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VOL. V. NO. 89. CAllDEN, S. C? THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1908. Sl.COPer Year
CHAPTER X ? I
Continued.
"la It possible?" he replied.
"Bat what then, did yon expect?*
?he anld. moving away and seating
herself composedly In one of the shel
tered deck chair*.
"Why, I expected a child, a Uttlo
school girl; hut I cannot say that I
regret It." said Arthur, quietly. "I
must confess to some misgiving as to
her behavior, and the extent of my
responsibilities."
"But on what grounds did you ex
pect a small child?"
?Your?your father's letter, and
also the way he repeatedly spoke of
you. He always alluded to you as
his little girl, his little child. I now
see that It may only have been a term
of endearment."
"Do you know my father, Mon
sieur?"
"Yes," answered Arthur. "I met
him at my uncle's, Mr. Denstone's,
home."
"Mr. Denstone Is, then, your un
cle?" exclaimed Antoinette. "Indeed,
we have, then, both of us, explana
tions to receive. I am glad you were
not the only one to be deceived. You,
for Instance, in no way resemble the
Individual I was led to expect. My
governess told me that I was to be
escorted by one of Mr. Denstone's
clerks."
"What,.dld you expect then?" said
Arthur, laughing a little. "It Is quite
true that I am one of my uncle's
clerks; or, rather, I am to be one."
"Of course, my governess under
stood that it would be?In short,
somebody-very unlike you. Now that
I see the mistake, I must ask you to
forgive me for the peremptory char
acter of my letter. It was meant for
the solemn old clerk. In a snuff-col
ored suit with blue spectacles, of my
Imagination. Tell me," said she, sud
denly, "how did you think my father
was looking? I have not seen him
for such a long time?such a very,
very long time." "
"I can be no judge of his looks,
answered Arthur, "for I never saw
him bsfore. He does not look 111,
but he Is nervous somehow. I think
he wants somebody to take care of
him."
MI thought so," ah# feaid quickly.
"If he will let me, I will do my very
heat to make him happy; hut I have
no knowledge of home life. I spent
all my holldaya at school; that la not
a good preparation." she added, wist
fully.
"I don't think any preparation will
be necessary, Mademoiselle Rlgaud.
You will find a father who is old,
lonely and in need of you. Your in
stincts will be all-sufficient."
"Thank you," she said, simply.
Arthur felt deeply Interested In his
companion. There was something
touching, even pathetic in the sound
of her voice, which was lower and
fuller than most girls' Voices are. i He
could not see what she waa like by
the fitful harbor lights, even had ahs
taken off her veil; but ha fancied
that her appearance must be as In
teresting as her voice. But it waa
growing late, the aea air waa beeom
lng bitterly cold, the motion of the
steamer increasing every moment as
aha danced and bounded, light aheets
of spray began to acud over the deck.
"Are you a good Bailor?" aaid Ar
thur.
' "Oh, yes. I do not mind the toss
ing," ahe answered. "But all the
aame, I think I should like to go down
atalrs. I am not very brava. I would
rathsr not see It. Will you take me?"
She held his arm with both her
hands, and, indeed, waa clinging to
him with all her might before he suc
ceeded in landing her aafely in the
cabin.
NI bad no idea that it.wot)14 be ao
difficult to move," she said, laughing
a little. "And now, thank you, good
night, slaap well."
Arthur was up and oiy deck by
aunrlse the next morning; but early
aa it waa, he found his charge already
there. The aea had calmed down,
, and they were now running fact with
the tide, and only plunging very
alightly from time to time.
Mademoiselle Rlgaud was standing
at the head of the cabin stairs when
he came on deck, loaning against the
doorway.
Arthur offered her his hand to help
hor to gain one of the deck-seats;
aho was evidently afraid of venturing
alone, though she laughed at her own
fears when she found how much
easier It was to walk than it had bean
the night before.
Antoinette had tied a large black
Shetland shawl round her head and
over her shoulders.
"I must preserve ray hat from the
apray," ahe said. "Salt water la vary
destructive, and if this hat ware
?pollt It would be long befors I
should be able to replace it."
"Indeed," said Arthur, who wsa
amused at her naivete, and thought It
the molt charming thing- he bad ever
encountered in his life. "But I ma
sure you you need not concern your
aelf about, .t, your father it very
rich." . ./ .
