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VOL.11. NO. Sl.OO Per Year ? i ? ? ? , ? c?. ' " 'the splendid spur ? OH THE ADVENTURES OF JACK MARVEL , By ARTHUR T. QCILLEB COUCH.: * i " CHAPTER III. * vl ' (Continued.) ? -? / 'A. pretty shout -went up as I plck'd toy self off the turf and ruah'd for the back door. 'Twas unbarr'd, and In a moment I found myself tearing down f the passage and out Into the Corn iMarket, with a score or so tumbling downstairs at my heels, and yelling to ?top me. I knew there was no possibility to Set past the city gates, which were well guarded at night. My hope xeach'd no further than the chance of outwitting the pursuit for a while longer. In the end I was sure the pot boy's evidence would clear me, and jtherefore bejan to enjoy the fun. Even my certain expulsion from College ?n the morrow seem'd of a piece with tthc rest of events and (prospectively) ? matter for laughter. For the strug gle at the "Crown" had unhinged my Wits, as I must suppose and you must believe, If you would understand my behavior in the uext half hour. A bright thought had struck me; and \ taking a fresh wind, 1 set off again Tound the corner of Oriel College, and <down Meiton street toward Mastcr Timothy Carter's house, my mother's , ?cousin. This gentleman, who was Town Clerk to the Mayor and Corpora tion of Oxford? was also in a sense my guardian, holding in trust about ?21)0 (which was nil my inheritance), ?ud spending the same jealously on my education. He was a very small, pre ? -else lawyer, about sixty years old, shaped like a pear, with a prodigious ?elf-ltuportant manner that came of ? associating with great men; and all ' the knowledge 1 had of him was plck'd ' tip on the rare occasions (about twice 4 a year) that I dln'd at his tabic. He liad early married and lost an aged shrew, whose money had been the making of him; and had more respect for law and authority than any Uiree men In Oxford. So that I reflected, -with a kind of desperate hilarity, on the t greeting he waa like to give me. r This kinsman of mine had a fins > Jjouse at the east end of Merton street ai you torn into Logls Lane; and X -was US |aida (jrom the front door, and running my fastest, when sudden ly I tripp'd and fell headlong. Before I could rise, a hand was on ? my shoulder, and a voice speaking In >? my car: "Pardon, comrade. We are two of a trade. I see." 'Twas a fellow that had been lurking at the corner of the lane, and had thrust out a leg as I pass'd. He was pricking up his ears now to the cries ?of "Thief? thief!" that had already reacli'd the head of the street, and ? were drawing near. , "1 am no thief," enld I. . . "Quick!" He dragged me Into the ?liadow of the lane. "Hast a crown ? in thy pocket?" , "Why?" "Why? For a go?d turn. I'll fog these gentry for thee. Mnny thanks, comrade," as I pull'd out the last few ?hilling* of ;uy pocket rucn?y. "Now plteli thy sword over the wall here, ?ml set thy foot on my hand. 'Tls a rich man's garden, t'other side, that I was meaning to explore myself; but another night will serve." " 'Tla Master Carter's," said I, "and be's my kinsman." "Zounds! ? but never mind, up with thee! Now mark a pretty piece of play. 'Tis pity thou shouldst be across ? the wall and unable to sec." He gave a great hoist; catching at the coping of the wall. I pull'd myself up and sat astride of It. , "Good turf below? ta-ta, comrade!" . ' But now the crowd was almost nt the corner. Dropping about eight feet on to good turf, as the fellow had said, 1 plck'd myself up and llsten'd. "Which way went he?" call'd one, Us they came near. "Down the street!" "No; up the Inner' "Push!" "Up the lane, I'll be ?worn." "Here, hand the lantern!" ctc., etc. While they debated, my friend stoo^ (close on the other side of the wall, but now I heard him dash suddenly out, and up tho lane for his life. "There he goes!" "Stop him!" the j cries broke out afresh. "Stop him, i' [ the King's name!" The whole pack went pelting by, shouting, stumbling, ?wearing. For two minutes or