Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C^SS$^Talks About y^i:'Wcynan kind$ Klglitn of Qurt'ii Alexandra. Queen Alexandra lias more rights than any other married woman 111 Hanland. Being a queen consort, and therefore regarded l<y law as a single woman, she may bring an action m the courts as ir she were unmarried. She has her separate court, her separate guards and her own servants distinei from those of the king. By an act dating from the sixteenth century she is empowered to write after her name the title "Queen of England." Hair Ornament*. ComSs of pearl, rarely carved, studded with jewels and hound with gold are what the dealers in costly ornamen > are showing just now. Comlis of the new departure are made of only the most richly colored pearl ami stud- 1 ded and crowned with stones that echo , the t inis of 1 he shell. -\iiions: til** pretty Bprsiiir surprises are combs with lulls of liny jeweled feniliers quivering at their tops am!, combs surmounted with white aigrctt and :: few delicate diamond flowers. A very ren in pattern in combs for the back iuiir shows liny jxol?lt*n roses, each with bright white diamond ! heart ni Hie top of a lioweil band of ' light-colored shell. Tall and broad combs of modified Spanish shape promise t<? be worn in the near future. I'nnliIon in (ilove Mini I inner l!lntr?. Fashion in gloves changes from year to year quite as much as fashion n dress or shoes. To be well gloved is quite as necessary as to be well slio.l. for it is from the trifles that make i p dress as a whole that the up-to-date, well appearing woman is singled on. This year the fashion in gloves is entirely in favor of the suede kid. very j slightly stitched, and always buttoned. For street wear one button is usual, though two. three and even four huttons are use the one Inttlou, however, holding tirst place because with the long sleeves so generally worn these are by far the most coin fort able. The colors for day wear are black, drabs and fawns, the deep reds and tans of seasons past being conspicuous by their absence. For evening wear white Is the thing. A ring is worn on the tirst linger of the left hand if the wearer wants a husband or wife: if worn on the second linger it signities that the wearer is already engaged; if worn on the third linger the wearer is already married. and if worn on the fourth finger , it signifies thai flic wearer does not 1 wish to marry. American (Jitecn. Til u A way-I''rom -Home <iirl. "Write your home letters regularly < and keep in touch with your pi.rents i and old friends by weekly correspondence." writes Margaret K. Songster. In the Ladies' Home Journal, addressing ifil'lc xel??> 1....... * - * ...... niii i- k?'ih- iroiu iioine into ! thr world to seek their livelihood. |j "Never let a Sunday afternoon drift ! out without your hour spent in an in- j. tiinate and losing letter to the dear mother. This is a good oeeupatiou for Sunday, and I can hardly tell you how minute and eonlidential and affection- , ate this writing should he. l?ut titere Is no need. You know what you like to hear from home, and what mother ami father most long for, when your letters eonte. I follow those letters. Mother is in the kitchen, washing the dishes. She wipes her hands and sits down in the low roeking chair hy the ' window where the lilac is beginning to bud. l<'atIter stands between the table and the door, waiting to hear what yon have said, and aware that lie must, wall until mother has satisfied her heart with the first reading. Then it will be his turn. To them both you are. and you will always he, just their own little girl, and you can never send them a line which they will not sean with eagerness. So never put off your family at home with a scrappy, hurried scrawl; take time; and tell them everything." ITiilirromiiip; Krli n Ik. "Young women in choosing their associates do not sulliciently observe the law that governs contrasts," remarked an observer. "I hey should never dr. am of putting two colors together that do not accord, and are even particular not to let their gowns clash with