University of South Carolina Libraries
ratitied with about 36 counties exempted from it, which to my mind makes it unconstitutional . as that instrument distinctly says taxation must be uniform. How ever, I am-willing for Berkely - to have that question settled. As I have said before in other letters there has been very little legislation of a general nature, 0 few bills of general effect nave so been introduced, and these few, have been sidetracked for local matters. There are several bills such as the two cent rate that re may come up next week in order i to give its author an opporLufity to uncork, but it is' altogether impossible for the bilis to pass. For the past two days I have been quite unwell, not enough t. be in bed, but sufficiently so as to make me untit for work. I leave for home tonight where I shall try to reedperate, and be ready for a hard service next - week. I regret exceedingly the short ness of this letter, but I am not physically able to think and write. I am going home to take f medicine and rest. A. f [From Columbia Correspondeat in News and Courier.j Columbia, Feb. 23.-Special: t The influence of Gov. Blease I made itself felt in both branches t of the General Assenqbly during ? the past week, when the ques t tion of passing a number of bills : over his veto arose. The Seaate t dealt rather rutblessly with the r official disapproval of measures .. on he part of the Chief Execu a tive and proceeded to repeat the t former expressed desire for the I passage of the bills which it had 5 shown when they were up on : second and third readings. In B the the upper body none of the , vetoes were gustained. a A different story, however, I must be told for the House. The Governor cracked his whip a j number of times and his sup a porters in the lower branch feli , into ranks and championed his 1 views with such ardor that all r of the bills which the House had t considered on the question of I passage over the vetoe of the 0 Governor railed to receive the : necessary two thirds vote whicb would make them laws. For the first time during the session, an opportunity was given to size . up accurately the exact strength r of the Bleaseites and it is safe to say that in the House more than one-third of the members accord with the Governor's ideas of proper legislation. s Such purely local 'matters. which are generally supposed to pass without faii, as the issue a of bonds for a Court House and a jail for* Jdsper County, were vetoed by the Governor and the ,veto was sustained by the House. jThe most portentuous measure Sto be acted upon during the Sweek was the Mc~ravey comn Spulsory school attendance law, Swhich the House passed by an overwhelming vote. This came tas a rather distinct surprise in legislative circles. The Senate has spent several good days in Sconsidering the bill on its third .reading, and ad journed Saturday Smorning without taking a vote Son the matter. s The opposition developed in the upper house far overshadow .ed that shown in the lower .branch. Several Senators have t fought it bitterly and so success fully conducted a tilibuster that t a vote was prevented. The views s expressed by opponents to the bill are about the same as the old line arguments which have t been heard in every school house throughout the State where the question has been debated every Friday afternoon. Negro educa ~tion, personal liberty, the inter ference of the State in private affairs and kindred arguments have been forcibly advanced by the opponents of the bill. B But, if the Senate should pass the bill will the Governor veto it? On the political stump he has frankly and frequently spoken against compulsory school attendance. However, some weeks ago at the Bar As ssociation banquet held in this city,-Governor Blease took occa sion to say, in the course of an after dinner speech, that he favored such a law where the people did not take advantage of tne school facilities at hand. It is very evident that a veto 1would kill the bill. The House has passed the Senate Laney oil inspection bill, which the Senate acted favora bly upon last week. Under the provisions of the Act, oil corn panies operating in this State will be taxed one-tenth of 1 per t cent on the value of their pro ducts sold* in South Carolina. t This is to be used for the pur s pose of defraying the expenses incident to analysis of the oils. ait is designed &o prevent inferior grades of illuminating and mo tor oils from being dumped u pon t the marirets here, as it is claim ed has been done in the past. The House. adjourned Friday night to meet again Wednesday t evening at 8 o'clock. The Sen ate adjourned Saturday morn t ing and will reconv'ene Tuesday night at 8. It is thought that final odjourn ment will be taken next Saturday. OML INSPECTIoN BILL. ; Perhaps the most important legislation of the session has t been the Laney-Evans Oil in. a spection Act. It has passed its j inal reading and opens up an entirely new tield of inspection. The bill was overwhelmingrly adopted and its provisions are to provide for the inspection. analy - t sis and tests of oil for illuminat ing purposes and for use in stoves, and of gasolines for use Ebe aning 40es LOUIS APPE1CLT. Editor MANNING, S. C.. FEB. 26, 1913. PUBILstIED EVERY WEDNESDA Six ots..............11 F'oul Months........................ ADVERTISING RATES: One aquame one time, 61; each subsequentI sertlon, 50 cents. obituaries and Tributes QeMmnUnmosons MUST De accompanied by %) rea nMLM and address of the writer in order1 reenive attention. No eemmunication ot a persons, onaracto wo be published e as an advertisement Entered as the Postlce at MannDg as S ond Ciss matter. Advertisers will please r member that copy for change of ad. MUST be i this office by Saturday Noon in order 1 insure vublication the folowing weel CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCE Columbia, S. C., Feb. 2znd, 191E When I sent my last letter i was with the full expectation, i not the hope, that it would b the final one for the session o 1913, but we cannot tell what , day will bring forth, and our cal culations may be for naught; i was fully expected we woul< wind up Friday night and ge -home to celebrate Washington' birthday, in fact. because of no getting through I had to foreg the pleasure of being a guest a a banquet in Charleston in hono of my old college chum, George Just why the delay, would b hard for me to explain, its furs one cause then another, but ii my opinion, mostly cussednes on the part of a minority whi are determined to prevent tb enactment of a local compulsor: education-law, and these few ar in the midst of % filabuster whic] may last all through the cominj week. The appropriation an the supply bills are yet to b acted upon before they can go to the free conference for the fina touches, and if this filabuste keeps up I do not know but tha the Governor- will yet be calle upon to have an extra session t provide the necessary money t run the government. The forty day limit is out an passed, and the legislators wh< are doing overtime are not get ting pay, they are working fo nothing and furnishing them selves which I submit is an ex pensive luxury in these pipin times of money depression. I hardly know just what wa done 'his week more than th ratification of the Acts alread, - passed. and the relieving of th air compressions which hav been burdening the systems c the several statesmen; even Bol White looks a little sbrivelle< since he made his speech whici was "Mr. Speaker I move t table the bill." The bill was t increase the county board c commissioners to four members it passed the Senate and wheni reached 'the House Robert di< not'look upon it-with approvin; eyes, so he determined he wouli take this measure as a provoca tion to startle the House witl his maiden speech; the day an< the hour arrived, the gallerie were filled with tbe beauty of th South, the trees without appear ed to be looking in at the wit dows to nod theic~ approval. a last he arose, his'rising was: signal for silence, then Rober uncorked himself to let fizz hi motion "to table the bill;" it wa done so grandly, and so ele quently as ever Robert Emmet sent an oratorical bolt into a par * liment. The motion to table pre vailed, and the bill to increas the service for a better efficienc; for the county, flattened itsei * out upon the table as if it ha been run over by a locomotive but the darned thing did not lik to stay on the table, and by som means it hitched itself on t another bill and made its escap from the watchful eyes of Rot ert, going on its way to a lega passage, and it is now safel; lodged among the laws upon tb statute books; the Governor ha appointed for the~ other two comr missioners, Mr. C. J. Haley c Wilson, and Mr. Bruce W. De Schampsof Pinewood, and whe> Robert wakes up he will discov~ er that when the Sena.tor en deavors to do a service for th county it usually has been we: considered, and it is done with; view to the county's good, an< too, it never pays to brag unti you are sure the thing you pre pose to do has been or will b done. The Mitchum bill spoken o last week got s divided repor from the finance committee, ani notwithstanding there is grea merit in the proposition. I wa afraid it would not get throngl this session because it carries ai appropriation, and this commiti tee is not disposed to give apprc - priations to new institutions a this time, so I told Mr. Mitchua that it would be the part of wis dom to let the bill rest upon th, calendar for this session and a the next we can take it up and make a light for it; were it no so late I might undertake band ling it now but I explained t the author if the bill was press - ed now it would be killed, and h has agreed to let it go over. My Magistrates bill is still oi the House calendar and I thin1 is among the number to get car ried over to the next session,i is a good bill and it should havy passed the House just as it di< the Senate. All of my other bill: have been made into law an< have received the approval c the Governor. Mr. White's bill has gotten los in the shuffle. I have been un able to find out its fate. The timber tax bill ha bee: and to fix penalties for the viola- 1 tion of the same. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That all gasohne, benzine. naphtha, kerosene or other like products of petroleum under whatever name called, us ed for illuminating. beating or power purposes, sold or offered for sale in this State and to be used in this State for power, il- 1 luminating or heating purposes, shall be subjected to inspection and test to determine their safe ty and value for power, illumi- 1 nating or beating pur poses. All 1 manufacturers, wholesalers and jobbers, before selling or offer og for sale in this State, an% I gasoline, kerosene or other min eral oil for power, illuminating or heating purposes, shall file with the commissioner of agri culture, commerce and industries a statement that they desire to do business in the State. and fur nish the name of brand of the oil or oils which it is desired to sell, with the name and address of the manufacturer, and that the oil or oils will comply with the require ments of this Aet The depart ment of agriculture, commerce and industries shall have power at all times and at all places to have collected samples of any gasoline. illuminating or heating oils offered for sale, and have the same tested or analyzed. The inspection of oils as authorized I in this Act shal be under the di rection of the commissioner of agriculture, commerce and in dustries, who is authorized to make all necessary rules and reg ulations for the inspection of such oils, to employ all neces sary chemist or chemists. and to enforce standards as to safety, purity, value for power and heat ing purposes, or absence from objectionable substances and lu minosity, when not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, and which he may deem neces sary to provide the people of the State with satisfactory gasoline and illuminating oil. Section 2. The following stan dards shall be enforced under the provisions of tnis Act: A. The flash test of illuminating oils shall be not less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, as tested by the Elliott method closed cup-ac cording to directions prepared by the commissioner of agricul ture, commerce and industries B. All illuminating oils shall show not more than 6 per cent by weight of residue remaining undistilled at 570 degrees Fab renheit. C. Photometic tests of illuminating oils must show a stead.k flame of good quality and good illuminating power. D. All gasoline, naphtha, benzine and oils used for power and heating purposes shall bear label, stamp or lettering as directed by the rules of the commissioner of ag riculture, commerce and indus tries showing their flash test (Elliott closed cup method,) their specific gravity and their quality upon distillation. . Section 3. The commissioner of agriculture, commerce and in dustries shall appoint such num ber of oil inspectors as will be necessary, not exceeding one for each Congressional d is tr i ct, whose compensation shall be fi~x ed by the commissioner of agri culture, commerce and indus tries, not to exceed $1,000 and expenses each per annum. If ad visable the feed inspector and hemists of the' department of agriculture. commerce and in ustries shall also assist in the enforcement of the oil inspection law of the State. Each inspector before entering upon his duties shall take an oath of oilce before some person authorized to ad minister oaths. .The inspector shall have power- to examine all barels, tanks or other vessels :ontaining gasoline, illummnat img or beating oils, to see Leat they are properly tagged ,s re :uired in this Act, and they snal is directed, collect -and test sam pies of oil offered for sale in dif terent sections of the State, and when instructed collect and send samples to the department of ag riultare, commerce and indus ries for examination.C Section 4. For the purpose of iefraying expenses connected with the inspection, testing and1 inalyzing of oils in this State, there shall be paid to the com m~issioner of agriculture, com uerce and industries a charge of ne-eighth cent per gallon, w bich payment shall be made before elivery to agents, dealers or :onsumers in the State. -Each barrel, tank, tank car or other ::outainer or oil shall have at tached thereto a tag or stamp stating that all charges are spec tied in this section have been paid; and the commiissio..er of igriculture, commerce and in iustries is hereby empowered to prescribe a form for such tags: Provided, -That tbey shall be such as to meet the requirements f the trade in oils and to adopt such rules and regulations as will insure the enforcement of this law. Where oil is shipped tank cars or othei- large contain e the manufacturer- or jobber shall give notice to the commis siner of agriculture, commerce ad industries of every shipment. with the name and address of the person, company oir corpora tion to whom it is sent, and the number of gallons or. the day the shipment is made. Section 5. All moneys receiv dl under the provisions of this,1 Xct shall be paid into the State 1 treasury. All checks or orders: En pavment for tags or stamps i shall be made payable to the tate Treasurer. The commis sioner of agrieu1ture-, commerce mnd industries is authorized to 1 Iraw out of said fund, upon his! warrntssuchsum as ay b j necessary to pay all expenses in. urred in connection with this ALct, including salary of oil chem st or chemists, cost of inspec ;ion, tags, blanks. etc. Section 6. The commissioner >f agriculture, commerce and in instries shall include in his re port to the General Assembly an iccount of the operations and 1xpenses under this Act. Section 