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Tihere was~ no sense or reason for a con inued session. but there was ev-r reason to have a short session: the work started off splend diy. night sessions began earlier and continued th:oughout the time. at the end of thirty five days the appropriation and supply bills could have been ready for rati fication, but the leaders of the j majority, would not have it so, 1, and of course the minority had to submit. The people will take a deeper interest in our politics this year than they have been 1 taking in many years. and. they are going to sean the ree ords of their representatives closely; they will know whether or not the men of their chosing, acted between the interests of the masses, and the inteiests o; aspirants for political prefer ment, and then, when they go to the polls in August, if they ap orove of the course of their rep resentatives they will vota for, them, if not, ther will give their support to some one else. I had occasion to sro over to the House on last Saturday night, and I was amused to see so large a body of men under the complete domina tion of one man, and he a man who has pulled thousands of do' lars into his own pocket as the result of legislation. I refer to I Mr. W. F. Stevenson, one of the lawyers associated with the at torney general to handle the1 liquor cases, and now he secured legislation sa as to come. in for a share in several thousand dollars which has been provided for the defence of the former- dis pensary widing up commission in the United States courts. It looks 1 to me as if this Mr-. Stevenson takes advantage of every situa tion to feather his own rest. When the racing proposition w~as pending that gentleman had a resolution authorizing the attor ney general to investigate the conditions in Charleston, and to use any unexpended balance of funds which is about $17,000 in his hands to employ addi tional counsel: this simply meant authority to give Mr. Steven son another chance at the State's money wad. Usually when a manj is found to be working for selfish: ends it has the elfect of destr-oy ing his influence for leadership, but in this case, the majori ry seems to hare acknowledlged their complete incapacity, and agreed to follow Stevenson re-1 gard less of where he may takeI them. I have never seen just such a condition, there have beeni occasions where a leader of a caucus has been char-ged with the carrying out of certain poll cies, -and his confrees having a previous knowledge of what was to be done, followed that leader ship, but never before h ave I ever witnessed the snectacile vwhee men of equal standling in a legisla- I tive body yielded up their inadivid uality to one man whose sole pur- I pose is for partisan advantage to! be used in a coming primnary election. Mr. Stevenson, the engineer of the anti-Blease steam roller, only has to giv-e the word on any question right or wrong and his word is the lawv: such ser vile subserviency is disgusting as well as unfortunate. The appropriation bill. the most important measure mn any legislative body, was returned by~ the Governor with a good many vetoes, only three of thiese1 vetoed items were sustained, sonic twenty odd were passed over his disappro':al. I xoted to pass several items over his veto because I did not agree with the conclusions lie reached to recom mend the cutting out of these items. I stood by him in a nom.i ber, for the i-eason that I did agree with his conclusions, for instance, an item which prov idedl for a deficit in the public pr-inting~ of some six or .-even thousana~ dollars, the gover-nor- ca lldat tention to the fact that tils worka is being done under a spec~IiC1 c contract for a specitic amount. and that the appropriation Actl contains a section whieb probi bits the exceeding of an appro priation, the governor etoed this item because the deticit. was a direct violation of the law. b I).Li the majority would not sustan1 him, notwithstanding the fa t they ackr.-vledge the governior was within his sworn duty- m vetoing this item. One Senator arose and stated that while he would vote this time to pass the C itm over the governor's veto he -he creek,' the advocates of the 1 ;cheme have not even informed r .hose they are leading, when the t priiary comes on this summer I .t is my opinion, we shall hear a i mail from the factory section of < ,his State: mark me, by this I -aine law thousands of white e aborers will be deprived of their t suffrage unless there is work a lone from now on to save them. c There was a whole lot of poppy- a :ock got off about foreign voters a 'ontrolling our elections, it will < eool no one. as it is untrue, in I some of the larger cities there r ire perhaps a few unnaturalized < loreigners. but these do not vote. I Lhey do not take any interest in such matters. I was amused at 1 ane of the representatives from S Uharleston whose name is Erck- < mann now, but Mud after the I primary: this man got up and s with his breast swelled out like 1 i pouter pigeon inveighed 1 xgainst these foreigners. He f was bitter in his denuciation of them, and while he was speak- < ing I wondered if he still loved a our kraut, and too, if he has for- 1 otten hissurroundingsand when a bis forebears who sold spoiled ) meat and cheap liquor to island' aegroes at the corner grocery shops. If there ever was a man I who should keep quiet when i here is a discussion about the ( foreigner, it is the n-an who is a 1 :lirect descendent of parents that ame from Germany not many Z Fears ago with all of their belong- < ngs wrapped in a bandanna hand- 1 kerchief. When Mr. Erckmann, 1 who bears a name as dutch as i Limberger cheese, was decrying I these "foreigners" and saying 1 they should not be allowed to!] kill the votes of American citi zens, it reminded me of being in I Charleston during one of the!