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5:;; : " ' &?.ov M ' m THE KNIGHT ERRANT. Spirits of old that boro me, And set me. meek of mind. Between great dreams before me, And deeds as great behind. Knowing humanity my star As first abroad I ride. Shall help me wear, with every scai^ Honor at eventide. Let claws of lightning clutch me From summer's groaning cloud, Or ever malice touch me. And glory make me proud. >> > O, give my youth, my faith, my sword Choice of the heart's desire: r A short life in the saddle, Lord! Not long life by the fire. ?Louise Imogen Guiney. yf ? I Uncle I If 5 John's fe Carriage. Wr 2 | 5 By Mae Martin. fife" * * fm- '< Mrs. Otis with her six daughters, had gone to Wheatlands to spend the Summer.. "Yes, Uncle John," she "said to her brother-in-law, "I have six daughters of marriageable age. Pity me! I pray ||! daily for strength to help me bear *' such a burden. The winter has been i^Csh'- for me a campaign of husband hunting ;p -f tor them. This summer I have come I;>; into the country to recruit my energies." v "Umph! Well, Nellie, I've let you the place at a low figure, and I hope you'll enjoy the summer." Uncle John rose and took his hat. He lived half a mile from Wheatlands, with Its comfortable old farmhouse and fallow lands, where Mrs. Otis had just taken up her abode; and, as he departed, he observed: ' " "I'D come over occasionally and take * the girls for a ride around the counP try a bit" 3 "Yes, do!" said Mrs. Otis. The suggestion pleased her faintly, through her fatigue and care. She had p an idea that Uncle John was rich. For forty years he had been sowing and reaping in that quiet place, living in the simplest and most inexpensive * manner, and ^t seemed probable that i' he had saved a large amount of money. Nell, who was "merry and glad," with the" care free heart of fifteen, and Bess, who was "loving and giving"?too gen erous and tender-hearted to give anyi: body a moment's pain?pronounced > -Wheatlands "delightful;" but the pretty brunette twins, Olive and Ora, who ; were separated from the flattery of ' their beaux?Laura, who was always dissatisfied and Mattine, upon whom thb heat and burden of the day fell heavily?did not like their new home. |i. "Don't complain to me of Wheatlands being dull and lonesome," said If--: Mrs. Otis, fanning herself resignedly. "I feel as if I'd done the best thing :v - possible for you all in coming here. We couldnlt bear living in town another " day until you have some new dresses, and I must get rest before we see another soul." > "I'm content," said Nell rocking her Ijfej kitten.' "And I," said Bess. "There's such a }b: lovely landscape from my bedroom window^ and the birds sing so sweetly, and there's wild roses coming into blos?>m all round the gate." H 'Tour uncle offered to come over 'and take you out riding, girls. You can v: go and see the country, and by-and-by, Wb: when the guests come to the seaside hotels, perhaps?" - ^What's that?" interrupted Laura, in p* v a tone of horror. There had ambled to the gate a large, antiquated" buggy, so dilapidated. and altogether grotesque that it had long been the laughing stock of those ,VC familiar with it To the eyes of the London-bred ladies, the vehicle, to " which was attached a meek, fat, white korse, was frightful. "Do people here ride in such a thing i S as that?" cried Ora. : "Hush! It is your uncle, and he is | coming in," said Mrs. Otis, faintly. "Heavens! Look at his coat!" cried P" ' Olive. I The garment referred to was an an * dent and queer as his carriage; but f"-' apparently quite ud conscious of anything peculiar in his appearance/ Uncle . John, unbent as an Indian with his ysixty odd years, walked into the sitting room. ^ f. ; fit's a nice day, I thougfit I'd come . and take one of the girls for a ride," he said. Olive and Ora hastily escaped from y the room, Mattie bent silently over her t- sewing, Laura sniffed, Nell giggled; oni. ly Bess spoke up, queenly and well: "How kind of you, uncle; I shall be delighted to go. I have been longing _ y- all week for a drive." fcC; - Bess was, perhaps, the plainest of the well favored sisters, but she had a radiant color, kindling brown eyes, and a certain dainty set of the head, ' which seemed to find favor in Uiicle Syjy John'a sight He looked down with fee ' a sudden twinkle in his eyes. "You're my girl. Come, then!" She came home from the first ride |v, V with her hands full of pinks and waterpyy. lilies, to go again and again on these delightful rides with Uncle John, always jubilant, caring nothing for her f/C sisters' ridicule. Even her mother said ;y plaintively: "What should you do, Bess, if some of our town friends should come this bH;'; way and see you in that horrid car. \V riage?" m-: . "I should bow to them," answered ;p Bess coolly; wmcn sne accordingly uiu * when she came face to face with the fit Elmo family, in their glittering vehicle. !?