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TRI WEEKLY EDITION WINNSBORO, S.C;, JANUARY 14 ,1899, SALSE 34 SING A SONG. V you'll sing a song as you go along, In the face of the real or the fancie- wrong: In face of the doubt if you'll fight it out. And show a heart that is brave and stout; If you'll laugh at the jeers and refuse the tears, You'll force the ever-reluctant cheers That the world denies when a coward cries, To give to the man who bravely tries: And you'll win success with a little song If you'll sing the song as you go along! If you'll sing a song as you plod along, You'll find that the busy, rushing throng Will catch the strain of the glad refrain; That the sun will follow the blinding rain: That the clouds will fly from the blackened sky: That the stars will come out by and by: And you'll make new friends, till hope de seends From where the placid rainbow bends; And all because of a little song If you'll sing the song as you plod along' If you'll sing a song as you trudge along, You'll see that the singing will make you strong; And the heavy load and the rugged road. And the sing and the stripe of the tortuous goad Will soar with the note thet you set afloat; That the beam will ehange to a trifling mote; That the world is bad when you are sad, And bright and beautiful when glad, That all yon need is a little song If you'l.~sin the song as you trudge along ! -Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. SI8Y O[IDE SPOKERIJ By MES. X. cORBET-SETMOUR. Spook being the Flemish word for ghost, it will 4e seen at once that I am going to tell the story of a house given up to that very unpopular kind of tenant. The visitor to West Flanders will not find the Spookerij without a little painstaking. It stands far back from the road running between the ancient city of Bruges and the modern water ing place of Blankenberghe. It will be reached by first following the course of the canal and then as sud denly abandoning it for a short scut across several potato and cabbage fields. The Spookerij is not colored, ac cording to local custom, either a pale green, a boiled shrimp,for a light blue -tint ; it is only dirty white. A, low pitched, rambling dwelling it is : just four or five rooms on the ground floor, the same on the floor above, and a grenier at the top. In England it would be a little farmhouse ; in Flan ders it ranks as chateau-or it did so rank-before the spooks came into pos Pon. We, who were old residents, knew it as Chateau Rosendael. Nowadays, should a chance visitor pass that way aud make inquiries, he will be told thatit'isithe Spookeri. The tall, spare form of an English man named Geoffrey Langdale used to be seen in the garden which separated the ho.use from the fields that sur round.it upon three sides, but only after sunset. He did not court the sunshine; it was kept ont of the house by venetian blinds duing spring and summer. L- The two elderly servants who were Mr. Langdale's sole attendants said that "the Master" shut himself up with his books for companions, and only caine forth into the air for an hour or so of an evening and in all -weathers. Why he had chosen to expatriate himself and settle in this solitary corner of West Flanders, no one pre tended to know. Every one was at liberty to hazard a gness, bat there was absolutely no means of ascertain ing if snch a guess was right. Therefore it was settled that Geof frey Langdale had reasons of his ow a for loving this absolute retirement, and would never probably reveal what those reas';ns might be. After renting the place for one year, he purchased it at a very low price. The servants, man and wife, frankly admitted having taken the situation for the sake of the high wages offered; otherwise they wou~ild have preferred li~e in England. They knew nothing whatever of Mr. Laughae's previous history; they an swered an advertisement which had appeared in the Daily Telegraph, and at a subsequent interview the matter was5 arrangu Letters-so they said when ques tioned-never came for Mr. Langdale in a general way; there was always one, however, which arrived upon the fifth day of every month, and bore the Taondon Ostmark. After its receipt, Conlson or his wife were sent with a check to the English bank, which has existed for many a long year in Bruges for the convenience of residents and passing Visitors. There was no stint in the domestic arrangements of the little household, b)ut neither was there any extrava gnce Geoffrey Langda!e was himself an alstainer and a very frugal eater; lhe C'id not entertain guests and be n e.