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T'he Census 0ffice Makes Pnoicu Its Final Pigures FROM THE GINNERS REPORTS. t over Eleven Million Bales Ginned a bi -During the Last Year. The Ginneries and the b Oil Mills. t The census otlice Tuesd - i nade pub lic the tinal ticures of cotton produ tion obtained from the reports of 00, ton ginners. The quantity f cttnOF ginned from the growth of 1902. Ox- n clusive of linters. amounted to 1 S.- I b 882 running bales. Bales as pressed at the ginneries are equal to 10.G'.0- . 945 bales of a 500-pound standard, or n counting round bales as half bales 10.- s 588.25k. During the four years cover- W ed by the ginning renorts of the census d office the average erop. exicusive ofa linters. has been 9.9u2.277 ales of 300 pounds. The crop of 119,2 shows au increase of 7.2t.-;s ,Is ove r this o average. While the crops of I 99 and o 1901 show a decrease of 55 (nd b 392.532 bales respectively. For the e crop of 1902 there ha; been a general increase in all the States. both cast t and west of the Mis-:ssippi river, with u the exception of Alabama and Texas. i Drought in Alabama and the 1o-l wee- a vil in Texas are responsible for the p losses in those States. t The report contains many lerest ing details concerning the variation of b production in the variuu5 sections of the country. For instance, attention aa is called to tne degree of compensation I' which has been maintained for the a: past three crops between the divisions r of the cotton belt as made by the in Mississippi river. East of the Missis- d( sippi production decreased in 1900 b 313.256 bales. This was more than ot set by the increase west- of the Missis- a i-river of 1,090,892 bales, or 25.7 ih per cent. In 1902 the territory east a of the Mississippi increased its produc- ni tion in a manner which largely com- c pensates for the material loss west of s the river. The per cent. of the coun- d try's production grown in 1902 east c and west of the Mississippi was 53.6 and 46.4 respectively, against 47.2 and bi 52.8 in 1900. To show the extent of I the reduction in the cotton crop in g Texas it is shown that whereas in 1900 t that State produced 34 per cent. of t the entire crop of the United States. or about one-quarter of the cotton i supply of the world, in 1902 the Texas a product was only a little over 23 per p cent. of the entire product of this ir country. The States showing the v most nt ticeabele ircreases in produc --tion in 1902 are Arkansas, Georgia, a Louisiana and 'Mississippi. The increase in Arkansas is remark- I able, being 264.622 bales, or more v than 37 per cent. over the total re- i, ceipts for the smallest crop-that of c 1899-and 157.2.:1, or over 19 per a cent. over that of 190). the largest crop prior to that of 1902. There o was also a large increase in the pro duction of Indian Territory and Okla homa. The combined crops of these territories for 1902 were 545,382 bales. as compared with 215.591 bales for 1899, an increase of 329,791 ba'ts. or 153 per cent. The figures on thle ginning industry ' show that there are-se.948 ginneries in the United States. The average V number of bales ginned per active g Sestablishment in Texas was 563; in ' *Indian territory 855, and in Oklahoma e 993against 254 in Alabama, 292 in ~ Georgia and 206 in North Carolina. 0 This great difference in the average S number of bales of cotton handled per establishment is due to the extensive f employment in the newer cotton pro- a ducing States of modern methods of *handling seed cotton and a more gen-0 eral employment of round bale presses. a The values of the crop for 1902 is ' estimated at $501,897,134, making it ' the second most valuable crop of the 0 United States, corn taking first rank 0 and wheat third. The value of the raw cotton exports for 1902 is given at ~ - 290,651,819, giving that article the l first place in value in American ex- $ ports. The export price for 1902 was a about 1 cent per pound less than that of 1901. The value of the cotton crop of 1902 in the States included in tihe Louis- 0 lana purchase is given at 8113,885.044, - or more than 85.000.000 more than P the original price paid to -France forC that territory with interest at 2 perC .cent. compounded to the present g time. The rapid-development of the cot- g ton- seed oil industry is represented ~ as annually increasing the quantity e oshort ctosaetohecommer cilworld by the reginning of cotton ' seed for oil extraction. A canvass of G this industry has developed the fact a that 530 cotton seed oil milis. have Ia been operated during the season ofd 1902-3 and that they have obtainedt from the reginning of seed of the growth of 1902 linters amounting to 196.223 bales of 500 pounds each. Cotton bulletins are promised at -more frequent intervals in future years. The first report next season will cover all cotton ginned of the growth of 1903 up to Sept. 1: the sec-'s ond, to Oct. Th; the third to Nov. 18: S the fuurth to Dec. 13-the tifth will be the jinal report, and will cover the je total growth of the year. t 10 Held for Ransomi. Col. MIartin Ericson, worth several millica~ dollars and well known Is throughout the Southwest, -has been1 captured by the Yaqui Indians of c Sonora, MIexico, and held for 8500.000 e ransom. Two weeks ago he left i MIexico City for Sonora. after secur-i ing a concession for a large tract of agricultural and mineral lands on the t Yaqui river. WhihM on his wvay to c his property he was caporzz' by the Indians, who have since demanded e ransom for his release. The A meri-t can refused to pay the sum demanded, r and he is still held by the rebels.