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IMMOF [By the late Jc Two caterpillars crawling By some strange accident Their conversation, pasinj Was that same argumenl That has been "proed an< Yea, ever since this w( The ugly creatures, Deaf and dumb i Devoid of features That adorn manki Were vain enough, in dul To speculate upon a futur The first was optimistic. The second, quite dyspepl Said number one, "I'm f Said number two, "I'm s : Our ugly forms alone wot And bar our entrance thr Suppose thai der.th should How could we climb the ( If maidens shun us as th Would angels bid us wi I wonder what great crii That leave us so forlorn Perhaps we've been uner 'Tis plain to me that life>s "Oome, come, cheer up,'' "Let's take a look upon Suppose we cannot fly lik Are we to blame for being Will that same God that d A prey to every bird that' Forgive our captor as he And damn poor us because Jf ve can't skim the air 1 A worm will turn 'for a' tl They argued through the s The ugly chinas composed And so to maice their fun< ' Each wrapped him in his 1 The tangled web encomp? Each for 'lis coffin made 1 All through the winter's chi Dead to the world, aye. de Lo. spring comes forth with She brines sweet justice fr She orealts the chrysalis, s Two butterflies ascend enci And so this emblem shall fo A sign of immortalitv. i ' ~ IT RING a summer which I 5J ~ y spent among the White O I ft O Mountains I became ac^ ^ Jv quainted with an old farm*y(OW er-hunter. Eben Holt, who knew more about the woods and "nil outdoors'' in general than any one else I have met. He related to me this adventure that he had had nearly sixty , years before: "When Cousin Thad and I were boys our families came up from Connecticut and settled in Grafton County, New Hampshire, in a rough region but sparsely inhabited by backwoodsmen/ That spring we were put to cutting i timber on the lower slope of Grantham Mountain, at the foot of which the farms lay. To save tramping back and i forth we carried our dinners, and as < fresh meaf was scarce we took along an old musket, called the Thunderer, < which Thad's father had given Inqp ] , and spent most of our " noon hour in { bagging such small game as we could t find. < "We had hardly swallowed the noon 1 'sn^ck' one day when a gray squirrel c darted across the open space before us r and scrambled up a near-by tree. Thad c grabbed the gun and fired, but missed, and the squirrel, evidently thinking u himself in the wrong place, started off d at a great rate, leaping from tree to b tree. o "We gave chase. On and on he led tl ns, straight up the mountain; some- i'1 times we thought that we had him, V and again he was far on ahead. We a scrambled over rocks and crawled under fallen trees and fell into hollows, n but foolishly kept on, with our eyes i'i rolled up to the heavens. . ni "But we had to give up the chase at vr 1 qcfr nn/1 f 11raw ~1 xvv ?? ?? v/uiocnc? UU LUC QLUUIIU l'? to rest and get our breath. a 44'I .say, Tbad, we've never been up m so high as this before!' I cried, sitting ei suddenly bolt upright, for I saw that ti; we were in the dense growth of the sli upper mountain, which we had been st strictly forbidden to penetrate. On the b( right, dark seamed sandstone ridges ai stretched upward to a huge pile of ugly looking rocks; gray mosses hung in in masses from the lower (lead cl; branches of the fir trees, which stood st so close together as to shut out every in glint of sunshine. The dampness and he gloom of the place were appalling even on to our healthy imaginations. Li 44 'Let's get out of this.' was Thad's ck comment, as he sprang to his feet. in< "We'll give old Grantham a hail, br though. Judging from these gray de Jocks we must be pretty close to his ear.' wi * 4'He pointed to ttie hanging mosses, at and tickled at his own wit gave a great an war whoop. Then we both turned to lie plunge down the mountain. A wail, !K> long and plaintive, sounded out of the tll( gloom below us in fearful echo to the shout. It arrested our steps and froze WI us to the spot in sheer horror. We knew that wild cry well. It had shiv- P?] ered down from the desolate forest 011 j1? many a cold night of the past winter. sending prickles of fear over us even " in the safety of the home firelight. am 44 'It's a painter!' we gasped. Again Th the cry sounded, nearer this time. wh 44 'If you ever hear that screech when it 1 out alone, boys, run bard for borne/ the father had once said. And run we did out now, but unfortunately, as the danger we was between us and that refuge we were obliged to scurry up the mount- aiu ain. Thad dragged the gun we never Bu thought of loading. Our small shot gar would but enrage the great beast ful Which was so rapidly overtaking us. sto; "We gained the ridges and ran on and on up their slopes, which grew the steeper, rougher and more