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| ' * / ' - ' i| "IS THE BAMBERG HERALD, Kgl Office Honrs 8 a. m.to 5 p.?. ^ ^ Pnone 4, Bamberg, S C Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1906 One Dollar a Year "J^f " * IN THE PALMETTO STATE. INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. > State News Dolled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. ^ The new board of dispensary directors assumed control of the State dispensary today. J . Highwaymen seem to have transferred their operations from Columbia to Charleston. Several hold ups have occurred on the streets of the latter city recently. Thirteen buildings were destroyed by fire in the town of New Brookland, a snbnrb of Columbia, last Monday night. The total loss was about twenty thousand dollars. Major Lewis W. Haskell, of Columbia, * has been appointed assistant adjutant and inspector general, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Col. Jno. M. Patrick. E. W. Ray, a young white man from Augusta, Ga., was convicted in the circuit court in Columbia on Saturday of stealing a bicycle and was sentenced to ' two years on the chaingang. George Hasty, the hotel man at Gaff ney who shot and killed two theatrical men in the hotel a few months ago, was arraigned in court last Monday. The trial of his case is set for Thursday. There was a small battle between revenue officers and moonshiners in the "dark ' corner1' of Greenville county last Mon^ day. Fifty or more shots were ex changed, hat no one was uuii. Mr. Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston, has notified Governor Heyward that he f cannot serve as a member of the board of pardons, as he is now an alderman of^tbe city of Charleston and does not want to resign. Mrs. Martha Ward, widow of the late Clinton Ward, has given $2,000 to the f V town of Wards for a new school house. I i>- Her husband's will provided $2,000 for the same purpose, making $4,000 altovsf gether. - - v. Governor Heyward has appointed Mr. C. A. Savage, of Walterboro, as the third j?': member of the board of pardons, be taking the place of Mr. Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston, who could not serve on account of holding the office of alderman. 7 ' Wade F. Cothran was tried at Abbeys wille last week for the killing of J. C. Holstein at McCormick several weeks ago, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. From the published facts it would seem to us to be a clear case of manslaughter at least. ~> ' T. The bill creating a new federal district for Sooth Carolina has again been reported to the United States Senate. It seems certain it will pass. The bill provides for holding court at Spartanburg, Greenville, Greenwood and Chester. Senator Latimer introduced the bill. Hansome Barnes, a prominent farmer of Lee county, was shot and perhaps mortally wounded with a shotgun while V * sitting in his home by the fire on Wednesday night. Jim Desaussure, colored, has been arrested charged with the crime. . The evidence is strong against him. The three white men in Saluda county who killed a negro on the public road last year and were sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, appealed their case to the State Supreme Court. That body affirmed the sentence of the lower court, ' and the men will have to serve their . sentence. The farmers of Marlboro county have a mutual insurance company, which is a success. At the annual meeting held a few days ago, the report of the past year * ' showed that insurance was costing the members only one-nnn ui uuc pci v?u?. About $400,000 insurance is in force in that county. Howell Hall, a nine-year-old white boy employed in the weave room of the Granby cotton mill at Columbia, fell from the t fourth floor down the elevator shaft last Thursday and crushed his skull. He died several hours later. He was not at work when he was killed but came into the mill to see some of his companions. At Hampton last week Bose Cook, Vincent Cook, and Daisy Cook were con victed of manslaughter, they having killed assistant marshal Wade Hampton Smith in that town last December. Bose Cook was sentenced to ten years imprisonment, and Vincent and Daisy Cook six years each. Notice of appeal to r Supreme Court was given. The executive committee of the State Bankers' Association is to meet in Columbia this week to recommend a man to Governor Heyward for appointment as bank examiner. This is a new office created by the recent legislature. The , position pays $3,000 a year, and there will be an assistant at a salary of $1,500. ?rp to he Daid bv the JLIIesse oaiax v.. - ? ? 