Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Maureen's lover By Constance Craigie Halkett o F course, I know that any number of men hare been guardians sometimes (as I am) to a young and pretty ward. But my wife and I agreed oue day that, among tbe lot of Ahem, nobody could possibly give more food for thought and anxiety than did Maureen O'Connor, our niece and ward. To say she was pretty sounds tame. She was as fresh and sweet ss a wild flower. She was as wild as any deer on our hills. She feared neither man nor beast, rode horses many beys would have declined to mount, could swim like a fish and run like a hare. When I add that she was Just seven teen, and bad shut up her lesson books with a decided bang the day before her birthday, you will perhaps understand why my wife and I were sitting look ing at each other, discussing Maureen. She was, or would be, an heiress, and she knew i.bout oh much on the subject of money as those birds yonder near the marsh. She could spend it, though, for she loved giving. No tale of distress was ever told to her in vain, for she ba? tbe warmest of Irish hearts. The only way. Indeed, one could influence her, I found out long ago, was to appeal to that?it was no good lecturing Maureen. My wife was looking rather helpless. Maureen adored her, but ruled her? absolutely. My wife worshiped Man reen. and spoiled her horribly, but to me she always played the role of a dutiful ward, though she knew per fectly well that It never deceived me for one moment. "She ought to go to the city and make her social debut," she said, firmly. "I quite agree with you," said I, "but will she go?" "I?I don't know." "Ah!" I laughed, "you see, we can't exactly make her go." "Have you ever been able to make her do anything?" my wife asked, Scornfully. She spoke as If she had been In the liabit of enforcing obedience on Mau reen every other minute, nnd I was riled. "I hnven't observed tlint your at tempts in that direction have been so very successful." I said, crossly. Whereupon we both laughed (we possess a sense of humor?a thing which saves so many situations from becoming serious >. ?Tust then, through the open window, we caught sight of a dninty. charming figure, in the simplest of draperies, tearing across the lawn, three or four dogs at her heels. I went to the window and called her bnck. She came reluctantly. "Am I In for a scolding?" she asked, her lovely face mutinous, her eyes so full of laughter that they would have disarmed the severest guardian, 1 al most think. "Come in here." I said, "we want to spenk to you seriously." She groaned and gave o backward glance across the flower-spangled meadows and ths sunny garden, k "Fancy being serious on such a day!" fslie said. "It's wasting one's time posi tively. I do assure you." However, she lifted her dainty skirts, and with one bound was in at the window. "My dear." I said, "you've grown up now, you know." Her answer was an affectionate hug. and "If you only knew how funny you look when ygu try to look solemn," 8ii id she. Well, we sat down, one on each side of her, and we propounded the social debut. I talked what I believed to be common sens<.. My wife sold a good deal ahout parties and beautiful gowns, and seasoned the lump with a little worldly wisdom, which I firmly believe she had learned out of a book, as she hasn't a particle of her own. Maureen sat there as quiet as a mouse and listened patiently, but said nothing until we canto to a fu!i stop. It Is n trifle difficult to go on adduc ing arguments in support of a plan when nobody says anything lo contra dict yon. This was what we both felt, so we paused. Maureen still sat silent for a moment, then she spoke. 1 had never heard Maureen's voice with Mint In flection in my life; she was actually serious. "My dr::r>?." she sold, and she slipped one hand into mine uud another into my wife's, "you've been very good to me all my life," and there was a thrill In her voice as she said If which made my eyes grow suddenly dim. "I've lost both father and mother, but you have been to me so kind that I never missed either?can I sny more? Rut don't make me do this thing. What Is the Idea? I shall be rich some day, and I know you tbink me pretty, there fore you would like me to make a grand marriage. I don't care If I marry or don't, but I'm quite sure It twonld be hateful to live In a dirty old elty, and I'm not going to do it, so that ? 