( General Lorenzo Torez and Colon:1 e Kosterlitsky, who are in commnand ofs the M1exican military forces in Sonora. t have teen asked to rescue the cap tive, and they have set in motion tw'o t large detachments for that purpose.: Americans along the border desiring e to aid in the pursuit have also been a asked to assist the troops. One regi- .t mnent of troops will pursue the Ini aans -. from the north annd the other f romr the south, and Colonel Erics~on is al most certain to be rescued. unless- he is murdered. c The Door Closed. The -Was;hingtonl Post says 1 United State, supieine court has closed the ''door of hope'' right in the r face of those Alabaaa negroes who c regarded the ballut as their inal-en able asset. warne-in weathe is Ntued. The ftlb-wing weekly crop hulletil as issued last week by Se-ct i)n 1)irec. r Hlauer: The mean teim perat ure' for The wed iding S a. n.. Naiody. Ety 4h. ww out _s egrees. whvIh ip i degree ~low l*toLl. There were few Wdrny VS during the middle of the week tthe ir and last rays were un ason:ivy co'l. :wd unfavorable foi ie gera:Ination of piantcd seeds and e grorxth of yi-ung crops. Tta ound retains cold. and owiog to th -k of rain, has become hard an( usted. this being especially true o )toal lands and clayey uplands r.st occurred on the 2.St~h at a fev rthern points, but did n-> percepti e damage. There w:as quite a general rain oJ pril 26, accompanied by hail in th >thern counties falling to adepth o x inches at Hickory. This rainfal 'as beneticial, but was followed b rving winds., and the need of rain i zain noted over a large port ion of th ate,. more espeially in the true] ising districts Showers occurret -er the entral and eastern couIe: ,i May 3rd. the effects of which wil noted ii next week's correspond e1ce. The dry weather enabled farmworl make rapid prozress. and plantint thle staple crops is nearly finished eept that some upland and almos1 I bottom land corn remains to b anted over the western tier of coun es. and bottom lands in the centra muntics, though some have alreadi en planted in the latter. :- ary corn is coming up generally d much has received its tirst work g. but stands average only fair, an 'e poor in localities, owing to thi vages of birds and worms, and t< perfect germination. Replanting i ne extensively. The weather ha: en too cool for favorable growth. Cotton planting is nearly finishec id will be entirely finished the com g week if the weather remains favor )e, but owing to the prevailing cool ess germination is slow and somi ,ed failed to germinate at all. Man, ch fields are being replanted. SomI ds have fair stands and are beln Iltivated. but plants look sickly. Tobacco is almost all transplanted at is making no perceptible growth ice is in the same condition, whici rowth is at a standstill. The George wn districts are being sown at thi me. In a few localities oats are promis g., and while still poor, show som, 2provemnents. but correspondents re irt-the oats crop generally unpromis g with probably half an averag, eld. They are heading low. Wheat is also poor. owing to rus ad the hessian fly. Fruit continues promising altboug ar tress are beginning to blight it rious localities and peaches to droj 1Charleston county. In the sami unty a green louse is damagini aite potatoes. Ram and warmer weather would b great benefit to all crops. The Wealth of the WVorld. When tihe noted statistician Mul all made his estimate of the world 'ealth ten years ago, says the Spar .nur Journal, the United State od third in point of aggregati eath, being exceeded by bot! ngland and France, and was sixth i ~ealth per capita. Today the aggre te wealth of the United States early as sgreat as that of the combinJ l wealth of the two next riches untries, England and France, boti which were richer than it a fes ears ago. According to figures lately compile< .om apparently as reliable ,sources a e possible, the total wealth of th, 'nited States was in 1902 $94,000, )0,0Q.-or nearly one quarter of th' cumulations of the whole wi o:-ld hile the wealth of England wa i9.000,000000. that of France $48, 0000000 and of Germany $40,000, 10,000. In per capita wealth the Unitef tates leads all the world except Bng n-i and France. Our per capitai .235. while that of England is $1.44: rid of France $1.257. Australia ha 1220. Denmark $1,105. Canad: S0 and Holland $878 per person mong all the nations the percentagi debt to wealth is lowest in thi 'nited States. The British debt pe erson is $89. the French S148. th' erman $5.5, the Russian $32, the anadian $50, while the debt per per in the Tnited States is only $12. The total wealth of the worldi yen at $400,000,000,000. It will of en that nearly all of it is concentrat in the great ci-vilized powers, three rths of it being in hands of thb 'nited States, England, France an< ermany. On the other hand. th' miciviized countries, like Chine ad India, are growing poorer. being ained of much of their wealth b; e countries .vhere higher civiiiza on prevails. The Pecbylemu of Saving. Up to this the great burden of thi bor reformer has been on the eues on of how the working man seal rn his money, and how' much t: all earn. These have not been full; ~ttled: but there is another probler aat is coming to the front. Improv Iconditions depend more on savin, aan on earning. Five dollars earnel any kind of labor, with four dollar it spent for strong drink, is not si iuch to bomne and family as two dcl rs, or even one dollar, earned ani ent for the home. Of the billion dol us spent for drink each year in thi: untry, probably four-fifths ofi mes out of the pockets of the work g men. Great corporations are com ag to see this more and more. Man, them are now temperance organiza ions as they require total abstinene ftheir men. Recently the naval de artment of the United States threat ned to shut its great plant at Bremei n. Washington, because or the imi oral conditions that prevail there nlde Sam is a magnanimous emplo3 -.ie pays good wages and grant ort hours with easy tasks. H~e see hat existence of dens of infamy imnblingz, brothels, saloons, and a' 1e attendant train, ruin his men. an< as given an extra hitch to his trous rs and his foot down- The resulti > awakening of the authorities of th 'wn and some reform. Young men in :ead of throwing away .vour money i wdtous living save up and buy a home THEz weariness and sadness tof lii mec fromi pezsistently closing ou yes to its greatness. There is no lif poor as that which. through to lose a grasp or visible things, ha ist all conscious hold upon unsees ealities. Lifted into the atmospher, utiite Greatness. the soul itsel rows great: unfolded within the lPer of' Somle Chiildren. I'61SLued by : fear-maddene I horse up tlhe (Ir steps. in through the dou ble doors and part way up the first flght of stairs in the tiat-house at No. 164 