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. > *" " r _ V \ ' /" MARKET. L. I went io Market yesterday, And it is like a Fair Ox everything you like to see; ' But nothing Live is there. The Pigeons, hanging up to eat? And Rabbits, by their little feet? But no one seemed to care. And there were Fishes out in rows Bright ones, of every kind: And some were Pink, and Silver, too; ? But all of them were blindYes. everything yov. want to touch: It would not make you happy, touch? j But no one seemed to mind. And loveliest of all a Deer! Only Its eyes were blurred. Ana nangmg ny it. very near, A beautiful great Bird; So I could smooth his feathers through. And kiss them (very softly), too? But oh. he never stirred! ?Josephine Preston Peabody, in Harper's. IN THE COILS OF A BOA-CONSTRICTOR. Ey O. P. KINGSLEY. * ? ? 4 1 t < ? n ? t Early in the year 1900 I was stationed in the south of Negros Island, in the Philippine group, at the little "pueblo" (village) of Bayanan. Here I acted m the capacity of sanitary inspector of the La Carloia Sub-District of Negros. The territory included in my district was many miles in extent, but owing to the fact that the greater portion was wild, and inhabited only by roving tribes of / Visayans, whose haunts lay far in the unexplored interior, my work was confined to the small settlements located within a radius of forty miles, many of these being extremely difficult of access on account of the dense tropical growth and the unsettled condition of the country. fe]/ As I sat in my office one pleasant morning, contentedly smoking a cigar and contemplating with pleasure a short trip I had planned for. the afternoon, a sharp rap on the door brought me back abruptly from my reverie. At my invitation a native entered, bearing a letter, which he deposited upon the desk and withdrew'. A glance at the address showed me that it was from the Chief Inspector of the Department. The contents, which I rapidly glanced over, directed me to proceed without dplnv tn n "harrio" railed T.a Paz, situated some thirty miles inland, to investigate a reported epidemic of smallpox raging in that vicinity among the natives. Realizing the gravity of the situation, should the report he true, I decided to start at once. I had never visited the place before, and was not sure of the exact distance or the difficulties liable to be met with en route; for these reasons I was desirous of having plenty of daylight to travel by. Hastily collecting the necessary equipment, together with my revolvers and ammunition, I crammed the things into ray saddlebags and stepped out just as the horses were brought up?one for myself, the'other for my old servant Juan, who was to act as guide and interpreter. Our route for several miles lay along a well-beaten trail, which would have been pleasant enough for ordinary travel had it not been for the fierce heat of the sun'. Soon, however, we reached the Rio del Sangre, the bamboos along the banks of which afforded a delicious shade, though the river-bed was practically dry. My guide now informed me that by following the channel we could shorten the distance by several miles, and I therefore turned my horse upstream, glad enough to keep in the shade. As we advanred toward the inte rior the scenery became more wild and picturesque, the vegetation rank and luxuriant, the trees meeting in many places and forming a series of leafy tunnels. The only sound was the dull thud, thud, of our horses' I hoofs, hardly audible in the soft riv-*: er-bed, with an occasional shrill cry ! from a monkey who had discovered j us from his leafy bower, or the lazy : flutter of a gaily-plumed parrot as it changed its position. Advancing in single file, owing to the narrowness of the river-bed and the many obstructions that were constantly being met with in the form of roots anc^fallen tree-trunks, 1 was soon some distance ahead, and, entering a space comparatively clear of obstructions, I spurred my mount into a gallop, as the sun was rapidly sinking towards the horizon and I was anxious to reach my destination before dark. Rounding a sharp bend, my horse, with a wild snort, plunged heavily, wheeling sharply to the right. Being unprepared for such a roanaeuvre, I was hurled headlong from the saddle, striking upon my head and shoulder in the soft, mud Gy nver-ueu. laic ccm with the filthy, ill-smelling muck, my neck felt as though it was broken, my brain was in a dizzy whirl, and my eyes were blinded with the odorous mud. For a moment I did not attempt to move. Although I was aware of a curious movement beneath me, I supposed I had been thrown upon some roots, which were slowly giving way beneath my weight. Suddenly my attention was attracted by a strange hissing noise which sounded quite close to me, and which, in my dazed condition, I was at a loss to