< ampaigns that Governor Ansel a was engaged in, and wbile regal- 1 ing myself with a glass of beer 1 and a dutch herring sandwich, I i inquired of Mine Host as to who would carry Charleston for Gov- < rnor. He promptly, and with I nthusiasm said: -'Martin Ansel, 1 .f course: vy he vos von of us, a Ansel vos a Cherman." Some 1 time after Ansel became gover- 1 aor, and his position on the mat- < ber of enforcmng the liquor law s b1ad created some disappoint- 1 rnent, I again calledepon my'] erman friend, and, right here!] [ will say, there does not beat in the breast of man a. truer and :1 .obler heart than in the breast of 1 .his German whose name I will 1 aot mention: I was taking my : Lunch, this time of beer and the < :heese which put the brand of|< lis fatherland on Mr. Erckmann.|1 %y friend did not seem so enthu-I siastic about Mr. Ansel, and i [ said to him, you should 1l :ot go back upon Ausel he is a Serman." He got up out of his 1 Thair, looked me square in tLe< ace, and with emotion, said, "yah, I vouce said dat Ansel vos i Cherman, because I knowed is fader, but after ye elect him r~ovenor he turned out to be a tam tuchiman." Erckmann bears a German name, but he may have taken the road that Ansel! took arid turned out to be a "-tam tuchmann." In other words, since he has obtained tempormary political recognition he would iold himself above his people, and to catch popular favor hold up to contempt a people whose' character-istics are the admnira-: ton of the world. It would lhave been far better, and surely in better taste, had Mr. Erckmnann' remained silent, and permitted some other member farther r-e moved from Castle Garden to denounce a people of foreign birth. The world loves a lover,' but a traitor to ones people, as well as to country, is an abom i nation in the sight of God and man. There is every indication now| that the coming race for gover nor is going to be hotly contest ed, even hotter than in 1890 when Tillman led the masses against the classes: I r-ecall those cays and had sincerely hoped a repetition of them would never re - turn, but I am satisfied they are coming back in more violent form. I Te "citizen"billrefered to above 1 is oly the opening wedge for I the effort to cut down the popu lar- vote; the next move will be made in the county conventions, and I say, the people regardless 1 of who they will support for governor or anything else should not fail to attend the club meet-1 igs which are to send delegates to the county conventions, and then watch as they have neveri done before who go to th~e State convention to represent them. I say that if the people desire to keep their primary free and un- , tr-ammelled so that every white man shall have the right to v-ote, just as lie has the right to pay< taxes, then watch out for the -!ub meetings and take part in the selection of delegates. Re gardless of whom I shall sup port for office, I want every man 1 i this county and the State forl that matter,. to feel it a patriotic luty to attend his club meetingi and aid in sending delegates wvho will represent the views of1 :he majority: if this is noti lne, and after- the convention,j umber of people find them selves deprived of the rights 1 hy should be entitled to, they sviil only have themselves to >lame, when a rule has been idopted to make a white man, >fore he can vote, exhibit his< ax r-eceipt and his registrationi ei-uicates at the primary, the 1 sameu r-equirement as is made for t u-groeas in the gener-al election. WiAJte amen! (do you want this < :ondton If not, then take some I u~terest now that your rightsi si be pr eser-ved. There is an element in thle I Legrisature determined to find a ti umn:fner of excuses to corn- 1 he adjournment on the gover ior, I have had several to come o me to inquire why it is their >ills are being held up in the ,overnor's office, and in each ase an investigation has proven he delayed bills had not reach d the governor's office; some of hem had not even been ratified, nd too, some Of the complained f Acts were not ratified until .fter 10 o'clock Saturday night, ond they were still in the hands >f the clerk of the senate when left the chamber about mid tight, yet all the same, the gov rnor gets the blame for the de ay. when the truth is he has -et up with every Act that has )eon presented to him, and either igned or permitted them to be- 1 orne laws without his signature >y sending them across to the ecretary of State, who becomes he custodian of the Acts when hey have been delivered to him rom the governor's office. The session this week is, in my pinion, absolutely unnecessary mid to show that I am correct, here