nuothcr's, hut as far as their own personality is toucerned they never take that into consideration, and yet some w.iinen who are really good-lookto , w lu n alone become dechicotv litnin when walking or standiti" next to Koine of their acquaintance. Tall, willowy treatures. for iustance. have u way of making a medium-sized coinpanlon, with waist and hips of ordiuarj proportions, appear stout and stun.ed; a freshly colored, rather large face causes its contrast *t? appear sallow and even weazened, and so on. Some girls, however, are el. \> r enough to recognize this fact and act accordingly." "Why do you not walk any more wilh Klsie S.?" the writer li'ard a mother ask her daughter recently. "Hecause sin- is such an unbecoming friend," answered the latter quite frankly. "She makes me look so fat Jillil ?!?-'?* ???'' AX.-+ ?<_>? w.> niai i cannot | brand It! I noticed It every time I caught our reflection in a shop win- j dow." This was obviously true, and the girl was hardly to he blamed It site j objected to appear at such disadvan- ! tape.?Detroit Free Press. ?w Mylei of Slfrvfi. A new style of sleeve has suddenly made its appearance?a large puff of different material from the rest of the waist Is at the elbow, looking as though thnt part of the body bad been Injured, and consequently hail to be treated with a great bandage. There Is nothing whatever pretty about this I"" " -2.. iL* r fashion, which has broken out with some virulence, for it makes the arm looked deformed, or as though there had not been quite enough of the original material to finish the sleeve. A white gown that is trimmed with elaborate cut-work has a puff of the cutwork around the elbow, and a black lace waist that is made up over white | satin has a pulling of the white satin pushing through the black inee also at the elbow, while an all-black waist with white under-sleevcs shows the imder-sleeve first at the elbow and then again at the wrist. The bishop sleeve, in itself an ugly fashion, is better than this last fad. and even tit" undersleeve is more attractive. The fancy waists afford an excellent opportunity for the display of strange fashions in sleeves; besides this puff that breaks out at the elbow there is a new sleeve that is slashed from wrist to eliiow. showing a full white tttuler-sleeve. and the outer sleeve is arranged to button with a row ?>f very small gilt buttons. It is an uncomfortable fashion, as well as an ugly me, but is not so unbecoming to the arm :is tin* el how puff. Kven in the tucked wais's the Inline of the elhow is evident, hut naturally not so pronounced as in the other styles.?liar pel's l'azar. SgrTjjovdoir Chat President Loubort's wife is an exceptionally good chess-player. On her special traveling car Mine. Patti has a silver hath opened by a golden key. One of the educational features of Perl in. Oermany. is the school for women who wish to become librarians. Mrs. Mary A. Paschcll is still post mistress at Trenton, Ind. She was a?p( inied by Liucoiu and is eighty-live years old. A movement is on foot in the cities of Toronto and Hamilton, Canada, to erect statues of Queen Victoria in their public parks. Julia Ward Howe, in spite of her years and alilietions, continues her studies, reading, for instance, a rule (ireck every day. Sarah (Irand says that she was fourteen years old before she went to school. She made up for lost time afterward in most tilings, hut never learned (lie art of penmanship. Queen Williclniiiiu is a great novel render, and her preference is for Hug iisii cooks. isctnp a pieat admirer of Scott Jitiil l)i? ici tis. she naturally prefer* tlit* romantic school of fiction. Mrs. Delia Kipps is said to lie tho richest fanner in Indiana. She lives mi a (iOO-aere farm, which she person ally superintends and on which several i hundreds of cattle are raised yearly. ' The supervisor of physiial Irainitip in tlie public schools of Washington. D. ('., Miss Kehecea Stoneroad, lias held that otiiee for t Welti- years. She j has nine assistants, trained by herself. Attornej tieneral Murphy, of Arkansas, lias decided