7. Whenever a com plaint is made to the department >f agriculture, commerce and in lustries in regard to the power, luminating or heating quanti 5ies of any oil sold in this State,, ,he commissioner shall cause a ;ample of said oil or oils com plained of to be procured and aave the same thoroughly analy sed and tested as to safety or value for power or heating pur poses or illuminating qualities. [f such analysis or other tests shall show that the oil is either ansafe or of inferior quality for power, heating or illuminating purposes, its sale shall be forbid len and reports of the result or results be sent to the party mak ng the complaint and to the nanufacturer or said oil. Section 8. Every person who shall fraudulently brand or stamp tny package or barrel or other vessel. or use a stamp a second ime, or keep any gasoline. ker .,ene or other like products of petroleum. under whatever name alled, used for illuminating, aeating or power purposes, not narked and branded in accord tnce with the regulations of the 3ommissioner of agriculture, 3ommerce and industries, or vio ate any other provision of this Act or any regulation adopted y the commissioner of agricul ure, commerce and industries lor its enforcement. shall be uilty of a misdemeanor. and ned not less than ten ($10) for ach offence nor more than three undred ($300) dollars. Section 9. If any person. man afacturer or dealer shall sell or >ffer for sale in this State any )f said gasoline, kerosene or >ther like products of petroleum ander whatever name called, sed for illuminating heating or power purposes, before first aving the same labeled and ragged as required by the regu lations adopted by the commis dioner of agriculture, commerce ind industries, he shall be guilty >f a misdomeanor, and, on con viction. be fined not exceeding rhree hundred (300) dollars, and ibe said oils and fluids be for Eeited and sold, and the proceeds ereof go to the common school rund of the State. If any mann facturer or dealer of said gaso ine, illuminating or heating luids shall, with intent to de eive or defraud, alter or erase the label or tag to indicate a ifirerent flash test, gravity or g uantity, than is indicated by the label or stamp, on convic tion, be fined not exceeding fifty $50) dollars for every such of fence. Section 10. Any inspector who while in office, shall be inter sted, directly or indirectly, in be manafacture or vending of wy of the gasoline, illuminat ng or heating oils, shall be uilty of a misdemeanor, and >n conviction, shall be fined not ess than three hundred ($300) lollars. Section ii. All prosecutions ~or fines and penalties under he provisions of this Act shall e by indictment in a Court of ~ompetent jurisdiction. Section 12. The provision of his Act shall not apply to the etail dealer in oils, unless such etail dealer: shall sell or offer o sell oils of a manufacturer, wholes ler or jobber whbo refuses o comply with the provisions >f this Act. Section 13. This Act shall be n force from and after July 1, ne thousand nine hundred and ,hirteen. The Act has yet to go to the overnor for his approval. rAia Or OmIO, CnTY OF TOLEDO, ' eg Luca.s COUNTY. FA.nK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is enior partner of the arm of F. J. CaENEY & 0., doing business in the city of Toledo. Liounty .d State aforesaid. andthat said firm will pay he sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for ac and every cas ofCatarr ha cannot be FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my pres ce, this 6th day of December, A. D. 96 SEA .Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and cts directly on the bloo.1 and mucous surfaces ithe system. Send fo: testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. 0. Sold by druggists, 75c. Halrs Family Pills are the best. SALLY'S MISTAKE. It Cost Her a Rich Husband and Gave London Guy's Hospital. That bequests to individuals and to public benevolences are frequently the 'esult of a mere whim or of caprice has no better illustration perhaps than the case of Thomas Guy, who built ind endowed the great Guy's bospital f London at a cost of ?238,292 nearly 00O years ago. Guy had a maid servant of strictly Erugal habits, who made his wishes ier careful study. Hie resolved to ake her his wife. The necessary preparations were made for the wed ling, and among others many little re airs were ordered by Mr. Guy in and bout his house. The latter Included :he laying of a new pavement oppo ;ite the street door. It so happened that sally, the bride ~lect, observed a piece of pavement be ond her master's house that required nending, and of her own accord she ae orders to the workmen to do this. This was done in the absence of Mr. uy, who on seeing more work done :han he had ordered was informed that :he additional work had been done by :he mistress' orders. Thereupon Guy ;old Sally she had forgotten her posi :ion and added: "If you- take upon roursef to order matters contrary to ny instructions before we are married ihat will you not do after? I re xounce my matrimonial intentions to yard you." so Sally lost a rich and grouchy hus and and London gained a noble insti ntinn for the poor. GOV. BLEASE AN Gives His Position in Full as to Ordering the Election for Con gressman