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jpeieieaet?iee?( | PIETY FOE ^ ' R??' T is not unusual for people Y || to keep their best house? I O hold things?the best bed. f and chiua?for their guests: ^*?*r some keep for them their best looks, manners and words; some go still farther and keep all their piety for them. Not a bit of it do they use for themselves or their families; it is .* * never seen on ordinary occasions, and so is perhaps all the nicer, and there is all the more of it for company. Enough of it there surely is, if not a . surfeit. The visitor is treated to it with a liberality like that of the Western housewife, who, on being told by her minister that she might put less molasses in his tea, insisted that if she made it all molasses it wouldn't be too good for him. It was Mrs. Simpkins' parlor?a nice, ; ? religious-locking parlor, very. A monstrous great Bible, bound in fine morEr, occo and gold, with a purple ribbon f book-mark, a yard long, dangling white crucifixes, lay alone in seeming sacredness on the marble centre table. Three certificates of life-membership in religious societies hung in heavy gilt frames upon the walls. No idle ornaments or vain curiosities^ on the whatnot but Divine songs and sacred - hymns, Baxter's Saints' Rest Taylor's Holy Living and Dying, Howe's Blessedness of the Righteous?books of exalted piety, that bear their readers like angel wings to the very gates of the beautiful city. Beside them were choice piles of magazines, labelled +a TTnlinocc " Vd UiUV kv AAVIIUWJI The air of the place was still and . solemn, almost holy. Deacon Wilson) &:i felt that it was while he waited there for Mrs. Simpkins. He took up a numU4 ber of the "Guide to Holiness," and opened it "Perfect Love," "Heaven ^ Below," "Living Below Our Privilege,"' he read in the table of contents. "What a godly woman Sister Simpkins is!" he said to himself, and laid the magazine in place, feeling himself |?* so far from holiness that the very titles of the articles were discouraging to f;; him. "I am glad there ^re some good peo??&'' pie," he added, looking around the |?;y room, at the "parlor Bible." and the P life memberships. "Yes, Sister Simpl|fcr kins is a very devoted woman." || v . Mrs. Simpkins entered with sweet and placid countenance, and grave, subdued manner, like one just leaving |S chapel service or closet meditation, and in low. chastened tones, welcomed the W" deacon, and assured him of licr high estimate of the privilege of Christian rajg communion, of the strength she deJgC' - rived from Christian association, the comfort from Christian sympathy. , The deacon had barely time to make cf-. a suitable response, when she inK':. quired: Bp:' "And what is the state of Zion, deacon? What say the watchmen on ?|;* her walls?'' The question was general, and the afc deacon was safe in the answer: ? "Few go in at the gates."' * "And why? Why is it?" exclaimed lip-' Mrs. Simpkins, with an air and tone of touching solicitude. "Why must Ip';; we wait so long to see the spirit of God poured out? Surely the fault is |k&;: in ourselves. The church is living far below her duty and her privilege. Too Sp-} many of us are not yet sanctified. wholly sanctified?one with the Lord, fflgt Too many of us still cling to the world/ Splj, ' still have appetite for the- fieshpots of |||s Egypt. We must come out from the wqria. ana we muse not look back.7' "Oh!" groaned *he good deacon, "I feel sometimes that I am the Achan in the camp of Israel, the Jonah that hiuders the ship." "Do you ever read the 'Guide to Holiness?'" asked Mrs. Simpkins. when ll?;'. she had fully delivered her opinions ^ on the condition and duty of the S? church. The deacon confessed that he had not. "It's an excellent work, deaIjfe. con," said Mrs. Simpkins, with slightly increased warmth of manner. "I can recommend it with entire confidence. frc I have read it three years, and find it ix v very spiritual. Perhaps you would j i>. like to read it. Take this last :|.imber. if you would." "Thank you. sister, rot to-day. Some other time, perhaps." "The work strenuously urges the ; i doctrine of entire sar.ctification: that I it is the privilege of all Christians. y What do you think of it, deacon?" f* queried Mrs. Simpkins. "Oh, I don't know," sighed the good !?