is an agreement not to have mny business whatever, but sim ly to wait until Thursday, then Ldjourn sine die, those who se ured this arrangement hope to ave the masses manifest the ;ame lack of confidence in the xecutive as they are pretending o have; of course I do not know vhat the effect will be, nor can nyone else know just what con lusion the masses will reach, )ut it is my opinion the opposi ion to Blease has over-reached tself, and instead of crippling iim as they would wont to do, hey are injuring their own se ected leader who will be held -esponsible for the obstructions hat have been laid in the way )f the present administration, nd when the roll is called for he opening of the next assembly here will be many new men to inswer. As predicted the hunter's li ense bill met its death in the iouse, the governor's veto cut ing out the provision for the sal ry was sustained, and now if he office is to be maintained, the noney to pay for it will have to ome from some other source be ides the taxpayers. I am sure' his news will not be regreted by nany people, especially in the ower part of this State. As soon as I can get a copy of he Journals of the House and he Senate. I shall take up all of ,he principle measures and show 'rom the record how the House, telegation voted, as well as my )wn votes, this is information be people are entitled to, and, vill have. I could give them this nformation now, but I would iava to risk my memory, this I lo not wish to do, I want the ecord itself and then I will be oing no one an in justice. There bould be no objection to speak rom the official record, 1 am sure ~ach and every one of our repre entatives would be glad to have heir votes in tne general assem >Ay shown to the voters. Th is has been a most reidarkable ~ession in more ways than one, not nly are the opponentsof the gov arnor busy devising all manner f schemes to bring on his defeat, ut in every district there are songressmen to be selected, the ~riends of the present congress nen. and the friends of their op oosition are working their little nethods to find an opening. I ~now- of a man who has been aosin'g around the general assem :ly to see what he could do for >pposition to our congressman, [was approached to knew if I vould consider entering the race, ut 1 told him I was not in the aumor to pull chesnuts out of the ire, and so far- as I am concern ad, I shall give my unqualified support to the present incumbent miess the future should prove lisappointing. Mr. Legare is 4ving this district as good ser ice as any man on earth can ve, his longer service is for the etter interest of the district. hen what is the use to think of naking a change? At any rate, [ suspect the man who approach d me was really there in the in ~erest of some other Charleston nan who has a burning desire to epresent this district in con ~ress, but dares not come out penly to oppose Legare. He hinks if lie can get one or two ~ountrymnen like myself to throw >ur-selves upon the sacriticial al ar, there would be a chance for iim to get the country support ater, therefore his indirect work s only a feeler. But there is iothing doing. I look for interesting develop nents when the committee to in estigate the winding-up com nission gets through with its york; this committee is made up f six persons, all of whom are ntagonistic to the governor nd at least tive of them are varm friends to some of the old vinding-up commission they are o investigate; the attorney gen ral is an enemy of the governor-, nd he too, will have an influence n the investigation, but notwith tanding this, when that commit ee has r-epor-ted, the people will >e able to sift the evidence. and udge for themselves: in my pinion, this investigation will ae some weight upon the vot rs, if after an investigation by a trictly partisan coinmittee their s no proof to show cor-ruption U the governor's part, then the >pposition had just as well fold s tents and get out of the race, >ut should this partisan commit ee report an opposite conclusion t will put men to thinking. Be ause of this situation, it is to be Lope the committee will do what is going to do before the time omes for filing pledges, so, case there should be something candalous unearthed, and the eople find they want a change, the candidates now announced. I believe it would be well anyway for a tentative candidate to come out now, so if one of the present already announced candidates re tires or something happens which is calculated to cause the people to turn from him, there would still be a choice to vote for. I know this suggestion will not meet, with the approval of the friends" of either Jones or Blease, I am:: sure Jones's friends would not approve of it because their rea son in getting him to announce so early was to keep others from entering. Blease I do not sup pose would approve because he feels that he is entitled to have a second term with a legislature: that is in accord with hin. and therefor any man of his side to enter now would be regarded in the light of opposition. I am frequently asked what I think of the situation, now that the legislature has adjourned, my answer is to all. if the election were to come off now Blease would be elected by a larger ma jority