Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

-, .9 -~ -. - / 1 ' . Ar - - - 7 . N.; I " - ..-N ? * 1< - :~TRI WEEKLY ____ EU N W a!. 4--, WJNNSISORO. S.C.. MARCH 17. 190Q. ESTABLISHED 1844. - - WITH- LOVE-FROM MOTHER. I hin lab There's a letter on the bottom of the pile, I Its envelop a faded, sallow brown, fl l has )raveled to the city many a mile. Ad the postmark names a little unknown Iz: town. Sutthe hurried man of business pushes all lor the others by, )nd on the serawly characters he turns a glietening eye. He forgets the cares of commerce and his are anxious schemes for gain. The while he reads what mother writes from nit up in Maine. Y01 There are quirks and scratchy quavers of ] the pen I the Where-it struggled in the fingers old and bent. i , There are places that he has zo read again Andponder on to fnad what mother meant. hai There are letters on his table that inclose po some bouncing cheeks: of an There are letters giving promises of profts CV4 on his "specs." Bat he tosses all the litter by, forgets the golden rain. Until be reads what mother writes from up go In Maine. he finds "with love-we all are 9U .well," And 'iitiy lays the homely letter down And dashes at his headlong tasks pell mell, qu -Once more the busy, anxious man of town. ha Ihenever in his duties as the rushing he moments flys That faded little envelope smiles up to meet e his eye, Wa He-turns again to labur with a stronger nic ztner brain, pa From thinking on what mother wrote from up in Maine. Through all the day le dictates brisk re- th4 plies, To his amanuensis -at his side. -The curt and stern demand and busi- Tb aess lies sh -The doubting man cajoled, and threat defed. - And then at dusk when all are gone he drops ho his worldly mask i And takes his pen and lovingly performs a welcome task: -For never shall the clicking typo or short- hi hand scrawl profane an The message to the dear old home up there inMaine. The penmanship is rounded schoolboy style, Ls For mother's eyes are getting dim, sho wrote; And, as he- sits and writes there, all the s while 1~e1 -Abit of homesick feeling grips his throat. aithe city friendships .here with Tom and Dilck and Jim ties of later years grow very, ba very dim; ha ..hile boyhood's loves in manhood's heart p rise deep.and pure and plain, pr CHed forth by Lotier's homely words from be upmi Maine. 1's -Hodlan F. Day, in Lewiston Journal. - ce aha the - W nVn to 4 Ne =n e into Cape ga T wl T iau steanerin the fi st f'tie diampud excitement. He nad tkver had as good a chance to get chefsl-y, and he was not going to o4 t the chance slip by. So, one fine e Msing with a knapsack slung over der,a good American re rolver ihe strappedtohis hip, and a Hottentot he as a guide, he tramped away toward Ho S e aal river, alo0tTo !'ed, swinging alnOne htfolI outhern sky, caught up with two But men tramping in the same direc "Shipmates ahoy!" roared Ned in his joiest sea voice, which he could raise above the sound of the tempest. An 'Wh'ither bound?" *"For the mines, and be blowed to on," growled one of the men. of t .Bet you a plag of navy you cut js aiiftfro~n your ship without asking led :tiye-of the old man." ing "What's that to you, you lubber?" con - as the reply of the mzan, a sulky, pas Sdarkbrowned fellow, evidently a sailor, we ~but far from a pleasant-looking one. l "My name is Matt Fralick," said Sut the man. "I deserted from the bark are sunmption, bound to Ceylon. Thispo ais a Lasear, named Joe, who cut hs way with me. Now, who are you?" Bu "Ned Cummings, able seaman; left ] te steamer Ra~ah at Cape Town,su scause.s I wanted to make a s 4ike for these ne r' diamond fields; rei ,r you see I've mined in Californy, ag era and Australy, and I don't want of -i sa1there's any new places, whether or diamonds, that IE ain't had a th in.". e~y passed, and they were iyetca . on the way, holding a course by the wh silful guidance of the Hottentot, t who knew the way well. a They came down into the camp a amid the barking of dogs, but scarcely noticed by the miners, who expectedob ~to~se new men come into the fieldsob day after day. Ned was an active u man, and before night he had learned I all the rules of the camp, and had iu te marked off a claim for himself and his t tw~o companions. His Hottentot looked on in supreme disgust as he o saw his friend mark out the ground te Sand fall to work. "That's so foolish," he said touch- cot - ng Ned on the shoalder. "iou come hunt?" rs "Ned showed him a small diamond,- ro not larger than a common shot, whichth had been given him in Carpe Town. Kanadu uttered a snort of disgust.I "You come hunt,'.' he insisted. But Ned refused, and Kanadu left En the camp' and the men washed on e uder the burning - sun. There waswr ot much work in Matt Fralick or the acr, and the burden fell on Ned's ula uders. 'L.et's quit without any hard words t"he said. "I want a man withi at can take a fair share of the we and you and the Lascar are justw equal, you see. I'll strike a col -m, or buy you out." re~ chose to ~go out, thinking he i nothing' alone; but Ned ha I eu >'lans, and a ter thi- two left H' ed a half breed Hottentot" rom that time he did bet- nn nd-several stones of :air' weeks .of this work and tmi bhck and wanted to ioin of i again, offering to let their united or go agai-kst his. But Ned would do it. L month later Kanadu sauntered ily into the camp looking for Ned. grinned widely as he saw the sai at work. 