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Tunis TO FORCE OUT COHTRMTOE OLIVER . * JOHR F. 8TEYER8 WHO ORCE SAID CORTBACT PLAR BEST. ROW BER1GS nbficimvivv npopntrno nuHMU&m n&obBT LA RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS. Washington, Feb. Y.?The administration bus been brought face to face with the alternative of rejecting all bids for the construction of the Panama canal by contract or losing tbe services of Chief Knginser John K. Stevens. This Is tbe reason for the delay Of President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft and Chairman Sbonts of the canal commission in acting on the Oliver bid. An effort has been made to get dr. Stevens to change his miud, but he has continued obdurate, and the Indications are that the administration will accede to tils reouest and the construction will be continued by the government. This Information in regard to the position taken by Mr. 8tevens comes from a source that cau sot be doubted, but It has created some surprise on account of testimony given by Mr. Stevens before the senate committee on Inter-oceanie canals a year ago. Re then said that he favored building the canal by contract. He was of the opinion that contractors would be in a better position to better deal with the question of lab* orers. Since then he has gone over the cansl plans carefully, and he now expresses the belief that the canal can be constructed br the government within a period of ten years. His friends have advised him that if a contract is let for construction he will be robbed of the credit of building this great waterway. Frequent ex* changes of cablegrams between Wash* Inn ton and the Isthmus have resulted In s diamond by Mr. Stevens for thv acceptance of his resignation If the wmrW'b m awnrucu. It !s assorted by certain senator* who have taken an unusual Interest in all matters relating ta the canal that 1/ one of the bids for canal construction Is accepted It will mean that the ad* ministration has determined to dispense with Mr. Stevens as the directors of the canal construction. Secretary Taft held a conference to day with the president regarding the Panama canal contract for the purpose of determining upon a course of procedure. The president and secretar) had before tbem the completed bid oi William J. Oliver and his associates for the construction of the canal. After the conference, Secretary Loeb gave out the following statement: "The bid of the Oliver-McDonaldPierce combination has been received and examined and meets the formal requirements Mr. Paul D. Oravath. on behalf of his clients, the McA rthurUillesple combination has requested * hearing before tlnal action Is taken lu addition to granting the hearing the secretary of war and the Isthmleeanal commission will make as ! oroug'i an examination a? possible Inn the qualifications, experience, business .standing and achievements of Mr Oliver and his associates and Into tin .responsibility of the sureties Secre sary rarr< ana tne commission will probably need a fortnight to complete full examination of the bid and report to the president " Secretary Taft later In the day madt known to Mr. Oliver the result of his talk with the president, and framed a letter to Judge O'Brien. Oliver's counsel, informing him Ju-.t how thi matter stood. Th'.s letter stated, among other things that the president was very much Inclined to give ih? contract to Mr. Oliver and his associates. but that he would not xurrcn uer 111* rignt to reject all bids, evet after the further hearing ha* been given to the McArLhur-Glllaapie oom* blnatton. Mr. Oliver left here tonight for bin home iu Knoxvllie ?State. n? Mil* m* Hot tar from at Thomas, a matter mt psrhspo a hundred miles, ?ai fought the most wonderful naral battle in all history. The Dutch admiral detected fhe enocujr la the early morning, when the ma waa covered with a thick mist, tad bis rone ope red fire at once without warning. The fire was returned with Interest, the ocean fairly quiveeLog with spasms caused by the shock f frequent dlaeharires. Somehow or