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? ?"v s VOLUME XXI ? '? ??????-? ?' ? ' Wmm m ... .!?mMobMBk|9 ?W????WB? A SPANISH MINE BMW UP MAINE COLONEL BRADY SAX? SPANISH FANATIC QE8TROYEB. U. 8. BATTLESHIP. WASHINGTON OFFICIALS DENY C?lv?40| YVho Touchcd K?y That Ex? , ploderi the Mine, WN Executed. Kansas City, Mo.?That Joseph E. Zalvado, a Spanish electrician, work ing In Moro castle, and probably a fanatic, was responsible for the battle ship Maine disaster, was the state* went mado here by Colonel 'Jasper E. Brady, United States army. Colonel Urady says he was one of a commission of four men who investi gated the explosion and reported their findings to President McKinley. . "Of course I did not see this man turn on the switch which set t&e. the powerful mines that caused the disaster," said the colonel, "but the evidence in the case ported directly to his guilt. Three other army officers, whose names I do not care to give, and myself reported to the President that In our belief Zavaldo was'respon sible. He was later executed upon the command of Ueneral Blanco. No oue, however, was ever-able to learq for what rason." Colonel Urady, in the aftdregs at 8t George's Episcopal church, had dis cussed the Maine disaster, and attrib uted it to a submarine mine explo sion. His statement brought forth de nlalsfrow Washington among other things, being that no military board had been appointed to Investigate the case. Colonel Brady explains that the board never convened to make its re port, but reported individually to the President. 'i^HI Colonel Brady Is a brother of the Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, rector of St. George's church, and author. Attempts to i?ATD anything about the'history of the electrician proved futile, eaid Colonel Briidy. "All-WiLknow is tiiat he was in cjiarge of the wires whic)i operated -'"the mines," he said. "If the Spanish government had desired to, blow up the battleship he would have been or dered to turn on the current and_?et lease the explosives. As nearly as we eoulJg&Mmlic jicted on an impulse "whjjf ^3|W|^electrical apparatus thJr *" q|8-Uch thftt k,Ued J. Mm full of mines and it ia ?. - ||^Wtng tfrat the Maine "We had touch trouble in obtaining evidence. Our case was made up very largely by putting two and two otgeth er and arriving at a conclusion" m m. DISASTROUS FIRES. Fires in Macon, Huntsvllle and Mont oomery Cause pig Losses. Macon, Ga.?Tiie plant of the Ma con Daily Telegraph ^as completely destroyed by Are. The equipment In evefy department was totally destroyed, find literally nothing was saved from the flames. C. Raymond Clay, a linotype opera* tor, was burned to death while asleep W. T. Anderson, business manager of The Telegraph, stated that the loss will probably reach $100,000. New equipment has beenwijed for and un til it arrives The TelIgrapii will con tinue to be lsslted from the plant of the Macon News. Huntsvllle, Alfl.-?'The Huntsvllle ho tel wa^ almost entirely" destroyed by, an early morning blaze that started in the kitchen. The total loss was* -^vH#Pttt ? #120,000, with insurance of #82, OOD. Several leading business con cerns were burned out Quests of the hotel lost personal belongings Aggregating #10,000. Montgomery, Ala.?A flre early en r- d^igored ah entire retail business block of Montgomery before it was \r% gotten under control. The tne. $100, 000 stock of John L. Cobbs & Co., one of the largest and . oldest dry, goods and carpet houses'' of Montgomery* was damaged about #50,000, the loss f. covered by insurance. The Alabama Bible society sustained a. loss of about #8,000, while other* incidental losses reached #2,000, making a total esti mated of $60,000. * - .s ? wv ? Casualty Record of Railroads..?i_ ? Washington.?"Killed 3,804; injured 82,874'^this is the casualty ..record of the railroads In the United States during the year ended June 80, last, according to the Interstate commerce -commission. It is an increase ef 1,013 in killed and 14*,464 In injured over the previous year's figures. There were 5.861 collisions, killing 488 peo & j pie and injuring 7,785 and damaging personal propetty $4,629,279. In the 5,010 dorailmnnts during the y*W 840 persons were killed and 4,814 were ? Injured, L , DRY STATES ARE WET. %*(? of -Internal .Revenue Uquoi ?tempt enow That Liquor it 8tin ? Sold in the "Dry" State*. Washington.?The law In Alabama (icorgla, North Caroilua and 9 pari of South Carolina may ho dry, Juat as dry as ftlackstone la to the aver *gp law student, hut the dry b?lt li limited to this law, and the peoplt are wet, as wet as "Georam corn' and the "mountain dew" of "Ole Ken tuck,'' according to the reports ol ?avenue / collectors in these probibl tlon states made to their cnlef at Washington. These reports are fairly ateeped is ?lquor. They tell not only of "doom' oelng made, but for aale, both In 3mall and large quantltltes. -V. ?