The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, April 21, 1910, Image 8

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|f II M SiORY OF Mil. f I "All ASvc at 2 P. M." Last Message from Miners. CAkRIEB LARGE SUMS MONEY TUrty-Oiu More Bodies Taken From Cherry Mine?All of 300 Accounted For?Mine Will Be Opened and Work Commenced. Cherry, UL, Special.?-"All alive 2 p. November 14.'' This the latest message from the fatal St ** ? ? ? a? l I.. 4_ jraui rmu uiinf? lire w ab uniu^m iu light with the recovery of 31 miners1 bodies which had been entombed since the disaster of last November. The todies were taken from the lowest level, 500 feet below ground. The men had retreated to a space 20 feet square and had constructed a rude fan of Ixxard to keek the air I circulating. On the fan in big letters were chalked the words quoted above, indicating that the men had lived at least until the day after the fire started. Evidently the men had taken turns at the crank of the fan. for one of the bodies had fallen ovei ' the handles as though he had died while straggling to maintain an ait current. That the miners were in the liabil of keeping their savings on their persons was shown by the large amounts of money found on the bodies. On< miner had in his belt $1,400. In th< belt of another miner was fount $190 and another had $172. It was declared by the mine com pany's officers that all the nearly 30( I miners killed by the disasters hat been art own led for. A few l>odies an still in the mine but within a 1'er days, the mine will be cleared am ready for work. Oct. Hughes Insists on Investigatior Albany, N. Y., Special.?Declarin that the revelations in the recen Allds-Congor bribery inquiry ami th facts brought out in the insuranc investigation by Superintendent o Insurance llotchkiss have cause every honest citizen to tingle wit shame ami indignation and hav made irresistible the demand tha every proper means should be eir ployed to purge and purify. Governo Hughes srnt a special message to th Legislature recommending 4'an ini mediate, iiftp.irtial. thorough and un sparing investigation into legislntiv practices and procedure and into th use of corrupt or improper mean for the promotion or defeat of legis lation." Grafters Severely Scored. Pittsburg, Pa.. Special.?A true bil charging Mar O. Leslie, collector o delinquent taxes in Allegheny conn ty, with bribery, was returned b; the grand jury and at the same tinn I a sweeping presentment was hande< down with general charges that man; of the 125 witnesses, whom the gram jury has had before it during tin graft investigations, thus far liavi wilfully withheld knowledge of graf secrets and Dint a certain few liavi practically begn guilty of perjury Directors and oflicials of some ol" tlx six big banks which profited by tin corrupt depositary ordinance an severely scored by the probers. Boy, 14 Years, to Hang. Deland, Fla., Special.?Irwin Han chett, the 14-year-old Connecticut boy, was found guilty in the crimina cmiri nnr ?i inc muroer OI I'lOVH Tedder, 13 years old, and sentence* <o be banned. He met the little girl while sh was on her way to school and stabhe* her to deaib. Her body was a mas of knife wounds, one physician tes tifying at the trial that he counte< event jr-five. wounds. Hanehett is a former inmate of th Conneetwai State kqform school. Promiaent Doctor's Wicked Deed. Pittsburg, Special. Dr. Mark \\ Black hum, a member of a promi nent and wealthy family, is dead an Mrs. Violet C jetty, who rejected hi alleged advances, is severely wound ed from shots which Blackburn fire in a rootring house. She said tha I>r. Blaekburn had called at tb house, where she roomed, and mad a propose! that they elope. Postofice Business Getting Better. Washington, Special.?Basing hi conclusions on the auditors' return of postal -receipts and expenditure for tbe first half of the current fisea year and on preliminary returns fo the third quarter of the year, whiel closed March 31, Postmaster Genera _ * - - jiucneoca premt-iea mat ttie nrst yea of tbe present administration wouli show a dernasp of over $10,000,00 g< in the Mint of $17,480,000 hande* E, doym front the preceding year. Th deihit for the first half of the cur > rent year was $4,072,000 as aguins #10,28.r>,000 for the flrst half of las Wataefca, I1L, Special.?Dr. W. F Miller and lira. J. B. Sayler wer found gaalty of manslaughter for th alnyin* ftaat Joly of J. Byron Saylei g?