East Seventy-eighth street. four children tied in terror Wednesday night. (race Mullane. six years od. faltered on the stairs, and the h seizd her dress in its teeth. bruisin I her leg at the knee. She tore herself away and ran to her home on the top toor. Lena L-fschitz. eight years ld. was knocked down by one of the horse's hcofs. The blow lamed her foot and cut her shoe. Evelyn Nii1 lane, aged eight, and Alice Foster es caped through tne rear hail. Among a dozen persons who wit nessed the riight of the children was Mrs. Danziger, of No. 166 East Seven tv-eighth street, who was watching her baby in a carriage near the stoop of that address. She saw the horse coming toward her child and tried to drag the carriage up the steps, but fainted from terror. The horse is the properLy of the Rev. Father Eagan, of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, on East Nineteenth street. It is a bang-tailed cob and was not known to be vicious. Father Eagan loaned the horse Wednesday afternoon to his friend, Jobn Bartoccina, of No. 633 West One hlundred and Forty eighth street. Bartocrna had enjoyed a center in Central Park and was returning home shortly before 6 o'clock through the East Drive, near the Seventy-ninth 'street entrance, when an automobile whizzed by. The horse reared, throw ing Bartoccina, and dashed into Fifth avenue. A bicyclist near the entrance I tried to stop the runaway and was knocked dowN~n, sustaining painful bruise. Policeman J. H. Kelly brried to Bartoccina's assistance. A park ambulance took Bartoccina to Presby terian Hospital, where the surgeons I found he was suffering from severe - contusions of the legs and body-. . The horse ran down Fifth avenue to . Seventy-eighth street, where it turn ed east, scattering home-going crowds and causing excitement at the cross ing of the Madison avenue and-.Lex r ington avenue trolley lines. Fifty men and boys gave chase, and were not far behind when the horse reached the block between Lexington avenue and Third avenue. The police be lieve that the horse was maddened with fear when it turned swiftly to south sidewalk and made for the stoop .at No. 164, where the four children were sitting. They had watcaed the horse ap proach, but were caught unawares as it ran straight toward them. Evelyn caught her sister's hand and dragged t Grace in through the open doors. Lena Lifschitz and Alice Foster were close behind. The children ran through the vestibule and had reach ed the hall when the horse took the four stepsleading to the street at a Sbound. Evelyn had climbed nearly to the Shead of the stairs when she heard Grace scream. The horse, carried by the momentum of its leap up the stoop, went up the stairs and appar ently snapped at Grace, catching and Stearing her dress and bruising her leg. It then tumnbled back to the Slanding and started down the hall Swhere Lena Lifsch'tz was overtaken Sand knocked down. Mrs. Lifschitz had heard the commotion and grasp - ing her daughter. dragged her into Stheir flat. - The driver of a coal cart, and his Shelper, had seen the horse dash into Ithe house and followed. It was kick Sing and biting savagely when they got it by the bridle and backed it out Sinto the street. The tenants in the Shouse were almost panic-stricken by Sthe uproar. Mrs. Joseph Dahlinger, -wife of the janitor, who lives in the Sbasement, said: "I thought the house was falling when I heard the Snoise overhead." -Father Eagan sent word that he -would make good any damage the horse had done in the house-New York World. A Bad Showing. The other day a young man -who had three reveolvers unlimbered on SBroadway in New York and began to "shoot up the town" after a style that is still popular in Arizona but decidedly passe in the effete East. rThe police reckoned that they had captured, if not Deadwood Dick, Jr., at least Montana Kid or some equally -notorious outlaw. They escorted the gent.-o jail, relieved him of his arse nal, a large quantity of morphine, 10 hypodermic syringes and discovered that he was a young Pittsburg mnil lionaire who had been having 'a bit of a time." The more you think of Pittsburg's smart set, says the Spar tanburg Journal, the more you are disgusted. The Violet Clark divorce case was a~ Pittsburg affair and the odor of it is still mixed with the smoke-laden atmosphere of the steel city. Another Pittsburg millionaire gave a $50,000 dinner to 50 exceeding ly immoral women of Paris. It is doubtful if hie got much fun out of the orgy but it made folks look up and take notice and that is something. And now a Pittsburg girl has pur chased a title. The thing is shop worn. It has been on the bargain counter for years. Its owner is notori c usly hard-up. I-e wants money. He can't get it without the incumbrance of a wife, and there you hav-e the whole story of the coming alliance between London and Pittsburg. The Journal goes on to say that the Pitts burg fast set is no worse than similar organizations in other cities. It has been found out oftener: has occupied -more columns in the newspapers, and has therefore earned a reputation for rottenness that is perhaps, not entire ly deserved. Idleness and wealth, when combined, are responsible for -more immorality than poverty ever caused. Give a young man a mnillion or two arnd nothing to do except amuse himself, and the chances are in favor of disgrace. The trouble with Pittsburg is that there are too many young men there who have in herited great wealth and who have not inherited character; who are rich, and who know nothing of the vahi~e of money. And the thing that is a trouble in Pittsburg is also a curse in every great city. Where Is He? -L. L. Copeland, postmaster at Be thune, a station on the Seaboard Air Line about 30 miles from Columbia. disappeared from his home (in April 29; and since that time nothing has been heard of him. Copeland left Be thune April 29, purchasing a railroad ticket to Camden. When the train rea:hed Camden he decided to come on to Columbia. paying the difference -in fare. lie was expected to return - to his home on the same day' the proth!e tin Year !r Uf gie 5 t lr op yheat on record. A new record wais made last ye;r in winWter wheat. the aggregate reaching J -:. 