broken the voi: higher we went. The cry sounded far nearer and nearer at each repetition, tal Breathless and exhausted at last we the sank down for a moment behind the win first obstruction: then a nearer scream or l nerved us to renewed efforts and we rag scrambled up again. c-he "Great masses of ledges now stir- "1 rounded us. Through monstrous cracks tied we rushed, over fallen blocks and tho round huge boulders. I tripped and at fell, but Tbjid jerked me up; the gun che fcTALITY. >seph Jefferson, actor.] t>n a leaf, in contact came; ; all belief. the very same, d conned"' from man to man, mdrous world began. ind blind, nd, 1 and wordy strife, e life. full of hope; tic, seeinea to mope, mre of our salvation." sure of our damnation; lid seal our fates, ough the golden gates. [ take us unawares, tolden stairs? ey pass us by, elcome in the sky? ; nes we have committed, and_ unpitied. ateful, unforgiving: not worth the living." the jovial worm reulied? the other side; e motlVor millers, caterpillars? oomed us crawl the earth, s given birth, eats and sings, we have not wings? ike owl or bat, iat.'" summer: autumn nigh, themselves to die; ?ral quite complete, ittle winding-sheet, issed them full soon, um a cocoon, lling blast they lay ad as human clay. all her warmth and love; om the realms above; he resurrects the dead; rcling her head, rever be II.. Harden. |||||| OTTO II caught and had to be extricated; roots clutched at our feet and briers tore our skin. Then that cry sounded, again, so near that we knew our pursuer was already on the ridge close behind. Frantic with fear we dashed headlong round a projecting mass of rock, and were face to face with a black hole, into which Thad scrambled without a moment's hesitation. I followed close on his lieels. Thpre Trie ! /??? d""--1 ? v* V ? wc iUUU i CHUU^U after we had squeezed through the narrow opening, and we could see the hard floor beneath us strewn with great stones, stretching away into darkness. " 'Block the hole! Block the hole!' I gasped, and together we strove with all our might to roll a stone before the Dpening. "Something hurled itself against the pbstruction as it went into place. We :elt the force of the blow as we desperately held up the barricade, and hrough the cracks we could see a treat, tawny colored beast striving to end the solid rock with her powerful laws. Her shrieks of baffled rage rere answered from the back of the , ave with snarls and cries! j "Thad groaned as the truth flashed ipon us. We were in the panther's \ en. Was the mate back there in that < lackness? Cold perspiration broke out j ver us as we braced our backs against j be barrier. There was a stir in the j ear of the den. Was it coming now? ^ i'e shrank closer together and shook f s with ague. ' fl "Something hot struck the back of i.v head and neck, and I felt the blood f an. With a yell that raised a pande- / V ionium of growls, snarls and spits, I ^ heeled round and saw that the old j iintlier had worked her paw through c crack between our barricade and the v outh of the "den, and was slowly wid- ^ ling the breach. Her head was parally through the opening, and at my a tout her eyes blazed more fiercely, but ^ te did not draw back. The heavy a lulder was slowly being shoved aside ^ id we could not hold it. p "In despair I drove my clinched fist to her face, ">and the outstretched 0; nws, already wet with blood, only rained the more to reach me. Snatch- tc g up the gun I showered blows on ^ t with the clumsy butt, but they 0] ily maddened the desperate beast. jc inging and leaping, pushing and aj iwing, she crept farther and farther, jn i*h by inch, inside, while Tliad aced his feet against the wall of the Vj n and held 011 in grim despair. fC 'I swung the gun round and thrust ft tli the iron barrel again and again ai the panther. With shrieks of rage 0f d pain the brute jerked back her ad. I kept deliriously thrusting, n( unding, clubbing, till Thad swung <ji ? stone into place again; then we r0 th braced it, facing the darkness q thin and trembled. ' T won't stand this,' Thad whis:ed, finally. Tin going to strike a t ht. Here, hold the gun; I've loaded (|r do I nervously clutched the weapon I felt Thad searching his pockets, w < ere was the scratch of a match, and bij at seemed to us like an hour before 4 lared up and we saw the interior of da ! den plainly. There was but one . ranee, and in the farther corner loc re curled up two panther kittens! 