4 _ banks. Joseph Schultz and A. J. Beckwith, ^ two of the pickpockets arrested at the State fair last fall, were convicted in Columbia on Wednesday and were sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. H. M. Miller, a Chicago lawyer representing the defendants, offered the deputy sheriff $250 to fix the jury. The officer reported the matter to the court, and the lawyer was arrested and committed to jail on the charge of attempting to bribe. \ KILLED ON THE TRACK. Horrible Death of a Young Lad at Dillon, Mar- ' ion County. Dillox, Feb. 21.?Dubois Sellers, aged 16 years, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. . Sellers of this place, was instantly killed tonight at 8.20 o'clock by the northbound local freight. This train had been here . about two hours, discharging freight, and several cars had been left standing on a side track very near the crossing north of the depot. The young man, in a top buggy, attempted to make this crossing. The engine, at that time on the main, was picking up cars preparatory to leaving. The cars which had been standing on the . side track prevented the young man's see ing the approaching engine until his horse j was on the track. The horse, frightened j by the approaching engine, wheeled and , drew the rear wheels of the buggy immediatly in front of the engne. Dubois was pitched forward in the centre of the track and his body badly crushed by the engine, j His right leg was broken at the knee, his neck dislocated, head crushed, left eye protruding from the socket, and death was instantaneous. His father happened to be among the first to arrive at the scene of the fearful tragedy and with several others approached the body but could not identify him at first on account of the mutilation of his features, but with fearful foreboding he rushed to the buggy and there found a . magazine which he had a few moments before given the boy at his office to be carried home. The most harrowing feature of the sad occurrence was to notify his mother who was awaiting his return, having his supper ready for him before ^ the fire. It was a crushing blow and the whole town is appalled. Dubois was a bright boy, very industrious with a prom- f ising future. He was to graduate at Dil- ; Ion graded school in June. Pauline Webster is Expected Home. 1 Cowpexs, S. C., Feb. 26.?It is report- ? ed here that Miss Pauline Webster, reg cently arrested in Kansas City, Mo., for masquerading as a man and marrying a young woman restaurant keeper of that 1 city, has left that place for her home, and is expected to arrive here in a few days. * Nothing is known here of her plans. It will be remembered that Miss Web- * ster's relatives here and at Gaflfney believed she was dead and for some days after her appearance in Kansas City, they would not believe she was the real Pauline Webster who left here fifteen years j ago. Latest Gambling Craze. ] New York, Feb. 26.?Mrs. H. A. Perry, x a prominent member of the Brae Burn -1..V TV "fit VowtAn Moca tchfl l J UUll UUU, U1 ? f COfc 11WTTVVU) AUUWW.) *fMw with her husband, is a guest at the St. Kegis, declares that the gambling habit 1 has now taken hold of the golfer and threatens to injure the popularity of the I sport. 1 "In the great golf clubs of the country," she said, "some of the wagers are very 1 high. The men at present are the chief offenders, but the women are rapidly yielding to the craze. I know personally, at least a score of women, members of r various clubs, who think a game of golf * quite uninteresting unless they have a bet z on the side. Half a dollar or $1 a game t is a very common stake, but I have fre- I quently seen as much as $10 change hands * on the quiet between two women players. 