<[ In another month, Commissions Cabell will make public his aunuai report,' In which he will quote figure* furnished by collectors of Interna) ijevneue in these states, showing tb< number of special tax stamps whlcii iave been sold in the pa?t year, along with the amounts yielded therefrom V majority of these were sold to re lallers. It Is estimated that in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and a smalJ ?>art of South Carolina the receipt! rom the sales of these special tai stamps will amount to approximately ?105,000 for the fiscal year which end A June 30 last. In Alabama, the sale of retail atarnps amounted to approximately >31,000, and- on toe combined sals <f retail and wholesale, 1335,000. 1b Georgia therq was a combined sals ->f $40,508 worth of stamps. Of this amount, only aboUt 92,500 was receiv ed for wholesale stamps. North <3ar 41na comes next, owing to it being x whole ?dry state. South Carolina purphaaed more stamps, but several counties in South Carolina operate dis pensaries, and this naturally increases che number of special retail stamps. It Is estimated $16,000 worth of both iind8 of stamps were Hold In North Carolina iu the past year. ? Of this imount $14,500 was received from re iallera. Drug merchants were the leavlest buyers. ^ South Carolina will show a combin ed sale of about $20,300 worth_Ol stamps. Like Nort^ Carolina, the bulk of the stamps were purchased by retailers. In this ease, however, the county dispensary was the heavy buyer,* with the druggists next. Revenue officers atate that the sale of these special stamps fe? causing fric tion between the stale and Federal Au thorities, but point-out that nothing can be. done to remedy the matter Commissioner Cabell refers all com plaining prohibitionists to the const! tution, which provides for such tax. It is stated that the sale of the stamps Aids the county, city and state officials In prosecuting violators of the state laws. ? Kills Wife, Son and 8elf. Lawrenceville, Ga.?Whilo - suffering from temporary insanity, Joel D. Wal lace, one of the most prominent me* chants and grocerymen of this place and a former councilman, shot and .tilled his -wife, turned his revolver upon Cllne, Mb 7-year-old boy, whom he killed instantly, shot his son, Fel fob, 9 years oM, and then fired thro? bullets Into his own body, killing uimself Instantly. The exact cause df the deed will never be khown, at those who Were participants are al) dead, with the exception of Felton who is shot through the right shoul der ,and, though he will in all proba billty recover," he can thr<fw no light iip* m -?? May Abandon New Orleans Mint New Orleans.?Following luji ordei niado known here from the direotoi of tho mint-at Washington, to the ef feet that all gold bullion in the New Orleans mint should b^ shipped to the Philadelphia mint, more than $1,200, 000 In bullion was transfefred lasl week. Additional shipments of mora than 12,000,000 will be-required to complete the transfer. Qeoorge E. Roberts, director of the mint, said th? New Orleans mint would be abandon ed for the. present. ;\/-r , 11 War on-<^rls?; Rats* Fort Wayne, lnd.~-Members of the Fort Wayne health board attribute an epidemic of vermin In the public schools bere to the rats worn in tlfe hair of girl pupils, Twqenty.-flve ol the girls in the schools are out on account of vermin. The health board plans to open a war on rats. .Aeroplanltia is Latest Ailment. New York Cltyv-4-Aeroplanltis Is the* latest disease. Many' doctors have been puxsled for several days by pa tients complaining of sharp pa^ns Id the neok and shoulders closely resem bling rheumatism, though few had ever been affected by that ailment hKherto. All of those complaining had attended the aviation meet at Bel moftt park, and the physicians have decided that the trouble was caused by the efforts made "toward the bird men in their flights, causing severe strain on the mi prirm hive mw Deal HEARING GUISES BEFORE i COMMERCE COMMISSION PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE EE FORE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIE9ION CONCLUDED. $400,000,000 TAX ON 9HIPPER Railroad* Admit Proposed Ineraaaa la Entering Wedge for a General Advance, Chloago.?Presentation of evidence in the rata bearing before the Inter- ! state commerce commission vm con-1 eluded. Argument* on the evldeuee