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CAMDEN, 8, C., FltlF^Y DKOKM BKI ARE AT IT AGAIN. Tilfman ant) Mcl aurin Air Their Views . ^ in the Senate. ' A VERY DRAMATIC SCENE ENSUES The Senior 5t>uth Carolina Senator Ask? ifce Junior 5eualor That They Tender Their Joint Resignations. Washington, D. C., Special.? The Sanute chamber was thfi accno of a highly dramatic episode Monday, .when Senator Tillman, oC South Carolina, challenged his colleague, Senator Mo- . l.aurin, to resign with him on tho ?Y>o.i. In order, to use his language, that they might be able "to wash their dirty linen at home." Mr. MeLaurln did not take up tha gauge. Tliij exalting clash botweon tho two Senators was tho direct sequel of the very hltlir controversy wjllch arose between -*n 8?m tlrCsroi I n a i a sTspr j n g . Me La u rja arose to a question of peisonal privi lege Monday and proceeded to explain what he charged was a conspiracy to dlaorodlt him in his own Stato for actj and views which did not meet tha ap proval of certain Democratic leaders, lie declared thai ^ was being humilia ted, and, aiTOrdutlr to public prints, was to be exeluaed from tho Democratic 7 caucus, because he had acted upon cer tain' public /Issues In a way which he considered Avas for tho best interest of the countt?' and the people of h'.s State. J/o announced himself a- be liever In/the old Democracy and after denouncing the oqw Democratic lead ers Vfho, ho said, liad brought tlon uppn the party, declared that could^not be^d riven from his old alle giajico Into a party with which he did not caro to affiliate. Mr. McLaurin's Btotements drew the lire of Senator /Jones, ^chairman of the Democratic . national committee, who denied that he .had any "ulterior motives" In r.ot Inviting Mr. MeLaurln to enter the 9 caucus. From Mr. Tillman it brought' forth a review of the whole controver sy, In Ahc course of which Mr. lloar took occasion to expres3 tho opinion that It was very doubtful whether both the South Carolina seats were not In reality vacant. Hq, contended that when JJVwresignat Ions were offered last Governor, thrjscould not withdrawn ami that thej|^|':i ^ ftmcdiately operative. He iii tej ? V| . t and suggested that the on privileges and elfcc - ^ look Into the. matter. ? W-rV\.:' ?; frame when Senator Till- 1 tnafr i;> ."^fod Mr. MeLaurln to ?ltn otHPtIPS preparing a joint resig lUcns and handing them to the pre aiding oflkffl?*** 'Ifee Senate. This >i)?l r- MeLaurln did not ?| v .VrSteu??t'ort?ode was brought to .gar . ? . jptcgo into r.-Xf.r mm i Tlx ml Afiss, Klor| ?f C?|* and (Oaiifey, fit 9SSm tho morning Sthlng of a Mir r. McLaui Ir. McLaurin, of. a question of tad before htm Jtv "I ariso to { privilege In [published state liaVdf*''Sch excluded 5V?>m In iVemocratlc c&ufma," . With evldeneo or coc Jtlon, he proceeded to ex such was the case and if /without assignment upon rthe right of his Stare, _i. part, represented in the ikl surfer. The personal ' exclusion from represents lmitteos was. he said, Dot importance aa Its effect - arte of South Carolina.. time the entire Senate tfas , R <?pu bJleahs croaa it leal aisle to the Democratic better to listen to what Mr. had to say. .ti'iuiug, Mr* McLaurin said he 6e silent dill ho not fear |\ovement against him was alive sectionalism. ? For ? ?he piople'of the South had that .they hid not obtained /airfare of the national., bene Mr. McLaurin recalled the lact /although Samuel J, Randall had Jested a protective tariff, ho had voted for'in a Democratic national ition for/ President. Hancock, al he declared that the tariff was n local Issue, haa been nominated for Tent, and David B. Hill, although the Income tax, had not uf nQj>> Dpmtwirar.icjLXi^ _e. <Tilim4n, oystraih Carolina, was I^ WSjfcet when Mr. Tones concluded ?" In' his (-haracteristlc wjSx he announced tliSlniirhn^ his% name Had not "been . mentioned, he Yenllsed -twat he was a wtn? of lb-all. He said .ae' would notfl at tfcl' time, make an eincnded reply. [ WripflT, then, he reViewed tho coniro-. veriy between himself and Senator 1 - McLaurin, which led to the Joint tend r of their reefgnatiOM to the Gororfior . cuVfcouth Carollnta last spring, ^hnd 14 or the Governor's suggestion fiat iM>fnatn>ns bp withdrawn.