more the strag glers Continued to hurry past by ones t and twos. As soon as their shouts died' ?way. I drew freer breath and look'd' ?round. ! "I was In a small, turfed garden, well atock'd with evergreen shrubs, at the back of a tall house that I knew fot Master Carter's. I remembered that the Princes Rupert and Maurice lodged With my kinsman, and, breaking in ^ upon them, I so galnetf their favor that they obliged Master Carter to pay ma my Inheritance on tho spot and ascortcd me themselves to the city gates, whence I set out on my travels. CHAPTBR IV? My Adventure at the "Three Cups." So puffed was I by the condescen sion of the* two princes and my head . ao busy with big thoughts that not till ' I was over the bridges and climbing the high ground beyond South Hlnck ?ey, with a shrewd aortheast wind at .my back, could I spare timer for a sec md backward look. I pulled ou{ the latter that Anfhony had given me. In fit moonlight the brown smear of Mh| Wood was plain to tee running across the superscription: ! ( J"F? trostyand well beloved Sir wl f .^?P!fn at our In Corn wall?these." *Twas no more than I looked for. yet the sight of it and the King's red seal quickened my step ss I set off And 1 cared not a straw for Dr. Kettle s wrath on the morrow. Having no desire to fell In with any of the royal outposts that lay around Abingdon. I fetched well away to the west, meaning to shape my conrse for Fsrlngdon, and so Into the great Bath road. 'Tls not my purpose to describe at uny length my Itinerary, but rather to reserve my pen for those more mov ing events that overtook me later. 'Twas about 5 In the evening, and I still laboring along, when, over the low hedge to my right, a man on a aorrel mare leaped easily as a swallow, and alighted some ten paces or less In front of me; where he dismounted and stood barring my path. The muzzle of his pistol was In my face before I could lay hand to my own. "Good evenlngP* said 1. "You have money about you," doubt less." growled the man curtly, and In n voice that made me start. For by his voice and figure in the dusk I knew him for Captain Settle; and in the sor rel with the high white stocking I fecognlzed the mare Molly, that poor Anthony Kllllgrew had given me al most with his last breath. The bully did not know me, having but seen me for an Instant at "The Crown," and then in very different attire. 'I have but a few poor coins." I an swered. ' , * vv "Then hand *em over." ? ??Be shot If I do!" said I In a pass'in; and pulling out a handful fr4n my pocket, I dashed them dowii In the road. r For a moment the Captain took bis pistol from my face, and stooped to clutch at the golden coins as they trickled and ran to right and left. The next. I had struck out with my right flat, nnd down he went staggering. ,His pistol dropped oqt of.hU h"*d and exploded between my feet. I rushed to Molly, caught her bridle, and leaped on her back. It was a near thing, for the captain was rushing toward me. But at the call of my voice the mare gave a bound and turned; and down the road I was boc-nr, light as a feather. A bullet whizzed past my ear; I heard the Captain's curse mingle with the repori; and then was out of range ami galloping through the dusk. Secure of pursuit, and full of delight in the inaro's easy motion. I must have traveled a good six miles before tin uioon rose. In the frosty sky her rays sparkled cheerfully, and by them I saw oh the holsters the silver dcml-hcar that I knew to be the crest of the Kll Hgrews, having the fellow to it en graved on iny sword hilt. So now I was certain it was Molly that I be strode, nnd took ofmsion of the light to explore the holsters and saddle flap. Poor Anthony's pistols were gone fllehed, no doubt, by the Captain; but you may guess my satisfaction when, on thrusting my hand deeper. I touched a heap of coins, and found them to be gold. It was certainly a rare bargain I had driven with CAptaiu Settle. For the Ave or six gold pieces I scattered on the road, I had won close on thirty guineas, as I counted