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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. _