that women are not iptalitied to serve as notaries public. Init that the ollicial lets of those who | already ludd appointments are not in- j valid, tin >ih their commissions may L?e revoked. Mine, llernhardt is reported to have been dcliphted with the Chicago stork yards, where she saw live sioek trans, i ported from the hoof to the ran while . she waited. "It is horrible, hut beau- j Iiftil,** said Sarah, as she sniffed at j her bottle of lavender salts. jUed-LEAHlHGS 3L, rR0M T",[ pgfiSiiops Some jackets fasten with olives. The crimson cape is a cheery sipht. i nere are exquisite tlamu'ls for shirtwaists. Satin siriju? Henriettas mak pretty house dresses. No skirt ean boat the ore with the shaped Hare so l'ar. Tucking cireular flounces is taster on paper than in reality. Any back that luts no middle seam is ealled an automobile. Some pretty Mouses are tucked down to the depth of a yoke. Sailor Mouses are anions the most becoming to sturdy little girls. Long shoulder effects are the result of tleep collars or other trimming. A tucked flounce is not necessarily tucked solidly. It ntay be in clusters. l'or all-round utility it is bard to iiud something to replace the blouse IOtoii. Stout women complain that all the fashions are designed to their slim sisters. | Lroadoning lace panels, very narrow at the top, are an attractive feature of many skirts. It lakes but a bit of embroidery or tucking to make a pretty yoke for a small girl's dress. A violet silk blouse is many limes more effective tf civen tn.? amethyst buttons. Tucked sleeves need only to have the tucks let loose to form the admired hag on the forearm. A pattern is out for the princess dress, which would amount to a prin cess skirt if cut off at the bust line. It's as necessary to have sufficient flare round the foot of a skirt, as it is to have under ruflles enough to hold it out. Many passementeries that would look common If applied by the yard are positively interesting when cut up and plated discreetly. _<... _ . I ENCLAND'S NATIONAL DISH. Connul nt Liverpool SSnyo It In Now Jam Not Brrl. A wholesale emigration of the American small boy and g<rl might seem probable If the latest report of James Boyle, United State Consul nt Liverpool, should he disseminated among iho youngsters. For Mr. Boyle makes the astonishing statement: "It is probably a fact that jam and not beef is now the national dish of the Britisher." Mr. Boyle points out that, except so far as the very poor are concerned, jam or marmalade is on every English breakfast table, and an almost universal "sweet" (the English for dessert) at luncheon and dinner is a compote, stew, or tart, o* which the chief ingredient is preserved fruit. Mr. Boyle says: The English people are the largest consumers of jam in the world. It is probably the fact that jam and not beef is now the national dish of the Britisher?or. at any rate, jam (including uiarinnlndet runs bacon a dose second. As the United States is now supplying a large proportion of the beef and bacon consumed in England, she can also, by proper met nous, cap (1111* it Krciii snare ?>i int* mute m jam. preserves. etc.. in this country. It is well known that nowhere in the T'nited States ran better American beef and bacon ho bought ihati ran tit* bought in Knghtnd, and many American visitors doolaro thai hot tor Amerlcan hoof ran ho had in London and ( Liverpool than ran generally bo obtained in Now York or t'ltieagn. Shippors of A morion n hoof to this market understand that they must send over the very host in order to compete with the home and colonial product. The K.nglish trade in jams and proserves is increasing all the time. A great revolution is going on in the I5nglish tnhle. more espeeiall.v among the middle and working elasses. What were a few years aim expensive delicacies, fonnd only on tit:* tables of the well-to-do, are now to a great extent articles of daily consumption by tli * masses.?New York Tribune. TIi6 Sonntor an<1 tlio Prince. There is a Canadian Senator who once bought a uewspap t front tiic future King of l-.ngiund, and lie liasn't