In the moonlight; apeak of this Incomparable Molly. And I began to whistle glee fully, nnd taste tho Joke over again and laugh to myself, as we cantered along with the north wind at our backs. All the same. I had no relish for rid ing thus till morning. For the night was chill enough to search my vory bones after the heat of the late gallop; and. moreover, I knew nothing of the road, which at this hour was yulto de serted. So that, coming at length to n tall hill with a black ridge of pine wood standing up against tho moon like a Ash's fln, I was glad enpugh to note below Jt, and at somo distance from the trees, a window brightly lit, nud pushed forward in hope of enter tainment. The building was an Inn, though a sorry one. Nor, save for tho lighted window, did It wear any graco of hos pitality, but -thrust out a bare shoulder upon the road, nud a sl?n That creaEeiT overhead nnd looked for all the world like a gallows. Hound this shoulder of the house, and Into the main yard (that turned churlishly toward the hill slue), the wind howled llko* n beast in P?ln. I climbed off Molly, and press ing my nUt down on my head, struck n loud ratt-tnt on the door. Curiously, it opened at once, and I ?aw a couple of men In tho lighted passage. i ??P Hino! What in tho fiend's name la thlsr ' 1; that keeps thhi house, I want two things of you? first, a civil tongue, and next a bed." "Ye'll get neither, then." "Your sign says that you keep ma inn. i ^ | "Aye ? the 'Three Cups;* but "we're full." ,WWTt, "Your manner of speech proves that to be a lie." I liked the fellow's voice so littls that 'tis odds 1 would have re moan te^ away; ?mt at tfc* ". J1. H*** tm flow, toe kiW ??4 <m? through the darfc-amelllhg W y * ?wma th?t Mde m* Jumn. ? tUTm Yoioe Hixtag: - * 1 i 1 ^ at H??CWfOTd. I tanied sharply toward tbe landlord. "Mt^Ta* met by another sarprlae. Th* ?jcond man, that tiU now had stood ^ ?* ,had0^. *" Peering !!? ^La,Ul devourln? Moll y with hla (fa*e. Twos hard to read his features but then and there I would hare wa Luk? he W" no other th*a Luke Settle s comrade, Block flick. My mind was ra^de up. "m not "Ti? nteP *arther to-night." said I. Then bide there and freeze." cn swcred the landlord. fc?# forflammlng the door In my race, when the other caught him by the arm and. pulling him n little back. * ^0rd ?r two" 1 S^sed . i meanf. hut resolved not to io?rtTL jT LaDd pre*cntly the land and poH0t^l^f,m agnia' tetvrlxc surly onftrawr a t0? bteh * 8tomach to 1,e I ? mh?*! >lh0"Bht 1 to "then I am to be kept for the mare's sake D?t to tbe house;" and Mid aloud that I could put up with a straw bed. "Because there's the stsble loft at tnl7 ??rv,ce* As re hear" (and, in fact, the singing still went on. only now I heard a man's voice Joining In the catch) "our house Is full of com pary. But straw |s clean bedding, and tie inare I II help to put In stall." Ajy^ed," I said, "on one condition that you send out a maid to me with a m^a??v?",,0d 8aCk* f?r m* 00,(1 eats hn1? \hi* he ?>n8Pnte<I. and, stepping bark Into a side room with the other fellow, returned in a minute alone, and carrying a lantern which, in spite of the moon, was needed to guide a stranger across that ruinous yard. The ? flare, as we picked our way along, fell I?h a ?rCDt ?" an open cart abed. Jgd within, on the gilt panels of a jonch that I recognized. In the stable that stood at the far end of the court I was surprised to find half a dozen horses standing, ready saddled, and munching their All of oats. They were un groomed. and one or two^ln a lather of sweat that on such a night was hard to account for. But I asked no questional, and my companion voushsafed no talk, thoaah twice -i caught him regarding me curi ously ag I unbridled the mare In the only vacant stall. Not a word pass'd 88 he took the lantern off the peg X't. ?n<L,ed the way up a ram shackle ladder to the loft above. He 1"mber,ns fellow and made the old timbers creak. At the top be ?et down the light, and pointed to a Heap of straw in the corner wYOI1'*t y?Ur