- Mr. _ Jinan said he contended ? that the Oofcfnor was simply "a box into which ?*? had- put letters for the legislature," ?iit'sgsffltg aa-t %rKhdrew his letter. -J&t. Tillman sa'.d ho had examined ths record of abv-j'. ws in the history of the govern ? where Senators had resigned, and McLaurin. enjoyed the' enviable to# Ion of being the only one trho t wlthdrawe . bls . resignation thing he had done. "I thought I was ' Justified iu uaying what I did," *aid he. "I accept hi a dist-iiinier." "I disclaim nothing," retorted Mr Jones, without rising from his seat. "I simply contradicted. 'T thank the Senator fof his eoor I fwy,' observed Mr. MeT.aurln; bowing, with mock deference, as he took hit SOAt." Mr Hoar. of Mnaaachusetta. ad tretg^ed himself to the legality of the I'e&lghationB, which tho South Caroll ; a Seuatoxa had Kent to tho Qt>vernot ?f th?dr State. Ho declared thnt thf ?emigration <f a legislative odh e> vacnt s Mie office at once, and ibrt 10 dpuhted whether such resignation* "ould ho withdrawn. Ho said tha' breaker nialno had so lield upon on< t oc< aslon In tho House contrary to j .he English noil'. :> (hat a le^isiat c 4Iloo oanuH tcelgned. n?> sub. .but a man could not be kept m outci [ igalnst I. is will hiu. raited a laugh bv observing <iat In his opinion nou.u of the South Carolina Senators ha< a right to address tho Senate, if tfii> statements made by Mr. Tillman wen correct. In reply to the sally Mr*, Tilliuan said he had himself bee 1 1 1 '? iiie same opinion, although ho v?i: ?Dt a lawyer and m withdrawing hit ?restgnatton from the Governor of tin Stato ho had added that ho withdrew It "If It was lawful to do so." H< suggested that the judlciarv corrmiV? tee should look into the matter as. lit should enjoy nothing so much as washing the dirty linen at homo. Jumping to hi;, feet, Mr. MeLuurlii declared. In ringing tones, that he vvaa ready to meet bis e<illea.sn> at my place or at r.i,. time, \>r tic? tils cusslon of the issues hetwWen .them, thereupon, In the most dramatb: fash Ion, Mr. Tillman challenged hij##ttol league to resign1 on the spot. "Let ns draw up the paiieta now,'; said he, "and tender tfhem to this man," pointing* with outstretched avm towe-v.l. 'tho presiding oflicor, "nad that will settle it " All eyos were turned upon* Mr- Mr Laurln. t?a Mr. Tilluian paused ai If ".tiling for his colleague to accept the challenge, but Mr. Mcl.auiin, al though looking 1:1m steadily iu the c\e. did not rise irorn his seat oi ma\(! reply. Mr. Hoar again took the floor and explained In detail the occasion upon w^lch Speaker 131aine had held that a resignation Immediately vacated a seat In the House. A resolution lor the expulsion of a member from South Carolina was about to be voted upon, and the meniber, knowing that the re solution would be adopted, aent his resignation to the chair with the in tention of addressing the House and then offering It before the vote on the resolution was takn. As so >n as Speaker Blaine saw the nature of the* lommuuicntion sent to him he li^io dlately declared 'the seat vacant, thus putting an end to* till further . proceedings. Mr. Hoar continued that if the facts bearing upon the case of the South Carolina Senators had been correctly stated, It v.*as doubtful whether they were entitled to seats upon the floor of the oenate at this time. He thought the commit tee on privileges and elections should inquire into the matter. Mr. Tillman said he was glad that his own legal Instinct had bejjjkba ek ed up by such an cnilnwrtT~"autn*>rity as the chairman of tho jktdlciary com mittee. If his co lleaguK would pre pare any document that wbuld vacate his seat, as well as his (Tillman's) he would bo glad to sign It.' As 'ong ns he represented the people on the floor, ho said, In conclusion, ho pro posed to represent them honestly and net in thefftftWoo Which was a, dis grace. to his State. Mr. Lodge