i will be heard by the commission at Washington on December 14, and, af-; ter due deliberation, the commission | will announce what It Is generally considered will be the moat important' decision ever emanatlhg from it. The hearing was instituted at the instance of shippers, who arose to protest when western railroads an nounced that rates on fifty different commodities would bo advanced^ Op position to this became general, and the railroads agreed not to put. the new rates into effect until the Inter state commerce commission bed con ducted a hearing, at which Che ship- j per* should be heard Hearings were held at Chicago and New.York City, conducted at first bX an exajniner, but, later, owing to the paramount Importance of tbe case, CpmmisBioners Clark and Lane as sumed the duty. It took the shippers only a few hours to introduce evl dencet xbut'.an imposing mass of eta-" tlstlcB and testimony went Into the record for the railroads. The shippers wer^represented by a number of attorneys, who confined their efforts largely to attacking the railroad evidence' rather than to in troduce original testimony Railway men admitted that the ad vance in rates on the forty commodi ties, which formed the basis of the beating, ' was merely an .entering wedge, the ultimate purpose being to tdvance rates all along the lino. According-to the; shippersi the-flnaf effect of this policy would be to place v tax of $400,000,000 on the consumer. In a general way, the argument pre sented by the railroads was tbfttJnv creased rates were jaeceaaar^ for ih9.. 'oliowing reasons: . 1. increased WageB to employees.. 2. Increased cost of maintenance and operation. 3V Public demand for increased effi ciency and expansion of transporta tion facilities, The position taketa by the shippers was that the railroads at present are receiving a generous return on thel.r actual investment, and, among other things, sought to show on croaB-exain 1 nation tifat the low rate of earnings shown In the statistics presented was dqe more to overcapitalization than to low rates. ORATORICAL CONTESTS. Georgia, Virginia, Tulane, North - olina ancj Vanderbilt to Debate. New Orleans.?Agreements have beeh signed by which five of the tear ing universities In the Sonth will con test for honors in debate during tho next two years, according to an an* nouncemenfc made by Julian Water man, secretary of Tulane university. The colleges which will take part .are Vanderbilt,. University of Virginia, University of North Carolina, Univer sity of Georgia and Tulane. During the present scholastic year Qeorgia sends its representatives to Tulane, .Virginia meets North Carolina at' Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt goes to Vir ginia, Tulane to Vanderbilt and North Carolina * to Georgia. For the second year a corresponding rotation |? scheduled. Farrar's Opinion of Dukes. New York.?Geraldine Farrar, the American opera singer, is evidently not going to marry a titled foreign er; at least not a duke. The soprano was informed on her arrival from Eu rope that it was reported that she would'wed a duke. "Dukes?" asked Miss Farrar. r~ "I've met many of them, and believe me, taking them individ ually and collectively, they are hOt worth a ding." v'5-. , 'f r '^v : rt. ?"V'f ^ ? -? Natural Qas for 8outhern Cities. | Shreveport, La.?H. C. Frick, multi millionaire of Pittsburg, Pa., with a party ot capitalists, arrived at'ihe Caddo oil and Jtas field to make Inves tigations relative to organising a cor poration to pipe natural gas to St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans!. S' ?' * 1 '1 'i" f Parliament of China. Pekin, China.?An official decree haa been Issued announcing that an imperial parliament, the toft in the history Of China, would be convoked v- Mm v iissj- V... . ^ H t?i I< Xi ,i't i ? Vr? J?! OlAJB >vHcfcr'-s x i- rV .* i, .' .-ircLi& *hI;v',.v.JUvv . {?Xy** ? - -= ? .j ,-ja MAGAZINE POSTAGE RAISED. Periodicals Will Be Forced to Pay More postage to th? Government. Washington -past master bsneral Hitchcock's plan of requiring the uiagadnes to pay Increased postage on their adverttelng- pagea sufficient to eliminate pontal deficit* and war rant, in the near future, ) cent post age on first claas mail was officially explained. < Postmaster General Hitchcock be lieves that in carrying out the admin* 'titration's purpose to accomplish a reasonable Increase In, the postage :ates on oertaln kinds of second clals mall more distinction should bp mud# bftwcen advertising and what Is term ed legitimate reading matter. He does not favor, under present conditions, an Increase In the rates of pottage for