"You are mistaken," she said, cold
ly. Quite mistaken; on the con
trary, ws arc very poor,"
Arthur ramimbired Jfoulmr Rl
gaud's Strang* confide acta.
"But." h? . b?fta hastily?th?n
checked blmMir. If her father chase
to coaeoal the (act of hla gmt wealth
from hla daughter. It was scarcely
right to .thwart his pi are, but ho felt
exceedingly Impatltnt of them.
He proposed that they should walk
up and down .the deck awhile, and
?he consented with delight.
"I think you are altogether mis
taken," she continued. "If you ex
pect to find a carriage and horses to
meet me, and a good house and gar
dena, and plenty of servanta, you will
he aatonlshed."
"I only care that you should find
enough for comfort," said Arthur.
"To that at least you are certainly
entitled."
"That we will not dlacusa," an
swered Antoinette. "I am quite sat
isfied that my father's mode of life
Is the only prudent one. It Is not
new to me," she went on. smiling. "I
was fire years old wh m I left home.
I can remember a big old houae, with
wings. I remember ^uantltlea of
cocks and hens, and an old woman
feeding them, whom I called Nanon,
and who frightened me by her sobs
and weeping when I went away. She
waa my nurse, and I shall find her
there still, I herr. She and her hua
band are most faithful servants."
"Are any of your mother's family
living?" asked Arthur. feeling
strangely uneasy at the idea of this
delicate, gentle girl going Into the
hands of such a.selfish old miser, and
totally without needful protection.
He felt that In her sweet, absolute
faith In her father ahe would starve
herself, and deprive herself of every
needful comfort, and oven necessity,
to spare him. He felt thankful that
he ahould be close by, at all events,
for some weeks, but he would be
greatly relieved could he hear of any
other relative at hand.
"I have no relStlves," said An
toinette, rather sadly. ' "My mother's
name waa Aymar?Jacqueline Ay
mar. She was the daughter of a doc
tor who lived at Goucy. My grand
father died shortly after her mar
riage. He had a son, Joseph Aymar.
He married, and they both died In
an epidemic of cholera when I -was
a little child; so no one of the name
Is left, and no one of the blood, ex
cepting myself."
Arthur was looking at her. and as
she spoke of her mother's family he
saw a strange change pass over her
face, a kind of hardness which
seemed to petrify the soft flesh and
blood, and a peculiar magnetic
dreamy stare of the great gray eyes
as they looked out to see, almost as
If she was entering a trance.
The look startled him. "Antoin
ette!" he exclaimed, abruptly, un
conscious that he had used her Chris
tlan name.
She started and turned round, the
look vanished at once, a soft pink
color rose In her cheek.
"What Is it?" she said, gently.
"Nothing. Forgive me; you looked
so strange, so dream-like, as If,
somehow, your mind were passing
out of my reach, and I wanted it to
come back," he said, trying to smile.
"Ah! yes; I understand. It Is like
that when I think of my mother's
people. They have a etrange history.
Some day I will tell you, but not
now," she added, a slight shudder
passing over her. "The sun Is grow
ing warm, and yonder, In the dis
tance, I fancy I can see the coast of
France. Is It not so?"
"Yes; we shall soon be arriving.
Are you glad to revisit your native
land. Mademoiselle Rlgaud?"
HYes, for some reasons very glad.
But I have been In England so long
that Z have almost forgotten to look
upon France m my home."
CHAPTER XI,
The travelers reached St. Maalo
without adventure of any kind, drove
to the statloD, and found a train1
which took them to Lekaus, where
they arrived late In the evening. They
slept there, and started the next day
for Qoucy.
It was a cold day. The sun had
not appeared; there was a sharp
spring frost and a bitter east wind.
The third-class carriage Into which
Antlonetto got, without a moment's
hesitation, was exceedingly comfort
less, but Antoinette said not a word
of complaint.
As they w*nt. on, It struck Arthur
that there was something odd, even
unnatural, about this. A young and
delicately brought up girl Is not gen
erally so callous unless she Is ab
sorbed by some thought that over
rides all other questions, physical or
mental; or else le of euch a robust
physique as to be Independent of
small miseries. He looked earnestly
at hi* companion; the latter certain*
ly was not the case. It must then be
the former.
Arthur fancied that In her attitude,
In the fast clasp of her little hands In
her lap, there were signs of suffering.