Other the enemy's shots, wbtcb sound Od Ilk* a bo<shftrdm?n(, seemed to fall hurt or go wide of the mark, for not en splash of a ball wu board, and the Dutch a hi pa remained unscathed. On the other band, the Dutch could not see the terrible execution their puna vere doing until nearly the middle of the forenoon, when the foe lifted, re resting io their aatonlabed game not tt?o Teasels of the enemy, but a great reek Standing out of the ?oa. They had been firing at It for five boura, and the sound of the return shots they beard wan the echo from the solid wall of graulto. They named the place Redouda, which Means eeut. rolled or dxlren back, and Had on da It la to till fiaj. ! MOTHER Or BULKY THAW OILY HOPE OF DEFEK8E SIEWILL TOLL ALL THE STRAHGE ACTS THAT WILL 60 TO PROVE US USAIITT CUBIC 01 THE 10 MAI IIID. New Yorfc, Keb. 6.?The hum n mind will be dissected, analyzed and its bidden mysteries unfolded at Die mu.? s-i-i - _ _ v tutw inpih in do other celebrated murder case. Harry Thaw's-mind will be the | patient at this great cllnle.and -the surgeons wilt be the staff of alienists retained both by Thaw's lawyers and by the prosecution. Quietly and as secretly as possible a horde of witnesses'has been assembled in New York to prove The contention of the lawyers that Th&w Is Insane, and that he was Insane when lie killed Stanford White. They will testify to , the alleued Insanity in the Thaw family, and will furubh the background of fact on which the alienists will paint the picture of the young man with mind unbalanced. Members of tbe Thaw family will come forward to add their corroboration, The whole theory of the defense, as seen from day to day In the court room, points to tbe suffering moihei Mrs. William Thaw?as tbe keystone In" the arch that will lw? hniit. >>? > U|> OVSJI by step, as the lawyers bring one witness after another to establish the defense. She has compelled herself to face this terror until now she Is eager to do it?or anything that wjil aid in aavlng the life of her boy. Since Harry's birth hers has been a life of sacrllice, and it will be crowned wttb a halo of renunciation when she takes the witness stand. What it will coat her pride no one can t^ll. Neither can it be estimated what agonies of Indecision she has gone through, If Harry Thaw is saved lie will owe his life to his mother. The mind of the boy, the youth, the young man Is known better to hei than to anyone else. And this she will tell as she aaw It grow and develop uul of the normal meutal course of the spiritually heaithy. The distortions of the sense of right and wrong, the early learning toward elf-control and many other traitswhlch mutt have brought agony to the mother, wilt be told. She, who lias kept t hem hidden in her heart ot hearts for years, will there. It la to save his life, and for this she Is willing to do it. Does Harry Thaw knowY?Atlanta Journal. A BMniit. lieutenant (examining soldier)?What should you do If you met an e runny on the field of battle? Soldier?Shoot him dead, air. lieutenant?Right And what should you do If you met a whole battalion of the eueiny? Sokller?Shoot them dead, air. lieutenant?You couldn't by yourself. You ahould fall back and give warning. \Vhat should you do If you met a cow belonging to tbe enemy? Soldier?Shoot It dead, air. lieutenant?Wrong. Soldier?Kail bock and give warning, ur. lieutenant? Wrong again. You should catch bold of It by the horns and bring It Into camp. Now tell ine what you should do If you met me In the Held. Soldier?Shoot you dead, sir. Lieutenant?Rubbish! I'm not an enemy! I wear the same uniform us you do. Soldier?Kail bock and give warning. IJeutenaut?Wrong, stupid! I'm not a battalion of the enemy. Soldier?Well, then, I'd catch bokl of you by the horns and lead you into camp. lieutenant?You ? ?Lustige Blatter. SlrTtavoo'i Uravr. No Kngllah novelist rests In a more eccentric Hi?ot thun that ehosen by Ilottert Louis Stevenson, who la burled on the summit of the forest clad Valla, In tlie Island of Samoa. The day after his death at Valllme, In 1694, his remains