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thnt Is more Important than yonr prea- enee here." ho said, with such Impress- i ivo oamostnoss as would have carried conviction to any woman's heart. “This must seem strange to you. this sudden outburst, but I am nervous, ! overstrained. You must pardon me. I cannot toll you all I moan’’— “Go on,” said Elsie. “Don’t mind me.” And she put her fingers into her ears. Thou for the first time Kendall com prehended the preposterous construe- j tiou of which his words were suscepti ble. Ills face suddenly blazed with col or. “We—we really need you,” he stam mered. “both of us. Tell me that you will stay.” “I had no intention of going.” said Brenda in a strange and stifled voice. “It was only Elsie’s joke.” “Thank heaven!” exclaimed Kendall, and he took both of Brenda's hands. “I “/ hare your promlset" said he. can’t he sure of what you think I meat but”—and lie threw back his head with a fine, strong air- “whatever it is, I mean it from the bottom of my soul!" He still held her hands, but not at all In the society fashion which Brenda had recently deprecated. “I have your promise?” said he. “I can’t be sure of what you mean,” «he answered, smiling, “but whatever It is you hav<* UP* They looked straight into each oth er’s eyes for a moment. Then they laughed together like happy chil dren. Kendall's hands closed more tightly upon hers. He released them gently and Inclined his head as he turned and left the room. “Well, considering that that was only a little joke,” said Elsie, “I don’t think I ever saw so much for the money.” “What could the man have meant?” exclaimed Brenda. “He probably meant.” said Elsie, “that you were nothing more to him than a gentleman whom he bad met at the dub.” This story will be continned in next Friday's issue of The Ledger. Where the Confederacy Died. The old Burt mansion, in which the last meeting of the Confederacy lead ers was held, is to be sold says a spec ial from Edgfield, 8. C. It is located at Abbeville, this (state. There is a movement on foot among former Con federates and ardent Southerners to buy the mansion and convert it into a museum. William P. Calhoun of that city, makes a suggestion that it be pre served. "The mansion within my recollec tion as passed through many bands.” he says. “It was once the property of Rev. James Hoyt, Presbyterian preacher, who was president of the 'Gold Room’ in New York city in 1869 By some strange chance he became a clergyman. I remember sitting by his side in the room itself when I was a green countryman and student of Columbia College and listening to bis explanations of Gold Room operations. “Mr. Hoyt sold the mansion to Andrew Simonds, then president of a branch bank of the State of South Carolina at Abbeville. He was the son-in-law of John C. Calbcun. He sold it to Armstead Burt, “When it was plain that the South ern Confederacy was doomed, Jef ferson Davis, while attempting to reach the West, passed through Abbeville and stopped at the home of Mr. Burt. This was in 1865 He was accompanied by a portion of bis cabinet and a considerable guard of soldiers. When he reached Abbeville be held the last cabinet meeting, and it was in Mr. Burt’s bouse. At that meeting the Confed eracy was dissolved. After then the real flight of the President began. It is said on good authority that the great seal of the Confederacy was last seen ■at that gathering. When it adjourned Mr. Davis took the road to Washing ton, Ga., and bis cabinet scattered. “I am a relative of the Burts. At the time when this happened I was fourteen years old, and I well remem ber Mr. Davis’ visit. While tbe last meeting of the Confederacy was held In the Burt mansion, making it historic and worthy of preservation, it is a fact that the first secession meeting was also held in Abbeville, so that Abbevllie saw tbe beginning and tbe end of the Southern Confed eracy. That town also was the birth place of John C Calhoun.’’ Mirrors would be a bad thing to have in a theatre, because tbe women in tbe audience are expected to look at tbe people on tbe stage. Stop# tile Cough Work# Off Ibtt mimI Cold. Laxative Bromo-Gulnine Tablets cure a cold In one day. No Cure, no Pay. Price 25 cents. DETROIT IS SHOCKED IT DRUTALMUSDERS Victims Were a Young Girl and a Man of Family. BOTH FIENDISHLY BUTCHERED Not Returning Home at Night, Little Child of Murc'ored Man Is Sent to Look for Him ard Stumbles Upon His Mangled Body. Detroit. Mirh., April 10.