>. man. "The command is, 'Be ye holy as I am holy,' but, oh. dear! sometimes I'm afraid I haven't even been justi' fied?that after all, I shall be a castaway." "We need faith, faith to lay hold on v the promises," urged the unwavering Mrs. Simpkins. "But my life is so poor, sister," t . a?1 +1\A #5 /. />A?? T A ? ~ ^ * -- givuut'u tiic uravuii. x tuim* mr short iD everything. The thing I would not do, I do, and whr.t I would, I do not."' "I believe it is our privilege to live r- > above sin," began Mrs. Simpkuis, when the door opened, and a smutty, uncared-for li,ttle fellow, of half a dozen years, put in his head. "Yes, darling, you may take oao off the bureau. Now don't disturb mother any more." "I believe it is our blessed privil* ege," resumed Mrs. Simnkins, "to live iU- . above sin. to have Christ dwelling in us continually, tilling us with perfect love, raising us above all doubts and fears, and strengthening us with the hope of glory." "A ble'ssed privilege!" echoed the deacon, and rose to go. Don't furbish the parlor with any more religious show till you've given her as r k . .. ikV ''- - V . ' ' \ ' M*e?ete******** w. I COMPANY 1 good wages as you'd think yourself deserving of if you were in her place. Don't go to a single meeting wlieji she will lose more by your going than yon will gain. Don't say any more to the church about sanetilication here below till you've made your own family think such a thing is possible. Learn to be inst before vou even aim at perfee tion: learn to be patient before yon think you have reached it; and be sine and take the opinion of those who know you best before you come to a settled opinion on the subject. "Don't think I'm persecuting you, wife, nor anything of the sort. I'm glad you're a pious woman, and that's one reason why I married you. Eveiy man likes to have a good wife. I want a little of your piety myself; and the children wouldn't be the worse for some, nor Bridget, neither. We aren't deacons nor ministers, nor saints, but we should like to be treated in a sweet, heavenly way smetimes, "I thank you for this visit, deacon," said Mrs. Simpkins. "I think it is good for the saints to speak often to one another. Come again, soon, deacon, and borrow my 'Guide to Holiness.' " * "Thank you, thank you," said the kind-hearted deaccn, hastening his movements, seemingly alarmed at this second mention of the magazine. "Thank you. I am glad we meet so often in the house of God, sister." "I am never willingly absent from the means of grace," answered Mrs. Simpkins with something like a glow of satisfaction on her sweet face. "I am glad you love God's worship, sister. Good-by." And the deacon took his leave in no way benefited by his visit, and feeling that he had conferred no benefit. Mrs. Simpkins was on spiritual heights too far above him. He could not touch the hem of her garment. She flew upstairs to her nursery, and snatched the baby from Bridget. "Now go to your washing as quick as you can, and try to have it done in I some kind of season for once. And have your dinner cooked decently, for once, if you can." Not a word of thanks to the poor serI vant for having held the baby so long, while her work was lyir-.g undone below stairs. What had so suddenly changed Mrs. Simpkins' look and manners? What had driven away her sweetness and placidity, her heavenly smile? How changed lier voice was! So keen and cutting. How angry she looked as she called to her little son: "Jimmy, come here!" The boy obeyed. "Now don't you ever come again to the parlor when I'm there with pomnsnv." she exclaimed to the young intruder, as she cuffed him first on one ear and then on the other, making both ring. She did not call him darling, then. "You're the worst boy I ever saw," she went on. "How many times have" I told you not to come to the parlor when I'm there with any company? And yet you, always come. Just as sure as I am there, in comes your frowsy head." This was true, for the child was bright enough to know his opportunity. The only sweet liberal time his mother ever had, was when she was under the observation of company. Then, for appearance sake, she would always give him what he asked for. He always had to pay for it afterwards in tingling cars and smarting flesh, but he was well accustomed, toughened. and did uot mind them much. This unsaintly and ainwholesome treatment had only just been administered to Jimmy, when an odor of burning food was perceptible. ' Bridget!" screamed Mrs. Simpklns; "your soup is burning, Bridget I"' >>o answer; and leaving the baby with Jimmy, ^|rs. Simpkins flew to the kitchen and snatched a kettle from the stove. "What made you let the soup burn?