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ft ' ~~ 0 ?y>y?Sr 'IfV'y'V 'V'V'V /'^ V ?V w ilA Y00NG P0ET.fi Vi?:vl/ it/?~ V?> \f/ w Story of Two Refections and <i> ii an Acceptance. $ ty= st> ^ Translated From the German ^ \P hv Louise "Waking. <t> fc- Jit? ' ^'SccccccccccSJccc a-V t He gazed at the double letter in j Lis hand, not fully conscious as yet I what it meant for him. This was the j end of so much joy in creative work, of such boundless hopes! "Regret, not available for us." The letters grinned at him derisively. He hastily slipped the fatal paper into a port folio, but ever before him flitted those gray, cold words, "not avail> > 4 11 xl x* xl auie. aii mrougn me air iney i danced: the walls of his room were dotted with them. He could contain himself no longer within these walls, which had witnessed his inspiration and hopes, and on which were now written in black letters, "Regret, not available." He rushed out. Life, and all it contained was hateful to him; he hated tne whole universe: the plain "bourgeoise" pushing her offspring along in a go-cart; the young men and girls with their tennis racquets? was there ever a sillier game??the old ladies knitting an a munching Kaffeekuchen (coffee cake); old men Strolling along, their eager talk interrupted now and then by a little coughing spell; and then those sweet% hearts with their mien of blissful ? imbecility. All of them he despised, the whole conceited lot of them. The pa-k was filled with these ridiculous people, Tbo were enjoying the early spring and seemed glad to live, not XI(JWIUg Wilctt XL w as lu nave uuc o work returned with "regret, not available." KThe mall was one trembling mass of glitter. The tender fresh green of the lindens was as yet not too dense to prevent the sun from filtering through, making bolden blotches on the blond heads of young girls and glorifying the shabby black V gowns of the old ladies. A general disgust filled the young ' poet. He turned into a side path. Here about the fish pond walked pa- , tient governesses with their rich charges; on every bench sat a pair of lovers, on every tree a nightingale. He stared into the water as if eager to murder the poor little goldfish disporting themselves on the sun- ; flecked surface. Oh, if that pond were not so shallow, harmlessly shallow like the ordinary German read- j ing public, he would not have begrudged them the pleasure of haul- ; ing h - dead body,out of the water; they might then understand that once more indifference and lack of appreciation had '"riven a poet to ; his death. He walked on rapidly, regardless of those who came in his way. Those whom he jostled roughly looked angrily at him. This ' pleased him, for he felt himself at war with the whole world. The heavy laden spring air soon ' overpowered him, and he looked ; about for a place to rest. All the seats were taken. At last he found a bench with but one occupant, a ! young girl. He sat down on the extreme end. Resting his arms on his elbows he buried his head in his hands and gave himself up to brood- j ings. He did not care to see the , laughing sunlight. . . Just along the line of vision, out | of the corner of his eye, he saw a small foot, shod in a gray gaiter; a J dainty foot, which moved slightly, but regularly. He followed the movement mechanically. Something ' quieting to his nerves seemed to em- ; anate from it. His tempestuous mood soon gave way to one of melancholy. All pain seemed ' to have . vanished, and he was conscious of % . but one wish, and that was that that little gray body might keep on swaying indefinitely. Gradually he got a ' glimpse of a blue skirt, then a very . slim waist, and finally a delicate profile. The lips quivered, and tears were visible on the long lashes. He dropped his eyes, and resumed watching that moving foot. Here, at last, was a woman who was not giggling and chattering like ' the rest of them. She was a sufferer like himself. Birds were jubilant, and from the distance came sounds of voices from the merry throng which thought life good and nature benign. The sound of a suppressed sob aroused him. Involuntarily, he turned towards her. The girl, overcome by grief, was pressing her handkerchief to her eyes; wiping her tears, she looked at him askance. He could contain himself no longer. Moving closer, he addressed her in modest, respectful terms: "Don't put any restraint on your feeling; I, too, know what sorrow is. Could I perchance be of any assistance to you? To be sure, we are strangers, but misery loves companionship." "I thank you," she answered in a childlike way, scrutinizing him closely; "no one can help me. I am so . unhappy." And again her tears be- < gan 10 now. "You are right," he said sadly. ".Who can help another? No one." "In order that you may not think me foolish," she began hesitatingly, "or think Heaven knows what of me" !