—While the police were bending all efforts early today toward running down the slayer I of Miss Jenuett, whose mutilated body was found on Thirteenth street last | midnight, a second brutal murder was discovered. The body of George Henry Haywood was found lying in a pool of blood on the sidewalk on Amherst street, a half block west of Junction avenue, at 5:3') o'clock this morning, a deep gash over the left eye from which the brains oozed, telling the cause of | death. Haywood was head bookkeeper at the Michigan Malleable Iron works j and attended a dance at Baker hall, corner of Baker and Seventeenth street last night. His wife had intended to accompa ny him, but was ill and gave it up. I It is not known what time he start- { ed for home, but he was found within 100 yards of his home and had evi dently been dead some hours. Child Found Parent’s Body. As her husband did not return dur ing the night Mrs. Haywood was very much alarmed, and arising early she aent her oldest boy, Earl, aged 12, out to see if he could find any trace of his father. The little chap had i gone but a short distance from the | house when he discovered the lifeless remains of the parent. The police were notified and the body was re moved to the morgue and placed be side the remains of Miss Jennett, who had also been murdered but a few » hours previous. An examination of Haywood’s body and clothing showed that robbery was not the motive. There was but one w’ound, evidently made with a heavy, blunt instrument, as it penetrated the skull and left an ugly cut. Revolver May Prove Clew. Detectives were immediately put to work on the case and they arrested William F. Jones, a roomer in Hay wood’s house. The tw’o men are said to have quarreled frequently. About 75 feet from where the body was found a revolver lay in the alley. The little Haywood boy identified It as be longing to Jones, and said he had seen It in his room. Whether it could have caused the wound is the question which the police will try to fathom. At the station Jones was examined as to his relations with the Haywood family. He said his home is in Lin coln, Neb., where he has a wife and three children. He said he first be came acquainted with the Haywood family about five years ago, when he went to the house one day to mend a gasoline stove for them. He has been boarding there since last February. MURDERED GIRL IDENTIFIED. Proved to Be Miss Carrie Jennett, Cabinetmaker’s Daughter. Detroit, April 10.—The girl who was so horribly murdered last night on Tnirteenth street was identified as Miss Carrie M. Jennett, of 1191 Wa bash avenue, a daughter of James R. Jennett, a cabinet maker. Her mur derer has not yet been arrested. Miss Jennett attended a meeting of the Re becca lodge in a hall not far from w'here she was so brutally murdered. She left there about 10:15 o’clock. Less than two hours later her body was found. William DuJt, who lives on Fifteenth street, called at the dead girl’s home this morning and said that he had kept company with her for two or three years. He wept and displayed much agitation. While he was talk ing Detectives Seymour and Downey arrived, and after listening to his story thought it well to keep him under sur veillance, and accordingly detained him at the Grand River avenue station. The dead girl was organist of the Rebekkah lodge, to which she had be longed. and at the meeting last night she is said to have been cheerful and even gay. Miss Jennett remained un til 10 o’clock and she made a report there relative to her share in the lodge work, and said: “I don’t see what further use you have for me, and I guess I’ll go home." “Walt for us and you’ll have com pany,” said one of those present. But the poor girl insisted on going and went away alone. The others stayed until 11 o’clock. The father and moth- er of the murdered girl sat up late for her return, but finally went to bed, leaving the door unlocked. When they arose this niornlng they found that Carrie’s bed was untouched. The fa ther hastily left the house and on the street met a married sister of the dead girl, who informed him that Carrie had been murdered. The old man then went to the morgue and identified the mangled and bloody remains as those of his laughter. The spot where Miss Jennett was murdered was peculiarly adapted to the awful crime. The near est electric light is three blocks away and there is not a house in the block. May Be Miss Jennett’s Slayer. Detroit, April 10.—The police believe that in Professor James Miller, a mu sic teacher, arrested this morning, they have Miss Jennett’s murderer. Blood was found on his clothing and when an explanation of it was asked Miller fainted. He was revived, but fainted again while being taken to his cell. Miss Jennett was a pupil of Miller’s. BRICK HURLED AT BROUGHTON. Attempted Assault Upon Pastor As He Stood In Pulpit. Atlanta, April 10.