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WINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUSt ESTABLISHED 1844 PALMETTO PENCILLING NTERESTING ITEMS FRO31 ALL OVER THE STATE. Threatened With Mctropolitan Pollee. Governor Evans says that unless There is an immediate change in the .conduct of the police force in Charles ton he woiuld have the metropolitan police system, authorized by the last Legislature, in case of necessity, es tablished within 60 days. He con cluded his statement by saying: "Yoft :may say this is no bluff." Chief Mar tin, of Charleston, had an interview with the Governor. It is understood that the Governor is satisfied with the chief 's efforts to suppress the sale of liquor, but says that the men on the force are not under his control to the extent of reporting "blind tigers." Terminals at Charleston. The South- Carolina and Georgis Company is preparing to make use of -he terminal property recently ac 'Iquired. Some time ago Mr. L. A. Emerson, traffic manager, stated in a letter to the Baltimore Manufacturers' iRecord that the compary would build -arehouses and wharves on the prop erty. Engineers have recently com pleted surveys along the water-front with this end in view. It is under stood that the Cooper river section ol the harbor, where the South Carolina and Georgia has decided to have it! ,terminus, will be dredged so that ocean steamships can come directly to the wharves. food Roads for South Carolina. The State of South Carolina is em ploying convict labor to good advan tage in road improvement. The Rich land county supervisor and the com missioners undertook the work more ;for an experiment than anything else, but such has been the result that all roads leading to the city will be re paired and improved am least five miles out, and after that is accomplished the .Work will be continued to every eec tion of the county. A Loss to GreenvIlle. Greenville has sustained a loss by the removal 'of the factory of the Gates Desk and Seating Company 'from that city to Johnson City, Tenn., the company having moved into their new factory in the latter city in the last few weeks. The company found it'necessary to get right in the heart of the lumber section and hence the re moval. They have issued an attractive circular telling of the advantages ob tained by the removal. One Cent a Mile Rate. At the meeting of the Southern Pas senger Association held at Charleston on Tuesday the petition of the State fair committee requesting special rates .over various lines received careful and considerate attention. After a little discussion it was 'decided to grant the rates asked for by the committee, 'which, it was understood, are about two cents a mile for the round trip for a radius of 250 miles. Prosecution Thireatened Governor Evans says that it has been call to his attention several times re cently that several factories in the State are figrantly violating the State -law, which requires that no factory shall work its operatives over eleven hours a day. He says he has taken the matter up and is having investigations made, and he proposes to have the law, rigidly en forced again2st every factory that is violating the law. -The Victor Manufacturing Co., ol K Greer Depot, S. C., has been organ p ized by the election of Mr. W. WV. Burgis, president. secretary and treas urter; vice-president, J. W. Kendrick. The directors are L. W. Parker, M. L. Marchant, L. J. Green, 0. P. Smith, D. C. Henson, and Simeon Hughes,- Over .%50,000 of the stock has been subscribed, At Edgefield on Thursday morning Judge lowr~send issued a rule against nearly- 3.1 of the county officials to show cause why an indictment should nt be preferred against them fot va rosirregularities aad rottenness. The city ceouncil of Sparianburg anv ing received' a proper petition from taxpayers, will order an election to vote on the question of issuing bonds to the amount of.%50,000 for sewerage. A careful estimate shows that at Kleast $1,500,000 are now being expend. ed in business enterprises and improve ments in Spartsubrvg, S. C. There is talk of a corset fs.d.ory being started by a Northern mant a':.. tarer to employ severslhundred heads at Greenville, S. C. At Edgefield the jury in +lhe Joees Swearingen murder case returned a verdict of "not guilty," and the Jontses go free. The corn, cotton and rice crops in E dgefield cor ty never ]ooked better. Rice is a new crap there, but promises The Spartan Mill, of Sparianburg, S. C., is now making brick pr epsratory to building Mill No. 2. The Property of the Southern. The floard of Directors of the North Caro lina Railroad