1? qnlte settled. Isn't It?" ' Daring tbe first quarter of her speech My wife and I held our breaths?It was m onllke the Maureen of every day? but the wind-op held a family likeness to speeches we had often heard, and we felt that we were treading familiar ground once more. "Then you won't go," I said. "Indeed, I won't," she replied, and then there was a vision of gathered skirts and tiny feet, for Maureen liad departed by the way she had come. My wife and I looked nt each other and gave a sigh of relief. "I bate the city," she said suddenly, "but I thought It was my duty to take her there." "Just what I felt myself,- I told her, "bat apparently we won't have to uproot ourselves after all; you see, she has made up her mind." "It never takes her long to do that." "If she made up her mind to marry anybody, for Instance, and we didn't approve," she suggested, "what could we do?" My face, I presume, presented a blank, for my wife Jumped up and went out of the room laughing. Maureen wasn't my only care, either. I bad a son called Tom, and he was as wild as a hawk, and so I need hardly say that he and my ward hunted In couples. He was a year or two younger than she was, but he would have fol lowed her to the moon willingly, had there been a path there, and there had never been an escapade of hers in which Tom had not had his full share. I had had tutors for him, but one after another these gentlemen had in formed me that?well, one of them had Insinuated that I had better engage one of the wild beast tamers from a traveling menuregie, as such a person might succeed in instructing Tom. For an ordinary man it was a hopeless task, he said, to attempt to teach him anything. My wife had warned me not to en page any young man as tutor this time. "Now Maureen is grown Up," she said, "your own common sense wllftell you that it wouldn't do at all." I agreed hastily, and sat down to accept the suggestion of a friend who had proposed sending me a certain Professor Bryant, who. my friend said, was quite clever at dealing with boys. I had visions of spectacles and a brain stufTed with classical lore, of some old dry-as-dust specimen of humanity, and I gave a sigh of sympathy with Tom. I remembered my own mad youth, and understood him better than most peo ple could, except Maureen. Rut the boy must learn; he was go ing to college soon to prepare himself for the bar, and be needed preliminary tuition. My letter was written and duly dis patched, my terms were accepted by "Professor Bryant." and a few days later came a telegram announcing bis arrival. I had spoken to Maureen about It, and she bad coaxed Tom into a state of quiescence, which was a shade bet ter than the open rebellion which he usually showed to new arrivals of the genus tutor. I sent a carriage to the station to meet the professor, and stayed at home to receive him. I went out to the ball when I beard the wheels on the drive, and I shall never forget my feelings of surprise when the "professor" caine into the lamp-lit room. He was six-foot-three, at least?a falr-liaired, blue-eyed giant, and if he was more thnn six and twenty, I'm?well add to that the fact that he was the most attractive man I ever saw in my life and you will un derstand that, as he stood there facing me In his rough tweed suit, I was men tally ejaculating: , "What will Molly (my wife) say?" What sho did say was so different from what I had expected that I was struck dumb, and only stared at her, wondering for the hundred thousandth time at the Inconsistency of women. 4Bhe Just looked at me, her eyes bright and her cheeks quite pink, and she sold: "He's the handsomest man I ever saw; he is one of the Bryants of Dor chester, a cousin of iny mother's (isn't that queer?). lie's as good as gold and as nice as he can be. and I do wish he'd fall In love with Maureen." Which speech, as I have already re marked, struck me dumb. There was no use in reminding her, "You said so and so a week ago." She would have waved me aside with an airy "One Is at liberty to change one's mind." So I, metaphorically, took a back seat, and waited to see what would happen next. What dl?l happen was a refreshing novelty. Tom took to Bryant at once; lie also toWl,to his bonks, and worked like a beaver. morrUng. noon, and night ?except now and again, when he and Bryant took a holiday and went Ash ing. Of this art Bryant was found to be a past master, and Tom's respect for him Increased accordingly. The other noticeable fact since big ar rival was still more extraordinary. Maureen became strangely quiet? oddly shy?a new loveliness had touched her face, and even I knew St was something which could not be ac counted for by any physical cause. It wae almost the difference between an "Undine" before she had a soul and after she possessed one, or at least the V-T. 29] so?ehodty had ?w her heart. Thine* went on much M wlac, hot. about six months after aat'a arrival. h? asked to eee mo la the library "?a bttdaeee.