got over it y t. When i'rinee (ieorge was doing liis sea-serviee lie was sla- t tinned some time at 11: lil'ax and in* I used to run out into tno surrounding eoiintry on littit> oNpcditio:ts. lie was ; t'ci urnitigon one oeeasioii by train front j a living trip to a nearby village w hen the Senator encountered hint. The I Senator, who, liy the way. was tin? | mm. i nomas A. Tt'iiipic, of York County. Now Itriinswick. anil is known as a rather pompous individual- espied the Prince si It inn in the smoker sur- | rounded hy n pile of newspapers, anil wearing his undress tiaval uniform. , ih cap of which l)n"e some resent- i Manee to tluit worn by 'he uniformed i train hoy. I "Here, hoy!" called the Senator j sharply, "(live me a paper." The young Prince looked up and t quietly handed the lawmaker one of i his jt.tpers. The Senator li lted out t two of the cumbrous Cttnadion coppers and held them out. The Prince took ! them gravely, and lay them 011 the seat I beside htm. Senator Temple found out his mis- j take, and was a very unhappy man, | for if ti Canadian Senator does not j reverence royally, who does??New ' York Snn. Italy's King St mile* Politic*. Victor Kmmanucl 111. is new to parliamentary life, as during his lather's reign lie kept quite out of politics. The only time hp is ever known to have expressed an opinion was after the i disaster of Adown. when lie came ex- | pressty 11> [Coin** to warn King Hum- j hert against . rispl, liis reward being a nioutirs eoiilineniein in a fortress. 1I?> is now extremely busy studying j tlio practical working of I'arlUtmcni, to which *'ii*l everj l>*'|Miiy lias fi****? auilii'iuv 10 lilni daily at II a. m. 11? is represented as a man <>i sterling ' honesty, so that this initiaiiou into ' political intrigues cannot tail to he a great disillusion, hut will mat?'rially help to a just estimate of persons and things. lie certainly starts well equipped for the race, as no sooner had lie ascended the throne than hy a ] series of acts he gained, at one hound, the love and eontideiiee of the nation, which before had la-en something less than lukewarm. Now what is required , for a triumphant tinish is to prove himself a note all energetic, and to have the true interests of a su.T* ring country at heart. So far he lias shown every disposition to fultill this ideal. Iloiv to t'sr> ? !Mu?li?tone. In Central Ohio a number 01* people have been bitten by mad dogs, ami the madstoue is having all it can *10. This is the me mod of treatment: A small incision is made in the skin of ihe patient, preferably on * he hand. I lien the atone, which is about ibe size of tho end of ji man's thumb, and translucent, is placed upon (lie cut. It it sticks there the patient is infected. If it does not tlu rc is no fear of hydrophobia. Such is the popular belief. If the stone sticks it is allowed to stay there until it is filled with the poison of the disease, which n alios the stone turn pale green in color. The Demon Calculator. According to the Newcastle (En?) Chronicle, an industrious calculator lias been searching out some interest-! ing facts concerning the new century. He point . out that the twentieth century will contain 3t!.52T> days, which lacks but one day 01 being oxaetiy 521S weeks. The middle day of tho century will be January 1, 1031. Fifteen out of the hundred years will begin 011 Wednesday, and the same number on Friday. Fourteen will lieg'n on each of the other days of the week. . ? HOUSEHOLD ?AFFAIRS I'rep*r? For tlie Sninmer'n (inrilcn. At this season one may make provision for next summer's garden by starting cuttings from desirable summer-blooming plants. From one geranium a dozen young plants may often be secured without interfering with the beauty or usefulness of the old plant. Keep a shallow box of coarse sand at hand, in which to insert these cuttings. Keep it warm and always moist all the way through.?Ladies* Home Journal. To Clcnti Soiled Citrpetx. A carpet which has become soiled may he effectually cleaned without removing it from the tloor by the following method: Take a pail of cob! water