((he had in reality thought Heaven knows what of her) "I will tell you all. I got a letter which disappointed xne dreadfully, a letter of refusal." "Indeed!" "You see, I am a governess by profession." "Ah!" "And felt sure I had the position; jrhen this cruel letter came." "J?y dear Fraulein, nothing i8 cer-:1 tain in this world, and one should never count on anything with confidence," he replied with the .acrid bitterness of the disappointed. "You are right one should not. Everything seemed satisfactory. I j passed my examination, and I am a j good musician." He bowed slight!:* in acknowledgment of such accomplishments. "All that was asked was that I should send my photograph. I did so, and after a few days received a letter from the old ca?, I mean, lady, saying I was too young." "Such injustice!" "Do you not think so, too? It isn't my fault, and I can't add to my. years just for the time being." "There are so many children to be educated, unfortunately," he added pessimistically. "We are a rising nation. Look about you right here in this park and see the swarms of human beings." "Indeed, there are a fearful lot of children; but if you knew what it meant to find a position, the demands that are made! Very likely I'll prove too young for other mothers." She looked about her helplessly. A smile lit up his handsome, melancholy face. "Don't let that worry you, lieber Fraulein. Too young! Don't you see that this 'too young' is in truth the highest compliment, that i it rouses envy?" She shook her head dubiously. "I am willing to wager that the j woman in question is a 'mater famil- j ias' in the forties, void of graceful !' lines, who is suspicious of youthful curves. Or else a well-preserved middle-aged person still vain of her looks, who does not dare to have a young and pretty governess about her. Those whom fate has placed above you would willingly exchange places with you, be twenty-one, and have life before them." "Are you a poet?" "Why?" he asked, brushing a curl back from his forehead. "Because you look like one." He blushed and hesitated for a moment. "Yes," he answered, sigh- ' ing deeply, "but the world will not recognize me as such. He stopped | short, not knowing whether to con fide in her or not. Hers were such soft, such dear brown eyes! "We are in a measure companions in sorrow. I, too, received a letter which crushed me mercilessly." j "Perhaps you, too, are too young." "Yes," he almost shouted; "too 3 young! that's it. The 'old ones' don't , want to recognize us because we are 1 coming on and they will have to , yield us their places. They are get- ( ting uneasy on their toppling thrones. I can see him before me, the old , worthy who rejected my work?an ' elderly chap, with bald head and an embonpoint. You laugh, my dear 1 Fraulein? I am sure he is bald and 1 has a paunch, like all those in authority and high in office, and he wears spectacles; for the eyes grow dim when one has a book of lyrics for breakfast, a drama for dinner, ' and a novel for supper to review. A ] sad office, this literary censorship! l And what does such a demagogue j know himself?" "Never mind, another may appre- i ciate your work," she said consolingly* I "Perhaps; or I may write some- , thing else. I feel within me the . strength to create a hundred works, ' better than what I have done. I see it before me, still vague, but I shall hold it." His hand clutched the air. "We shall hurl something at those Did fogies which they shall not dare to ignore." The little governess looked at him | as young girls are apt to look at a [ young enthusiast when he tells them j Hint ho is ahnnt to revolutionize the I world. "You will, no doubt, become celebrated some day; you are still so < young." , "Yes, I am young!" he exclaimed j exultinglv. "We are young, the world lies open before us, to us be- ( longs life." "Listen to the nightingale,'' she. | said, almost piously. "It sings for us! Spring is ours, and the poor old critic sits in his smoky room and reads poems on ; ' spring, and your mater familias may at this very moment be discovering i a new wrinkle under her eyes." The girl laughed a little cruel, triumphant laugh. "After all, it Is de- ' licious to be still free on such a day j as this," and in a dreamy way she 1 drew in the spicy, balmy air. "It ] may be wrong that I rejoice in it so j fully." "No, you are right. Don't y(w be- ( lieve in fate? Isn't it a special act I of Providence that we two should ] meet here to-day?" "Yes, I believe in fate," she whis- * pered. "We must meet again, must 1 we not? Fate decreed that we < should become closed acquainted." ? By this time there was little space i left between them on the seat. "I don't know, exactly." "Only as long as the lilacs are in +{11 tha iacm'no blossoms i U 1 KJKJ AJLI till VUV ~ ? till the time of roses! You must help me in my work. You give me courage, faith, and inspiration. When will you come back? To-morrow? After to-morrow?" "I cannot come after to-morrow." "Then, Auf Wiedersehn, to-morrow."