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THE BORDER LINE BY MORTIE1ThR 0. WILCOX. Oopyright, 1901, by Mortimer 0. Wilcox. I..e.4-.e.... 4 -. URING the South Africai crisis of 1898 an Amerl can named Phillips tool the night train fo Klerksburg, near thi Transvaal frontier. A week before Phil Hibm had seen the "Goh Reef City" shivering In the panie of t expected war. Is thoughts as h stared out of the car window may havo gone back bitterly to Johannesburg. t( the ridge which has made so many sor rows, and his own failure there. Clutch ed in the hand, however, he held a tele gran froin his partner, Burton, anii this he read: "Come up to Klerksbur; next train. Big thing possible her.' Around him men Nwere arguing heated ly in various dialects asI to where .iou bert would strike first, what wolul( happen to the uitlanders and when I would begin to happen. The train ri on hour after hour. It came to a stol at last and discharged its passenger: Into the excited, questioning crowdh which filled the streets of Klerktiburg It was almost midnight, but there wna: no (uiet in the townils of the border. A latage young EIglishmat steppe" out of the shadows and touched l'hi lips on the (lbow. "Ilere you are," h drawled. "It's late, but you muustti'l sleep yet, Jaick. You're expected." "What is it anyway't" asked Phillips "I don't knowl," replled the otier "and I know at the saImne time that it I: something worth our while." lie w-a: slower in his mental processes thaIn tie Armerican, and he now fell into deel) re 1iection. "It was Atherton who toll 111 to get you here. Appears that ther is something heing platnned. Com1 alonag." They turned into (luil('tei streets, walked for soime (listialce an( enme a house. The front of' this vas dark en1e(, hut there we'e lights at the rea altd as they approiacelled iore than oii man came out anId hurried a way. Iur ton held a low conversation With SoII one at the (1001 and then returnae(d t( find bis friend. "They want to soc you alone i there," he explanined, "and I'm to wait.' Phillips went forward. A servani ushered him through the house a!( bowed him into a lighted rooml. Thre meat were seated arouand a table thern upoin whilh lay spread a man of Soutl Africi. lit a snaller room belin(i Phil lips could hear telegraph just'umtientu clieckkng feverishly, and now and the, a message woul1d be brought out anm placed uPonl the table. "London seems to be getting excited.' one of the three remarked. They did not embarrass Phillips b too close a scrutiny, but they were tak ing note of hin. "Sit down, won' you?" said one of them, a big an The speaker leaned back almost shyl; in his chair and turned his drowsy grit; eyes up011 another who looked like at ex-army officer. "You stato the case Atherton," he said. "Hem!" observed the latter. "WVeli Mr. Phillips, I suppose you would no be unwilling to accept of a good oppor tunity." Phillips smiled grimly. "I rather neet to," he replied. "Ah, yes. Well, no offense, yot know, but we have been led to believa that you are a-hemi--rathier a wil( young thing." The American's square jaw tightened and he arose, "You might have tele graphed that information," ho observ ed. "No. Sit down, please," said the hi man, "and hear us through." Ther was a kind of fascination in his man ner dificult to exliahn. "You know," coantinued Ather'ton, bhi eyes upon the table and speaking as V by rote, "whether this countr'y is In a healthy condition nowy. You are froni Johannesburg and also know how th< nitlander's are being treated. Here ih Kierksburg we believe that war is in, evitable and that the sooner it comnea the better for us all. There are, how. ever, people0 who cannot unaderstand~ this situation, and they advise delay.' He nodded, perhlaps nnelonsciously, to ward the room wvhere the telegraph in. struments were clicking. "Not so very many miles from here, at a point which your friend Burton