He was sympathetic by nature, but
toward this lonely, lovely girl his
sympathy welled up so Irresistibly,
that even at the risk of offending
her he felt that he must ask her what
^caused her depression.
"Barely, tar Mademolaetla," hm
aald, bmUj, "you must hm sosso
thins on your mind, or,* ho added,
smiling,." I hardly think yon would
bo so tntflfferent totho draught that la
paaatns /town the backs of onr necka.
or to tho Incessantly rattling door, or
tho clouds of Infamous tobacco and
fumss of abslntho which our lata fel
low-trat?l?rs hare Is ft behind them."
She care a slight start. "I aa
very sorry that yon are uncomforta
ble," she said. "Please do not slay
With me. Doubtless- your means
would enable yon to travel in a Tory
different way. I am most selfish to
allow It At the Tory next station
then *
"Not for worlds!" cried Arthur.
"It was only for your sake that I
thought of complaining. Please for
give me. I cannot help fearing that
something of a sad nature Is absorb
lng your thoughts. Perhaps I ought
not to say so; It Is presumptuous of
me."
"No." said Antoinette. "Ton are
?ery good. Tea, you are quite right.
Something le occupying my thoughts
?ery greatly and most painfully, but
I do not know that I can tell It to
you; you would perhaps laugh at
me."
"Laugh pt you? Good Heavens!
What do you take me for?" he ex
claimed, hurt.
"Have I said or done anything to
make you think that I could be bo
unkind, so unfeeling, and especially
toward you, for whom, since the first
moment I received you into my
charge, 1 have felt the deepest In
terest, the utmost "
He stopped himself, or be might
have said too much; but his eager
face and earnest manner touched her.
"Then you will not think me very
foolish?"
"Try me," he said.
She looked at him doubtfully for
one moment. Then she said: "Mr.
Denstone, I have known you a very
short time. Indeed, but 1 am singu
larly friendless, and you hare been
so good to me, It makes me venture
on more, perhaps, than I ought."
*? Anything In the world that I have,
or that I can do. Is at your service,"
he said, quickly.
"Thank you," she answered, a
smile of rare beauty lighting up her
sweet face. "Then I will tell you the
strange, terrible secret that over
shadows me not only with Its own
weight, but with the most dire fore
bodings." She paused a moment as
it to shake off some feeling of op
pression, drew a long breath, and
went on. "Did you by chance ever
hear of Aymar? Jacques Ay mar, of
Crole?"
"No, I do not think I ever heard of
him; but stay, I cannot be quite sure.
Tou do not mean the man who waa
expert with the divining rod? I re
member reading about him once, ages
sgo. If I remember right, his power
had this peculiarity, that in his hands
the rod was not only efficacious In
the ordinary way of dlscovsrlng tha
existence of water In any place, or
minerals, but he pretended that It
also enabled him to point out thosa
who had committed crimes, and to
detect criminals. My fsther was at
one time very much Interested In
mesmerism and all mysteries of that
nort, and he got together curious
Information respecting Jacques Ay
inar, who, after all, I believe turned
nut to be an lmposter. Can It bs
that man you mean?" ,
"You think he was an lmposter?"!
she asked, very eagerly.
"I cannot ssy; It Is impossible to
judge," he said, astonlshsd at hsr
eagsrnees. "I think mediums, and
tudh people, are sometimes In tho
position of finding their natural gifts
fell them, and thsn they have re*
course to imposture to hide the fact,
It itiay have been so with Aymar."
"I do not believe it was imposture,"
she said, nervously, twisting her
hands together. "But Heaven knows
how gladly I would think so If only
I could. You are astonished; but
perhsps you will better understand
my Interest In him when I tell you
that my mother's name was Jacque
line Aymar, and that In may cases In
our fsmlly, and I very greatly fear In,
my own, the faculty has proved her?|
edltary."
"The um of the divining rod?"
cried Arthur. "I* It possible that 701a
can really believe such nonsense?
Pleass forgive me (or saying so."
"I told you that you would moolc
me!" she said, sinking baek in her
??at with so dejected an air that Ar*
thur felt the greatest compunction
(or having spoken so hastily.