at this point arose and announced with ft smile on his face that while the resig nations were preparing, lie would ^iove that the Senate go Into execS five session. The. motion was carried. After lialf? an hour -behind closed, dooru the Senite ailjourued NEWSY CLEANINGS; Attendance nt mass ?is no longer compulsory in (lie French Navy. Many Boxers at.Kiao Chiow. China* arc Mild to be embracing Christian* Itjr. Norway's Press Associations oppose Adoption of t lie proposed Aiueileau copyright treaty, England and Germany have both of fered prizes for the automobile best adapted to Thllitory service. ? -The earnings olf mojyt of the impor tant '.railroads in the United States are now larger than' ever bel'ore. Germany'* imports for October^ de creased 373,081 tons over last y?ar,; wlille the exports increased 7212 tons. Two bundled ear lufidsnf xtort'liiive' Just Ijcen sent to supplant I lie wooden bridges iu the Sacramento Canyon, Cal ifornia. ' -a ' Tho flrsb'pnblle school in MayagneBt Torlo Jtlco, is to be named the Me Kinley sciiool. It fronts on MOKlnley avenue. ^Ait automobile inspection car, for the yse ot load overseers and track in *p?ctor?, lias been put iuto uso by a number of railroads. A toew articlo of Riisko- American wwrafirce' Is chronicled." The "first shipment of bones to the United Slates occurred recently, amount lug to 10,000 poods. * , v " ?emrmt-ti enrrnt -Gwduuvy genflw wgrff* to the State llcpar(in&it at jyashlug ton that the American wareltouse at Shanghai, China, lias Leon closed for w(ipt of support. ? J3xp*itf views of the condition erf railways of t he-United Klugdofti are to the effect that change of motlrepower cannot be effected tvltbotft cof?soHda imposelbte. ..HIP r^ndon Cl.arobe* STARTLING -AVORDS. 1,000 Soldiers Said to Have Died On Account of Neglect. ^ CHARGfcS AGUNSI ARMY OFFICER \ Cincinnati IMtyskiauiitalins That i*xMany Lives Have Been AacrificeU Needlessly. Marlon, ()., Special.? Dr. I'havUrt A. L. Reed, of Cincinnati, tho retiring president of the American .Medical As toclatlon, was given a banquet here ruesilay night by the medical pi of ch iton of northern Ob'o. In (ho course t>f his remarks on pondlhg .congressional topics, viewed from a medical stand point he said: "rt. soems, from ovldunco that haa -recently come from within the Tinny :tselfv that the medical department, has not only been degrade!, hut that it -is practically without authority. This was strikingly, indeed tragically, Illustrate I '.luring the recent war. A commandant wad lu> ehurgc of n quA-rlor of tko < n - tiro army, llis command was nva.de up of the flower of American man hood, and wa? cncamped at a health resort. He, however, In violation" of tha precedent of the usually cultivated ind competent geYi tinmen of the line, but acting under thc:.permisslon" of ex isting army regnWtWhs, not only j-r t asido recommendations of his eanltary officers, but by personal example in sited his men to violate the most fun damental sanitary laws. The result wV^s what might have been cxpoctcd. \ Ofi? ftjo more than 50.000 men in ills rnand 12,000 wero Invalids, nearly 1 .000 died from preventable causes If in an active campaign tho commandant l*..\d Ignored tho advice of his scout and had led his command into ambush with similarly disastrous result. 12.0p0 wounded and 1,000 killed, lio would have boon court-martialed, and doubt less. dismissed from the service. "The resolution, However, 1 am In formed, fix no responsibility for this parallel calamity, tlte enormity of which Is only beginning to be under stood. It is not surprising that efforts have been made to suppress knowbjdce of it. I am advised that the army in vestigation committee, in the interest of public decency, omitted from its public report much testimony on this i phase of the conduct 'of the war. An officer in the service who today agi tates this unsavory subject is ban it-hod to the Philippines. No "wonder the Surgeon General cannot fill the 00 and more- vacancies now existing In his corps;, self-rcspectlng medical men are not offering themselves for a service that is dominated by Raj? law and tyranny. But such methods must fail. The agitation tanjiOi stop until ths re sponsibility is fixed Cor tho enforcement of a regulation under the present terms of which the bumptiousness of .at), ac cidental and incapable commandant,' with impunity to himself, may. deprive an entire army of the benefactions of science."