knows, there is a camn[ of the border police, It lies about two miles from the frontier line of the Transvaal, and ten miles on the other side the Boors have also a camp. Very good. Now I need not point out to you that Africa is like a binl of gunpowder and that it needs only a spark to set it afire. Here is where that spark can be struck." Hie put his finger upon the map. "Just as this point, over the line, is the farm of a Boor named Zwager. Lie is an old Dutch rhinoceros, ready enough for trouble, It would be very easy for any one who went there--any one who was rather wild and irresponsible--to pre cipitate a quarrel. It would not need extreme measures - a mere quarrel, with perhaps a little misusage, and the Boors there in camp would do the rest, for they would attack the border police as certainly as we si~here. After thtat some history would probably be0 made." Young Phillips whistled thoughtfully, "It's rather too rich for us," lie said, "and not the nicest job, especially see ing that I'm an American. No; I guess niot." The big man raised himself up from his chair, The lamplight fell upon him redly as hie stood, tall as a giant, above the table where lay the map of South Africa. "An American," he said. "That is all the better. Americans are men of our own blood, and1 this movement is for every man who knows what progress means, It is war which must come, and is this world we must lool ugly facts in the face. People who ard! afraid to do tis say to mu: 'But It wit be too dantgrous,' the~y say to md3s 'It ii * wrong.' Ihet I say to them: 'We must * look facts in the race. '1'he l$0ers aLn now arming with Mauser rifles.' I sans to them: 'My dear good people, I adl mdme your scruples, but remember th tugly, fact of those Mauser rifles. Re' Mabnat and3 than .itlonn ngre that war must come at 'last tell tl whether delay will not inean 10 timer as many lives and 1011 'Ines the treas ure.' A united Afriea;.at is ily idea an Africa free for the Anglo-Saxoi fromu Cape Town to the ZnIinbez." The dreniny gray eyes Lai lightec up; the words cane faster ani fastei iI the glow of the great idea, an(I Ilk he spoke there breathed out of this nian something niysterlous i 1 won. derful, as out of unfathoied ( pths, a spirit which could stiffen the hearts of other men and drive then forward. reckless of barriers. Young Phillip, gazed it blin, and the cold suspiclon) tuelted out of his face. "I guess, iaybe," Said Ih(le slowly "that, after all, I alm a wild young thing." The leader siolled. "I thought so," sald he, "and a tiq'n we art, glad te know, a inan with n m!"n ;if his own. Well, it ia good to mueet them once in awhile 111an to know that, after all, they do gelner:ill1 get the daniger oe 4" - glory uiand the proflt." lie droppe1 oil the heights to sober natter of fact. "Such inen,'' lie remarked, "don't (10 things for nothilng. What shall we Iiuake the figure?" "Oh, I guess," replied Phillips, "thit if flirton aId I (nII put this througlI we ncan trust yolu for tihe rest of it." 'I'lie big nian glanced at the other imne, aii a little Ilaugh all alollnd showed their appreciationi of how I'hil. tl1ps had risen to his chance. "AlwIIy. (t(d like the way yoti Ainerleans could grasp a point," tle leader said an l shook hands. A inoient iater Ather ton brought iI Inotler telegraii and reinarkeld. "l'eople up1) tiamue dispIly in. Creasing agi ti on." "alla!" said the big rlian, with an other laugh and rililipled up the tele grail. Thle daiy after l11urtonl and l'hillip-i rode out of Klerksbu rg I 1( tiI rned their horses east ward. h1'ley left tit; railroad line IponI tiheir left, a"ld '.4 they struck lito the open veldt andl saw around t tei" tle wile circle o earth and sky their sirits gayly row to thiis ad venture. I harkniess tol14 them st Ill six ilies fron tin clt) o' the border Ililet. hut lurton kew ti griound. aid t lwy pushed forward. Pi nally, wI(el it waS