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OBIOIN OF FBUITS. WHKHi; SOMK OF THKU CAME t HOM TO US. tors Many of Them Have Peen Known ! and Used for Thousands ' of Years j The principal fruits of the earth, though long known, have hern bo , changed by oultlvatlon that the orlg- i Inal anoeBtori would not recognize 1 their deioendants. The peach Is sup pcaed to be a native of the hill coun* try or China and was doubtless cult) { ated tfceje at a period so remote that It antedates history. The apple, most widely distributed of all fruit, 1 is said by solenoe to have desoended from the Siberian crab which grew wild over large parts of Asia, Europe and northern Africa. It is a tar cry from our Jonathans, Bell dowers and Greenings to this sour little denizen i of the steppes, but like many other things m earth, including man, it has no reaSOD to be proud of its ancestor, i It waa brought from Asia into Greece < after ha?lng been cultivated for many < centuries, ar.d the Romans obtained i It from the Greeks, as they did many other good things. In later ages it spread throughout the world, but i thrives best In the cooler parts of the temperate zones. It does not grow in the tropics but Is at its best in certain sections of the Mississippi Val i ley. It is^jtot only the best but the I most famous of fruits. Though the Garden of Eden story, so far as the apple Is concerned, Is somewhat fanol- i ful, it has been the meam of greatly i extending the fame of this fruit. When Julius Caesar invaded E"gland, , some years before the Christian era. he gave the barbarians then Inhabit- i lng that Island their drat taste of ap i pies and cider. Ever since then It has been a staple In the British Isles and of course has been muoh lmprov d by cultivation during the two thousand centuries that have succeeded its introduction. There was a special reason that AtnofiH fho innla lA hinitma nnnnUi. vnwgvu vuu ?V UrfVUUiV Ul?l throughout the countries of Northern Europe. The prevailing religion wm that of the Druids, who worshipped the mistletoe, and as this parasite was found chiefly on oaks and apple trees, these became objects of great veneration and oare to the devotees of this stiange superstition. The priests and priestesses of the Druids said prayers and sang devotional s^ngs to these trees and believed they had the power of granting favors. They were right, too, so far as the apple tree Is concerned, for what greater blessing has been oonferred upon men, then or now, than the luscious, health giving fruit that falls from their boughs? A trace of thii old Druid veneration for the apple tree still remains in certain parts of England, where the farmers on stated ocoaslons salute the trees and beg them for good orops. They fill a wassail bowl with cider and put in it a pleoe of toast then pour some of the older on the roots, hang the toast in the most barren branches, after whioh all join hands around and dance as they sang: Here's to thee, old apple tree, Whence thou may'st bud, and whence thou may'st blow, And whence thou may'st bear apples enow; Hats full! caps full! liushcls and sacksfull! Huzza! The pear, whioh in scientific horticulture is nearly allied to the apple, seems to have been the most difficult of the fruits to educate up from barbarism to cultivation. The tree on which it grew was originally oovered with sharp thorns, which it took many centuries cf cultivation to eliminate, and the fruit was practically worthless. Even as late as the first century of our era Pliny, the R: man naturalist, though he describee many varieties kno jvn to him, declares that "all pears whatsover are but a heavy meat, unless they are well boiled or baked " This shows what improvements have taken plaoe to bring us to the Bartlets and other luscious varie ties that fill our markets to day. How ever, it was a cultivated fruit during remote ages of antiquity and Is thought to have been first developed in Central Asia. It is mentioned in Homer's writings and became oommon in Syria, Egypt and Grecoe, being taken from the latter oountry to Italv and thence to Britlan. Virgil, the popular Roman poet, returns thanks to Oato for a gift of pears of wbloh, it seems, these people bad thirty-six varieties. Figs and grapes are also very ancient fr,ults, mentioned in the