?New York Evening Post. Enjoys Life at 108. London's oldest inhabitant is John McNally, born in Ireland 108 years ago, and a scaffolder by trade. At the age of sixty he came to this country, where he lived twenty-one years. I}e is now an inmate of a Roman Cathode home for the aged. He is still fully possessed of all his faculties, is an inveterate smoker and fond of chatting with visitors. Palmetto State Mewsf < . f ? ? ? ^ Greenville's Fourteenth Mill. The Vardry Cotton Mills, Greenvile's newest industry, will be in operation in about GO days, and the work of installation is progressing satisfactorily. When this cotton spinning mill is in operation it will be Greenville's fourteenth mill, representing invested capital approximated at someK1-/V WlilliAM VC 11UH& llivc LCll UUlilUU uuuaw. * * * Dr. Dreber Consul at Tahiti^ Dr. Jplius Dreher of Selwood, this state, former president of Roanoke college, Salem, Ya., has been named by the president as American consul to Tahiti. Society Islands. Mr. Dreher graduated from Roanoke college in 1871, and was president of that institution from 187S to 1903. * 4 * Charleston Navy Yard. Bids were opened at the bureau of yards and docks at Washington a few days ago for the construction of a power plant building at the Charleston navy yard. The lowest bidder was the Penn Bridge company of Beaver Falls, Pa., at $214,887. As this bid is much lower than the others, it is expected that the award will be made to the Penn company. * * * Alleged Woman Beaters Arrested. Lum West and Ollie Pender, young men of well known families, have been jailed at Spartanburg in connection with the whipping of Mrs. Harriet Coburn, in Union county, six weeks ago, in a mysterious manner. Mrs. Coburn, against whom nothing was known, livc^l alone with one child. Near midnight she was taken into the woods and severely beaten, disappearing immediately afterward. No trace has been found of her since. * * * Negro Wins Championship. The republican state convention met tn Columbia the past week for the purpose of electing a chairman and reorganizing the executive committee. The only contest of the convention was the selection of a chairman. The faction led l^y John G. Capers supported Edmund H. Deas, colored, who was elected by a vote of 88 to 26 over John R. Tolbert, supported by the faction beaded by District Attorney Ernest F. Cochran. It was decided not to put out a state ticket. * Discussed Proposed Railroad. A meeting was held recently at rownville in the interest of the proposed railroad that is to be built Erom that point to Westminister. Speeches were made by Mr. Julius E. Boggs, Judge George Prince and the president of the road, Mr. Joseph J. Fretwell. There were fully 5,000 people present and they are enthusiastic about their road. Seneca is anxious to be connected and there is talk also of Anderson. The proposed route is estimated to cost $104,349.40. This includes the entire cost of construction. * A * Constables Make Report. Chief Fant of the Spartanburg division of the state constabulary has completed the report of the work done by the men under his supervision during the month of July. The report contains figures which show that the officers have been on the alert during Lhe four weeks past. The report shows that 94 gallons of whiskey were seized; 3,000 gallons of still beer were destroyed ; eight convictions resulted from arrests made by the officers; $775 were received from prisoners as fines, and eight were sent to the chaingang. & * Suspected Men Discharged. At Union David English of Hartsville, Richard English and two ne jroes, John Sarton and John Renwick, charged with the murder of Mose Hughes, whose body was found in the Tiger river on June 7, were iischarged on the ground of insuf icient evidence. The negroes aftervards were bound over as witnesses n the cases. Letters were produced o show that W. D. Smith, the name )y which Douglas English, now out un bond, had gone to Atlanta to ivoid detection, knew the details of he murder of Hughes. Prize for Oat Growing. An interesting oat growing contest or the $50 prize which was offered