\ "What a lark!" cried Eustace, falling iback among the cushions in inextinguishable laughter, after he had passed Bess. The color did deepen in her face as she met the young man's eyes, but she hid it in the huge bunch of water . ' < \ V - * t lilies in her hand, and Unci? John smiled, shrewdly. "You're uncle's girl, sure enough, ; Bess," Mrs. Otis would say, after that; for there came peaches from the old man's garden, big and golden?strawberries, scarlet and melting sweet? crimson cherries, and pale spice sweetings?and they were always "for Bess." "It's just as well," Mrs. Otis would say to herself. "Perhaps he'll do something for her by-and-by." Bess met Eustace St. Elmo's eyes a { little proudly at the first party where j they.met; but he came to her side with a winning grace, and begged to dance with her so many times during the evening that lookers-on said, "It will be a match.*" It was certainly for some reason of this kind that the winter passed very pleasantly to Bess, as well as the summer. When spring broke, there came sudden news of Uncle John. His death had suddenly occurred, and the lawyer's letter said: "He has left a legacy to his favorite niece, Miss Bess. She had better come down here." So the family made a flying, excited trip into the country?only Bess was crying. When they reached Wheatlands, which had been opened for their re ception, tney rouna me oequeai awaaiing Bess. What do you think it was? The antiquated carriage and ancient coat "Shameful!" cried the girls. 'The old miser!" exclaimed Mrs. Otis. "He has taken all his money with him!" The lawyer, who was a friend of Uncle John's, stood by. "1 would advise Miss Bess to examine her articles of property carefully," he hinted. As he spoke, he looked curiously at the button of the old garment which he held in his hand. Bess looked, too. Something yellow shone through the worn meshes of the cloth. She scraped it a little with her finger nail, and saw a five pound piece. "They are all alike, these buttons," said the lawyer with a smile, "and there are a hundred of them."' "Oh!" shrieked Mrs. Otis; "to think that ridiculous old coat should be worth five hundred pounds!" and she took it eagerly into her possession. "As for the old carriage?" said the lawyer. "It's stuffed with notes!" cried Mrs. Otis. *Io. it wasn't stuffed with notes, and uncle jonn naa not leri ms lavurue niece all his fortune; but under the seat of faded green cloth was found a title deed to Wheatlands, bequeathing that valuable property to the girl who had wished always to live there. It was a happy bequest; for a^ter Bess had married Eustace St Elmo, and much of the St. Elmo wealth was lost Bess, with her husband and little ones, made a happy home at Wheatlands.??New York News. TOO MUCH UGLY FURNITUREParson Wagner Makes a Telling Point Against One American Evil. Parson Wagner, who tells us that we ought to live simpler lives, Is fighting a losing battle, because he is combating human appetites, which grow by what they feed on and become stVonger in proportion as civilization finds new means to pamper them. It may be desirable, but useless to tell us that we should be better off if we preferred mutton and turnips to French sauces and foie gras with truffles, and if we drank spring water .instead of Chauteau Yquem and champagne. But there is one piece of advice he gives us that there is a chance we may heed, because the practice against which he protests gratifies no human desire and is obviously wasteful and absurd. This is his advice, not to throw money away on superfluities of furniture. One does not realize what an excess of furniture the average American home contains until he looks around with the idea in his mind. Much of it is absolutely ^useless, always ugly, and often in "shocking bad taste. Especially is this true of the furniture found In the homes of people of moderate means, bought cheap, and precisely the same in all of a hundred thousand houses. ?he result is that the.average interior is not only an eyesore to persons of cultivated taste, but is so crowded and littered up with veneered monstrosities that it i3 exasperatingly difficult to navigate. If a third of it had never been acquired the household would be healthier, happier and much more comfortable. Sensible people who desire to get all they can out of life will carry as