*' she exclaimed, as Bridget entered. "I was on the shed, ma'am." "But you ought not to be out of | your kitchen when you've anything on the fire." "But I had to hang* out the clothes, ma'am, or they wouldn't be dried. I was so long with the baby that the washing's far back, ma'am." "I never saw anything like it. You've always some excuse, no matter what you do. Why didn't you set the soup back while you were on the shed:" "I did not think of it, sure." "And why didn't you think of it? I've tried so hard to make a good girl of you, and I declare I'm most tired out." "Well, I've thoughts of giving you ! I'OSC iroili mo. mwe s iiu m much said, aud being so tired, all for a sup o' broth." "No words, Bridget; I never allow my girls to answer back. It's bad enough to have my things burnt up, without any impudence from you." "You can look out for another girl to do your work. I can't suit you. and I you've leave to find one that can." j "IIow foolish in you, Bridget, to get i mad just for nothing. It was my place to get angry, and not yours. It was my money that was burnt in the soup." "Ah. and there was no money burnt at all. and 110 loss of soup, neither for the children and me'll have it all to ate.- burnt or not burnt?as you yourself knows well. And it's not all | about the soup; there's enough more; j fretting and fussing from morning till J night, whenever yourself's in the I house; and I'm running here for the I children, and there for yourself, and j me work to be done all the same, and 1 ye never pleased, but a1?ays this is * ... . -v , . wrong and the* other ain't right, and | me working til/ 1 can't hold me two ! 1 feet t'wunst to the floor for the pain, 1 and thin I've niver done the work / half well enough." ? "If your are dissatisfied, you had j better go, Bridget; but first consider ? what it is to have a good steady place, with good religious people. You Irish girls never know when you're well off." "And it's not well off auy one is, ?' that works in this house," answered Bridget. ? "I sha'n't listen to any more of your ^ impudence. Bridget. I wish you to keep on with your work till I can get an?>i'1 *' MVo Sin-inking VlUCl glli, OCWVA 4<A4 , T^iere was something indescribably galling and oppressive in her tone and si manner, that roused the worst feel- k ings the generous, good-natured Brid- b get was capable of. and she dashed 21 the dipper from her hand to the floor p before Mrs. Simpkins had turned her back. Mr. Simpkins came home tired and worn with business, and the flrst thing that fell upon his ears was the dash of u the dipper and the next a complaint g from his wife. cj "What worthless things these ser- j vants are!" -r "What now?" he asked. . "Oh, Bridget has flared up." "What's the matter?" "She complains of her work." "I don't much wonder. She's at it every morning at five o'clock, and I leave her hard at it when I go to bed, c and yet I don't believe it is ever done." m "Well, whose fault is it, I should H like to know?" asked Mrs. Simpkins. ir "It isn't mine. I know," answered C her husband; "and it don't seem to be c< Bridget's." tc "Then I s'pose you'll have it that it's si mine,'' responded me wue. "I didn't say so." "You might as well." A "Do you think so? Now whose fault is it? All our girls complain of g being overworked, and scolded, and ?c underfed, and underpaid; and you S( have the whole management of things 0] here. I leave all house matters to . a, you." rj "And this is what I get for my management," interupted Mrs. Simp- . kins. "But not all," responded her busband. "You get a great reputation for piety; a great deal of time to go to meetings, male and female, sewing societies, maternal associaitons, anniversaries, and every other religious meeting, far and near, that you can V hear of. And you get money for el 'Guides to