and add to it three gills of oxgall. Hub it into the enroot with :i soft brush. It will raise a lather wliieli must be washed oil' with clear, cold water. Hub dry with a clean cloth. Another method for cleaning carpets is to rub Fuller's earth well into the carpet and afi-r allowing it to remain there for a few hours sweep it out with a good stilt whisk broom. A weak solution of alum or of soda or dry salt may be used for reviving tlie* colors of faded carpets.?American tjuccn. Nubntitutc For ItefriRrrntorK. There are times when the household goods are set up in plaees where refrigerators, cold-rooms and cellars are not possible. In such eases human ingenuity has surmounted the lack of all these and found ways and means of keeping food. Tin* following suggestions may lie helpful If they are ever needed: If there is a convenient spring or well, butter may be kept cool and palatable by being Imug in Hie water. Put it lirst in a jar or bowl, and stand this in a tightly covered pail. If the spriug is a deep one lay a strong limb or stiek across the top, and with a stout cord fasten the bail i of tlie pail to this. .Milk can be treated | the same, and a watermelon never [ tastes so well as when cooled in tho water.?Woman's Home Companion Artistic lliniiiK-Iinnm*. Women who are the delighted possessors of large, low ceiled diningrooms, old oak furniture and precious china are the envy of their less fortunate sisters. A parlor never appeals to a woman as a dining room does. Site is always concocting some scheme by which licr dining room can be made more homelike. As the dining-room is frequently the living room also, it should receive all possible care. It is fairly large, lias a hardwood iloor and a deep window i* i :< ....... i > - ?u, ?. nio.t nt' iiiiuic ;i i mug in beauty. The floor should be polished or waxed, preferably dark, ami strewn with a bright rug or two. The furniture should match the lloor, although ! a Ion go and chairs upholstered in blue and white crelons are desirable for \ comfort and citeur. The lounge must be broad and low. with several durable pillows. This will be appreciated by the head of the bouse. W all paper in Delft blue is most effeetive, although the color scheme may call for a differ* lit style. recipes: f Ilot Biscuit?A half teaspoonful of soda rubbed well into a quart of tlour; mix in a tablespoon of lard and a saltspoon of salt. Make into a soft dough with sour milk and roll thin. Cut out in rounds and bake in a quick oven. Peach Trifle Put a layer of sliced and sweetened peaches ill a deep ill ass dish and cover this with a thick layer of sponge cake crumbs. Pour over this a soft, rich custard while yet ./arm. reserving the whites of two eggs to which add two tnblcspoonfuls of white sugar ami bent until perfectly st;iT. spread this over the top til the custard and keep on ice until time to serve. I.einon 11 ice?l'.oil sndieietit rice in luilk till soil, sweeten to taste, thru | 'pour into it mold to get cold. Peel a lemon very thick, cut the peel into half-inch lengths, cover with water, hoil a moment, pour off water, cover with ft cupful of fresh waiter, add the juice and sugar to sweeten, then stew gently for two hours. (When cold it wdl he a thick syrupt. Turn the rice into a glass dish and pour the syrup over it. Small Lemon Cakes To a pound of powdered sugar add the grated rind oi four large lentous, and mix thor- I oiighly; heat to a stit't froth the whites of three eggs then sttr into tin- tin? sugar, a teasp.ionful at a time, mas ng a smooth paste. Line a shallow La icing-pan with white p:?i <t: drop tiie paste on ti - paper in mid i:> :ips, siuootliiag their surfa< with a i : >;??!blade.i knife dipped ireipiently in cold water. Iiak a light iiitnvn in a moderate oven; remove caLs front paper when eool. Creamed Liver Cut otic pound >>f calf's liver in inch -square paces ami cover with cold water. : hi n< tspoonful of letnen iuicc am < \ ii '.e Clove and sitntuer g? . iy !< a amir; add one half tease,.op- : < : - it .r' half au hour; pour off waif aid .. alj one-half pint n; rhi. ... inn cream; mis. a heap.. ; ? ->f lion;- with OU( rabhs . l-fior ami a-itl as if. m as a. t . . 