earliest writings of the Aslatlos as well as the Greeks and Romans. All these and other fruits, of oourse, were originally wild and it does not appear that anv fruit haa ever been of muoh value in ite wi.d state. But for cultivation aid the endless pains of thousands of sentnries of oareful horticulturists, these luxuries, which contribute so mnoh to the happiness of man, would he unknown. They furnish espeolally strong: proof of what civilization has dene for the raoe and show how the world has been made so much more V worthy of habitation by invention and I \ scientific experimentation, aided by U J industrious farmers and professional ( y* / / frult-grow<?r? ? 1 y/ Killed the Mara he I. .s" Friday night Will Bolton, of Athens, Ga., shot and instantly killed Tim Hammonds, marshal etStathem, fa. Bolton was prinking and Haps* fnonds iaa tryiw to gel him to go |ome when he shot the marshal Kugh the heart, Bolton made hie THE TEE HOUR LAW Passed the State Senate bj a barge i Maturity. The senate Thursday by a tote of of 33 to 6 passed tbe Toole tan-hour law, amended by Senator Graydon bo' in to mske tbe llnrlt s'x*y two hours & we. k after July 1 ntxt and sixty hours a week after July 1 of next year. S:nator Carlisle, of Spartanburg the biggest cotton mill centre In the itate, favored the bill, and on seeing It could not be killed (tfered an amendment forbidding employment of women or children under sixteen at night. His amendment was tabled by a vote of 22 to 14. Mr. Williams wanted a graduated reduotlon, and Senator Blease offered an amendment to defer the time when the aot shall go into effeot. Finally Senator Gradon's amendment was defeated bv a vote of 24 to 13. Senator Appelt offered an amendment excepting knitting mills from the previsions of the bill. This was killed. The other feature of the senate session was the passage to third reading of Senator Raysors bill looking to the establishment of a system of high schools throughout the state. By a vote of 22 to 17 the senate killed the Weston bill to create the rllloe of labor commissioner and devolve his duties upon the Immigration commissioner- Tnls was a farreaohiDg measure, wblcb embraoed tbe ten-hour proposition and ohlld la bor, and It authorized tbe appoint ment by the commissioner of a number of lDspeotors to go through the state and personally Inspect labor conditions In the mills and all other places where five or more persons are employed and required the factories to fi'e periodical reports under oath and In detail as to its employes, their ages, tiex, hours of work, eto. TRIED TO LYNCH NEGRO And Other Negroes Got Their Heads Badly Bumped. At Pittsburg, Pa., 0. A. Jackson, a negro, bleeding from many wounds an tbe head, is looked up In the central police station following an exciting and almost successful attempt to lynch him Wednesday night by a ;rowd of several hundred persons In the heart of the business district. A number of unknown negroes who tried to protect Jackson were roughly dandled by the mob. Several women who were oaught In the oruBh were taken to their homes suffering from nervous shook. The trouble started when a news- ? boy asked the negro to buy a paper. Jackson shoved mm rougmy into tne itreet. The boy threw a stone and struck Jackson on the head, and the negro choked the boy. In a moment several men oaught the negro and beKan to beat him. Some one orled "lynch the nigger" and hundreds of men and boys rushed upon Jaokson. Oanes, stones, rolled up newspapers and iista were the chief weapons used by the mob. Several other negroes endeavored to proteot Jaokson. Immediately there were cries of "lynoh them" and 1'kill the niggers." The infuriated mob caught several of the negroes and bumped tbelr heads against the stone buildings. Jaokson, bleeding and his olothes almost torn off, was temporarily forgotten, and he ran down Fifth avenue Somebody orled "the nigger's soaping" and several hundred persons took up the ohase. Down Fifth avenue to Liberty avenue, two blooks, and then down Liberty avenue to Fifth, the chase oontlnued. Just below Fifth street Jaokson ran into the arms of several polloemen, The offloers hurried Jaokson intc an alley and attemnted to hold baok tte crowd with their nightstick*. They were fast losing ground, however, when a force of