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THE FIRST CON The Slate Campaign Opened m Tbarsday at a Large Barbecae AN INFORMAL MEETING All the Candidates for Governor Are Present and Tell People Where They Stand on the Public Questions of the Day.?Dr. Ray Criticised Lever's Vote. The State campaign was opened at an informal barbecue held in a gro\e near Batesburg on Thursday. Kach speaker was allowed thirty mlnuteB and lots were drawn for the order of speaking by the candidates for governor. Mr. Featherstone drew first choice and opened up at once with a plea for prohibition. He had been told, he said, that he could be elected governor easily if he cut out that plank In his platform and did not stress it bo much. He would rather be defeated than cut it out because he had fought for it for twelve years before when candidate for governor. The argument that prohibition did not prohibit was absurd. No law prohibits, but it reduces. Prohibition would reduce the consumption of liquor. At least half of the Inmates of the asylums and penitentiaries can trace their present condition to the use of whiskey. If prohibition would cut this number down 25 or 50 per cent would not that be of some benefit to aoclety? There were 347 homicide cases in the State last year and of these 65 per cent, were traced to liquor. If liquor could be eliminated would not that be of benefit? Thos. CJ. Mcl^eod. Thos. G. McLot'd was next introduced by Mr. Edwards. Mr. McT n. .ogiicu iu ma uiucihi record and to his services as lieutenant governor. He discussed education and the work he had done for schools and colleges. The people had years before made mistakes in not making the common school the basic foundation as was the case now. The spirit of education was now abroad in the land, which means much to the State. He also stressed good roads and scored the tax dodgers heavily in his argument for equalization of property. He made a plea for a continued appropriation for pensions. As to the liquor question he was no advocate for selling, but thee matter must be sanely dealt with. He had no apology to offer for defending that Democratic doctrine of local option. There was nothing for prohibitionists to do but build up a sentiment for prohibition, for no law could be I enforced unless there was a sentiment for its enforcement. He thought the whole matter "a carefully pre- . served and canned issue" to be ' brought up from time to time. He ' did not believe in over-riding the < will of the people. He promised if 1 elected to perform all duties faithful- ( ly and enforce the laws. f F. H. Hyatt. After dinner F. H. Hyatt was the f next speaker. Mr. Hyatt went out ' of the ordinary line and delivered an f a a ?a ' * auuit-Bs on mo progress of South 1 Carolina. He did not consider it a ^ political gathering, he said, .having 1 been invited by the ladies committee 1 of a church to deliver an address at 1 a church barbecue. Therefore he did 1 fiot touch at all on the whiskey matter or on taxation. His opening 1 remarks called attention to rural J schools and their relation to good r roads. The two were closely con- 1 nected. Only one man in each hun- ' dred ever thinks. The others let 1 this one man do their thinking. > Therefore, the necessity for school* ^ and colleges. He commended the s action of the State board of educa 1 tion in selecting Prof. Tate as in- s spector of rural schools. A man very often paid more attention to his stock than he did to the kind 1 of Instruction his children were re- v ceiving at the schools. He briefly reviewed the progress 1 made in road building in the past il ten years and gave some interesting ^ figures along that line. He told of e the work of the farmers and the I1 Southern Cotton association In rais- C ing the price of cotton and in urging a the farmer to plant other crops. Over 100,000 circulars had been mailed n out by the association describing the Williamson plan for planting corn. The wealth of the South was enor- e mous and constantly growing, but a there should be modern methods ap- ? plied and for this end all of us must ,J work. w John Q. Richards was introduced tl next. Mr. Richards reviewed his 20 ? years of service in office of which 10 T years were in the general assembly. P He was proud to say that in this time he had always favored education for L high and low. He had advocated ap- ^ proprlatlons not only for the com- > mon schools but for the colleges as D well. He pointed to the bills, intro- P duced by him and passed, increasing ll the number of rural schools in the P1 State and the measures providing for " educational scholarships at Winthrop Pi and Clemson colleges; appropriations h< that enabled the poorest boy or girl to receive ? college education. He hi stressed the work being done for the P1 . a i'' * MHIi GEORGIA POLITICS WATSON ANI> EDWARDS MAKE THE WIRES HOT. Mr. Watson Threatens to Prosecute, and Congressman Edwards Says "Make Charges Good." The Atlanta Journal sayB a new chapter was written Tuesday in the controversy between Congressman Charles Gordan Edwards, of Savannah. and Thomas E. Watson, of Thomson. rnnr#rnln? <<har??