-e: gave anything in charity. Somne 2one sOlV lipp~ed through his fingers in ]bmprchase of books, for he was continnally adding to his library; other wise, Coulson could got imagine what he did with those mornthly efeks. Not that these servants were spa cially given to gossip concerning their master: indeed, there was but little chiauce of it in a country where they -could not speak more than a word or two of the language. But on market days, in Bruges. Mrs. Coulson had some chance of con ;versation in one or other shop where Ehglish is spoken; her hnsband, also, End just a few intimates in the town with whom to exchange a few harmless co~nfidenices. In this way, then, some ofe p)eeniarities of Geoffrey Lang dale~ becamue known. Tw~o or three of his compatriots p acked up the courage to call on him, bnt to all guests entrance seemed ricty prohibited. Coulson could nly shake his gray head regretfully, and in a voice of low toned apology utter the formala "Mr. Lani..ale does not receive." The ultra curious would now and again traip out as far as the little chateau on a fine summer evening and linger by the gate with a hope of catehing just a glimpse of the English recluse Those whose efforts were successful agreed that he must be about sixty years of age, and that his appearance seemed to indicate a sad story connected with his past life. Several years went by. Then came the event which stirred those sleepy districts into passing excitement and gave birth to a mystery which has not been-probably will not be-cleared up. A visitor had preseited himself at Chateau Rosendael and when Coulson appeared his explanation was waved aside with the remark "Stand back. I am expected." In subsequent examinations and cross-examinations before the judicial authorities the old servant always made the statement that this visitor "didn't look like any one human." When pressed to explain this opinion he added that he was "more like somebody who had been dead and buried." However, he had handed in a folded paper, which was carried to Mr.n Laugdale in his study, and, wonder of wonders! he was instantly admitted without aword of complaint. It was then late afternoon, but not dark, for the month was August. Both servants deposed to the absolute calm which reigned in the house; they did not even hear the sound of voices. After about an hour there were steps along the hall, and the door opened and closed, as though the visitor had taken his leave. .he room was empty when Coulson, according to- custom, carried in the tray with afew sandwiches and a glass of water-the master's invariable sup per. But writing materials lay on the table, books were scattered about as usual, and concluding that Mr. Lang dale was strolling in the garden, the servant withdrew and presently re tired to bed. Next day, there was no sign of Geoffrey Langdale. Up-n a half sheet of paper he had written, ' I give and bequeath all of which I die possessed to-." There the "will" ended. The police were of opinion that the hermit had drowned himself., and the canal was dragged-with no result. A search was made for many and many a mile round that part of the country, but the master of the chateau was un discoverable either alive or dead. The next monthly letter was sent back through the postoffice; the Coul sons packed up their personmd belong ings and departed in haste from the scene of so unpleasant an occurrence. The civil authorities closed the house and left it to its fate. Thus by slow degrees it dwindled from -a chateau into a Spookerii. The Flemish are very superstitious. They firmly believe that Geoffrey Langdale was only a spirit sent back to earth in human form to expiate some crime of early life. They say that the mysterious guest must have breutght him his release and summons -w~hether to celestial regions or other wise has often been the subject o heated argument. But others think that he is not really dead, and some day may see fit to make a reappearance. My story-so far as it goes-is true. SEA-BRED CARR|ER PiGEONS. HoXw to Acquire a Gooud 5ervice b~y Veath ered1 essn:ers From Ship to Shore. Captain yohn R. Bartlett, United States navy.retired, chief of the coast signual service during the war with Spain, has reported to the department oni the value of carrier pigeons for signalling purposes. In substance he r epor ts: "That experimienits be made for the purpose of training homningpigeons in conn1ection with coast signalling, for the reason that they ofTer a solution of the prloblemn of communication with vessels in the off shore patrol fleet. These vesseis would most probably operate in districts having established bases, and at sneh a distance from the coast and from the inshore patrol that