city firemen from a nearby engine houae came to their aid. The polioe and firemen guarded the entrance to the alley until the patrol wagon, loaded with officers, responded to a riot oall. The orowd was scattered by the frse use of night stloks and J aokson was taken to the central station and looked up on a charge of disorderly oonduot. Sustained by Democrats. It begins to look as if President , Roosevelt will have to depend on the Democrats in Congress to help him out. The sub-oommittee on military affairs committee of the House by a strlot party vote laid on the table the resolution of Representative Sims, of Tennessee, oommending the President for his aotlon in dii charging the colored soldiers engaged in the 1 shoot-log up" of Browavllle. The motion to lay the resolution on the table was made by a Republican and oarriad by the Republicans: the Democrats vollog against the motion. Representative Sims nlll now bring the resolution before the House on a motion to discharge the military committee from further consideration and have the resolution considered by the House, providing the Speaker will reoognlze him for that purpose. Killed Himself. D. W. Ford, 4 well known resident of Richland, Va., and a relative of Unitad Statee Judge Waddillof the stern district of Virginia, oommltted enlolde by shooting himself Thursday in his room at the Southern hotel ip Saisebetb, N. 0 Ford, v^hose father la wealthy, left money end telegm? uxA***!, of toWurttoM. fVttttaoe tMChM o* bow to make otbg* ktate ol iMMi. j 8CAR1D THI CRBW. I Stray Shell Went Too Near a Little Steamer. The low line of the target drawn by the army poet steamer down the Charleston harbor Wednesday afternoon ess cut by a 10 iDch projectile lust as smoothly as If a knife had seen used, but, fortunately, the trim little government boat and her crew were not hit, and the only damage lone was In the repair of the hauser ind tho scare that the men on the x)at experienced. The tiring of the big guns Is figured ;o a mathematical nloety, the cftioers md soldiers say in telling of the tine 'I rant, wrtrkr r?f tha afkllla.oman m + . W? BW ttvaa V& ?U? mfuivt/uivu V b'ort Moultrie and elsewhere, but the )lg projectiles will go wrong sometime!. The master of ^he governuent tug tendered his resignation leveral years ago, when he was order sd to rake the target In tow. It was :co much like suloide, and he was igalnit self-destruotlo j, he eald, and, rather than expose himself to a stray ?rojeotlle, he gave up his lob He did lot trust the man behind tbe gun as xiuch as the soldiers trusted themlelves. The seafarer was not afraid )f taking his ohanccs with tbe sea ind wind, but he objeoted to being ihot at. He thought that the little aft behind the tug was too small and ,he length of the rope was not great mough. It looked to him as if the nrhole business?tug, master and irew?were iuoluded in the target and iq gaye up a good job. This decision s taid to have been reacted when a jrolcotile once crossed the bow of his )oat, and master and crew held their )reath and lost a beat of their hearts. At all events, the target was out oose by the 10 luoh projectile, weigheg nearly a thousand pounds, tired rom Fort Jasper. The job was neatly lone, but this was no exoeptlon to the lne soores whlob were made in the ltavy firing of the afternoon, which tould be faintly heard In the olty and nore perceptibly felt In the tremor of nany houses and the rattling of winlow sashes, as the big guns would )eloh forth regular servloe charges. Jften a tube Is Inserted In the guns ind smaller charges used, allowances )elng made for the small oharge and lghter projectiles In arriving at the Irllls, but, once or twice a year, serrioe charges are usad, as would bo lone In case of war In repelling an lostlle fleet, and these are the loads >f powder and projeotlles which w<rs ised yesterday afternoon and to day. The iirlog shook up things at & ively rate on Sullivan's Island, smashng the glasses and doing some other iamage, but this is the penalty that tttaches to the seashore resorts adoinlog the army posts, and the SulH'an's Island people have beoome acluttomed to thlB little shaking up tow and again. After the Oil Trutu. Senator Tillman has announeed hat be is preparing bills intended to sorreot the discriminations and