jy a Spartanburg bank has just, closed and Boyce R. Pollard has been announced as winner, he having ;rown 1,947 pounds of oats on one lcre. The next best yield was that )f J. M. Anderson, whose record was , 1,920, while Yancey L. Pollard won . hird place with 1,449 pounds. The prize was offered several nonths ago by the bank, and rules ( ind regulations governing the contest vere adopted. The growing crops of liose who signified their intention to compete were inspected by the comnittee. The contest has given an impetus to oat growing in Spartanburg :ounty an.l those who failed to win , y the prize feel satisfied with the result of the experiment and the labor involved. * * ? ! Bamberg First, as Usual. For the fifth consecutive year Bamberg markets have produced the first bale of new cotton. On August 10 Mr. H. C. Folk shipped by express a bale of new cotton to Messrs. Pope & Fleming, cotton factors of Augusta. The bale weighed 400 pounds. Abe Simmons, who works a farm for Mr. Folk, has become known as the grower of the first bale, and i' has become a regular thing for him j to carry off the honors. In 1903 the , first bale was shipped to Charleston j on August 31. In 1904 tfte Dale was sent to Charleston August 13; last year was the record year, the bale being shipped six days earlier than i this year, August 4, and weighed 425 j pounds. . * i Woman's Body Exhumed. The sensation caused by the find- j ing of the body of Mrs. Whit Ham- j ikon in the well, five days after the j disappearance from her home near Dillon, did not end with her burial. Vague rumors of foul play were rife throughout the section and the inquest was postponed until things could assume some shape. At the instance of a brother of the j deceased and some of the jury, Coroner Lassiter ordered < the grave - * j- ? j a in i openea ana an autopsy utuu. Aiinougu i it was one of the hottest days of I the summer, a large motley crowd of men and hoys, black and white, collected at the family burying ground, j many of them walking about two miles from Dillon, where the disinterment took place. The casket was removed from the grave and opened. Decomposition, however, had set in. obliterating all evidence, if there had been any, of violence. Consequently, the jury had to fall back upon the prima facie evidence of suicide. ? * * Cotton Condition Improves. Weather conditions in South Carolina for the p^st week have been ideal for cotton. There has been plenty of sunshine and warm nights and consequently the crop has been greats ly improved. A week of clear weather has dried out the fields and enabled farmers to do some work in the way of clearing out grass, although in extremely lo.w places the crop is still in grass. A week or two more of dry weather, however, will materially aid farmers in the lowlands in ridding their cotton of grass. The incessant rains of July wrought permanent injury to the crops In the lower portion of the state. Last month witnessed the heaviest rainfalls since the records have begun to be kept. There was a precipitation of 8.8S inches for the state generally, and as high as 16 inches at one point. This is the wettest July on record, not only in point of state average, but in maximum amount at any one point. The lowest rainfall for the month was at Blair's, Fairfield county, which had only 4.22 inch9s. UNION TYPOS IN SESSION. Convention at Colorado Springs Dis- I cusses Plans for 8-Hour Day. The fifty-second annual convention of the Internationai Typographical Union of Xorth America began in Colorado Springs Monday. Mayor Henry C. Hall and other prominent citizens welcomed the three hundred delegates, who represent 46,000 union printers, and President Lynch of the union responded. The chief event of the day was the formal presentation of books to the Amos M. Cummings ! library at the Union Printers' Home, which is located in the city. The chief business before the convention is the consideration of plans for carrying on the fight for an eight-hour d^v About $SOO.<"iOO has been expend ed by the organization up to date in conducting this fight. j THINKS OLD MAN IS DEAD. Son of President of Wrecked Bank Advances That Theory. At Chicago, Monday, Theodore Stensland, son of the fugitive Milwaukee Avenue bank president, made a full statement of his knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the flight of his father and touching the rnlnssal foreerv fraud in the bank. The young man advanced the belief that his father had not fled the country, but has committed suicide. He also advanced the theory that his father could not, himself, have committed the foregeries because of an impediment in his control of the pen. GRAND DUKE A TARGET. Soldiers in Camp Plotted Death of Czar's Brother. A St. St. Petersburg dispatch says: Nearly 100 soldiers of the Imperial Guards are under arrest in TsarkoeSelo for complicity in an attempt to assassinate the grand duke, Nicholas, in the summer camp. That the grand duke escaped with his life is probably due to the fact that the men who used ball cartridges instead of blanks while at the drill, began firing at too great a distance and in their haste aimed badly. It is not doubted that the whole affair was the outcome of a deep laid plot. - ' - ' .' J-..