{ a hsalar of Crescent City. Joh ChrnMha, * medicine vender froi Milter ami I years tar Mrs. Saylei & CAPITAL FACTS. Is ? i f - T Interesting News Gathered in the District of Columbia. THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. ^ ' i mi Personal Incidents and Important co' i Happenings of National Import ?r: [ Published for the Pleasure and In[ formation of Newspaper Readers, coi . eni Negro Conference Closes. Washington district conference of ? 1 A. M. E. Zion Church lias closed its w 1 last day's work, Rev. M. L. Blaleck . ! presiding. Florence li. Wye was ap- .01 pointed District president of Variek , 1C 1 C. E. Society by Bishop J. W. Smith , ^ B. F. Grant was re-elected District . . 1 superintendent of Sunday schools. - ^ A Sunday school convention was held ' wiUi District Superintendent B. F. aa( Grant presiding. The great need of more earnest Sunday school work was { ' emphasized by Gertrude Brooks, Drs. ?* Logan Johnson. S. L. Corrothers, C. C. xa AUeyne, II. W. Smith and others. -ar Bishop J. W. Smith, D. D., address- or ed the conference on appointments ; and work of pastors and presiding elders. He urged that churches [ should l?e true to their pastors and j>ai jmstors to presiding elders. "J" t Job Too Big For One Man. ma After having worked for years to an< 3 develop the system of one-man con- rig 5 trol of the great fleets of the navy, r\ > Secretary Meyer has come to the con- has 1 elusion that the abilities of the in- ita dividual have reached the breaking bus point, and that it will he necessary hat ) to subdivide the responsibility. 1 Le: e "Oh, You Comet!" (.a) v The tail of the comet through which (jit [j the earth probably will pass will be ,.OI noticeable only as an absolutely ' nariiness luminous gas or ciusi. ii may produce electrical and magnetic r ir effects that can be detected only by j j self-recording instruments. ^ o Automobile Expenses Anyhow. l''s e Speaker Cannon lias not been de- Sl>' f prived of the appropriation for the ^t'!' d "care, maintennice and driving" of n,r h his automobile, after all. e The aetion of the conferees of the xv.? it two Houses of Congress in striking ('1(' i- out of the legislative, executive, and * judicial appropriation bill the item e carrying the appropriation of $2,500 i- for the object was but formal, for * i* the appropriation has reappeared uuo der the heard of miscellaneous ex- nj 0 penses of the House of Represents- ( ' s tives, and in that disguise was not ra! >- recognized even by its friends until aif an otlicial explanation was made. xv,t of Ex-Congressman and Land Frauds. ?'l2s Former Representative Hinger Herf man, of Oregon, may be prosecuted by the United States government for 9 alleged lain! frauds commit teed years ^ 3 ago. Herman was tried once. The 1 jury stood eleven to one for convic- st ' 9 tion, and he was discharged. s<*" 1 His trial created a sensation in J'JS e Washington, where lie was well known ' ? as a member of Congress and as Com- ,,'r t missioner of the General l.aiul Of- ' 3 fice, and througliont >he West he. cause of the fact that the case ine volved many well-known men, such ' s as the late United States Senator XVP1 3 Mitchell, of Oregon. so" ? ret | President Will Not Interfere. stu State elections are not to be in- ed flucuced bv political aiiDointments au t made from the While House, if Pres- in j ident Taft can prevent it. B The following statement was isj sued: rJ "The President has concluded not is e to decide the issue between the Sen- in j ators from West Virginia and Con- j gin gressman Hubbard, in respect to the a 1 postmasters at Fairmont and Clarks- cor j burg, until after the senatorial con- hat troversy has been settled, in order to dot t avoid seeming to take part in the tia controversy." Appointments for Memorial Day. Lincoln Camp No. 2, Sons of Vet- 1 \ eraus, have appointed K. F. Warner pri and O. R. Scott a coinmitttee to ar- Ne j range for the services at Arlington for Cemetery on Memorial Day. .1. B. cat I Northcott and E. K. De l'uy were ap- J ^ pointed to the general committee for the ^ the District for the observance of esc the day. Plans were discussed for seq f the celebration of Grant's birthday ?aj on April 27. I Members D. A. R. Get Excited. I A persistent effort to indorse the da; " administration of Mrs. Matthew T. Sii Scott, presidertt general of the I). A. for ^ R., was made at the district confer- wa 1 ence. pai I, It was a three-cornered parliamen, tary battle from the moment Mrs. a M.... P L- tJ A -A . 