be<V' he yowled: and liefore I could answer, was plcklne his way down the ladder again. I look d about and shlver'd. The caves of my bedchamber were scarce ! on speaking terms with the walls, and trough a score or crannies at least the wind poured nnd whistled, so that after shifting my truss of straw a dozen times I found myself still the centre of a whirl of draught. Tbe candle-flame, too. was puffed this wav and that inside the horn sheath. I wa9 losing patience when I heard the foot steps below; the ladder creak'd. and the red hair and broad shoulders of a chambermaid rose into view. Hhe car ricd a steaming mug In her hand and mutter'd all the while in no very choice tone. The wench had a kind face, tho'; and a pair of eyes that did ber more credit than her tongue. "And what's to be my reward for ?!i? 7flnt'? know?" ?he Panted out. resting her left palm on her hip. "Why, a groat or two," said I.' "when it comes to the reckoning. man??d! 8h? C,rICd' "wlint a du? *<>?S "Dull?" "Aye? to make me ask for a k!ns In nnd w,th tho ^ok of ?tier left hand she wiped her mouth for in ? .7u ^hUo 8he he,d 0,It the mug In bWTlght. k *^d< bp?r X??r pardon, btlt my wits are frozen up. I think. There's two, for Interest; and another If you in niSTf '"aster entertains this CTib" ln"8t b? contcnt ^ ,th '.ML''" """ "Well-to l?egln, there's the gen'le folk that came this afternoon with French*" 0nr,lf,?e nnd heathenish n ?,k>' tfrawlee . U*htrr with n,OT* airs than a peacock; Sir Homethinsc-orother Kllll.' gew Lord I?1oph the boy!" ti.n?LV,1Ul ,!ropr,'d tl,e n?'* and spilt the hot sack all about tho straw where It trickled away with a frag! ranee reproachfully delicious. ?iJ J l,r,f Jrm,r I?ardon a hundred ?" ,h0 01,111 ,fl ,n ?y hones ^orse than the apue;" and Huddling y shoulders up, I counterfeited a ?hherlnjj flt with a truthfulness that snrprlsd myself. "Poor lad!" * ' ?And 'tis first hot and then cold all down my spine." "There, now!" "-And goose flesh and flushes all OTer my body, h*art~and to pass the night In this grave of a place!" "-rA?? by morn,n* 1 ahall be In a of jtr and oh! 1 f0?l 1 ih*11 dle J HTo be continued.) th^1?lre,?tateme,,t for abows *** * education flts a young n to earn |i,08 at harvesting; with. * ? aducatlon be gett |5UiQ, M'CUE fiOES TO SCAFFOLD ? h. , Confesses MOfder of Bis Wife and Pays Law's I Just Penalty WAS SmA OF NESfE T0 TIE END Chartottes^L Wife-Murderer MwU Death P/fiout n Tftmor, Walking Unaaai^tfHto tha 'f&*ee ? No State ment Forfh^minQ^hen AtMd at tha Laat Momant HLMa Had Any thing to 8ay, But' v Written Corv faaaion Waa Qivan Out Aftar tha Execution by Hla Spiritual Adviaera. Charlottesville, Va., Special. ? With out a tremor, J. Samuel MtfCue met death on the scaffold tit 7.35 o'clock Friday morning for wife-murder. Hardly had his struggles ceased when his confession was given out by his three spiritual adviaors. Revs. O. L. Petrie, H. B. Lee, and John B. Thomp son. McCue listened .calmly to the reading of the death- warrant, and when Sergeant Rogera asked, "Do you think that If I gave you my arm you would be able to walk to the scaffold?" He replied calmly, "I can walk with out your aid." On the way he atum bled once or twice and the officers of fered assistance. It was not needed, however. There waa no weakness. McCue had merely altpped on the fro zen snow. No Statement to Make. Before he placed the fope about Mc Cue's neck, Sergeant Rogers put hla arm over the condemned man's shoul i k?Tt this world With suspicion resting on any human being other than him self; that be akme was responsible ' for the deed, impelled to it by an evil power beyond his control, and that he recognised his sentence as just." J. Samsel McCue was 4( years old and twice had been mayor of the city of Charlottesville. The tragedy for which he paid the penalty created more interest than any other crime that has occurred in the 8tate in the past quarter of a century, ?lory ef the Crime. On Sunday night, September 4, Mc Cne accompanied his wife to church* and they returned