>. nf l . morality made by Watson against Edwards. Tart telegrams were exchanged in an interesting passage at arms. Mr. Watson threatens to prosecnte Congressman Edwards for false swearing. Mr. Edwards challenges Mr. Watson to make good on his original charge of immorality, or go unnoticed in the future. Mr. Watson's telegram follows: "Come into the jurisdiction of the courts of Georgia and make oath to the statements contained in your telegram and in your card in the Savannah Press, if you dare do it, and I will prosecute you criminally for false swearing.' Congressman Edwards' wire follows: "Your telegram received. I .have denounced your charges as false and have challenged you to name witnesses. Comply with this like a man, ^otherwise you shall go unnoticed.." Mr. Watson precipitated the controversy with the congressman when, in his paper, he called upon Mr. Edwards to answer several pertinent, not to say sensational questions. He dared Mr. Edwards to deny a charge of immorality. Congressman Edwards accepted Mr. Watson's dare. He did deny the charge. He branded it as an infamous lie, and so wired Mr.. Watson. It was his telegraphic denial that cali . d forth Mr. Watson's telegram Tuesday morning, threatening to prosecute Mr. Edwards for false swearing. Cook Sues Peary. According to dispatches Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the artic explorer, has entered 6ult in the Rerlin courts aguinst Commander Robt. E. Peary. farmer at Clemson and told of his record as a member of the Farmers' union. He was tired of the whicirev m.o? W >jUVOtion. He -ha<l hoped that for once in 20 years the candidates could come before the people with matters of more importance. Since, however, the first speaker had taken up as his leading topic whiskey, he would iuform all how he stood. He was a prohibitionist, both in theory and practice. Oc?le L. It lease. Cole L. Hleaee took as his subiect "Render unto Caesar th? things that are Caesar's and render unto 3od the things that are God'n." He lid not touch on the liquor question jut devoted his time to a review of , certain conditions in this State in several periods?that of 1860, of | 187 6. of 1800, and the present. He :alled attention to the work of the , nen confronting him and their fore- . 'athers that made the names of Lee md Jackson imperishable; to the vork of the same men in 1876 who . nade Hampton governor and then ater, in 1800 these same men made he reforms possible under the lead rship of B. R. Tillman. Winthrop and Clemson are moniments to this movement. Two , 'ears ago he had endeavored to nake taxation the issue with the peo>le of the State and the newspapers aughed at the idea. Examine the ax receipts for the past several I rears and Shnm hr\ to tl.? .. " luc va.xt;? nave t ;radually mount-d. He wanted to tress the fact that the legislature nukes the laws, the governor only 8 uggestlng. T John T. Duncan. Jn characteristic manner, John T. )uncan, of Richland, addressed the oters. lie said: "Those who can't read have been aught to curse Duncan," Mr Duncan v ssailed the newspapers, proclaiming iniself to be a reformer. He touch- 0 d on the dangers of vice, the dis- 11 ensary, . the "public offices and lourts, reeking with rottenness," nd referred especially to the Asy- r urn Investigation and many other ^ latters. Dr. W. W. Ray. (1 Congressman Lever was not presnt and W. W. Ray, was introduced 3 his opponent Dr. Ray touched n the tariff and the necessity for ^ tie people becoming more familiar t< ith national subjects. He thought b Kh M?aoa?