1 "There are scores of men of a certain 1 class who vote the game ^low' unless they 1 play for $5 a hole?or, for that matter, 8 even $20. Sometimes a game will cost a 1 player as much as $360. This, of course, t is a sum which the golfer of moderate 1 means cannot afford to lose. Those who can afford it, on the other hand, generally make themselves obnoxious by refusing to play for small sums. Further, ^ they are given to bragging, not only 8 about their play, but about tne sums tney c play for, and the reputation of the clubs to which these men belong suffers in con- ' sequence in the minds of those they brag ^ to. "There is only one way to put a stop to ? this latest gambling nuisance, and that is for every club to forbid betting on its 1 course, and either to fine or dismiss any 3 member violating this rule." Protest on Tolbert. , Washington, Feb. 24?Senator Lati- 1 mer and Representative Aiken visited t the president today to protest against Capers' recommendation of R. R. Tolbert s as postmaster at Abbeville. They asked the retention of Robert S. Link as post- I master, and the president indicated he 1 would overrule Capers' recommendation and keep Link. Latimer and Aiken told the president the bad reputation of Tol- ] bert, and his standing amongst the white * people. D o TORTURE BY SAVAGES. 1 "Speaking of the torture to which some t of the savage tribes in the Philippines . subject their captives, reminds me of the intense suffering I endured for three I months from inflammation of the kid- n neys," says W. M. Sherman, of Cushing, Me., "Nothing helped me until I tried Electric Bitters, three bottles of which v completely cured me." Cures liver com- t: plaint, dyspepsia, blood disorders and a malaria; and restores the weak and ner- li vous to robust health. Guaranteed by I Hoover's drug store and J. B. Black, o Price 50c. a ' " * C ** . ^ ' r' " WHISKEY BILLS NOT PAID. Committee Has Not Yet Relieved Situation as to Need for Supplies. Columbia, February 27.?The conference this afternoon between Senators Elay and Christensen and Representative Lyon, of the dispensary investigating committee, and Attorney T. Moultrie Hordecai, of Charleston, regarding the lisposition of several hundred thousand lollars worth of claims for supplies the committee is holding up in order to get it additional information reached the conclusion that these claims are not to le paid in the immediate future. Mr. Mordecai represents theBernbeimBlock-Lanham-Farnum interests, among ihe larger claims being those of the Bernleim concern for some $90,000 and the Richland Distilling company for about *130,000. The claims ^will not be paid until the committee has made a thorough investigation into the affairs of the concerns invested. When this is done some equi;able basis of settlement will be brought ibout without taking the matter into the courts it is thought. The committee will first thoroughly examine the officers, books and agents of he concerns to which money is due by he dispensary. But as to which concern vill be put under the lime light first canlot now be said. Tfiis will depend upon he work of the sub-committee working n secret. It is practically certain that there will >e no public hearing before the full com* nittee for two months, as members of the committee have pressing duties awaiting hem in their local courts. Attorney dordecai has urged an earlier hearing. It is not the purpose of the committee o be placed in the position of a purchasing board, and this sub-committee s not going down to' the dispensary to lold up accounts or audit books. It will lave nothing to do with the purchase of mpplies. The whole aim of the coramit,ee is to secure information, and it will .tick strictly to that business. The dispensary is in need of supplies ind the committee will have to relieve ;his situation, but this matter was not decided at the conference this afternoon, ;hough it was discussed and will likely be icted upon in a short time. Clear Pond News. A large crowd attended quarterly meetng at Pleasant Hill Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. Starling Morris and Elysah 3.J1I - r /\1 Qn.J.n ui viar, were iu uui uuiusb uuuuaj. Misses Sallie and Ellen Felder and Mr. Hike Ayer, of Bamberg, spent Sunday at ;he home of Mr. L. M. Ayer. Misses Donnie and Ros%Morris visited elatives on Colston last week. We are having some very pleasant veather now. Mrs. Joe Beard, of Colston, visited her jarents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Zeigler, last veek. Miss Sarah Walker is visiting her mcle, Mr. Chas. Walker. Railroad Rumor. Chableston, Feb. 22.?There is a umor in railroad circles that the Seaward Air Line is about to build a conLection with the West and make Charleson the outlet for the system. It is pro.