met at 3u:lington, N. C.. oi Friday, and leased the road o ihe sou~iier ailway for 99 years at :.1 :umxaa' remal o' k 6% per cent. for six yearsand 7 per 'ent. for ninety-three years whi'-h me~'s fo'-ever. Thbe -North Carolina road will in the fewue delar3o a dividend of 6 142 per (eni. pe-- arnum, which subjects it to taxation wh!'h tavt .he Southern payse as well as the keeping up of the road bed, depot, etc., as in the old lease. Lightning is said to have killed an2 akinned a pig on Lon Island. OUTLOOK FOR TRADE. - Review of the Speculative and Staple Markets for the Week. R. G. Dun & Co., o E New York, say in their review of trade: It is a belated season; a frozen May set everything back. The heavy business which ought to have been doue in Mayand June was pushed into Julysothat the mid-summer decline inlJulycomcs in August. With this in mind, one is not suprised to find the shrinkage from July to August rather more consnicuous ihan usual. The disappointing crop reports of last Saturday, though evidently distrusted. lessen confidence in rerard to the future of trade, even while some speculators gain by them. Back ot all doubts is the fact that the Industrials are doing better than anybody could have expected. The output of pig iron August 1st., was 180,525 tons weekly, or 76,505 tons by another report. In either ease it is greater than the largest outpIt of 1894, though surpassed 15,000 to-s in *'e spring of I8S. . The',ales of steel rails in 1895 to August 1st., were 820,000 tons, and the deliveries 582,000. Wages in this industry have oeen gezierally advanced and strikes few. Oi her metals change litt.1e though. The textile im ports have been heavy, and advances in cot ton goods to some extent cheek buyingwhile Fal River spinners are o-ganizing for resto ration of wages pa id before the panic. Crop reports wndified expectations as to cotton and wheat, and c)tton speeulators have bought, lifting 1ite prioe I ve-sixteentl b, while wheat. with nor evidence of !ms in yield, bas.de'ined 1 7-8 cents. A third of the year'sconsumption of Ameri can cotton is yet on hand, but not a third of the year's consumption of wheat. Receipts for the week were better', bu t not half jast year's. and in thi-ee weeks 6.598.531 bushels against 17,211,633 bushels la.st year. AtlaL tie exports for the week hare been 889,301 bushels against 2.749,530 last year, flour in eluded, and for three weeks 2.552.880 bushels against 8.242.683 last year. The official reports for July snow exports of8,611.028 bashels, flour include'd, aguinst 10.800,147 last year, but the racifle exports i-ereased five fold at an average of 57e. per bushel, while Atlantic exports at 72e. per bushel were but 6,022.820bushels, iloc r in eluded, against 10,265,559 last year. Corn declined 5-Sc. with favorable news and Pork fell 25,. p-r barrel and lard 18e. Failures for the i% ek Dave been 196 in the United States against 229 Iazt year, and 38 in Canada against 45 2ast year. THE TREASURY COMFORTABLE. The Belmont-Morgan. Syndicate will Protect the Gold Reserve. Evidence that the BDelmont-Morgan bond syndicate intends to protect the g Id reserve of the Treasury against raids upon it for ex port to Europe was received at the Treasury Department by Acting Secretary Curtis Tuesday afternoon. A telegram fro n Acting Treas;:rer Mlihuman reached him stating that J. P. Morgan & Co., had deposited $1,34G,000 in . Id coin in exchange for Uhited States Noter A previous telegram to the Dep'rtment contains the information tl:at $900,030 gold coin had been withdrawn from the sub treasurer for exp rt Wednesday. With 'the deposit of gold Tuesday by the syndicate their deposit since gold exports hayve been resumed on a large seule reached |n total of ,3.346,000. It is estimated that with exchange at the high flgure quoted. 49.0,/ to 5. a net profit of 3,000 on each :1,000.000 gld exported is mado by the shippers. Treasury offiials are much gratified at the action of the syndieate as it is construed to mean that they will not permit the gold reserve to fall below $100. 