carrying reading matter. FRANK H. HITCHCOOK Postmaster General. . unjr Increase thus applied, he points out, will place a speciul burden on a largo number of second class publi cations, such as educational and re ligious periodicals, that derive littlo or no profit from advertising. It Is the circulation of this type of publications, which aid so effectively In the educational and moral advance vent of the people that, the govern ment can best afford to encourage. For these publications and also for tmy other tegltttfrate?reading- matter in periodical form Mr. Hitchcock sug gests a continuation of this present low postage rate of 1 cent a pound, and recommends t^at the proposed imffnase i- r&ta- be- applied only to msgazino advertising matter. RAlLROADTfo FIGHT WEEVIL Southern, A. Q. 8, and O. flail-, ways Establish oCtton. Department. Washington.?Practical Bteps are be ing taken by the Southern Railway company, the Alabama Great South ern Railroad company and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad company to co-op erate with the officials of the United dtates Agricultural department and the Btate commissioners of agricul ture in advising farmers, in the ter ritory along the lines of these rail wayn which may eventually be reach ; ed by the Mexican cotton boll weevil, i as to the best methods of growing cotton In spite of the presence of tbat Insect. The experience of the farm ers, in Texas, where the woeyU_bA9 been for som& years, demonstrates that, by the adoption of/proper meth ods, practically as large yields of cot ton can be obtained as before the ap pearance of the weevil. In moat lo calities in Texas the invasion of th* weevil has generally been followed by short crops for two or three years For the purpose of making the co operative work of th? companies as ef fective and helpful as possible, an or ganization has been perfected to* be known as tho cotton culture depart ment of the Southern railway, the Ala bama Great Southern railroad and the Motile and Ohio railroad, with a view to encouraging the adoption of the most Improved methods In advance of the appearance of the weevil. This, it is felt, will have the effect of main taining the normal production of cot ton. Practical farmers who have had experience in dealing with the boll weevil will be employed and will de vote their entlfe time to viBltlng the farmers along the lines of these rail" ways In localities which may eventu ally be reached by the weevil and giv ing them practical advice aa to the best methods of growing cotton under bolljveevll conditions. mi. Government a Good Printer. Washington.?Some Idea of the vast (amount of work that Is done In the I'government printing offices ?ssu?<l> |can be gained from, the figures Just completed for the type .composition for last year. More than 3,000 tons of type metal were used In making J,963,809,000 ems of type of every de scription. If the individual lines of type were placed end-to-end they worfld etretch over a distance of 81, 000 miles or more than one and bne fifth times the circumference of the tart uolllvcr PLANS MY REFORMS SECRETARY OF NAVY MEYER -WILL RECOMMEND SEVERAL CHANGES. ABOLISH SOUTHERN YARDS Naval- Construction Corps and Pay Corpa Aro Sura to 9a Discontinued. Washington.?.Drastic reforms, prob ably Including tba abolition of tha naval construction corps and the na vul pay corps, oud, later, tbe aban donment of several of tbe navy yards on (Iiq Atlantic coast, will bo under* taken by flocretary of tbo NTavy Mey er on his return to tbls city at tbe conclusion of his inspection trip. The project to abolish seyeral of the navy yards, concentrating the navy's work at a few of tbe largest yards, already bps been broached by Secre tary Meye? to the president, and Mr. Taft will endorse whatever general plan his secretary prepares, i Ii Is asserted that Secretary Meyer, -as a result of his trip to various navy yards, has become convinced that mil lions of dollars could be saved to the government annuafty merely by more concentration of work. What yards shall go are, 6t course, ? tin a matter of speculation! ( It is be lieved that even Secretary Meyer has not reached a conclusion, lie has merely decided that'considerable mon ty could ' be saved by concentrating the work of the navy at fewer yards. It is likely, however, that whatever concentration of work la undertaken, it will be at the Norfolk, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco yardB, while the ax probably will fall on the yards at Portsmouth, N. H., and Charleston, S. C. These reforms cannot be instituted without congressional action, and a row Is a certainty In both the house ind senate when they are broached. AMERICAN CONSUL INSUfcTED Sunt Arc Trained on Honduran Rebel New Orleans.