glow iso (akI (h:a they hardl'y coli see tle eaI's 01' thirt horses, both1 IlleLil it) suhnliy, for froiii the veldt upo1n their right titey heard i voice :Is of, one iI flistress. "Who are you '?" l'hillips called. There was n0 reply, btut a lignre arose frloinl the thir1kenedi plainl and stoowd tottorin hg iefore thein. They swung tiliiselves out of the SmInhile, .am] a inlatch lareil !In B11ntonl's bat1al. " A p pe.:rs to he t kM111 of :1 tanori," Ile dravl ed, af'ter cyiic:l inispect lon. "Gerni'n.," ('111e fr'l'olt the flgure, "scllgo inn' if I :1ii not quite 1n'self." IIis words, like his high silk luot, ap earet to lave beiei erni iiipled up bi h. the etastrophie. "Aletehills all smiiasli (1. horse Zonli' off; 'hanidonied, youI See, O01 tlit lonely plailn." lie lurchedl upoln flurton's neck. "St'uge rile." hto wailed ci'eltiily, "Iit I aini so (11111k!" "You are, Iinlet,' " assented the oti er', "Ia li tli:t'is your horse aihut 20 I'fet froli here." It was so, indeetl. .\l though lithe Ilatelit illdicinles hadm all beenl sinlashied, the( fanithfu'tl st4eed' 11,i:ilt't. lie seeneil to glance' 1t1t1 0ith1 :1 look of resigni:itioii :1uti sub ,mnitte'l without colrmieni't whi I th' y lioistedc thet rider utp aig~a. "'\lighit als well take hirn alloni: "' sai Bur Itoll in disgulst. "'Al P1 I'ars to Ibet 1pleklil well, but ought rnot, yvou kno1w, to rtlini out heire."'1 lhe r'esed inanm Itibldv (off now~ 1n11 thien like t he Whlit(e Knlight ini "Al\ice,"' but by rhIi lng (lti- (iii each sideo of hiin tihey gen. orally caugh.Zit iii ill llidmil. l'rocee'd Iig thus,15 thely rea'chetd thte carn ofi)0 tihe tbordetr poll(ee antd wereo grteetedl with ironlent Iap ~pla use. I lurtoni knmew rnost of' t hit riien: letter w hiIchi h' brouigh t mite:11 an lterwartl ilunlig thier hlosts tivisile horstes chaniiipecl arid sitilhed er's s'iiokei andt looked li up t the Ava:itclug stars, anld prlesenltly for' hick 0 o riinetinrg better t hey began I to huavte fun withtl the plmttent Iiiteinle Ile stood up In the (I rel igh t. whiichi flickwee1 '111(on hIs siliy lfnee, we(li pleas ed1 to han ve' such an anudlen'rce. ''"t'erl'ni,"' said(1 he, "d(oni't niioek am fellow rnan.| These f'rlends of' tuinri, who1 br'ough i ine out of' daniger, wiho lnows wherie thley thinlih'lvcs iayi~ be1 toirnorrnow Whoit kiiowAS w hatI periI Iies beftnore thi? Tln. I shiay, don't ru11(k vilethm of' ircnis't:ln'-es iil 'ron that th itin ' i had h-ft us soiw 1' h4 i: line, 50onred( to sIlli loft ieri heightls ni touched affairis ofi state. "hish var,' F"or aigaini 1 shmy It's wrong, g-im'n." < "'Wi'ong, Is it?"i sa illd ii' thecap t orI the polici'. Ire thoughtli fully blew Soiml tohagilt'l SiL' at thei star1s, mimi thn li !'WN'j d(lilheraitely, as one0 whol (Ioes mi ii ofteni nr Is views. Ti'ee u-is a lt Ii unteasy' stir iraiog thie mier armoundl hin ii for It wIas Illo the~te he sp oki'. 'l .- I get' who hias hli ai lIo tover h1li' nrii I i salt int he'll, heimIlt he sn't in2101 i nm En~tglishinen'i tr\'ated li d1(gs am11 o r lill whichl ''ught to b' Einglaiii'.j M rongi, Is it? I hive the ltoc'is kept their wtirdu wIthi us? Wroneig! W\e i 0out to, you that a warim whieh wm'ouii ehanllge thamt gov''ermnt, 51uchi a wm'ii w~olubl give' lberty aind secu'ity to er f'ry inianm, whlite' amh laci', hI 51outhI A j' rn;woulll givet anrotin sollid counitr i to thei race' thait ('n 1poin1 to its r'e(-ordl amd 5fay., 'I leaItve thin;.s lbet ter thanti i (out tl3oi yo those ir i lg fmmet 11s amlask I You. 