** My heart sank. He was going to throw op the place?of coarse, I knew that. He did "throw ap the place." aa I had expected; hot he eald to ao when he had done so: "I think tfa only fair to tslf yon that It's aet be cause of any tronbie I've had with. Tom that I am tearing. We get on capitally. The boy has brains and grit enough for two. He'U make his msrk by and by, but " be paused. "Oat with it, man!" I said. Impa tiently. "I can't stand people who leave a sentence unfinished. Bryant smiled broadly. "All right," he said, "I'll go strslght to the point. I lore Hiss O'Connor, your niece and ward. I am a poor man; although a small estate at Dor chester belongs to me. It has been let for years, and I haven't enough to keep a wife, even supposing that I might venture to try and win Hiss O'Connor. I am getting to care for her more every day, and I'm going away because I can't stand it" "Bless my soul!" I said, "you had better tell her that." Bryant took a step forward, his eyes very bright. "Do you mean to tell me that you would sanction," he began, eagerly, then checked himself hastily; "but no," he said, "It is impossible, I've hardly any money." "But I've enough for two," said a soft voice at my elbow, and, turning round, I found Maureen beside me. "It seems to me," I said to Bryant, "that this is a matter to settle between you. If Maureen wants to marry you, she will marry you, whether I approve or not. I'm not sure whether she wouldn't marry you, whether you ap proved or not. Anyhow, I am off to the farm; you can fight It out between yourselves." I met my wife in the passage. Her face was simply a note of Interroga tion. "It's all right," I said, laconically. "Bryant and Maureen are in there." "Then he has fallen in love with her," she said. Joyfully. "It looks like it," I remarked. But she paid no attention and went on: "And he will marry her?" "I shouldn't be surprised," I said, "but of one thing I am certain?she will mnrry him." And slie did.?Saturday Night. Night ascensions of the Lebaudy bal loons uro facilitated by an acetylene ? searchlight on the Eiffel Tower, tbe , pencil of light following tbe airship. j I _ What is saitl to be the largest electro- i magnet in the world has been installed j In the Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital. It . will be used for extracting pieces of ; iron and steel from the eyes of machln- j ists and other metal workers who may : be injured. The solar engine of Captain W. A. j Jacques has a small steam boiler la i the concentrated rays of the sun and i a condensing steam engine. A motor of ten-horse power, costing about i $3000, has reflectors about thirty-six ! feet In diameter and containing 10,000 square feet of surface. i The American Inventor tells of a j narcotic l>onib Invented by a surgeon in , the Austrian Army, which may be tired i from any gun. This bomb has a time fuse, and when dropped amid a regi- j men! of the enemy will not explode, but will till the air with narcotic gases strong enough lo make 2000 men un conscious for several hours. It is an J application of the principles on au- ' aesthetic surgery to war. I The recent excitement in the cotton market has served to attract attention to the possibilities of cotton raising in various places where that industry has not yet been developed. From Bogota, for instance, comes the Infor mation that in some parts of Colombia cotton can be seen growing wild on land that has never been tilled, and the newspapers of that country are trying to create a sentiment in favor of tho cultivation of cotton there. Our knowledge of glnclers has been considerably advanced by some experi ments which have recently been car ried out on a glacier in the Tyrol. Tho Ice was bored at a distance of about a mile and a quarter from its tip, at a point where its breadth was over 2000 feet. The bed rock was there reached at a depth of r>00 feet. The tempera ture was found to be at