0i.oo0 bushels. But the present pr's poect is whll!y unprecedented. There are two million more acre? In wheat this year than there were list anld 1.he conditions of Lhe crop is re nmrkably high. ( )n the tirst of April thi. -undition was 97.31. as against 7s.7 a year ago. when a great crop was produced. The average condicion of the wheat crop on the ftirst of April for the last ten years has been 82.1. On the present acreage and cordi. tion a crop of 590.000.000 bushels is contidently counted on. In the next two weeks this immensely valuable crop will be out of danger. With a winter wheat crop amounting to 59). 00t,000 bushels an average yield of spring wheat will carry the grand tftal of our wheat production to 800. 000.000 bushels, or more. The largest crop ever grown was that of last year when the aggregate reached 756,629, 573 bushels. The average cropsof the last ten years has barely exceeded 5)0, 000,000 bushels. We exported last year no less than 155,000,000 busiels of wheat, receiving therefor aLout S113.00.000. It see.ns practically certain that we will have quite as much wheat to sell this year. No other country ever ex ported wheat or any other agricultural product to such enormous value and very few countries have had the total of their surplus crops to reach such a magniticent total as the sales of our wheat abroad did last year. And it is likely that even this superb record will be surpassed this year. There -re many good reasons to expect that the phenomenal prosperity which has blessed our cunntry during the last four or five years will cou.inue at least for the next year or two. One of the best assurances of this prospect is the magnificent yield of wheat that is now maturing. For The Ladies. A Chicago chemist has made the in teresting discovery that 75 per cent of the so-called silk used in skirts, blouses and dresses is nothing less than tin. Speaking to a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, this chemist said that "the practice of substituting tin for vege table substance originated in Ger many. The vegetable matters were no detriment, though equal brilliancy of color was not obtainable, and there was not the same sheen and 'feel' when handled as that produed by real silk. which has the rustle so pleasing to ladies' ears. 'The practice of the dyer,' he explains, 'to whose hands the silk yarn is intrusted for dyeing and weighting, is to boil it, and in so doing he reduces every sixteen ounces to twelve, thus eliminating the nat ural gummy substances and the for eign matter added for the purpose of spinning. The twelve onces were then brought up to fourteen by the use of tannic acid, etc. Today, by the sub stitution of tin, the twelve ounces are raised to sixteen ounces. or even th irty ounces. 'The proportion of "'weight ing." is more than in black silk,' said a manufacturer to whom this state men t was submitted. 'k'requently only one-fourth of the woven material is real silk; the other three parts are tin and dye.' " This chemist added: 'Any woman can test for herself whether the silk she is buying is tin weighted. Let her hold some threads in a flame, and the genuine will leave an ash resembling that of wool when burned, with rno traces of filament, while the tin weighted simply loses its color and tenacity, each thread re maining distinct in a thin wire gauze." ________ Dreams Roosevelt's Defeat. Charles V. Barton, otherwise known as Earl Count Courtney the 'Dream Prophet," who eighty days before President McKinley's assassination at Buffalo came to Washington from Seattle to warn the President not to leave Washington, as he had dreamed of an impending disaster threatening M r. McKinley, - has drearned that President Roosevelt will be defeated for re-election by a New York State Democrat, writes The Washington correspondent of The New York Sun. It is a matter of record that Barton, about September 1, 1901, was com pelled to leave the White House by the policemen stationed there. as he was thought to be a harmless but anoying crank. Barton.-said at the time that he had dreamed- that Presi dent McKinley would be killed, and appeared much affected when no at tention was paid to his warning. The "Dream Prophet" has the following to say in regard to the next election. "On April 7 I dreamed that Presi dent Roosevelt would be defeated in the next election and that a Demo crat from New York would be elected. This dream came to me under the same circumstances as others. and I know in my own mind that the next President will be a Democrat. I can even name the man." Barton has some very remarkable views on cer tain subjects, but he is evidently thoroughly sincere, or thinks he is. He is a small, dark-haired man, about 35 years old and a native of Kentucky. He is an employee of the government printing ottice. IN spite of denial the preparations under way by Russia are decidedly warlike and are arousing great oppo sition in Japan, where vigorous action is being called for against the aggres sive policy of Russia. On Ap.[il 29 it was announced that the state depart ment had received a dispatch from Ambassador McCormick at St. Peters burg to the effect that there is no foundation _for the report that Russia intends to pursue an aggressive policy in China. but the fact that Russian authorities say nothing abo:ut the evacuation of Manchuria as agreed upon in the original treaty is taken to justify the close watch upon her movements there by the various gov emnments. A White Man Convicted. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says: "After remaining out all night, the jury in the Blan chard case returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, recommending thie defendant to the mercy 01' the court. Blanchard is the white man who slew Martin Hardy. a colored blacksmith of this city. The court has not pro nounced sentence in the case." Tulis is a Georgia boy's account nf his lather's entrance into politics: "Dad has took the stump. I dunno who run him up it-but he's on it, jest the same. D~ad is after a oflis. One paper says he is a horn liar: nuther one says he stoled a hoss, an'nther one says he run off with a widder. When ma heard all these thinrs she said she thought she know ed him before: but she's glad she's done found him out at last. an' jest ait til she ketr-he him again'" A WarNinig to NeeroIes. The Nev Virk Timer ays what I h tks -rv thucli like a substitute fr I he lave pension schios as a mea r!:, T 1f turnitg negro ignorahre in.o money has been rev.aed by a letwr :ecently received bv William Pickens. the colored Yale student who delivered the notable contribution to the de atile (n llayti. The letter is from ct one L. N. Musgrove of Sturgis, Ky.. at a nd its writer, as secretary of a socie- s ty named the Sons of Freedom. pur roses that Pickens take part in the organization and equipment of an army here for the purpose of captur- ' ijg Ilayti and setting up there a new a government by American negroes! I And a moisl. peculiar government, too, it will be, if the plans outlined are s carried out. Whife Republican in a form. it is to be administered as aie greate corporation, with every citizen e a stockholder. All land titles and 0 franchises are to vest in the Stat. 0 and if this lal est brand of Utopia pro duces any criminals they are to be set P adrift in well provisioned boats to D make their way-if they can-to other d( shores. Agriculture and manufactur ing are to be encouraged, schools a established, and perfect liberty as sured to all-to all, that is, who will w obey the rules and do what they are a tnld. In return for his cooperation w Pickens is told that perhaps he will I be made president of the society, and p meanwhile he is to deliver lectures eC and raise money for the purchase of m arms and battleships and the payment a of salaries. including his own. This i is certainly a noble scheme--for some cl pjrposes. Somebody ougkit to Investi- h gate the purposes, and until this is P done we would advise our colored fel- al low-citizens to have nothing to do n with the scheme, unless they are anx- n: ious to get buncoed out of their hard ir earned dollars. a A Strange Case. A strange case in which a man's speech was restored by a fit of anger is reported by the Helena correspondent -h for the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Accord- a ing to this story, John Matt, for many h years an employe of the Great North ern railroad, was s-tricken with par- h alysis more than fifteen months ago. SI When he was able to walk again be found to his sorrow that he could not a utter a word, although he could hear I distinctly. About two weeks ago he cl was taken ill and condfined to his bed. For several days he hovered be tween life and death. One afterioon n several friends called, and while they t were present the doctor came upon a the scene. Matt was in a semi-stupor e and seemed unable to recognize even h his most intimate friends and rela- a tives. The condition of his health a was discussed, and the. visitors were unanimous in expressing the belief that death was inevitable. When si Matt heard this he rose from his pil low as if by magic and exclaimed in -terms far more forcible than elegant that he was not a dead man, nor did he intend to die. Then, suddenly f( realizing that he had recovered his a voice, he apologized profusely for the a, abuse he had heaped upon his physi- i cian and friends and became fervent N in his thanks foJr their presence. y, "Had you not come," said lie; "and 01 made me angry 1 do not believe 1 c< would have recovered my voice." From o1 that moment his recovery has been el rapid, and in a few days he will re- a some his work. a: A Good 1ecrth. 0 John Farron, head of the great - banking house of Farron, Leach & Co. t which does a bond business of S50, 000.000 a year, is in New York ing search of an ideal servant girl. Far ron lives in Ch icago and in his splen- t did home suites of rooms are provided l for servants. To the woman who r iills his requirements he will give a c home and good wages in his life, and at his death a bequest of $1,000,000. . She must never make an error In ta ble service; must know the likes and n dislikes of -his guests at a glance, p must never sulk, must not discuss C household affairs with outsiders, must o be a good snurse, a good cook and it know something about dressmaking. g Who will win the $1,000,000 prize? a WOULD NoT TRvsT THEx.--Soon u no one will want a cigarette smoker ~in his empleyment. Instructions posi- ~ tively forbidding the use of cigarettes by those employed in the passenger service of the Reading Railroad have been issued. Dismissal is the penalty for failure to obey. "Men who smok - cigarettes are apt to have lapses of roemory, and it is not safe to trust i the lives of passengers in the hands of persons who have that failing." This was the explanatioc given. The in structions not only forbid the use of t cigarettes while on duty, but also e when they are off duty. It would be well for boys who have not yet learned the cigarette habit to shun it as they would a rattlesnake. WHAT Is NE.EDED.-Remember, boys, there is no place in the modern h world for the- unskilled; no one can hope for any genuine success who fails to give himself the most complete e special education. Good intentions . go for nothing and industry is thrown away if one cannot infuse a high de gree of skill into his work. The mank of medium skill depends upon fortu- di nate conditions for success or he can- t not commandit, nor can he keep it.L The trained man has all the advant-g ages on his side; the untrained man invites all the tragic possibilities oft failure. ___________ IN Australia the telegraph service ioperated by the government and is the cheapest In the world. A message of ten words may be sent over the g wires a distance of 4,500 miles for t( twenty-four cents. This low rate n pays all operating expenses and inter- ir est on the expense of construction. A The messages sent at the lower rate e' are said to be twice as many as Ameri- al cans send at the rate charged in this t: country. r_________ THE burglars convicted in Green- c vile are trained hands at the busi- ii ness. They belong to a regular or- 0 ganization with headquarters in the d Bowery, New York. While the trial n was pending in Greenville, it is said P their friends sent a messenger with al 81,500 for their defense. THE Washington correspondent of The News and Courier reports that d "Treasury ollcials state that they a have had more trouble distributingp the $160,000 among the Charleston ti claimants than they had with Buffalo, or any other exposition within their recollection." 