"I heg your nardon," he exclaimed,
earnestly. "Indeed, the *ea o( laugh*
ing at you never entersd my head (or
a moment; but, oh! dear Mademoi
selle Rlgaud, do allow me most
strongly to warn you agatnat allow
| Ing auch an Idea to gain possession
'of your mlrd; It might prove moat<
dangerous to your wholo future hap*
plness and peace."
| 44 It has already proved so," she
said, aerlouply.
I "I suppose there Is no mistake,"
said Arthur; "that It Is a fact that
your mother was descended (rom
Jacques Aymar? It must be difficult
to ascertain It really, (or, a(ter all,
his notoriety was only local, and
Crole was an obscure little place."
I "There is no proof, but the (act of
the similarity o( name Is singular.
Jacques Aymar was (rom the Midi
my grandfather was Nantals; but?
I and this Is the thing that frightens
me?-the power has existed more or
lees in one or two members 0( the
family, and I myself have had slngu
lar proof that I possess, at all event*
in some degree, this hateful power."
To be Continued.
Norway's seaweed, used as fuel,
yields a greater revenue than it*
fisheries
OUR. SCHOOLS
Bt Pbov. Wouam B. Haws,
Pilwntfar at Carolina.
FiMr Hnabtr Seren.
Study?There i, ,
nuU bat turbulent elui of other
XT ?IS!**" 7ho, P?riodi?^y belabor
"ehoolt. la their aight
marea they tee thousands of tender
children murdered or maimed ia the
publio aehcola, sod fire vociferous ut
to. 80 "">ch wild nonsense
, V hava but on? affact?making
Ijople refuse to heed them even when
they point out some real defect. Some
or these writers have warned us
against one great evil which we have
gone on ignorinfi^-that of an over
crowded course of study. To be brief,
some years ago our educators realized
the poverty of our common school
course of study, confined almost ex
clusively to the three R's. A just
demand was made for an enriched
course, giving a wider range of sub
jects to the pupils. A number of sub
jects has been added. Now. in order
to encourage individual initiative, 1
Jake it, the State Board of Education
has never prescribed a maximum or a
minimum number of subjects for anv
course. Instead it has adopted text
books covering a rather wide range
J subjects, and grouped these into
yearly grades, leaving each school to
Ust UP * COUr># ?r Courses from thi8
The building of a well-balanced
course of study is the work of an ex
pert. Comparatively few teachers lay
claim tp that stage of fitness. Yet
each teacher, or at least cach princi
pal, experienced or inexperienced,
sets about to make his own course,
theories, prejudices and tastes begins
to clash for the mastery. One teach
er is an arithmetic crank, and his
course has but little else in it; an
other s favorite subjeot is grammar,
and he makes his pupils analyze aiu.
parse everything in sight;; another
has no taste for geogrnphv, and he
practically omits it; another "dotes
on poetry, and the whole school is
put to memorizing and reciting gems;
while a lot of thorough-going teach
ers who take everything litcrallv, put
the whole adopted list into one course,
and give it to every pupil in the
school.
. A. great deal of ignorant and un
just criticism is made against the
frequent and useless change of text
s'* + would be ueitlier wise nor
defensible to have a child use the
same reader through two or three
grades, or to use the same geography
through the 4th, 5th nnd 6th gratJe
for instance. If the book is suited
to his advancement when he begins it,
" **o??nable to say that it is not
suitable two or three years later in
nis life. And if a teacher were to
keep the child of one o fthese watch
ful guardians of the schools in a
fourth reader, for instance, for three
years, this same guardian would make
the columns of the local newspnp-r
smell of sulphur in declaiming against
the outrage (then fail to sign his
name). On the other hand, many of
our schools do needlessly tax the pat
rons for books, and burden the chil
dren with books. Let me givo eon
er?? I have just examined the
published course of study in a ten
grade school in one of our towns. In
that eourse are prescribed fifty-five
separate texts, exclusive of copy
books, drawing books, scratch pads,
Pte. In the school are ten teachers.
Jn another ten-grade school, with
four teachers, there are sixty-four
texts prescribed. In the first men
tioned school there are ten separate
texts required in the seventh grade;
in the second mentioned school elev
en texts are riven in the eighth grade.
Everv child ought to have the best
obtainable book in every subject he
pursues, and he ought to have all the
books he needs?books suited to 1:1 a
age and advancement, but I protest
that the above mentioned courses are
?Jlt reason. To undertake to tench
all these books to any one child in the
?Hotted time would make old Soo
rates catch his breath.- In the first
it would seem that the eontse
given was measured by the physical
endurance of the teachers? ten teach
era pitted against ten ?eta of children.
