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v>' % MY SKY SEA. The prc.it sky bending over me Look* just exactly like the sea; It seems quite near when coid and gray, When blue i. stretches far away. I watched the white cloud masses lie L'lose to the housetops, round the sky; rhev look like surf, all white with foam, And so 1 have the sea at home. But when the clouds move slowly by, Across the blue, blue ocean sky, ' Erich one, as on they stately float, Becomes a shining fairy boat. The largest, finest cne I hail, And jump aboard, and then set sail? As everyone must understand? To find the port of Fairyland. The wind propels us and we glide Until we reach the Other Side; And there what joy and wonder wait, Inside the poi<f, and past the gate. for everything that lovely seems, And everything you see in dreams, Ar.d all the longings that vou feel? In Fairyland they all come real! ; i : IN A j j PERILOUS FlXj ^ By Grace Leigh. * ____________________ T'S the strangest noise I ^ ever heard. The house O T O must be haunted, for only 31 f> a ghost could be guilty of ..." Voif making such an unearthly sound." "Nonsense!"-replied my sister Hattie, ivitU a little, nervous laugh. "It's only the wind, or a mouse stirring there." Hnttie glanced apprehensively over : . ' her shoulder in the direction indicated, quite white and startled. "How foolish it was of us to think of staying -two whole nights in this great t old house alone! I wish Cousin Jack iwere here, for if a ghost were really to * make its appearance what should we ever do?" "I am not so much afraid of ghosts troubling us as I am of robbers. Thank heaven, all the doors are locked, and no one can get in without our hearing them," said I. During the absence of our parents, who had gone to visit a sick relative living in a neighboring town, my sister Hattie and I had volunteered to stay at home and take charge of affairs until their return. The only person besides ourselves in the house?a great, ramb- : liUg old structure, with many cmmneys and gables and weather-stained porches ?was a female domestic, who slept in a remote chamber on the first floor. We iwent up to our room early in the evening, for we felt a little timid in spite of the often expressed assertion that we .were not a bit afraid. The silver was kept in a small safe in my mother's apartments, which communicated with ours and could not be reached otherwise without going , through a long hall, the door of which jwas both locked and bolted 011 the inside. The noise that had so startled us was unlike anything I had ever before < heard?a kind of stealthy, uncertain rustling, as if made unintentionally and entirely against the will of what- i -ever or whoever it was thai occasioned r Naturally courageous, and accustomed to acting as well as thinking for : myself, I arose, locked the door, dropped the shade, and took a look ; around the room. No sign of either ghost or robber was to be seen. . "A brave pair we are, i must say," said I, taking a volume of Scott's poems from the table and beginning to ; read aloud from the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," but I bad scarcely read three lines before the same low, strange rustling sound was heard again. Hattie quickly turned and looked in- , quiringly at the big closet in the corner, the door cf which stood partly open. A large, old fashioned oak chest was in one corney, and above it hung dresses, skirts, wraps and ladies' ap- , parels of all kinds. "It must surely be a mouse, Grace, for there can't be auytking else in the closet," said Hattie, in a frightened .whisper. - I got up and flung the closet door wide open and gave the skirts a vigorous shake. I even mounted the old chest and took a prolonged survey of the upper shelves, moving bonnet boxes and shawls and everything P within my reach, but mouse there was none, nor any indication that one had ever been there. t "It is very odd," observed Hattie, in a low tone, noting anxiously the result of my search. "I wonder is there truly are any such things as spirits?" |: "Of course not. We are only a little nervous, for there is really nothing here," and I gave the skirts another Bhake by way of adding point to my words. Hattie said no more and I resumed my seat, firmly determined not to again allow my fears to get the better of my reason. Hattie, after a while, said she would go to bed, and I might have Scott and the ghost all to myself. But it was rather lonely sitting up all alone, so I thought The wisest thing I could do was to follow her example?but not until I had again made sure that the J J J v. ? . > ? J ? ? uuur nas juutvfu auu uau a shaded lamp on the stand at the head of the bed. It must have been near eleven o'clock when