than before. The action of the legislature inl my opinion, has rather helped than hurt Blease, at the same time there is much to be considered when the two candidates meet on the hust ings, if Blease does not show to adyantage against Jones he is beat. if he does be will win. It is; on the stump that Blease relies to get even with the members of legislature who permitted them selves to be led by Stevenson, the' man who has personally been the financial beneticiary of legis lation for the past few years, thousands of dollars have found their way into his pockets by the investigation and the rows had of late years, and I believe he will get his fingers into more of the State's money as a result of the investigation now to be be gun. With Stevenson it is always something in a financial way for Stevenson-hence he shrewdly muddles the situation whenever it suits his purpose to do so, and there are any "unexpected bal ances to get a resolution for." The fellows who were hypnotised by him will hear from the governor when he reaches their counties in the campaign, and when he reads their titles, some of them may exclaim "woe is me." A. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL .PPLICAIONS. as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it vou must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrli Cure is taken internally.and acts direct ly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quacr medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years. and is a regular prescrip'ion. It is composed of the best tonics known. com bined with the best blood purifiers. acting di rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what pro duces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo, 0. Sold by druegists. price 75c Hall's Family Pills are the best. Making Her Trunk Safe. "No safety deposit vault red tape for me!" declared the woman who cannot help being the wife of a very rich man. "I keep my jewels in a shabby old ra-nk in my own room. There isn't even a lock on It. I had to force It off one time w-hen I'd mis laid the key." "Evidently you don't encourage en terprise In burglars," observed one of her hearers. "All a man would have to do would be to raise the lid. You might at least make him a little trouble." "He'd have trouble enough," said the woman, mysteriously. "Our coach man's brother is an old sailor per feet artist in knots-and he t'- ...ed me how t'o bInd up the trunk in the most com..cated way, and no burglar could possibly untie It. He wouldn't know the combination.' The only man in the group grinned. "Of course," he murmured reflec tively. "no mere second story man would ever dream of cutting those knots."-Youth's Companion. Saved. A lazy negro who let his wife -take in washing without demur had a dream one night and a policy dream at that. He borrowed money from her to play the combination, and before he left home he stated his conviction. "Mandy." he said, "Ah's goin' up town to play dis combine, what am sho' to come out. When you see me comn' home in a hack you break up yo' wash tubs." The "combine" didn't come out, and Sam, in great dejection, acquired a lot of gin. Then he was messed up a bit by a dray, and some other negroes hired a hack to take him home. Sam was nearly out and - was breathing heavily when the hack turned a famil iar corner, -and his wife was standing in the door. With his last ounce of energy be stuck his head out of the window and yelled: "Mandy, spare dem. tubsl"'-Chicago Post. L~ooming Mirages. In what are called "loomtng mi rages" distant objects show an appar ent extravagant Increase in height without alteration of breadth. Distant pinnacles of Ice are thus magnified Into immense towers or tall, jagged mountains, and a ship thus reflected from far out at sea may appear to be twelve or fifteen times as tall as It Is long. Rocks and trees are also shown in abnormal shapes and positions. while houses, animal and human be ings appear fi like exalggerated shapes. Before the sandy plains of our south western states und territories were converted into verdant fields by the ingenuity and tireless energy of man mirages -were very common In those regions, the Indians regarding the phe nomenon as being the work of evil spirits._ _ _ _ The Horse's Pedometers. The~ whorls of hair on the coats of horses and other animals are natural pedometers, inasmuch as they register the locomotive activities of the ani mas on whose bodies they are found The best examples and the greatest number of these hairy whorls and crests are found on the domestic hose. A notable Instance is the grace ful feathering that extends along the hollow a~ the flank. dividing the trunk of the srnimal from the hind quarters. There are also crests and whorls on the horse's chest and other parts of Its body. A study of the action of the un derlying muscles explains the origin of these peculiarities In the lay of the hair and furnishes the justification for callIng them pedometers, although the anttd to put the senate on otLiee would not do so in the: uture. as the exceeding of the' ppropriation is in violation of1 he appropriation Act itself. The -ie condition existed as to' >ther amounts. There was a mall item in favor of the -Car >lina National Bank" for-822.50. [he governor vetoed this be :ause the Act which he had before iim did not specify what the '2.50 was for, his position was. hat no such legislation should >e pernitted; because if an Imount for W. w"as allowed hilout knoi ) Wiat it Is for, v.y could not an amount for ?2.500 be grotton throug-h in the me lax m:mnner? ie contends he appropriation Act is not the r pl eto provide for the a\ i1t I neOfy out of the reas'u;-ruless there has tirst Jeen a1n Act or1 a J'inI Resolu ionz providing for such payment. l'he major pOrtion of his many etoes is the result of the laxity n providing f.