'Wihy Is a war like thatil wr'ong?' '' appalled, w'4it h hIs mioulth w~'ide opem, during this speech'I. 110 staiggeed bac(k. wnr'd now, tr'ieih over a saidldle a lult wenit downm wIth alii onl haard I. U lmiln hel1 s liponi thie pia in, lhe biu upb 1 ait Ie sky, like1 the prmoud mcthe lion iitill? "Because If Is. So there." In thme iiuo'nlig the two adventurers hiad a last word with thme capitain andi y then mountd thi oss ie1111 Cne nman. who wns now sober If no T sensible, wvihIed to go with them, but this offer wts. rejected .I'hi'ey rode to a little einluellece Itild tto (. They were T Oil the borider line, dlanger li1.0 which neeiled only to >C crossed by ilglitiog pa)trties to Iieni a war. A sol Itary falcon hovered hIgh iI the untar nish8led blue, and before, them stretched the ''ransvaal, its veltit as yellow as a la sea of gold. Old Zwager's farm lay Ilko a (lot in this, and over everything a to Sabbath quiet brooded, but here the 8 spitrk could be strulc which should set South Africa afIre. They felt the d'. ki light of power, a sense of danger ani daring leaped in their blood, and thety 8 rode straight forward resolutely. W Zwager's place was built up it a way a usuni to that region. A stone wallll p'n. 8t circled the squatty Duteh builditing t,1 and served to keep the calves in the M front dooryard. A fentee nuigit have te been easier, but Zwnger's gret-grainil. co fathers hd mnatuged It this way, an. tI wv'htt hil b)ee good 0 enough for thet;1 CO was goodi enough for fvnger. ' h it were adnitted through the gate by :i Su lazy Kaillr boy an11d. riding up to the tc house, hellld tile owner. iil itefore the (oor. in the sulisline snt tin old andn grizzled lloer-a Hoer of the a great trek. IIe starie at tiei for a O iomient silently and then agnin turnetI ra his dull blue eyes upon the lLdistalnt view. Hut a'fter sonie reflection lie Li r'einioved his VIpe anid asked then brief. lp ly, "What (10 yotl walt?" ill "We wInt sorne forage for our horses ti first thing," hiurton replied, and tihe ei two distotinted. Zw'ager ieilected it sonie tiore ati then announced, "You al Can't have it." t "Oh, we eii't, e ?" retarked 'ill- al lips, "Mayl' that isn't for you to say." 'The co'Trelon appeared to be c: lost tuipo old Zw:ager. I Ie sat still and ii gazed nterIos the :iin towai the bitle I) noithwar( as thouglh lie expecteol ( -oinething favorable to conlie i'ronI that w direction. For yeNars ald years tit' e older Boers had beeni wont to think of ) that free up count ry, the tCracke Cl wilderness which Could always ht their re'uge whlen tle ann11iioyn1g u prorIL' oi a ft rapitd civilization enline too nearll. liut nothing could coille out of it 11oW -'X 'eeIt dahnger, iil they were cut oil' fron it forever as surely as frotnt tlt C blue sen eross which their forefathers o haid wandere(i two centuries before for i R pice in wllel to stagunate coinforta- o lbly. Old Zwager iny have known ol this inuch of history froin tle lione spun11 traditions pissed down froin1 sire to soni-stories of o1l treks and battles foi ote's owi Idt'i of things, dahred by liteni' It stulihori, fanatic breed, like tle IoithIliends of old ingla1n( or the 0 'uritans of the new. Bit England and s A iericn halil gotie forw:ai Somnewhat, lnd two of, their reprevsen1tatives, wvell up to date, stood now1 bWlefore this old 111.111 of thle people who had stopped for I wo centuries, and they haidiy knew how%% totawhm "Wev want solue ore" M.uti roneI, iWWith fercious eiliphasis. OhlZwd considuered tis deliand Olice lone s litho h it hali been a new onie. " nni't haiv'e it," lie t n r ie. plied. vith ituliplooinni centess, " ie cuilise YOU llre l:tnodishi seli'liits" (Uns an is). l'luilliPs ' i t'il his list and walked up to hii. "IYes: n low's peily chane, " C wit ness, and lie, be'ing onl a3 n iigger' a (11f11 t i zse . i ' r s 'I. TbiI I H riti I hut l ig. l'hiilliis r .ut his Ist c'lise upI to - [lthe stolid lac'. I own tooik it away aigatin. "'Always i hi lidterstii iluhaIt von Atill'it'i'i s wire :ii n ''io~ in set. L-oll iilleii th lit' lillish~niii. }lt sti'wle utp to the itoer hiiinself' anid delivered ly, uuncivii intile,'' lie thunider'ed, ''tell thie boy thier'e to get thtat forage! D)'you t htear?" i Th'e nit diint inan nieveir10 note thletin. iThey hothI perceived with ease thit lit thoutghit t hey wer'e afr'aid of' hiin. "O(h, n before I'd stanid thlit !" l 'Ihill ips tnt ueil his (corniution~ lresenit 1'y1 Zwager iro' tti his it'et. '' s laitst iW go' a v : t(tles.'' Ii'' w"2i :eti liuikeLt[~ ';; lien~'vy sti .' a uii stiillyir a n ':leo t' c t liejit. the ituao s.ilping 8a xp', :ii to Lhvie "'naii ' lii;011 ', :ile ad iir h it lo 'i!' 11 i Ie niitt 'ldiitiI wk il i''it I woruiiji. \Vihoit. a wiilade lef bhi ne 11eniuivithi tim''i ve it tix rolde a wl'. Way~ gyat n'l woal' no! 