1 ?< n I ??imjr u u. himhii, r?-gerii oi me l.iv- j f] ingston Manor Chapter, introduced a j,je q resolution indorsing the regime of ^ Mrs. Scott. The conservatives, the ca| g regulars, and the mixed" were on y(J *heir feet simultaneously. Mrs. H. n j P. Herald, the rpgent whose daugh- n t ter was dismissed toy Mi v. Scott, p_ took part in the debate. Severe Criticism of Vaccination. Vaccination and its advocates have been severely criticised by Harry B. cal < Bradford, president of the District f0| ( Anti-Compulsory Vaccination Society r who declared the theory was eonceiv- ac< ed in lunacy, and that the whole ^f1 n thing is nothing but a professional 1 graft, which allows the physicians to fill their pockets by innoculating the un pure and wholesome blood of chil-i tr< } dren with the baeeili of diseased cat- ** r tie. *? r. ' v .v* : - , i > 1 ^ " ? > i OUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS he Cream of Hows Item Gathered From All Orer South Caroline and Boiled Down. 0; Freight Rates Will be Lowered. Mr. T. C. Williams, the real estate sr in whose various companies have th nducted a number of successful op- at itions at Columbia and at other nc ints in the State and at points in on >rth Carolina and Virginia, has n? upleted all the main details in an ne terprise which promises ad van- Ci res in point of freight rates to C< lumbia, and to the State as a es ole. I in Mr. William's plan is to put the it transportation problem on a iroughly practical business basis building and putting on the river M ween here and Georgetown three Gi ; steel freight boats with a carry- gr ; capacity of 250 tons each, build be 1 operate a railroad system in and J>und Columbia, so as to make the ni rsical connections between the ioi it line and the railroad and pri- W e warehouses, and make traflic ar- wj igeraents with the street car line, hi; a central depot. * Si Several Charters Granted. The Seneca bight and Power fcom- ^ iv of Seneca has been chartered the secretary of state with a capi- ~? of $50,000. The company will ('e nufacturc and sell electric lights *? 1 electric power and is given the cu lit to develop water powers. n^a The Wee Nee bank of Kingstree j* ? been commissioned with a caj>- "1; 1 of $50,000. A general banking on ess will be conducted by the lk. Plie Richard Supply company of vington, was commissioned with a (G vital of $5,000 A general mercan- m( 1 business will be conducted by the w, n pa liy. fa , <>i Spartanburg Festival Closes. WJ fwenty-four hundred people on the of t night of the Spartanburg music th tival, saf enthralled and breath- tU s listening to such music as has ilom liven heard even at a musical tival in that city. It was artists' rht, and Madame Jeane Gerville- so piche and Signor Nicola Zcrola As re the charmers who held the an- oo nee in listening silence or caused m< to break forth in wild outbursts na enthusiastic applause. Tl sn Charged With Breach of Trust. I. Alex. Gordon, formerly telle! the Geriiuinin Savings bank. arl<*<triii ?'.w .... n uin^n-M nil .1 IViir- V c it sworn out by State Bank Es- a incr Giles i. Wilson, charging him of li breach of trust to the amount th 10..720. lie was released from to itody upon furnishing a bond of 500. with five substantial eitiis as surety. ? fir iigh School Oratorical Contest. V. W. Folger of the Easley high ool won first place Jji the high ool oratorical contesfTjLAllen Nor- 1 of Westminster wou second place, e contest was held in the audi- 111 ium of the Greenville Female lege. I lit Stamps for Food Stuffs. | ui % tamps to the number of 1.800.000 lii re ordered by Commissioner Wat- Pi i. to be used in carrying out the fo luiremcnts of the commercial food ot lfs inspection act. which was pass- h? at the last session of the general emblv. The stamps will he sold hooks of 1.000. 