* ' uik? cosi. or living was t< n account of the Republican tariff, b he party had broken faith with the b eople. ^ .Dr. Ray attacked Congressman T ever's vote for the tariff on lumber, 1* oldlng that Mr. Lever had, for the cnefit of the few gone back on the emocratic platform and violated his ledge as a Democrat. This vote was V i direct opposition to the princi- M les of the democracy of Jefferson. L e was sorry Mr. Lever was not w resent to answer certain questions hi e would like to ask. If the man ai rvlng the people proves true to H Is trust, keep him in otflce; if he fr oves false turn him out- ui V MALWAYS ^iRE B^AtKX The Insurgents Cleaned Them Up in ' Iowa Districts. In Iowa eight progressives and three standpatters were nominated for congress. Following are the congressional delegates: Republican?First district, C. A. Kennedy, standpatter; Second, Chas. Grllk, progressive; Third, C. E. Pickett, progressive; Fourth. Gilbert N. I Haugen, progressive; Fifth, James Good, progressive; Sixth, N. E. Kendell. progressive; Seventh, S. F. Prouty, progressive; Eigth, S. M. Towner, standpatter, (John Darrah. progressive, claims it); Ninth, Walter I. Smith, standpatter; Tenth, A. Frank P. Woods, progressive; Eleventh, E. H. Hubbard, progressive. Democrats?First, B. A. S. Pollard; Second, J. A. DeArmond; 1 Third, John Dennison, (J. C. Murtagh claims it); Fourth, D. D. Murphy; Fifth, S. C. Hubel; Sixth. Daniel W. Hamilton; Scenbh, Clint L. Price; Eighth; F. Q. Stuart; Ninth. W. L. Cleveland; Tenth, no candidate; 1 Eleventh, no candidate. I Almost complete unofficial returns < from the Seventh district give ; turns from the Seventh district give Prouty 1,100 over Hull. This rever- i sal is decided, as two years ago Hull ] was nominated by 4 0 votes. ! m m m 1 BRAINS KNOCKTl? OUT. I + ( An Unknown Man Tries to Jump Off ( Fast Moving Train. I < An unknown white man in trying , to jump from Southern train No. i 30, north of Toccoa. Ga., was kill- 1 ed Monday night. His brains were 1 battered by the rocks in a cut as the porter held his legs to keep c him from jumping out of a train ' window. Passengers on the train noticed c the peculiar actions of the traveler ? for some time before the accident. 1 Finally he went into the rear of the ( coach. After a while the porter, who c feared that some trouble wus brewing. followed the stranger. He r arrived just in time to see him ' jump out of the window. The por- j ter caught his legs, but the body ' of the traveler out of the window 1 as the train passed through a deep 1 cut, the body of the man struck ' the projecting rocks and his brains p were beaten out against the bank. The body was taken back to Toe- ' coa. The man carried a ticket read- ^ ing from Augusta to New York, but c no other means of identification. 8 , > m u FIFTY THOUSAND STOLEN. a i > g IIoi?e to Cutoh the Thieves When Pa- 8 |K'rs Are Offered. That William Miner, president of 1 the William M. Miner Company, of w Chicago, was robbed of $f?0.000 d while en route from Chicago to New r York last Thursday night has become fi known. ii Detectives in New York have been working on the case, but no an- st nouncjiment had heretofore been li made, as it was hoped that th. T thieves might be caught while try- g ing to distKise of some of the ne- ei <ottable paper included in the lot imount. The money was in a traveling bag which he had at his side in his Serth in the sleeping car. He did tot discover his loss until he reached his hotel in New York. About lalf the sum was in the shape of i negotiable letter of credit on which ci layment has been stopped. g, STICK TO THE PLASTEIL t bj lYonutn Puts Fifty Dollar Hill on 1|( si Husband's Rack. el I) A short time ago a merchant of diddhtown, NT. Y., on retiring for he night left some hills on the top N tf a dresser. He had a lame back tr ind asked his wife to prepare a po- ^ ous plaster. 'She did so, but after mating it accldently dropped it on he dresser. In picking it up she lid not notice the $.r?0 bill clinging o it and applied it to her husband's iack. The bill was missed and serfp ants were suspected of haven stolen t. The whoV household worried 'li ver the matter until last night the n' nerchant removed his porous plaser and the bill was found sticking 111 o it so firmly that it could not be to emoved without tearing it to pieces, 'J1 'he merchant wil send the plaster to he treasury department for reemption. Stormy Life Closed. !t(' "My whole life has been so stormy ( ^ hat I can't believe that it is a sin th j go this way." Leaving this brief m< ut pathetic message as an excuse ro >r her act. also a letter to her hus- ?' and in which she chlded him for Is lack of afTection and support, Irs. W. H. Heaton of Tampa, Fla., uesday committed suicide at an At- stl inta hotel by inhaling chloroform. wn , ? + th? Fatal Fall from Trestle. Pa E. 0. Rideout, of North Emporl.1. en a., an electrician, working at the an [onc-rief shops of the Atlantic Coast ^Ul ino at Jacksonville, Fla., while alklng back to the shops at an early our Monday morning lost his bailee on a railroad trestle and fell, e died later In the day from a ref actured skull, injured spinal col- aDl tnn and internal injuries. THEY AWAITED DEATH FUNERAL CARRIAGE CRUSHED TO PIECES BY ENGINE. Caught on Track Occupants of Vehicle Sat Paralized, Gazing at Onrushing Engine. An