* - - - VT>' - V. ' r"v"C CHINKS AS DIGGERS! Jv I Uncle Sam to Employ Chinese on Canal Work. PRESIDENT SO DECIDES Present Quota of Workmen Entirely Inadequate atari Agents Will Make a Deal with the Chinese Government. A Washington special says: Chinese labor will be given a thorough test on the Panama canal. Contracts calling for 2,500 Chinamen for canal work have been prepared, and adver tisements will be issued by the Isthmian Canal Commission in a few days for proposals from labor agents. If the initial 2,500 Chinamen prove a success, it is likely that many more will be taken to the isthmus to do the work which is too hard for the Jamaicans, now employed there hi large numbers. Organized labor has offered much opposition to the use of contract Chinese labor, but the Jamaican workmen have proven inadequate, sufficient Spaniards cannot be had immediately to rush the work, and the Chinese are the last hope of the commission. President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft, Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian Ca-' nal Commission and other men, prominently identified with the canal work, are known to have delayed employing Chinese until it became certain that the other help available was not equal to the demands The administration has taken the position that the canal must be dug at any cost, and although the presidant iirorod flint thoro Tip TtO TlftfitP UV/UV Ui^VU VUMV VMV* v ? v MW . i in employing Chinese he did not stanu permanently in the yvay of the plan to try the coolies. It is the intention of the commission to ask for bids from labor agents who will arrange with the Chinese government for the exportation of labor, transport the Chinese to the isthmus under contract to work for a fixed wage and ship them back to China, thus relieving the commission of all detail work and all responsibility. A bond wil be required of all contractors for a satisfactory fulfillment of any contract they may enter into with the commission. There are said to be about thirty labor agencies which supply Chinese to contractors in all parts of the world. These agents are familiar with all the Chinese laws, stand ready to pay money to the families of the men who are going into their service and are ready on short notice to meet demands for an unlimited number of coolies. ILeroy Park, a labor agent in the employ of the commission, is still in Spain negotiating with the Spanish government for the employment of a large number of peninsular Spaniards on the isthmus. His effort3 promise to be successful, and tne commission expects to recruit many high-grade workingmen from Spain. It is the desire of Chief Engineer Stevens to have several kinds of laborers on the isthmus. The employment of the Chinese will not displace the Jamaicans who are already there, but it is not likely that many more West Indians will be hired if the Chinese prove a success. The negroes are paid only 80 cents a day against $1.60 to the Spaniards, who are said to be capable of doing three times as much work. If the contractors obtaining help for the commission do not pay more .on the isthmus than the Chinese are paid in other parts of the world, it is believed the daily wage of the coolies will be less than that of the Jamaicans on the isthmus. MONEY VOTED TO COLLEGES. Four Georgia Institutions Provided With Funds by Legislature. Four mere state institutions were handsomely provided for by the Georgia house at "Wednesday's ses slon. Tli?se were the Academy for the Blind at Macon, the North Geor- ' gla Agricultural College at Dahlon- : ega, the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Cave Springs and the State 1 Normal School at Athens. ' The first of these received $65,000. the second $20,000, the third $20,000 ) apd the latter $15,000, making a total of $120,000. i 1 THtREE COMPANIES INDICTED. Standard and Vacuum Oil and Pennsylvania Road Must Answer. The federal grand jury of New York at Jamestown, Friday, returned Indictments against the Standard Oil 1 company ot New York, the Pennsy?? J vania Railroad company and the Vacuum