2.000 and 8.000. G Marion's Handsome Library. of The Marion free public library at one of the pioneer free libraries In South Carolina. From small be- te inings, when it was supported by k few public spirited citizens, it has If ne to be an institution housed in a I d idsome brick buildings with an en- I vi wment of $0,000 and receiving n?r. I H 1 suport from the town revenues. | A Record of Newberry Sheriff. Pink Saunders one of the four soners who have escaped from tlie it wherry jail during Sheriff Ku- tl d's long service?more than a de- ?( ie?has been recaptured. In all Sheriff Buford's career only a se two men, and two negroes, who tl aped about 10 years ago and sub- b luently were recaptured have es>ed his vigilance. ^ 'rinter Shoots Insurance Agent. In a quarrel at Rock Hill Saturv S. 11. White, a printer, shot M. e nes, an insurance agent working a Georgetown Concern. White a s cut in the breast. White is j e in fully hurt and Sims is seriously, v t not futally, wounded. u utoists Pass Through Lancaster. Ileorge llotchkiss and family of w York city passed through Lan- ti der Saturday in a large touring < \ en route from Florida to New h >rk. Mr. Hotchkiss was driving a ti chine, wbieh, it is claimed, hns t i near 20,000 utiles without re- a ire. Sand Flies in Berry Trees. 1 The origin of the insect commonly lied the sand fly may have been t und in the berry of certain trees. S wording to Mrs. Harriett Lewis of ^ >unt Pleasant. Fortifying her posi- " in with the aid of a miseroscope in J e examination of these organisms der the glass, she advises that the \ ee of this section wbieh have the rries found to contain these cr- J nisms should ha destroyed. \ PALMETTO HAPPENINGS J It News Nates of fieiml Interest j From All Parte of tfco State, ____________ # arolinian Accountant in Mississippi *-*A young South Carolinian has A rung into prominence in probing first ie Mississippi graft, which now is wor tracting a great deul of attention atio >t only in that State but through- com it the country, owing to the promi- expc uice of the otficials said to be con- pain icted with graft scandals. This but irolinian is Charles J. Moore, of wort >lumbia, who has been engaged as I paid pert accountant to look officially j $1-2 to the gTaft charges. a >'e beer Bed Men Elect Officers. ton At their annual convention the Red kern en elected the following officers: Coas :and prophet, J. S. Booth, Chester; 195, eat sachem, Otto Kleetner, New- celvl rry: great senior sagamore, Dr. ranl< 1'. Carlisle, Greenville; great ju- and or sagamore, James G. Long, Un- T< n; great chief of records, B. C. or P all ace. Sumter; great keeper of are 1 impum, S. M. Clarkson, of Colum- cracl a; great representative. Cole L. 5nne ease. Newberry; trustee, H. C. trad' immers, of Newberry. dred ' pour folorsd Industrial School Burned. crac' The Walton cottage, used as a boys Libe irmitory at the industrial school for *nne stitute negro children at Irmo, was >'et s tally destroyed by fire. The oc- tlon pants, several colored boys, had a fin8? irrow escape from death. Richard F< irroll believes that the fire proba- PreP v originated from a lighted cigar- Palnte. He does not believe it to have ^ en incendiarv. j quar Aiken Wants S. A. L. Too. niort Aiken is going to make an attempt grim get the "Seaboard Railway. At a mak aeting of city council the matter mice is informality discussed, and the The ct that Springfield, Burn well and surfi angeburg are alive to the situation This is brought out, and t .e ad vantages whic having the Seaboad to pass through dew, e city were discussed by the geu- who! :men of 'he council. subs coup Lake City Truckers Complain. ter 1 W. L. Bass and I). M. Kpps, repre- tor I nting the Lake City Truck Growers (j isociation, have made their formal 0p j mplaint before the Interstate Com- jn a erce Commission of rate discriiui- whic itions by the Atlantic Coast Line. jng le Atlantic Coas< Line has made a To s rail reduction on crates. they then No Postoffices at Universities. skirr Postmaster Geo. 