—A brick was hurled through a win low at Dr. Lon G. Broughton while he stood in the pulpit conducting services at the Bap tist Tabernacle last night. Through a glass the missile came crashing and the large congregation of ever 500 peo ple was la a state of excitement and indignation. The bdek, from ail indications, it is said, was aimed at the doctor’s head, and that it fell short of its mark was probably due to its having struck a post in at adjoining room. Dr. L.oughton cannot form any theory ns to any motive that led to the i attempt to assault him while he was in the pulpit; nor can the members of his congregation assign any rea son . rr ~'ie coward y and ruffianly act. They srv it may have been the work of ! ,e from persons who thought the -.elves aggrieved at some of Dr. Brc ^hton’s outspoken criticism of what he believes to be objects for ar- rai 'ment In the pulpit. A reward of $1')0 will be offered for the person or persons who attempted the assault. NOT A WHEEL IS TURNING. All Classes Suffer From Augusta’s Big Lockout. Augusta, Ga., April 10.—Every mill in the order of the Manufacturers' as sociation is shut down and the lockout of all operatives in the Augusta dis trict which was threatened in retalia tion for the strike Monday of the em ployes of the King mills is in effect. Every mill in Augusta and in the House Creek district is closed. They include the plants at Aiken, Vaucluse, Graniteville, Warrenville, Bath, Lang ley and Clearwater, which employ in the aggregate 10,000 men. The operatives, mill owners and commercial Augusta are all suffering. There is no suggestion of compromise or yielding. Arbitration as yet has not been broached. Both sides expect a long liege of It. GIVEN KNOCK OUT DOSE. WaycroM Barber Drinks Whisky Con taining Morphine. Waycross, Ga„ April 10.—Robert Branch, a negro barber employed in J. W. Newnan’s shop, was poisoned yesterday and will probably die, * An unknown man, stopping at the Southern hotel, gave Branch a half pint of whisky in a bottle nearly all of which he drank. Shortly after he lapsed into unconsciousness, from which he has not rallied. Dr. I. P. Izelar analyzed the remain der of the bottle’s contents and found it contained morphine. MAIL POUCHES LOOTED. Were Thrown From Train at Denmark, 8. C„ and Robbed. Augusta, Ga., April 10.—The mail pouches for Augusta from New York and Washington were thrown off the train at Denmark, S. C., Tuesday night. When the train for Augusta came along the mall matter was missing, 'ihe pouches were found today in the woods near the depot. Their contents were missing. Postmaster Smythe says he does not know what the loss amounts to and knows nothing further of the robbery. Corporation Worth $2,000,000. Birmingham, Ala., April 10.—The declaration of consolidation of the Warrior River Light and Power com pany and the Steel Cities’ Railway and Power company has been filed in the office of the judge of probate here. The capital stock is $2,000,000, and the new concern will complete the building of a system of street rail ways in the county branching out from Er.sley City and will establish a power station on the Warrior river about 20 miles above Birmingham. f " Speedy Justice Given Murderer. Waynesboro, Ga., April 10.—Quick justice has been meted out by the su perior court here in the case of Floyd Reese, a negro, who shot and killed Anthony Lane, a white man, 10 miles below here Saturday. In four days af ter the murder Reese was tried and convicted, and today Judge Brinson will pass the death sentence upon him. Miss Stone Arrives at New York. New York, April 10.—The steamer Deutschland, among whose passengers are M. Santos Dumont, the aeronaut, and Miss Ellen M. Stone, the mission ary, arrived this morning. Two Are Shot from Ambush. London, Ky., April 10.—Two farm ers, named Hauser and Bustle, were shot from ambush and killed at Bern- stadt yesterday. No particulars’of the shooting have beeq receive! litre. IT POINT OF SABERS RIOTERSJRE ROOTED Wild Scenes Are Enacted In the City of Brussels. MANY RIOTERS ARE WOUNDED Several Policemen Were Stoned, Kick ed anti Beaten—Mob Set Fire to Cafe by Exploding a Lamp, Which Burn ed Building to the Ground. Brussels, April 10.