>r the various mounts. There was an item pro 0aidi s1,0 as salai-y for a rail oad inspector, this was put into he atp)ropriation bill, the gover or in scr-utinizing the bill discov red that there was no such oftice s railroad inspector and that it Vas attemvpted to cr-eate this of ice through the appropriation ill. He vetoed it of course, and ,a my utter amazement the House ;ustained him. Mr. Stevenson nust have been out, and there vas no one to givo the cue. A -eading of thie bill followed >y a reading of the vetoes will ;how that the governor has not one over this import:mt matter ndifferently. but that he has iven it very careful considera ion, going into its minutest de ail. as per example there was an ter for the Janitor $120, and tnother item reading the same Vay, the governor vetoed one of hem. but said if the legislature uttended the item for the jani ress he did not veto it. An ex tIination showei the bill pro ided for the janitor twice, but )ne of the items was intended to )e for the janitress, it was a cler-' al error in transcribing, how ver if not corrected it meant wo salaries for one person. T bis s mentioned to show the care he mas taken in the examination of his important matter. Ordinar lv where a legislature refuses to tgree with the chief executive, it essens the influence of that offi :er with the masses, but in this :ase it is known that the general ssembly has been antagonistic o the governor from the start. .nd whatever action it takes to vards him is looked upon as a uatter of course. The masses ealize. and have for a long time bat with this legislat ure, it mat er-s not what reformation the rover-nor- would undertake he vould be blocked by those who1 ti- seeking his polhtical destruc Jon there is a dog in the manger pirit ini that body, and until the trshave had an opportunity o express themselves at the pri naryv this summer. this measly pirit will continue. The daily newspapers do not ive enough information as to vhat taikes place in the legisla ~ure for their readers to get an nteligent idea of the mnatter-s .hey are interested in. theac :onts arec not only brief, but1 f a man makes a speech in favor fa matter agreeable to them, hey give a good synopsis of hat lie said. on the other hand, hey merely mention the opposi ion as having "talked at length" >r Mr. So and So -"inveighed Lgainst it" thus depriving the eader-s of what they should inow. The bill which seeks to lo by law what a political party :an do for its regulation, only es !aped by one senator who was in avor of sustaining the gover ior's veto being out of the chain >er- at the time of the \vote, and lid not return until the veto was mnounced, just too late to have us vote recorded; had he been resent this Act would not be a aw. I opposed this measure and nade a speech against it, the au - hor of the bill told mec my speechI as "not only logical but that itt ad good argument," and yet the 1wspapers barely mentioned my >ppoiton, whereas they devot-I ed consider-able space to the meeches of the advocates of it, uid too, most of these speeches -xere inflated with hot air. The Fouse delegation supported the >11: it provides that only citizens ;hould vote inl the p)rimnary. but I >pposed it on the ground thatI lo not think the legislature has ny mnorec right to prescribe rules~ r a political party than it has~ o prescribe r-ules for the Far-m -s Union: the regulations of al >arty are for- the party itself, andI f the Democratic convention hould adopt a r-ule that is in con let with a statute of this char ete. the courts would kill the tatute: should the convention nsist upon allowing its constitu ion to remain as it is now writ en,. the new law enacted at this esson! would be worthless and nullity. I think some of those ho voted to pass this Act over he veto (lid so under a mnisunder ~tanding, I was talking to M~r. itchumn after the adiournmnent md I am satistied fironi whvat h& old mec he would liked to hiave >eenl able to change his vote. Ia talked to M1r. Rteeves on1 tie ubject, but he did not seemi to be ble tog~et awayv fromi the idea th at ie leis~Ilaturei had a ighit to tix -'e andt reg.ulations for- the ary he ar-gues thiere is out one a ty -id the primary is tne elec o. therefJore the legislature houl c ontrol it. vhile I contend ht tihe pr1ovince of the legisla r is to nrotect the rules douted by the omrity. and not to dept its rules. As little as some In Japan the R- h Pay More, A common compir 4nt made by tour sts in Japan is thac- they are obliged o pay for everythi gfar higher prices han the natives aire charged, or, in >ther words, that beczuse they are for Igners they are being fleeced, but a ;lance at the social c. bnditions by which he people have bein educated would -eveal the curious faict that throughout rapan's long period of isolation it was in accepted princtie that the rich nust live for the sa9g of the poor. and 3rices have always been based upon he purchaser's rank: in society or upon 2is presumed ability to pay. This un lerstanding remains largely in force :oday, being fully recognized and acted pon by all favored classes throughout the empire. The occidental. caning from lands ihere the reverse practically holds ood-the poor living for the sake of he rich-naturally complains of being robbed, as from his point of view he really is, but It is not because he is a foreigner, but because, being a tourist, e is presumably wealthy.