home about 9.16 o'clock. Within 15 mlnutee after they had repaired to their roam to rotire for the night the city was aroused by messages announcing the murder of Mrs. McCue, and friends, physicians, and officers hurried to the McCue home. Mrs. McCne was found dead in the bath room, and McCne was ly ing on the floor with an abrasian on his cheek and feigning unconscious ness. He later asserted that the at tack had been made by an unknown white man who bad climbed through n window. Mrs. McCue had been dealt a blow that broke her nose and her left ear had almost been severed by a second blow. Death was causcd by a gunshot wound just above the heart. McCue never was able to explain the presence in the bath room of a small piece of cotton undershirt which fitted exactly a torn place in the shirt which he had on when the officers arrived. The women figured in the reports cir J. SAMUEL McCUE, ders and whispered something to him. i Whon everything was ready Mr. Rog ers again spoke to McCue, asking him if he had anything to Kay. "None at all," was his answer. The trap was sprung, and nlnteen minutes afterward McCue was pronounced dead of strang ulation. His neck was not broken. The body will be taken to Brookvllle for burial. Confession as Given Out. "J. Samuel McCuo stated this morn- 1 ing in our presence and requested us to mako public that he did not wish to culnted as to the cause of the murder, and a letter filled with endearing lan guage sent him by ono of his women clients was produced at the trial. Mc Cue had quarrelled with his wife a number of times. She was 40 years old and the mother of four children. The coroner's jury held McCue for the> murder three days atter It. occurred, and he had since been confined in the jail, vehemently protecting his inno cence. His trjal was conc;:i.lcd Nov ember 5, and he was convicted, the jury being out only 2G minutes. Broke Into Jewelry Store. Suffolk. Special.? The Jowlry storo of R. L. Brewer ft Son, owned by R. L. Brewer, Jr., former mayor, waa en tered and robbed. The burglars ^ot In by prying up with a crowbar a sill un der a read window. The practical loss was the theft of articles left for re pair. A $300 cash register was destroy ed. but only $4 In cnsh was taken. Mr. Brewer cannot ascertain bis exact loss, but It Is estimated at between $500 and $700. May Punish Atchison Road. Washington? Special ? Attorney Gen eral Moody has appointed Judaou Har mon. of Cincinnati, who was attorney general during the second administra tion of President Cleveland, and' Fred erick N. Judson, a prominent lawyer of St. 1/mls, to Investigate the al leged action of the Atchison, Topeka ft Santa Fe Railroad In granting ret hates to the Colorado Fuel ft Iron Com pany. This employment is wltli tho view of taking lenal proceedings agalnsfTho company. If. after an Inves tigation. such proceedings seem justi fied. Both lawyers have accepted the appointment. Live Item* of Neww. The Hungarian colony In New York la making great preperatlons for the banquet to President Roosevelt on Feb ruary 14. Gen. Nelion A. Miles, In a statement In Boston, says he has no apology to offer for his treatment of Jefferson Davis In Fortress Monroe. Many ressels are still- held In the Ice jam In t|?; Delaware river and heavy rain affraleet storms were reported In tk South weat. Judge Campbell to be a Candidate. Richmond? Special? It Is reported that former Judge Clarenco J. Camp bell will he a candidate for the legis lature from Amherst county this year. Judge Campbell was removed from the Amherst county bench by the legisla ture for cowhlding Rev. Mr. Crawford, of the Antl-SaloOn league, lie had acquitted Mr. Crawford of the chargo of contempt of his court. Flr? In Jacksonville Jail. Jacksonville, Fla.? Sprcial ? What the officers believe to have been an ef fort on the part of a negro prisoner to escape by setting the jail on fire resulted in one negro being killed by suoffcatlon and 15 escaping. The cries of fire In the Raspberry Park city jail, shortly after 4 o'clock, awoke