nonopollstio practices of the Stanlard Oil Company as revealed by the atesiest report of the Interstate commerce commission. One of the obeots sought to be obtained will be he separation of pipe lines from oil produoing concerns. Senator Tillmap, Senator Bailey, and other democrats, tried to have this provision incorporated in the rate bill last year. They lucoeeded in bringing the Standard 311 Company under the regulating power of the commission to the exbent of declaring its pipe lines common carriers under the law. Then later an amendment by Senator Bailey was adopted, which provided that common carrier should not produoe the commodities which they sarrled. This provision, if it had remained in the aot, would have divorced the Standard's business from Iteoarrylng business. After a hard light in the oot f irenoe the provision reparating the operation of producing from transporting was limited to the railroads, leaving the Standard P.AA I M <4n IImam m L - ilOO IU IOW1U 1 M> WWU WO 11LICO ? 1US republlcanp, led by Senator Aldrlob, ire responsible for the change. Now, the commission finds the law Isn't working well, just because this ezoep* lion was made in favor of the Standird, and Senator Tillman proposes to renew the fight. High Priced Coin, The Des Moines Register and Leader says "a single ear of Reid Yellow Dent corn, weighing 19 ounoes, sold recently at the Iowa State College for the phenomenal price of $150, which is at the rate of $8,850 per bushel. Each kernel is worth 13 cents. Dan L. Pascal, of DeWitt, a member of the Iowa Corn Growers' Association, who grew this remarkable ear, was its purohaeer at the sale, which has eclipsed all previous prioes for corn and established a world's record. The grand champion single ear last vear brought only $11 and was grown by H. J. Ross, of Farragut, la. The seoond grand ouMU|Huu>Huip iMi year was won oy Fred Hefchershaw, of De? Moines, and old for 17. The grand championship ten ears of last year were those belonging to O, J. Easton, of Whitney, end sold for 130, whioh at that time wss the highest prloe ever paid for that amount of seed com. Hays Booker Is Senator. The expeoted appointment of the negro Ralph Tyler to the position of surveyor of the port of Olnotnnati, one of the biggest federal appointments in Ohio, Is eauslng considerable talk at the Capitol. The joke #dui<3 seem to be on the delegation frost Ohio, especially that portion of it whioh has been so toettfhroue in de Claiming tot the Ylghti Of heirioee to OH TAX EIGHT LIES. Dlfprimary Director* to Be Hauled Over the Coal*. In the senate Thursday night II. b. Carlisle, chairman of Ibe jidlclary committee, to whioh was referred the report of the speolal oommlitee appointed to investigate the atlalra of the State dispensary, presented the following oouourient resolution, whioh was adopted without a dissenting vote: "be it resolved by the senate, the house of representatives concurring, That in our opinion the directors of the State dispensary have violated the law in the purohase of liquors and are liable to removal by the governor and proaecutloo; that it be referred to the governor to take such aotion as he may deem necesnary and proper in the premises; and that a copy of this resolution te transmitted to his excellency the governor, with a copy of the testimony taken by the legislative oommlttee on the affairs of the State dispensary, together with their report thereon.'' The following senators compose the oommlttee whioh reported the above resolution: II. B. Carlisle, chairman; LeQrand G. Walker, T. M. Riysor, F. P. McGowan, G. II. Bates, W. H. Wells, J. R Earle, W. N. Graydon, T. Yancey Williams, Hugor Sinkler, P. W. nayncs, J. C. Otts, T. 1. Rogers. Attorney General Lvon was seen hw a representative of The State Immediately after the resolution was adopted by the senate and I sked for an expression. "I do not oare to make any public expression," said Mr. Lyon, "until the matter is placed before the governor and he takes some action. I won't objeot to talking at 1 the proper time." Governor Anael was Informed of the senate'i action at 11.30 o'clock last night but would make no statement. PA6SH8 Til K llOUSK. By the action of the Ilouse of Hep- , resentatlves In passing unanimously ( the Senate judlolary committee's