the melting point throughout the whole extent of Its tongue, and It was also ascertained that the glacier bed Is trough-shaped, and that the surface ice moves tnorc rapidly than that at the bottom. The holes which were bored have been plugged with pieces of wood, which for a long time will serve as indices of the rnte of motion, atnl also of the rapidity of the melting process. Ivory In Vo*ue Again. It Is remarkable how the cycle of fashion wheels round and round, bring ing back into vogue that which has been formerly vulgarized and, there fore. set aside by connoisseurs of beau ty who can afford to satisfy their whims. Ivory toilet sets, for Instance, are again in fashion after years of neglect, during which time silver back ed brushes have been In vogue, which have been superseded by gold ones, and again by tortoise shell sets mounted In gold, at present the apex of extras aganco and fashion. Borne people say It Is the Intereat we feel In the Japanese at this moment that has brought back the Ivory toilet sets Into favor, but others declare that It Is simply the moment for Ivory. A Jeweler says that there Is another cause, and that is that ivory Is not quite so expensive as It was. It la be ing used either plain or carved, and sometimes delicately colored .with art nouveau tints and dmlgnt, ~ Tbitav Maiy had r. toM tkt ii ?m ?? And WW wIwm ikt Mary Stella?"Have jaa laarned to swim jftr Bthel?"Not thia imnn "-Pact ^ IimHIj HakM m DMnm*. "Is It true. pa. that storks can flj 100 miles an hour7" "Well, not In Utah; they have too many atopa to make."?Town Topics. "Why don't yon aha to youraelf 7' , "Because, I can't tod that there ia any more aatisfactton In cutting my aelf than In having a barber cut me." ?Chicago Poat. ProfaMioaal Amndi. "Dr. Blloibor fare Jim Friable an overdose the other day." "How did he square himself?" "Said he'd knock a dollar off the hill."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. What tk? Otlacr Oete. "He's going to take the atump for one of the candVdatea." "The stump. eh? Then I'll bet the other candidate gets the balance of the tree."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. The g?i MWll? Kdltor. Poet?"Tou say yon found nothing in my poem. Did yon consider It well?" Editor?"On the contrary. I consid ered It afflicted with an Incurable mal ady."?New Orleans Times-Democrat. But Q?IU Stroma. Waiter?"Roast beef or cured ham, sir?" v "Bring me some beef. The last cured ham I ordered here was only convales cent." ? Cincinnati Commercial-Tri bune. ? All a* Had. "Then you have no sympathy for the deserving poor?" said the. charity worker. "Me?" retorted the self-made man. "Why, sir! I have nothing but sympa thy."?Chicago Journal. He Found Oat. "What," asked the old gentleman who was hciuK shown through the pris on. "is the most objectionable part of prison life?" "De visitors wot ask fool questions," answered the surly prisoner.?Chicago News. The Youuger Generation. Judge?"Can you prove nn alibi, Cas ey?" Casey?"No. Your Honor. I can't, but me bey I'atsy can do It for ye. He's all t'hoit?h his aritmetic and way up in algebray."?1Cincinnati Commer cial-Tribute. Sure or It. "Ilow (lo you know It was a safe In vestment?" "Well, I never eouhl get anything out of It."?New York Journal. Better Than lUtrhdtl. "Do you think," queried the old lady, "the time will ever come when all na tions will get together and bury the hatchet?" "They may bury the hatchet," re plied tbe man, who had been reading the war news, "hut they will never inter tbe rapid tire guns,"?Chicago News. By TeHh. Squire (to rural lad)?"Now, my boy, tell me how do you know an old part ridge from a young one." Hoy?"By teetb. sir." Squire?"Nonsense, boy! You ought to know better. A partridge hasn't got any teetb." Boy?"No, sir; but I have."?London Tit-Bits, Per* I (Inge. "Well, I see the meat strike Is set tled." said the lad.v presiding over, the wants of the boarders at the breakfast table. "Now." remarked the thin, funny mnn, looking from one end of the ta ble to the other. "I suppose you'll bo able to make both ends meet?"?Yon kcrs Statesman. High Klnnncr. Hicks?"i've got to borrow $200 somewhere," Wicks?"Take my nuvlcc and borrow $300 while you are about It." Illcks?"But I only nei L $200." Wicks?"That doesn't make any dif ference. Borrow and pay back $100 of it In two Installments st Inter vals of a month or so. Then the man that you borrow from will think that he la going to get the rest of It."