-?According to a ca blegram to The Picayune from San Salvador, Salvador, the United StatesJ gunboat, Princeton,-at anchor off Am-* ai>? 1 a, Honduranj wag cleared for* ac - tion, and Oen. Jose Vanadates, leader of tlve revolt against the Davlla gov ernment, notified by Commander I (ayes that if foreigners were mo lested the governor's residence would be shot full of holeB: This action on the part of the Amer lean commander, it is said, followed quickly an insult offered the American consular agent, George Sell muck, by Valladares, the revolutiary, and the hater of foreigners, even going so far as to threaten to shoot the American representative's residence. The dispatch adds that chaos reigna throughout the western portion of Honduras ,and Inflammatory manifes tos Inciting the people to rebellion against President Davila are being circulated. STORM SWEEPS NORTH. Traffio in New York and Pennsylva nia Severoly Crippled. New York City.?A storm of mid' winter intensity which came booming up the Atlantic coast bringing with It sharp gales and heavy falls of snow and rain, left a broad trail of -broken wire communication along the seaboard. Telegraph companies were beset with difficulty in all directions. The storm was apparently severest between Baltimore and Washington, all wires being down betweeu those cities. Pennsylvania suffered from a soggy, clinging snow, and wires across the state were either down or worked only intermittently. Early communi cation with Chicago was obtained by way of Boston, thence to the west. Broken-wire communications affect ed some of the rallrOade, and trains from distant points were in some cases far behind their schedules. , Philadelphia^?1the northeast gale, which came in from the ocean de veloped into one of the worst Novem ber storms in years. In the moun tain districts .-of Pennsylvania show fell to tbe dgpth of 12 inohes. ?> , Docter Cook Heard From. . London, England.?Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the discredited explorer, has been hscrd froia fscln. HI*- long si lence has been broken by a congrat ulatory mossage to Walter Wellman, sent to a London paper. It follows: "Acting upon your offer to transmit from me a message to Mr. Wellman, kindly send him my heartiest congrat ulations for his wonderful initial suc cess. If he crosses the Atlantic he *111 have gained an object of greater use to mankind than the conquest of the poUfcgi.^&i&a F* JL COOK." Panama Annexation Denied. Washington. ? Through ivffhlstar om" Panama XrOSemcna, PresideUT I iflc denial M A_ j (icr conflict* Annexation VITAL PALMETTO EVENTS Oondaensod Newt Item* of Oonoral Inter oat Gathsred Within tho Btato Boundary Lino?. FOR HICK POOR ciiiu>hi;n. Federation of Women's Clubs Will Fstobllsh llmne for Convalescents. Tim health department .of the South Carolina Federation* of Wo inon'a club wishes (o estublish a homo for the convalescent children of the poor in South Carolina. Cir cular* containing the endorsement of the Btaio board of health hava been mailed t?> women'? club? throughout (Ik1 State with tw l,<,~ quest Hint the clubs assist in tho establishing of such a homo in SQtlUl Carolina. The women's clubs are expected to take active steps to ward raising fund* for the holne. Those wishing lo aid in tin* cause are requested to write to Mrs. 11.'W. lieall, Slimier, or to Mrs. J W. It. Burnoy, Columbia. IIHF HTATIHTIt^. J Interesting lteport by Mr. Mi-Master for October. There were 48 Hies of unknown origin in South Carolina during the month, of October. Tin* total num ber of tires were 00, and Pie total loss was $87,477.99. .This statement Was made by Insurance Commis sioner MeMaslor. . There have been 1,054 in (he Slate since the first of year entailing a loss of $883,477.90. Tha following report has been mado: Causes. Conflagration '....... 1 Caught from stove... 1 defective flue 7 Explosion of gasoline stove.... 1 Explosion of oil slove 1 Explosion of lamp ; 4 Flue in cotton gin 1 Firebrand foiling from slove.. 1 Foreign substance passing through picker machine.... 1 Gas jet igniting mosquito not.. 1 Gin stand *, i Hay ignited ftom Spj^kg./. * - 1 In picker room,.... 1 Incehdiary* ....? 2 Lightning ... -3L Letrkagc in gasoline connection 1 Laco falling Into ftre 1 Matches .... ? .2 Spoiltaueou.s .combustion 1 Sparks from ehUnnoy.... i.... >. .2 Sparks on roof 2 Spark? from fl'V pJace_....... i Suspicious .' 2 Unknown .48 Windstorm 1 i " Totnt "number of Ares In octr. ; 90 Estimate of Imported Ia>??cs. January $ 20,699.94 February ........... 