Holiness,' and life member- p< ships, and great expensive frames to tt hang their certificates in, thereby obey- ol ing the Divine command, 'not to let si your left hand know what your right tl hand doelli,' all your good work done S( secretly thai you may be rewarded openly." \ "What has all this to do with Bridget?" interrupted Mrs. , Simpkins, a little touched by the cutting irony. L "It has a great deal to do with her," ^ answered her husband, "if it puts a g{ part of your work on her, or tires you out so as to make you cross and un- 1 reasonable with her, or if it makes you ' pinch her in wages, or deny her in food, or wrong her in any way; you'll allow that, won't you?" F "Yes, if it does." S( "Well, don't it? I ask the question.* "What would you have me do more tt than I do now? I should, like to g< know." "Perhaps not more, but I would have w you do somewhat different. You can tt make some equalization. Be as sweet gj and angelic with Bridget as you are ol with your deacons, as mild in the h, nursery where only God and the children hear you, as you would be if the Maternal Association were here. Show a little of your deaduess to the world and heavenly mindedness when the ^ new fashions come. Stop Taking the 'Guide to Holiness,' and give the monV.vi/lcfor hot' vifhtl'nl dnp. ' and perhaps 'twould ma:.e is better. c I'm sure it would make us happier, n and you, too. Suppose you try and ai give us a little more family piety. *c "This is my first sermon, and I hope a? it will be productive of good. There's b; no company here, so I won't pretend that it lias been preached from a 1,? sense of duty, but because I feel out ol of patience and just like speaking my fc whole mind." it Well, what did Mrs. Simpkins say in ra answer? This only: that she was glad er there was no one in her own family to ot hear him; that she was glad there ei were some people who had a good *( opinion of her: that the Rev. Dr. e3 Smoothtongue had told some of the ai church that very week, he wished there were a few more women just ^ like her ?'Wa *erley Magazine. "Was tlie Heaviest Man in England. The death was announced at Dover yesterday of Thomas Longley, whose chief title to fame was that he was tLie pc fattest man in this country. ki He even secured the recognition of st royalty, and in the jubilee year re- a-? ceived a message from Queen Victoria de "congratulating her heaviest subject hi upon his good health." CI He weighed about forty-six stone, sa and was over six feet in height, and measured seventy-one inches round the ar chest, eighty-three inches around the pi waist and twenty-three inches round ot the calf. lie was fifty-eight years of bi age. at Mr. Longloy was the proprietor of ze the Star Inn at Dover, and up to the ot time of ins death took an active inter- ot est in the affairs of the town. Until rr. the last year or two he was a frequent tr visitor to London. On these occasions s? lie traveled in a special railway carriage. and in going about town he rode in a furniture van. no ordinary vehicle :n being adequate to accommodate bis ur enormous weight. His death was due ^ to cancer.?London Express. | SOUTH CAROLINA ! STATE NEWS ITEMS, j c^ifMCMrNjcNirsirMrJ? t C - - - o For Murder of His wiTe. John Thompson, colored, was arrest- e d at Ten Mile Hill, near Charleston, a 3 ay or two ago by Magistrate T. D. reen. charged with killing his wife, s :11a Thompson, some time ago. i ?*? r Whitaker Killed by Gillis. McRae Whitaker, of Camden, was . liot and killed a few days ago at Boyin station, on the Southern railway, y J. E. Gillis. Whitaker was about ^ years old and Gillis is about 30. oth are prosperous farmers. * c n u ^ Congressmen Visit Navy Yard. A party of twenty-five congressmen, nder the escort of Congressman Geo. . Legare. of Charleston, visited the J ity the past week for the purpose of e ispecting the big navy yard and the fj nprovements that are being made by , le government in the harbor. ; i t Liquor Man Shot by Constables. A Charleston dispatch says: State onstables Owens and Hudson have lot M. S. Sullivan, a young white lan, while the latter was transporting quor in a steam launch. The shoot- ' tg occurred on the Cooper river off harleston. Sullivan is in a critical mdition. The constables surrendered > the sheriff immediately after the looting. I * ? rranging for Tuberculosis Hospital. Surgeon General Rixey, United tates army, is in Beaufort, arranging >r the establishment of a camp for ildiers affected with tuberculosis. The pen air treatment is to be tried, the s ck men to occupy tents. If the expe- * ment succeeds a permanent hospital I tay be established, and some of the * aildings of the old naval station may ? utilized. I * t ? 