visual signalling would be impossible. A homing pigeon service cannot be improvised and be of any real value. The birds must be systematically and patiently trained for a year or twvo,. not only to equip the cotes with trained carriers for thbat locality, but to far nish a stock with sea-bred breeders. Experimental cotes should be located at the bases of naval coast defense d~stricts, a small vessel provided wvith a carrier pigeon outfit and an officer de'aiied to develop this means of com munication and superintend the sys tematic training of the birds. Unless this is done with intelligence and thoroughness for ct least a year it wouid be useless to rely upon it at all. Snehl a systemi could be very economically in unrated and could be maintained a. a comparatively slight cost. A si-nple routine of drills, exercises and reports b)ased upon our recenxt experieucos could be readily puit into ol'eratio:1 and small rewvards 0r approp)riate ratings would stimulate proticiency. Tnm times of peace such a service would be of con stant convenience to this department and to the mnaratimie interests of the country, .and the constant practice would prepare the men for the enmer gencies of war. Attention is called to the fact that every other maritime nation has such a system, generally mneh more elabo rat- than the one herein proposed, or ganized oy and oye:ated under its naval or mnaratimte dtepartment. Thme World's Locomoctive,. I -One h undired and nine thousand ho comotives are at present running in various countries. Europe has 63,000; America,40J,000); Asia, 3t00; Australia,~ THE BOYS CALLED HIM MIKE. It Grieved Ilis Mother, but the"Old Man" Thoua-ght It Was smart. "Where's the boy?" iuquired Mr. 1 Spadina, cheerfully, and it occurred to him that it was about time for his. 7-year-old son to bid him good night. "The boy," replied Mrs. Spadina severely, "is in bed." "Not sick?" "No L :s not sick," said Mrs. Spa dina, in a tone that implied some thing even worse. "I've been wait ing for an opportunity to tell you all about it, but have not had a chance until now. It just means this, that we must move away from this neigh borhood. It's no place to bring up a bcy, and I just won't stand it. We must get a house in some part of the city where Harold will have nice chil dren to play with." "But what's the matter?"a-ked the husband with concern. "What has a happened?" "Well, I'm telling you just as fast r as I can. This afternoon when the doorbell rang I was in the hall and answered the door myself, for I saw a boy there. On opening the door the boy said to me: 'Please, can Mike come out and play ball?' I told him 1 that we had no Mike here, and said t that he had called at the wrong house. 'No,' he said, 'I mean Mike, you know -your boy, Mike. I guess you call him Harold,' he said. "Now, what do you think of that? Well, you may be sure I told that boy what I thought of him, and he began to whimper and said that Harold bad licked him-that's just what he said Harold had licked him yesterday for not calling him Mike, and everybody called him Mike at school. And its worse than that, for they call him Mike Spad-not Harold Spadina, but Mike Spad." "Well, upon my word!" exclaimed Mr. Spadina. "I marched out 'into the dining room, where Harold was eating some bread and butter," continued Mrs. r Spadina, 'and I went for him, and do a you know that child sat up in his chair and said that he'd rather be called Mike than Harold, and, that since his chums had started to call him Mike Spad, the other gang's afraid of him. Well, I just sent him off to bed at 5 o'clock, and he's there yet. Mike Spad," she added with intense feeling u on each word. "The little scamp!" exclaimed Mr. . Spadina. "We have been talking of getting a better house in some other part of the city for a long time," said Mrs. Spa dina, "and I'm sick and tired -of this place. We can't send him over to that school any longer, with its rowdy naaes and its gangw and i figting. Harold has clearly ieen fighting, for the boy said as much." The father was looking silently at the ceiling. He generally thought matters over before giving his deci sion, and Mrs. Spadina cautiously went upstairs, where she found the Id formidable Mike Spad sound asleep and with the clothing kicked off him. And Mr. Spadina said: "At school e they used to call me Bump." And presently he smiled and, knocking the i ash off his eigar,he chuckled: "There's I good stuff in Mike. I wonder how big the b)oy was that he walloped!" And the important point is that of ~ the son, the mother and the father, one was as true to human nature as either of the others.t Doinz Himself