000,000. At the elos ofiiusincss Tuesday the reserve stood at $10li'-3,715. ARTIST HOVENDEN KILLED. Sacrifices His Life in an Attempt to Save a Child. Thomas Hovenden, the famous attist, was instantly killed by a railroadI train near Nor ristown, Pa., Wednesday. He saw a little child in front of a rapidly approaching er. gine. The engineer blew his whistle freely when he saw the little figure standing ho tween the rails. The child seemed to become confused and awaited her coming doom without attempting to avoid it. Mr. Hovenden rushed forward and snatch ed the child up in his arms. Before lbe could make the leap that would have saved them both the pilot of the engine struck Mr. Ho.. venden and hurled him across the track with errible force. Both were killed. Mr. Hovenden was the painter of "Ireak ing Home Ties," the picture that attracted so much attention at the World's Fair. Dynamite in Atianra. A dynamite bo0mb was exploded Saturday night against ihe side of the Church Grocery Company's store at Caini street and Pied mont avenue, Atlanta, Ga. The store was crowded with customaers, nll of whom, how ever, escaped without serious injury. Mr. Church, the proprietor, was shocked but not badly hurt. The bomb was placed just out side Mr. Church's private offlce and it is evi dent that the ptrrpose of the miscreant was to kill Churcb. The side of the building was blown out and great excitement was caused in the neighborhood. ~Church suspects a negro boy whom he had arrested recently for theft. The boy was seen in front of the stee with a package under one arm five minutes before the explosion. He has not been found since. HONORiNG A SOLilER. Gen. Stephen I)- Lee Receives an En thusiastie W elcomie at G;reenwood. Gen. Stephen D). Lee, of Missis spi arrived onl Saturday on a visit to his brother', Mr. A. St. Clair Lee. He was received at the train with con siderable civic and military eclat. The Maxwell Gurads, under command of Cat. FEvans, iired a volley while the distingnished soldier was dCee-Dng fromi the train and then presented arms while Gen. Lee wvas escorted from the train by Intendant Ca rr to a carriage bedecked with State andl Con federate flags. The horses seemned to pay homageio the iorave soldier by chaffing on their bits ad assumm ig a very martial air. The band played "Dixie," after which Gen. Lee was escorted by the Maxwell Guards, pre ceded by a brass band, to the home of his brother. The rebel yell was once more given an4 theP frgd of Jackson signified his apl~i-ridi , the honor extended by p;tssing ki~ongh ' crowd of welcoming frienjis with u- e head. P'robaibly Lynched. A party liahing in Broad Ihtvr. near the North Carolina linc in Spaurtoanbuar. county, brought upl the body of at white womnan sscurely bond v; ith strong cord, and near by oni the baks was discovered the remauins of a ne.;r' mann. A we'l-authenticate i rloert is that they were lynched by a i'cesl band' of White C::ns f or Lisceeai THE STATUS OF THP FIGHT. Over the Registration Law in the U. S. Courts. The following letter has been made public by ex-Congressman Geo. Wash ington Murray, the black representa tive of the black district of South Car olina in the last Congress. The letter is from the attorneys who have been brosecuting the registration law test Dases in the United States Courts on behalf of the negroes of the State, and it now gives very fully and comnpre hensively the present statusof thelegal ight. It tells the exact condition of %ffairs in regard to the casts, and ex plains the course that the attorneys in tend to pursue. Here is the letter, hiowever, to speak for itself: Washington, D. C., Aug. 7, 1895. Ron. Geo. W. Murray, Rembert, S. C.: Dear Sir: Our Mr. Obear returned yesterday afternnon from Richi mond, where he had been to argue the Gowdy case. Judge Goff limited the argn ment to the question as to the material ity of the differences between the two eases; and after hearing full argument filed the opinion, which I prestiic You have, ere this, seen in the papers. H round that the Gowdy case has the same scope and eff< et as the Mills case, and is governed by the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals in the littet cause. It is manifest that it will b impossible to bring any snit in tho Federal courts touching the registra tion laws which would not have the "same scope and effect" as the Mills case; and the proper steps new are to bend our energies toward getting, as speedily as possible, a decision u;on the questions involved from the Su preme Court of the United States; and we are in a better position to accomn - plish that end in the present conditica. of things than we would have been if Judge Goff had decided in our favor. Ead he done so, the State would,prob %bly, have adopted one of two courses: either have disobeyed the injunction, or have induced .Mr. Chief Justice Fulier to call a special term of the (ir :uit Court of Appeals, appeal the casC to that court, and have the injnnetion dissolved as before. If they h.zd dis obeyed the injunciion we would have had the supervisor arreted, the State authorities would have gotten a habeas corpus, returuable before the Circuit Court