were earrled to the top of this precipitous rnd picturesque peak by sixty sturdy Samouus, who had loved and now mourned their dead chief. Tuxttulu. A part* of forty had previously cut a pathway through the thick. tangled wood with kulvea and axes. while another party had prepaved tbo grave. With Infinite care' and trouble they bore him shoulder high over the rough ground to his last 1 long botne, and there, under the starry sky, they left him to sleep forever, with the Pacific at his feet. On either aide of his tocn be tone Is a beense plate. One bears the words, "The Tomb of Tusltuta," while the etber Is Inecrlhsd 1 with his own requiem, beginning: 1 tVod*r the wide and starry sky 1 XMw lia part and let su lla T ii m ??er Tim?. "I suppose yon have feuod," mid the I >luin ettisen, "that every man baa hla price." I "Yea," replied the lobbyist, "except < the man who la worth buying^"?Philadelphia Press. | To Car* Inert**. . "At A let liquet," aald an editor, j once beard ?r - ... .vjvutc UJBKV I | BpetH-b on tinwln* I r*n?mb?r tb?( It ] ( ended with the** words. To rur# I ( anorinf, It la ad v teed that a piece of eoap be rtropiMHl Into the mouth of tba Huorer. The oil In the eoap will lubricate the pharynx and other Latin J parta of the throat. Tble remedy must "???lle<t with caution; otherwise tho eaorer will arlae and lubricate the * floor with the peraou who dropped la the soap.' " Fnbocrtbe to The Advocito. 1 I Poor Bowser ~ Is Squelche< Philosopher Receives an Unei pected Visit From His Mother-in-law. READS RIOT ACT TO HIN Trouble All Started When He Wi Told to Keep Quiet Because Wife Had Headache. [Copyright. 1906. by P. C. Knstment.) Mil. BOWSEIl l?a<l bwn "good for u week. lie bud picked u several clothespins lu tbe bac L yard without twitting Mri Bowser of reckless extravagance. Tb monthly gas bill had come lu. aud b hadn't charged her with u plot to sen< them to the poorhouse. The berry am melon peddlers had paused In front o his house and shouted aud yelled am ihrleked, but while Mrs. Bowser trem bled lu fear of u calamity be had slm ply smiled?not one word of faul about his meals, about the cook, abou the watermelon bought for dinner am kept lu tbe Icebox for two days am then found to be as green us grata. I had been a goodness thut almost fright ened Mrs. Bowser, but Saturday even Ing was to bring a change. On the morning of thut day she wok up with u headache, but concealed th fact until Mr. Bowser bad left for th otllco. Then she wcut to bed aud pray ed that she would he rid of the thlnj before he came home at night. It wa not to !>e, however. At 5 o'clock p. m n i "SHE BUI r*L> IIKit Way IN AND lUISIIKl ME ASIDE." she was groaning nml sighing nnd ba< something of a fever, nml Just at tha time be walked Into the house. Souk of his "goodness" had worn off, but h< had come koine ralrly good nutured. Told to Krrp Qal*(. As he hung his lint on the rack In th< hall he cried "Hello!" and began sing Ing, and the cook came running up stairs to say: "Please hush, sir. Your wife Is li bed with a bad headnehs." "II-in! Mrs. Bowser lu bed, eh?" - i en, mr." "In bed with a headache?" "Yen, sir." "And she won't l>e up to dinner?" "No, sir." "By thunder, but that's a pretty how de-do! I leave this house this morning and she Ih Ringing around like a lark I come home at night and ttnd her 1b bed with u headache that will proba bly last u week and may prove fatal It the end. Things need seeing to around here." Mrs. Dowser heard him coming up stairs with n stamp, stamp, stamp, and she closed her eyes In ho[>?9 hu would think her asleep and go down again It was n vain hope. "Mrs. Dowser, what does this mean?" be demunded as he hovered over bar. "No-uotliliiflr. I've lust tm* a hit headache. It's better than it was, and I hope It will go away pretty soon." "Oh, you hope, do you^ Well, lt*e no ?r?. That headache la going to lust you for the next ten days, and for the next ten days thin house has got to be like a morgue. What have you been doing to bring a headache on yourself r "I may be a little bilious." *? >-?