account for. Meanwhile, the movement beneath me increased rather than diminished. This was certainly unnatural, and I rolled over with the intention of reaching firmer C ground, but found that my right leg 1 was entangled in something. At my H~??? ? *"" I ! ??? ? I?? - ^ first movement the mysterious hissing increased until it sounded like escaping steam, and the movement beneath me became so violent as to partially raise my body from the river-bed. Dashing the mud from my i eyes as best I could, I threw out my hands for some available support. My right grasped mud, but the left caught hold of a cold, slimy, wrigi gling body. And then the truth of j my situation dawned upon me, literj ally freezing my blood with horror, j while the most sickening sensation I j have ever experienced passed over ! me. I lay in the folds of a great boa! constrictor! I Had I been in the best of physical condition, unarmed I should have been no match for this great reptile, ana situatea as i was?p-racticaiiy in ! a semi-conscious state?I must sure! ly fall an easy victim. The thought of my position made ine frenzied. I attempted to regain i my feet, hut now my left' leg was i pinioned with my right, and, strug| gle as I would, I could not free them. In frantic rage I clutched the slimy ; coils, to fling them from me; but j only to be dashed down with stunning force. Again and again I tried to wrench j myself free, but all in vain. With clenched fists I beat the great body, and endeavored to tear the creature to pieces with my nails, but the thick scales were as proof against my attack as armour-plate. Meanwhile we rolled over and over in the riverbed, as with strength born of desperation I fought the loathsome monster, which was slowly crushing the life out of me. The thought of my pistol flashed through my mind, and I felt for my holster, but it was empty; I had placed the weapon in my saddle-bags. Frantically I endeavored to tear from my body the evertightening folds, but, struggle as I would, it was of no avail. I was fast becoming exhausted, a dizziness seized me, and the trees and shrubs seeiueu IU ue lumunug iiuu wiiimjjg about in wild conclusion. Suddenly my strength seemed to desert me altogether, and I ceased to struggle, while just above my face, swaying now to the right, now to the left, was the snake's head, like a pendulum of death, whose every stroke was bringing me nearer to destruction. Strange thoughts flitted across my mind; incidents of boyhood life long since forgotten were brought vividly to memory, and I seemed to stand again in the old homestead with my friends about me, though all were strangely silent. As T watched, the scene began to melt away like a mist. A blinding flash, accompanied by a deafening report; the rush of a.dark body over me; then all was darkfiess. When next I opened my eyes ray native guide was rapidly unwinding the now lifeless serpent from my body, while on the ground beside me Jny a* blood-stained dagger and .a pistol, still smoking. Having freed me from the reptile, Juan brought water and proceeded to remove the worst of the filth from my person. The cold water also served to revive me, but I lay helplessly upon the soft g-ass while my guide recaptured my horse. This done, Juan assisted me into the saddle and supported me until a settlement was reached, where I remained at the house of a friendly native until I had recovered somewhat from the effects of encounter. My nerves, however, remained in a wretched state for months; my dreams were haunted by great dragons and hydraheaded monsters, who chased me over river and jungle. Just as they were on the pov.t of i crushing me to death I would awake with a wild yell, bathed in cold perspiration and trembling in every limb, but by degrees this wore off ! until I became my natural self. Juan, good fellow that he was, secured and preserved for me the skin of the reptile which so nearly made an end of njte. It measured fourteen and a half feet in length arrd eleven inches in circumference. In due season I had it mounted as a little souvenir of my sojourn in the Philippine Islands, and with the revolver and j dagger w-hich put an end to its ca? I reer.?The "Wide World Magazine. Tests For Boiler Water. Will you please print some simple tests for boiler water??E. G. A. Answer.?Test for hard or soft water: Dissolve a small piece of good soap in alcohol. Let a few drops of the solution fall into a glass of the water. If it turns milky, it is hard water; if it turns clear, it is soft water. Test for earthy matters or alkali: Take litmus-paper dipped in vinegar, and, if on immersion the paper returns to its true shade, the water does not contain earthy matter or alkali. If a few drops of syrup be added to a water containing any earthy matter, it will turn green. Test for carbonic acid: Take equal