of Appeals, induced the Chief Justice to sit again, and have had that court turn the supervsior loose. Had this contingency happened we would have been at the "end of our row," because there lies no appeal to the Su preme Court from the Circuit Court of Appeals in habeas corpus proceed. Ings. Had the State authorities taken the other course we would have had to take our appeal from the Circuit Con it of Appeals to the Supreme Court,and, at best, the appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals is hampered by many technical difficnlties, which we need not go into now-but which exist. But as matters now stm-nd, we will our selves appeal the Growdy decision di rectly to the Supreme Court of the United States, and so get the whole case before them. The thing to do is to get the appeal ready at once. The expense of getting it up will be com paratively very small. It will take about $50 to print tbe record-not our argument-that we can attend to later, and then $25 mnore,the fee of the clerk of the Supreme Court, for docket ing. Have this much money raised for this purpose and send to us at once. We herewith enclose you a blank ap peal bond. Have it executed by Mr. Gowdy and sureties as was done in the Mills case, and send us as soon as signed. We ourselves expect to get to work today upon the "assignments o1 errors," and if you will push at youir end we will have this appeal perfected and docketed before this month has passed. We have received no money on ac. count of the balance of our fee and the expenses we have heretofore in curred. From what you said in your last letter, we fully expected that by this time we would have had a remit gance from Beaufort, and are disap (ointed at neither receiving a remit tance or nearing from you as to the cause of the delay. We hope you will now give this, and the other equally important matters mentioned in this letr or speedy attention. Having embarked up)on this sea of registra tion litigation, let us not rest until we reach the haven of a full decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. Yours Truly, Obear & Douglass. Application for a Monitor. Adjt Gen. Watts is making every ffort to get a boat for the us~e of the Naval Militia of the State. The formal request frr the boat, as for all (iber supplies, has to go through the Gov ernior of the Stat-, and he signed the following reqluisition: "'I have the honor to regnest that the following named arms and egnip ments may be issued for the use of the Naval Mlitia of South Carolina, to be sent to Commander R. H. Pincekney, Charleston. 'The monitor Lehig~h or Cantskill now lyinug in ordinary a t lPieb menud, Va., with boats and awr'ing and awning frames comle)lte. If pos sible to remove and take ont of her the old gun's in her turret wonia h'e of grat advantage, as it .vould lighjten hr' draft. and allow the new guns which the Naval Militia of this state now have to be placed in her after her arial Our inland coast patssaiges are shallow~ and lightness of dr'aft is very c'.setial. It is hoped, therefore, that Ithe guns can be removed. The heat of this climate renders awnmngs nces sarv, and the department is eatrnestly requested thus to make the ship avai able." The State has been giveu eniem:age ment, and hopes to get one of the~ two vessels for use at Charleson andI alony CLEM SON COLLEU . The Board of Visitors Submit ThtIr Final Report. The following is the report of the board of visitors made to the board of trustees: To The Honorable Board of Trustees of Clemson College. The board of visitors met for its second examination of the college on the evening of August 13. Present: D. F. Bradley, T. L. Brice, R. B. Watson and Thos. D. Jervey. Owing to the absence of the chairman of the board, D. F. Bradley was elected by the members present to submit the 4econd and fibal report. We find that by the very full report submitted by us last year, it will be necessary to say little this year, inas much as we presume that those of our suggestions which have been found prioticable have been adopted, and it is in any event useless to multiply vords. We have again visited the farm and gai-dens and find them in excellent con dition, even better than last year, and in this conuecti.on we olld sat that the board of trustees, if they desire to obtain for ibe people of the State the full educational benefit of this great work, should arrange some plan b' tvhich excursiond; front the vailous parts of IheState can be run to Clem. son for the day. Those who are inter ested in agriculture and s;oek raising should have presented to them the opportunity of seeing for