In the geeond case the phviical en
durance of the teachers was no limit
?four teachers pitted against ten
acts of children.
I am tcr from advocating only the
three R'a in the common schools, but
our schools are undertaking too mnch.
in the quantity of work and the kind
of work. School work must be cir
cumscribed by time, space, and the
ability of the pupil. Take the eighth
grade course already mentioned. Of 1
tho eleven texts prescribed, nine are
to be pursued at the same time. It
is no figure of speech to say that if
a child's time is the dividend of a|
long division, the quotient, or result,
must be small. For instance, in the
first two years of a child's school life I
the schools very properlv devote mnch J
time and energy to oral reading. But
by the time he reaches the fifth grade
so many things are crowded upon him
that he does but little oral reading
wbils under insrueti+p?a few min
utes each dav, perhaps. Hence when
ho reaehca the high school his oral
reading it scarcely intelligible, and he
'B often unnblo to gel through frcrr.
the printed page. Indeed, ronnv a
collcge student and not a fcjw tcacho
*rs in our common schools cannot rea^
they should real on entering
Mgh school.
These crowded courses of study
bflvc another fatal weakness. In the
same aehool and in the aame clauses
is a wide range of ability, taste snd
opportunity, among the pupils. The
bright and precocious mind, the slug
gish but retentive mind, and the dull
mind are found side by side. The
pupil of robust body aqd vigorous
health, the one of feeble body atd
delieate health, and the one with am
ple time for cvcrv task and the one
with aeant time for anv task all go
to the same school. The unpardon
able sin of the schools is to buucli
them together, give them the ssme
work, and require all to measure up
to a common standard. God made
them in different melds, and it ia use
less for the schools to try to ignore
the differences. It is unnatural and it
is wrong. To max eh abreast twenty
five children in one grsde up to a
given dead line is neither possiblo
nor desirable. Children with diverse
abilities, taste*, and., - opportunities
should not be required to progress
with even step through such divcise
subjects as mathematics, language,
history, and drawing. If a boy can
do the language work of the sixth
grade, but is prepared for onl* the
4th in mathematics, put him just
where he is fitted to go. "Oh, he
would not fit into my program," says
some one. Then make the program
fit the boy. The possibility of doing
this is one of the great advantages
th.i* the small country school has over
th* closely graded school.
There is another thing which needs
to be dinned into the ears of our
people?both teachers and partons?
that it is folly for a school with nine
grades and two tcachers to undertake
to do what a school with nine grades
and six teachers accomplishes. The
two-teacher school may be the better
school within its limitations, but it
must keep within those limitations.
A one-horse farmer who would claim
to bo nble to grow as many crops
*md as large crops as a four-horse far
mer would grow. would be laughied
rt. Little David could not fight in
big Saul'8 heavy and cumbersome ar
mor, hut with a sling and a pebble he
did effective work.
Effcr*. at Suicide Successful.
Rpartanbnig*, Special.?Will Bur
nett, a well-known ycunj?* white man
who shot himself in the head with a
pistol in:-t Sundav, died at his home
as a rrsal* of the wound. Burnett
was on? t f ten men 'who were ar
rested a short time ago fyr taking
part in the inch that sought to lynch
John Tiby, the negro charged with
attempting n criminal assault upon
a young white woman."
Korean Insurrection Over.
Tokio, By Cable.?The so-called in
surrection in Korea is pructically
i ended. The troops are still on active
duty, but the insurgents have dwin
dled to merely a disorderly element.
It is stated that Prince Ito, former
resident general, a Steoul will prob
r.bly return to Korea cnily in No
vember. Two thirds of the Japanese
trccp3 in north China will be with
drawn in r. "few (lavs.
Textile Wer!rsrs to Hold Next Meet
ing in Oharlotte.
Schenectady, N. Y., Special.?The
eighth annual convention of tho Unit
ed Textile Workers of America, which
has been in session in Cohoes, closed
Friday. Chailotte, N. C., was select
ed cs the place for holding the next
convention. John Goldon, Fall River,
Mass., was elected president.
By Wire and Cable.
President Roosevelt has signed a
contract to become associate editor of
the Outlook on his return from his
African trip.