1( UP in Indiana they whip young wo -ti men on the bare back with barbed wire lashes, but we presume they will stil continue to be shocked when hi some black brute is lynched down a; south for assaulting helpless women. a A 3yoNU31ENT to the Confederate c2 army and navy was unveiled in Balti- lii more on Satursday. It was erected by t the Maryland Daughters of the Con- tl THE SSASSIN ARRETS ti, A, &2Accoiitpa~adb heriff'and a Posse orSeven, The capture of Curtis Jett. charged ith the assassination of .1. Bj. Mar iM in .lackson. Ky.. Monday. was :complished vi thou t blo-d.hed early inday morningr. Iie is now in the lark county jail at Winchester. I earing a warrant. which had been vorn out by Sam .ett, uncle or the cused. Sherit' McCord and a posse 1 seven men left ;rncest(ter at idnight Saturday. Reaeini .lack n's ferry, 10 miles distant. at 2.:30 m.. they left their buggies and ossed the Ketucky river to Mad ison munty. in canoes. They proceeded on foot to the bome Mrs. A. Jlaggin, -Jett's mother. two iles from the ferry. Six of the sse were stationed around the velling and Sheriff McC.>rd and eputy Stokely approached the front )or and knocked. Jett's mother iswered and after some parley ad itted that Curtis was within. They ere admitted and found .Jett ,vake but in bed. ie shook hands ith the sheriff and said he would ve no trouble. Reachiug under his llow be drew out his pistol and turn I it over to his mother to keep. He ade no show of resistance and was .nded in jail at Winchester by day ght. Jett's stepfather, A. Haggin, arges that when Jett reached his :use Saturday night from Jackson he roceeded to draw his pistol on him Ad ordered him to get out of the ighborbood. Haggin went to Rich ond and swt re out a warrant charg ig Jett with breach of the peacoe by ;sault with a pistol. In the jail Monday Jett was com tunicative on all matters save the illing of Maicum. "I'll get out of 2s all right," was the only statement e would make which could construed a reference to the charge. He said e wanted to be tried in Breathitt >unty. Be was bitter in denouncing is uncle who had him arrested and Lid that the score would be evened p when be was at liberty. When ;ked about the statement that five Len would testify that be killed Mar am, he sneered and said: "What's that to you?" To Sheriff McCord he was equally on-communicative as to the Marcum -agedy. Jett is 28 years of age, thletic in build, with deep set, keen yes and has bushy red hair. That e submitted to arrest was an agree ble surprise to the oticers, wbo feared n encounter. Jett denied that he rove his stepfather from home. He 'ill be arraigned Tuesday and it is apposed he will be transferred to the ackson district for trial. Suppert the Local Paper. Speaking of what a newspaper doe., >r a community, United States Sen Lor David Davis of Illinois made an Jdress that remains ever green in the temories of newspaper men, says the [arengo Democrat. He said: "Every ear every local paper gives 500 to 5, 0 free lines for the benefit of the ymmunity in which it is located. No Iher agency can or will do this. The jitor in proportion to his m -ans d. es ore for his town than any other man d in all fairness, man with man, he Lght to be supported-not because au happen to like him or admire his riting. but because a local paper is 2e best investment a community gan take. It may not be crowded with reat thought, but financially it is of iore b:'netit than both preacher and acher. Today editors do more for ss pay than any men on earth. Pat nize your home paper, not as a arity, but as an investment." Yards and Lawns. Now is th~e time to make plans for eighborhood i mprovement - and to roceed to carry them Out, says the hicagi Po.st. All rubbish that has :euuImuted in the yards and vacant >L- ab..ul be gathered in heap.;. A :ubage man will cart the stuff off for few cents or if it may be burned the roys Wi:l find fun in a bontire.. Pull p the weeds and dead vines along be f1iwer beds, borders and next the mce. Shrubbery t hat is positively ozen should be dug out and burned 1ad branches should always be burn -1, as by so-doing pests are destroyed d diseases killed. Rake off the awns and put the grass in good shape. [end up the fences yourself--a nail itime saves nine. Remember that pot of paint will work miracles. Caint comes ready for use in cans anql >ts but little. By learning to use e brush yourself you will set a good cample to the neighbors and keep aur own premises looking fresh. Held on Suspicion.* A t Los Angeles, Cal., acting under istructions from the secret service Lreau at Washington, the police 'ursday ariested a man who is sus ected of being one of the four broth *s of Czolgosz, the as.sassin of the e President McKinley. Great ~crecy has been ma ntained about ie arrest. No ebarge has been Idzed against himn t'ejyolice simply taining the man on- suspicion un l after ~the president shall have left os Angeles. It is said that Czol osz has been living in this city for veral months being empl~yed in a male factory. His actions, It Is tid. have not been out of the ordinary. Sensational Arrest. A dispatch from Walhalla to The tate says Hoyt Hayes was committed >jail here Tuesday charged with the murder of his wife, who was shot and stantly killed on the morning of pril 26i. John E. Mason, Esq., of ak way committed Mr. Hayes upon an davit of Mr. Crame, the father of e wife of young Hayes. It was cur mtly reported that Mrs. H~ayes had >mmitted suicide and left a note say ig why she had done so. The arrest young Hayes has caused a great al of excitement in the commu ity where all the persons live. The rents of both Mr. and Mrs. Hayes re prominent families. Cotton Way Up. A dispatch from New Yord says un r date of May 6: "May cotton sold iday at 10.77. Yesterday's highest )lnt was 10.68. May cotton con nued to advance and at 11.30 was ioted at 10.75. In the afternoon lay cotton sold between 10.70 to ).75 until just before the close when iere was a sale at 10.77. SPARE THE TRtEEs.