11. Hugging of I pFat )luml>ia, is not able to arrange for 1 trad I 1. ? -. .1 ? uiuiiiu jjiisiuiiive ?ii iue univi'i'siiy T] South Carolina. This is because Imp; e postollice department is averse sum establishing a precedent. valu Gen. Reed Will Command. yfQJ Gen. J. W. Heed, commanding: the ' st brigade, S. C. Division. lT. C. V., Jv c lio by reason of. the death of Gen. ^ mmerman Davis and the illness of j1O]0 mi. B. H. Teagne. of the Secoond rigade, will be in coininand of the c vision in Mobile at the annual re- ro0(] ,ion- the U. C. V. Maids of Honor. it m M iss May Meetze, of Columbia, cati< is been appointed one of the two midi aids of honor for the South Caro- the ta Division, l". C. V. Miss Mildred tree itterson, of Chester, is the sponsor and r the division. Miss Edith C. Rice the Denmark, is the other maid of mor >nor. the sap Found Dead in Bed. the J. G. Lindlev was arrested at prei: reenville. charged with the murder dry. Ben Allen, who was found in b?d Juici his home Friday with a bullet wal( de in his head. There are mys- 8oni rions circumstances surrounding the next illing, it first being alleged that Al- the 'ii had committed suicide. Later boil evelopment disproved this theory, 8we" 'hen it h?Mm? L-nnmn /? llio wtfll lat Dindley had bben intimate with exce lien's wife. All parties are white. A age. Another Story on the Citadel. whl' At a meeting of the Hoard of Viaors of the Citadel, at Charleston, Rref lie contract for the erection of the pro] ourth story of the Citadel wa* warded to the J. T. Snelson Co. i'oi Rnn' on t he sum of $26,800. There were sir oth( idders. The work wilt be begun on 'pj,e lay 6 and it will be completed by ajUI ept. 15th. ,)ler v/hf Pensions fof Home Soldiers. ,)OW As the result of a resolution pass- ant. d at the meeting of State Board oi litci 'elisions, at Columbia, all veterans ovci t the Confederate Home who receiv- moi d pensions-before going to the home j\ fill continue to receive the same stit mount. plu the Income Tax Act Constitutional. nf t Tlio 11 rvrnmo i 'aiirt Itou ??.v /?{' VI1IX y 1/UI l una 1U1CU UJ/UH lllg he constitutionality of the State in- gpi( ome tax. The court, in an opinion nng anded .down, declares the income bre ax act is constitutional and affirms juic hes decision of the lower court in a an i peciflc ca&. 1 * as the j?dy Agent Educational Campaign, the Rliae C. Rudd, a graduate of Win- Th( hrop (College and treasurer pf the dry tou^h Carolina School Improvement the IsHoriation, has been elected field A8 gent of the educational campaign ind will have headquarters in the of- ter Ice of State Superintendent of Ed- 0ff teation Swearingen. Miaa Rudd is wj| rom Saluda county and ainee gradu- r<a] it ion haa taught in the aehoola oi ww be 8taU. tJoi } ??Ml I USFFtX ?vTREH Yields Oil, WlttTf Foe Medicine and Podtloei. 'barge d'Affairs Ellis, Monrovia. bout 1850 Liberia was among t . to introduce palm oil to t id markets, beginning the expo n of nnlm L-omolo toKuk . i ? nuivu uavv 1 e a great factor in West Afric >rt trade. The European price i kernels in 1905 was $66 a tc the crtl expressed from them w th $150 a ton. The price nc for kernels in local markets 0 to $1.32 a bushel, against ar ago. Palm kernels have late 1 selling in Europe at $70.20 for Liberian kernels and $72 f lels from farther t}own the We it. In 1908 Liberia export 4 90 bushels of the kernels, r ing therefor $195,490. Palm i ;s highest in Liberian expor in 1908 brought $350,193. > secure palm oil, the outside pu ericarp is removed and the nu laid aside to dry. They are thi ked between two rocks and tl r kernels preserved for use ai e. It is estimated that two hu weight of nuts produce flfty-s ids of kernels. A portable nt king machine is much needed rla. Generally the shells of tl r palm kernels are used for fui lome Africans use them in decor and dress, for such purposes tr rings, necklaces, bracelets, el )r local consumption the Africa: are two kinds x>f oil from tl i kernel: L) The better quality of kern Is manufactured by putting itity of kernels into a woodi tar and pounding them, and th< ding them thoroughly on a ston ing a fine paste, which is th< id with cold water and stirre oil rises in white lumps