Philndelphia doctor to prove his
contention that vaccination does not
prevent smallpox challenges an advo
cate of it,s efficacy to sleep with him
with a smallpox patient between
them, the challenger never having
been vaccinated, while the challenger
has been.
Vewi In Brief.
Charles Elliott Morton, philanthrop
ist, scholar and teachcr, died at Cam
bridge, Mats.
That the United States will ask
for a new treaty with Russia was
made known in a letter from Secre
tary Root to Jacob H. Schiff.
Three persons were burned to
death in a New York tenement fire.
United Rtntcs Supreme Court de
rides fltot H. Clay Pierce must go
baek to Texn* to answer an indict
ment for perjury.
PROSPECT!VP! BUSINESS.
"I'll take your damago case," said
the lawyer, helping to his feet the
man Just hit by an automobile.
?'Thank you," replied the victim.
"I'm not much hurt, but I recogniz
ed that measly chauffeur. He may
have a case for you later."-?PhlU
delphla Ledgor.
FLEET LEAVES TOKIO|
After Splendid Reception Cy
the Japanese People
VESSELS HCMEWARD BOUND
Tb? D?putsn of tli ?if Ships the
Frettieet Feature of the Week?
Tokjo Resumes Normal Condition
After t Week of Delirium.
Toldo, By Cable.?After a week's
suspension of almost every kind <f
business, because cf the presence of
the Ameriesn fleet in Japanese waters
*Bd so that fitting welcome might be
given to the Ameiicau officers ami
ssiwrs, Tokio is resuming its normal
conditions. Already many of the de
corations have been taken down, al
though every one is yet discussing I he
remarkable features of the past low
days.
President Roosevelt's messages to
the Emperor was presented to him
through Count Komura, the foreign
minister, and the Emperor probably
will make a reply rcon, but there is
no reason to expeet that the Em
peror's message will contain other
than a graceful acknowledgement and
an expression of gratification nt the
President's worm words of apprecia
tion. Nothing could possibly exceed
in the public mind in Japan the sig
nificance of the Emperor's previous
message.
The departure of the fleet Sunday
morning was one of the prettiest fea
tures cf the week. The flgsliip Con
necticut slipped her cables at exact
ly 8 o'clock. She steamed past the
Louisiana and saluted and was fol
lowed by the remainder of the first
squadron. When the eight ships hod
passed, the Louisiana led the second
line, and the entire fleet then formed
in single column.
As each of the American battle
ships panned the head of the Japanese
column the crews of the ships of both
nations cheercd enthusiastically, and
the band of both the American ships
played the Japanese national hymn.
When the last of the sixteen ships
was 9alutin'i*, the Connecticut was in
visible en the hori:on. Within exact
ly fifty minutes the entire manouvre
had been completed.
Seven New Cases of Cholera.
Manila, By Cable?Seven new oases
of cliclera weic reported in this city
for the day ending Sunday night.
The slight increase in the spread of
the disease is ascribed bv tlie au
thorities to the many gatherings of
the people on Saturday night Mid
Sunday and the feasts that accom
panied the assemblies. The situation
is not considered to be grave and the
health department feels as though it
has the epidemic well under control,
expressing no alnim over tha in
increase. It is probable that the gov
ernment will further restrict the gath
erings of the natives and also the
sale of dangerous foods. It is be
lieved that cock pits located in the
subinbs of the city where it is diffi
cult to maintain a strict wntch over
the sale of foodstuffs are responsible
for tho slight increase in the num
ber of eholcra eases noted at eucli
week end.
Crville Wright Improving Nicely.
Washington, Special. ? Orvillc
Wright, the acroplanist who narrowlv
escaped dcatli In the accident to his
aeroplane during a fl:>;ht at Fort
Mycr. Va., five weeks ago, will soon
be ablo to leave for his home at
Dayton. 0. His most serious injury
was a broken thigh and the splint
was removed from this Sunday. It
was found upon measuring the left
leg, tho one injured, that it is but a
quarter of an inch shorter than the
other. An X-rav examination of the
fracture showed that the knitting of
the broken bones lias beeu perfect.
Chepel Hill Man Elected. President
of Peat Producers' Society.
| Toledo, 0., Special.?The second
annual convention of the American
Peat Producers' Society has adjourn
ed to meet in Poston next year.
Joseph II. Pratt, Chapel H'H, N. C.,
was elcctcd president, nobcrt Han
som, Jacksonville, Fin.. was elected
vice president for the Southern
States.