Oil company of Rochester for 1 violations of the interstate commerce J law. j ? j LYNCHER GOES TO PEN. Leader of Salisbury Mob is Quickly Convicted and Given a Sentence of Fifteen Years. .v" George Hall, a cotton mill operative, was convicted Friday of conspiracy in connection with the lynching of the three L-groes at Salisburg, N. and given a term of fifteen years in the state penitentiary. The hearing of the case began when court opened at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning. At 6:15 p. m., after hearing several witnesses establishing Hall'3 participation in the lynching, the case was given to the jury. - After being out twenty minutes, a verdict of ormltv was n<rrpr<d nnnn. and the \j? " ?- ?O- ~ ? ? xr -j maximum penalty . for the offence charged was imposed by Judge B. F. Long. Court adjourned for the day at 7:10 p. m. . This is said to be the first conviotion of the kind ever secured in the state of North Carolina, although a number of efforts have bee"h, made to bring members of mobs to justice. The state sprung a surprise in the ' trial when the offense against the prisoner was changed from murdef to conspiracy. When the court was called to order, Hon. T. J. Kluttz announced thai his client would contend that the court was unlawful. It was argued that the governor could not sign & 4 commission for such a court unless he was in the state, and it was claimed that he was at Atlantic City, N. J. 'Mr. Kluttz asked that a subpoena be issued for Governor Glenn, and have him brought to court to testify. This was done and the chief executive of the state was sworn and (juestioned about his whereabouts on the 17th of July, the day that, the call for the court was made. He said that he was in Atlantic City, N. J., and in order to do what he could to prevent a lynching, he wired his private secretary to issue the commission and ' . -'4 sign his name to it This he consider? ' ed the proper thing to do. ; % The objection of the defendant was \ overruled and the trial proceeded. / " a rope for folk. 1 -iffm Threats Made in Connection With thi -j ( Trial of Alleged Lynchers. A dispatch from Springfield, Mo.,' . says: After hearing from a city of- . ^|| ficer of the threats against members ? of the grand jury which indicted Hill Gooch and Doss Galbraith,, charged % with lynching three negroes o?. April ^ 14, Assistant Attorney General Kennish left Friday for Jefferson City ' to confer with Governor Folk on the -M situation. The threat, as told to Mr. Kennish follows: \ "If one of those men who are on M trial for 'negro killing' is convicted, ^ there will be a rope hung to the J light tower in the t square for every, one of the members of the grand jury ' ^ that indicted them, and there'll be ; another one for Governor Folk." REAL BULLETS WERE USED. Sham Battle at Encampment Abruptly Broken Up. Real bullets were used at the encampment at Chickamauga Friday by the First Georgia regiment in its "bat> " tie" with the seventeenth infantry regulars. Colonel Gordon's regiment was the main body of the "Blue" army. The seventeenth regulars formed the mara body of the "Brown" army. The two forces met, when contesting in the crucial point of the day's program. A* hot fusilade ensued. During the heat of the fight, bullets began to sing above the heads and in the ranks of the regulars. A rush was made , by the latter for cover. They sprang behind trees, they lat flat upon the ground, they did everything but turn ' their backs and run. One private, whose name is unknown to the authorities. was wounded. Two companies of Colonel Gordon's regiment were ordered off the field and the maneuvers abruptly ended.- -v Mystery seems to surround the sit- * uation. An investigation may place., .. the responsibility. . vl* AT COMMAND OF FATHER Eleven-Year-Old Boy Promptly Shoots ^ Another Youth. At the command of his father, Fred Debold, eleven years old, son of John Denold, ol near Frederick, Mo., shot ; and killed George Smith, son of a ? neighbor. There had been bad feeling ' - ? between the two families,- and they quarieled over blackberries the Smiths had picked off Debold's land. "" ?? T>ohnld tn his son. anoot mm, siiu ? ? ' pointing at the younger Smith. The boy promptly fired a load from a shotgun, which struck Smith over ' ^ the heart, killing him instantly. K FIVE CHLJDREN CREMATED. - J| 'M Father and Mother Also Badly . Scorched in Burning Home. Five children of Thomas O'Daniels. it Omaha. Neb., perished Wednesday avening in a fire, which destroyed the family residence. Mrs. O'Daniels wa3 seriously burned, and may not rex>ver, and her husband. was badly mrned in an effort to save his famm | . S M M