Proud. The young man had applied for the position of country correspondent. He promised the "'rural" editor that he would send in all important news once a week. He was a bright young t man, and above his celluloid collar i the soap or. his face shone. The office had great expectations. ~ Ah, but alas ! The young man's name was Robert i Edgar Billson-. The following is his first breezy letter:t "Last evening R. E, Billsoa went , to Squtown to visit relatives. t "Early Tuesday morning Robert E. e Billson found that the hen-house had i been robbed. There was gr-eat ex- t citement in the village to know who e the culprits were. - A most delightful surprise party i was given to R. Edgar Billson ont Wednesday eve. There was dancing I and oysters. t "Popular 'Bob' Billson is thinking seriously of going to Cuba. "The engagement of Robert Edgar Billson to the belle of the village, Miss Mathilde Hayrick, has been an nounced. "'Ed' Billson will take charge of his father's store while the latter is in New York." Ever-ybody in town is now wonder- t ing who the bright new correspondent i of the Daily Hustler is. -New York Journal. t A Relic of Emtin Pash1n. A relic of Emnin Pasha's last expedi- t tion has just been received by Messrs. Wellcomae and Co. It ':ousists of a tabloid medicine chest, which was r-e covered from the natives ntear Kenia, I in the Aruwhinmi county. The case I was taken Iby Ar-abs after the murder of Emin in )ctober, 18S:r2. and, after a i caeer (f adventure that innust have, tried it sorey, it passe: into the po's session of Baron D~hanis. the ' on- t mader of the Congo F-eo State t troops. when lhe defeated1t he (ougo Arabs at Kasoigo. Mesas Bur roughs & Welicome send us n> graph of the chiest, whib hitto-:. at little battered. still siwws~ ch- in I Roman c-apitals ne na ;'.-in I Pah;. ch tabioidh-, ho'wemv- w and se.: -au o:yy hop)e that' th' muri lers of E-itm l'asha :mf' r'red oti]c jusice by (cous::m~ng the.n as~ >:ie- '-f cies. The last s-tate of me c:::e ei erve ws a vilinge m-asaUry chest.-- i T io"n ('h uenn .E WOODFORITS ESCAPE. IOW THE BULLFTCHTEFt'S SAVED THE EX-MINISTER'S LIFE. Lucky listake at a Funeral - The Ef feet of It-A 'Mob, a 1zow of Drawn Swc-Is and a Itetreat - Spanish Grati tude in Evidence in the Nick of Tine. General St wart L. Woodford, for ier United States minister to Spain, wes his life to an act of courtesy that e once paid to a Spanish toreador, or mlifighter. There is no moral in the tory. as the act of courtesy was en ire;v unintentional and the toreador ras dead, says the New York Com aercial Advertiser. One afternoon during the Spanish Lmerican crisis, a few weeks before ar wts declared, General Woodford, eccmpanied by his wife and niece, rent for a drive in the embassy -car iage through the streets of Madrid. L noted Spanish toreador had died a ew days previously, and it happened hat his funeral was being held tid. nay. Owing to his:wonderful success a killing bulls the man had become a 'opular idol and his funeral was at; ended by ali -lasses of Spanish so iety, even the grandees sending their arriages to swell the procession. Miss Woodford having expressed he wish to see the funeral, the gen ral ordered his coachman to drive to certain point where the procession rold pass. When they arrived there b was found that a great part of the rocession had 'already gone by. ieueral Woodford ordered the driver o turn about and go home, but the aan misunde; stood him and drove on. le aftempted to drive right through he funeral procession. Such an act is not considered good aste in. any European country, and a Spain it is a heinous offence. To make matters worse, General Voodfor.l, owingto the unpleasant elations then existing between Spain nd the United States, was a marked ian and by no means a popular one ith the people. The embassy car lage was one of the best known ye icles in Madrid. Realizing how the mistake would i misinterpreted by the populace, reneral Woodford directed his coach in, when he had reached the middle f the street, to turn and accompany he procession, intending at the first pportunity to leave the procession nd drive to his residence. The op ortnnity did not offer. Owing to the dense crowds that ined the sides of the streets the min ter was compelled to accompany the aneral to the cemetery, intend ing to emain there until the funera) party .ad gone and the streeig were onee iore quiet. After waiting for about an hour Ley started to leave the cemetery nd go to their carriage. At the gate he general found to his surprise that compauv of the civic guard was rawn upon either side of the path ading to the carriage. As the Am