellow or crimson tall, dwarf or cactus. It Is bound ti flower. In the fall after the leaves hay dropped Is generally the best time fo taking cuttings from quinces, but the; may be taken later. Heliotrope should not be mixed wit] other cut flowers in water. They dE cay quickly and have a harmful 'effec upon the other blossoms. Myosotis (forgetmenot) needs partia shading, but not the shade of a tree Plant among taller -flowers or arouni rosebushes, and It will do well. Plenty of yellow blossoms should b secured for places which lack sur shine. Yellow is good in almost ever; situation and ,is the cheeriest of tones. Good cultivation causes an abun dance of fibrous roots to be made. Th growth of any plant is largely meas urd by the number of its fibrou roots. Too Smart. He was one of those men who ar constantly trying to beat down prices, said a bank cashier, "and had evident ly been looking around for bargak prices for his bill of exchange. Whe: he presented It to me and asked th rate, I replied, 'One-tenth of 1 pe cent.' "'Now, look here.' he said. 'You ar too high. I have done business In thi bank for ten years, and yet you charg me a higher rate than 1 can get fron the Farmers' bank, over the way. The; will do it for one-eighth. If you don' do It for that, I'll take my account ove there.' "'All right,' I remarked. 'We will d' It for the same rate, consdering tha you are an old customer.' "The bill of exchange cost him 6 cents more than it would had he kep quiet."-New York Times. Needed For ,Other Purpose. A Georgia justice recently married: runaway couple who drove up to hi house and went through the ceremon; without descending from the carriagt When the ceremony was over, says th Atlanta Constitution. the groom fum bled In hIs pockets and fished up thirt~y six cents. "Jedge," he said. "this here's all th money I got in the world. Ef you've mind to take It, you kin, but I'll sa; now that I done set it aside fer th honeymoon esxpenses." Her Opportunity. "They say she isn't happy." comn mented the neighbor. "but I don't se why." "Oh. some people never are satit "That's rIght, and it's her own faul if she isn't happy. because' sht'~s abi to buy clothes that wvill make all th other women envious."-Chicago Post An Insinuntion. Doris-Yes, she was furious :abou the way in whIch that paper reporte< her marriage. Helen-Did it allude to her age? Doris-Indirectly. It stated tha "Miss Olde and Mr. Yale were mar red, the latter being a well known col lector of antiques."-Chicalgo News. What Newspapers d~o. The Georgia legislatures work~ b i been badly hampered by tie absene f members when questions of mor or less importance are up. The news papers have not been slow to show u this dereliction of duty on the part ' the legislators. and now a sensitive .nd perhaps guilty, member has in: troduced a bill to prohibit the pulieu tion of the roll call. 'f our. savs the Columbia State. ''the bi:. will not pass." We agree with oui otemporary that 'a State wotild b n a deplorable condition should iI legislature object to the publicat io if its proceedling's as that would: b v(idence that the p)roceedings are nt 'I the proper sot Gergia is not L aly o~:", but iLt' iseviet thatL ther. te oe members ~ll iofi its gtenera*l as em cbly, whlo will hear ' watthing' -sini er don't want to be~ watched. TPh ewsppers can he~ diepended u'poin t oliiIhe wvatchin'." The State n to say tha''i i nily one e ways in whcih the newspapers; con rve the public inIterests. The~y honi ve before tihe conmscienceless legisia r and omlelal the dete'rri ng. O ing threat of publ.licity. Every rat, TRICKS FOR HORSES. THE ANIMALS ARE EASILY TAUGHT AND QUICK TO LEARN. They can. Without 3uch Trouble, Be Made to Signal "Yes" and "No," to Shake llands and to Le Down at the Word of Commnand. There a. re so many things that a horse can be taught to do, says Suc cess, that it is bard to tell which te select as best illustrating the methods by V 'ch we teach them. The follow .: oever, will furnish the key: Talkc a pin in your hauC. 'd, stand li abreast of a horse's near shoul der. prick him lightly oi the breast. This resembles the bite of a fly, and to drive ofE the nuisance he will bring down his nose to his breast. This you accept as "Yes" and immediately re ward him by feeding him a lump of sug= r or some other trifle that he likes Repeat the operation till he brings down is head at the slightest move ment of your hand toward his breast. By degrees you can substitute a simple downward movement of the hand, which is less noticeable to an onlook er. but equally effective. Stinding in the same position, prick him lightly with a pin on the top of his neck. He will at once shake his head, which is accepted as "No;" then re ward him as before. Repeat this until lhe shaikes his head at the least upward movement of the hand. This signal, as he learns his lesson more perfectly, can be gradually lessened until It Is very slight indeed. To say "Yes" or "No" is a