to tl ice, and after collection is boile oil is of a light straw colc :h, after exposure to the sun ai turns beautifully white. Bell lesome and palatable, it is a got titute for lard. It relieves ;h, and used in moderation is be than shea butter as an emolie the skin. !) The commoner kind of kern s obtained by frying the kerne pan until a dark oil is extracte :h is strained and kept for dres the hair or rubbing on the bod iecure more oil from the kerne are pounded, ground fine, ai boiled, when the floating oil imed off. The skimming is r cd until all the oil has been e ted from the kernels, tie wine of the palm also Is : jrtant article for African co ption and may possess an expo e when its properties and us more thoroughly understoo n the palm cabbage there are tn lods of securing what is commo ailed palm wine: (1) By fellii tree and inserting a reed in cut in the cabbage and allowii sap to run into a receptacle: (! limbing the tree and inserting in a hole cut in the cabbage tree stands. If the flow is sic ay be increased by the daily app in of a lighted torch made of tl rib of the palm leaf to the side hole nearest to the trunk of tl ; by cutting off a fresh slice nc again from the charred woui sap will continue sometimes f n 1 ii fi ?i f hirtv H n ve Troon wl mcst luxuriant leaves gives mo than those with few leaves. F local market this palm wine tared in two forms?sweet ai In making the sweet wine tl e is mixed in equal portions wi er, and after being boiled f e time is allowed to cool. T! morning fresh wine is added ai whole thoroughly stirred. T! ing causes the wine to retain i etness for some time. The d 2 is made in much the same wa ipt that it is not boiled, side from being used as a bev< palm wine has some other us [>h might be mentioned. In ma bread it is used for yeast. By t Ition of hot water its strength itly reduced. It has great diurel ?erties and much greater sustal powers. Mixed with a little ca e pepper, it can sustain a labor :he farm for many hours witho r rood. It is also used as vinegi goldsmith uses palm wine wi n to clean and renovate his ii nents. Effective as an insectici ?n sprinkled about, it is also crful and satisfactory disinfe* It is good for cleaning any fc usil, and by soaking them in r night rust of all kinds is 1 red. i similar substance and a fine su ute is prepared from the pines fruit by removing the skin a core and squeezing out the Jul lie remaining fruit. After stra! and boiling this juice one has tndid beverage, sweet and spai It may be used also for maki ad, n3 Is palm wine. Pineapt :e also heals sore throat and mall appetizing vinegar. 'he heart of palm cabbage is us a vegetable. Its ertraction ki tree. A fine mushroom grows spot where a trunk has decayi ? palm cabbage is also used as for dressing wounds, and wh is used for tinder. The back palm stalk is scraped off and ut a dressing for wounds. When ' of the leaves are beaten and v la added, the liquor when strain and mixed with maize porrid 1 stop diarrhea. Ferns on the m when made Into paste and nh h oil are good tor cuts. A deco a of the roots is used as a rem ^ for biliousness and jgnndlce. TIm * male flower of the palm\trfe barned u Into charcoal is good tor use as a " dressing on burns. potfltlee of pounded palm leaves mixed with oil j11 is useful for wound dressing; genexe ^al,y' 4 1T0 A MAKER OF rt- JAPANESE HISTORY. ye an Really Framer of th? p...?* of System of Govtrnmant of That >B. Country as )W Prince Ito had one of the great lB minds of his .time; a Bismarck, a Li ^ Hung Chang, with whom he con>ly eluded the Tientsin Treaty in 1895. Ito was a very good friend of the or United States. Of the world-circling ,gt voyage of the United States SjtaUae ed sent a cable message to the Ng# ^>rk ,e_ World, which ran: "The Japanese nation watches with t friendly Interest the voyage of the American fleet, hoping it may visit j Japan, where its cordial reception tg will prove the falsity of foolish en rumors of Japanese animosity and (je distrust." ld The battleship fleet went to Japan n_ and all the w rid knows how It was ,jx received there (t_ Hirobumi Ito was born in Septemln ber, 1841. He took a large part on the Imperial side in the war against