concurrent resolution dlreotlng that Dls pensary Directors Hawllnson, Black i and Wylie be prosecuted on a oharge , of fraud as the result of the manner i in which the board has bought or allowed to be bought enormous quantl- j ties of whiskey and overstocking the j State dispensary at a great cost to ( the people of the State. Every member of the legislature of South Oaro- j hna has voted for tbe prosecution of < the three members of the dispensary board. , Immediately following its aotlon , the House sent word to the Senate ] that the lesolutlon had been passed * and that the matter is now up to the governor for his action. Similar in formation has been transmitted to the governor, but ho will not act be j fore to-morrow, when he will likely . atreoi tne attorney general to prooeea . i t once to have the neoessary war 1 rants Issued and the arrests effected. 1 Director Wylle was In the side aisle at the time the resolution went 1 through the House and listened with i out a ohange of countenance to Rep resentatlve Wyohe, who said he spoke for the dispensary advcoatei of both bouses when he denounoed the purchasing by the present board as a pal* pable fraud oo the people of the State. The dispensarltes he wanted it understood, are as strongly insistent that honeBty characterize the dispensary management as the antl-dispensary people. Hltll on The Itlse. We have reoeived the following from a big paper mill from whom we buy paper and other stock: "Owing to the high oost of raw materials, la* bor, coal and other items entering Into the manufacture of paper, the manufacturers have found It necessary to advance their prloes In order to meet In some degree this loss. In consequence, an advance of per lb has been made on all writing and bond papers costing between 6 and lOo. per lb., and an advanoe of lo. per lb., on all papers costing 10c per lb., and over. On envelops ttere has also been an advanoe of 5 per oent., on all gradesup to and lnoludlng 2 Rag, and an advanoe of 10 per cent, on the higher grades." ThlB will give our readers some Idea of the reason why newspapers have to advance their subscription prices. May Cost Ijife, Tir. W. TAnAvc.k KlAmsndorf. nf New York, will lose his lift because he was too tender hearted to refuse the kiss of a little sick girl whom he was nursing back to life. Dr. Elmendorf is in the staff at Bellevue hospital. He was intensely Interested in the girl, who was suffering from spinal meningitis, watching by hor bedside day and night. The ohild, prompted by gratitude, threw her arms around the doctor and kissed him. Her finger nails scratched bis neck. Blood poisoning followed and at the hospital it is said Dr. Klmendorf can not reoover. The girl will get well. Shot Girl in Foot. Girls had better be oareful how they go with pistol toating young men. Peaohtree street, Augusta, Ga., was greatly exoited Wednesday afternoon by the sound of a pistol, shot fired , from the pooket of Lester Davis, a ! printer, the bullet entering the foot of Miss Gertrude Clark, a stenographer, with whom he was walking. > Frightened, he ran away. The young Jady's injuries ate slight. Davis was toying with the gun in his pcoket, i the discharge being aeeidental. > Vital* never mid* a mistake?not even wben woman was created. if . .. ' i * CH1S1BI FAXIIX May Bring on Wor?? Trouble Than Boxer. That conditions in the famine dU triot of (Jhlna, where thousands of natives are dying and millions are near death from starvation and dlaeaie, may lead to anarohy and a general reign of terror, menacing foreign missionaries and citizens and greatly erippling commerce with this c >un try, Is made plain to this government in startliLg reports just received at the State department from Counsel General RjagerB, at Shanghai, and Counsel llaynes, at Danklng. That ctticlals of this government are greatly perturbed by these repot tg there Is no attempt to 1 lde. snd It is considered as probable within the next few days the president may feel himself called upon to Issue a teoond proclamation appealing to the 1 people of the United States to con- 1 tribute to the 15,000.000 starving people in the hooded and desolate dis- ] trlcts of tho Interior provinces, or j this Amerloau branoh relief, although , previously It seemed that they were , doing all within