themselves what is shown the board, aed without any regard to the appareut dilieulties in the way, the board of trustees ibould consider the ways anod means of uffeeting this. In the meantiae, 1h0 bulletins should be more widely crcu ;nted and the edncational work of the college and all of its departments biougbt fully to bear upon our people. in this way the work done at the dairy could be brought into notice by seu d ing occasionally some of the excellent cheese made there to the v:trious coun ty gatherings. We were pleased to find that our estimate made last year as to the probable cost of rel-airs has been varitied, and we understand that the preparatory department is work ing well. - The reduction in the expense of the board is not as great as we had been led to hope it might be, but we are pleased that a reduction had been ef fected. We presume that the expense tttandant on the carrying out of our sggestions as to the ventilation of the dormitories may have interfered with the adoption of the suggestion of cut ting cross sections. We can ouly re peat the suggestions. The supply of excellent drialting water in the dormi tories is a change for the better. This water is supplied from a spring com letely rotectna from any drainage, and is perfectly sweet, pure and wholesome. . The number of studenis at the col I lege is remarikable when we consider the tightness of the times; and the health of those present, we under stand, is excellent. We make no extended mention of woik in class rooms or other depart ments, as we see no reason to alter the opinions expressed by us at our first meeting. We feel that the institution is pass ing from the condition of an experi ment into that of a great educational influence, and in conclusion, we can only urge upom the trustees the impor tance of bringing this influence to bear upon the people in the State in everyv possible way. All of which is respectfully submit ted. D. F. Bradley, Chairman Tro Temn. Theo. D. Jervey, Secretary. A supplemental report was made by Messrs. Bradley, Erice and Watson, ecommending the election of a resi dent chaplain, if there were funds available for this purpose. THE DISPENSA1RY. Now A bout $230,000) Ahe. I and, (;w es Nothing at All. State Liquor Commissioner Mixt~on says the dispensary syst'iu has pai-l back to the State the $50,000) applro p)riated for the purpose of starting: up1 the business. He said thamt while the legislative committee had not yet <xaimine'd and approved his quarterly report. he c-ould give in roundl numbers the figres showing the tinancial condition of the concern. Hie says that the dispensary has now witnin the walls of the State dispensary building $65,000 to $75,000 worth of' stock; out in the several county dispensaries they have sio-k amounting to about $150,000; and in the State treasury they have $Q0,000) in cash with which to mneet all expenses. Besides paying back the$50,000) alppro riation, he says, they have paid all the revenue licenses for the year, about $3,000. This, lie says, is the :mect status of the dispenisary business in the State of South Carolina. Hencee- for ward, it is the purpose, he says. to run the business for the sole puirrose of supplying the people with liquor ut actual cost of purchasinug and handlinrg. THE CHAIN GANG. Affecting the Population at the State Prison. The introduction of the chain gang sy temn into this State is greatly affect ing the population of the State peni te tiary. Though only some counties et have the gangs, and those few had them only a short time, the population Iof the State prison has already been Ireduced by more than one hundred. The p)enitentiary now has within its walls, on the farms and elsewhere, a total of I ,100 conmiets. The judges are now sentencing all tihe short term con victs to service on the chain gangs,and Sdeceipts of prisoners at the prisoni l-is fallen otT greatly, while the dis arges continue the same as here CHAIRMAN RAY Makes an Appeal to the Richland Denioeraey. County Chairman Riy lasisgted the following address to all Democrats: To the Democrats of Richland Coun ty: White voters, will you stand tame ly by and see the Radicals and negroes elected to the Constitutional Conven tion from Richland county? We ap peal to all patr iotic and liberty-loving citizens to prevent such a political crime. Is th-re a white man in Rich land county who will refuse to cast his vote for white supreiacy at the elee tion on next Tuesday? A serious crisis is upon us and every white man ni-st stand by his colors and courageously make a vigorous effort to stamp out negro supremacy in this county and