ricans approached the officer in com iand of the guard gave an order and nediatelv the swords of the men ose in salute. Wondering what on arth it all meant, the general re Lned the salute and re-eatered his arriage: He passed several soldiers ud oicers on tha way back and his stonishment was intensifie3, for liey, too, stopped, faced the carriage n saluted as it passed. Sh rtly after he had returned to ie embassy he learned the reason of 11 the unusual respect that had been hown him. A deputation of torea ors called upon him and thanked - im for the honor that he had done lieir profession in attending the~ aneral of their chef d'armes in per on instead of only sending only his arriage. They assured him that they ould never forget .it, and that their eling of affection was shared gene ally by the people of Madrid. The toreadors were appreciative; he peop)L of Madrid were not. A reek or so afterward, when interna ional matters had almost reached a liuax and nearly al .the Americans ad left Madrid, a mob formed for he purpose of destroying the Ameri an embassy and, it was feared, to ssassinate the minister and his famn ly. The toreadors, who live in a cer amin prt of the town by themselves, Leard of the intention of the mob and hey resolved to frustrate it. They got together and went to Gen ral Woodford's house to assure him f their protection and advised him o send for military aid. Then they rent out to do their part. They alked down the street a few blocks, rew the terrible little whip-like words, in the use of which they are o expert, formed a double line across he street and waited. Tfhe mob came .p saw the toreadors with their words realy for uee and cheered hem. Then they s'aw that the bull ighters had their backs turned to the mbassv and their swords pointed at hemselves-and they halted. They couldn't understand it. The leading toreador explained atters. He said that General Wood rd had one ftaken the trouble to do onor to dead toreador. He had one with hiis wife anid fa-uily to the nera in his carriage. and had driven li the way to the cemetery as a mark f respect. Thme toreadlors were going :tec~t he Amerie:t i minister with heir swords and lives if necessary, ud adel the mob wima they wvere ita to do abont it. The wob stared. They looked the readorsnu and dlown. at their faces 'd then at'their swords. Then they itmer that <+eneral Woodford had .xilitary protection night andI day. rhe first Amerian life insurance o fpy. the Presbyterian Ministers' mnd was established in Philadelphia a 1759, and is still in good condition t ihe nag of 1?,9. CARRIED A CORPSE 25 MILES Singular Experience of Moose Hunters in the Canadian Ensh. George -1. Sinn has just returned to Montreal,after a short business trip to the Temiscamingue district in Canada, during which lie had a thrilling ex perience, never to be forgotten. It was in connection with the accidental killing of Mr.EdwardMinera wealthy, manufacturer of Kingsville, Ontario, highly respected in Montreal and throughout Canada, and the champion pigeon shot of the Dominion. Mr. Miner, his brother and Mr. Bennett Squire of Windsor, Ontario, set out on a hunting trip, and were soon buried in the woods thirty miles from Temiscamingue. Mr. Squire fired at a fine moose, wounding it,and the enraged animal charged the hunter,who attempted to fire a second time with his repeating rifle. Some thing was wrong, however, and the weapon did not go off. Seeing the danger of his friend, Mr. Miner stepped forward, and and was in the act of raising his rifle to fire at the beast when Mr. Squire's gun went off, the ball passing directly through Mr. -Miner's head, killing him instantly. The brother and unhappy friend beene crazed with grief. They ,were thTii-ty miles from the nearest railway station, and there was absolutely no means whatever of conveying the corpse thither except by carrying it. For twenty-five miles they carried the body through the terrible wilderness, and finally, exhausted and half fam asheLt for want of food, they reached the track at a small signal station, seven miles from Temiscamingue sta tion. It was here that Mr. Sinn found them. Utterly incapable of making another move,the two gentlemen sank to the ground, and with the body of friend and brother between them awaited the coming of assistance. The circumstances were soon ex plained to Mr. Sinn, and as quickly s6sible he secured a handcart and got the corpse and two men on board. When they got to Temiscamingue it was found that no trains wiere running, so Mr. Sinn determined to take the party on the ,car all the way to Mattawa, where the body could be prepared for burial. Getting