? Somerville (Mass.) Journal. A Soft Aniw?f, Johnny?"Say. papa, passing coun terfeit money Is unlawful, Isn't It?' Papa?"Yes." John?y?"Well. papa. If a man waa walking along the streot aqd saw a $100 counterfeit bill upon the sidewalk and did not pick It up, wouldn't he be guilty of passing counterfeit mon ey, and couldn't he bo arrested and put In Jail?" Papa?"More likely the lunatic asy lum. Now you may so to bed, my ?on."?Commerclal-TrlbauA ??WO* to bwwi a iter of Ike great "blue army" of tho metropolis has taken possession of the young man of Cornwall or York shire. his first step Is to fill op a form of appUeatlsa. which Is sent to him from New Scotland Yard, and a search In* form It is, sajs Tit-Bit*. He must give a full personal descrip tion of himself?his sge, which most be between twenty-one and twenty-seven; his height, which msy not fall below 5 feet 9 inches without his socks, and ?o on; and he moat aay whether he is married or single, what hi* trade la. and answer a number of similar ques tions. To these answers are added two testimonials from householders who hare known him for at least fire years, together with a character from his last employer. If all this information proves satis factory, he is summoned to London, and. in company with perhaps fifty or sixty'other candidates, presents him self at New Scotland Yard one Tuesday morning for examination of a varied and searching nature. First comes the medical scrutiny, and after unrobing and covering himself with a cloak, which gives him the appearance of a brigand in a transpontine melodrama, he takes his place in a long procession of similarly attired novices, and in his turn spends ten minutes in the com pany of the chief surgeon of the force. After (or before) he has proved himself to be perfectly sound and free from physical blemish, his height is taken, and if he falls by an eighth of an Inch to reach the standard he niny at once take Ills return ticket home, for there Is no place for him In the force. Then follows an exhaustive exam ination in "the three R's," in which he must prove his proflcleucy, and after passing this last ordeal successfully, our tyro mny consider himself practi cally assured of a blue uniform. But he has still much to go through before he can wear It. For the next three weeks he takes np his quarters at the candidate's sec tion house in Lower Kensington, in company with his successful fellows, and here, while he undergoes the pro cess of being "licked Into shape," he Is most comfortably entertained with ex cellent food, and a billiard room, read ing room, and games for liis recreation .when the day's work is done. Part of his novitiate he spends in learning telegraphy at the section house, and another part is daily drill ing at Wellington Barracks, while from the chief surgeon at Scotland Yard he learns the mysteries of anat omy, ambulance work, and how to ad minister first aid to the injured. Thus he is kept very busy during his brief apprenticeship, and that he may not become too inflated with his new dignity, he is revaccinated and under goes the chastening of a sore arm. After the probation comes an inspec tion at the barracki; by a chief consta ble. and If the candidates satisfy the critical eye of this important official, they are summoned to appear before one of the commissioners at Scotland Yard?this time in all the glory of their uniforms, newly donned?and there each man makes a solemn declaration well and truly to serve the King in the responsible office of constable "for pre serving the peaco and preventing rob beries and other felonies, and appre hending offenders against the peace, and in all respects to the best of my skill and knowledge discharge the du ties of the said office faithfully and according to law." The declaration completes the period of probation, ami now our candidate may consider himself a full-fledged constable of the metropolitan police force, cq'uippcd with all kinds of new responsibilities and powers. lie is drafted off to his division, and after two weeks of station work and attend ing tho police courts to "learn tho ropes.