city. This is his duty and it should be well done. The Democratic Convention, under regulta call of the executive comnitt< C, decided upon a division in this county, with a view of allaying bitterness in the choice of delegates to the Constiz tutional Convention. believing that the Coiivention should be a non partisan body, a joint ticket, com j)osed of John T. Sloan, Jr., H. Cow pei Patton,. John J. McMahon, Willie Jifies ahd .T. 13. Dent, were numinated. Wb call upon till Democrats to vote for this ticket at the geneial electiofi on next Tuesday, August 20, 1895. Thev are all true and tried Democrats; they have never been found wanting; they stand for principles of equal justice atud have always b'ten loyal to the rights of the people. They will jealously guard the interests of the tuasses against encroachment from any Classes. None but the most bitter partisans can 'o y the honesty, patri otism and intelligence of the nomi ces. There is no doubt that we have a majority of registered Democrats, and if these nominated are defeated it will be due to the unpardonable apathy and want of patriotism of our people. There is another ticket put in the field by negroes to be voted for in the election The deep scars of negro rule and government which once blight ed the prosperity of this city have been about healed, after a period of more than twenty years. Their debauchery, immorality ani fraud were enough for this white gen eration at least. Can there be any doubt as to the choice of tickets to be made by the Democratsin this county! The negro ticket must be defeated by a large majority. Tho executive com mittee expects every white man in this county to do his duty next Tuesday. The Radicals are organized and we urge the Democrats in this county to vote their full strength next Tuesday. V. W. RaT, Chairman County Democratic Execu tive Committee. SIIEPPARD GOES FREE. Chelf Justlee Melvr has Filed His Decree. A case of sore interest was decided Wednesday by Chief Justice McIver, of the supreme court of South Caro lina. Th! dispensary law of this state provides that upon certain proof the staino ofliials may enjoin a party from selling in toxicants. Proceeding under those provisions, Circuit Judge Benet, sitting in Columbia some time last October, enjoined one William Shep pard from selling or otherwise dis posinrg of spirituouis liquors. At the recent term of the court in Columbia Sheppard was brought up before JTudge T1ownsend, another cir cuit judge, on the 'charge of contempt (f court. in selling liquors contrary to the order of Jiudge Benet. Judge Townsend held .Sheppard guilty of contempt of Judge B3enet's order, and rentenced him to a fine of $200 and to imuprisoumenmt in the penitentiary for. eight months. Sheppard was comn mittect accordingly, had his head shaved. put in stripes anid set to work. Last week his lawyers, John McMaster and B3. L. Abney, moved before Chief Justice Mclver for the discharge of Sheppard on several grounds,. chief among thema being that the dispensary law p~roviding for the contempt pro ceedings aire in violation of the state anid federal constitutionm. Wednesday evening the decision ol the chief justice was received. He or ders Sheppard's discharge but without cosideri rg the can~stitutional ques ions presetd. H~e simply holds that Judhe Benei was without jurisdiction to passthe in jnction order which Sheppard was charged with violating. Benet iE judge of i. e first circuit and held couri in the (the fifth) circuit, uader a statute providing an interchange of circuits by the cdi3erent judges. The principal quest'on is not considered. Upon the receipt of the order Shep.. pard was released from prison by the authorities. Attorney General .Bar ber has notified Sheppard's Attorneys that an appeal to the full bench wil be taken in the case. THE OFFCERLS PTEASED feaufor!, the Largest Dlry Dock in America (:n Trial. The first official test of dhe 'o gov ernent dry dock on Prilad, two miles below Port Royal was nmade Thursday. The Unaited States maoni tr Am phitrite was successfully dlocked in the presence of the omieiai board, consisting of Capt. W. C. Wise, of Ithe Amphitrite; Engineer P. C. Asm. son and Naval Conistructor J. F. Hat' scomn. There were serva t- housanid spectators p resent. Th.e Am nhmtrite, under her own stearE asso-l 'y a tug and tow ropes, went into the. dock at 3 p. mn. Capt. C. H. Poekwell, commandant of the nav al staton, and the members of the board, eid that they could of course make no aut ho: tative statement regarding the tests at this time, bat none of themi hesitated to express the satisfaction wi-ch they