little impedimenta as possible on the journey. As one of the richest women in Chicago was heard to say when she closed her great mansion and discharged most of her servants to move into a comparatively modest flat: "If I could have my way I would own nothing but a bank account and a traveling bag; and the smaller the bag and the bigger the bank account the better I should like it"?Chicago Journal. Siwash Fishing. The Siwaslr Indians on Puget Sound make their living principally by fishing, but the Siwa3h buck does not condescend to go out for his evening meal of smelt or sardines with a hook and line as the white man does; he takes a long pole and for two feet from each end he makes a sort of comb of it by driving through it long, tin French nails, then he launches his canoe and goes out for a pleasant sail. He paddles easily with the pole, and every few minutes he pulls up a fish impaled on the nails. With a shake he drops it aboard and then calmly continues his paddling. ! FAMILY BUTCHERED Man, Wifo and Four Chilrlrpn Rnitallv MnrHprprl U I VJ I I U U IUI I 7 III U I U VI VUI J j | ! BODIES ARE CREMATED i * i Heinous Crime Occurred Near Little j Town of Wauchula?After All Had Been Killed Torch Was Ap- j plied and Home Burned. i 1 The little farming community of ; Wauchula, in Polk county, Fla, was plunged into excitement Thursday j morn.ng by the discovery of a crime | equaling in horror that tragedy at Statesboro. Ga., last year. / The home of John Kirby, a farmer, who moved to that locality last October fromBlount county, Alabama, was found in ashes, and in the smouldering ruins were found the bodies of Kirby, his wife and four children, ; laugiug i" irurji a aoy OI 1Z 10 I an infant of one year. The whole ne.ghborhood soon reach-1 ; ed the scene and an investigation was; j made, which resulted in inevitable i conclusion that the entire family, had j i been murdered and a torch applied to I t the dwelling. A hammer was the only weapon found in the ruin, which could have ) I inflicted the wounds. t The coroner's I jury was empaneled and, after mak-, ing examination of the premises, rendered the verdict that the family came to their death "by fire or some other means unknown." While many theories are entertained regarding the crime, no traces oi the perpetrators can be found. Soms believe other members of the family were murdered in bed by bing knocked in the head, and Mrs. Kdrby was outraged and then killed by some oth er means. A thorough Investigation is undex way. FAVOR PRESICCNTS ATTITUDE. Meeting of Cotton Growers at Nevi Orleans Meeting Adopt Resolutions. At the Cotton Growing convention In New Orleans, the following resolution was adopted: "Be it resolved that we endorse the movement on foot to endow the interstate commerce commission with full and complete control over" such dlscriminations and abuses; with power to enforce their findings, and request all southern senators and commission men to support and aid in the passage of these in every way possible." MRS. CHADWICK BANKRUPT. Trustee Will Be Elected to Tike Charge of Property. Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick has been formally adjudged a bankrupt In the United States district court at Cleveland by default. She failed to file an fenswer with the legs*! time limit to the bankruptcy proceedings brought against her sometime since.As a result of the court's action, the creditors will meet and elect a trustee to take charge of her property until It shall be sold. , MARINES TO SAN DOMINGO. j Five Hundred Stationed at Panama Rushed to Black Republic. Considerable excitement has been created on the isthmus of Panama oy the receipt of orders by the converted cruiser Dixie to proceed at once to the island of San Domingo, where fighting has broken out in the streets, and become so general that the assistance of the 500 marines quartered upon Empire hill are considered absolutely necessary by the United States. "i will get justice above." Was Declaration of McCue When Told Appeal Was Denied. The Virginia supreme court of appeals has denied the supplementary appeal in the appeal of ex-Mayor McCue of Charlottesville, convicted of I wife murder. He was sentenced to be hanged January 20 and was respited by Governor Montague until February 10. When informed that the court had refused a hearing in his case, McCue took the news calmly for a few minutes and then said: "I will get justice above." He broke down and cried. JUST AS WAS EXPECTED. New York Club Women Come Out as Advocates of "Race Suicide." The woman's society for political study at New York discussed the injustice done to children in large families, where the parents are unable to support them properly and after due i consideration those present came out I strongly in support of "race suicide." TROUBLE IN FINLAND. Cossacks Patrol Streets of Helsingfors to Overawe Revolutionists. Cossacks are natrollng the streets of Helsingfors. Finland. A big demonstration is expected upon the arrival of Finns who h2d been expelled from the country and who recently were given permission to return. I V > V -:>r^; -'\V - -v -.;* *' . . -r : ' V - ^ . '. . % ffr ? V ?