*' he is sent out 011 duty, ready equally to escort a timid old lady over a busy crossing or to arrest n burglar in the dark and silent watches of the night. Here we will leave him in full enjoy ment of his twenty-five shillings six pence a week, progressing by a shilling a week yearly to a weekly maximum of thirty-three shillings six pence, with the prospect of developing some day into a sergeant, an inspector, or even a superintendent on H4C4) a year, and a certainty of a comfortable pension af ter from fifteen to twenty years of faithful service. CIrcen PfM For Krllnn CJommcfH. It is generally supposed tlint cnts are carnivorous animals, yet from investi gations recently undertaken by a French cnt fancier It would appear that vegetarians are to be found even among the feline tribe. Ureen peas?cooked?arc among the vegetables most favored by those four footed gourmet*, nnd asparagus is re garded as an extraordinary dainty, eve i the white, hard stalks, usually rejected by the most fastidious "hu mans," being eagerly devoured. Hari cot beans and sorrel are not much thought of, nor spinach, but cooked chicory nnd lettuce are more to their taste. Carrots are generally appre ciated, nnd are said to be beneficial to cat health. They are also excessively fend of maize, cither green or even the bard grains when cooked. Fruit apparently doe* not appeal to nrss, apples, pears, peaches and apri cots failing to rouse her appetite. Oil the other hand, they show a decided taste for melons and bananas, while soino were found to be absolutely greedy over cocoanut In any form. Thero Is evidently likely to be an opening In the future for a cat's veget able man to compete with the peripa tetic cat's meat man of the present.? Loudon Daily Telegraph. Foreign Born N?w Yorkors. In 1000 the number of foreign born In New York of nil races was 1,270,080. Of these 232,343 were f?ermans, 275, 102 Irish and 145,433 Italian. Since then the Italians have more than dou bled In number, but the Increase In the two other races has been small rela tively. . . A Bright Negro. A remarkable negro youth acts at door keeper nt the Apostolic Legation In Washington. His name. Is James J. Mattlngly, he Is twenty-one years of I age, he fluently speaks Ave languages, find Is studying three more, m. . . VESSEL MUST LEAVE Hack Saa WIN Deaaitf a Strict. Ob senraace tf Neutrality Lavs OECISION IN CASE OF TOE LENA Th* Russian Auxiliary Cruiser Will Have to Depart From San Frsn olaoo In a Short Time or Remains Until the Termination of the Rua elan-Japaneee War. Oyster Bay. Special.?Tho Russian auxlUary cruiser Lena, which put Into port of Sen Francisco Sunday, presumably from Vladivostok, either will hare to leave that port within a brief time prescribed by this govern ment or will hare to dismantle. That In brief. It can be stated authoritta tlT?ly. 1? the decision of the Ameri can government. If In the judgment of the experts who aro making an examination the vessel can bo made seaworthy in 24 hours, orders will be Issued to her commander to leave port at the ex plration of that period. Indued, it may be within the discretion of ihe government to givo her commander a little more time if that be advisable On the contrary, if the report should ?how that the ship Is in actual need of extensive repairs, and the over hauling and the making of the re pairs would occupy any considorable time, the captain would be directed to di3mantle the vessel and she will remain in that condition till the termination of the Russian Japanese war. It is not anticipated that serious difficulties or embarrass ments to this government will grow out of the pending incident. The State Department, through which matters pertaining to the ar rival and examination of the Lena are being handled, has notiilcd Mr. Takhlra, the minister of Jupan in Washington, of the action of this government and of which it expects to do in the future. He has express ed his satisfaction at the present status of the affair. The Case of the Lena. Washington, Special.?The develop ment of the day, so far as it related to the Russian cruiser Lena in S:!tt Francisco, was the clearing of the of flcial muddle into which the case has gotten, owing to the doubt of which of the five departments of the gov ernment should deal with it. it was Anally decided by the Prseldent that the State and Navy Department* should treat the case, acting jointly, a decision calculated to greatly slut- i plify its handling. Oyer night came a telegram from Admiral Ooodrlch, at San Francisco, showing that on his own initiative he had caused one of his expert offi cers to make a preliminary exatnina tion of the Lena and he was able to leport results, namely, that temporary repairs would