-Arthur May Knapp in the Atlantic. They Sink Backward. "Hippopotamuses are the only -water animals that sink backward when go Ing under the surface of the water," said a keeper in the Central park men agerie to a group of visitors in front of the animals' tank. "Aquatic animals. as a rule. dive into the water heed first and make more or less splashing. But the hippo goes down so quietly that if a hunter were standing near the edge of an African pool the big river horse would disappear without attracting attention. They keep up the custom In captivity. where there is no necessity of guard Ing against enemies. As they go down they throw up their noses and fill their lungs. I have timed this speci men and found that she can stay un der water for five minutes. She then comes up with a snort and takes a fresh supply of air. Perhaps she could stay down longer if she was trying to avoid danger."-New York Sun. Believed In Closed Windows. An old Yale man, giving his remini9 cences of President Noah Porter, re called .a talk the kindly gentleman gave to his freshman class. "Young gentlemen," said the president, "the air of New Haven Is especially heavy and damp at night, owing to the prox imity of the city to the sea, and I wish to advise you always to keep your win dows closed at night; otherwise your health will be likely to suffer." That was the advice of the president of the institution. It is significant of the ex tent to which ideas change with the years. Now everybody is for out of doors air, and the person who followed the advice of President Porter would be condemned out of hand; and yet, if we are not mistaken. that gentleman managed to live --out his threescore years and ten and do them about eleven better. He was born in 1811 and died in 1892. He believed in closed windows.-Hartford Courant. Whistler Was a Dandy. If taking inflnite pains with his ap pearance means dandyism. then Whis tIer was a dandy. The very word pleased him, and he used it often, in American fashion, to express perfec tion or charm or beauty. Never was any man more particular about his per son and his dress. He was as careful of his hair as a woman, though there was no need of the curling tongs. with which be has been reproached; the dif Sculty was to restrain his curls and keep them in order. The white lock gave just the right touch. However fashion changed, he always wore the mustache and little imperial which other West Point men of his genera tion retained through life. Even his thick, bushy eyebrows were trained. and they added to the humorous or sardonic expro ion of the deep blue eyes fro'm which many shrank.--Pen nell's 'Lif'e of Whistler." Welsh Bulls. Ireland's position as the country in which "buits" blossom best Is being seriously challenged. It was a Welsh meie'cr of parliament who crushingly reniirikd to an opposition member: "The honorable member has attempt ed to throw a bombshell at the gov ernment. but in the hands of the chancellor of the exchequer It was turned into a cocked hat long before It was thrown." It was also a Welsh member, though. not the same one. who. speakin'0 against a proposal to fortify London, began earnestly with: "Our navy is our only defense. If our navy tem porarily left the seas"- And then he had to stop. Delighted members, with visions of battleships swooping over green fields or climbing over house tops were in a roar, and it was some minutes before business could pro ceed.-London Answers. Ions Are Very Small. The smallest piece of matter is called the ion. It Is so small that a person could not imagine that anything could be smaller. It is so small that its iden tity is lost in Its effect. it is the point where solid matter resolves Itself into a form of electricity. Now. think how small that is from this experiment: If the ions in a toy balloon, full of gas, were counted out at the rate of a hun dred per minute It would take 100, 000,000 persons 4.000,000 years to count them. The fact that the human intel lect can discover this fact is quite as startling as the fact itself. This seems to be getting on the edge of material creation, and If the ion could be fur her divided we would have to get over: Into the spirit world to do It, for there possibly its last analysis only can be reached.