the Shogun, and was appointed Governor of Hyogo at the victorious end ag of the war. His Imperial master sent c him to Europe with a special emng bassy to? revise treaties in 1871. Hirobumi Ito really established the foundation on which Japanese bankcl ing regulations are fixed. He was a Minister of Public Works in Japan in Jn 1878, after the Emperor's proclamation announcing the inauguration of e representative government. ;n' In 1SS8 the then Baron Ito was d dispatched to Europe and America to le gather material from which to fran\e d a constitution for Japan. Ito really ' founded the present system of govld crnment in Japan. After the war 1R with China he concluded the treaty ;)d of peace at Shimonasoki with the late a Li Hung Chang, another ruler of men. ,t~ Tto represented Japan at Queen Vicn? toria's Diamond Jubilee. He was Prime Minister of Japan five times. His sovereign made him ^ a Marquis of the peerage which he s himself organized in 1905. He was ' appointed Resident-General of Korea 1S~ the next year. In effect, he annexed :' Korea to Japan. Is | Ys King Hunger Makes Beasts of e- Us All. x r.y DR. WILLIAM H. THOMSON in Unfeeling Nature says to all crean tures, if you would live on this earth, rt you must either fight, run, or hide; es and it is in obedience to this last ind. junction that all shells onstructro ed. These are not notes of eace, for n- peace is unknown where King Hunig ger's mandates must be obeyed, else a he will inflict untold torture. For lg thirst there is lifeless water In abun2) dance, but only what is or has been a living will make food. I heard a as naval officer describe how he learned iw really to sympathize with the ravenli ing wolf, when, in Greenland, he and he his dogs were nearly famished until of they and he savagely rushed together he at the still standing musk ox which >w he had shot. Small thought then did id he have of how a gentleman should or take his nieal.?Everybody's Magtto th zine. re or Resources of the Philippines. , ls There lies ahead of the hardwood and furniture industries of the Philiphe pines a splendid future. The islands ^ possess the most beautiful woods in Or tllQ nnJ ?i ?-?? WUV wwsau, aiiu lliCJ ttl c i cacxiiu^ he their development just at a tim?% id when the world Is looking for hardhe woods. The timber is not located In , 4 its thick "stands," but Is well scattered, ry covering, it has been estimated, an 4 area aggregating 40,000,000 acres. Of this great amount less than one | "*- per cent, is under private ownership, es Most of these woods, which have no J It- equal in richness of color, durability, he brilliance of polish and size of tim-' | 18 bers, are difficult to transport by water. Their texture is so close and ( n_ their specific gravity so great that y- they quickly sink. Their weight av- | er erages about seveifty-flve pounds to ut the cubic foot; height, from fifty to ( 100 feet, the natural annual growth th being estimated by the Insular gov- ( ernment at 1,400,000,000 cubic feet. S de nearly all of which is now going to J a waste. In 1904 the Bureau of For- ( ct- estry had record of some 393 differ- ( >ul ent species; now the list has lnit creased to 665, the species being well | "e* mixed.?Cassier's Magazine. ib- Where They Got Done. ip- "Among the gambling stories that j nd the late Pat Sheedy used to. K1 i? ice his art shop," said a New In- porter, "was one about a jacfc?3df i a "A beautiful young bride, t\%?^Ory . ( k- ran, entered a corner grocery ona ng morning and said; ( [>le "'Have you got any jackpots, Mr. tes Sands?' "'No, ma'am,' Sands answered, g ed and he hid a smile behind hl3 hand. i lis 'I've got teapots and coffee pots, bat a on Jackpots I don't stock.' Ml. " 'Oh, dear!' said the bride. A *f i a frown wrinkled her smooth and beauen tlftul brow. 'I'm so sorry! You see, of Mr. Sands, my husband's mother ted used to cook for him, and nearly ; a every night he talks in his sleep about 1 ra- a Jackpot. 3o I thought I'd get one led for, since he mentions It so often, hs < Ige must bo used to it. Could you tell ' jj oil me, Mr. Sands, what they cook in < ced Jackpots?' ra- ' " Grpens, ma'am,' was the qulidt / tdy answer."?-Detroit Free Press, , .3