Jailer Rryan, who rushed from his room to the corridor to ascertain the trouble. As he opened tho door leading jnto the tall proper a dense smoke came rushlnp toward him. He Immediately went to each cell and released the prisoners, and then sent In the alarm. Freeh From the Wires. The peace movement In Russia is growing fast. Surrlvora of the wrecked Furnea liner Damara reached Pleasant Point, N. C., after a terrible experience. Germany's success In capturing the contract for rearming the Turkish ar tillery continues to cause resentment In Parla. King Oscar of Sweden, who la HI. turned over the Government tempor arily to Crown Prince Oustaf. swn CAM.IIM U6ISU1IIKE Tk? Houm and Senate Getting Sown to Solid Work. Tb?r entire time of the senate Itaw day night waa devoted to ? 41icinBloi? If th? tea clr?ait bill and the end. is net yet. The apponeirts of the fcttl founded their speeches on eooBtutloaicC technicalities bat tho supporters took a breeder view and held that no met# technicalities should stand i? the way of progress and rtlief from congestion in the courts. Senator tflrown move* to> pHetpone the consideration ?t the* bill antll the ' next stssion but Ssnator Hood moved le tabirt this. COMMITTEE REPt*tTEDl The- joint committee appointed ftam tlas houne and senate dGring. ttae1 ses sion of ?904 tu investigate the Book* and acco.mts of the State officers,. yes teryday made tSelr ntport flD> the* gen eral assembly. The report tin the sec retly o I state's office appears on the face of it to b?* a condemnation- or rather a rebuks of lax methods of t'lnt office. The committee has been thor ough in its investigation anu' has nnt spared wort*. ? Columbia Stare. HOUSE. By a vote of 68 to- 311 the louse at representatives Tuvsday nighti put it self oar record as favonfag tide- origi nal "Brice bill." This bill was Intro* duced by Mr. Toole of Aikent end was the Identical bill presented' by iftenatorr Brfce ef York lkst year. The vote last year was 49 tn> 60. ?Ue- majority being fin* fkvor of riacintc the odious half tax on the coenties. voting out j! the dispensary. ?) Among the new bills Introduced' 'j were: Senator Butler ? Fixing the time flbr > holding courts in the- several circuits i This blK is conditional to the passage ; of the ten circuit bill Senator Butler ? T;? incorporate- the Cherokee, Union and Spartanburg rail way. Senator McGowan ? To incorporate . the Reedy River Power Cbmpany. ? At the morning session of the sen ate third reading bills on the calendar !? were read and debate begun on the 10-clrcuit bill bat this was interrupted | by the visit of the boose so that acts j might be ratified. ACT RATIFIED. Debate was then curtailed by the en trance of the speaker and clerk to ratify acts made into laws as follows: To allow county treasurer of Ches ter to borrow funds. To prohibit trespass. To allow Clio school district In Marl boro to issue bonds. To dispense of all moneys in 8tate treasury known as direct tax funds. Ceding to government certain lands on Sutlivan's Island. Amending law relating to powers of trustees of the S. C. M. A. FY>r the protection of aids to navi gation established by the United States lighthouse board. Fixing liability of stockholders in banks. After ratification was over it was -not long until the senate adjourned until evening. The house sent word that it refused to include traction ongines in the pro visions of the automobilb bill and the president, appointed Senators McLeod and Warren as members of a confer ence committee on this amendment. The historical commission bill from the house, was amended on motion of Senator C. L. Blease by reducing the salary of the clerk from $1,200 to $1,000. The bill which tho senate sent to the house had the amount of $1,000. The bill known as the matrimonial law was killed. The House, by a vote of 77 to 20, refused to kill Mr. Ij. (). Patterson's bill for the establishment of an in dustrial school for boys at a cost of $15,000. It then passed, the bill amend ed so as to reduce the amount to $5. 