in First District -"Equal Rights to All Men and Special Priv ileges to None." Shortly after Congressman Legare's death I wrote to each county chairman in the 1st, Congressional district in order to get their views in regard to holding a primary All of them ans wered, favoring the primarv. I my self, personally, favored it, as I have always favored the primary in this State. As the candidates were an nounced, I addresse&a letter to each of them, whether prospective candi dates or those positively announced, and each of them answered, favoring the primary. I secured this informa tion for two reasons; first, so that when the executive committee met I cou~d furnish It to them, and, secondly, that I might order the general election at such time as would give opportunity for a primary to be held. "I am a member of the State execu tive committee, but have not attended a meeting since the preseat chairman was elected, and will not attend one while he is chairman, I do not speak to him, and never expect to-person ally, on business or otberwise. Con sequently 1 would not attend any meet ing over which he presided, and if I should be so unfortunate as to be in one where a majority would select him as their presiding officer, I would im mediately retire. "When the committee met here last Friday I was exceedingly busy. having just received from my secretary, Col. Aull, a large number of Bills which had been ratified by the General As sembly and were awaiting my signa ture. I thought, however, that the committee would consult the Governor -not the member of the committee from Newberry, but the Governor 'of the State, whose duty it was to order the election, upon the time the pri mary should be ordered. However, the committee-or, at least, those who met; I understand there was not a quo rum present, and those in the meeting had noright to transact any business-but those who did meet, following their us ual custom of last year. showed their political bias and prejudice against the present Governor by absolutely ignor ing him in the matter, and I feel that I am in no way bound to recognize the acts of a minority of a committee, who did not constitute a quorum, when they absohtely ignored me in the matter. "Some time ago I announced to you that I would order the election possibly the second Tuesday in April. but cer tainly during the month of April, for I deemed it extremely important on ac count of Charleston's situation and lo cation towards the Panama Canal, and also for the reason that it has been agreed that the appointments 'of Presi dent Wilson in this State shail be gov erned by the Congressmen of the re spective Districts-in view of these facts, I say, I deemed it extremel'y im portant for this important post at Wash ington to be filled at the earliest pos sible moment. I was surprised, then, when I saw that the committee had not only ignored me, but had ignored the date which I had suggested, aud post poned the primary to a date which, if it should be allowed to govern the date for the general election, would deprive this District of a representative until the end of the special session of Con gress which President Wilson will cal', which I think would ne very detriment. al to the best interests of the District., and particularly to the port and city o~f Charleston. "However, to be frank with you and with the people of the District. I do not think a primary advisable if it is to be used as a means to rob candidates hy frce. and I think it die raceful and d is gusting that any body of white men should say that another white man shall pay the enormous and extravagant sumn of $500 for the bare privilege of being a candidate in a white man's primary in South Carolina. It is outrageous, be cause it utterly deprives the poor whbite man of the right of entering the race. By the time he raises this $500. and then pays his absolutely necessary ex penses, and the contributions that will be expected of him by the couuty com mittees, and the individual contribu tions which every candidate does pay, and is forced to make under the disguise of charity, he will be ruined, if he is a poor man, and, in short, it simply means that nobody but a corporation omeiial, or corporaticn-fuirnished-money candi date can get in the race. I believe that is the purpose for which it was done. and if, as oe Governor of the people of this State, I can thwart it. I believe it is my duty to do so, and I propose to do it. And I propose, in the next Stave Convention, to make a fight to fix the assessments of candidates, through a committee, and take it out of the hands of a set of politicians who place them selves as the special guardians of the people and attempt. to deprive the poor man of the privilege of eutering a race. I guess if this crowd could fix the ass essments next summer they would put the assessment for the United States Senate so high that it would be abso lutely impossible for me to pay it, in order that the corporations might elec't their- candidate, and the poor penole, unless they took up a private subscrip rion to enter their man, would be de prived even of the privilege of having some one to vote for. "And, while we are speaking of the matter of expense, and where the mon ey goes to, it might be well to see