two men to help him M-r. Sinn started at the lever, and the fearful journey of forty-one miles was commenced. Mr Squire and Mr. Miner were half be side themselves with grief, and it was with the greatest diffi qlty that Mr. Sinn. kept them suffi tlv calm to c, -ate the forty-one-mile run. A -is small for four men to- ride upon it, but when an extra man and a corps -re ,added ~te difficulty of Tien, oo, tle horror 'of the ride 'was hEght ned by the inky darkness of the -night. As'laylight broke Mr. Sinn's efforts increased, and his ha>S now show the strain to -which they were sub jected. At last the little car passed a farmhouse, another and another, and soon the depot, was reached. The news quickly spread through Mattawa, and while kind friends looked after the suffering travelers the Odd Fel lows took care of the body. it was embalmed and sent to Kingsville for burial. Mr. Miner and Mr-. Squire could not find words sufficient to thank Mr. Sinn for his goodness. He was found at his office but not in any to good a condition for work. When asked about the matter he said: "I have not much to say, I only did what I thought to be my duty." Why Her Visit Was Spoiled. A young lady who is pretty well known in Cleveland society recently had as a yisitor a Miss Legge of B uf falo. Miss Legge is a sweet, beauti ful girl, and her Cleveland friend tried to make her visit a pleasant one, but she only partly succeeded in doing so. 'Tm sorry, Alice," the girl who had done the entertaining said, when the other got ready to return home, "that you are deermined to go back so soon. What's the matter, anyway ? You don't seem to have had a good time at all." "Oh, I know it," Miss Legge re-. pied, "but it hasn't been your fault, dear. I'll never go away from home again until l'm married. "Why, whatever put such an idea as that'in your head, you dear little goose ?" "Well," the Bufflulo girl sadly said, "every time I am introduced to any one he always looks blank for abou t a minute and then says: 'I didn't quite catch your name. What is it,please?" When I get married and have a new name I may feel like going out among strangers, but until then I shall stay right around where people know me." -Cleveland Leader. Seein:; Euzllet-t as They Fly. "As every sportsman knows" said an enthusiastic New.Orleans h::nter," "it is easy to see a rifle bullet in the air, and those fired from the newv high power guns are very curious to look at. Stand a dozen yards to one side of the mark andl let a friend blaze away at any range with a small calibre weapon. using the siuokeless powvder. and von will see a strange. bluish white streak the~ instant the bullet strikes home. The streak is appar etly at couple of inches wide and several feet long. anud is more like a flash of light than anyvthinig else 1 can think of. With the old-fashioned Remington or Sprin~gtield carbine the bullet has the appearance of a long, black rod, and I don't know why there is such a difference in the optical illu sion produced by the smaller calibre. I have hear d some people deny that the buillet cain be seen, but they are e rimuch in error. It all depends on 'getting the right viewpoint. A few feet either way will render the missile inisible, but the right spot is soon fund by experiment, and after that the thing is as plain as day.-New Orleans Times-Democrat. . SOUTH'S OLDEST COLONY COMPOSED OF CHINESE AND OTHER ORiENTAL SHRIMP FISHERMEN. Hidden Away in the Labrynthine Bayous of Louisiana - Their Habits Are Ie credibly Simple and Semi-Savage - Interesting Story of a Chinese Prince. Hidden away in the labyrinthine bayous of lower Jefferson parish, Louisiana, and scattered about the margins of Grand lake. Little lake and the musically named Cheniere Caminada is a strange colony, the bare existence of which is practically unknown. It numbers, all told, at least 2000 people, three-fourths of whom are Chinese and the rest Man ila men and unelassifiable mongrels. They live in brashwood camps near the edge af the water, their habits are incredibly simple and semi-sav age, and their business is the catch ing and drying of shrimp. This singnlar settlement recently came to the surface in some litigation on the calendar of the New Orleans courts over the ownership of a piece of adjacent property, but the industry has been quietly pursued, from time out of mind, in almost unbroken iso lation. Its product is never seen in the New Orleans market, but is shipped direct to San Francisco and New York and consumed entirely by the Chinese. At certain seasons the shrimp are caught by the million in rude hand nets and spread in layers on platforms. built over