I was awakened, not by a sound, for I did not hear any, but by something that seemed like a shadow passing between me and the light. I sprang up without disturbing Hattie, and looked everywhere about the room for some sign of the mysterious presence, or whatever it was that had so unpleasantly awakened me; but I . saw nothing. I drew up the shade and looked out or: the lawn. Absolute silence reianed everywhere. With a sigh of relief I drew down the shade again and returned to bed; but I could not sleep, and lay for more than hour gazing ab- I sently at the faint ray of light thai ' shimmered across the carpet and drifted, wan and shadow-like, on the wall. j Presently I saw the lid of the old j oak chest slowly rise, and two fierce i black eyes, framed in a matted mass ' of long, jet-black hair, peered cautiously forth. My heart stood still; the j blood seemed freezing in my veins, ! and I felt for a moment as if I should die of sheer terror. j A large, muscular hand next ap- i peared, holding up the lid of the ebesl ! with noiseless care, and the sight of i1 ' aroused within me a mad kind of des- J perate daring such as I never supposed j I possessed. With a wild cry to Hat- ! tie to awake, I sprang from the bed, and, with all the streugth I was mas- \ ter of. forced down the lid. "Help! Hattie, quick!" I cried, "or i we are lost!" With a single bound she was by my side, her face as white as a sheet. "Oh, Grace, for Heaven's sake, what ; is it?" she gasped. j "A man?a burglar?a murderer, for all I know! Hold hard, for your life!" I replied. j The half-smothered wretch, by a vio- j lent effort, succeeded in forcing off one hinge in such a manner as to admit i air enough to preclude the possibility j of his being suffocated in his strange prison. Another wrench, and the remaining ! hinge was started. A second con- j vulsive movement, so violent as to ; make the stout old chest quiver, and j five grimy fingers were thrust out in a ; vain attempt to clutch my throat. I bore down with all my might, but the terrible hand maintained its advantage, and inch by inch the lid was slowly moved aside until only our I united strength held it in place. Hattie did her best to aid my efforts; ; but when two glaring black eyes ap- j peared on a level with the fearful ! hand she lost all control of herself and i a loud ear-piercing shriek broke from i her ashen lips. The nearest neighbor lived half a j mile away. We were utterly alone, j and entirely at the m?rcy of the ruf- i fian in the chest, who, should he escape, would doubtless murder us both and burn the house afterward, perhaps, to hide the double crime. The thought was appalling, and ; though she had no hope of help reach- | ing us, Hattie continued to scream at j the top of her voice, and every shriek j was like that of one in mortal agony. Hark! Some one was coming! An ; answering shout from the porch below, t a shivering of glass and window sash, i and up the stairs, three at a time, j came Cousin Jack. Hattiq flew to the door and uniocked . it, and then fell to the floor in a dead j faint. "What is the matter?" exclaimed Jack, as he entered. "What in the? 1 Eh?" | The man sprang from the chest and j made a dash for the door. Jack in- r stanfly seized him, clapped a revolver ! to the villain's ear, and in no gentle ' tone admonished him to surrender if j he did not want to die there and then. The ruffian, seeing that resistance 1 was of no further avail, sullenly per-. I milted himself to be bound. He did j not speak a word, but his glittering j eyes told plainly of ths fury raging in , his heart. A plentiful use of cold water quickly , restored Hattie to consciousness, and j as soon as she "was able to walk we . threw on our wrappers and went out in the halL where the burglar lay j prone on the floor, securely bound j hand and foot. "I happened to be passing the house j at the moment and I heard your ' screams," explained Jack, "so I made ! all haste to see what was the matter, j little expecting to find you in quite so I perilous a fix, though I felt sure you i must be in sore need of help, for j never before did I hear such a series : of blood-curdling shrieks as those with ' which Hnttie has just been farorlng us." I i Hattie shuddered, and crept closer , to strong, courageous Jack, and not till the next day did we know that the man we had held captive in the old j oak chest for two mortal hours, was j Nick Billings, one of the' most daring j burglars of the present generation.? j New York Weekly. Yegetariang, Beware! The secretary of a rural English so- j ciety for the propagation and advance- j ment of agriculture the other day re- ' ceived this letter: "Sir?I partickly wish the satiety to be called to consider