^ < Large Canal Appropriation. V/iusirfuKtuil; Special. ? Senator Morgan lntroitaced a bill providing for the con struction of the Nicaragua Canal. The bill provides an aggregate of $180,000, 000, "of which $5,000,000 la made Imme diately available, and of which aggre gate $um such amounts as are nsecu sary are to bo appropriated by Con grcs8,from time to time. The con*,r<>) of the canal and the cannlbclt Is vest ed In a board of eight citizens of tjie TTnited States in addition to the S?cj*e tary of War, who is to bo presllont Tlip -members".^ the boartl are to bi paid a' salary o? $8,000 a year each, and they are to be chosen regardless j.1 ro Iftlcal affiliation. There is a provision authorizing the establishment of a 1 0/4 lment from the regular army on lli<! canal vbelt to properly guard It, fl'Vl courts also ao*e a%W?rlzed -conformable .to. the powers granted by the govern ments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica There also Is a provision maklng^tnrec divisions of the-^anal daring the con struction and there is to be a chief en gineer and two assistants on each ai .vision, the chief to receive a salary ol $?,000 and the assistants $3,000. ' ?" Will Protect Oct mans. Berlin, By Cable. ? The Polish griev ance growing out of the punishment of oblige thalr children to learn thoir catechism and prayers in the German language, waa~lirtf subject of an Inter pellation by Prineo Rodzlw($n; in the Reichstag. Tho imperial chancellor. Count Von1 Buelow, replied that the question pertained to the Prussian plot and that therbfop* he. m?st re fuse 1. liseues it In the Reichstag. He could say, however, tho prestige of the Empire had Hot In any way suffered through tho atMtud^'of the Wraac.hcn a ytfhorities, and that tho relations w i tij Austria and Russia were entirely ?m affccted. ? - Fighting In Pbll'pp ' nes . ' Manila, B j Cable-.? -Thousands eff people fre leaving Bataugaa province; tors places ot aa/*ty. Orders! James M. 'BaT repoHa important tngagemerrt hftweea a forca of inrnrgeat* at li *of knet&feit if sournSnKiTRiAL View Enterprises That Arc lTyi rlcl?i<ije Our Favoitd Scctioiri * w y ? ^ / Hlg Contractor kfclimond. Among tho coutracts closed lust week for oil-tank steamers by tho Standard Oil Co. was one uwurd* I to tho William It. Trigg Shipbuilding Co. of lttchmond Va., for n vessels to cost $129,500. Thin is to havo a '.otal displacement of 0,0 UO tons, will bw tt?o foot over All, C>0 feet Im'Hiii, _'V 1-2 feet depth, and an oil capacity of 1.500.Q00 gallons. Tho vessel Us to ?>o kyiuched within ono year from the time- tho keel Is lajd. Vice-President Myers of the Trigg Shipbuilding Com pany, In an Interview In the Rich mond Times, let quoted as follows: "Thly vessoi will be larger than the cruiser (lalveston, which is now in course of construction in our vnrds, and will be by far the largest craft of tho kind we havo over attempted. It ?^111 not bo necessary for us to lie cH-nKO our working force for the con struction of this vessel, as wo now 1 1 u.v u about UU*H 4uun at w-ui.li, and are constantly adding to this fovea," For the construction of this vessel many tons of steel and special ma terial will bo needed, and this has al ready been ordered. Work has begun in the joining shop, and work iu ev ery other department will ho^talten nj* Immediately, It Is expected that the keel will bo laid withlnVa few weeks, and there is no.. doubt tli.it she will bo ready for launching on con tract time. I West Virginia Mining. \ .Tames \V. Paul, chief mine Injector of Wc.