1 For Hampton Monument * From the county newspapers it is nmpd that a. nnmhpr of Confederate I eterans' camps are making a special J 1 Tort to raise the necessary amount by Dpular subscription for the benefit ot le Hampton monument. A number F f subscriptions have been received nee the legislature adjourned, but | ?ere is still about $5,000 to be sub-1 iribed. | k t Law and Order League Formed. j, A Temperance Law and Order f; eague has been formed in Newberry, l( le organizer being Rev. Vernon I'An- j $ >n ,of Columbia. The meeting was 0 aid in the opera house, much interest 11 sing taken in the proceedings by ; {, lose present. j The object of the league is twofold: j irst, to create respect for all law; ! r icond, to arrange to prosecute the ! a .iffty and to report any violators of ! v le law, and to wage war against evil! t Bnerally. I y After an address by Rev. I'Anson, in j hich he explained the purposes of | f le organization, the league was or- ! i inized, Mr. A. C. Jones being chosen t lairman. Another meeting will be ! sld at an early date. j iS i' * * * ! c Many Suits Against Railroads. j j Out of seventy cases on docket of ! (j te common pleas court, which con- p sned in Columbia last Monday, twen- e - of them are suits against, railroads j >r damages in various sums, and as a j q lie most of them are for large j t ncunts. The list includes demands s ir compensation for personal injuries j v > well as for alleged loss of property j 7 y reason of sparks from engines, and ; ? le usual other grounds upo nwhich ; j lilroads aresued in the courts. ?6cme j a : these cases have been hanging over i <3 u* several terms, but the great major- j 17 y are quite as numerous. Besides i p lilroad cases there are numerous oth-1 p s against telegraph companies and her corporations, local as well as for- s gn. All of this indicates that the fc iamage industry" is losing none of its y cpansiveness, and this is said without 1 q ly particular reference to any partic- j ar case that may be pend'ng in Rich- p nd cr any other county. j !T * * I A Report on Anti-Jug Law. a A Washington dispatch says: A re>rt favoring the passage of the Hep- j] trn and Bolliver bill granting the s atc's police power over original packjes of liquor shipped within their borers as interstate commerce has been ed in the house by Representative j layton, of Alabama. The report ^ ys: ' There has arisen cons derable misiprehension as to the meaning and | trpose of the proposed legislation. It. ; is been said by some to be a prohi- j L tion measure and by others to be an ; " tempt to deprive the individual citi- i n m of the right to have beer, wine and i ^ her liquors shipped to him from an- j s her state for his own use and enjoy- 0 ent. Neither of the assertions is j r ue. as (we think) has been demon- ! rated. I ^ "This bill is not intended to prohibit I s e sale and use of beer, wine or other { P toxicating liquors which have been j J" liformly held by the United States ro I a legitimate articles of commerce, n ;r j I1 - . ; . ,"v.d : s the measure designed to abridge he right of a citizen of one state 10 mport from another state such bc-veriges as he rnav uesire for his own use, I is before saying. The purpose cf th s iroposition law and its sole purpose is o allow each state to carry out its iwn domestic or internal policy in rc ;ard to the control of intoxicating bev- j irages within the boundaries cf the j tate. I "The sole effect will be to permit the j tate. if it so wills, to circumscribe the j ale of intoxicating beverages within j ts boundaries to the full extent that it nay desire to restrain such traffic or o regulate the sale of the same hrough the medium of its own laws, ncluding local option laws, high Iiense laws or dispensary laws." - * An elaborate banquet was given the iarty