11 noils, add one-four'.. ;? il 01 salt, a pine! 01 wo. ..ill I oil up once. Sr ; w 1 - s o c isp tc sr. 'I i!s a dish and eas.iy prep; .1. 1 I BOER CASE LOST IN COURT Judge Parlang-e, of New Orleans, Declines to Stop Shipment, of Mules. Ttinf iIip Court 1Ih? No .TurW- i (.lirtiou in tin* >ult of fJenrrnl fen rami ami Oilier*. Now Orleans, La.?Judge Pnrlnngo, nf ilio T"nited Stales Circuit Court rendered n decision in the Boor suit brought by tleneral Sam Pearson of the Boer Army. Coiisul-Oonernl i Charles P. IMeree. of the Orange | Ttiver Free Stjite and Edward Van : Ness, of New York City, asking for an injunction to prevent the shipment j i\f tnnloc ?in<1 frntn Vntv Or. loans to tho Itritish Army in South I Africa. Tlio Court denied the Jnjunction asked for on tlio ground that the Court is without jurisdiction in the matter. The Court also reviewed tlie ease and decided that the plaintiffs had not a foot to stand on: that mules and horses cannot he regarded as munitions of war: that under the treaty of Washington of 1S71 with (treat Itritain. private citizens of ; neutral countries can lawfully sell suptdies to belligerents: that in this j panieidar ease, tlie Vessels which the plaitttilfs sought to enjoin and prevent front en rryinp mules and horses to Afriea were private vessels not equipped for the military service of i Fnuland. hut currying on their regit j iar eonnnercial husiness. and pre- i pared to earry any kind of cargoes. j It is true that tlic.v enrrl <1 horses j and mules, hut these were landed not in the Transvaal or Orange ltiver j Free State. Imt in the Itritlsli possession. Cape Colony: and there was no [ more reason whv the Clilted States ' should prevent the shipment of mules' and horses to Cape Colony than to ' Canada or Australia. As for the com- ' plaint of (Jeneral Pearson lliat these mules and horses were being sent to M'riea to destroy property, the Judge ruled that in order to appeal to equity in a ease of this kind, it was necesar.v to show that the damage apprehended is clear and reasonable, and not remote, undistiuet and even j speculative as in this ease. The plaintiffs had made no charge' thai the neutrality laws were being j violated. * * I in t aside front all these considerations." said Judge Parlnnge, "the Court's view is that the case is a political one of which a court of equity can take no cognizance, and which, in I lie very nature of governmental tilings, must belong to the Fveeu!ive hraiieli of the <iovernmeiit. 'The three eomplaiuaiits are private citizens. They own properly in 1 lie South African licpuhlie and the Orange Free State, foreign countries now at war wit.li Croat Itritain. They fear that the war, if continued, will result in ihe destruction of their property. They believe that if tlio shipment of mules and horses from .in- r>in|>|ii-?i, mi- iviir win cease; thoy claim lliai by virtue of a declaration of International law contained in an international treaty. to t wliirb tin- foreign countries in wliioli their property is situated were not parties, tliey have the personal right to enjoin the shipments lor the purpose of stopping tile injury to their property through the ilestruetion whieh they apprehend will result to] it from a eont in nation of the war. When the eoniplainants' cause Is thus I analyzed and the mil lire of the alleged ] right under the treaty is considered, ' it is ohvious that a eourt of equity I eaunot take cognizance of the cause. ' I ant elearly of opinion that this j cause is not within the cognizance of litis Court and for that reason the rule nisi must he denied." lioarmnii. District Judge, who sat in this cause with l'nrlunge, District Judge, eoncurr* I in the opinion. $90,000 BANK EMBEZZLEMENT. Temporary Itrrctvi-r Appointed I'or tlio riiriui'.*' National, of VcixriitH-M. Vt. Washington. 