-t Virginia, has published In orf*" volume the reports for tbh tlscal years ending Juno 30 In 1S90, 1S99 and 15)00 of the coal mine* In the State. Tho volume will bo found valusftde to many interests. The threo reports being brought together in this- way enables one to note tho progress whkh has been made In coal-ai'.nins lu West Vir ginia even hi threo years. "Met ween 1893 ana 1000 tho number of tons of coal of 2210 pounds each from all tho mines increased from 1 4,204.$??r> to 1^80,911, the number of tous of coliQ of 2000 pounds each fcom 1 ,742,2.y;J to 2,190107, the value of coal and ooxe from $11.413.63 1.K4-. to $) N.41S, I0'i.7 t, and the number of employed from 23, 202 to 28,017. To Make Window (Mass. The" Chattanooga Glass & Uottlo Man ufacturing Co., capitalized at $*>0,000, | contemplates building'a plant for pro ducing daily several, tons of window i and plate glass. Tho tnplQf 'J\Ju*t com . pleted has a dally capacity of twelve ions of glass. or pint ^ hoi tics every twen ty^nur hours.. The plant Is now running daw, ami night, however, a small fotjpo only being cm ployad, to be increased to about 1 1?0 men as soon as now operatives can be trained fcr tho work. Industrial IS'ote5. Dtirtng the flr?t ten months of the year 1,254,590 tons of plg-tron and 139,391 tona'of cast-Iron pipe were ship ped, from the Alabama and Tennessee fields, tho movement from tho Bir mingham district properrbaVing been CC2.127 tops of pig-Iron and G8.935 tons of pipe. The export shipments of pig iron from the South were 21.230 torif.-. The value of nmnufacture^)proiuct? In North Carolina in 1900 was $91,919, .fifl.t, an Increase of 135 per /uml.: ol capital, $76,503,894, an incro&VQ of 133 per cent., and establishments 722C, no t increaotf of 91 per cent. '?.V textile ^ The Tennessee MtnufjgAuring Co. of Nashville, Tenn.> has.l^iftued to Its stockholders a cj^rular aUKges tin 4*n j^orRani^utlon, so-thnt tU# plant can be niodornlzcd as (o Its equipment. At the company's annual meMIng* recent ly mentioned, the conclusion reached that such li course as sue;' gested Is necessary tQ rX proAta'olo operation of the proper^: Thla mill has 27.000 ring spl jiiHcs; fi.000 mule] spindles nnd ViXL^jOoms. Linn Mill# Co. of China Grove, N. C.. to proceeding with the construc lion of its mill, and expccts to "com* mcnce . operations early nejft year with fi.OOO spindles Installed. The site Includes 100 acres of tand. which have been subdivided . Jnto perfect squares for building lots, .and a tdwjj Is de veloping, C. W. Corriher U secretary of the company, and capital p.tpek Js 150.000.* ?"? Wn W. -Scott Ji&tvJ o.. Ql . Mapj>J n& S. C states that tho report Is true pe wf!l Injjjrove his knitting mill, now runn ing ninety machines* However, tho Improvement will mtrqjyybo aiding a r?r inking ttflift/g fn which ! to make shipments of product. J>. Y. Cooper of Henderson, N. C., has purchased a controlling Interest In* thfc Ettrlck Manufacturing Co., operating a cotU?n mill of tf,lX4 spindles and 2C2 looms at Petersburg, Va. ~ { It is proposed at uoustdn, Texas, to organize a company, wt.th, capital stock of $50,000, for establishlnj! a mill to manufacture wottfen yarns and elotfer- Tb? TlUfiJllfttfl |j /Ufi i therlng the enterprise It Is -proposed at Abt evflls, 8. C, to organize a company fbr the crea tion of another cotton tdk to# W that town. A spinning plaj|t k jk platlon. P. Rosenberg TO?far?ted l ntbe enterprise. *T I _ fhf I Mltti H WHEN STARS FELL Bill Tells of the Shower of ilio - Leo nids in 183 J. ? . ? - # ? HIS OT II I; R PARLY RtCOLLl CTIUNS Ills Journey to Snvnunnh, Where Ho Todk a Sailing Vessel I or Uoaton ? Return lly l.aiul. Sli..kc.spiuuo tells of man's seven UU'K, lilt/ hie tie von does not tit 01 Jay? nor indeed, did liny at hlu o#? u?V with any distinct lines of dcm*jZa Hon between them, fhvy glld/into wicl, other and it la hard to tell/vhoro tlm ono quits aiul ilio other be/ns. Wo havo infants and school boy/Wl lov on v !l Ty ar? ??U not '* hundred ever lunnunes a ,|un K O a till J)?-.?