-J 01* vita. "A little!* Hy gosh, you are logded down with it! That cornea from making u pig of yourself. During the past week 1 liHve reen j'ou eating cabbage, turnips, heeta, plclgles, ice cream, sausages aud a dozen other things fit only for horse food. I>o you think you can do these things and not suffer for them V" Mm. Ilowser had enten nothing of the >-< ~ ? a ?n? - - - tiuu, vu\ luir with too in to voter luto au argument. "And you've probably been barefooted around the house, nud aut In the hreere after washing your hair, aud drunk pa I Ions of ice water. You are like all other women. Not oua In a thousand knows how to tuke care of herself. I am not lorry to soe you offer. It inny be a loason to you." "Won't you please go down aud eat four dlnnar?" whispered Mra. liowser. "After I have had my say. I want to know by what right"? A hand reached over his shoulder, kad a thumb and finger clutched Mm tar, and a rolce said: 1 ttaluk jou had better go at oo<*e. K think jou had." lie turned slowly nreuiid to look Into the eyes of his mother-In luw. Her Inst letter, received only u week previous, laid that she was laid up with a sprain :*d ankle and bud no hope of gettiug >ut of the house for a month. kjr Mothrr>ln>Uir, Mr. Bowser gasped aiul turned pnle is he was led out of the room to the ie*d of the stairs. "Now, go down softly," continued the uother-ln-lnw, "and you make mighty Ittie noise down there. I'll have an ntervlew with you lu about ten mlu lie#." "Who?who asked you to come Low a/' be dewawkd M he jpolled hiu?> I "Go rl(bt along, IuhmL I dou't j Lave to wait for an 1qtI tattoo. I coma. | I whan I please!*/ f* i Mr. Boweer w?|t dowu to dlaur, but 1 he bad no ?iH>adtar h**1 * Invaded abd bis happy pinna broken up. Tbo cook brought In bin tea, and be turned on betr with: ' , > 'T.ook here, Nancy, whj? did you let that old woman iu?** . ? "Let her la! Why, no sooner bad I \ opened ' the' door-'an' Inch' when, ahe j busted her. way do and pushed pje ., aside as If 1 w%a ' chip. 'And who be. | . yoiu that makes* so free with other peo- , 1 pie's house#? sayrf L 5 *> ' *' . i "*8bet your.bead and tpnd .to your , business!' aaya she. ' *" 1 a M 'HI call the faiafcfW* ' * , (I #f I -si 1 S-l - aw a_ _ - ? ! aim urjHtiT. i near war ( bullfrog voice pt bin upatalru.* NIm a Talk la* Ta. "That's the way 1t w?uf Mr. Uo#i*r, ( and the next thing 1 saw she lm?l yon , ? by the ear on tbp stairs and was talks | Ink to you as If you was a lad 'tea ( ? years old. It's the mother luMaw, J i s'pohcV" .t.? ' "Vw-hlBllt!1* I ' ;a 0 "I obu't 'fdsinw ydtt fur taktfig ' the , j name of the Lord !u vain, and 1 pities j you fronitb* bottom of aha heart. If 1 f was you, alr"-?- , 1 t 4 But there was no time to flulsh. The a mothvr-lu-law appeared, eud Nancy y OtKl to the kttcbtn.' y f t '"Now, then. Samuel, yoa bustle alone , t with y-ouf fiRnuer and be ready to-Ko to the drug stork 1 Old haV# a kpHlned ^ ankle, but whee 1 got to figuring that t It waa about time for you to break out c agalu I got well and. came down. You c j-_? are not tickled te dpath to see nte. but ^ that makee no difference. . It won't do > yon any good to alt there and scowl 9 like a bear with a sore paw. You bar* J got to toe the mark while I'm arouud." "Womaa. don't talk that way to met" " he shouted. ? 1 J "Stop right there. Samuel. L>ou't you shout sod call ma 'wotaifi.' " w "But thla ta my house." J ' Th?? -..k. aft. ??_?.? ? 1 ( reave. naoth?r.-ln-law* can go and come a* the pleases. I want uu? rnui tard aud ginger from the drug More, and If you slam the door wbeu you go e out you'll find ma at yodr heels." Planned n KtMltei. ^ Mr. Bowser shored hack from the ts- o ble, with a glint in hta age. and two c minutes later 1m was eat of the house. fl He got the. ginger and mustard and c sent them back by a amall boy. and s then ha started off fer n walk, lie had # determluod to assert hla Independence ( of that woman. He would either re- L turn aud bluff her out of her shoes or remain away fu# a week. t Men who saw him walking aiong with his bead down said to