-Ohio State .TournaL. Over the Phone. "He hasn't slept all night, doctor" said Mrs. Blinks over the phone, de scribing her husband's symptoms, "and this morning he complains of aches In his bones and a general headachy feel lg. Is there anything I can do?" Just then the wires crossed with the phone connection of the dog fancier. "Sure!" came the response. "Bring him In this afternoon and I'll cut his ears for you."-Pittsburgh Press.1 Two Evils. There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice the coats of his stomach and the enam el of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations; there are no comfortersI for dyspepsia ad the toothache.-Bul wer-Lytton. More Like It. "Do you wish to call your husband up on the phone?" "No I don't. I want to callhm own."-Exchange. Despair alone makes guilty men be] hn1 ld - olrid e Try matisiz lightly. spot, q t] c I cripple with rheumatism for two ye to be carried from place to place. I ter, until I tried Sloan's Linim'ent. ( and now I always have a bottle in tl LIND kills any kind of pain. Good for B Chest Pains. Sold by all dealers. Sloan's book on Horses, Cattle, Hog DR. EARL S. SLOAN Powder Mill Precautions. The one thing to guard against in a powder mitl Is a spark of fire. To avoid that the utmost precautions are taken. In the first place, the plant Is located so far from a railroad track that a spark from a passing locomo tire can never reach It. The grass d weeds are not permitted to grow hgh enough around it so that when they become dry a fire could reach the plant by that means. Strangers are kept off the grounds. Smoking is not permitted in or near the plant. The workmen are not permitted to carry matches. They are not allowed to wear shoes with pegs or nails in them. :hey wear "powder boots," made with soft soles that have no pegs or nails Enthem. An iron nail In a boot sole might strike a spark on the floor. Iron is not permitted to touch iron on the plant This is one Infleible law f all powder mills. The hammers that are used are all of wood or brass r copper, which cannot strike a spark. he cogwbeels that run together are f brass or copper for the same rea son. The journals of the wheels are f copper or brass.-Kansas City Star. Famous Snuff Takers. The eighteenth century was the age f snuff taking par excellence. The ustom was general among all classes f people. It was an act of politeness r well bred men to offer their snuff bes to well bred women. Women emselves carried their own boxes d interchanged pinches with the gen imen. At fashionable dinner parties fter the cloth was removed suff bes were passed around. Pope and >olingbroke. Swift and Congreve, Ad lson and Steele, all ~indulged in the lasures of snuff. Dr. Johnson car id his snuff In the capacious pockets ofhis waistcoat and would convey it ohis nose without stint. He could t abide the narrow confines of a box. 'ederck the Great resembled him in hs respect. Both Napoleon and Wel igton were prodigious snuff takers. t Washington Indulged only moder ely. Jefferson was fond of snuff, as bi waistcoat and frill often showed. enry Clay was another famous snuff aker and often needed the stimulus of apinch when making a speech.-Pear on's. Nothing to Wear. he fact Is that women are uncom ortable if they are not fashionably ressed. No man understands the sub eand complex significance of the hrase "nothing to wear." Witness e distressed but utterly puzzled ex pession that overspreads a man's face tthe words. He knows that his wife rhis sister looks charming In "the lue one" or "the lace one" or "the e with the jet." She has looked harmng In It often enough for hIm at lat to Identify it. and that, unless he Isan exception- to his sex. is very of e. He Is cheerfully getting Into his vening coat for the fiftieth time. No oder he does not realize that some rck which the first time It is worn made for triumph should the tenth ie make for humiliation. But the most strong minded woman-the wo ma who will, If necessary, go to the pera on a gala night in a coat and kirt-at heart exonerates the woman ho so foolishly, for the reason men moed, stays at home.--Atlantic Month Suicides at $100 Each. A gentleman who lived a number of ears In the city of Amoy, In China, tod me that he could secure any num br among the common people of that twn to commit suicide for $100 apiece. shuman nature Is the same every where, he explained that as we may d many who will lay down their ies for their country and whom we highy honor on that account, so an rdinary Chinaman is willing thus to li for the benefit of his children in oder that they may worship him fterward as an ancestor who died for heir benefit. This explains also that oble reverence for their parents hich the Chinese display, because thir parents will soon be endowed ith all the mysterious powers of the axt world.