at the Commercial Club by the itizens of Charleston. On the depart-, ;re from the city several members of he party said that they had seldom in heir whole lives passed a more delightful' day. and that they would nevr forget Magnolia Gardens and the ^ P V?r> *1 V* o Y?V> rv ia.uu ucauij ui v>naiicoiuu uai uu.. rhe visits to the navy yard, to Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter were events n the day also that would long be reDembered, and the banquet was somehing that they had enjoyed from the intrance into the beautifully decorated oom to the time for departure. The courtesies and attentions shown he visitors wherever they turned ras marked and appreciated by the eneriainment committee. At the navy ard, on Sullivap's Island and on the Vistaria every individual with whom he party came into contact seemed >leased to be able to show a pleasant :ountenance and to do anything possi)le to add to the interest or pleasure >f the occasion. The dress parade by he troops on the Island was a very ineresting function. The attentions by the officers of the teamship Wistaria, while the congres:ional party was on board, were markid and fully appreciated. The entire >oat was at the service of the visitors ind the officers, assisted by Captain ienry Brown, retired, and Captain iVhitely, of the light house departuent, and they assisted the commitee in pointing out to the guests the daces of 'historic interest in the har>or. ALABAMA STATE PRIMARY irst Battle of Ballots Under New Constitutional Provision?Host of Candidates in the Field. ~ A general democratic primary was | isid throughout Alabama Monday for ! he nomination of seven supreme court ; udges. president of the state railroad j emmission. nine congressmen, seven- ; pen circuit judges, five chancellors, j cventeen circuit solicitors and num- ; rous county officers, and for the selee- ! ion of delegates to the state demo- j ratic convention which will be held ; n Montgomery May 25th. The race for president of the rail- j oad commission excited the largest j mount of general interest. There i tore four candidates?John V. Smith, I he incumbent; B. B. Comer, of Bir- j liingham; R. F. Kolb, of Butler coun- j y, aud H. C. Compton, of St. Clair j aunty: The race was conceded to be j etween Smith and Comer. The lat- j er represented the freight rate reform j lemeut, and that question was the is- i ue. | Five of the nine congressmen now in j ffice were unopposed for a renomina- j ion. They are Taylor, in the first j istrict; Clayton, in the third; Bowie, j n the fourth; Richardson, in the j ighth ,and Underwood, in the ninth, ! lob Graves, of Montgomery, opposed J Congressman Wiley in the second dis- | rict. In the fifth district there were j ix candidates seeking the seat made j acant by the death of Congressman j "hompson. They are Secretary of j hate Thomas Heflin, H. R. Golson. S. j . Catts, A. J. Riddle, Walter Smith ' nd Dr. A. J. Gcggins. In the seventh .'strict. J. A. Lusk opposed Cpngresstan Burnett. In the sixth Captain R. i Hobscn opposed Congressman Bank- j ead. There were twelve candidates for j even places on the supreme court j ench. They are Chief Justice T. N. ! IcClellan, who was unopposed; Judge j \ R. Dowdell. Judge J. R. Tyson, | udge Jonathan Haralfeon, all of the | resent court; Judge N. D. Denson, ! udge J. C. Anderson. H. C. Selheiiner, VT. W. Callahan. R. T. Simpson, Judge j l. D. Sayro, Chancellor R. B. Kelly ; nd Judge W. S. Thorington. Considerable interest was taken also ; a the seleet'on of delegates to the , tate democratic convention. I GORROTES TO FEAST ON DOG3. ? I i diet of Humane Society at St. Louis i to Be Ignored. There is groat joy in the Igorrote roervation at the world's fair in St. i .ouis. The Igorrotes are going :o i ave a dog feast, for which all arrange- j tents have been made. Six delicious } ogs were mysteriously tethered to < takes in the reservation Sunday and j arefully guarded by the savage Igor- ! ores from the Philippines. Governor Hunt, who has charge of j he Igorrotes, states that the humane j ociety cannot interfere with the pro- j osed feast, as the reservation is 300 j ards outside the city limits, which I lso precludes interference by munieial authorities. I ' OREAOED SCOURGES Cause