(Uv4ri4H f4.V do ju*Hee to our men nnd women ?.f , Btforo years nnd ton. for most of .them mw faMnet^d ot loan. and our l* ( manly vol cos have not turned t i Me, n6r do they pipe and whb-.Ho in Lie.r sound. I fan *tili gins bn.so to the IfUS' ('oxolo>;y a,ul '">? Wlfo VMM *'?? -Mary had a lltlo ia,llb- tt) ,fc. Uby As to rho snventh a^e. whL-h ho l> ji t II res tw Rocond ehlldhrM and\e! oblivion without teeth or t,Lto or V\ts ttvrs 9r anything. w? neVor Bee them _-yntr nM people dlo>efov6 tlwyfet to Jul . IJut in the lifo <>f every man and there are epoohtj. evmts, milo etTTjus ns^jt were, that stand out prom inent in memory and mark their pros res* Trom youth to old'ago. Aly oa^lieit nHioUeothm is hho killing of our do.* iiedor, v, ho nym 'supposed to be mad. ?!!' ' 4V?t1"- for w?-iovod him nnd ho loved lis. Next 1 iv?vvll the falilnq of the ) stars in li>X\. My father held m, up and with my feet upon the top railing of the bannisters, 1 saw them eomo down in myriads as qu.iedy and ooftlv as snowilakes and tlu-y went out \U they n eared the earth. They were BCp nmte and ?>iSLlnct aa the stars, but as near together aa I he sparks from tho chimney of an oldtlmo blacksmith shop. ttoorgo Lester was my playmate and lived close by sud tho next. morn ing he and 1 hunted all over his moth er ? garden to find soma signs of the nt am that fell, but found none. VTliHo they were fail ln< our negro eook, Aunt Allwey, was down on her knees prav? ing, and as h)io clung to my moiher'3 night gown she called on Je.<":? to eomo and take us all to heaven. That nUbt I was an epoch and It Is worth being 7.1 | yeara old to ha\'o witnessed Jt. Mv next roniombranco of note i? a Journey to Savannah with my faUier and mother ami brother, wharo wo took a sail vessel for Boston. I remember tho magnilieent double row of china trees in tho long afreet, and I wonder if there is a person living in Savannah wlio was living thei-o then and remembers tJmt row of bcmitlful ttrcos th&t aro loug since dead and gone. ( remobor that voyako of thirty-three days around C<apQ Hat eras, where our ship was aJmost wrecked, and mother hold fast unto her' children t>.nd silently p)\iyedvXor deriverance. I remember when w<* reaehod Boston and ho-v, af ter our visit was over,, faJb.u* hone.ht a carriage and jwlr of horses, and wo Journeyed -by land from Boston to Georgia and never crossed a railroad, for thero was none to cross. I remem her our stop at tho natural bridge in Virginia, and ,how wo walked away down In the goVgo and looked up and afterwards stood on tho brldgo and i?wt*d down from the.dlfjjy height. When I was about ten yoajs old I had another epoch, for I:had a fi^ht Sivnday aLa camp meeting^jid ' got licked and my fine Sunday clQthco were all spoiled with mud and dirt. A country boy said I waxan. town ? boy and was dressed too tin o and he wua gwlno to tako tho starch outen my ruffled shirt. And be" did. I fought aa hard as I could,, but he liclced me and I cried, J had goqe to the spring to get some water arid the fight eaino off thero. My father whipped mo next morning and tho school teacher got ready to whip me, again, but I showed, him my legs and ho let me off ?#th a t#-lk. My next episode has left aii 1n delibla Impression. Wo had to walk school and about half way thero was a big giiTly t)ial wo us'eJ'To" alide down In. On? morning Bill Mal thle and Oyfcrton Voung and .llm Wil 8011 ^Rd myself stoker! to s!ida.^down and liill pujlej-orrttt drHr nf Tards trrfd ?aid ho wonld show us how to play. I had never7 seen a deck before in my life, -but I bail he?rn tell of 'em. Tliey were mighty- pretty ahd he taught tis i Jfow to shuffle and out and d'sal and and play e*von-up. Ong i^om Torn Wilson and Jim Alox ?JMou%ne along as tho^.wero going to | school and- hoard .our racket in tho gully and they cauKllt us playing cards. LThey flipped up on us, for we were Completely abnorbO'J in tlio game, and Tom said: "'Weil, you" aro tin1 yfth trocar uH.ot gamblers I r-ver saw in my life. The sheriff \vill get you nnd put you ?11 in jail before night." I never wai scared eq bad in my life. I couldn't study my Icesons nor dot my dinner at ? school and watched for the shorlff all I day long. But that cured me of card | Placing jujd I