000, but requiring the penitentiary peo ple to furnish the necessary convicts without expense for the construction of the original buildings. An amendment also requires three of the seven trus tees to be women. The l?oard is to select the place for the school. Tho Senate passed the tenth circuit bill, amended so as not to interfere with the present arrangements retard ing judges and solicitors. It makes a ninth circuit out of Greenville. Ander son, Oconee and Pickens, and a tenth circuit out of Charleston, Beaufort and Berkeley. Answering the Invitation to address tho Assembly on the 9th, In the inter est of the Jamestown Exposition, Gen eral Fitzhugh l>ee wired his regrets trom Washington, saying that on tnat day the matter would come up In Con gress. and he could not reach South Carolina. He suggested that the mat ter could be attended to next year, but thought It might be best for the Senate to take action now along tho lines suggested In his letter of a few days ago. One of the Interesting features of Houso legislation so far was the de cisive majority with which that body last night passed the Toole bill, which eliminates the tnx feature from the Price act, allowing counties to vote out their dispensaries. Tho Sonato has killed a somewhat similar measure, hut the Senate bill went further, and al lowed not only counties, but. commun ities. to veto out their dispensaries, and the friends of tho Toole bill are by no means discouraged with the prospects of Its passing the Senate. To hold this proviso of half a mill tax over the heads of those counties de siring or which might desire to vote out their dispensaries Is looked upon as a threat, which Is being resented. Tho hand writ I tig upon the wall has been brought Into bold relief by tho action of the House, which comes freshest from tho people. In the House or Representatives Thursday, there was a final tight on Mr. Patterson's bill to establish an In dustrial school for boys. The ten-hour labor bill was killed, as was also the, Inheritance tax bill. Col. D. O. Herbert's bill to codify the militia laws of the State was passed by the House. Col. Herbert ex plained that the laws of this State are In Imperfect condition, and the bill would re-enact these laws with a num ber of desirable changes. The bill pro vides for no appropriation, although It does increase the salary of the adju tant genoral from $1,500 to $1,900. He showed some Instances In which thoro Is no warrant of law for the militia or ganization; there is no statute to pro vldo for three majors to a regiment, al though every regiment has three ma jors to comply with (he maimer of or ganization In other States. There way ? opposition to the bflf. The house gave second reading to ther ways and mean* committee's bill to prsvlde fer a committee- of live' to In spect the looks sad vouchers of' the* Stale treasurer, comptroller geaeral. secretary at state and slaking fund" commission. The committee has here tofore consisted of fftree members. but Mr. Hoses explained that tbe work la very fteavy and the committee can save ' time Hy having a laflge number of ; inemlm and dividing the work. The Senate mcurrerf to the ten clr ! -mlt blW and matte a slight change. f In jouzt session acts vere ratified as follows:: Issuing school bonds in district No. JS In Orangeburg; Amending the art requiring payment ct license* fees (c.wrccts :m error). Relating* to board of trustee of Ptwabyteriini College of South Caro lina. tfavlng fRate Treasurer issue dupli cate Instead of triplicate receipts. Amending; l*w relating to primary elections. Ratifying charter of Parr Shoals Power company. Allowing cminty oommlssfoncrs of Lee ck> borrow money . Refatlng u>? bond Issue 4>r court house at Camifeni Electing tcvn auditor for Union. Validating uale of two lots- in Dar lington- to C: W. Hewitt. ? Reiki ing to schools .HatrlctK of Ma rlon, Mullins, Dillon aind Latta. Fixing time for electing trustees In Easley school' district. Providing foir reappralsemeat and taxation of certain abandoned