1). C. The Controller of the Curretn-y has appointed J. T. ' Sullivan temporary receiver for the j Farmers* National Hank, of Vergcnnes. Vt. think Fxumincr Fisli. during | an examination of the hank on April discovered a shortage in the easli. < i mi ;i iiiiiiun- liivcsugni ion. which lias been conducted by Special Examincr Cunningham, indicates a total eiiibc/./deinetit by tlie cashier, 1?. II. Lewis, of S'.lO.iHHi. After the discovery of the defalcation the examiner secured the return of S'jri.ooo to the bank. I'ntil a more ! complete investigation into the acts ? of the cashier is made it is itnpossi- i hie to say whether any loss will ac erne to the depositors. It is not be- ' lieved. however, that such a loss will ! be large. The deposits on February f. amounted to about .SSU.OOO, and the capital stock and surplus to $t?O,0O0. i EVANS DECLARED A MURDERER. ISrotSier nfSouth Carolina'* Former ( ??. crnor lleltl For a Fatal Shooting. Columbia. S. C.?Major Barnard Bee Evans, brother of former Coventor John Cary Evans, who is a prospective candidate for the United Stales Senate against McLnurin, was arrested in his room for the murder of Captain John J. Grillin, eornmercial representative in this State, of tiie Norfolk and Western Railroad. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict that to tlie host of its belief 'lie I dentil of Captain (Iri'lin was caused | by a gunshot wound inflicted at tlie hands ot Major Evans. The news of tlie tragedy excited intense interest over the Slate. There are manv i theories for tin* killing, but none bus ' much 10 support tliem. It is known that Major Kvnus was in flunm-inl I straits. MISSINC COLD FOUND ON SH:P. Tliicr l.ius T)i?r?ver?(l by a Steward in | u Corridor ou the Kaiser. Bremen, Gerraauy.?The three sold bars .supposed io lia\ been stolen ! from the strong room of the steamship KaiSi-r ^Viiliehn tier Grosse h.i.e ( been lOUiul. | Si. ward Mngors made tlie diseovory | 01 the gold bars at Brenierhat en, while < eunin^ a eornice in the corridor outside the second cits* saloon. Major's reputation is cxeelleni. :v?* -j? -. - m THE HONESTY OP MEN. How it is Affected in One B-anch of the Service. "Speaking about honesty among men," said a postofiico official, "I will give you a fact or two which may prove interesting on that point. "When it comes to an army of workers those employed under the Postottice Department seal of 'celerity, certainty and security,' make the other branches of the government, including the army and the navy, respectively, look like dwarfs'. "In the first place there are over 76.000 postmasters, over 1.7,000 letter carriers. over 8.500 railway mail service clerks, about 15.000 clerks fu postoffices, 22.800 star route drivers, 7.100 mail messengers, about 2.000 special office route drivers, or about 147,000 persons in all. and others not employed under these approximate enumerations constitute probably an army of about 150,000 men and women. *ri ..,i? ,. c i _ c 4i. . I i?l |"IM 111?I r> I t I rS il 1 4 Ol lilt* lattor sex. and several hundred moreare employed hero in Washington in tlie department. "All of this great force of workers is directed, controlled and managed by less than 800 ofhcials and clerks in the big granite building opposite tin- home of the Star. "Yet. out of tills vast army, hut "02 were arrested last year for violations of the postal laws, of whom 110 were postmasters. 20 assistant postmasters. 48 clerks in postofllces. 8 railway niK-tl clerks, 30 letter carriers. 30 mail messengers and 10 employed in other positions. There are many of us who are so constituted that we cannot withstand temptation. The knowledge that the public uses the mails for flic transmission of money is always more or less of a temptation to this class. Thesefigures, which will surprise those who read them, reflect great credit upon tinpersonnel of the service, made up as it Is of all sorts, kinds and degrees of men. as well as bear evidence to the honesty which is a characterii: tic of American life."?Washington Star. Telephone in Surgery. The war in South Africa has led to a novel and singular use of the telephono in surgery. Army surgeons search for bullets by means of the telephone probe. The special utility of that instrument is based on the fact that when the pineerlik. ends of tinprobe close over a metal body a noise is beard in the tch ah r.c. -London !