tbemseivaa: t "Poor old bnidhead! Ha la mourning J fer hla lost hair." Women who noticed that be dragged hie feet as: he walked whispered to # each other: "Ills home la not a happy ene." {l Tlie hoodlums running up and down ^ drew aside as Mr. Bowser passed and v > felt lu their hearts that be was a man 1 a, needing consolation. He had walked u 1 for un hour:when an arui was passed Mym PjidgetL. . | '.NEW |I SHOES. Is JWe have just received^ m new lot of "hamil-x Ston Brown Shoe?MX * ^that will come nearer*? t* Scurins: a cold in oneCS jgday, than anything*? *' (2you have ever tried. c? i? f-ll ? ? w ? Ufa van a IIU it I us prc-^ "" ^scribe a pAlr for y*U.S ? |We have them for a-{E vSdultB, children andS ^infants. jT \m No charge for con-3 ^sulfation or fitting on Jg 104 IE. V. Cullumf | Company, 11 jR>oi? Oatbra li HtakitM BrtwaM^ * * - w t through bis ami a voice Mid la hi* ear a s "I have been looking for you, Samuel. .? Come along. LMdu't I tall you that you must to* th* mark ?" ^ Mr. Bowser- looked at a policeman , appealtugly, but the officer refuted to ^ Interfere. II* thought for a moment of b wrenching himself free and fl**lng far 5 away?far away as Canada?but the # , clutch on hta arm tlgbtenod. aud the c vole* said: . .. . ? *I>ou't try It, 8atonal?not on yonr B life!" . . . M. QUaJ). b GROUNDS FOR TR1- S CODNTT Fiffi ' TRACT 6F TEI ACRES PBECI18ED k I IT BATE8BURG. Batesburg, .Feb. (J ?The Bateaburg n J Trl County Fair association has purI chased tew j tiros uf laud at a coat of 12 0(H) from Mr. K L. Hartley In the eastern part of the town- t>n this Intsd d the association wMl at au early date tl begin the erection of buildings and en- v 1 closures for (he purp< >?e Of holding g< ' a inual f?i? ' w. : Mas. lwjindaThall- f; MAN DEAD. e: Mrs. Lucluda Hailmau died of pneu. (J1 monla, here T need ay Feb. 6 after n, snort illnesi. ' * U She was *70 ysari Old. The funera) w service was conducted bjr ltov. Jaboz Ferris Wednesday at Wsst Cree* 01 hurch.- hbe leaven ope child Mrs rc I A CONVICT AND | A GENTLEMAN |! (CDPyrti^ 1106. by Homer Spraicut.) It.*U'> eel in starlight ulght, ami irben 1 came oa duty ut 10 o'clock the Miptaln a Ad his family bad turned iu. rL. re was nothing for my watcb to do ixvept lu tlia case of -the tuuu ou the ?okout, and all except blru and tbo nan who stood by the wbeel lu a perbiactory wuy were soon sprawled out tad asleep. Wltblu tbe bour I believe that we all slept. If I slept at all, of irblcb I am uot sure. It was less than im?? tnluiif<*4 hv (liit tuililn aIajiIi- T ????. tuddenly aroused l>y houiuuuc touching ny ?rm, and I at ouce responded: "Well, what Is It if" I spoke before I turned to the man it in/ aide. When 1 wheeled ou him I law.a stranger. He stood there with lla cap la buml, uud drawn up across 1m deck wort> fourteen other men, ull lressed aa French convicts. Every ban removed his cap and bowed to ue, and as 1 stood staring the one Hrko had touched tue quietly said: "Sir, wo have come aboard." "But what Is It?wuo are you?" I taked aa our voices aroused the man kt the wheel. "Oar boat Is alongside, sir. We are tscaped convicts from Cayenne. Wo 114 not hall you. and we came aboard rtthout noise. We have beeu a night ind two dayB at sou. May I hope that or advent will disturb no one':" "Hood Hod, but we are captured by ouvlcts!" I groaned as 1 finally realBed the sltuntlou. . . a _ ? H.l.w* n.l.,l.i l I. AttU U nurnu uu^ui u?nr nap* ened," be replied, with u laugh. "We taveu't t,be slightest Intention or cuparlug your eruft. Our only desire Is o work our passage to the north. We lave quite h quantity of provisions iboard our boat, uud you will tind us obeying orders and maintaining the >e*t of discipline." I descender! to the cabin und aroused he captain and In whispers informed ilui of wbut had happened. He was rf an excitable nature, and If I had not 'lapped ?uy hand over his mouth he rould have aroused the women with da exclamation*. I had to tell him >ver and over again that the convicts tffered no violence and that their leadir aeeniod to have them under perfect ontrol before I could quiet him. lie ras shaking like a leuf when we gainsi tho deck, and he ufterward told me ui nr uu?liitiK icon iiuiu iu e murdered out of huiul. "Bo this the captain?" softly asked he convict leader. "Let me reassure 'ou. air. There shall l?e u> violence tere. You are us safe us If in your wu home n?hore." "But you?you are convicts!" exlnimed the captnin us he looked round ui>ou the gang. "L'ufortuna ;ely. yea. but It does not #113 w that we are beasts and brutes, ouie of us may uot have been guilty f the crime* charged. I alone can peak your language. 