awful accident happened at Haverstrow, N. Y., Thursday afternoon. Three mourners, their pastor and their driver, sat in a funeral coach and watched certain death come rushing: on them at fifty miles an hour. Witn a screech of grinding brakes, a heavy West Shore freight train, hurrying south to pick up a train at Weehawken, crushed into the coacdi, scattering its occupants along the right of way and came to a stop 150 yards beyond the crossing. All the occupants were either killed outright or fatally injured. The dead. Rtv. A. Romath, pastor of the City Methodist Episcopal church; E.. V. Seifred, New York; Mtb. E. V. 3eifred, New York; William Heebe. Haverstraw; Mrs. Parry Kesslers, Haverstraw. Mrs. Kesslers died sev;ral .hours after the accident. The accident.was not only unusual )ut dramatic and horrifying to a decree. it happened at the foot of Creveyard Hill, in full 6ight of the eturning funeral procession, of vhich the wrecked coach was the irst, and of the terrified and helpless vatc-hman. The watchman was eating a bite )f luncheon, in his little cabin, when he tinkle of an electric well warned lim of an approaching train. Meihanicnlly he pulled the lever that let the dieuvy, balanced gates in moion. Then glancing from the open loor he saw a sight that will not be ?ut of his dreams for many a night. Just what happened will probably lever be known, but some eye-witicsses say that the arrangements of he crossing gates, late In descendng, blocked the coach after it had rossed the first of two tracks and leld it prisoner on the rails, while he terrified occupants sat paralyzed, :azlng at the on-rushing locomotive. The drivw lashed his horses in a utile attempt to force the vehicle roni the track, until, with a sharp rack, the picture disappeared and it eemed as if the coach literally blew ip. Fragments of splintered wood 1 nd mutilated shreds of humanity ( iere flung far and wide. The enline stopped. There was absolute 1 ilence, save for the Jiiss of escaping ' team. 1 A search for the dead followed. ' 'he bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Seiferd 1 rere found, side-by-side, fifty yards 1 own the track. The wife was Just eturning from the burial of her ' ather, by w^iose death she had come 1 ito a tidy fortune. Young Beebe, the driver, was the ' on of a wealthy livery owner. He f ly twenty yards nearer, stone dead. * he Rev. Mr. Romath was the cler- * yman who had officiated at the fun- I ral. 1 I KILIiKD IX HACK F1CJHT. t , t ne Negro Dies From Shot and One Other is Hurt. I As a result of a long feud between e >rtain elements of whites and ne- a roes at Orange, Texas, Rankin ' I I oore, a negro, was killed last nigXt / a fusillade of shots said to have h ;en fired by three white men. The looting took place during a heavy c ectric storm. Earlier in tJie day, h ouglass lemon, another negro, was t; iund on the 6treet, having been b lot to death by unknown parties. <1 o arrests have been made. The ra- h al feeling is such that serious ouble may be precipitated at any T me. a 0 ? m Ci Shot the CJirl. ' Miss Nancy Duncan was killed by hitecapg near Columbus, Okla., on n lursday night. For some time a 11 cling of enmity against Duncan and s four sons .has existed. Thursday f( ght a company of masked men rode ^ > to the Duncan residence and deanded that Duncan and his sons me out. This they refused, and e men fired into the house, killing e girl. j Negro Troops lteniain. The president has flatly refused to cj( cede to the demand from Seattle, th Vash.) citizens, transmitted to him rough Senator Jones, for the re- ba >val of the Twenty-fifth infantrv. < ? lored, because a soldier is accused pi assaulting a white woman. kr Strikes ltegiment. fr< At Dresden, Saxony, lightning uck an infantry regiment that '? is marching into the German camp ha ere on Tuesday. A whole comny was hurled to the ground. Sevil soldiers were killed outright, d fifteen others were seriously in- ' red. .. _ th( Took Her Life. "hi Frank L. Camobell shot and kill- (j0 Miss Lena Hanson because she on used to marry him. He then shot in* d killed himself. A picture of ir ) girl was found In his pocket. Irot 1 PROM AN HUMBLE BEGINNING When a woman la suddenly led with a little family and no natural protector, ahe looks with dismay at her empty pocket book and her fatherless children and wonder* how it will ever be possible to keep them together. Not one woman, but hundred* and tens of hundreds, have faced thll pitiful situation, only to finally put their shouldeT to the wheel and gc ahead. It is not an easy task; it is burdensome one; yet there is a provision for thn ?k- ' *V ?v uivuicl wuu UltthCb LUV struggle. Sad to Bay, it is