occupy six weeks' time, and now boilers would Involve eight months' delay. The President ap proved of this action by the admiral and decided that hen should continue to handle the case in San Francisco, under instructions from the State and Navy Departments. This in volved a further expert opinion ol the 3hip. The admiral adopted the precaution of guarding the Lena with his own vessels, a course also approved by the Department. Agreeable to the President's instructions. Acting Secre- j tary Adee, for the State Department, and Captain Pillsbury, for the Navy Department, had two conferences dur ing the day and the result was the preparations of instructions to Admir al Goodrich. There is good ground to believe that they contemplate the allowance of sufficient time to the Lena to make sufficient repairs. How ever, there is growing belief here that the vessel will bo obliged to in tern in the end, for it is scarcely doubted that by the time she could be made ready to go to sea and would bo obliged to leave if she desired to preserve her character as an active warship, one or more Japanese would bo off the Golden Gate ready to sink or capture her. Foreseeing such an event as a request for the right to intern, the officials have already been giving some attention to the solution of the question as to what shall bo dono with the crew?whether they may be allowed to return to Russia on parole or must bo interned on their ship In San Francisco harbor. On this point no decision has been reached. A Derelict Picked Up. Now York, Special?The steamer Path finder .arrived from Norfolk with tho derelict British schooner Theta In tow. Pathfinder picked the derelict up at sea last Sunday near tho Flvo-fathom hank light ship. whilo bound from Norfolk for Boston with a cargo of coal. When she sighted tho derelict her sails were all set. She evidently had been hastily abandoned after being in colli sion with an unknown vessel. The fate of her crew Is unknown. Her starboard side was stove in. but other wise the hull was In good condition. She was leaking badly, but was kept afloat by the cargo of hard pine tim ber In her hold. The Theta Is a three masted schooner of 420 tons register. Major Ryala Dead. Savannah. On., Special?Major M. Garland M. Ilyals died hero Tuesday afternoon after having had bis right leg amputated on Sunday because of diabetic gangrene. He was 65 years of ago. Major Kvals wan one of the most prominent planters in Georgia. He was a pioneer In the truck-growing In dustry, having extensive lands near this city under cultivation and peach form In Worth County, this State. 8even Die in a Fire. New York, Special.?Seven pompons, wero burned to death and six others wore Injured seriously in a Are which partially destroyed a to">omf!nt building at No8. 68-70 First slruret early Tues day. More than 20 families were asleep in the building and thrilling acts of bravery completed their rescue by the firemen and pollco. It was short ly aftor 2 o'clock when tho alarm was given. Within the few moments that had elapsed the flames were found to have gained great headway from the ftrat floor and the neighborhood was in ? panto of terror. STATE PARAGRAPHS Many Matters ?f Intsrsst to South Carol Inli An Unusual Incident. An unusual Incident transpired In tha Spartanburg sessions court Wednesday which will afford a break from the dull monotony of sitting under the atern dignity of his honor and hearing the endlesa talks of the lawyers, the hesi tating, stammering statements of wit nesses and the sonorous roles of the court crier. Arthur Salter, colored, tm arraigned for stealing lire stock. That Is. Salter wss brought into the court room. Just after he had been placed In the criminal docket he fell down and gare vent to a number of gutteral. groaning sounds, at the same time twisting and writhing his long, lank body. Judge Oary had a physician summoned, who, after a careful exami nation, pronounced the negro to be per fectly healthy. Salter refused to go by his diagnosis, however, and continued in a prostrate condition In the docket, at times groaning and howling. As the negro kept up his game, the judge se lected the Jury and the caae was tried. In the meanwhile Salter was removed from the docket to a bench, where he lay flat on his back, feigning sickness. He was found guilty, when the court asked him to stand up he could not be moved by the officers and Judge Gary pronounced sentence on the