'Find him, master?" he asked. 'Some of 'em," said Ned. "How you, old chap?" 'ie well," replied Kanadn, grin .g again. "Me always well. S'pose i let me see what you find." Red produced the bag and showed diamonds and Kanadu gave a, >rt of disdain. "Look dis," he said, opening his id. In the centre of his brown m glowed a diamond of great size I brilliancy, the largest Ned had )r seen. "You take him, Ned," he said. kn you come out dat hole and hunt >d deal." "You give it to me?" cried Ned. 'No want him. S'pose you gib me n, dat all right," said Eanadn. Sed eagerly accepted the offer and ickly had the jewel, fearing' that ier eyes might see it. Other eyes d seen it-hose of Lascar Joe, and was literally stricken dumb at the ht of the wouderful diamond. Ned s busy all that day, and in the ht, with only Kanadu for a com aion, he slipped away, and before rning was far away irom the camp. had' bought another revolver at . mines and Kanudu had a beauti rifle, the price of the big diamond. at P-ght they camped beside a ining river, and the Hottentot kept tch while Ned lay down to sleep. was ftied and awoke after some ars as a cry of agony rang through ears, and started up with his re ver ready, to see Kana in lying on face, his blood soaking the earth d two men springing at him, with ives and pisto:s gleaming in the onlight-men whom he knew scar Joe and Matt Fralick. "dive up the diamond and you dil go free!" hissed Matt, as he eled his pistol. "Never!" cried Ned. rhe pistols .cracked tgether and tt fell deadl and Ned staggered ek, with a bullet through the flesey rt of the arm. He fell over the ostrate form 'of the Hottentot and fore he could rise the foot' of the tscar was on his breast. Ned was weaponles -, fox his pistol d fallen from his haad as he re ived.the bullet. "Fire!" cried Ned. "I'll never beg life from such as you; don't think At this moment came a loud roar :La re.t. hiry bol passed over prostrate man, sending the Lascar distance of 20 feet. Ned stag ad -up and ran into the woodsleav 'his e.nemy a prey to the lio2, ch had come to his aid so oppor- t ely. Five minutes later he was t el by the Hottentot, who had n stnned by the bullet which ed his skull, and the two kept on ir way all nightand inally reached settlements. Here Ned bade the entot farewell and reached Cape rn. The diamoad sold for $50,. and Ned owns a ship wvhich runs n New York to San Francisco. he never saw the African coast in, and probably nei-er will. THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE. England Was Mad to Support This Surprising~ Delusion. he advances in science lead to hopes' he sudden accumulation of gold, Sas the discovery of new wo. ide our ancestors to invest in many ated enterprises of commerce anid quest. Thiis older temp ation has sed away, for there are no new lds to discover, and this small be has teen practically staked oat; the mysterious dotnains of science, still illimitable, and arford vast op tunities for intiated schemes which e their prototype in the South Sea ble. aet us refresh our memory of this prising delusion. It arose in the; n of sgueen Anne,nearly 180 years , and when we consider the extent he speculation and gambling which caused and the number of those lost everything and who consigned ir families to bitter poverty, we are Ipted to class it with those other imities which preceded it and ich cidliered Englandl so heavily great fire of London and the gue The South Sea company Limed to have enormous sources of fit in cc: tain exclusive privileges, ained from the Spanish govern ut, for trading in their possessions! Bouth America and Mexico; and it v be well for us in these times of flotation of schemes for obtaining d from salt water and from sands, ower from air and something more ereal than air, to be reminded of many bubbles that camne into ex me and burst at the time of the apse of the South Sea Bubble. he stock of the South Sea co npanay e from one hundred to a thousand, an army of fatare victims crowded' olces of the conpany, anxious to est in what they believed won d denly enrich them. Judeed, all giand seemed to go mad, and the ze of the ti s~i reflected in the tings of Po1. ;nd Swift. -Prof. in Trowbridge, U Appletona' Pop r Science Monthly.I Two Definitions. he humors of examination papers ~e illustrated by Dr. Haig Brown, o, speaking at the City of London letze upon the responsibility which' "upon examiners in weighing ar -nits of knowledge, said that. the man "What .are the Chilteri adreds?" once received the reply. ma animals wvhic:h a onnd in suc'h aiobers in cheese." The inquiry, ihat is a ehera .?" eli ited, in its n, the answer, "An imnmoral being cce;+nin sbana~ "-A rnont. FOR T'OMAN'S BENEFIT, Milady's Tollet Creamn-. Toilet creams should not be kept on the dressing table except in small quantities, as the warmth of the room is extremely likely to make the oils become rancid. It is cheaper to buy in fairly large quantities, but a carner of the refrigerator is the proper place to keep the jar. Collega Woman's Cap and Gown. It is said that Professor D. S. Mar tin of iturgers college does not sanc tion the co educ tional institutions on the ground that they tend to "merge the woman in the collegian." He also disapproves of young