To Have Lobbyist at Capital.
Paltimore, Special.?William II.
Anderson, superintendent of the
Maryland anti-saloon league, has
been chosen by the national head
quarters committee to represent I lie
rational league at Washington an
acting superintendent during the
coir.ing session of Congress. Sup?. S.
E. Nicholson, of Pennsylvania, who
has been serving in that capacity, ow
ing to the fact that the Pennsylvania
legislature will be in session this
winter, will be compelled to give his
entire time to looking after legisla
tion in that State.
A ROYAL WELCOME
Sfcow.i the American fleet By
Japanese Government.
ENTERTAINED IN GREAT STYLE
Trtmtadoos Procession of HUm if
KwHy-Chcering People Eerirwed
bj Addnl Spetr/ m4 the Ameri
can licet OiHotxi.
Tokio, By Cable.?The ccpitol ??
Japan witnessed Thursday night the
most extraordinary evidence of the
spirit cf tbe new Japan. After hav
ing an audicr.cc of the officers of the
American battleship fleet on Tuesday
the Emperor issued an ord?r directing
the people to increase in every way
{possible, the enjoyment and pleasure
of tbe American visitors, who came,
he said, r.a historic friends of the
Japanese nation. The response to
this imperial mandate was seen and
heard at night.
Originally a torchlight procession
of 15,000 people was planned as part
of the day's programme, but thia
feature went far beyond expectation!
und developed into a great popular
demonstration. Japan's war oelebra
tions after peate with Russia, "Lon
don's Mafeking Night," and even
New York's election night revel
would seem almost insignificant com
pared with Tokio's celebration.
Mile cftcr mile through madly
cheering people, the great procession
wound its way. Representatives cf
various guilds, universities, schools
of every elates for boys and other
organizations took part, each individ
nal carrying a lighted ,lantern held
high on a long pole with American
and Japanese Hags interwouud.
Admiral Sperry and the other ehief
officers of the American fleet viewed
the profession from a special grand
stand, standing with bared heads
above the sea of waving lantcrs,
the deafening roar of cheers aud the
clash of the music from scores of
bands which played the American
national hymn continuously. So
donse became the crowds around the
stand that the entire procession was
blocked until Admiral Spcrry was
forced to leave in order to keep an
engagement at the dinner given by
Minister of Foreign Affairs Koraura.
Again nt the American embassy
tbe great procession halted and the
climax cf the enthusiasm was reach
ed. When the head of the procession
arrived at the embassy aud halted
Mrs. O'Brien Bnd the other Indies cf
the embassy appeared upon the vo
randa and received a prolonged ova
tion from the crowds, every man and
boy among the paraders lifting his
hat to the Indies, while there were
continuous shouts for the American
ambnssac'rr, who hnd also left to at
tend the dinner.
The entire grounds surrounding the
embassy were lighted with a sea of
lanterns and the demonstration last*
ed. for two hours. Kver.v band in
Tokio turned out for the parade aud
their favorite airs were "Yankee
Doodle" "Dixie," and "John
Brown."
thousands of the paraders wore
fantastic costumes characteristic of
Japanese celebrations.
Every foreigner in Tokio was deep?
l.v impressed by the night's remark*
able demonstration, coming as it did
from an ordinary undemonstrative
people.
The entire dav waa tnken up by a
series of e'.^ornte entertainments to
Admiral Sperry hnd the other ud
mirnls of the American floet and
their aides.
Construction Foreman Decapitated,
Kingston, N. Y., Spooial,*?>Fre4
Bowen, o forman employed by the
New York water supply department
in the construction of a biff shiphon
at High Falls, was decapitated and
two negroes were mortally injured
when a huge rock fell into a shaft in
which they were working to Adjust A
floating pump.
iAHt Reception to Fleet.
Yokohama, By Cable.?The series
of the brilliant functions which have
eharactei ir.ed Japan's reception of
the American battleship fleet eatne to
n close here Friday nitrht with a din
ner on board the battleship Fuji, the
guests cf which were confined to the
American ambassador. Rear Admirals
and other officers. There wns also a
brilliant reception on the battleship
Miko?a to which all the prominent
Americans here were invited, with
the accompaniments of an illumina
tion of the fleet, fireworks and torch
light proccKsicn on shore.
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