Frightful Loss Among Russians in Manchuria. CHOLERA AND TYPHOID Diseases Said to Be Killing Soldiers by the Score in Harbin?Forces Arrive in Terribly Emaciated * Condition. .. A St. Petersburg special says: Tbe \ Japanese are not the only enemies the Russians have to fight. They have cholera and typhoid fever to contend with, as well as the armies of Japan. Advices received from Harbin state that the two diseases named are epidemic there and that hundreds of troops have been stricken. The new levies are the greatest sufferers. These men reach Harbin after a five-thousand-mile journey in a . terribly emaciated condition and fall ' -1 J X easy Victims to cnuiera. auu I Hundreds of the troops who are arriving at Harbin from Eurppean. . .. Russia are suffering from frost-bittea /? noses, feet and hands. It is no uncom- f mon thing to meet soldiers on the streets of Harbin whose noses have dropped off as a result of fro6t bite. Of course the cholera and typhoid, % which is raging, finds easy marks in soldiers whose strength has been sapped by the trials they had to undergo on the journey to Harbin. Cholera's Fearful Ravages. The mortality, according to advices received in St. Petersburg, is very great, and is said to be increasing daily. Entire regiments are reported ^ unfit for service. The military authorities express much concern over the reports fr6m Harbin. They fear that unless the cholera Is checked it will render the Russian armies unable to meet the Japanese in the field. The cause of the epidemic is ascrib-. ed to the filthy conditions which exist at Harbin. The streets are full of , offal and refuse, and the soldiers have to use the water of the Sungari river, which is as foul as any sewer. - * Harbin is the Russian base in Manchuria. From Harbin all troops arriving for the front are distributed. Thus , it is apparent that an epidemic of cholera at Harbin threatens the entire Rus- ' sian army in the east. . ,"X No Consuls to Manchuria. A Washington special says: The * state department has decided to find temporary employment for the persons , recently appointed to consular offices in Manchuria and wil make no effort to place them at their designated posts pending the issue of the war between Russia and Japan. Mr. Cheshire, who was nominally United States consul "'-1 <H I- - fVa lO iYlUKUCU, Will uc anotucu iu United States legation at Pekin. Mr. Davidson, who was name<f as consul to Antung, on the Yalu river, will be sent instead to Niuchwang to serve ^ as assistant to Mr. Miller, the consul at that point. Edwin Morgan, who was to have been consul to Dalny; will be sent lo Shanghai as assistant consul. > TROUTMAN SHORTAGE PAID. Bonding Company Hands Georgia Treasurer Check for $22,885. ' *-' 3* The American Bonding Company, through its attorney in Atlanta, paid Treasurer Park $22,SS5 Friday, the amount due the state because of the shortage of Cashier C. H. Troutman, of the bank at Milledgeville, Ga. Troutman recently committed suicide because of the shortage. He was treasurer of the state sanitarium and had been speculating with the state's funds. 1,1 Tha VinnrtirifT f.nnimv whirh was OH his bond made an investigation of the books and as soon as the exact amount of the discrepancy was discovered tendered the check to the state. The check was accepted, and the state re_ lieved me company from any further liability. . 0 PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS V .. 'J"? Hold State Convention, Elect Judge and Instruct for Roosevelt. ? Former Attorney General George P. Elkin was nominated unanimously for s^nreme court justice Wednesday by * the Pennsylvania republican conven- ^ J tion at Harrisburg. J 1 Governor Pennypacker, James Elver- ? son. 0. D. Blakely and Francis L. Robbins were elected delegates at large to * the national convention and instructed to vote for the nomination of President Roosevelt. % V HEARST DELEGATES BOLTED. Were Against Unit Rule Proposed in County Caucus Convention. The Essex county delegates to the democratic convention caucus met in Newark, N. J., Friday n'ght and seventeen Hearst deiegates bolted when a motion to adopt the unit rule pre- * vailed. The remaining delegates decided to support Former Senator Jas. Smith for one cf the delegates at large. , r jl