>ho. i.? * 'j SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Contra' Time at Jacksonville nti-l ftavannah. Eastern Time :i' (lilicr Points. Kchvdti in HIToot Jan. '/7th. 1IM1. nuhtiiiujc.ni>. Uatiy :iwuly ox?n tv. Jncksonvti.c tt'. s :ijn 7 " >:t VHimati (?><>. Ky ? .... 1.' .M|t 1^' ana 4ajp " l-iurnwctl 4lio\> 41!-In blackviilo . .. 4 4'."* al?>p" Ar. Columbia .. tl l/i]i tl lun V? 4-"?I> Lv. Chura-.sloii, t??o. Ity ,Oa llUOp; a/Op " Ssummc.-vilic . J 41a r.MOut! ttu.p " HrnncUvilic t>...u au.ni 7 Jop " ( raun'-lmiv U Ida 4in V .'tap " KiUKVllle 10 K it 4 84.p Ar ('o uiiil>i? . 11 una 606a W35l? Lv. Aiikuuiu. 4><> i?y. i ... ..?jp it.tup tl'M' l.v. ttranitovillc . . . ... UaaplOlbpj Lv. Allien ' a lap .. 7 lap Lv. Trenton . \ 4 U?p 11 lOp " Johnston 4 I7p II 'Atp A r. Columbia, 11". 1> > 5i>6p 'J leu Lv. Ooiumbiu, |11|.I|; .-t tl'Aip, tl "A;a 4*p " Winnsboro 7 lap 7'J.u laaap " Chester Snip 8 litu 11<44p " liock Hill tt Map 8 4aull48p Ar. Charlotte M2up 4.'m,'?:Ut? Ar. Danville iiialn ltisp a 11* Ar. Utchtnond . .. tl Uun b&p Ar. Washington . 7 .(.>a rt;*tp 10 1 an " Haitniioiu tl'a.KH) .. {I 16a 11 Slip 11 'Jte " Philadelphia. .... 11 .i'.a H&Ui 1 Jha " New York . , jlBp t> vsia 4 16* Lv. Co'uiubln 11 4..u n "Ata Ar. Spartanburg HlUp II '/an; Asiiewuo , lap '? 4Sp| Ar. Kuoxvilli* -I Ifin 7 iDp Ar. Umomiiati 7.lip 7 4aa Ar. Lonlivillu ....... , wp . :>oa fiOPTH HOtTMl No.?vi Ntl .il No.,Sl OLTIIBOUND. jUauj- Daily ox bu Lv. Louisville ._ ... |~7 ito < ?.->*> .... Lv.Cincinnati ... n.?m HQjp Lv. Knoxrtile 1 2oai n?M| AHtieville ' NUUll 305p. " Spartanburg... 11 4.'>n C15p' Ar. Columbia .. l)2jp biftjp Lv. Nev Vorki I'u.U.lt) ishbp K'l.Tul L4diii " Philadelphia .... ftuiip i'7Ala Ulftp " Baltimore ... ?7.*7 j? tl VTJa StiJp Lv. Waaht'gt'n (bo.Ky) (lfiOp M Ite 885p Lv. Kienmond I; i'j;, i.-,,|in Lv. bunvillo .. I .-a .. lSj> 12 ikta Lv. Chariot ie b lu ~l'56p| 4 Xla " Itook Hill 9(\lll lOiSKp Til' a " Cheater 1';.0.*i 11 lojn .Vila " Wiunnboro . 10 Pa 12 03i> l>U<a Ar. Columbia, (Bldfc St 11 '-'.In 1 lute 7 uua Lv. Columbia, lU. lb) 1170a -On .. " Johnston ; I iilp tl Ifci.v " Trenton 143;) ft 48a Ar. Aiken 2'AJp 7 lion 0 4u? Ar. Urunltortlle | iiblpj 7 Pa Ar. Augusta .. 25Up xooa 11133a Lv. Columbia (So. Ky) 4UUp 1 .*a; 7 " Kingville iCip 2 K2a 7 7>w? " Orangeburg filClpj 3 45a s 1! ? " Branchvlllo ft lip, 4 27o 9 '.'1 ? " Suiuir.ervillo 7 hip 5 67a 10 ltn? Ar. Oharioaon 815p| TtJUa 11 13? Lv. C'>ii,ii,bi? >fc>o. Uy.> 11 " a 1 15a IW " Hlackvlllo 1 10p 3 57a. b IBu " Barnwell 1 34p| 8 Ln " Savannah 806p F IQd lu2.w Ar. .lai-U-i .r.I.e 1 lv s.i ', 4up 9 V.',a 3 bleeping Car Sorvioo. Kxrellent daily passenger sorvioo botweta Florida and New York. Nos. al and Ifii?Now York and Florida Limited. Daily except Sunday, composed exclusively of Pullman finest Draw ins Koom Sleeping, Compurtnient and Observatory Cars betwoen New York, Coluin'. la and st. AugUHllue. P illmaa alee pin-3 cars betw.< a Augtif.tn tuid Aiken and Now York, runs irum Augusta to flollimiiitL viii H 11 lrvi!!n PfiriDr .nr^t Kr? tworn Charleston and Columbia. [ No*. lit ami oi?New York and Florida Express. Drawing-room sleeping enr- b.'tween Augusta and New York Pullman drawingroom sleeping ears betu ?<n Fort Turn pa, JuekBorivllie, isavannah Washington anil Vew Yor k. Puliir.an Bleei tug ears botwcoa Charlotte aud ; Richmond. Dining cars beiweeu Char lot to ! and ."Savannah. i Nos and .ft? U. S. Fast Mail. Through j Pullman drawing-room bu3et sleeping ears bo: tween Ja-kaon villo and New Yora and Fullman sleeping cars between Augusta andOhar 1 lot*, v. Lhumg cars serve all mools enro.no 1 Pullman sleeping cars between Jaoksoimllo and Columbia enroute daily between Jacksonville and Cincinnati, via Aanavillc. FRAN'K S.OAN'MOX, B. H.HAHnWIOK, Third V-P. AC*sn. Mgr.. (Jen. Pas. Agt.. Waalungtou, D. C. Washington. D. O. W. H. TALOE, R. W.HUNT, As't (Jen. Pas*. Ag't., Dlv. Pilss. Ag t., ^ Atlanta, Utv Charleston, S. C. L. - - .? , .A..