'look ilit' lin o ti-gi ich saie th~ d ising lihie'I lie lit'pii.,h :;'ena k l "'. ithso,'tse do it," t h theAOrIitn r ii'I'd i(atie jite steleer. "Myle lb lii: collieaoi ' nital i'ie alon tis eyes :mnsweiing horror;h I uitwa the awfuv'viI terr'orlv uidiaro the jrahlil) ''rpei's 3ii l e 'g od gy in o "---"br-e'nus, Enli -ri' trUi ar tey, heI theh ('her, ilidhtoo h t le it or e t(1v'ii' s h lcjt'ksl i'g llieihuii1." ".ust thog," as se the sultn in re~ o her ie.' alttenner M w Tisl~tit' d tje ii' g', "liinntor habo L beinstle ts t han wris ithe thn' ciedt' to be, Iuess, o (10ntltin tl as teyt hippro'ehe agte nitng itVt nleilly ('theyii't bo',the lauecdsfuoo. i~at "(odewhi' idne. ltcsiutton plin tio EEC OUNTY I SUPERINTENDEN [S. Ley Rave Organized for the Pur pose of Being Instructed in Su pervisio. At the sigestioni of Alr. E. j. Wal- I 30, superintenidiit of eduintioi for I ichand County, the eounty superin. t u(lits attending the State sulumer I hool forteacbers, hld a meeting and I gainized themiiselveS ii.o a body to be I kowii as Tihe County Superiitendents' k upartinent of the State suininer hool. Subsequently another mceting tIs held, a coifittitiona was adilopted, id olliceria electe(l. On Alonday, the Ih inst. a third meeting was held. On i is occasion Supt. McAlihaii, Prof. It. cans Davis, Air. Iland atid i'rol. Pat rson Wairdlaw delivere(d adlresses, iinendatory of the purpose of the I partmoit, and laudatory of those uinty superintendents who had made their husiness to attend the State mmer school, and exert themselves become fit supervisors. The met, g was a great success, and all parties It that the preseice of so progressive spirit among the county supel intend(I its foretells better thimgs for outr riu I schools. The m(dresses, however, wiere niot e feature of this meeting. The real Ilrpos of the or1gafization is to obtaini Or expett, supervision in the couna us by having the present superinteml ts to liertect, their work of supervis I). To this end, regular atten(ance the suiimmer school mn(ler instrictor. aching supervision is deemuiied atvis Ace. Welen tle other supeinitendcnts teh step with the on ward i sride of (.se, here att ing, there w,,ill stiurely Ietter times in the schools of S uth ai'olinla, aniid theni there may be founiad ithin the limits of the respective munties, supervisors expert enough to come the etiucitional leadleis o' their mimunities. The fll owmifg resol utions, the plat >rm of the m11o1e1 progreesive couniit| wiIelnte-ldenlts, will show clearly this i oirit : Whereas, we, the muembers of the ounty Suiperintendents' dlepartment, Ite tiState smme h'elool (lesire to ibmiiit our iewws to a canli(id public inl 'der to crietP a setitiment stistaining ir l.;ical p( siton, bhlevin ig,tis wt. >, tat. tle solutiioni of the I'rral school oblem is oir peculiar prerfgative, i( desiring to measure up to the de alds of' the crisis .A 111, Whereas, though not (letiact in, ie whit from the able leadership of' adtc Superintenident McIl ahiani , in tile atter of his bn oad an 1 maisteily or liizationls, we believe that our11 spherfe ust be occupied and accentuated to 'cure results in haI moniy with ih miius of our peculiar form of State lucationa, which is but a reflex of ouir liqIe I'frm of goverilmeit Awd, wleicas, the county being the it pf goveritmnt , anli( the essewiie of . presentiatioin, governiment beingelo ss of touch between rulers an( rulel, follows as a lo.;ical (ed(uctioi that. e couilty silpe 1.1iteldent is a vital dol(f cf Couity sclool, le being i ie closest touch with tle eulucati'nal mditiolls of his own county ; An(I, Iwihereas, therle is a constanit iv alena~tal wih calls f'or pr'ofessioni Lleini ite en ('fts, wholi, plai(cd by thir~i liee above~ every teacheir in thieiir scv. 