who was present and who wvas paid for at t-nding this sc-called special meeting of the executive committee. "I think it better for the First, District to have no primnary, rath er than to be forced to vote for only such men as the corporations will fur nish the money to pay the campaign xpenses and assessments of. I consider this a grave situationj -an direct dicrimination in f:voe nf D THE PRIMARY the rich as against the poor, and tbink the members of the State execu tive coinmittee had better biware be fore they go much fitner with thi kind of politics. "My private secretary, Col. Aull stated my position in your paper, an( I stand by what he said. I add what have here stated in order that my posi tion may be. given in full, and that th< people of the State and of the distric may see and know what is going on and. for the further reason, to let th people see that it, is not a conflict be tween the State executive committe, and the Governor, but merely a dis agrrement between the Governor ani a little handful of nen-not even : quorum-of the State executive com mittee, who are attempting to dictat to the white voters of a Congressiona District. And I have no doubt but tha certain candidates for Congress wer consulted id the matter, while other were ignored. "As a matter of fact, I believe th action of those claiming to be the exe cutive committee is entirely illegal. a there was not a quorum present. If thi committee wants to do the right thing it. can now meet and have the primar: within the time meutioned in th, proclamation, and no one will be hurt The law requiring sixty days as t Charleston will not affect the matter for the Democratic party iu a specia primary can make its own. rules an requirements The general law on th statute books applies to the genera primary elections, and there is nothina about. special elections. Therefore there is no reason for any uneasiness o frar. What I am fighting for is m old platform, "equal rights to all me1 and special privileges to none." Value of Walking. Walking. if properly and regularl followed. would become not only a r( storer of health to many who at th present time are on the road to dLi ease, but also a source of pleasure. Le the arms swing if you feel like it an, the limbs too. Open the nostrils ani fill the lungs. and the movements wi send a gentle electric vibration throtgl the entire body. the result of which I the awakening of new life. Never tak the lazy gait, as it soon makes on tired and produces languor. A littl pespiration on the home stretch ma prove to be a blessing not only in cai rying effete matter from the body. bu In bringing an increased supply of 0: ygen into the b!ood and putting th blush of health on the cheek. Perhap the best time to walk is in the earl; morning The air Is* then the mos highly charged with the life giving oxygen and the freest from dust an, smoke. which rise later In the day A this time also the mind Is liable t be free from worry and anxiety. hen in the best condition to drink in th blessings of freshness for us on ever hand.-Bealth. Why Do Scotsmenl Succeed? "Johnny. dear." satid the visitor. John McTurk turned around. whil the family cat rescued her tail fret his grubby fist. "Now that you are going to school. continued the visitor. "I want to asl you a little question. How mainy mar bies would you get If I gave you twen ty. to be divided between you an Andrew MacI~onald?" Johnny thoughtfully rubbed th point of his nose where the cat ha scratehed him. "1 dinna ken." he saId. "Come. come." said his elder. "Hlow' that?" "Well. tma'am." said Johnny. "ye se It's a' acc(ording if ye gie me then when we're both here we'd hae tel apiece if Andrew was here and/ wasna I'd only hae about five. b'.t if were to get them when Andrew wasna here I dinna ken whether he'd flae on, at a'."-L.ondon Tit Bits. Romance of Radium. The story or radium- *s one of na tue's masterpieces of satire The al chemists spent lifetimes In trying I change base metalls into gold when fo untold eons nature had already beel turning a relatively common metal nrniumn. Into radium, 170.000 times a costly as gold The alchemist's wild est dream was more than fulfilled. bu at the same time nature was endowini the radium Itself with the property a ceaseless change and, according ti some, decreeing that the transmutatio1 should proceed until the radin .0 be caie converted into lead. worth a fev pennies a pound It is true that would take an ounce of radium 2.001 years to form half an ounce of leac but this only makes the satire morn striking, for we first learned of the ex stence of radium when of lead thern was enough and to spare.-Dr. W. i LazausBarlow. Mark Twain's Egg Order. Miark Twain once lived at the Play er' club in New York The egg cup: they use there easily hold two eggs but not three. One morning a nev waiter came to take the breakfast or der. Clemens said: "Boy, put three soft eggs In that cni for mue" By and by the waiter returned bringing the breakfast. Clemens look ed at ..be egg portion and asked: "Boy, what was my order?" "Three soft eggs broken in the cap Mr. Clemens " "And you've tilled that order, bavi you?" "Yes, Mr. Clemens." "Boy, you are trifling with the truth. I've beeti trying all winter to get threi eggs into that cup." Bookman. Derelicts at Sea, The wooden vessel Is the most dan gerous of dereliets, for she may drifi alut the seas for months Among the board or trade records one reads of the Fanny E~ Woistin. whien wvas abandon. ed Oct 15. 