the case what follows, as I think it mite be maid | Tranxtionable in the next Reports. My wif had Tombd Cat that dyd. Being a torture shell and a grate favrit, we had Him berried in the Guardian and for the sake of the enrichment of the mould I had the carks deposited under the roots of a Gotsberry Bush (The fruit being up till then of a smooth. kind). But next Sesons Frute. after 1 the Cat was berried, the Gosberries was all hairy, and more Remarkable Catpillers of the same Bush was All of the same hairy Description." ?.. i Muddy Notes. There seems to be a kinship between the voices of marsh dwellers. Most , of them seem, to my ear, to have a j muddy aquative note. The frog's boom | sounds like some great stone dropped j into the water. The little marsh wren's j song is babble and tinkle of water run- i aing out of a silver flask. The heron's ?-ry seems to have contracted a hoarseness from the damp. The notes of all the marsh birds have a muddy or liquid sound which is characteristic, and seems in accord with their surroundings.?Walter King Stone, in Recreation AVALANCHE OF CORE Flows in Streets of Lodz During Fierce Rioting. CORPSES PILED IN HEAPS Notorious "Red Sunday" in St. Petersburg is Ttotally Eclipsed by Bloody Scenes in Russian Poland City. Advices from Lodz, Russian Poland, state that since the arrival of reinforcements Saturday morning fighting in the city stopped, but the outbreak is by no^means quelled and fresh collisions are expected momentarily. Estimates of the number of victims vary, but the slaughter was appalling, the Cossacks and troops firing at close range into great crowds. Some estimates fix the number of killed and wounded at 2,000. The city resembles a shambles and the terrible scenes of Thursday and Friday will never be wiped from the memory of the Polish people. Altogether there are ten regiments encamped in Lodz. Saturday at Baluty, a suburb of Lodz, four Cossacks were killed and sixteen others wounded by a bomD which was thrown into their barracks. rwenty-inree or tneir norses were killed. The funerals of victims of the shooting of Thursday and Friday took place Saturday surreptitiously in various outlying villages. The trouble began at Lodz Tuesday after the funeral of the victims of the conflict between troops and terrorists the previous Sunday. The Christians, were permitted to bury their dead, but the Jews were prohibited from doing so, and the police secretly interred the todies of the Jews at night, which excited indignation and terrorists riots were initiated Thursday. The most serious phase of the rioting developed when the crowd deliberately pillaged liquor shops and numbers of persons, inflamed by drink, led a crowd of at least 50,000 to further and more serious attacks. Police and military were attacked wherever they appeared in small force and individual members were killed. After pillaging the liquor shops the crowd set fire to them and prevented the firemen from extinguishing the blazes. This was repeated deliberately at many places. Friday the fury of the mob found full vent and even children caught by the contagion were seen kissing red flags and heard swearing that they were ready to die for liberty. A Jewish girl mounted a box in the market square and addressed an immense crowd. , Suddenly the police appeared, fired a volley and the girl fell dead. Market gardeners coming in were stopped and their carts used in building barri/?artps WirPfi wprft stretohprt tn front of these barricades and the cavalry were unable to charge. Meanwhile the mob had secured arms and revolvers were freely used. Finally the military secured the upperhand, but not without considerable losses to themselves and fearful slaughter to the rioters. The soldiers exhibited the utmost carelessness as to whether they killed peaceful persons or rioters and as a consequence many women and children were among the dead. Sunday's dispatches stated that the most serious phase of the fighting between the military and strikers Is at an end, but there are still isolated ajttacks in the suburbs. At Balutv, Sunday morning, Cossacks attacked a Jewish family of five persons, who were driving in a cab to the railway station, and shot and killed all, including the cabman. At Pabjanice, near Lodz, workmen attacked two policemen and shot and killed one and wounded the other. There is a general exodus from Lodz. Twelve thousand persons have already left and all trains are crowded. HAY TO TAKE ACTION. Chinese Boycott of American Goods Discussed at Cabinet Meeting. Chinese emigration to this country and the execution of the Chinese exclusion laws constituted the principal topic of discussion at Friday's meeting of the cabinet. While no definite decision was reached