'sal counties, shall be ini reality what ey ate in posit ion, meni caipable of 4)uld1ing a good~ school systema and 1(d sustains good schools;1 Ai, whereas, we helieve that , as is e3 supeC init'edent so arie theC schiools at separ'ateces of v fort is ai cabaun : hat. schools cani get infspirfationa1 ad that. only3 by blecominig edictina i a :pei'.s, and by exer'cisin~g the fune m11 ofi thle experi superv'isioni cani the ilmtv' steiwntendencat ,olv'e the 2re'ati oblemn o f the rural schools. Therc. re, be it resolved, First. That, we urge every counity I peri'itendenit of ((ducaltion , aind e verly her mem11ber' of' the counaity boarids of i uicatieon to exert haimself to present fi thle publ)1ic the character of work at should b~e demianded fr'oim the un lty superinltcndenct of' edlucationi . Secondl. T1hat, we reCcommeiindl that force a set of rules ailong the lines >rked( (mat by thle followiaig, which in oper a1(1tiofn ini h-ichlanid County: I st. A recoial book ind(1icatinfg thle aid nleemen'ut of each puipil, to be kept by 2l. I 'avate ownerishiip by3 each ecach of te3n b~oks uised ini has school. end summlfer schools an~d teatcers' ociationis. Ithi. Counity supe~rinltcedets shall yp a prfi~ite r'ecord( of thle eflicienicy each school in their several counities. ith. Requiremencit, that eacti school ill have up-) to-dhate equJiipfmi'nts. ii iidaptI1 uifiormf text-books aind a e to lltiOi in~ c01ilses of astudy. (g) at thuey shl si ecur'e an pr1Ifc~fiesen a1. to imes (of 4 peingi! iand closingr e at least on41m:. iionni papi~er. O(soit\''I, lioili a, '. hitt we repc co-(ola role wnh11 iis by 1re'gn~iinfg tI (mniatii on 0vs a permnanentii fea.- hi Sf e i'iale -iflilce' school and4 at v'idhi! uts with axpei t professors " o shall hio a l in. eis, routinl tables, esol1ved(, It iheri. That1 the news- thi ers he supiledlk( with collies or these >1.tio it as 114 1ked( tao uuhlish thlem. 16 'he monumen111ts of Ithe fam nous lia- s1 and(1 )ixei 1n h btween l'ei.ayvl--~ ly falom I he altachiks of vamnila, aiid y will soon he replaced with e'ast markers, Rapidl pr'ogi'ess ii'nw 0n ig madle on the relocat ion oif the i .'ihe 4iMEatern pia i oft the .in' was wec kii - - - ni ilhilen aidl MeI aurini ill be in. Ei dl to spen,? t . "Salda ontiy aI'2thh hie uf ift anniver'sary ofI th hia 'yinig of'4 carnne stnne or' tin ..o.. n, I..150 A~egetable P1ceparationflor AS L simila ing the Footd and RLeg ta -- ting (lie toumachs and 3owels or Promotes Digesioi.CIeerM- I efless and SIes.Conlains neilher I -4 (pu1iNlior'llle lIol'MNilleil. , NoT NALco rc. [1C A/x..rnna MA. & - 1111 -1.- Caia + lldi4m .en/ A perfoel Ilemly for (onslipa li, Soa ",ticnh 0 Wor0lu 1sCo m on11 isFeverish" 1 iless and Los,.; OF SiLEP r -: Far blitlie Sit''llure or NEW YOR1K. EXA~c r copy or~ wHA ppL Wk L RE ~ u SW1 )4r 1414)lZInl ts' .L) x/.1.41CC 1r COPY 4.1) WRAPPER.44'f 4ort, andtsen ay aiisw auppear-ance is -,4 tin thehn-ru that it is impossieIt to t(ill ton i race they belong. It i a n-1011" S . Vpeoplo that the tas of census t onnw)II 111ation is very lleu . t'4h-w . ..mc -:i merator, fromt his nwgiml~ <)u11ain 'tance'.-kiow.- a :;I I-i 1Y -14 it- hi, tly :al recordsk Llihem in:n s y with that kn~i.a.h i mcfh . I ask th4e. question I* I mid it !(I is ebanc1 4 hie put t i 1 a wbi1- ha .'i ha(ty r.re4'at romi the romo n . b C1'.0 0 1 .1 . It II1h. ' .- ht 1z ' i in I .teri ps i f r ith Ot- , !! . count, tenl e tsag , wen ai; :h! , ,it 14w41 ' lIY e1141 i ' 44 4. 