15591. and traveled abot 4.000 miles before she was last seen. i Dee'eber, 189)3. And there was the William L White, whb'h was abandon ed .\i re 13 1&% eighty miles f ron1 New York. and tossed about the nortl Atlantie for months, during which she was recognized by some forty vessels. She at last went ashore oft the Hebri des, .an 2:3. 1889~ CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. [he Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Value of a Laugh. The value of a good natured laugh way be rated low by some people, but many writers have attested its worth in no measured terms. It is not surprising that Charles Lamb should have said. "A laugh Is worth a hundred groans in any mar ket." but from the lips of The somber Carlyle one is scarcely prepared to hear, "No man who has once heartily aDd wholly laughed can be altogether or Irreclaimably bad." It was Douglas Jerrold who boldly stated that "what was talked of as the golden chain of Jove was nothing more than a succession of laughs, a chromat Ic scale of merriment reaching from earth to Olympus." "I am persuaded." wrote Laurence Sterne. "that every time a man smiles -but much more so when he laughs It adds something to his fragment of - life." Last of all may be cited the verdict of Oliver Wendell Holmes. given with his own Infinitable humor. "The riot ous tumult of a laugh. I take It. is the mob law of the features, and propriety the magistrate who reads the riot act." -St. Louis Republic. When Jenny Lind Saw Niagara. A piece of verse by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward records an incident which happened when Jenny Lind was visit Ing America. After the Swedish night ingale had won the hearts of a vast r public and not only praise of the sing er. but friendship for the noble woman. had grown strong among the Amerl cans It was asked: How honor her? By what fair sight or way? Show her NIagara on a rainbow day. So -4he is shown among a curious multitude approaching this marvel of marvels-the voice of the waters, the voice of the woman, meeting as it were in happy praise of God. She gazed awestruck and sank on her knees In prayer. The people prayed. with her. r and those who were not moved by the majestic splendor of nature to worship the Infnite, yet. as Mrs. Ward says. for many a day thereafter thought of God and of Jenny Lind kneeling hum bly there.-ChrLstlan Science Monitor. Merely Climate. The American visitor wandered down into sunny Cornwall. Seeing some par ticularly large chrysanthemums - in a garden. he knocked at the cottage door and exclaimed to the grower. TIne Bowers these. Guess rd like to know how you grow 'em." "Oh. climate." replied the yokel. e "And them great cabbages-what makes them grow?" "Just climate." declared the Corn wall man seriously. H'm Away in New York about all t we grow is skyscrapers. Only last year a fifty story building sprang up e like a mushroom. It grew up so quick that it had no stairs or lift." And the yokel stared aghast. "How-how do you get to the top. then?" 9 "Oh. clime-It-just elime-iti"-London Answers. Strange Meals In Disraeli's Novels. Some of the meals In Disraeli's noV els are of a decidely barbaric nature. Not many of us nowadays would care to sit through the dinner described in "Venetla." which opened with "an ample tureen of potage royal. with a boned duck swImming in its center. Then came a huge roast pike, flanked on one side try a leg of mutton and on the other by bombarded veal. To these succeeded a grand battalla fire. In which the bodies of chickens. p1 geons and rabbits were embalmed in spic-es. cocks' combs and savory balls and well bedewed with one of those rich sauces of claret, anchovy and sweet herbs, technically termed a lear. e The repast closed with a dish of oyster loaves and a p'ompetone of larks."-London Standard. A Diary Difficulty. "Di)aries sometimes are a dangerous thing." said a lawyer. "They make terrible revelations. I know a man who saId to his wife: "'Don't you think. Maria. that with the New Year's advent it would be a good thIng for us to keep a dIary?' 'Yes, perhaps.' Maria answered. but It we registered all our family quarrels in the volume I'm afraid most people would mistake It for a scrap bok."-WVashington Star. Neither Acceptable. Pretty Daughter-So you don't like lm'e Her father-No Re appears to be capable of nothing. Pretty Daugh ter Hut what objection have you to George? aer rather-Oh, he's worse than .Jim. He strikes me as being cap able of anything.-Lonldon Stray Sto ries. rThe Small Boy AgaIn. S"Bobby. do you see that bright star overhead, at the top of the big cross?' ''Yes." "Well, that's Deneb. It Is nearly three quadrilllons of miles away " "Huh: Then how do you know its name is Denebi"-Chicago Tribune. PoetIc License. "Pop, do poets bite like dogs? "Certainly not. child. What makes you alt such a questIon? "Then, why do they have to have a llense?"