a struggle yet some ? fail because of discouragement. One woman with thre? little girls and one boy faced just such a situation. The children were toe small to assist her. so she rented ? smaller house with a little garden space in the rear, and on it she planted onions, radishes and lettuce for which she quickly found a ready sale, and as quickly as one bed died out it was replenished with something else. But even this was not enough to bring in sufficient money, so sh? opened a bread and cake shop in het front room and sold cakes and bread and took orders for pies. Little by little she added to the stock a few staple articles and it grew to be quite a respectable little corner store. Finally she was able to buy a cow. and she sold the milk, which was a profit. She hasn't so very much around hex today, but she has her children, and any woman who is a woman at heart would be only too glad to know and realize that through her own strength and ambition she had been able tc keep the little family around her. There is another woman who makei her living by doing absolutely nothing but laundering fine shirt waists. She does this work so carefully and takes such excellent care not to ruin fine laces and embroideries that she has a good trade. She equipped herself with all necessary ironing and washing articles, and has today a splendid trade which proves sufficient to keep her comfortable, if not in luxuries. Remarkable Old Man. An account of a Russian who ha? reached the age of 13G without smoking, drinking, or using patent medicines is given from data in the Medizinisehe Wochensshrift of St. Petersburg by the Hospital of Ixmdou. Kuy? this paper: "Andreas Schmidt born on September f>, 1772, atid served in the royal regiment for many years, taUiug part in the historic campaign against Napoleon. In 1798 he accompanied Suvarof's brigade across the Alps, and later l?u ne iook part in the skirmishes which the army of pursuit waged igainst the French troops retreating from Moscow. His military career is probably unique, as he remained on ictice service until he was 86 years of ige, his final campaign being the Crinean war. "In 1858 he was pensioned and since hen he has lived quietly, carrying the weight of his years well. He is able o go about, and talks and hears well. During the last few years however, his tight has been gradually failing. To lis medical interviewer he declares hat he had never indulged in alcoholc drinks, and never smoked. His diet s by no means restricted, and even at iresent, when he is 136 years of age, le eats his meals with a hearty appeite." Some "Don'ts" for the Wife. Don't begrudge your husband a few lours spent with his men friends ocasionally. You meet your friends >t bridge parties and pink teas. Be onsiderate and give him the same irivilege. Don't whine and complain over >ousehold difficulties. Don't overwork and be tired and ross when he conies home. Your usband will see your tired and irri able expression where he will not e conscious of a few extra grains of ust which you might have annihiited at the expense of your strength. Don't let yourself get old and ugly, 'ake time to keep yourself young nd to cultivate good looks. If you an't be beautiful, try to be interestig Don't forget to cultivate your lind. Read about what is going on 1 the great world, so that if he lakes a remark on current events ou will bo able to answer him indigently, instead of giving him a lank stare. The Resourceful Woman. To make a heavy sewing table i8hion fill the stout cover with rice, tils makes a heavy cushion which in be used for a weight. A meat chopper may be .better eaned by running a piece of bread rough the machine before washing. Oatmeal can he used instead of irley or rice in the soun. It thick h it and adds a flavor which ia easant. i When doing hand sewing always lot the thread in the end broken , )m the spool. This prevents the ( read knotting. It is also advisable j take the ends of the thread in the nds and stretch it by giving a iek pull. The best way to keep the feather j ne from hurting the neck is open , e bone at each end and cover with | small piece of tape, then fold over | ? silk cover. This way the tiny | arp points cannot cut the skin. Buy a coarse gray blanket if you not have one and keep it to place the floor when the baby is play- ( ? there. Put the toys on it, and i it is necessary to quickly clean the j >m of toys, pick up the blanket. 