--Protection of ghway trees is needed against the es of anybody and everybody who present seems able to dispose of Lade trees at his own sweet will be use not actually within the fence 2es of adjacent property, and some mes against the property owners1 emselves, who have an idea that! me on to the middle of the road. CAT CrlN CRA98; by aL ingenohs Method. Tb whxvbo crab for market on the Chopvarik- river. Maryland, have an in geaionu method of catching crabs in quantity. A rope about the thickness ot a clothesline several hundred feet long is kept coiled in a keg. At Inter r.:ls of two feet along the entire length or the rope the fisherman has untwisted it and inserted between the strands sort pieces of salted eels. The torsion of the strand holds them tightly in place. Each end of the rope has a keg buoy attached, together with a heavy stone. Arriving at the favored place. sually on oyster beds, he throws a keg overboard and pays out a highly scent ed rope as he sails. When the other end is reached, he anchors it with an other stone and throws out another buoy. After lowering his sail he waits a few minutes. then takes his stand on the bow of his boat. Alongside of him is his landing net, with a handle six feet long. He raises the buoy -and stone and, hand over hand, pulls his boat along the line. When a crab, clinging to its refreshment, comes in sight, he seizes his net, dashes 't under the crab and flings it into the boat. The wary crab may loosen his hold and dive for the bottom, but such is the fisher. man's dexterity that his net Is swifter than the crab. One seldom gets away. Several hundreds of crabs are often taken at each overhauling of the rope. When he has caught all he wants, he packs them in barrels and sells them to a local dealer. who ships them to mar ket.-Cou ntry Life in America. "Do1n=:- Europe In Your Mind. According to a Cairo contemporary. persons who wish to let their friends know that they are "doing" Europe on a princely scale the while they are liv ing in retirement for a time need only apply to an agency in Paris, which will undertake to send your letters to prac tically any place in Europe you may se lect anl there to have them posted for yourou any date you ma' choose. The demand fXor such an institution arose out of tne absolute horror the Parisian of --high life" has of being suspected of remaini;:g in Paris or its environs in the bathing eason. One feature of the joke Is that you can not only get your letters posted from smne distant spot, but yo:n ean get :nswers received for ou and reposted to your temporary hid ig place. There are great possibilities fr American travelers in this. Why not stay in America and "do" Europe? --New York Tribune. Inxurance fax Its Htumor. An enterprising insurance agent in duced an Irishmnan to take out an acci dent policy for his wife. A few days later while conversing with a friend in his otice he was startled to see the rishmian rush in, brandishing fiercely a stout cane. "Ye rascal!" he yelled, springing to ward the agent. "Ye wanter cheat -ortuina'ely the enragCd man was disarmed and held fast by the agent's friend, who was a powerfully built man. The Irishman, struggling to get free, shouted: "Let me git at the spalpeen! Think ov it, chargin' me foive dollars fer an aeshident ticket fer me ole woman, an' she jest broke her leg a-fallin' down shtair-s! Wot's the good of the ticket anyhow?" Male Elushers. One of the most Ill founded of all popular delusions is that blushing is the special characteristic of the female sex. As a matter of fact, except in the case of very young girls, men blush far more readily than women. Th'e well bred woman never blushes at all, while it Is a matter of e~eryday experience that in the excitement of business or political discussions men's 'cheeks redi den with very little provocation. What ever may have been the case a hun dred years ago, the modern woman sows her emotion not by lushing, but by turning pale.-London Tatler. Mlathematlcs of Love. "Margaret," he began, "I have $3,750 in the bank. I own half Interest In a patent churn company that clears $1, 700 a-yesar. My salary is $20 a week, with prospects of a r-aise to $22. I have an aunt who will leave me twenty-sev en shares of a railway stock now quot ed at 53. ~Tell me. Margaret, will you be mine?" "Wait." she replied, "till I get a pen For she never had been good at men tal arithmetic.-NeWark News. The Baths of Caracal11. The Romans appear to have been well off in the matter of bathing places in the first and second centuries. In the baths of Caracalla 1,600 bather. could be accommodated at one time. The inclosed area 'was 360 squafe yards. but it Included a course for foot racing. The bathing establishment was 240 yards In length by 124 wide. The remains of the walls are 8 and 10 feet thick and in some places as much as 50 feet high. Lote Abote Par. Towne - Poor fellow! He certainly does love her for all he's worth. Browne - He loved' her even more than that today.. Towne-How do you mean? Browne- He sent her a tea dollar bunch of roses and borrowed the price from me.-Philadelphia Press. Men are like sandwiches - there's nothing in some of them, and the more there is in others the worse they are. Chicago News. For a woman to love some men is like easting a dlower Into a sepulcher.-Haw thmorne. TE Columbia Record says the poor Did fifteenth amendment is cateching it on all sides. .Tustice Brewer, ofi the supreme court. declatres that con gress as no power to punish bribery in elecyions under that ame'ndment. though, of course, it can pass such a law to fit individual cases of bribery. Thus one of tihe leading industries in Northern and Western states may :ontinue unobstructed for a while, ad unless the vote sellers and buyers l'orm a merger of some sort, their business has legal sanction and may :ontinue to flourish without fear. TE SpartanbUrg Journal says: " The verdict of manslaughter against i white man charged with the mur cr of a negro at the present session >f the criminal court in this county shows that Spartanburg is still an 2nhealthy place to commit any kind >f a homicide." G. H. SLors, the defaulting clerk of he Capital City National Bank of Atlanta, plead guilty to the charge of ~mbezzlement in the sum of $94,000 of he banks funds and was