man as he ?ay on the bench. "Your sentence is 18 months at hard labor on the roads of Spartanburg county?this is six months additional, Salter, for your exhibition this morning," remarked his honor. Court officers had to catch the*, negro by the arm and forcibly carry him from the court room.?Gaffney ledger. To Restore Citizenship. Mr. J. a. McDonald, district attorney of the 3rd district of the State of Texas, has asked the governor to pardon Adam Martin, a negro residing in that State. The negro was sent to the peni tentiary for cattle-stealing in 1889. and served his term of one year. He was then a boy of 17 and lived in Newberry county. His pardon is asked for on the around that it would restore his citizen ship and would permit him to testify j in a burglary case in Texas. Gov. S. W. T. I^anham of Texas, a native of this Slate, recommends the granting of the pardon. Governor Invited. Gov. Hcyward has been invited to MoColl to attend the laying <?r the cor ner stone of the new school building, which is to cost $10,000. The cere monies will be held on the 23rd. The dedication of the new building at New berry college will be held on the ."{1st of October and Gov. I ley ward has been asked to deliver the principal address on thai occasion. Minor Palmetto Matters. The Winnsboro Granite company has finished the new monument to take the place of the bronze palmetto tree at the Chickamauga battlefield. Gen. C. I. Walker has gone on to see that the shaft is eroded properly, ('apt. K. K. ISelts Is the chief engineer of the park. The old bronze tree will be sold for junk, although it was tho unexpressed wish of the legislators that it be brought to Columbia and placed in the capitol unless it had been damaged too badly. The new shaft cost $l,s'.0. The railroad commission has re ceived from the Southern ICx press Company a notice of the closing of the office at Pinelnnd, in Clarendon county. The company states that the only availuble white man there who has act ed as ngent has resigned and that it is impossible to get another. If the present ratio of Increase keeps up in fertilizer tax returns. Clcinson College will get not far from $120,000 this year. Up to September 10th the State treasurer has received from Ibis source $102,330.70, against $91,229.05 for the same date last year. The income for the entire fiscal year of 1903 was $98,909.80. which shows that the In crease Id the last three months of the year was about $7,000. most of tho ferti lizer having been purchased. The worst storm since Oct. 20th, 100:t passed over Georgetown Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. From n normal reading of 30.01 the barometer dropped Tuesday night to 28.95. The wind began to rise atSabout 9 o'clock, coming from the northeast in gnats tlint. Increased in violence each hour accompanied by heavy showers of rain and attained a maximum velocity of about 80 miles an hour near midnight. Towards morning the wind changed completely around, blowing strongly from the southwest. The storm came without warning from the weather bu reau and the rice planters have suffer ed severely. A large part of tho crop being cut down and lying in the fields. Tho damage to property in town will foot up fully $10,000. Many fine shade treoB have been stripped and uprooted. A terrible accident occurred at the Olympia mill. Columbia, at \ o'clock Tuesday, due to a rupture of a tube in one of the upright boilers. One of the flromon was fntally burned and scalded and another may not recovor. The steam, forced with great pressuiV> straight downward, drove live coals out upon WeRley Adams and Shelton John pon. The two negroes were stampeded with fright and ran several yards to the Episcopal mission house, a sort of sani tarium, whore they were stopped and their wounds dressed. Adams will ?!ie. and the other negro is in a dangerous state. Two cottages at Ilarnwell, the prop erty of Mrs. Kmma llalford. were de stroyed early Wednesday morning by Are. The loss Is partially covered by insurance. The origin of the Are la 1 unknown. Will Sloan, who was shot Sunday night at Greenville, died Wednesday at the county Jail. Constable Putnam and Rube Huddeth. who are charged with shooting Sloan, were expected by the sheriff to arrive at the Jail that af ternoon to surrender. It la underatoojrl they have had no Intention of eacap Ing but have been waiting for some de cisive turn In ftloan'a condition before surrendering.