- Baltimore American. Pride. Professor of Voice CultureYou have a promising contralto voice. Bigfr So cety malrilvi- But, professor. I'd rather sing soprano, for it's much higher toned.,-Judge. Nothing happens to any man whIch he Is not formed by nature to bear. Marcus Aurelius. CYPI Sash, Doors Largest tmanufacturing Special sizes on shor t I A. H. FIS4 CHARLES HBRING ,cJOB TO THE T11M Dramatic Begging. The begging or tne nlind In Jerusa lem--where there nas been a school of begging for some 1.500 years- -is. says Sir Frederick Treves in "The Land That Is Desolate." -a dramatic act, a human tragedy in one vivid pose. "Out of a damp shadow in a lane there darts a haggard youth. pale as a nun. emaciated as a mummy. with wild hair and outstretebed bony arms. His eyelids are staring open. showing two opaque eyeballs, which are like knobs of white chalk. He Is blind as a statue is blind. Be Is nearly naked. He turns toward you a face distorted with expectancy, as If it were you and you alone who could restore his sight. He seems as if he bad been waiting for you ~in the lane for years. Be is led by a cachectic girl, a mere thing of rags. whose sined face is luminous with excitement and hope. There is no whining for money. no banal plati tude about 'the poor blind.' She whis pers to herself. 'Help is at hand.' and points trst to the youth's dead eyes and then to the sun. No one could pass'this boy and girl unheeded. The onlooker feels that he Is one of the dramatia persone and that without him in the act of giving alms' the group of statuary is incomplete." The Pole Star. Any clear night look at the dipper or Great Bear and in a direct line from the two irst stars In the quad rilateral of this constellation measure with the eye about five times the dis tance between them in a straight line and you will locate a luminary a lit tie brighter than Its neighbors. This Is the pole star. Astronomically speaking. there are no died stars. So called ixed stars are supposed to be the suns of other systems of worlds, themselves performing Immense revo lutions through the fields of space. However, of all the bodies which scin tillate in the starry night the only one that remains motionless or seems motionless is the pole star. At any moment of the year. day or night. Its station remains unchanged. All other stars, on the contrary. turn in twen-. ty-four hours around It. taken as the center of the mighty vortex. For this reason it is the most Important star to navigators in determining their course. -Christian Herald. Balfour and His Friend. A. J. Balfour Is an abstracted, schol arly man, who has a hard time remem bering men. Once Balfour was beaten for parliament by a Westminster con stituency. but was Immediately elected from a London constituency. Shortly after his defeat Balfour was walking with a friend in the lobby of the house of commoois. A man came up to him and said: "How do yon do. Mr. Balfouri I am glad to see you. sir. I trust yoU are In good health." "Excellent.' replied Balfour warmly; "and I am charmed to see you looking so well. It is a real pleasure to meet you again, as it always has been." The two walked on. "Who was that man?" asked Balfour. "His face seems familiar, but I cannot remember him." "That." replied his friend, "is the man who 'beat you for the house of commons in Westminster."-Saturday Evening Post. Wealth of the Borgias.. A large proportion of the wealth of the Borgias appears to have come down to their descendant, the duke of Os sanna. who figures in Disraeli's letters. in 1887 the duke was appoInted Span ish ambassador at St. Petersburg. He accepted the post on condition that the government would distribute his salary among the poor of Madrid. as he could. not condescend to draw money from the state. The duke was then describ ed as "the wealthIest man in Europe. He could travel by coach from Madrid through France and 'Germany to War - saw and sleep every night in one of his own castles."-Londons Chronicle. There Are Others. James ana John. traveling in a rail way c'arriage from Belfast to Antrim. wre discussing sensitive people in general. when James said to John: "I don't know how it comes. but I am very sensitive and often take things to myself that were never Intended for me.'' "Oh." exclaimed John, "1 knelW a chap who got six months for thc same thng.-Londonl Answers. Pleasant. Family Cherub- Miss Kitty, won't you please sound your head for me? Young Lady Visitor Sound my head! What do you mean. dearie? Family Cherub- -Can't you do It? Why, my mamma told papa you were rattle brained.-Baltimore American. Bobby's Bad Break. Kloseman 'out c'allinga Why do yoa look at me so Intently, little man? Bobby -l was looking to see I you was black. K - Blacki Why should you think I was black? B.-'Cause I heard pa say you was awfully niggar'dly. Boston Transcript. Man of Regular Habits. Whyte Is he a man or regular hab> Its' 1rowne- -Conldn't be more so. - on c'an see him going Into the saloon across the way every morning at pre cisely 60 'clock. --Somerville JournaL What She Quotes. During the courtshIp a girl qu~ote's poetry to a man. After marrying him she qnotes what he used to say to her before they faced the parson.- -Chicago' News. Nature knows no panse In progress - and deve~lopmenPt and attaenes r.er curse to all Inas-C')ln. t ESS. and Blinds. I toc house in the South. 3HER CO. YOUR? NORK :r FS OFFICE.