$*?? SWAYNE IS ARRAIGNED. Through Attorneys, Florida Jurist js Haled Before Bar of Senate and Given a Week's Further Time. I A Washington special says: Through his counsel, consisting of Former United States Senators Anthony Higgins and John M.. Thurston, Judge Swayne j Friday afternoon appeared in the sen ate to mitKe answer to nis summons in connection with the impeachment proceedings against him as judge of ! the United States court for the northern district of Florida. . Before 1 o'clock the galleries were packed and areas back of the senators' seats were filled with members of the house who were present to attend the ceremonies.' At 1 o'clock Seiiator Piatt of Connecticut, was called to the chair. Five senators who were not1 present on the previous day were sworn. A message was sent to the house announcing that the senate was sitting for the trial for the impeachment. Six of the house managers soon appeared and the proceedings of the last session of the impeachment proceedings were read: Former Senators Anthony Higgins and John M. Thurston took seat3 as counsel for Swayne. When Judge Swayne was summoned to .appear at the bar of the senate, Mr. Higgins responded. Through his counsel Judge Swavne; asked seven days to make answer. An order was entered that Swayne. answer on February 3. ' Manager Palmer offered an order that witnesses be summoned on the 10th of February and that the trial proceed on February 13. M*. Thurston suggested that the trial proceed February 10. Mr. Bailey thought the trial could proceed on February 3. Mr. Spooner said it would he undue haste to have the trial proceed on the , day the answer Of Judge Swayne was made. Manager Palmer though the time I should be extended as proposed in or- j ' der that all pleadings might be properly, formed. ? In reply to Mr. Blackburn, Manager Palmer said that he thought the time had been extended as proposed in order that all pleadings might be properly formed. All pleadings must he submitted to I the house for approval. Mr. Falrbank stated that he offered the order of summoning witnesses for the 10th on the understanding that the managers could not off^r such order. - It was agreed?to - and the senate. as> a trial court adjourned. i REVOLT IN RjJSSiA CURBED. Strikers Being Held in Check by the Strong Arm of the Military. Associated Press dispatches from St. . Petersburg 3tate that while no further encounters between the strikers and the authorities have occurred, reports frvm other points indicate that the strike movement is spreading. At Mitau bodies of strikers marched to the shops and compelled the men who were at work to leave. The Warsaw strike begun Friday is spreading rapidly, but without disorder. A general strike has begun at Lodz. At Moscow and St. ^Petersburg the authorities have the situation under control iand the day passed quietly. In the former city some men have returned to work. Advices from St. Petersburg are to the eject that the authorities regard the danger of a general tie-up% of Russian industries as past and assert that the attempt to convert the movement into a political revolt Sas failed. The government's promise of shorter hours of labor has been proclaimed in Moscow and other cities and zemstvos had the effect on tlje workingmen. The political side of the movement is again sinking beneath the surface. When and in what form it will break out only the future can determine. . The authorities everywhere seemingly are attempting to treat the workmen whose aspirations i are purely economic without harshness and are appealing to their patriotism. by pointing out the benefit which j will accrue to the Japanese by a susj pension of work at the arsenals, dock yards, etc. - - > J 'I-. On me oiner nauu. iue <X UIUU1 llico are putting down the revolutionists with a stern hand. The latter have again been forced to cover, meetings being almost fmposs'ble. Many foreign correspondents come here to find that the acute stage is past and some of them have been driven to repeating the horror stories of Sunday, while others are indulging in the wildest in! ventions. particularly abort the inI trigues and terrors prevailing at court. The latest sensational report is that J the emperor and the imperial family ; have fled to Livadia. banker under charges. A. L. Hunt Accused of Embezzling Sum of $36,000. A. L. Hunt, who was connected with the Pan-American Bank of Chicago, - - ' ? navfrol ':1aVS which closed us uouu OW V Vi ?