1 uui the leader. Jvery man will obey my slightest ford. All we ask .Is tbut you give us passage to the north." '"How tur to the north?" "To iuv of tbe kuullKh islands In tre West Indies." Tbc wan was speuking fairly, and rhao o0? looked ut hliu there eouhl e do mistake that he had been gentle on. lie had the face and speech of aristocrat. Ills followers were more ommoD looking men, hut their faces rers not evil. The captain's exeltelent quieted down after u little and e reasoned It out that It was best to Ive way. Indeed, there was no other oucluslon Tor a sensible man to come ). He looked at me ami 1 gave him nod, and then he said: "1 will take you along and trust In rhat yo-u say." "And I pledge you my word you shall ave no cause to regret It," replied the sader ?? he extended his hand. "As le weather Is tine my men can occupy ie decks. I have a few words to say t tl.cin." With ii gesture l._? called them around lui, nu'i then for live minutes he spoke i low hat earnest tones. As he used ic ! reocli language we could not un crstauu a wora, ana yet it was plain mt be wub giving tJn-ui orders hu<1 adlee. While he wus speaking I sugested to the captain that he be Invited > occupy a a pa re ?>erth In the cabin, nd this was acceded to. When the lnItatiou was extended lie accepted It s his due, hut with many thanks, and ktroduced himself as Mr. I.afoy. t)ur eeplng watch was roused ui>, the conlets' bout unloaded ami sent adrift, cplanntlous made and all done so uletly that the sleeping women were ot aroused. The llrst they knew of le affair was at breakfast time. Meanhlle the culm was broken. In the morning watch I carried one f my suits of clothes to laifoy's statek>m, along with a razor and other ilngs. When he came out to break ist and was introduced he was all ?utlen>au and no convict. He was a jjd talker and a natural entertainer, id the women, who had expected to eet a villain, were on friendly footing Ithfn h quarter of an hour. Aa for the other convicts, our men eternised with them at once. Some ' them werv sailors and they promptly irtHxl to. lletween our crew and the tptain's alop chest nil were fitted out other dress and their uniforms rowii orerhonrd. We had the crowd ith us for three weeks, and never a an during that whole time caused us ?a all obtest trouble f?r iJktoy, all took the greatest ting to hlnj ami were sorry when the tue e*ine to part. Just where we ft them 1* n mutter not to be betrayL. but tbey did uot go from us empty nwlf<t and a ebuuee wan given them live better Uvea In the future. M. QUAD. | Th. RaalaaiM. 'The popular belief that storms are 9re frequent about the time of the ulnoX, or when 'the sun crosses the ie* lb March and Bepteml>er, reives eouie alight degree of support >nj the Investigations of Kuropean lent lata." states an expert of the Mrtber bureau. "In southwestern irope March Is the stormiest month, itle in the British Islands and Ncr17 January takes the lead In that ipect; but, considering Kuroi>e as a iole. It appears that a tonus prspon Mts hssv th* ?sons H the eqok Mr. Bowser And Politics Talks About the Salvation of the American Nation With a Few Gentlemen. FOR NEW PARTY TICKET Has No Political Ambition, but For His Wife's Sake Would Uke to Be a Governor. [Copyright. 190C. by P. C. Eastmcnt.) DUItlXU the dinner hour the other evening Mrs. Bowser knew that Mr. Bowser had something on his uiiud that he was ' no a ni? is a rori'lb of woatfl ijb1i1n 1>." 