—Repeated charg ee of i!:e police an i mounted gen- dar:ies with :awn sabers resulted in the ulsptrs&l oi the rioting mobs L..e early thio morning. Luring the rioting one poll erran was; shot through the body nud face. His tomraues, having exhausted their ammunition, fled and ihe * mnded man was overwhelmed, kick . and stoned. Another policeman r ynght refuge in the attic of a cafe, .hereupon the So cialists sacked th' establishment, ex ploded a lamp, which set fire to the building and completed its ruin. The flames forced the rioters to retire. An other mob proceeded to the Northern railroad station, where it collided with the police. Revolver shots were ex changed and the rioters seized a po liceman, beat him until he was uncon scious and left him bleeding on the ground. After many rioters had been wounded the molts dispersed. H!3 BEGGAR WAS WEALTHY. Italian Organ Grinder Astonishes Mag istrate and Court Spectators. LIMESTONE IN CHARLESTON. (iave the College Veil m* the I’reithleiit Pi*«#e<t and He Smiled CordlMlIy. [News and Courier.] The president of Lirnjstooe Col lege, Dr. Lee Davie Lodge, with his faculty and about eighty young lady students, arrived in Charleston Wed nesday night and are comfortably and pleasantly quartered at 160 Rut ledge avenue. The students are de lighted with their trip already and rxpect to stay for several days. Yesteiday the entire party gathered in an advantageous place to view the procession, and as President Roose- veit passed they gave a college ye‘l and caused him to look around ami bow and smile most cordially. A little later the ladies went out on the harbor and during the afternoon they vi-dt-'d many places of historic ir ter- est in and around Charleston. The party is under the chaj .onage and protection of the president and the following members of the faculty: Prof George Pratt Maxim, Prof H. P, Griffith, Miss S. M. VV'erts, Miss Pauline M. Pitcher, Miss Florence E. Griffith, Miss Ida Landsdell and Dr. S. H. Crawley, the resident surgeon, is also with the party. The young ladies made a very in teresting picture wherever they went yesterday, for they were wearing their uoiois {.old and white, and not infrequently tneir ’‘yell” could be heaiu, which goes something like this: “'Rah, 'rah, ’rah, The brightest star, Shedding glory near and far, Tis our own, rah, rah, rah, our own, Limestone!” New Yo; k, April 10.—Tender-heart ed persons in the Harlem police court were ? ! when Francesco Gorgia, an aged, shriveled and miserable h)o'.'- ing Italian organ grinder, was fined $5 for begging. The white-haired old man looked appealingly about the room, and from long habit put his hand out, but quickly recovering him self and glancing uneasily at the mag istrate, he brought forth a grimy old bag and counted out pennies, nickels, dimes rnd quarters until he had paid his fine. Then he paid $5 also in small change to his lawyer. By this time a crowd was about him. To the astonishment of the court attaches and dismay of those who had sympathized with him, he pro duced a package containing $150 in bills and a bank book on the Bank of Rome, Italy, showing he had $12,000 on deposit there. Gorgia, who is 60 years old, says he will retire from “business.” He thinks a man should retire< at 60. Another beggar also volunteered the information that he recently gave his daughter $2,000 as a wedding present. WOMAN DRUGGED RICH WIDOW. The Limestone Female College, of Gaffn»-\, one of *he leading educi- tiouti. i!) a *itutiODs for young women in the uo-countrv, ia also represent ed here by a lar^e c?onting‘*nt of fair mnidens. The Gaffney visitors spent the entire dav at the Exposition yes terday. They have come to Charles- t in not only to enjoy themselves, but to see something of tbe big show, and thus greatly enlarge their store of information. Coming to Grandmother, Bessie fhaxton Crocker, the little two year old daughter of Rev. W. E. Crocker, sailed for America from Shanghai, China, March 29th, 1902 Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Lawton will bring little Bessie over. They will come by way of Jerusalem where they will spend several weeks. They will also stop a short time in Europe, making it until about tbe 1st of June before they reach South Carolina. Little Bessie will be cared for by her grandmother, Mrs. R. M.Crocker, in Gaffney. Tbe many friends of Bessie’s parents will watch her coming with interest, and wish her safe arrival. Took Her Diamonds and Left Her on Roadside to Die. Chicago. April 10.—A special to The Record-Herald from Butte, Mont., says: Mrs. Minnie Grady, who is under arrest, charged with robbing Mrs. Em ma Prouix, a rich widow', has con fessed that she invited the latter out for a buggy ride, induced her to tal e a drug In the belief that it was medi cine for rheumatism, and that when Mrs. Prouix had convulsions she took her diamonds, left her in the buggy in an out of the way place, expecting her to die. and walked back to the city. She told where the gems were hidden and they were recovered. The authorities have decided to ex hume the bodies of Mrs. Grady’s hus band and 15-year-old son, whose lives were insured for $5,000. This money was paid to Mrs. Grady. Army Transport Expenses Cut New York, April 10.