*? ? ago. lias been arrested in New York, charged with embezzlement. Hunt was arrested on the request of Chicago police who notified the New York authorities that they had a warrant for Hunts arrest on the 1 charge of embezzling $36,000. I V* - v ' - ' ?? -v. ;. ' R . V * V* f V - 1 \ SOUTH CAROLINA I! j; STATE NEWS ITEMS.. ^ Hospital is Assured. The hospital in Union is now an as- j sured fact, as a fine site has been j purchased, and over $2,000 quickly sub- j svribed in a partial -canvas of the town. * * * New Industries Reported. The new industries established in South Carolina the past week were j the following: Conway, $5,000 hard-j ware company; Union, laundry; Coo-1 way, furniture factory. i For South Carolina Rivers. South Carolina items in the rivers j and harbors bill now befqre congress J ate as follows: Charleston harbor! $25,000; Santee, Wateree and Conga-! ree rivers and Estherville-Minim creek I canal, also diversion of unexpended j balance of $25,000 for dock and dam, $25,000. * ? e Cain Brothers Sentenced. | At Greenville United States, Circuit | Judge Pritchard sentenced "Ball" I Oaine and his two brothers to a term j of four months in jail at Charleston for contempt of court for disregarding an order of Judge Simonton enjoining them from trespassing on lands leased by Alexander R. Chisolm of New York and Cleveland K. Smith of Memphis, Tenn., members of the Annandale Gun Club. * Opposes Biennial Sessions. The house judiciary committee has unfavorably reported xhe biennial session's'measure on the ground that the amendment to the constitution had been improperly submitted to tne people for one reason. The constitution had not been comp.i ' with because the proposed amendment was not printed on, the journals of the two houses by the last legislature. * Judges Elected by Legislature. In joint assembly Judg? Gary was re-elected without opposition. D. E. Hyrick was elected to succeed Judge Townsend, going in on the first halloi by one vote. The vote was Hyrick 78, Townsend 60, C. P. Sanders i Spar? tanburg 15. Seventy-seven was necessary to a choice. The total voio was 153. D. J. Griffith was re-elected superintendent of the penitentiary without opposition. 9 ? German Cruiser Sails Home. The German cruiser Wjotke, which has been nearly two weeks at Charleston, has sailed for home, and the officers, cadets ^nd sailors on board will next set foot upon their native soil. The cruiser's men were royally entertained while in Charleston, and ell the boats in the harbor saluted with whis-. ties and flags as the vessel steamed out of the harbor. J . * * * Fire at Qennettsville. The Southern Cotton Oil Company's plant at Bennettsville hae been destroyed by fire, resulting in a loss of about $100,000, partially covered by insurance. The fire originated in the ginhouse, and owing to a high wind and the waterpipes being frozen, the flames were not under control .until they had burned five hours. Ahbut 2,000 tons of cotton seed meal and a quantity of oil was destroyed. Penitentiary Directors. For penitentiary directors to succeed J. 6. Mosley, A. K. Sanders and M. O. Rowland were nominated for re-election in the legislature, and W. D. Kirby of Cherokee, and B. I. Holman of Aiken were put up in opposition. Messrs. Kirby, Mobley and San-| ders went in on the first ballot, which j resulted: Rowland 65, Kirby 120, Mob-j ley 140, Sanders 120, Holman 12. In i the last election Arthur Kibler of New-1 berry wa3 elected without opposition to succeed Colonel L. Blease, resigned, as trustees in the colored college at Orangeburg. Fire Losses at wiilon. I With an icy glae blowing Union ex- j perienced its worst fire in many years one day the past week, the loss ot: nmnoptv runniinr mi to nearly $50,0UU, ! I""!'1-' -J a ?_ . on which there is only abcut $21,000 j insurance. The losses and insurance: are about as follows: People's Supply Company, three-sto-! ry brick building and two-story frame j stable, loss $20,000, insurance ..<10,500. Masonic Lodge Quarters, in third story of this building, valued at $8,000; ' insurance $4,000. Union Carriage Works, owned by L. S. Townsend, $1,000, with $500 insurance. # W. F. Hughes' stock in carriage works, $1 ,750; insurance $550. Bailey Lumber and Manufacturing Company, $3,000; insurance unknown. Miss Emma Brandon's residence, $4,000, with $1,000 insurance. Jeffries' building, $3,000 with $1,400 insurance. I ir ... 