their power to rush food and clothing to the devastated territory. Until ^ow, relief has been sought in a spirit of humanity to alio vi&to sulToring; from dow on, aside from this motive, It will bet ought as a diplomatic move to remedy conditions that might lead to even worse de\elopments than the Boxer up-rts log. Last winter ctliciale cf this and En ropean governments were alarmed over the boycott situation and It has hnon (rnnnvo 11 u nrvnA^/ln/4 fVto K uw&i |^vuuiwu; uvuwuou vijou ncnuun disturbances as an outgrowth of that movement; were only prevented by the prompt steps of this country In sending a tquadrcu of warships to the Chinese coast and two additional regiments of infantry troops to the Philippines. There Is no attempt to conceal the fear that the present conditions because of the famine in which women are selling their babies j for a mouthful of food, or throwing ] them Into streams and themselves j committing suicide, may easily lead to a most dangerous situation. ] In view of this, while the Red Gross j proceeds to raise all money and food j possible to stave oil starvation, it is , expected that the State department ] will entor into the matter thoroughly, | and that other governments will be ' consulted within the next few days, \ with a view to ooncorted action in , case of a crisis. The army and navy j will be expected to stand as ready for r possiblee emesgenoles as they did last winter. c With i'rophetlo Kyc. ' Nearly forty years ago Hon. It. II. s Hill, of Georgia, in a speech at At- \ anta, referred to Gen. Robert E. Lee c in the following words of classic * ceauty: f "No people, ancient or modern, can iook with more pride to the verdict l which history will he compelled to ren Icr upon the merits and characters of ^ mir two chief leaders?the one in the i military and the other in the civil ser- ' vice. MostHother leaders are great be- t cause of fortunate results and heroes * because of success. Davis and Lee,be- y cause of qualities in themselves, arc great in the face of fort une, and he roes in spite of defeat. j "When the future historian shall come to survey the character of Lee, | he will lind it rising like a huge moun- 1 tain above the undulating plain of hu- I manity, and he must lift his eyes high ( toward Heaven to catch its summit. 1 lie possessed every virtue of other great commanders without their vices. He was a foe without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a ( public ofllccr without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was Cu-sar, without his tyranny; Napoleon, without his sellishness, and Washington, without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a true king. He was gentle as a woman in liiemodestand mire as a v ire in in thought.: ? - A ? n - -i watchful as a Roman vestal In duty; submissive to law as Socrates, and grand in battle as Achilles!" When uttering these words nearly forty years ago Senator Hill must have been looking with prophetic eye to the recent celebration of the centennial of the birthday of Gen. Lee. All and more than what he prophecied about Gen. Lee was re-echoed by the Hon. Chas. Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, in his great speech at Lexington,'.Ya., on the occasion abo .-e referred to. Mr. Adams, an ex I 'nion soldier, put Gen. Lee upon a higher pinacle of fame even than Mr. 11111, the Confederate soldier, forty years before prophecied he would occupy. No prophet of old ever uttered a truer prophecy than the gifted llill did when he said that "when the future histori n shall come to survey the character of Lee, he will find it rising like a huge mountain above the undulating plain of humanity, and he must lift his eye high toward Heaven to catch its summit." Fifteen Killed. Near Berlin, Germany, fifteen per-1 one were overwhelmed by a enow avalanohe on Thursday. Sight bodies of victims have been reoovered. Thirty cattle were killed in the nme fall of now. FELL 10 PIECES. THE 8TltA>UE EXPKKIENOE Op AN AI Ci UHIA POLICEMAN Tried to Pick Up a Negro and Hi* Arm and Iegt Came iff The Augusta Herald relates thli strange story A drunken negro who know just about enough of what was Iran plrlng In the world about him to say that his name was Levi Johnson and that he was from the north was brought Into police