>osed to connect a line to Charleston, rom a point on the Savannah division, tear Camden. The recent purchase of a ine in Tennessee will be used in connecion with the development of coal fields ind as an outlet to the West. The system \nvc owns a fins terminal site in Charles on which would be utilized, ^if the road s built. The Same Dinner. Irving Grinnel, treasurer of the Church Temperance Society of New York, told it a temperance meeting a dramatic story, lays the Chicago Chronicle. "A woman entered a barroom," he said, 'and advanced quietly to her husband, vho sat drinking with three other men. "She placed a covered dish on the table ind said: " 'Thinking ye'd be too busy to come lome to supper, Jack, I've fetched it to rou here.' "And she departed. "The man laughed awkwardly. He inrited his friends to share the meal with lim. Then he removed the cover from he dish. "The dish was empty. It contained a lip of paper that said: "T hope you will enjoy your supper, t is the same your wife and children lave at home."' There are two words, simple enough in : hemselves, that introduce untold trouble to the world and are responsible for 1 aore gossip, scandal and harm than any ther two words in the English language. ?hese two little words are nothing more ban "they say." They have done more o rum reputations tnan any otner imng. f you never quote what "they say," you lay be quite certain you are not a gossip. ; A LIVELY" TUSSLE tfth that old enemy of the race, constipa- i ion, often ends in appendicitis. To i void all serious trouble with stomach, 1 iver and bowels, take Dr. King's New i iife Pills. They perfectly regulate these j rgans, without pain or discomfort. 25c i t Hoover's drug store and J. B. Black's. ' A SUICIDE IN CHARLESTON. R. C. Hamlet Shot Himself With a Pistol a: Disreputable Resort. Charleston, Feb. 23.?R. C. Hamlet, ? "news butcher" on the Atlantic Coasl Line, committed suicide at 7 o'clock this morning in a house of ill fame at No. IS Beresford street. Hamlet had occupied the room with a woman by the name ol Stella Sheppard. She claims to have been awakened by the report of the pistol, and as far as could be learned there was no witness to the affair. The othei occupants of the house at the time was a young woman and a white boy and tbeii testimony on the subject was all subsequent to the tragedy, they having entered the room upon hearing the pistol shot. The examination of the physician showed that the bullet had entered the body just over the left breast. Death was not instant and the man lived, but vfas unconscious, for several minutes aftei he had shot himself. A 32-calibre revolver of the bulldog pattern was used. Hamlet was a married man, but it appears that he had been separated from his wife. A letter was found in his pocket from his wife, promising to forgive him if he would return to his family. It is presumed that upon awakening this morning the remorse affected him to such an extent that he determined to end his existence and promptly carried out t- i- ? TT ' A 1 U AVM/V <mAA 1115 IcbUIUllUll. XIla ittic uuuic was uu Drake street. His body was prepared for iniermeDt by Undertaker MjAlister and will be shipped to relatives in Augusta. Reflections of a Bachelor. A girl never gets married unless she gets the chance. ' There is an awful lot of trouble in the world that wouldn't be there if we all didn't try to be so smart. When a girl gets engaged she looks the paper through every morning to see bow many men she knows have committed suicide. When a man breaks his shoestring dressing, it is a sign he is going to accuse his wife of having a cook that make; coffee that would disgrace a muddy river It makes the children awful tired t< think that their mother goes and gets sict abed just when there is a nice, new babj in the house for her to make a fuss ove: if she was well. The Cub Reporter Scores. This story is told of a cub reporter 01 his first assignment on a daily. H< banded in the following: "A man kille< a dog belonging to another man. Th< son of the man whose dog was kille< proceeded to whip the man who killec the dog of the man he was the son of The man who was the son of the