441 w , 4 , -, 4.i easier . for allnvil1 e ntn ratr. Il , u'4t I enter1, "while, v, hich 444i4 ,i t Sualifiation, t111a to en I , w : all ' O w neil h il<'2ill' - , i- Il' ' 'ill dei e s, 4' 4ha) 1 the1I4 benefi 44 5 , ni.-.' Ina% have b I Ii IImre 1. than was deservul. lnego ist I a i n ig o pt 'e ans-, 1444 ! ( 14 alway ativi:-ul him t')( -141 ' lnt lt . Af 1 a4 i tte f44 fact. fr 4 11 44 4 Ius, IL -ppit ar that the I r:1,Li4 to the citis jui as :ast a, hn u 1it rae.C~ 1'1i44eVas lar.: a prt' I t4: a'of the wie 4 , foud m'I 14 own.14 14: n14 ClCic 4Jarlyg of ift-nine yers ta nlO)t elitettitslin 1111cturer444~s tin 4 bail . , e .. ) tItll piL ier,'' 1144 '' -4 4 ean4:'4 man.1! ~ of I nazing ertI1 r ion, , an a 14h' 00)r~t of commo, for144. F~Ir I 'w: aI a fr1(1( 11 te tnbn. fta sp hytII14.' I is as 'a i44 t :ia bn4 h4 4U. V. beI) bes knovn.~ 14i4 S '~41 $h--4innin 444 4U Uit'W .'I'tIdaghild, d44 \444 ' L'44:41 ni11t 4 I:(4 The ar no me ly aI'e in t he14( Locry uiyof good4 Wa. tyh-. :41 ~44 Althnh n th imhl bis:r4. the4a er. re~~in c iii h II.i. erl44'!4 t i rk.e t i dI for a hirg 4yimige < l .s il rch - :he monJtli1e of( 41)41 l di ng 41 I:. .'il4 (1h4 lI rs Cl1 t l inli 4141impo I.:ird, .41,54 , '1004( w ort o ilv r nrea I rly all4 i I 11;m P OSITIO NS: jr P(Hi.~1.) :: Nhr (:itrv 1 ,(4 Ile More44 N'~. Ica ll t ynn we 01 osibl 1) 1 1. Gry a;'LCI n i lo gto inon back( (10 I byI5n C rs e..f 411 unForld rooner an4py to 1neI CItl 1 ue iire Pdresbyter~.'iAnH C'oNll8etg cG I"ii t~4I4 14'iC-1 tin wr.~. No'l death sinc4114141 Builin s'4"'""A" 'HU NEGRO NOT DYING OUT he Facts Shown by the Census Statistics About to be Made Public 'I he New York Elveiiing Post say hie tailatoll of poptioattli l y Sex, uttivily and color, u11ador the CnSUS 01 900, has n:w proceeded ftr uiougli o show that the iegro it tiuinericali) kolding hi8 own. Those who predklictec hant I ause of 13eitial iiferiority thi iegro would di out as a race In(d 1K tupport in the returris of 1100. T<li legro is runiig along .O closely viti he White, wVheiever' the fivures lav munl tabulated, as to indicate that foi )etter o for worse, he his gailled irin foothold on tlis C,)1IIln Lt lie froi wihili lie is not likly to 1 oon dislodged. From the fligtres at aird it sjoln )rolbblte that the negro POlpulatioi4 o he United States ill 1900 W1s )etwV0e ,)000,000 anld 9,0-50,1000. Thec n1t i, at thle niegrO b~ears to thle total inl Lth tates lready cotilted, if r.pplied( L, Ie wlolu Coulitry, would give 9,025 )00, excludhng u1111 dian 'erriaory wlier 11irhaps here are 15,000 1ore. I Lhliat, stiniate be admuitted as Vali(l will nmake tle 1negro Constitute ii per cent. #f the total poptilationi of til aoun s , igainist, 11.4) adecade a g< the los., being dulIe to) the greate mf.ow it the INorthernI States adliotto an luil, proportionl of negroe' inl thle Soti The onl1 wake1 of* tuh, n litte ConIes from tile factt hat wholly typical border State has yp been ai zed, and it 14 inl the bor tattes that epeculi developinei of colored popuilatin Iare 1 ruosit inl ev dence. Ten years ago the negro al peared to be leaviig the bord:r Slat( to go il 1)oth directiolns.-towards t i thttol fie)lds of tie f ar South an1d I the large cities of' the North. Kei tucky, lor example, acttially lost ill I< Spopulatioln between 1860 an1d 1901 'here were on1ly four other States < ich j this Wis true --laine, Ne 1111 npshire, Vermonti and Wisconlsin aM i ill each1 of these the colored 0pp lilol l WaS vvt ) -,o all to nake any di ulti111s fin(l the igulres coInCCrllr of littleuaning. Iut In1 all the l der State region the nlegro seenied 1 )e l'>silng hiis 1)0141 the l Chlila d14 not sutit thu itlorue- i oinlg Afrie iI wsell as that 1f1t11hei1 Solit. Tihen llt: mieenn ostraciSIn whieb e!xists NW; V I[: dhe po~phtIalonl, as8 Ill the border .State iS rather-1 MnOre 1ga1liln thanl 1'Cwere thL exist in such overwhelminig niIIii)un aS to ho sIliint 11111ut IIChiseli The aitagonisin f labor uiions nMOre