the surface of the water. The hot sun soon shrivels them up and they become t desiccated. When thoroughly dry they are brown and brittle and have a sweet, nutty flavor that is far from disagreeable. In this condition they are packe 1 loosely in barrels holding about 250 pounds each and sent to native merchants on Mott and Doyers t streets in New York and to the fa mnvs Chinatown of 'Frisco. At ,.th places they are in lively demand and C are eaten either as condiments, with out further preparation, or with a curry of rice. Even American bar barians find them very good. The scene at the shrilnping c is so strangely Oriental that it ii hard for a visitor to realize that he is in the neighborhood of a big American city. Secluded as they have been, the litigation already referred to is not the first event that has brought the Chinese shrimpers to the attention of New Orleans officials. About eIeven years ago a tremendous row. was raised at the postQffice over somein known matter that was taintin - mails with a- peculiars Sn vdor. Thetraii abeing the aura of a soap foundry, the gov ernment sleuths were notgreatly over worked in following it to certain mys terious parcels, decorated all over J with Mongolian hieroglyphics. t The bundles contained dried shrimp, prepared after a special and odorifer ous formula and sent as tidbits to friends of the colony. Needless to I say, they were promptly confiscated under the rules of the postal service, but the mailing went on to a wild chorus of public protest, until it was stopped by a peculiar incident. One day the superintendent was passing his window just as a China man dropped a tabooed parcel in the slot. The official was a man of ac tion. Grabbing the package, he hurled it instantly at the retreating Celestial, who turned just in time toI stop it with his nose. The Chinaman emitted a howl of anguish, and from that day to this not a single shrimp has ever irerfumned the mails. But the most remarkable story con nected with the shrimpers is that of the Chinese prince. It is a true story, and so curious in its details and so grotesquely sinister in its denoument that it might easily be elaborated into a striking romance of Anglo-Oriental life. However, the plain facts are these: About seven years a go a Chinese princ5 of the blood came to New Or leans for lii- health. He was not ill, but he had reason for believing that he might live longer if he removed himself temporarily from the neigh borhood of the court and enjoyed a cmlete change of diet. Exactly what these reasons were nobody knows, for, like all Orientals, he kept his own counsel strictly, but it was hinted in the Chinese colony that he had taken too active an interest in politics and was regarded at Pekin as an oil'ensive partisan. Strangely enough, the news of his< presence never got into the papers, but there was no doubt whatever of his genuineness. Those Americans < who met him in connection with cer tan business transactions found him a cultured, sulperbly educated and thoroughly ac'complishied man of toe world. 1His offieial robes, which formed part of an extensive luggage, wee such gorgeous affaiirs as are sel-i doia seen outside the sacred eireles cf< the court. Tihey were made of silk of I the wouiderful weave reserved for the royal house, to counterfeit which< means death. and were stilT wih inl ti eate embiroidery. He had, besides< a mltitudte of strange and beaiutiful1 t inket's. cavig in jade and ivory, spledid fan. in li work as delicate ais fio'. cask t's erns4ted w.th silver i ilagree and on huded and one other1 things. all attesting his ta-te. posiuionI and a lea:t former v~sh Eut in vey b~usiae-s1ie gentlem?an and~ he poe. .ded at ,ncee becni!e his exi ,e by obtaiinig aA intore:nt in the largest Ih :.pe. x Un ana.:I lake. He hi the sag'ityI to atssum jch*iarge of the books.i which hef kept with suich skill tha: at t he ead or si~itunu his they clealy demonastrated that lhe ows the eti re pr. g~:ry and wae entitled to the enth e pr..t of the seasoni. A ong wranigie ei m e 1. MIr. Edgar 31. Cahn of the then firm of ..oise 4 Cahn, was the attorney of the shrimpers and his ofice was the scene of interminable arguments, all ending as they began, with the prince in pos se:sion. Such was the situation when one ifternoon six stolid-looking Chira ien filed into Mr. Cahn's presence. They were the plundered partners, tud without wasting time they made i brief and pointed statement in choice pigeon English. "We are tired of American law," they said in substance.. "It is too slow. Besides we have a society that ittends to such matters. It is called .he Highbinders. Possibly the