4 I fairly sobbed in relief and joy, coi I I rather think that Thad joined in. yo t at the strange noises the cubs be1 calling for their mother, and fearof her strength we hauled heavy nos to strengthen the barrier. We were in comparative safety for P** present, and for that fact were de- sei itly thankful, but our position was ^?1 from being an enviable one. In to- 1 darkness, shut up in a den among rocks of Grantham Mountain, 15 ere r.o one would ever look for us. ^ Eind us if they did. our jailer an ened panther?the prospect was not ering. e(* We grew hungry as darkness set- w0 I over the outside world, and we light of the hot supper awaiting us T home with fervent longings. We oth wed some spruce gum, which we bile had pried off the trees in the mornlnj It alleviated onr thirst a little, but wa not particularly filling. My neck wa bound up with our handkerchiefs, bi the scratches, although not very dee] ached and throbbed and added, to in misery. "What a night that was! The cub were hungry, too, and their outcrie were answered by the old panther, wh stirred about restlessly near the der once in a while emitting a screac which made our blood run cold. Some times we thought another cry echoe< from far off on the mountain, but th( mate, if it were he, did not appear. "Although we were so tired we die not dare to go to sleep, and it was wel thnt nnr noril ~ ? J-1? -1?" - ?- . w?>. pvi! rvt^JL uj uu me uiert, IOI as the cubs grew noisier the panthei again and again sought to gain en trance, and it was only by discharging the musket through an aperture intc the darkness outside that we were able to keep her off. "At last daylight came, and no prisoners ever looked out with more longing for freedom than did we from behind our rocks that morning. We were utterly miserable in our musty quarters. faint with hunger and thirst, and the continual wail of the cubs had become unendurable. "'Thad. why can't we throw them out?' I whispered, excitedly. 'If she would lug them off and purr over them a while perhaps we could skip out of this.' " 'Wo couldn't get the pesky things out!' Thad grumbled, disconsolately. 'The old one would be right on top of us if we moved the stone.' "Our late experiences added point to his objection, but as it was our only chance of escape we decided to try it. "Drawing off our coats we crept into the corner by the light of matches, and not without some scratches and a good deal of fuss, secured the kittens and wrapped them in the stout homespun jackets. Then in trepidatiou we laid the gun ready. I held the struggling cub close to the crack, and when Thad moved the barrier bundled it out and we swung the stone into place again. "The coat had no sooner touched the ground than with a spring from above the panther was on it, rending and shaking the garment with implacable rage till out rolled the cub, and then her perplexity was comical to witness. She was soon convinced that she 1 ad really regained her offspring, however, and after smellihg and licking it she laid hold of the loose skin on the back of its neck and moved proudly off with the young one dangling from her mouth. "'Quick!' whispered Thad. 'Throw out the other one while we know where she is.' "I did trundle it out, heels over head, and then we fastened up the hole securely. "The youngster expressed his resentment at this summary ejection in an 'I'll tell motkei*' whine that brought the old one bounding back. She grabbed him up in haste and lugged him off. too, and then we waited. "For hours we sat there, doing nothing but fume and sputter at our prediciment. Then, as everything was silent j n the woods ronn/1 nhnnf ttto. i ? ? uwwut ?* t UUUUCU :o reconnoiter for the enemy. Screwng our courage up as well as we could ve cautiously put out our heads, and is nothing happened we crept forth md peered about among the rocks. "No panther was visible, and careully removing our shoes we crawled ,j lownward oil our hands and knees, . :eeping well out of sight from above, teaching the smoother ridges we con- j luded to make a dash for it, and down re went, Expecting every second to* 1 ear that hair-raising scream behind. ( "Over ledges and down the mount- * inside we tied. We leaped from rock 1 d rock, and bounded over fallen trees i nd hollows, never pausing once till S re pitched over the rail fence into our c asture and knew that we were safe. "Feeling pretty shaky we struggled. 11 a little farther,, and then a feeble alloo brought all the home folks out > meet us?and perhaps we didn't! ? ave a high old time of it for the rest E that day! We were feasted and re>iced over iike prodigal sons, and our apetites were just right to take it all i. "Father and uncle had spent the pre- ^ ous night on the mountain, searching b >r us. The following day we showed 1 lem the den and recovered the gun n id our torn coats, but found no trace ti ' the panther or her cubs. She had 'taken herself to parts unknown, and s< wer again as long as we livpd there W ? W - ^ d Thad and I hear a panther screech 0j und old Grantham's head."?Youth's 01 )mpanion. A Polite Cabman. rhe usual Saturday afternoon throng, essed in its best, swarmed up and A wn Broadway. 