parts of water and clear lime water. If combined or free carbonic acid is present, a precipitate is seen, and if a few drops of muriatic acid be added, effervesence commences. Test of magnesia: Boil the water to twentieth part of its weight, and then drop a few grains of neutral carbonate of ammonia into a glass of it and a few drops of phosphate ol soda. If magnesia is present, it will fall to the bottom. Test for >ron: Eoil a little nut-gall and add to the water. If it tuins gray or slate-black, iron is present. Second: Dissolve a little prussiate ol potash, and, if iron is present, it will ' turn blue.?Technical World Magazine. The cost of living is still increas- j ing in German cities at an alarming rate . ' ' - . v NO TROUBL] r / r ty^ sj V/6LL , SOMgeoDVJ (got -TO Pay that FlHt ! ^ r PRICE OF Oil-. ^ 1 FORMERLY I?*-perga tyNow 3 k * /'V . ? |p V, LiH/,.'} IT f-TH )5 ?5 * ' ?N^ ( I I V ^ /( f* ""N , -Cartoon by ROCKEFELLER'S' PREDI July 8, 1839--John D. Ro< July 8, 1933--Date to whii ably may expect to live, acc sician. His Predicted Age--Ninet Yet to Live--Twenty-six j Cleveland, Ohio.?That John D. j Rockefeller will live to more than ! ninety-four is the prediction of Dr. j K. F. Biggar, his family physician. Dr. Biggar watched Mr. Rockefel- i ler play golf over the Forest Hill ! links, and at the finish declared that | the Standard Oil magnate was likely j to live more than a quarter of a cen- | turv longer. Mr. Rockefeller, who looked partic- j ularlv well, said he had never felt j better in his life and that he could eat anything. William Rockefeller. John D. Rock- : efeller's father, is still living and is ! ninety-four. Dr. Biggar said he sees j no reason why the master of Forest j Hill should not live longer than his ! father. 1111/1 Vvae-f_t-raino/l nrltlpfp in I JT1C ID Lll^ MVOC VA V^v?. the sixty-year-old class in the world j to-day, and he's sixty-eight, at that;" { he said. "He'll live longer than his j father, I'm sure. Did you see his strokes on the links this morning? Did they look feeble? I tell you, Mr. Rockefeller has been born twice physically, and he is only fourteen years j old now. He is growing up again, and growing up scientifically, adding | to his muscle, to his lungs, to his | heart power with every breath of ; fresh air he takes on Forest Hill, j and with every drive he makes at the j Golf Club.". And it cost Mr. Rockefeller $5,000,000 for this second life. Those j are his own words. It happened j in this wise, according to Doctor | Biggar: "Mr. Rockefeller came to Cleve- j land in 1893, in the middle of the j panic period, completely broken in : 1 ul- ~ ~ J f U/* nrxf r>nfVi- ! II tit! Ill ilUU Sjiuu. xjivs tuuiu ???? ing which would nourish him. His i - LICfl "J 1-? <1X r % lltill & r# W ' OFR* ?Cartoon PROHIBITIONISTS SING PRAISE, j I Enthusiastic Georgia Crowd "Watches i Governor Smith Sign New Law. j Atlanta, Ga.?A large crowd of j enthusiastic Prohibitionists watched i Gov. Hoke Smith attach his of- j ficial signature to the Prohibition j bill. The new law is effective Janu- ' ary 1, 1908. As the Governor affixed his signature the Prohibitionists sang "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow." - ' ^sgsasM? ' ' ' -V ' ~ ' r E AT ALL? I Sill l 11 II !!\ - | j i -|, |i.v, Sfm" I: ji- ;j S?, V > , Sullivant, in the New York American J CTED SPAN OF LIFE. :kefeller born. ch Mr. Rockefeller reasonording to his family phy- j y-four year?rears. appetite was gone and liis nervous system was a wreck. "Doctor, I'm a sick man, I'm afraid I'm going to die. But it is not on account of the financial situation that I am sick," he told the doctor. "It is through disappointment of my friends." He asked the doctor to help him. After a few days Dr. Biggar went to Mr. Rockefeller with this prescription: Drop all business cares, take regular exercise, keep in the open air,.forget everything but play, and play as though your life depended upon it. v "I was happy at the result," said Dr. Biggar. "Mr. Rockefeller made me a remarkable patient, an ideal one. Although he had a terrible weight of responsibility then, he dropped everything to get healthy. "A few years afterward we were talking of his recovery and Mr. Rockefeller said to me: "Doctor, do you know how much it cost me to get well?' I told him, of course, I didn't. 