-W. U. Thomson, M. D., LL.D. In "'Life. Death and Imomor :aity." ____________ Pronunciation In Ireland. any persons seem to see, or to hear, aher something to be amused at In hesoft Irish brogue. As a matter of ~t, most of the words of the Irish 'dalect" are not Irish at all, but the mrest of English-English a trifle an Iuated. It Is true, but nevertheless hereal thing. The ears of Milton, ryden Spean"r and Chaucer would ot have been surprised to bear an rshman speak of "a rough say" or "a lne shirt." At the court of good ueen Bess the cultured Englishman refully garnished his conversation ih "goolde" rings and brave swoordes" and bored his friends with ,ounts of the smart sayings of the 'cidre" at "boom." This was the nglish originally imported Into Ire nd by the cultured Irish, and the rsh have found It good enough to pre e......bhcaem Tribne. Relief from ieumatism Sloan's Liniment for your rheu L-don't rub-just lay it on It goes straight to the sore ickens the blood, limbers up ie muscles and joints and stops ie pai. Here's Proof Mrs. JuLIA TxomAs of Jackson, aL., writes: "I have used your Lini ient for rheumatism with much suc ess." MARTIN J. Tuxis, 169 16th Ave., laterson, N. J., writes:-"I was a trs and I could not move at all; had tried remedies and could not-get bet )ne bottle fixed me up in good shape ie house for my wife and children." WRS lENT "euralgia, Toothache, Lumbago and Price 25c., 5Oc. and $1.00. s ad Poultry sent free. Addres - - - Boston. Mass. Babyhood In Japan. The great day in the Japanese child's life is the Miyamairi, or the temple visit, which may be said to correspond roughly with the western christening The infant, if a boy, on the thirty-first day, and if a girl, on the thirty-third is carried to the temple and is placed under the guardianship of a ppecial deity chosen by the parents. For this occasion the most beautiful crape clothes that the parents or grandpar ents can afford are used, consisting of a set of three, the outer one being marked with the family -rest and gay with silk linings. Excep.An dress, no difference Is made In the first year or two of a male or female infant's life. White Is the color of mourning and is never used for children. Scarlet is the baby's color, but after the first year the boy baby's clothing Is of blue or brown and black striped materials, while the kimono of the little girl is much brighter, with large patterns of birds and flowers and leaves, with a profusion of crimson and pink, which diminishes with age.-Cbicago Record Herald. A Timely Light. A French minister tells of an incr dent during a voyage to India: "One dark evening I sat in my cabin feel ng thoroughly unwell, as the sea was rising fast and I was but a poor sailor. Suddenly the cry of 'Man overboard!' made me spring to my feet. I heard a trampling overhead, but resolved not to go on deck lest I should inter fere with the crew in their efforts to save the poor man. "'What can I do? I asked myself, and, instantly unhooking my lamp, I held It near the top of my. cabi~n and close to my bullseye window, that Its ight might shine on the sea and as near the ship as possible. In a half minute's time I heard the joyful cry, 'It's all right; he's safe!' upon which I put my lamp In Its place. The next day, however, I was told that my lit tle lamp was the sole means of sav ing the man's life. It was only by thle timely light which shone upon him that the knotted rope could be thrown so as to come within his reach." Christian Herald. "Making the Best of Things.? There are several injudicious ways: of making the best of things. One of them is illustrated by the humble young curate, pictured long ago In Punch;' who protested when the bish op, his host, expressed doubts of an egg the curste was eating, "Oh, no, my lord; I assure you some parts of It are excellent." Fancy looking on the bright side of a bad egg! The effort was surely less ingratiating than the curate supposed. Indeed, this habit of seeing good in everything may become the most unendurable of virtues-as distressing as grim patience, which is a common .and effective method of wearing out the mind. I like to re member the complacent old lady who said when a friend reminded her that she had had little trouble in life, "Yes, but I've made the most of what I have had." She chose more wisely than the people who come exhausted out of their victories over circumstance. Wounds of the spirit are glorious only when the battle has been mighty.-Atlanltic A Connoisseur. A great painter was asked by his lit tle son, "Father, what is a connois seur?" "Well, my son," the father answered, dd you notice that tall, white haired gentleman at my studio tea yester day?" "The one with the sable lined over coat, father? Oh, yes. I noticed him." "Well, my son, he is a connoisseur-" "But how do you know he's a con noisseur. father?' "By his actions, my son." "But, father, he acted like every one else at the tea. didn't he?" "Certainly not. my son! Certainly not! The others drank my Russian tea, ate my fole gras sandwiches and took leave. But be-he bought a plc A Biting Retort. Lady Wortley Montagu, one of Eng'. land's most brilliant women, Incurred Pope's undying hatred In the following manner: The poet, who was deformed and very dark and addicted to ques tioning everybody, once asked her to define an interrogation mark. She de fined it as "a little, crooked black thing that asks questions." Particular Woman. Judge-She Insisted on having a wo man lawyer secus a her divorce. "'Why was she so particular?' "She did not want to go contrary to that portion of the marriage ceremony that reads, 'Let no man put asun der.' "-New York Herald. His Use For Soap. "Lady." said Meandering Mike. "would you lend me a cake of soap?" "Do you mean to tell me you want "Yes'm. Me partner's got de hic cups an' I want to scare him."-Was.