1 cabby, leaning confidingly backird, said to another perched on the w; ;h seat of his hansom U: 'I haven't seen a prettry woman to- l( Si woman in the crowd, hearing. e >ked reproachfully up. 'Present company always excepted," a rrected the cabby politely.?New ^ rk Tress. po an Woman's "Good Time." ag Yoman is having a good time?some wj Dple think too good a time. The vants are not to be allowed to ther her, the children are not to be owed to bother her, her husband is t to be allowed to bother her. She Al to be free to lead the higher life, sounds brutal, but perhaps woman j s not intended to live free from all hers. Perhaps woman was intendto take her share of the world's Ra rk?of the world's bothers.?To-day. of wh he Shah of Persia has placed an- dai er order for six high class autotno- oul ;s in Paris. th( : BOYCOTT A MENACE IS It 7 Exporters :Appeal to Rooses velt to Pacify China. 5 ' HEAVY LOSS THREATENED a i 6 Snippers Ask Modification of Exclusion Laws as Only Means of 1 Satisfactorily Adjusting i the Matter. ! , ?? President Roosevelt held a confer' ence at the white house Monday with k about thirty members of the American Asiatic Association representing the . cotton textile industry and the iron and steel trade of the United States. The delegation entered a formal protest against such an enforcement o* the Chinese exclusion laws, as might imperil the export trade of this country with China. It was pointed out that the commercial organizations of China were threatening to boycott American made goods, especially cotton and steel products, unless arrangements were made whereby Chinese merchants, students, literary men and travelers could enter the United States without the serious difficulty i which they now encounter. The Chinese urge that members of the classes which, under our exclusion laws, are permitted to enter the United States, are often subjected to inconvenience and humiliation by the immigration officials and ask for more rational treatment of the exempted classes of their countrymen. The delegation was headed by John Ford of New York, secretary of the American Asiatic Association, wfc*. made an address, in which he said: "Mr. President: The American Asiatic Association is an organizatic* formed to co-operate with this government in maintaining and defending the trade and treaty rights of the United States in the countries of . Eastern Asia. Individually the members of this delegation speak for the cot ton textile industry of the United States, representing $500,000,000 of in- ! vested capital and 350,000 wage earn- ( ers, whose prosperity and welfare are today absolutely dependent on the re- ] tention of the market for the products 1 of that industry which have been ^ opened in China; they speak for at 1 least one department of the still great- 1 er iron and steel industry of the Ur{t- ( ed States; tbev speak for a branch of t our export trade which is growing 1 more rapidly than any other a:tf! * whose value in the current fiscal >ear a will probably exceed fifty million dollars. "The occasion of this visit is to invite your attention to the present unsatisfactory character of our rela- C tions with the Chinese empire and 7 the conditions growing out of those ii which directly threaten the continu- < ance of a profitable and highly essential part of our commerce. The a friendly character of these relations tl has been of late adversely affected by k the absence of a satisfactory immi- v> ^ration treaty between the United ft States and China and by the dissat>. sfaction of the mercantile class in ai Dhina with what they conceive to be c] he unjust and oppressive operation of si ;he rules i-dopted and enforced by the oi mmlgration officers of the Unitea n< Jtates in dealing with those of their w :ountrymen whom our laws declare nr sntitled to visit his country." ?? DATE OF PAYMENT CHANGED. lecretary Shaw Issues Notice to Na. tional Banks. Cc The secretary of the treasury Mon- da ay announced that the payment of ?ei tie second installment of the pubirc jm eposits called from the depository anks will not be required on July ai , the date named in the call, but -ft, lay be made by the banks at any 0f me on or before July 15. Cl-j The purpose of this change is to ab; sparate the transfer of funds of the jr.t easury from the heavy payments C0I f dividends and interest falling due the i the 1st of July. Ca J BANKER BIGELOW IN PRISON. hie rrives at Leavenworth Pen in Com- sue pany With a Counterfeiter. T.n Frank G. Bigelow, the former Mil- aet aukee banker, was landed in the ter cited States penitentiary at Fort javenworth Sunday night. Jofii leciale, a counterfeiter under a fivear sentence, was brought along as "V fellow prisoner. Ma; Bigejow seemed anxious to avoid aga e gaze of curious people and re- nea rters. He wore an old slouch hat sau d was not nearly as neatly dressed and the counterfeiter who was