1 * .. . - , ;V , ,_ ' <=!'j " H? ???????? T. E. Bailey, undertaking, $1,500 $1,000 insurance. Wl. T. Tracey, $500, with no insur-" ? ance. - jb W. Newell Smith, loss $100. Mrs. C. R. Robertson and J?raf.\ ; Nannie Porter, loss $300. B. F. Arthur's furniture damaged, | about $500. * Jacob Rice's cottage, $1,000; insur- :rfjM ance, $500. - ' ' For a while it seemed as If the % whole residence portion of East Union ^ was doomed, as fires were breaking out in widely separated localities? two fp cottages being thus destroyed, but as- 'V* sistance was gotten from Spartanburg by special train, and the fire was gotten under control. -No casualties oc- ^ curred, but there were several narrow . 5 escapes. VAROAMAN TO, TERRELL. What Mississippi's Governor. Said to the Governor of Georgia. Governor Vardaman of Mississippi Monday evening sent the following telegram to Governor Terrell pf* Geor* lH gia: "Permit me to congratulate the ~0*>& white people of Georgia upon' the character of their chief executive and. ^ggf to commend you, my dear air, moet heartily for your conduct in refusing </%'i to allow the state of Georgia to be dishonored by being represented at the inauguration of the president by a negro military company. "This act will bring down upta your devoted head the severest condemnation of the negrop^iles of t$e north, the office-bribed referees of .-iS the south, and a few broadminded and '$ patriotic officeholders and political 1 creatures of both sections, but nine* tenth of the decent, liberty-loving, , self-respecting white people of tilt. ii south commend your act. "I thank God that a few of the faithful old guard are with us still; southern gentlemen in authority who ^ cannot be bribed with federal 'patronage or debauched with presidential ' ->' flattery. x "JAMES K. VARDAMAN." TROUBLE IN PHILIPPINES. Martial Law Practically Established * * | In Two Provinces, A Manila special says: Habeas cor- >* pus has been suspended in the province of Cavite and Batanges. Gen- Cj eral Corbln is cooperating with Gen erai wngnu ' Federal troops, consisting of detachments of picked sharpshooters, work in conjunction with the ngtivw scoots and the constabulary. Federal . troops ganisonnheitowns nnd mar^al < law has practically been established. rThe force of the bandit la drones is estimated' at 500. The bandits have intimidated peacefully Inclined natives, who have been forced to assist ^ them. ABDUCTED GOVERNOR'S WIFE^ |~ Ladrones on the Warpath Led by Out v .^jgj laws and Aided by Negroes. A Manila special says: Additional "|H details regarding the attack by -Ladrones on the town of San Francisco ,' ; de Malabon Thursday night. In which Contract Surgeon J. A. O'Neal and v one member of the constabulary were 1 killed, are showing that the Ladrones \\ numbered 300. They were led by famous outlaws, who were aided by two American negroes. k.' The home of former Governor Trias was attacked and his wife and two $ children abducted. RUSSIANS BLUFFED JARS, *';f Used Only Blank Cartridges at Fi-st :0 Port Arthur Nava! ght. Captain Katrzow, commanding the w Russian torpedo destroyer flotilla, -which escaped from Port Arthur ami >-'* entered the harbor of Chefoo Monday tells a curious story of bluffing by the Russians at the beginning of the war. when, although there was plenty of ' ammunition at Port Arthur, there was i none on the ships under Golden save blank cartridges used for sa- . intea, ' 'v, On 4hre*? occasions when the Japan" ' i ?> ese warships approached at long range, the Russians opened a noisy fire with . ; blank ammunition, the Japanese in each instance retiring. TO BOOST FOREIGN TRADE. President Recommends the Appoints ment of Special Agents. The president Thursday sent t message 10 the senate recommending v.^|| action upon a suggestion made by As-. sistant Secretary Loomis for co-opera- ; tion by the departments of state and commerce and labor in collecting in- 'CM formation concerning trade conditions lit foreign ountries. The president recommends that ? ^ provision be made for the appointment of special agents for the purpose. MUST SERVE PRISON TERM. j Machen, Lorcn: grid the Groffs Lose JpjS Out Before Supreme Court *il Tbe supreme court of the United - ugj States MCnday denied the application ' WiS oi August Wi Machen. George E. Lorenz, Diller 13. aD.-I Samuel 4 Oroft ;*J| for a writ of certiorari in the case . } against tbem charging conspiracy to defraud th& government in connection with tb6 pcstofflce department lrreg- ^ alariilo?. , ' . -/$ ~ :>^i8b?bh0e??