jfelt over the entire success attendinmg 'won the work~ done.. FOR THE YOUNG FOLK. "SAING GRAC." "Come, come. mamma, to the ttindw!" Cried Freddie; with eager face; "Just look at my little biddis They are drinking and saying grace" I quickly came at his bidding, And saw a pretty Sight; Six downy little chickens Drinking with all their mifglu: And as they sipped the water They craned their necks on high, As if their thanks were lifte.1 To the beautiful blue sky. ind so I coild not wonder, So rapt was his eagir face, That to him the little chickens Were "drinking and saying grace." sronv OF A STONtK. A story of a stork is told by a German paper About the end of March, 18911 a pair of storks took up their abode on the roof of the school house it' the village of Poppenhofen. One of Vhe birds appeared to be ex hausted by its !ong journey and the bad weather it, had passed through. On the morning after its arrival the bird *as found by the schoolmaster lying .ol the ground before the s::ho ylhodse door. The man, who, like all (Germans, considered It a piece of good luck to have the storks next on his house. picked tip the bird and took it indoors. Ie nursed it carefully. and when it was con valescent u.sed every morning to cnrry it to the fields a short distance from the house, where its mate ap pienred regularly at the s:ine hour to !upply it with food. The stork is now cured; and every eVening it flies from the roof and gravely walks by the side of its friend from the school house to the meadows, accompanied by d wondering crowd of children. THE RAINlow. When the summer shower is pass ing away, and while the thunder is still rolling among the hills, we have often seen the rainbow. Evcry one admires the beautiful arch which spans the sky. It is caused by the striking of the sun's rays upon the drops of water as they fall from the clouds. The rays arc twice refracted and once reflectedl as they meet the transpatent drops. If you look in the dictionary you will find that re fracted means bent. suddenly, and reflected means thrown -back. The colors of the rainbow -are seven in number, and appear in the following order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. 'The tints pre most vivid whe': the background of clouds is darkest and the drops of rain fall closest. The continual falling of the rain while the sun shines produces a new rainbow every moment; and a curious thing is that each spectator sees it from a partic ular point of view; strictly speaking no two persons see precisely the same rainbow. WONDERFUL LITTLE FISft. The nine and the three spined sticklebacks are, without doubt, the most wonderftti fish for their size that are conimomn to our waters. They will live well in either fresh or salt water aquaria, building nests and raising their young under all discouragements. The male builds the nest for the female to lay her eggs in. The nest is composed of plants cemented together with a glue provided by the male, who also carries sand and small stones to the nest in his mouth. wi h which he anchors it. During the breeding seasonm the male assumes the most, brilli ant hues of blute, orange. and gren ; previous to this season he is of a dull silvery color. When an enemy apjproaches the nest, be he large or small. he will attack him, in 'icting wounds wvitIh his sharp sie.Nor will he allow the mother of the young s icklebacks to come near, ais shze is so fond of her babies that she often forgets herself and eats them up. When the young "tittlebacks," as they are often called. swim too far from the nest, the male takes them in his mnouthl and brings the n back, throwing themn out with such force that they make many somersaults before land Iing. Sticklebacks are the smallest known fish when first hatched out of the egg, being nearly invisible Two LESSONS. Harold was skipping and running all around grandpa's big field pick ing daisies. At least lie called them daisies. These big yellow daisies with their large brown eyes. In some places the grass was so tall that auntie could see only his bright red jockey-cap bobbing and bouncing beside the waving grasses. He gathered a large bunch. then over the stone wall lie jumped. ran to the piazza. and sat down on the settee hot and breathless. "Aren't. .those pretty daisies. auntie?" he exclaimed, as he placed the bunch in her lap. Auntie looked up fromn her sewing. *Yes, very pretty, llarold,' she replied. "But do you know, dear, they are not daisies at all !" Harold looked surprised. "Aren't they, auntie?" he asked. "Aren't they oxeye daisies?" "No. dear," auntie answered. "These are the real oxeye daisies!" and she took a beautiful white field daisy from the bouquet at her belt. "Oh!'' said Harold. ".I4nnie told mc yesterday that these were oxeye daisies, because thieir eyes looked like grandpa's oxen. 