brought ran th him. Ed ? ... swc SMALL POX RAVAGES CITY. troi rial I Schools and Churches Closed at bell Grand Rapids, Mich. curi By order of the board of health, , 3 chu schools and churches at Grand ,pids have been closed on account thai the alarming spread of smallpox, beei ich has taken on the nature of a cou] ngerous epidemic. Figures giv6n ^cl 1 by the board of health show that ried >re are seventy-five cases . heai ' 1 SOUTH CAROLINA < .] STATE NEWS ITEMS, j (SMMCVNMfMCSMMCSli Fourth Bank at Newberry. Practically all the slock has beei I subscribed to the Mercantile Ex change, Newberry's fourth banking in siitution, and it is expected to begii operations as soon as headquarter! can be secured and fitted up. Only a few days' canvas was recjuir ed to raise the amount of the capita stock?$oC,C00. J. D. Davenport ol Newberry is the chief promoter of the enterprise. m New South Carolina Industries. The Chattanooga Tradesman reports the following new industries established in this state during the past W23jv: Iva?$200,000 cotton mill. Timmonsville?$40,000 lumber company. Sumter?$20,000 rice factory. Georgetown?$10,000 land company. Charleston?$10,000 bottling works; I $25,000 warehouse and fertilizer company; $40,000 canning factory. Rock Hill?Marble works. * * * Spartanburg Wants Encampment. Since the war department has settled the matter regarding the enca'mp1 ment of the state militia, providing the sum of $18,000 for that purpose; Spartanburg will endeavor to have the military authorities of the state select their city as the place for the gathering of the soldier boys. Charleston, Camden, Columbia, Anderson and firAPnVlllo lloro oanl. i-? * ? ...w uiiiv ta^u 1U tux 11 UCCU I places in the past where the soldiers j have encamped and the chamber of j commerce will take up the matter,! urging the advantages and facilities which Spartanburg has to offer as an inducement. * * * Augusta Man Files Suit. Suit has been filed in the United States circuit court at Charleston on behalf of H. H. Cummings of Augusta, Ga., asking that the Southern be restrained from operating the South Carolina & Georgia road, and that a reviver for the latter property be appointed and the road sold at pub^c luction. The suit is based upon alleged conflict of the Southern railway's operation of the South Carolua ind Georgia with the anti-trust laws )f the United States, it being held hat the operation of the road is ia estraint of trade. The case will b'e leard before Judge Pritchard, sitting it Asheville on June 26. * * * Mangled in a Runaway. P G. McCorkle, a cotton buyer of ( Ihester, met with a terrible accir.iou: ( - liie cut driving with his wife and ; ittie sen, and is thought to be fa'.aliy { ijured. ^ H'.s licrse was frightened by a dog ] nj si&'.ied to run, breaking part of le harness upsetting the vehicle am j icking Mr McCorkle in the face, ( ilieh was terribly mangled up to tU < jrehead. j Wnen the physicians finished cper- ; ting they had set most of the bone* \ f the face :-n their right position, but c lid that they did not have any hopes \ : his recovery, although they co.jld ? )t tell at this time. Mis. McCora e ] as thrown from the buggy, but was r ser.'CLsiy hurt, and the little bey e fared uuhurt. t t t To Consider Chinese Boycott. 1< President John A. Fant of Monarch 'tton mills, accompanied by hm ughters, Misses Lily and Ora Fant, :t Union a few days ago for Wash- . ^ ;tc?n. Major Fant's mission north is quite important one. He goes to attend 2 conference of prominent mill men y" the north and south, who meet to isiaer the action that will prob- ^ ly be taken by tbe Chinese govern- tJ :;r. in excluding from that country cj ton manufactured goods, owing ?e Tj 1 United States having excia.led in rnese labor from this country. ; w V committee of the conference will? c0 it upon President Roosevelt to urge . a to use his influence to bring about rP fa relations between China acd rL'e m ited States that will not prove (lis- wl rous to cotton manufacturing in-! ests. j . * I wl * ? J EOI IWanted for Assault. 1 0f Varrants were sworn out before cjj; gistrate Kirby at Spartanburg i0E inst Joseph McElrath, who lives rej r Clifton, charging him with as-. It and battery with intent to kill j trespass after notice. One war t was sworn out by his son-in-law, j Ollerson, while the other was; Coi irn out by John Perrison. The lble is the outcome of the mar- : ( *e of McElrath's daughter, Isa- ! Pa< a, to Ollerson, which event oc-' clu red recently at Glendale by TVil- the 1 Brown, while McElrath was at me rch. wo] 'hen he returned home and found 1 ; his daughter and Ollerson had bat i married and learning that the * pie were at the home of Perrison, i wh< Elrath, with blood in his eye, hur-1 obi to Perrison's home, while the 1 Chi 3 of the family was absent. He ' the \ ft , found the young