mat whose dog was killed was arrested '01 complaint of the man who was assaulted by the son of the man whose dog th< man who was assaulted had killed. Socially and medicinally a household necessity?SHAW'S PURE MALT. Foi sale at the Dispensary. A Kind Word. "You're a great little wife, and I don't know what I would do without you." As he spoke he put his arms about hei and kissed her, and she forgot all the care in that moment. And, forgetting all, she sang as she washed the dishes, and sang as she made the beds, and the song was heard next door, and a woman there caught the refrain, and sang also, and two homes were happier because he had told her that sweet old story, the story of the love of a husband for a wife. As she sang the butcher boy who called for the order heard it and went out whistling on his journey, and the world heard the whistle, and one man, hearing it, thought: "Here is a lad who loves his work, a lad h&DDV and contented." And because she sang her heart was mellowed, and as she swept about the back door the cool air kissed her on each cheek, and she thought of a poor old woman she knew, and a little basket went over to that home, with a quartet for a crate or two of wood. So because he kissed her and praised her the song came, and the influence went out and out. Pass on the praise. A word, and you make a rift in the cloud; smile, and you may create a new resolve; a grasp of the hand, and you may repossess a soul from hell. Does your clerk do well? Pass on the praise. Tell him that you are pleased, and he will appreciate it more than a raise. A good clerk does not work for his salary alone. Teacher, if the child is good, tell him about it; if he is better, tell him again; thus, you see, gooa, oetter, nest. DOCTORS ARE PUZZLED. The remarkable recovery of Kenneth Mclver, of Vanceboro, Me., is the subject of much interest to the medical fraternity and a wide circle of friends. He says of his case: "Owing to" severe inflammation of the throat and congestion of the lungs, three doctors gave me up to die, when, as a last resort, I was induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery and I am happy to say, it saved my life." Cures the worst coughs and colds, bronchitis, tonsilitis, weak lungs, hoarseness and lagrippe. Guaranteed at Hoover's drug 3tore and J. B. Black's, -50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. r Policy Holders Association. ^ Policy holders of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York will do well to communicate with Mr. F. H. Mc Master, Columbia, S. C., Secretary of the South Carolina Association of Policy ! Holders. On the 18th January, in Columbia, this . Association was formed with General Wilie Jones as President: Mr. Samuel M. ! Wilson, of Charleston, Vice-President; and Mr. F. H. McMaster, of Columbia 1 S. C., Secretary; and an Executive Committee, consisting of Messrs. T. M. Mor1 decai, Charleston; J. C. Sheppard, Edgefield; J.Allen Smith, Abbeville; Ellison Smyth, Greenville; Leroy Springs, Lan' caster; D. D. McColl, Bennettsville; and C. FitzSimons, Columbia. Col. Leroy 1 Springs, of Lancaster, was nominated as ! a trustee of the Company, and it is the 1 purpose of the South Carolina Associa' tion to have him represent their interests at the annual meeting in New York of the Mutual Life Insurance Company on the first Monday in June. To cover the necessary expenses of the Association a mamhorohin foo nf 41 id aatror) uuvuivviouip ivv v* <?7JL 4u uoavui As the Mutual Life Insurance Company has declined to furnish a list of its policy holders in South Carolina, letters cannot be sent directly to the policy holders; but all who hold policies in this company are requested to let that fact be known to the Secretary, Mr. F. H. McMaster, at Columbia, when a blank proxy will be sent them. The Marriage Holds. London, Feb. 26.?A divorce court today held that a marriage "By habit and repute" contracted at St. Paul, Minn., ! without either church or civil ceremony must be considered legal in England. The : question arose regarding the legitimacy of a son of Alfred and Ida Newman, who lived as man and wife at St. Paul, from ! 1880 to 1890, when Newman, who was a baronet's son brought his wife to Eng* I 1an/3 TVi o fomilu inaictorl nn tha nanac. laUUt A. US/ 1CA&&AWJ 4UI?