it was the expressed opinion that amicable diplomatic and trade relatione which this country has always maintained with China .should be continued if possible. To this end Secretary H3y will take action on behalf of this country. STILL URGING BOYCOTT. Chinese Won't Let Up on Ban of American Goods. i The Chinese are eonvenening a ; meeting in the Island of Penang, ! Straits Settlement, to discuss the : adoption of a boycott of American ; manufacturers until the Chinese act , is repealed. It is said that the Chi1 nese of the Malay states probably will j follow. WANTS MORE FIGHTING. i England Would Welcome Further Trouncing of Her Old-Time Enemy by Oyama's Forces. A Washington special says: No assistance is expected in Washington from the London government in whatever efforts the president may initiate to bring about an immediate armistice j or to prevent a clash before the conI vening of the Washington conference. ! While the London government, as an | ally of Japan, has shown itself in ! hearty sympathy with the president's I policy, to bring the belligerents toi gether feels that it cannot undertake j to suggest an armistice at this time. The British officials believe, accord| ing to advices reaching this governi ment that Japan would be sacrificing | a great deal to consent to an armisi tice at th:s time and that after a j great defeat on land the Russians ; will be more ready to discuss peace. | This, however, is but an honest dif! ference of opinion .between WashingI ton and London. Officially the belief j here is that another defeat may in| spire the Russians to continue the j war ixi^flnitely. It is understood, ! however, that London will do nothing to hamper the president's efforts, j having expressed its sympathy with I its general purpose. Despite their strong belief that it j would greatly further the cause of i peace if the belligerents would avoid j a clash between their armies pending j the Washington conference, the president and Secretary Hay are aware of the wish of the Japanese that before assenting to an armistice she receive more definite assurances regarding Russia's intentions. DEAD MAN'S SALARY PAID. Live Men No Longer Connected with Equitable Also Receive Stipend. A New York dispatch says: Atten' flA? ttt-oa T.Vmrcdav tn th#> fact that four of the Equitable officers mentioned in the report of State Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks as drawing salaries for the last five years are no longer actively connected with the company. E. W. Lambert appears in the report as medical director with a salary of $25,OQ0 a year. He died thirteen months ago, and yet, according to the table, his salary was paid this year and last. Edward Curtis, who figures as a j medical director, at $15,000 a year, resigned that position eighteen months ago. George H. Squire, who is now a director of the company, is down on the list as financial manager at $12,000 a year, although H. R. I Winthrop succeeded Mr. Squire as financial manager many months ago. J. B. Loring is recorded 6s a registrar, with a salary of $3,500 a year. Mr. Loring ceased to perform the active duties of the registrarship in April, 1903. OLD WOMAN ON WAR PATH. Mrs. Roaeberry Disputes Right of Malt Carrier on Her Domain. A posse of armed citizens, headed ' ? . *? Tragus oy snenn &cnau, wem n um nuwiw, Kansas, Thursday, to Bayneiville, fifteen miles south, to capture Mrs. E. Roseberry, an elderly woman, who has been keeping watch with a shotgun over the highway in front of her premises. She has disputed the right of a rural mail carrier to use the road as a mall route and fired at the carrier as he passed the house. The mail carrier notified the United States authorities and a warrant was issued for the arrest of Mrs. Roseberry. BURSTING BOILER KILLS FOUR. Sawmill Accident in Alabama Deals Death and Destruction. The big boiler in the sawmill of the Curtis Attala Lumber plant, twc miles from that place, exploded last Thursday, killing four men and wounding two others. The dead are: James Watts, Will Rosson, Gus Cash, and Marion Maddox. C. Smith waf fatally hurt and Barney Works serv ously injured. WORK OF A TRAIN WRECKER. Officials Believe Revenge Was at Bottom of Mentor Disaster. The belief that the misplaced switch, which was responsible for the Mentor wreck, was thrown purposely 1? ^ niwmntftl Hv fpelines I U V BUUJC UJBU ~ J of revenge is gaining ground among railroad officials, according to a statement made at Cleveland, Ohio, Friday by an official of the road. A man under suspicion is being shadowed and a close watch is kept on his every movement FOR HARBORING NEGROES White Man in South Carolina "Dead Stretc.h" is Assassinated. H. D. Granger, a local Baptist preacher, was shot from ambush ana killed while working on his farm near Florence, S. C-, Friday. He lived I in the district known as "The Dead j Stretch," where it is said that negroes [ are not welcome, and the only expla| nation of his death is in the fact that j he hired two negroes to work on the j farm, and protected them, even allowj Ir.g them to sleep on his premises. CNjrvJc\>CNjrNjCMrs8rsi? I SOUTH CAROLINA 2 | STATE NEWS ITEMS. ? South Carolinian Honored. v> Gcxiiii5Lv>.i o^cv..ai oajo. i ukji w well Haines of South Carolina Las been appointed consul at Nanking, China. 