nercr handled a deck Ag&ia until Ixot .?oliege. College wai ? good place to play, cards theu; it Is ? ?wd to ki/!k a ball now. Tom Wiasoti a Aa Jim Alexander wars good hsartsa mtt ncror told on ua. " " d years ago and Jim dUkt last ? Bm 9tA ha Him arm wore tighter bom# well polished. In fact, I got to be a dandy hi my dr^si. Shakespeare makca fun of tho lover and dlmnlsaett hi ill with a lino. Sivya lie sighed and wrote pootr* about his hwwiluj.'ii't'H c> W a boat il^ai In our day, T didn't sigh a bl* for rtiy sweetheart was as hart off about mo as I was about her, and w<> were too hap py 10 ?lgh. W'e soon ftcsaiha engaged, and she flxtvl tho il^iy away on In .luno. but 1 Judged It backwards to May, and thon to April and at last to Mflfrch, to all of which Mho blusklngly attainted. I wrote poetry, Uxv?nyf to h(\r oys* brow* but to h'ar Mvm head to foot. Hero Is ihe last^mie. which Is only a sample of w could do In tho9<> halcycnL^wytr ^ * \ ^Vhen Incense on the *ucrod altars burned Its odors seemed In frangrant clouds to rise. So may my t wishes all to heaven turned, * Piocuro rich messing* for thee from tho skies." <This la pretty good, I think. In VS'it some yankee soldier eamo along and -sto-lo tlm album andearrled-14 off a trophy and gave It to his sweothuart. Sb1)i> keu^ It twenty years, and mai rled another follow and sent tho album back to hint, and ho mailed it to my wife with a nice apology. Ho Is a ?ten? tfKna-n. though it toolLhinl a long time t^repeat and reforufV Of comae oi:r marriage was an epoch- a big . mll'J stone. My wife was only 16 and as do ' cllo as a pot lamb. I fook her young, believing \ could train her if she needoi training. For a year to two I could mako hor do Ju4t as I plousod, but later on 1 could mako her do just n# who pleased and now she makes me do just as she pleases, too. But It It all right, and I have got used to It. Yesterday I received a letter from a friend asking nio to help hlni about choosln/r a wife. He Is a widower, with one child, and wanted a woman ovor 30 and under lO ? a settled womah?and* ho said ho would mako her a good, loving hvi band, etc. Well. I talked It over In tho family and named several good old tl.Nl (Iris, and my wife stopped su^lnf? and said: "I don't thlj^fc you are very good J ud go of m<arria?&abla girls. Vou had better let this matter alone." I didn't llko that remark, and replied: "Well, wdi en young man maybe 'I waa a poor Judge, but I think I could do bettor now." 1 am sorry I said It, for a woman can't tako such jokes and Steep calm and serene. I'll bp more careful in tho future. But I must reserve somo epochs for another letter. Tho birth of our first child, was an epoch, but afterwards that business ceased to be a monopoly and became monotonous. ? Ulll Arp h\ Atlanta Conettution. roltlttr Wrldr* ttrtih VtaWWK' The custom of showering bride? couplea* with rice it as old as ^lu monumental hills. Tt is sometimes at tended -dtaagrc<ablo reeaite^ 4w*-j is still persisted In at most matrlmor nial functions. An im*|?vement upOE this custom which szems likely and j ought to become popular was fcbfenret at a pretty weddtac<*lebratedatt.alu Genera just before the cloee outing season. The ox Tao pnan s decorated #ltto exteasiT* gard?a of PROMINENT PEOPLE. Forum- Queen Lllluokalnnl of Ifn? j wall will i>x? ?*s the winter in Washing-.* ton. Henor 1M y Margell, chief of the Re publican Federal party In Mpalir;\is dead. Tiie Emperor of Austria lias Just completed his sevonty-flrst year, lie has relgneil ilfiy-t wo yearn (lonpral E. T. IT. Ilutton has been appointed Coinmnnder-lmChlef of the forces of tho Australian Common* wealth. Captain J. I*. Fresco! t is about to re lire from the Boston Fire Department, after forty-seven yeiirs' service in it. He will receive a pension. Dr. Myles fjtandlsh has just been re elected Governor of the Massachusetts Society of May/lower Descendants. There's something in,1 a name. " Reur- Admiral Rcl^ey has eonelmlPd" 'lo make Washington Jiis hWinr^ytJe lias 1a Ice 11 a long lease on a resident^ in the fashionable quarter