'lirown and' soft!'~ she said. What are thbese, auntie'?" "These are Rudbeckia!" auntie continusd. '-int many peop.le call iThat's a very hard na e!" sai Harold. "Not so hard to remember after all!' laughed auntie. "Think of Becky Lane and then think that she is rude, and-" ' "0 auntie, she is r ode. very rude!" interrupted Harold, " cause she pushed me right offof the gate yester dsv morning! That's very 'pro printe, Isn't it, auntie?" "I'm sorry to saf it is,'" answered auntie. "But look, what have you here?' Ha'ld saw two blades of grass with what seemed like a drop of soap suds between them. "What is it, auntie?" he asked. "It's a cradle. A home, for what do you think? A bit of a baby grasshopper !" "An' they are all over the field, an' I stepped on j_,heap of them " said Harold, soleil.ily. "May I see this baby one, auntie?" He jumped up and took the grass in his hand. "Pull the grasses apart and-" "Oh. I can see him!"' shouted Harold. "He's got the littlest specks of hoppers, hasn't he !" and he laughed gleefully as baby grass hopper lay motionless on his green bed. "Yes," answered auntie, laughing too, "but you mustn't pull any more cradles to pieces for It kills the babies and then there won't be any grass hoppers for kitty to chase." "No, I won't.," answered Harold, "trgly and truly, auntie !" "You've learned two lessons this morning, dear," said auntie, "and what do you think they are? A botany lesson and natural history lesson." "An' the rude Becky was a botany one, an' the baby grasshopper was a natural history, wasn't it?" Harold saId. "I like those lesso-ns an' wa'll have some more to-morrow, won't we?" he added. "Yes, indee-l!'' answered auntie as she picked up her sewing again. ANOTHER FOREIGN ALLIANCE.. The * Daughter of Ex-Secretary Whitney and a Scion of the House of Paget. The elder daughter of Mr. William C. Whitney, Miss Pauline Whitney, is engaged to marry Aimeric Hugh Paget, who belongs to the famous English family of Pagets, and whose home is in St. Paul, Minni, where he has a great deal of money. Miss Pauline Whitney has never. devoted much time to society. Her mother's death and her own ill health - have prevented.~ She is about 20 years old, has a fine dark face and great charm of manner, and is one of the most attractive young women whom New York society has known. Much ancestral glory surrounds the family of Paget. The founder of the family was knighted by Henry VIII., who gave him the title of Lord Paget and the Order of the Garter for services as Secretary of State. From that time to this the name of Paget has been a great one. In the middle of the last century there was no male heir and the name might have become ex-inct had not an act of Parliament permitted a - son of Lady Bayley, who was heiress to the estates and a Paget by birth, to as sume the name and arms of his mother's family. He was summoned to the House of Lords as the ninth Lord Paget. Those who know th~e Whitneys are sure that the distinction of family or the family estate, consisting of 60, 000 acres, or the fine country seat~s of Baudesert and Plas-Newydd had but little influence with them. They think much more of the young man's personality and achievements. In the first place he is a remark aby fine looking mn ei al sedrad active. He has a black mustache and the most -charming manners. Men particularly admire When he was old enough to under stand things, he came to the conclu sion that the family estate was not big enough to go around so large a family and that a younger son hadn't much opportunity in England. Al meric Paget was only 16 when he Icame to this country, lHe went to St. Paul and engaged in the real es Itate business. Now there: was a time when anybody could make money in real estate in St. Paul. Blutthe men who ke'pt the money, they made in the boom ar- so- -few as to be greatly distinguished.- Mr. Paget wvas one of the exceptions, - This proves him to be a man or rare ability and judgament. He dis covered that his English connections were of value. - Hedebnt to London ,and interested rich people in -the m iakng of investments.' Heh~de the monoy so well' and obtained such - agc returns for it that he was made the rpresentativ-e of a h:trge English - co'mrany. He is only "0 years old. rnd is~ own e.~torts have made him a omfortatbly rich man. He is :11! adoptel American of the very best kin and intends to continue to liv in t his country.