9 * * Women Meet in Chester. The annual conference of the Women's Missionary society of the Methodist church of South Carolina convened in Chester the past week with J25 delegates in attendance. * ? Cruiser Charleston * Dandy. The protected cruised Charleston, which is to undergo speed and endurance tests off the coast, has arrived at the harbor of Prineeiown, Mass. A representative of the Newport News Ship building and Dry Dock company, which built the vessel, reported that on her pasage up the,coast, the cru'ser averaged 22 knots an hour, which is the soeed called for in the government contract. I * * Charged With. Murderous Assault. Thomas J. Davenport was arrested a few days ago at his home in New berry county by Sheriff M. M. Buford on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Daven- j port was released later in the day j fin o Vinn/1 of tS ft fl A M A Corliclo I wu U UVUU VI ^UjVVVt IU* A* VWllihllV ; and James Mcintosh of Newberry are the bondsmen. The offense for which Davenport was arrested, it is charged, was committed last July, Smith receiving a bullet wound through his body as a result of an altercation between' the men about a plantation road. For a long time the life of the wounded man was despaired of. Davenport is a prominent farmer of the county. Smith is an extensive planter, and is a member of Governor Heyward's staff. Davenport's bond was given for his appearance at the next term of court at Newberry. * * * Sunday Freight Trains Barred. A Columbia dispatch says: The wave of moral rectitude sweeping over the state and threatening to throttle the dispensary has reached and enveloped and arrested Sunday freight trains through the instrumentality of the railroad commission, which issued an order forbidding any freight train to run any hour on Sunday except those exempted by statute, those carrying perishable goods only. The commission's action was based on complaints from a number of clergymen at Latta, Greenwood, Spartanburg and elsewhere. Rev. Thacker at Latta kept tab and discovered seven freights passing one Sunday, including two soiia trams 01 com. The statute has always been practically a dead letter, but the number of these trains has increased recently, in the commission's opinion, because of the congestion of traffic. * * * "City of Columbia" Launched. Nearly every business house in Columbia was closed for a half day in order that all citizens might have an opportunity to witness the launching of "The City of Columbia," the steamer building there, which will ply on the Congaree river between Columbia and Georgetown. W. A. Clarg, president of the chamber of commerce, delivered an address in which he recited the efforts of Cotumbia's business men have made in opening the Congaree to navigation. As the boat glided down the ways, Miss Janie Murray .daughter of Dr. W. i Murray, president of the Columbia, Georgetown and New York Steamboat company, broke a bottle of champagne and christened the boat "The City of Columbia." But for a slight accident the launching would have been a complete success. The bow of the boat stuck to the bank, preventing her from going all the way into the river, but her builder promises that she will be entirely in the water in a short time. Mob Ctastises Robber. A special from Greers says that Davis Ballenger, aged 82 years, who lives about a mile from the town, was attacked by a strange negro while in his kitchen and in the absence of his family. The negro overpowered the old man, who was bruised about the shoulders in the scuffle. The thief left with his purse containing $8 in money and some bank notes, but was captured shortlv afterward four miles away by a posse of men raised when the alarm was given. The negro, who gave his name as Hudson, was carried to the Balleneer residence and identified as the thief. $7 of the money beins: restored, but not the bank notes. On their war to the lock-un a mob wot the negro aw?v from the constahjp and jr? * few moments fmd lushed him to death with a hn^gv whin, m^p pffiror finally succeeded *n nr?psc?Or| lifcvlppc hO'Tv of the prisoner and placed him under ! guard, afterward removing him to ; the Greenville