barracks Wednesday night by Patrolmau Brown. lie was tried Thursday morning on the charge of violating section 460th and was given a line of $2.50 or 2 days and sentence was suspended on the condition that he leaves the city within ?.i hours. Thos?t who saw the quiet and Inoffensive looking negro Thursday morning and the robust policeman *ho piloted him to pol'oi barracks Wednesday night little thought of th?l- furor that they oreated In police bo - quarters a fow mluutes after 11 o >ock Wednetday night. Sergeant But banau related the ttTilr Thursday n. rntng and stated that it all coma " :ced lust as I'l rolm&n Brown ve* < i n./ luto th? barracks with hlH prisener. It seetr-B that Levi was not very troublesome deBplte the fact tuafc ha way very drunk and could walk although he cculd not walk v<ry oognently. As the alley wa> leading to the rear of tha barracks was reachtd by the otlloar and his prisoner Johnson fell to tha ground stumbling over a loose brlok that was lying In big pathway. Of ocurie, Patrolman brown Is always ready to glva a person In distress a "lift" and took Johnson by ona of his arms, when to the great horror of tha polloaman that member came of! vary readily and Mr. brown found himself standing erect with an arm In his hand and the owner lying several feet away. Although just a little bit unnerved Mr. brown still kept a cool head and muBtered up enough courage to gi e bhe man another "lift." As tha other irm was lying under the prostrate Form of a negro, tho otllcer thought that he had best try another method. This time he seized one of tha negroe's egs and with a vicious pull the poltcenan, confident of his sucoas In ralsng tho negro to his feet tore of this nember. Cold shiverB traversed the region >f tho cop's backbone, his helmet be^an to sudeenly go upwards, big face esimbled a saowy white counterpane ind his teeth chattered fearfully as vlth the second disengaged member ii mo negro 8 anatomy clinging to bis lands and the remaining portion on ho tloor said with agonizing appeal; Please help me." Brown Is a courageous oUlcer and ias the confidence of every member of ho foroe In this respoot. lie wanted to get relief yet he was ashamed and euolved to make one more effort. Dhrowing the limbs, which he had orn loose, upon the ground he seized he remaining leg and gave another rloloua pull. It Is related that he anded about twenty feet away, with (till another portion of the negro's tnatomy in his hands, this time fallng to the ground backwards. His hands went into his pocket, he Look the distress whistle from it and olsw as no mortal polloeman ever slew before. Half dressed coppers same running from their beds and lbs itation guards made a dash for the Duts,de of the barracks but before anyone reached there, it is stated Brown was gone. The negro with the several portions of his body scattered upon the ground pleaded to Lieutenant Hopkins, who had by this time arrived: "Please help me." Brown oame back after a time, the men went to sleep also afler a time. When it was revealed that the negro was a well known cripple, poeseslng two oorks legs and a cork arm, all of whloh had yielded to Brown's palls, but it will be a long time indeed before the equilibrium of Patrolman Brown is restored. lira In Ijeaka. Now If It had nnlw bann a orppn persimmon that Eve plucked! Sometimes a woman's face overdoes It in the matter of telling her age. Some people make oo bones about the skeletons in their closets. Men who fear death are those who are always looking backwards. A reoeipt for the pew rent Is not a pass through the heavenly portals. Love is blind to the make-up of a woman's face. For the traveler the best guidebook Is a cheokbook. It's hard to make your boy believe the stories of your early struggles. A girl's ideal is seldom shattered! usually ne is merely broke, It's surprising how many friends a msn has until he needs one. Trouble seldom troubles a man who is able to keep his mouth shut. No, Alonzo, a swollen head doesn't neoessarlly cover a broad mind. One way to acquire popularity Is by keeping your troubles to yourself > The sorest disappointment of an air* ship inventor is his inability to soar. When doubt enters the door faith flies out of the vHndow. Kind words are legal tender where wen gold ooln it counterfeit.