*0?VV4 V/U VUV UVVVO' slty of a church wedding, which was per!; formed in 1894, the couple being respect> ively described as bachelor and spinster. , This false declaration led to the question * of legitimacy of the son and his right to the property of his parents. ) ; Jag of Medium Dimensions. 7 J. W. Mott, clerk and ex-officio asses* r sor of Mussel Fork township, was in Keytesville the other day and requested us to say that he was only medium drunk. When dead drnnk he is a nuisance; when "just medium drunk" he is a cross be1 tween an ass and a monkey; when sober s he is a clever fellow and is nobody's fool, j The moral is: He ought to stay sober. He wasn't sober enough to know what 5 became of his money, although, accord1 ing to his interpretation of his condition, 1 was "just medium drunk." He says, however, he remembers having made a donation to sotpe little naked children 1 and he asked us to tell about that too. i But we haven't heard from the children 1 up to the time of going to press. If this , write-up doesn't suit him we will let him ' compose his own "obituary" the next time he gets either dead drunk or "just medium drunk."?Charlton, (Missouri) [ Courier.* National Soldiers' Bally. Washington, Feb. 26.?At a meeting in Atlanta March 28-29, of the National _ e T-*1 J n TT .A /)1 />c . oocieiy 01 due anu uray v eieraus, ui-oo, one of the plans of the reunion is to hold . in Washington, D. C., at no distant day, a national rally not only of Blue and 1 Gray but of all soldiers and sailors who > participated in Mexican War, war with Spain, campaigns in China and the PhiliJ pines, together with all sons of veterans, ' and to pass in grand review before the 1 President. It is proposed that the rally i shall continue for one week. There is happiness in life as there is gold in the earth. Because you have not 1 found it, is not proof that it isn't there. Cold Wave Threatens Georgia Peach Belt. i Moultrie, Ga., Feb. 27.?At 7 o'clock tonight the temperature is down to 42 de. grees and is falling rapidly. A sharp 1 wind is blowing from the northwest and there is a strong probability it will be i freezing by morning. Practically all , peach and plum trees are in full bloom and there is but little hope entertained | for their escape. ; A SCIENTIFIC WONDER The cures that stand to its credit make Bucklen's Arnica Salve a scientific wonder. It cured E. R. Mulford, lecturer for the patrons of husbandry, Waynesboro, i Pa., of a distressing case of piles. It heals the worst burns, sores, boils, ulcers, cuts, wounds, chilblains and salt rheum. Only 25c at Hoover's drug store and J. B. * Black's. One time a merchant put up a blackboard in his store and asked his customers to write their names on it and opposite tell what they are doing for humanity. A lawyer wrote: "I plead for all." A doctor wrote: "I prescribe for all." A preacher wrote: "I pray for all." An old farmer walked up, wrote his name, scratched his head a while and then wrote: "I pay for all." Sandy Nevils, Practical Painter. Don't pay 8 cents per pound for wood. If you buy 100 pounds of White Lead in kegs you get 88 pounds of White Lead and 12 pounas of Wood. When you buy L. & M. Paint you get a full gallon of paint that won't wear off for 10 or 15 years, because L. & M. Zinc 1 hardens the L. & M. White Lead and ; makes L. & 31. paint wear like iron. 4 gallons L. & 31. mixed with 3 gallons Linseed Oil will paint a moderate sized house. < L. & 31. costs only $1.20 per gallon. s Sold in the north, east, south and west. ri a ? j ? i n i Vs.o. <a.narews, ex-mayor, vanuury,^uim., ? Writes, "Painted my house 19 years ago with L. & M. Looks well today." ] Sold by H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C. i r . ~>i ' ' ' Took Him at His Word. ' p i "The late Bishop Thomas Frederick Davies, of Detroit," said a Detroit man, "once told me an interesting story of an elopement. He figured in this elopement as the officiating clergyman. It was in Philadelphia, daring his rectorship of St* Peters. "It seems that the proprietor of one of 7; the largest dry goods houses in Philadelphia |had noticed for some months the melancholy attitude of his head *clerk, ft young man whom he held in high regard* "The clerk's pallor and increasing leanness, bis frequent sighs and absent-mindedness, worried the millionaire proprietor. ; ^ He questioned the young man daily. And "7 finally the clerk admitted that he was in ^ love. "'Well/ said the head, 'marry her? 77 Tour salary is big enough.' s , " 'Ah,' said ihc clerk, sadly, 'yon don't understand. She belongs to one of the ~ first families of Philadelphia, and her , ,;v? father is a millionaire. "'Well, maybe he wasn't .when he ,v'.