1 euough to know that something has got to ho done very soni or this country will go to the dogs." "And you are going to do some thing' "By the seven spotted bulls owned l>y the seven cross eyed men, I am! 1 have been keeping out of polities for your sake for the last year, 'out I can resist the pressure no longer. 1 have beta: asked, Mrs. Bowser"? "1*011 have been asked to take a nomination for alderman and save America," she finished as he hung on , to his words. "Not by a durucd sight! I am not in the alderman business. If 1 take a nomination it will be for governor at least." "Oh! And these?these men who arc coining here this evening are .olng to tender you the nomination? What tick- | et are you going to run on, Democratic or Republican?" "Neither one. It will be a new party ticket. It has been eniicliisirele cIi.wt, llmt noil her of the old parties can save the country. A new one is demanded by a majority of the honest electors of the country, and a new one we shall have. We meet this evening to decide on the name." Mrs. Bowser was going to say sonto thing sarcastic. She was going to a<k if "Soreheads." "Old Hums" and "(Juanlinn .Nngols" wouldn't he good names to ' j eleet from, and she was going to add that every time Mr. Bowser had catered politic < he had been "worked." but she forbore. She was afraid tlint | if she discount cd h :n in politics he would turn to Hying machines. She therefore decided to take the other tack and presently said: "Well, some good may come out of It. The people seem very much dissatisfied and inclined to bring about n < change." t "You can see that, can you?" eagerly . inquired Mr. Bowser. "T > be sure. A new party with a new platform may sweep the country." | "By (!oorge. Mrs. Bowser, hut 1 give 1 you credit for knowing twice as much 1 ns I thought you dhl. You arc dead t right about things. There is a demand t for a new party, and that demand shall be met. What do you think of iny taking the nomination far governor?" "You are an honest i ian and a sincere man. and that is the kind wanted." "I am that, even If 1 d ? say it my- i eelf, and backed by the right ort of platform 1 don't see why 1 slioul I n't be elected. 1 have no political ambitions, i but for your sake 1 should like to ho able t ? write my name Governor Samuel l'.owser." I "I should be proud of It. What are i the most prominent planks in your plat < form?" "Down with the trusts. "Prison for the grafters, "Honest insurance or i; > insurance :.r 1 all. i "Federal supervision of everything. < Including peanut stands. ] "The Chicago stockyards to bo turn 1 e<l over to the Salvation Army. I 1 "No man to have above hl,(ii:;),0 >0. "Those are as far as we have jrone but others will he Introduced this even ln?r. II will ho a popular party with a I popular platform." < "1 see it will. Have you wine and I cigars in the library!" . i 1 trying to hide for the time being, lie was cheerful and anxious by turns. lie was ahscntminded and thoughtful and then talkative aud vigilant. When a beggar rang the basement bell he gave a start and was very curious for a moment, and when the letter carrier blew his whistle next door Mrs. Bowser saw him llush red and pale. She was full of curiosity, and yet she repressed it, aud it was not until dinner had been finished ten minutes that Mr. Bowser gulped two or three times and then said: ?i ...i..i.* - a iuij.-ui as u vii 11*11 you, i'H. l?OW* ?er, (hat 1 ani expecting :i few gentlemen here this evening." "Is it a poker game?" she queried. "No, lun'ani, it isn't," lie answered in louder tones than there was any need of. ".Inst going to call to talk about the weather?" "They are going to call to talk about the salvation of the American nation If you want to know. Even though you are a woman, you've read and heard ANSEL DECIDES UPON THE DATE WILL Hit ARGDMEHT8II D1SPEH8ARY MATTER FRIDAY. \ ^ RULE TO SHOW CAUSE ISSUED HE AND MS. Lf ON ACCEDE THAT MR. MCDOEALD IS RIGHT A! j TO MODUS OPERANDI. ' AcruiditiK to appointment, Mr. J. E. Mcl>ona!d ??f W mnsb' ro. reDYeiuinM??? Direct* M. Wylie, appeared I efore iiov, Aisl at litkjii yesterday and argued the point which lie raised a few days ago, viz. that the governor has not the. light to remove without firat giving notice to the accused that they must show cause why they should not ;.c ejected from oltice. Mr. J. Fnser I.yon, attorney general, was also present. Mr. Lyon offered no object ion to the point raised by Mr. Mr. McDonald. 