county jail to await trial. ? * * Baptist PreacKir Assassinated. H. D. Granger, a local Baptist preacher, was shot from ambush and killed while working on his farm near Florence a few clays ago. Ac- ' cording to one account of the affair, ^ Granger lived in the district known as "The Dead Stretch," whore it is said that negroes are nor welcome, j and the only explrnat on of his death * is in the fact that he hired two ; n*i?rrrtcc to u'flrlr rm thp farm. And | protected them, even allowing them j to sleep on his premises. Granger was respected, and had many friends, but appears to have angered a certain J element, that had made it a risky . I thing for a negro to enter the "dead stretch, which is said to lie between Bayboro and Loris. Another account says: The idea of i race prejudice having been the cause ! of the death of Preacher Granger, who waj shot from ambush near Loris, | Korry county, appears to be dissipatj ed by the coroner's verdict, which ! places the blame for the killing upon | Commander Johnson, a man with a grudge against Granger and a woman who is lodged in jail as an ac- ' % \ complice. No other arrests have been made. ^ Navy Yard Row at Charleston. A Washington dispatch says: Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling conducted a hearing in the matter of the alleged differences between Civil Engineer Walker of the navy, and the ? ! New York Continental Jewell FiltraI tion comnany. in connection with the construction of the dock at the navy yard at Charleston, S. C., for which I' that company has the^ contract It has been claimed by the contractors that Lieutenant Walker was " too severe in his exactions in certain particulars. An order was recently is* % sued transferring him to another sta- , tion, but an appeal was made to the president tc have Lieutenant Walker retained at the Charleston yards, when ^ the president directed that the order - v for his transfer be held up until he had been advised of all the facts in 'f the case. It was claimed that the lieutenant only did what he deemed to- ', 4 be his duty. Those heard on behalf of ^he com- '3 pany were: John Doughey and W. P * > Anderson, president and vice president" respectively of the company, and the J company's consulting engineer. Lien- M tenant Walker and Civil Engineer Harris, who also was attached to the | Charleston yard, gave their state* j'0 ments. 1 Communications addressed to the president on this subject will be con-' || sidered by Mr. Darling in connection J. with statements made at the hearing. The acting secretary declined to en- ' | ter into details of the case as laid before him, and would not indicate % what conclusions he had reached, as he will make a full report to the president on the subject. SCHEME TO AVOID THE LAW. Judge Speer Severely Arraigns Southeastern Freight, Association. Argument closed Thursday at noon in the suit before the federal court at Macon of the Georgia Sawmill Association against several of the southern railroads arising out of an effort to put an extra 2-cent rate to the west on lumber from Georgia and Florida mills. A severe arraignment of the Southeastern Freight Association at the hands of the court was the last and most interesting feature of this case. Judge Speert words were: "Counsel on both sides have doubtless gathered from the intimations i of the court, what we may as well an nounce at this time, that the Southeastern Freight Association is in ><; lew of the evidence regarded as a transparent scheme to avoid the effect of the laws forbidding pooling t and combinations in restraint of trade. . While this is true, whether or not the rates involved in this case and put in force as the result of the g action of that association are uhreh- ^ sonable and violative of law, must be determined after further considers tlon. Judge Speer then stated that the case would be taken under advisement together with all the argument and testimony which has been offered, and said a decision would be reached / ? soon as possible. ' v COLLEGES HONOR R008CVELT. ' > President Attends Commencements of T^ree Massachusetts Institutions. The zigzag journey of President Roosevelt among the colleges of western Massachusetts ended Thursday with his departure from W&lliamBon after he had received from Williams college the honorary degree of L. H. D. His 3tay in the state, which was ' of scarcely thirty-two hours duration, was a busy one. He attended three college commencements, at two of v.hich he received high honorary de giees, traveled several hundred miles, and, besides delivering addresses at each commencement, made a number j of speeches from the platform of his j car to citizens who had gathered at the stations along the route. 1 ''J -g