fet n heboder States, ;tam tradies 1uinisin ha,is, as yet, 110 1e f4hol ill the fmt Solthi. A a eve., lel the fii al coIcsions IS to th exact liieri il0caIl status of tIe Ill gno 1i; 11 ve to awau the 111113 Sis b.id ' etInls, it iS sae to 113' that I the ilaill he is fully hohllling his owil. Il Iv coil)plelely tle lelgro is counl1 ed is alwlys all interetstin, ,tatt!stic: 11'lti-In. T.enl yea".. a.1o Conlgress o LIie .1 Ilon 111211u1 of tle degree k ni e bhl) o)d, whetlier itulatto, (ua< ['Mm mr (octoroont1, buIII- thu info-rmatio ilriished oil tlis poillt, or rltler ilh L-Iullineral'its' &tiesses, were essential w orl I ess. Ilere IS a collstailt sltf ing1L. off" froitn t1h black race goIing ) .111on11 its5 ig 1tesi colored nietuber1 1 Llstud~Iy aceIIIinlihed by means11 ot hange. of1 ridienlce. A colored ma11 tI ti s city, of 114 tC uqetlined vera ci ty loubI.;Iess ty plcal (A iuch that is gin~)I1 )inl ove1 th.0 1le coilnItry. TIhis lsaan i 401 nerywhite hlimself' that unlhes sen ith cohn ud people h~e wol, 1.1rdly! be taIkenl for a1 netgro. Ile h1: I c41u511 severail tintl l ighiteri, who , i e yin 1I,'oin that! faic, decided to branel11 suit for1 hiInself and14 beIcoine a whit 11a11. 1i Ia;ccordinly~ went to C~aah[ narr1ied an unsusp-5 ~ et ingi Aniglo-SamX 111nihved unichl!lenged*( tluog hi icighbhors as8 a4 whlie mian. At lh 111e of thle World's Fair11 the Washingll1 ton inau,1 11novett b)y etlriosity, 11111410 etur tri' p thlrotugh the parnt of. Canahd; e'e Ilis eouin l11ived ,and, not to eat arria'.l-s hi in, wen 4 th o hiis house( St un11 by n ighit. Ile did4. not know ni hethi i he wotuld be rceivedl or ruthlessia gnored . Ihlt the (aonad ian thlrewi hil rmls aroPuld i ls couinl. niek and14 we I Omled hlim. ie reported that not1 thi lighltest in1con1venience had1( ever ait eiidtd (his1 transllion to the wh i ace. One need( n~ot tra11vel long ill t outh without lea'aning 0f 0cases of ti The Arl of Self trase, "thle atlt of se-tfensek114.,n shows e op)imon1 that thle c'hieft eninies1 a 11nan is to defend hiinsel f from aire vliible [4d e'xternall. Ihut tile rel danger~ei of ery man11 is frotn mlinutte and1( oftenl in. sible foes. Ill thle air we brealthe and4 0 waiter we dIrink aire countless n1inu2te ganlismis leagued algainist theo healthi of e body. to keep the blood pure. Dr. P'lire's >Ile Me[dical D iscovery thlorougliy likes the b.lood, reml~oving xuson01ouill bstanuces anld a1ccretions1. \When thea od is pulre thlere 1s 110 harborage' for i: gernia of disease which fin~d a lodg. 4 only3 whenhe blood is((111 imlpture and14 rritpt. I consider y'our ' ooldeni Medica lDiscotvr (of Ithet hest 2114di:'i11e on the fnhee of tim st, t hre, year, ag. I got po)lioned( withi p t Ii vy. rhe c ihisonl (ettled in siay blood andi orots I su4ffered* '12 () can o beoldl in word. hIoug~iht I would go craiv. 1 tried dlifferet utds o. ledicine. 1ried dierenti doctors, bit (lie relieft (hev coil give 1me4 wasfl to iiunket my 'ket-hook lightet. I the~n begian itaking nI). irCC's( Goieni iledienlIt DIscovery. Tiook four1 ti es wvithout relief. Kept tak ing it. I to Ik 'ail ten b~ottle andi got eni rely' cured." Dri. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con pation. For Infants and Chiidren. The Kind You Have, Always Bought Bears the Signature (f S Use For ver Thity Years RT1A 1CC- ; -%r '1 M v. Nw von1 Cry. Ladies' Oxfords, ti\\ l' b!.Clll~ -C otit.j A 'VJ.~ U .C~ x' ft (" I t I Kil K, d A, 5. THEYOUNGBL~OOD LUM v"LR~ COMPANY T ''E'. GA. n S - n 'n ider FC ;, ,I NU N CHfOGL.*Sou?IrTHANDi hci ( )9 s TUAT10NS S.rCURED. A i a) he'. . i-.rest 7 per P.' L - I ()N, K\\LE COLLEGEB, .Il, S. C. ic I. Unsu-rp iy ii ls lie t rhfu ln~s Ivoon. 0o. JAunn , i Pun.re lsint. nn rae9 ormi o ry miiiIiI Im tre lComs c!on ll it crem . I: usi. .tr i . bi ton (Igy Stengray Gaperolin 'iary r twhi- sll mora l ' woiimrth,I rhr tian iedi .\erc d Germ'.an N. E, . EcRCitn,~