sentenced to x years imprisonment. He has al -eadv entered upon his term. .HOW SAT C00 6 FFr M W14 M % i e fr;A in* but of Mere Cur4iit?. Between bites of the simple break fast he had ordered the young clerk gazed nervously at the restaurant elock. it was plain he had overslept himself dnd was paving the way to fu ture indigestion by bolting his food. The coffee was the stumbling block. It was hct-very hot-but the clerk need ed it badly, and he sipped it carefully, having due regard for his mouth and tongue But time pressed. and, with a parting glauce at the clock, he reached for his glass of ice water and prepared to pour onme of the frigid fluid Into his cup. *'Don't spoil your coffee. young man," said an elderly gentleman who was eating his breakfast on the other side of the table. "You take all the good out of It by putting ice or Ice water in it-. The-clerk was at first Inclined to re sent the interference, but the patri archal appearance of the other man tempered his resentment. ,What am I to do?" he asked. "I am late for the office. an vwant this cof fee badly." "Let me show you a little scheme," said the elderly man. Taking the cylin drical saltcellar from the table, he wiped.it carefully with a napkin, then, reaching over, deposited the-glass ves sel in the cup of codfee. "Salt, you know, has peculiar cooling properties," he said, meanwhile hold ing the receptacle firmly in position. --They put It with ice to intensify the cold when ma ki::g i. cre~nm. Itis used extensively In cold storage warehouses fAr coxiing purpses. and being Incased In glass e'oes not affect its power to any great extent." As he spoke he withdrew the saltcel lar from the coffee and motioned to the younger man to drink. He raised the cup to his lips and, to his surprise, found the liquid cooled to such an ex tent that he could drink It without-In convenier.ce. --The 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 a the clocl. th:n'a d him profusely and dashed out of the restaurant.-New York Mail and Express. A certaiu ex-congressman tells a story about a widow in his district who desired a position in the agricultural department. "There was no vacancy at that timb.',' said he. -and I was consequent ly compelled to advise may constituent that I couid do uothimin for her until later. But she persisted in her efforts to cotain a posit.on and for two weeks thereafter met :ue at every turn. One morning I bad .inst finished breakfast when I was to:d by the servant that .e was awaitin:: me in the reception hall. So I assumed as pleasant a de meanor -as possible. and. entering the room. said in a sympathetic voice: -'-Well. my good woman. what news' "'Good news.' she said: 'good news, - Mr. Allen' "'Well,' I said. 'i'm glad to hear that And what is the good news?' "'-Oh.' she said. 'good news, Mr. Al len, good news. A woman in the <agri cultural department died yesterday.'" Jade. The most precious of all stones, ac cording to a gem expert. is'the jade, on account of its rarity, its extraordinary qualities and the mystery of its cutting. It was regarded as a sacred stone, and nobody had a right to possess it except a prince of imperial blood. Argerlus Clutius, a famous physician in Amster dam at the time of the renaissance, published a work on the jade, or -ne pritic-stone, as it was then called, on account of its action on the renal sys tem. At the same period Italian au-. thors spoke of the jade as osiada and discussed Its wonderful powers for healing sciatica. The legends surrounding this stone abound in history. Good specimens of jade are extremely rare, and 'the world is at a loss to know how 'the Chinese managed to cut It, becauseit Is so ex tremely hard that nothing can make an Impression upon It. The First Linen Paper. Linen cloth was occasionally used for writing purposes, but was never very common. Linen manuscrips have been found folded in mummy cases, and the Chinese before the Invention of paper used silk and cotton cloth. The Romans also wrote upon linen. The . use of this material Introduced a change in the manner of writing. The other substances were rather engraved than written upon, an iron point being used - for the urpose.* To wrnte'-upon linen It was necessary to have some colored fluid which mIght get dry and leave a permanent mark. The first ink used was probably some sort of soot or lampblack mixgd with size or gum water, and the first instru ment answering to our pen was a reed. . 'Long and Short Hair. Pranche says: "Le~ng ha'r was the distinguishing charneteristic of the Teutonic tribes. It was a mark of the highest rank apmong the Franks, none - of whom but the first nobility and princes of the plood was permitted to wear it in flowing ringlets, an express law commanding the people to cut their hair close around the middle of the forehead." And this badge of servitude and sign manual of plebeianism in one century has become the essence of style and glass of fashion in another, the freak of one age, the fancy of another. A Democratic Victory. At Baltimore the board of elections supervisors rctuated the ballots of six of the 24 wards Thursday. No material change was shown rrom the anoilcial returns of Tuesday's mu nicipal election wich gave McLane, Democrat, 503 majority fur mayor over Congressman Frank C. Wachter, Republican. -On joint ballot the councils will stand 18 Democrats to 13 Republicans, although several of the wards are very clo.e, amnd the otl. cial count may change a vote or two Served Hirm Right. A special from New Bern, N. C., says George \arn., a negro ex-convict, who had shot at a young white mran named Thomas Green he-re. was sh~ot to death on an excursion train here by ofiers last night. lHe was resist ing three officers and tired at Officer Dixon, wounding him in the thigh. ie then attempted to throw Officer Lupton off the train. A fusilade fol lowed and the negro was instantly killed. _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ AVE THlE STREETS.-It is too ex pensive in more ways than one for a growing, prosperous town to have poor streets. It costs money to pave, but what does it cost to wade through. mud and mire six months of the year? Pave the streets by all means as a inat ier of convenience and economy. 1-t is