very simple trick, and yet there is none that shows to better ad vantage. Of course when a horse has thoroughly learned to obey the signals you can ask l4im some questions and - then, by the motion of your hand, make him say "Yes" or "No" as you to shake hands, fas. t:: ,: p to one fore foot below the f' c !:. Then. standing in front of. tv Ir:2a::d having the strap in your r. . *1 . "Sliake Iands." and imme -')::-!i up his foot and take it in .:... ewn. stilI holding the foot, reward and caress him exactly as you would if he had given it to'you of his own accord. Keep repeating the oper ation. being careful to reward him only while his foot Is in your hand. He.will very soon learn to give ,pu his foot the moment you reach your hand to werd It. To teach a horse to lie down at a word of command first select a good, smooth piece of greensward, where he r will not hurt himself. Harness him I with a surcingle and bridle and strap up his off fore foot. A common breech t ing strap Is best for this, the short loop around his foot between the fet lock and the hoof and the long one around his forearm. Fasten one end of a strap to the near fore foot below the fetlock. pass the other end up through the surcingle and take It In your right hand and the bridle rein in your left hand. Push him slightly, and the moment he steps pull sharply o t the strap. This of course will bring him~to-his knees. If he is ahorse of any spirit, be wilH generally fight very pertina Iciously before he goes down; but, hav ing the use of only his two hind legs, he soon becomes wearied and rests with his knees on the ground. Now pull his head toward you, and he will fall over the other way. Hold him down for some minutes Smeanwhile speaking to him very sooth ingly. -Feed him lumps of sugar; in fact, make as much as possible of him while in this position. Then release him and repeat the lesson. He soon learns to. lie down very readily, 'and then you can smit strapping his off fore foot. Later you can also abandon the use of the strap and surcingle by taking his near foot In your hand. Then you can accomplish the purpose by simply touching the near fore leg Swith your hand and finally by a mo tion of your hand toward his leg. You should always accompany the signal by the command, "Lie down!" By degrees he learns Its meaning, and the signal can be dispensed with. If a horse is large and strong, the trainer t must be cool, wide rawake and alert; otherwise he may make a botch of It and infure the horse or himself or Sboth. Egg. An English traveler who has visited every nation in the world Is authority for the statement that one food is uni versalI throughout all countries. "There is not a part of the world," he says, "where you cannot get an egg." While BIn western China, however, he at first had some diflculty in getting even eggs. Thne natives could not understand him an:d refused to recognize the pic tures h'e drew as pictures of eggs. "The way I got out of the diffic'lty," he adds. "was that I squatted down on my haunches, flapped my !wings and cock-o-doodle-doo'd until the entire na tion grasped what I wanted, and I was simply provIded with hundreds of eggs." Possibilities of the Elect. If instead of the cramping imprison -ment or boots and shoes the foot from infancy were allowed a free and nat ural development, it may be questioned -what ecr under such conditions It might not e' r'endered capable of performing tother funictions besides those of loco mo"tion :end sustaining the. weight of Sthe ivody. Certain at least it Is that somrxe unlucky mortals born without Iarms liaie managed to use a knife, fork. sp~oon. pen, paintbrush and even ta violin bow.-Pall Mall Gazette. Good as His Word. -_ be ai checek for four figures. Blushixng Bride-Well, Isn't $J1I1 four figures!-Chicago Tribune. does or does not do, is likely to be paraded in print where every eye can Sread and every reader criticize. It Smay be that in some cases this great - power of the press is misused; that it >~ swielded to abuse the innocent rather fthan to expose the guilty. But these . nstan'ces are rare, for even if the -newspaper have no regard for the veri - tics the certainty of exposure is ever b efore it as well as its victim. The nespaper. therefore, must be care fu, must be accurate and truthful. 1 se its power will be gone. 'The peo ple whno daily read the newspapers, i th their accounts of the deeds done by men and the comments thereon,. seldomn think of these things. They are taken as a matter of course, like breaikfast or dinner, and instead of -giving credit to the newspapers for this sarvice the tendency of the aver age newspaper constituency is to give. censure for the slightest error of state ment and inaccuracy or injustice of criticism, which more likely than not -is uniintentionlal. A few days spent ini a newspaper orfice would disabuse the miinds of mn?iy people of some in correct and unfair notions concerning n i ewspaper motives, methods and pur