^j? married. Yon have a good position and V*? a good name. Yon are a fair match for ri any girl,' said the other. "'It's no use,' sighed the clerk. 'Her , f|| parents would not listen to me for one r{ moment.' " 'Then,' said the head, 'elope with her.' ' " 'Do you advise that ?' the clerk asked- "/Jj excitedly. ' sfjm9 "'Certainly I do. Is she . Do I know her?' "'Yes. She will be at your dance at Devon tomorrow night.' _ ?.. ,j| "'Well, see her,' said the head. Til ; Z' have my cOachman out in front of my gate at 9.30. Rush the girl off into town , and marry her. Til arrange with a , ' -J| clergyman for you.' " 'By jove, said the clerk, 'Pil do it.' And he did. The next night Dr.Davies . performed the ceremony, and an honr or two later the millionaire found his dangh* rjjl ter ^missing, and was telegraphing in every direction to the young couple tt> ""iM come home and all would be forgiven.? > ,:J|i r> jj v v ^ rroyiuence journal. .;^aa Andrew Jackson's War. A great many good things are told of gjg Andrew Jackson. One was, that when he was aboat to fight the British troops '*4 at the battle of New Orleans, and a depu tation of the city government went down ;:>l? to ask that he wonld not fight the battle, ' ^ but retreat, because if he fought the battle the British troops would burn the city?he replied that "they need not concern themselves, for if he was obliged to jJl retreat he should not leave anything in 1' the city of New Orleans for the British to burn." Another story of Jackson still better, was when he was president and a poor ,y1 widow who kept a boarding house, find- -11 ing it impossible to collect her board bill from a government official, went to the White House and told the president about it. Jackson said to her, "Hell give f . you a note for it, won't he?" She said, ' .3m "Yes." Then said Jackson, "Get his note and come back and see me again." She _ /Spj krt/1 MA /lifflrtnUw 1M ltA ?A4A AMA '"^2 uau uu uwiVfUitj iu gctviug vuo uuKt Miu - 4\ carrying it to the White House the presi- . dent took it, and wrote on its back, Andrew Jackson, then told her to pnt it in a bank for collection. When the || government official was notified that his note was in the bank for collection he . * -:4a laughed at the idea, but when he was told that it was endorsed by Andrew r 7j| Jackson he got the money mighty quick and paid it, and a few days after was notified that his serviees were no longer . wanted. Southern Representation. Washington, Feb. 26.?Representative 'jM Keifer, of Ohio, introduced a bill to reduce the number of representatives in 'J|9 the House of the Southern States, because of the disfranchisement of negro voters. The bill makes a redaction as follows: xy Alabama from 9 to 5; Arkansas from 7 to 6; Florida from 3 to 2; Georgia from 11 to ; 6; Lonisana from 7 to 8; Missiisippi from 8 to 3; North Carolina from 10 to 6; South Carolina from 7 to 3; Tennessee from 10 to 8; Texas from 16 to 12; Virginia from 10 to 8. Was Afraid of Tons* Lawyers. George Harvey, at the dinner that he gave in New York in honor of M. Witte and Baron Rosen, told this apropos of foresight: "In my native Peacham there once dwelt a brilliant young lawyer. To him there came one day a tottering and grinf Vermont farmer of 80 years. " 'Young man,' said the farmer, T want to leave all I possess to my wife as long1 v: aa cVio remain a mtr Wldder and after that I want everything to go to the children.' " 'How old is your wife, sir?' asked the lawyer. " 'Seventy-four.' " 'Then wouldn't it be quite safe,' the lawyer asked, 'to leave out the discourte- " , ous phrase about so long as she remains pour widow? Just leave her everything.' " 'Indeed, I won't,' said the old man. "'But surely,' said the lawyer, 'you ion't think the lady, 74 now, will marry again after jour death, do you?' "The old man looked the other full la ;he face as he answered solemnly. < & "'Well, sir, there's no telling what poung chaps like yon might do for money.'"