prince aas heard of this society. If not he ,ill hear from it shortly. Kindly con ey him the message wiih our com pliments. Good day." The prince was sent for. He ar :ived at 4 o'clock and listened to the :ommunication with composure. At o'clock he called again and made a ettlement in fnfl. Next day he de >arted and has never been heard of ;ince. It is understood, however, hat there was a change in the politi al situation in China and that he now -esides at Pekin, where, judging from iis shrimping adventure, he has )robably prospered. Before leaving ie gave some trinkets to a few friends, vho still preserve them as. souveu-s f a singularly able man. LITTLE THING LOST THE GAME. k Touchdown Saved by Grasping the Loose Laces of an End's Canvas Jacket. "Little habits of care!essness some imes produce unexpected results," aid an old football man to a Sun re >rter, "and a most unfortunate illus ration of this occurred in a game vhich we played against Harvard a ozen years ago. Football was not he game then that it is now, and al hough I was a member of one of the maller New England college teams, ve usually won from Harvard on our iwn grounds. Our best end rush was 6 man whom I may call Smith, and he vas the most careless man I ever new. He had lots of money and 8r* *-'-.Jta impos a le to get him to train properiy,.Jut lespite that he was always in betfer-.. ondition than the rest of us; He had constitution of iron. H'e was so care ess that he was in hot water with the aculty most of the time, and he piled ip so many conditions that he ndver ot his diplgma. He was a star foot )all man. On the occasion of this game . rith Harvard'Smith cameon thefiel rith the. laces of -his canvasj ~angligloose around his nk ~atainspdketo~iA. nybodyl'7 "The teams were pretty eyeny atched, and neither side scored in he first half. We made up our minds hat we must score in the seconhalf. t the end of 15 minutes we had the >all in the centre of the field. It was >assed back to our left half .back, and Le in in turn passed it to Smith, who vas playing end rush. Smith started or the Harvard goal with the bal mder his arm, and in less time than it akes to tell he had dodged the entire larvard team and had a clear field te-. ore himi. The Harvard quarter back, who was a star runner, however, was fter him hot foot. The quarter back - ained so that he reached out one hand o tackle Smith, but he could get no old on the b~ack of his canvas jacket. Smith was approaching the goal rapid v, and it looked like a sure touchdown Inst as he reached Harvard's ten-yard ie we saw that the quarter back had meceeded in getting a grip on his acket, and on the five-yard line Smith as downed, andi 'n falling he dropped :he ball. The quarter back picked it ip and carried it well up into our ter itory before he was downed. "Then we discovered why Smith ad failed to make a -touchdown. The aces of his jacket, which had 'bee~ ranging loosely, had been blown bac ver his shoulder, and the Harvard larter had succeeded in gettinga rip on them in such a fashion that -3 when he pulled Smith was choked to .~ standstill. The game closed without rither side scoring. "Smith's carelessness lost it for us. [f he had tucked in the laces of his acket he would certainlyi1xave made a :ouchdown." ~ - Natural selection Illu ,rated. Instances of natural selection in the nimal kingdom and of the survir f the fittest are. alwvays of inter ~specialliy when the particular ins s not due simply to the long re f time, but due to a local cause, Mfeet of which can be appreciated in tfew years. Such an instance was ecentIy brought forward by Dr. H.L. fameson. who exhibited before the ~oological Section of the British as oiaionI examleIs of a race of pr ectively colored mice that are .foujd > a sanidy island in the- Bay of Dublin, known as the North Bull. he marked predominence of san:1 ~olored mficr.or mice distinctly lighter ] n color than the ordinary variety, is -onfsideAred by Dr. Jamesoli- as due to he actionu of natural selection. A. eference to old charts shows that this sland can ze into existence about a cen uv neo s. that it is possible to fix im'e 1; uit wvithiin which this lighu olore race~ has been evolved. ~Th. saaigivcn for the survi o tohis aticlar colored mou 'IL, *ud is ypiod e - e of the rrval of ,thp -raest. It i npi::ined that she hawk a ,-. ;13.rIch fir iequent .this1 ind andi ,h aut >I2, sight, are thek~n y e::enies ih at th'e inice have t-ocomnie gan.i ispeviden~t that the dairk oor ie :ge thre.most easily *s..e. hen~ i-w' against the= sai round.~4::-rus a weeding-out pro eee i ' irk'er colored-aie...:: beu oin01 for somp hundrede r&a>