'Well, doctor,' he said, 'it cost me just Sn ono ooo. i lost that much by dropping business.' "Eut lie never for a moment regretted that, and neither have I, for it gave him a second life. He's stronger now than I am. He is stronger than any business man in the city of Cleveland to-day who is anywhere near his age. He is a wonderful man, full of vitality. He never touched a drop of liquor in his life. He does not smoke. He is leading the most simple life imaginable, and yet it is the strongest life. He can swing an axe as easily as foe can a golf club. Why, Mr. Rockefeller is husky, actually husky. He'll live to see all of us in our graves." ;edT "Mo<+i r f GUtCS Yco WCMT MlS- \ \ TREAT LITTLE SISTEX \ ASAJM PCS. A / by Brewerton. in the Atlanta Journa'. CARNEGIE GIVES $500,000. In Contributing to King Edward Hospital Fund He Suggests Reforms. London.?Andrew Carnegie has deposited in the Bank of England $500,000 as a contribution to the King Edward Hospital Fund. The donation is unconditional, but Mr. Carnegie in expressing the desire that the money be spent as seems best, added that the more strenu- , ously it is used for reform the better it would be for all concerned. -- - 'US" -.. . f - V'- ; '5i r fc A A ? a* #i i' jPalmetto State Newsj t-qpVVVVVV W 1 Alleged Fireburg Captured. G. C. Verde has been arrested in Charleston on the charge of having set fire to several buildings which were recently destroyed in ColUton county, adjoining Charleston, involving a property less of mere than $100,000. Magistrate Tcwles has refused to grant bail to the prisoner, committing him to jail to await trial. Verde was formerly an employe of the N. H. Blitch company, which had interests in some of the property destroyed, and ir is thcueht that he sit the fires iD revenge. * * * Earon to Visit Charleston. Arrangements are being made for the j entertainment of Baron Vcn Pilis, of the North German Lloyd Steamship line, upon his visit to Charleston, in connection with the proposed establishment of a regular line of immigration steamers. President P. H. Gadsden of the Charleston chamber of commerce, is in New Ycrk, and will probably escort the baron to the city. A committee of citizens is in charge of the entertainment. State Commissioner of Immigration E. J. Watson will come down from Columbia for the entertainment. * * Colonel Haleston Honor. f". i ^ i D T-T Wa lo;rn?i Kiiner. V^^IUUCl itvut l V, XX. J inienaent of the Commercial Ciub of Charleston, has been a-sked to represent the state department of immigration and the Scuth Carolina Agricultural Society, on a trip west to attend the fifteenth annual meeting of the National Irrigation Congress and also to promote a movement of desirable western farmers to South Carolina. Colonel Haleston attended the last congress, and if he-can spare the time and get the leave, which are likely, he will go west as the representative of the state and the agricultural interests on the important mission of. participating in the draining congress and promoting immigration to this section. 4 * Negro Excursionists Fight. A negro excursion from Savannah to eBaufort Monday proved a bloody affair. When the boat returned to Sa vannah twelve wounded negroes had their wounds sewn up by a surgeon., Others had slighter injuries that did not require his attention. One of the negroes had twelve stabs in the back made by a short-bladed knife. Razors were the weapons most generally used, though one man had a hat pin run entirely through his arm. The continuation cf one of the steamboat.rows af:;-r the landing had been effected resulted in Sam Powers sheeting and probably fataiy wounding Alice Brown, who was an innocent bystander, while Powers was firing at another negro. ? * * ? Sumter Monument Unveiled. The tomb to the memory of General Thomas Sumter was unveiled at Statesburg by Mrs. J. Herbert Hayne-sworth and Miss Beatrice Sumter, great-greatgranddaughters of the revolutionary hero. Gcvernorr Anstll and former Governor Montague of Virginia were present. H. A. M. Smith of Charleston was orator of the day. Statesburg, the neighborhood of the home cf General Sumter, is historic ground. Here General Greene rested his soldiers during tne rev UiUUUUy iuc | house in which Cornwalis had headquarters is still standing and many persons of historic importance lived in that section. When Columbia was made the capital of the state one hundred and seventeen years ago, Statesburg lost by one vote. Statssburg is in the foothills of that section that is known as "high hills of the Santee." Sumter was the leader of the South Carolina partisan generals during the revolution, and his indomitable pluck caused him to be nicknamed "The Game Cock." The historian, Bancroft, said of him: "His campaigns led up to tne victories which not only redeemed South Carolina from British rule, but gained the independence of America."' * * 3 Outlook Pleases Latimer. A cable to the New York Times from London says: Senator Latimer of South Carolina, who has arived in London, after several months spent on the continent, as a member of the special immigration commission, declares himself as highly pleased with what he has discovered concerning the attitude of the various countries toward immigration to the United States, and with the reception accorded to the members of the commission wherever