100,330.24 Man*h 113.888.36 ?April . > ? . ..????> > ? . . rrri? 434,718.74 May 76,520.02: ?June 33,154.73 July . - 194,214.91 August 65,739.93 September 54,049.10 October 87,162.02 $883,477.99 Summary. At Conway J. .D. Collins was awarded $100 damages against I)r. J. M. Slalvey for noglect of his sick wife. There is a movement op foot by Spartanburg people Ao create the office of Inspector of rural schools made necessary by heavy work of the superintendent. Silver Street, one of the most progressive towns in Newberry county, situated Ave miles west of Newberry has been incorporated. A' bank!will be established at that place immediately, with a capital of $15,000. State Fair Deficit Reduced, When President Mobley went Into the offico of president of the State Fair Association there was a debt of $15,000 on the Fair for grounds and buildings. The debt this year , was $12,000, and it. is the firm expeeta-, lion of President Mobley that thfi&< debt will bo entirely wiped out as a result of the 1910 Fair. It was on account of tho desire of Mr. Mobley to wipe out the entire Fair debt that ho made such a firm stand to hold all tho side shows on tho grounds and keep open at night. For S. C. 32d Degree Masons. The Charleston Masons of high degree will afc'tinco take steps to organise ?. consistory for the mem bership of Masons of the thirty second degree in South Carolina that they may'no longer have to affiliate with consistories of other States, on the authority of Grand Commander James D. Richardson who authorized a leading Mason of high degree to draft the petition form, secure si forward the paper i for consideration. fa*' \ 'IVE. ESS ?mm. Hn leannd lila head upon his hand And thought with deep dismay About the things that he must got To give on Christmas da*. v "The cook," he sighed, "rffcat haw*o*8*r best X. ?iknow.how to -welect, Or otherwise she'll quit, and then ? Our household will be wrecked. "The second girl must have a gift That will delight her heart OK She will frown upon roy wife I And say that they must part. The roan who tends the furnace?he Must bo upon the Met Or else some frigid dawn the heat That cheers us will be missed. "My office boy must have a watch Or a ten dollar bill? ? If I should fail In this Fd have A vacant place to flit. The Janitor, the engineer, , The elevator boy* . ' . 7t. Tv Will call for tribute?and I mUst Add something to their Joys. "The waiter at the cT"?>; the chef; The man who brines the mllkt The garbngo man: tho faithful .cop, And others of thaf Ilk Must all be borne In mind, so that None may bo overlooked?" *. And so the names of each and all With what to give, he b.ooked >vr' H? ran hie evee?adown thellrt1 And found it was complete. And thought about the Christmas bill* That would be hls to meerr?: ;%t~ "Alas!" ho wept. "It is too badt" rjpaahed a bitter tear. \ ,\ "I find I can afford no gift* v For ylfe and ohlldren dear!" Wind. "Did you ever get any dividends on that tunnel stock you bought .of the man who was prompting a scheme to bore a shaft under th6 river?" asks the mildly Interested friend, ^ "No," explains the other. "That'tun nel. never was dug." "O, then It was merely tra air shaft -?a hot air one, I mean." ~ ? ? ' *?" ' Optical Dilution. ; . "Have you over noticed bow fat women like to go about in crowds?" asks the man' with the thoughtful eyes. "You're mistaken about It; that's all," explain s. the man with the uncer tain whiskers. "When two or three of them get together It Just looka like a crowd to you." ; . :i; " r "" ? ^ ' Kindly Remembrance, "Do you suppose Cook anil Peary will send Christm&a remembrances to each other,?*' asks the man. who la al? ways wondering about the most unex pected things. v &- 1 "Certainly," replies the man who i wants to finish his paper, "I don* know what Peary will send Cook, but I should think Cook would send Peary a set of instructions how to play that old game of Copenhagen." -a Ai iSt Spring Meeting. "I am bo happy. My husband didn't want roe to pay $200 for a drew* but he has won $100 on a race this afternoon and sf^rs I may hare that." "So you will get the dress?" ."No. X can get a $800 dress how, you see."J; Paridlngu "Yes, It Is a fairly good poem," says the carpllng critic, after a hasty perusal of one of Longfellow's ef fort u merit* bui ib? trouble with it Is that It is ao great ly. padded." "Paddedf Why. It doesn* appear d to me to have an unnecessary word ??.*? '?_1?nt ?? wfcw you oofidfg omit a line or a stansa without spoil. Ing the sense of It," replies the other person. h "But can't Cyou see^hat:%is out with Bxoelslorr "