—Orders have been received from Washington by Superintendent Duval to place the army transport service on a very eco nomical basis, says a World dispatch from Sab Francisco. As a consequence all unnecessary pmployes will be dis charged. On all transports an order has been issued discharging the fifth and sixth mates. The orders are that the ships must be operated with reg ulation crews, and fewer men will be hired in the steward and deck depart ments. The chief paint Inspector and his assistants have been stricken from the pay roll. Outbreak at Ning-Po. London, April 10,—A dispatch to a news agency from Shanghai published here today, says that allegations of cruelty against Catholic missionaries have caused an anti-forelgn outbreak at Ning-Po, a city In the province of Che-Kiang, where a statement was cir culated that some of the missionaries gouged out a hoy’s eyes. Two British and two German warships have been dispatched to Ning-Po. Condition of Dr. Talmage. Washington, April 10.—It was an nounced this morning that Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage, who is lying criti cally ill at his home here, had “held his own” during the night. There will be a consultation of physicians this afternoon, when a signed bulletin re garding Dr. Talmage’s condition will be issued. — Relief for Drouth Sufferers. Houston, Tex., April 10.—At the ses sion of the state Lumbermen’s associa- tiqu a fund of $ll000 for the drouth sufferers ‘in Zapata ’county wa& col lected. A Hoe Patent Flour. The celebrated “Clifton” flour, made bv tbe Bransford Mills, Owens boro. Ky., is introduced in this market. The ‘ Clifton” flour is not only one of the finest patent flours made, but every sack is sold under the registered trade mark of the Anti- Adulteration League, which offers a reward of $1000 to any one who will discover any adulteration in this flour. The proprietor says this means more now than ever, as the pure food law passed by Congress two years ago is altogether inoperative. As evidence of this, he says the Illinois State Pure Food Commission recently analyzed the flour of six different mills, located in as many different states, and found a poison ous mineral known as barytes in the product of every one of them. This mineral is just as white and floe as flour, and cannot be detected except by chemical analysis, but its delete rious effects will be felt by any one who eats bread made from flour con taining it. Having the League's guarantee of purity is indeed a strong point in favor of tbe “Clifton” brand, to say nothing of its superior quality of a high grade peteot fl .ur Th • “Clifton” will be vigorously pushed in this market. For sale by R. M. W ilkins & Co . in Gaffaey, and Jones & Duff, in Blacksburar. —Doctors report the best of su'- cess from Sure Cure Sarsaparilla, 50 cents. Try it. CHLKCli IHKKCTOKY. Fikst Baptist Ohl’kch. corner Limestone and .-ni.tli streets—Her. Arch I'.C’ree, pastor. Services, .sutuiay tnorninir at 11 and evening at 7:'V>; Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.; prayer- no-etmtf Wednesday evenlnit at 7:40; Chris tian culture course at 7::i<>Thursduv evening. Chkbokek Aver re Baptist Chiik h. be tween Cherokee avenue and Limestone street —Rev. .1. B. Bo/.enmn, pastor. Services, Kuu- day morning at II, and evening at 7; praycr- lueellug Thursday evening at 7:45; Sunday school at 9:45 a. in., every Sahhath. Limestone I'kks byte hi an Church, cor ner Limestone and Jefferies streets—Bev. Wm. R Potter, pastor. Services, Sunday morning at 11, and evening at 7:50; Sunday school at 10 a. m„ every Sunday; prayer- meeting at 7:.9> Wednesday evening. Be Kokh stkket Mkthop st CHURCH, cor ner Hufurd and Petty streets- Rev. W. H. Hodges, pastor. Services. Sunday morning at 11 and evening at 7:30; Sunday school at 10 a. di. ; prayer-meeting Wednesday evening at 7:40. Limestone Street Methodist Chukch Limestone Street—Rev. VV. 1>. Patrick, pas tor. Services, every second Sunday at II a. ni. and 7 p. m.; Sunday school, everv Sunday at »:30 a. m.; prayer-meeting, Wednesday evening at 7:30. Episcopal Church, north Buford street- Itev. G. Croft Williams, pastor. Services, Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Limestone BaptistChuhch (colored). Race street- Rev. E. L. Beatty, pastor. Services, Sunday II a. rn. and s p. m.: Sunday school, 2 p. m.; prayer-meeting Wednesday s p. m.; teachers meeting Tuesday s:30 p m. Pi ston Chapel M. K. chi io h (colored). South Buford street—Rev R. C. Camphnll, pastor. Services. Sunday II a, m. and f:au p. m.; Sunday school 3 p. m.; prayer-meeting 1 hur-day , ::«i p. m.; Kpworth League, Friday i :3o u. nt. Bethel Baptist Church (colored). Brown and Meadow streets -Rev. A. S. Sanders, pus- tor. Services.first and thlid Sundays at II u.m Hiid 7:-U) p. in.; SumJuy nchool. t v«*ry Sund’ty at 10 u. in.; prayInThursday TdJO p. in. Spring Medicine There is no other season when good medicine is so much needed as in ths Spring. The blood is impure, weak and impoverished—a condition indicated by pimples and other eruptions on tha face and body, by deficient vitality, loss of appetite, luck of strength, and want of animation. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Make the blood pure, vigorous and rich, create appetite, give vitality, strength and animation, and cure all eruptions. Have the whole family begin to take them today. “ Hood’s Sarsaparilla has been used in our family for some time, and always with good results. Last spring I was all run down and got a bottle of it, and as usual received great benefit.” Miss Beulah Boyce, Stowe, Vt. Hood’s SarsaparlMa promises to cure and keeps the promise. Hl« Last Trip. A pathetic incident of an old horse of Ipswich, Maes., formerly owned by an expressman, is related by the Boston Her., id: On account of his age and debility the old :;or.se had been taken from work mid turned out on a farm to graze. One day he made his appearance, unattend ed, at the rr.ilway station, backed into position as if he had an express wagon behind him and waited as in the old days Shortly after the train arrived the old horse went slowly away to the vil lage. where lie backed up to tin* express ofl:r>* as had been his custom for years. Then, alter a reasonable time, he start ed ui) the road toward ihe farm and later in the day was found dead by tbe roadside. Chaplain ^Tllhcrn. The senate’s blind chaplain, the Rev. Dr. W. H. Mlibur.i, is a survival of Washington before the war. It was in 1845 that he was elected ch iplain of congress. Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illi .ois nominate ! him. That was ten years before John Sherman and Justin S. Morrill took their seat* In the house. “In those days.” say» Dr. Mliburn, “one cbaplain offered tbe prayer at tbe opening of each branch of congress, and the only way tbi» could be done by one man w'as to havff the senate clock kept ten minutes slow er than tbe bouse clock. After I of fered the invocation in the house a page would take me to the senate chamber, where I performed a similar duty.” ArUtoer«4« as Mllkmea. The milk trade attracts aristocrats. Lord Rayleigh is a milkman and owns one of the finest businesses in tbe borne counties. Every morning special trains loaded with cans of milk from bis dairy leave the station at Hatfield Rev ere! for London. He owns a herd of over a thousand cows. The late Lord Vernon had a large dairy farm at Sud bury Hall, near Derby, and carried on an extensive business. Tbe late Lord Hampden started and maintained ft large establishment of this sort at Glytnle, which was known as Tbo Creameries, and proved highly suc cessful. Not long ago a Mr. Dormer, nephew of Lord Dormer, is said to have Joined tbe milk trade.—London Express. ' Mnscnlar Christianity- “At Plevna, Kan.,” says the Kansas City Journal, “a ‘Joint’ keeper corner ed tbe Rev. W. II. Houston in the post- office and informed the reverend gen tleman that he must take a licking on account of a temperance sermon which he had preached the day before. ’All right,’ responded the parson cheerful ly, and two minutes later the friends of the ‘Joint’ keeper were taking him down to the butcher shop for the appli cation of beefsteak to a pair of beau tiful black eyes, showing again the low down, deceptive wickedness of our theological seminaries in maintaining physical culture departments." A Zola Blase. There has just been another V»»flre jf M. Zola’s books in Melbourr.a. fhe local supreme court bus decided i.'Uat certain of bis novels are “Indecent lit erature” within the incuiilng of the act. In consequence when a consignment of these books arrives from London or Paris it is promptly seized at Port Mel bourne and carried Into tbe custom house yard, where the books are piled Into a heap and set alight. Tbe process is primitive, but effective. — London Chronicle. Morgan In lOOl. Two well informed Wall street men were discussing J. Pierpont Morgan. Said one, “I have bad i> long talk with a member of his firm, and while be let fall no secrets, yet from wbat I could gather Mr. Morgan made last’year about $42,0(10.000." Tbe other agreed that the estimate was practically cor rect. from what be could learn.—New York Press. Hla Kshauatlntf Poae. “Henry had to go to bill after that visiting clergyman went away.” “What was the matter.” “He prostrated himself trying to giv# the clergyman the Impression that he was a pillar in our church.’’—Chicago Record. Philippine Schools. The schools of tbe Philippines are steadily improving and are dally grow* Ing in popularity among the natives. The children -themselves take the llr^ llest luteres; in tbe schools in learning English.—Manila American. _