rice fields. Authorizing town of Wagenev to Is sue bonds.. Authorizing school' district Not 65 of Orang?Aurg to Isaac bonds. Authorizing school d 1st i let No. 70 In Orangeburg to issue bonds;. Developing duties of board of public works en town council ami' treasurer and clerk of Gaffnvy. Although the Bioiate wa9 too digni fied to eonfess it. it adjourned until 11 o'eI<*rk this morning m> that the senators might go to the minstrels last evening. There* was no night ses sion. a* all wantexf to attend the the atre. The Clem son Bill. Debate began Friday in the senate on the Pollock bill. This is the house bill to establish oj Winthrop an in spection bureau to> examine fertilizers. Clemson now deriws the total Income from the privilege tax and if the bill passes the senate Winthrop will be a part beneficiary in a. The bill has been on the calendar for some time, ever since it came over from the house. Senator W. i. John son has on the isiwte calendar at sim ilar bill but he will let it rest now that the Pollock bill has arrived. A good deal of speech-making was engaged In Friday on this bill, but no action was taken. Its consideration occupied both the asorning and even ing session. The house of representatives has declined to pass any legislation to amend the dispensary law. Saturday the senate bill was considered as a substitute for Mr. Hrantley's bill, and the whole matter was indefinitely post poned after a long fight. Will Increase Levy. The "supply bill." or the bill to fix the levy for taxes for the current year, was given second reading in the house of representatives Saturday. The levy for State and county pur poses is raised in the bill front f> to r? 1-2 mills. This is the first time in two score years that the levy has ex ceeded 5 mills. This hill occupied prac tically the entire time in the House. In the Senate routine business only was considered. Many members wero absent. PERSONA L GOSSIP Pernard Shaw is becoming very pop nlar in Germany. Andrew Carnegie Is a great lover of flowers, especially of roses. ' The only woman blacksmith In Amer ica Is .Miss ('lava Mcdlin. of Pilot Oak, Ky. The German Emperor Is said to he twenty-fourth lu the Hue of succession to the Rrltlsh crown. Miss Ethel Rret Ilarfe. daughter of the famous writer of early California life, will devote herself to concert work. President Ttoosevelt has departed from the social usages of many years in becoming a dinner guest at the house of the Vlee-PrcsMent-clcet. Mrs. Rosalie Loew Whitney, who for the last three years has been attorney for the Legal Aid Society at New York Clly. a few months ago sent lit her resignation. George S. TtniilwclT. former Governor of Massachusetts, and Secretary of the Treasury in Grant's Cabinet, celebrated the eighty seventh anniversary of hi* birth at Groion. Edmund S. Ifoeh. ns?ls(ant director of exhibits at the St. Louis Fair, has been decorated by the French Govern* ment with the select order of Olllcer of the Academy of Franec. Many years ago. when Senator Moses E. Clapp v*'iis a bov, he was the oillee boy in a newspaper ofilee in Minnesota, and "Hod" Taylor was the editor. Tay! ?r is now Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Clapp is about t<? en ter on his second lerni lu the United States Senate. The Czar of Rtts?la and Cie Emperor >f Germany miuht, if they please, dis? pnte with eaeh other n* to which of the two owns the greater number of pal aces. Each might sleep in a different honse every night f<?r a month and not exhaust the number of his various dwelling places. Relics of President Jackson* Greenville C. Smith of Ipswich ha? presented the Maine Historical society with some Interesting relic's of Presl dent Andrew Jackson. The relics con els of a lock of hair cut from the bead of President Jackson a few hours bo fore his death, a letter from John Ap plcton of the navy department and th< commission as brigadier general ot John W. Smith of Portland, signed bj President Jackson, and countcrslgnet by R. R. Taney, then accrctary of th? treasury.