of the city. Tho University of Copenhagen has granted George Ilrnndos, the Danish } author, who wan born at; CopenltagOn . In 1842, $1500 yearly, in recognition o^. his services to literature. I'l-eshlent Roosevelt sets an example to many professional men iu tho order ly arrangement of things In Jiis office desk. Ifo bus to. do no rough riding over mlsplacca papers to iind what 1.J wants. M. .Sautos-Duniont (tt)ks of attempt ing to cross the Atlantic In his airship, lie maintains th^t the sucMjrf of tlie feat would depend slmply^on an iu* , cica2ii.Ui. 0iv. his present airship. ^ . Mayor Hart, of iWtoii,- has becu nominated seven tlMfes for the ofUcr br* now holds. Mayor Lincoln, one oT iTHT p r c (Te ce kk o f?7 ~ waSTi 0 ITI IITiTt cd tjJVcn times and ejected seven times. The first Mayor Qulucy,' who held office *nt various periods between 1822 and 3828, was a candidate nine times, and was clected six times. . > GOLD AND SILVER B ?{-y* t: ' A Statistics of the Counjry's ProiUict ef ' Prcciaus MettfcT " ^ * WORK OF Tilt MINT l O'R THE YEAI A SiiiE^llon to Raise tlio Coi^try' .Stock of Subsidiary to -J VJ~ l>nr Needs, - ~ Washington, I). C. Special? -The port of Mr. (JcOrgo JB. ltoberts, tor of the. mint, upon tho 0| the mint service during tho ended J une 1901, baa \ pleted. The coinage of tho lug tlu> fiscal year Amounted 999,132 pieces, of tho valuo Of #11 7M. Of this 199^.715^##^ I24.20S.850 was in el Ivor, dollari" was- 1 ? ? f rational silver*! 009,568 was in minor coin. Tho coinage of sliver dollars dwrl, the year was wholly fwnrthe-?tO?fcj bullion accumulated under the. July 14, IS 90. The amount, of ti lion ou hand at tho beginning o| fiscal year was R3.268.Ofii static' ounce#*, and at tho end of the yea* 502,927 standard ounces* The c ~ of tli id bullion has been acqs] erf enable th^treasury to rotlre ury notes issued on lis _ the samo time fjUppIy^Mjo pr08]|lDj rnand which has -^fexlsteu tho year for thermal! den< of money required in retail The original deposits of gold" at mints and assay offices amount $153,101,680, an Increase of$14>, over the preceding year. ' 906,480^yas-<ln foreign cola: that aSfSGreat Britain, nearer ' fnyiiJA-ustralia and |50.4^ 4apan. ,</*? ; Tho tf&timated productioi tho United Sta'tcs during " year 1900 was $79,171,000, \ standing the fact that thi*v the world til production, ii exceeded iUj, exports by I12LS66J production of North AmerlAajf cally all of which comes Xo thi States, "was $110,15t;600. The world's colriage of gol d| calendar year of 1900 was $364/ and or silver $117,011,002. The Industrial cousumptlo^ in the tfnlted States during.! dar year 1900 1.3 estimated -p 500 .and of tho world, appj ^U?.WM,VUV. ? ?&?? Tho stock of subsidiary country Is limited by JaW. A""' 000 and on November lat*" Istlng stock was $90, 013, M port says thnd It is not I mpi beforo another Congfeag. Sh portunlty to act, the fcrowt tho country wftl have tire' amount authorise 1 1 to suggested that . country's stock of SubSt raised to at letiSt $lz0,000 reason is aparont.sayw * the coinage of dOlliir pi be allywetf to cease Wl ver on han^be v.ae4 coinage. 1 Washington Special the defense in the trial Ida Iionlnc for the ??n Seymour Avres, Ifk, 8*ti lt?<od a lengthy *rgum right to ask An tain hypothetical quaetl on tbo hip WouniL ?.> ftf rt) 11 rt directed the . ? . ? ? T ? . ? ? inn the' aiscuwloa*^! etaf.d that it upwa mat by the witne^ j>r. W* the governiiienQh^ com Ayren received Wm ;fM rnqgft, waa ' wholly u nttHBM veXV nature Of the woftaB %lll . render,! ta declaloaa Roonevelt'a Fli Washington, Special RooseyeK Saturd<&;|t|| sent to bfm by Conjrei tho flret law -to b# m administration. It WW mtt froe ofrtuty fgum tranjfer at foreign **!> ri>n American E*pO*tifl OaroMurt IntcrStat? 10 Exposition at CMrlW** ; M| AlarHed By TW Bow Hug ?rf en. Kyi, Maude WUcutt ?todifrl office here and beauo* J. W, Simmons, Of JPaai were married by wire wero asked from the \ Justice of the peace aa<| by Mlas WHortfc Ifl u mcttlojrwl county. She and Dr. tf met Tvl^e trateHlMfl and newspaper acwufUl