they went. "Naturally, I can not anticipate the official report," said Mr. Latimer, "but 'I may say that I was particularly % 1 struck by the efforts being made at every port I visited tc prevent the ^ shipment of undesirable persons. The strict application of the entrance requirements, the fines imposed by the treasury department and the ocst of repatriating rejected applicants have y served to good -purpose. Wherever immigrants are embarked for the United States I find liberal sanitary precautions are taken. In Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, the prill- / cipal ports of all of which countries I visited, I found the arrangements almost as elaborate as at Ellis island for sorting over prospective immigrants. The countries I visited are apparently discouraging emigration. Italy ^ is the only exception to this rule. The result of this is that we are getting more than cur share of material from southern Europe, and not enough from the north. "I found, as a rule, that the classes from which immigrants are drawn are / remarkable well informed on what life in America is like. There was scarcely, , one of all the persons I interviewed A who did not have a friend or relative * '' already in the United States, and thus knew all about wages, living, etc. What I saw though tended to disprove the old tradition that only the best and bravest cross the seas. I found that the best men and women were generally satisfied and prosperous under local conditions. These* do not emigrate, "The commission was?at first regarded with considerable suspicion in Ger- >}|| many, but as soon as our objefct was known every courtesy was shown to rus. Accompanied by an official interpreter, I visited many emigrants' . 'Qj nomes and learned, as far as possible, their motives for going, their expecta tions and plans, a lew aays later x saw the same emigrants at Hamburg; ready to sail. I could hardly recognize them, they were so clean and well- <3; dressed. A band was playing for them, and all were rejoiced at the prospect >1| cf the voyage. "I do not think sufficient attention has been paid in the United States to regulating the destination of those new citizens. We can hardly expect'Hcllan- ^ ders to succeed as cotton growers, or /. i southern Italians to prosper in the ^ rigorous north, in Lcmbardy I found V people ideally suited to the climate .4^ and other conditions of my native v? South Carolina. This suggests that ^ many present problems could bs solved . v if each state had a special commis- ||| sioner of immigration." BANK'S MONEY ALL GONE. Collapsed Institution at Maccn, Ga, Has Deficit of $S,500. Although every possible method of, letting the news in upon the public in. as easy manner as possioie nas utvu. .-.v.. used by temporary receivers, the bald facts go to the superior court in their final statement regarding the condition =;: of the Exchange Bank of Macon, that % every dollar of the capital of $500,00( : and the surplus of $150,000 is gope, and that a deficit of $8,500 exists. The report shows that the assets y now are $1,431,834.24, while the liabili- 5: ties are $1,440,339.93. * WIDOW OF .RAWLINGS SUES./ Wants Payment of Two Insurance Policies on Old Man's Life. Mrs. Augeline Rawlings, widow of ' :i J. G. Rawlings, who was hanged for the murder of the Carter children, % has brought suit in the city of Valdos ta, Ga., for $2,009, which she' claims is due her on her insurance policies ' held by her husband in the Mutual Benefit Association, a local assessment v ? company with headquarters in Vaidos- - ^ ta. The company paid one claim, but J alleges that the two for the payment vj| of which Mrs. Rawling? is suing were - i allowed to lapse while Rawlings was in prison. & ROAD'S EMPLOYEES GUILTY. ) ''M Engineer, Conductor and Dispatchers Held Responsible for Collision. The coroner's jury at Raleigh, N. C., investigating into the cause of a headon collision between a freight and pas- ':i senger train on the Southern railway ' ) near Auburn on August 6 in which a -? freight engineer and two firemen were . killed, found that Engineer Rippsv and Jj Conductor Oakley, B. R. Ketchum, W chief train dispatcher, and Victor Parvin, train dispatcher, were guilty of j gross negligence and carelessness. All four will be tried for manslaughter. WAS TOO UGLY TO LIVE. J Hungarian Murders Daughter Because She Was Bad Looking. According to a dispatch* from VI- ' enna, Austria, a Hungarian peasant named Dorosiewicz has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for the murder of his 18-year-old daughter. He admitted strangling her, but pleaded * that he did it in a fit of rage because she was so horribly ugly that he could > V V never find a husband for her. The jury found that this amounted to extenuating circumstances, and re turned a verdict of manslaughter only, J