'J he letter did not refer to the matter of the governor linally exercising the right to remove for cause, but the discussion was us to the modus operandi. Mr. McDonald claims that there is nothing in the eon. slit wt ion oT or In tlie statute law providing the method of removal ar.d hen-fore the mutter tails back upon the common law. In the common law tui; course is ior notice to show cause u be issued unci for the accused to make response oil the day set and. if ny should not prove I heir case, then i.?j order ol removal f.ora cilice should Issue. Mr. McDonald supplied a great many jnotulhia from court dechtons to prove his contention, llis views as to t.he legal status were not opposed by Mr. Lyon, w ho suggested to Gov Ansel :hat t h;- ma tor should take the course ?.iggus'. ed. Gov. Ai-scl.w o ' .'d already given areful it .i s' g ?i i? i.ilo I he 'aw . anloui.e I thai no would comply with Mr. McDonald's iiyjueSl and would ssue the writ requiring the board lo -how cause why they should i ol be removed from ol* cc. The rule is re. urnable Friday at uoou and it is unh-rsiood that tLe attorneys for tlte ii em hers of the board will be licie ou hat. dale will arguments against the removal. Mr. W. h. (irubcrof Colleen is representing Director John 'b-.ck. I ir, brother-in 'aw. Mr. Wylie was served the t. copy ?i the order hist nieht ri/>i.vn.?..^ ...h.<v< v va^ivoscu no tee ing except to have '.he matter brought lo a llnal'.ty at once. In the course of hi? argument yealerlay, Mr. McDonald was out spoke in lenout.cir.g the Slate db pensary. He ltd not hu.-ita'.e 10 declare his belief hat it shoual be abolid.td. This matter came up in the discus>i n of the daj on which t lie part'es .iCCUuCd . hou'd u.aUt u uin ihiongli their uit'uncys. -or. Mel ouald i? fe.* rcd to the pending legislation in the >enate all the i. i.re reason why in s matter sh .old be closed up before t ? generai .i .-ri'iU.} adjourned. lie reh ri d to the absence from the state oi s i 01 the parlies concei tied :ud inii .iiited hat iliej might care l?i >111ik ron.e wiu.is.MS herefrom beyond . hi. lx>r. i is f t In' etale. It is evident ilint iiie baring is merely to begin I t iilav ai iiooii. 1 he taking of evidei ce and I he hear ing ol mrgunienis may cut.;ijine several days. Attorney <i n ral Lyon, upon tie leeisior: o. tiov A nsei being announced ore pa red li t charges and specitical ions aldeli svere signed by Gov. Ansel lust right and copies servid on all the Members There is some talk that Commissioner Lai (iin is as subject to removal fr< in idiei- us the members (if the board fur ven afierhe knew of the alleged uu* iful puiaia.seof whiskey, he ordered he i k i k to pay $;ih.OoO for some or it. I he c<tmmisf.iuiier Is bellied, the memjers of the board arc not. The comiiiv?itn<:r i-. more txpiLitly subject to he oiders ol the coventor than are ie members of the bard.? Kx. Pull Price. Mrs. Skrhupcr?One can never be llove one-half that is said In advertise- i merits. Ihasfold & Tatlnir had an advertisement In yesterday' iper say- ? iii|? that everything was marked down F Mrs. Rarpninlm liter Yes. I saw It | Mrs. Skrlmper Well, it was false. ! I bought two postage stamp- tlioro thl I morning, and I had to pay as inuf* ^ I I over for thein. vi^| ^ The Souk lilrd. They say the birds are timid! (trea I leavens, to he so small and lovely in . I world of hawks and snares and ye ft Jare to ship as if the godr were good 1 In all tlio wide creation there Is uoth ng braver than tlie heart of a singing slrd. Yet Itoth Made pi Km. Director?Say, my ninu, how is it that Shakespeare's statue Is standing >ti the pedestal marked Scott? Attendant-lie must have got his base on in error, air .? Brooklyn Life.