man and woman, and 7 1 it is alleged that he seized a stick and i ; assaulted the bride, his daughter, and 1 groom. Perrison's warrant alleges | that in addition to the first named ' offenses McElrath assaulted the tcrl i mer's wife. I * * * News Notes From Anderson. At a meeting of the county fair association at Anderson plans were 1 made to make the fair in October s one of much importance in the upper part of the state. The races will oe * the chief attraction, and they expeu* ; to get quite a number of fast horses, ' and the riding and driving will be a chief feature. The question of voting out the dis-' pensary in the county is creating some interest. According to a statement made by the city clerk, it sho.vs 1 that more than $12,000 is received from this source into the city treas. ... . ury, ana if voted out it means an in-' . crease of from four to five and onehalf mills in taxes. This is likely to be the main issue of the question, not whisky or no whisky?but revenue or no revenue.' Although the election has taken place at Pickens and was overwhelmingly in favor of the dispensary being closed it remains open, owing to a failure of * sending the returns to the state of- V ficials and the state board has never : received a copy of the result. CALL FOR JUBILATION. President Jordan Asks Farmers Have Big "Hurrah" on Fourth. . President Harvie Jordan of the ? Southern Cotton Association has decided that the fanners in all of the cotton-growing counties should meet in their respective communities on M July 4th, have barbecues, speaking and make the day one of general re- | joicing this year on account of the splendid work accomplished by the farmers in reducing the cotton acre- age for 1905. President Jordan's call, In part, is yl as follows: "Every leport issued on the cotton * " acreage of 1905, including the United ill States government report of June 2ft, indicates beyond all question of doubt M that the cotton acreage for this year' ^ has been materially reduced by the farmers, thereby making another abnormally large crop with extremely low prices an impossibility. Southernv cotton growers are to be highly com- t 'i mended for thus standing so loyally by their pledges and promises, which *."> will save the south from financial ruin and disaster. The farmers also ' held their cotton from the markets M during a. most depressing period la H January and February, thereby emphasizing their ability to protect thely :; interests from the devastating influences of speculation. ' . "The Declaration of American In- ^ dependence from the yoke of foreigfc ^ domination was signed on July 4, 1776. $ [ think that a fitting day for southern ' | lotton growers to assemble together || ind declare their freedom and inde- |*| pendence from foreign combinations, which in the past have dictated the price of the great money staple crop )f the south. I therefore issue this || jail, earnestly asking that the cotton | jrowers, all over the south meet on . ruesday, July 4, 1905, either In their !"? ocal beats, townships, militia districts >r at their county s^hts, and have bar jecues or basket dinners, speeches .. tnd make of the day one of general ejoicing. I trust also that strong esolutions will be passed at these M aeetings emphasizing loyalty and pa- "'|j riotism to each other and agreeing hat no cotton shall be sold during /Js he balance of the present year for 2ss than 30 cents per pound." OPPOSE 'WAREHOUSE PLAN. M ew Yorkers Object to Certifying Cot* "j-M ton Stored in the South. A formal vote which has been taken f the floor members of the New ork cotton exchange shows that the J9 Ian of certifying cotton in southern ^ arehouses, which has been in agi- -rf. ttion for many months on the ex- * % lange, has considerable opposition. 'M ae vote was on the question of mak-v ^ g a change in the by-laws which J Duld be necessary before the plan uld be adopted. The members by ' vote of 53 to 40 refused to make the J quired change and sent the amend- ^ ent back to the board of managers M th instructions to permit the mem- -ij| rship to vote on the flan itielf. The plan provides for warehouses $J lere deliveries may be made in ten Jthern cities, under the supervision 'f. officers of the New York cotton ex- ?1 ange with proper insurance pcorrisis and with an officer in each, dtf presenting the exchange. CHINAMEN ARE TOO SLOW. *fg ntraetors Won't Use Them on the Roads in Mexico. 4 Contractors on the Vera Cruz and 'Im ;ific railroad have decided to ex- ^ de Chinamen from the ranks of . ir laborers. They have expert-, .-'jC nted with them and find that theu *|a "k is unsatisfactory. 'he road has 3,000 men at work relasting and constructing. 'lanters along the line of the road 3 used Chinese help also have beeE iged to let them go. While the ' nese do not shirk work or lay off, y are very slow.