1 I ClOBS SHOW WEAPONS I Designed to drain Victim and Cut Him Into Minco Moat. Clubs were the weapons ot prlrnV live and kavage jaan. Ancient sped* mens from Me-lco are beavy sticks grooved along the side for the in* sertion ol blade., ot oosiuian?that la, volcanic glass. The s>ioux City is a flat piece of wood, curving and widening away from the grip and terminating In a spherical head, which in modem times carries a long spike, while the blades of several butcher Kui<eb lire commonly inserted along the margin. The national museum of ^ the Uniu-d Staler possesses a great variety ot these shocamg weapons, designed, as the frontiersmen say, to "knock down the while man and then to brain him anu cut him into mince meat." The Kiugsmiil islanders and other Polynesians maae dreadiul slashing weapons by securing rows of lharks teeth along a halt of wood. These weapons vary from a tew inches to sixteen feet in length, and It has been sum that in all the range of weapons deviseu by mankind tuere s nothing more bioou-curdliug to behold. They show how the sword may nave been evolved Irom the club, even by tribes unacquainted with the use of metals. African weapons, again, are exceedingly complicated, owing to the acquaintance ot the natives with iron. The standard club is converted into a sort ot tomahawk by uie addition 01 blades, or into a primitive spear by the addition 01 a sharp spud. The plain ciubs in the Airican area are used chielly tor throwing. The small knobbed clubs, or "kerrles," such as are found among the Haiti rs and other African tribes, are generally used as missiles. Whereas the ciub proper was .oon brought to perfection among savage tribes, and was long ago abandoned as a weapon of civilized warfare, the uiis ile?lypihed by the thrown ciubs, or "kerries"?is still being improved upon in boomerangs, bows and arrows, crossbows and hrearuis. ? Chicago News. Squirrel Beat the Lightning. The chipmuus does climb trees, and that not rureiy. His usual cry may be represent! d as cheep, cheep. His cheek pouches are very distensible. 1 have oiien removed as many as ten 01 til teen beecuuuts irom them. Just how large a single thing he may be able to tuck into them 1 cannot jay. I The red sauirrei i? a itructlve and pestiferous w retell. There is no other annual of his lncues o full ut the devil. Old Tow Weaver used to tell a vtory that well illustrates the impishaess of the reu squirrel. One day ue was out in the edge of the clearing when he heard . red squirrel chattering, screaming and whistling for all he was worth. Weuver soon located him in the tip top of a tall cottonwood tree, lie was in high glee, twist lug and turning and audaciously dt^ Tying '.he whole world. A thunderstorm was approaching, and soon out of a dark cloud a holt of tightuiug made directly tor the tree top where sat the squirrel. The red imp evidently saw it coming and he darted down Jie tree, with the lightning after him. It was nip and tuck as to which would get down first. When within three or four feet of the ground the squirrel gave a spring and lauded some distance from the loot of the tree. The lightning went straight into the ground. "Chitter-r-r," said the squirrel. "Y'ou don't catch me that time."?A. j W. Adsto, la ihe New York Sun. j The Foker Only. An old Scottish lady was being closely cross-examined in court regarding case ot assault. In which her husbanu was allegeu to have played a conspicuous part. "And now, my good woman, tell the court what sort of weapon it was your j husband struck you with." "Who said h-* UHed a weapon?" snapped the old irdy. "You said so yourself when you gave your husband in charge," anewereu the astonished lawyer. "1 said nae sic tiling, for the thing that our John struck me on the heid wi' was naething mair nor less th n the poker." Atte the laughter had subsided the lawyer tried to show her that it was not always well to call a spade a spade. "Weel, veel," answered the old lady, "ye may ca' a pade what ye lik , but I'll mainteen lae my deein'*day that oor John struck me wi' the poker, an' wi' naething else." The old lady gained her point. Strategy. "I thought your bank wasn't going to give any vacation this year?" "It didn't intend to " renii?d lstant cashier, brown from a long outing, "but 1 put on an anxious look and puttered ower my books so long tbey Insisted on my taking a rest." "So they could expert your accounts ?" "Sure. And they found them la *uch elegant shape that when I truck for a raise they had to give It."?Philadelphia Ledger. Carrier Pigeon Service. 8everal of the smaller islands of New Zealand are without u legraphlo communication with the mainland. A lubstitute has been found In carrier ^ pigeons. To send a message by a pigeon costs twenty live cents. More Than Microscope*. The human heart concerns us more Chan poring into microscopes, and la larger than can be measured by lb* pompous figures of the astronomer.?> Busrsna I