women's don ning cap and gown, for thereby, he savs, "they lose tueir love for beauty and that development of personal taste which is part of womanhood's charm." The "college yell" he considers un desirable. Chancello-: MacCracken of the New York university advo ates the use of the college gown for women.and those rece'ving the university ,diplomas froma him must be thus attired. He states that his daughter wore the gown durin her course at Bryn Mawr, and did not lose her liking for pretty clothes out of class hoars. Dainty Neck D -corations. Neckties of all kinds are an impor tant accessory of fashion. On' gown can tie changed in various -ays by the addition of a dainty ne9 decora tion. The newest collars, stocks in cluded, all round up in the bmck. A novel stock of black satin is built with a high coliar rounding up well under the ears. It is studdea with steel nail heads, and wher e ends meet in fro t they are held in place by an or na.nent of steel. Lace stocks are dainty and becoming if not durable. Long neckties fastened with jeweled rings lend a note of color to many of the white or gray costumes. These ties are simply placed about the neck and they are held together about four inches from the stock col lar, which is of a different fabric. Simple and smart are the stocks of uncut velvet that fasten with a gold or silver backle on the 'eft side. Housekeeper and Buine;s Woinan. A woman who has a family and is a business woman as well, said the other day: Until a woman has tried t she never knows what it means to be housekeeper anA . .to_ few can stand the. train long.' I break down every little hile, but .us: now I do not see any >ther way to ad-ust matters. But it s this, divibion of - duties that gives heopportunity for the triticismsome imes heard relative to women's and nen's ability in business. A man is iot expected to do anything else but mtend to business daring . business iours, and then amuse himself in the ay be likes best afterward. But a omau is not only expected to thor ighly nuders and the business in vhicti she is inte. est-ed, but to know io to conduct a house in all its de ails, and, iurthermore, to put this snowledge into practice, and a great nany busiuess women try to do too nuch. They are as once their own ooks, dressmakers, milliners and ioushold managers, ain: follow a usiness pursuit in addition. It nat irally follows that something must be acrifired. Generally it is the woman's ealth, as the consequence of her con cientiotri endeavor to do her duty in ;i he and outside her home."-New York Tribune. PBizarre Efracts in Miiinery. The scheme of making eyelet holes in staff, thrugh which to run strips yf ribbon, or of running riobon hrough lace, is no less po. ular than when first introduced into last sum ner's gowns. Indeed, ribbon is some times used in a most bizarre fashion, iifficult to describe. For instan'e, here is a skirt of inch wide pleats, made of fine white cloth. A bow of black velvet is placed near the bot om, i lttle at one side. From this starts strip of bla -k velvet running in and cut of the pleats and continuing up the figure until it encircles the waist in belt fashion, with a bow on the left side. The blouse opens over an under waist of accordion pleated mnous seline de soie monted over bright pink. The cloth turns away in a fichu collar, through whicti several rows of black rijbon are run. Several black bows ornament the sides of the blouse. There have been worn a good many costumes of whi e cloth during the winter. These are perhap~s less appropriate for visiting than for the afternoon matinees and charity bazaars so frequent in Paris a little later in the year. The rage for cloth suits of a pale sha-le is in creasing. Some pretty ones are of palest yellow. A novelty is pale red. It is not pink, but a cl .th with spe ks of red in it, and the effect, while light, has distinctly a red tone. -Paris Letter in New York Tribune. ____ A Working Girl's A1Iawa~nce. It is wrong for a working girl's par entsto take all her earnings every week, as it is customary to do, the parents buying the girl's clothing for her. It would be much better for the girl-and for her parents, if they only knew it-if she were allowed to keep so much of her salary every week for clothes -it need not be more than her parents would spend for her-and let her buy her own clothing herself. The girl knows how hard her money is to earu, and her spending it is a proita sle ce' eie ace. i f course, at first she wdll make in udicious 1.ur chass-buy the wro'ng sort of things and pay too much for them, in the ees o. her experienced m other -but the girl how she could have done better with her money, it will be round that eventually the girl will nol only be economical-as good a busi ness woman-as her mother, but muc more so, having been allowed. ani earlier beginning. Another greal mistake that poor people as a 'rule make is that because the girls of the family are wo:kers -in shops and the like-they are escuaed from all home duties and domestic responsibilities. Mothers whose daughters are em ployed during the day should manage it so that the daughtcrs assist in thi purchasing of household needs-food, additional furniture and the like-foi in this way they get to hnow th< market value of things which the. will probably be called upon somi day to purchase for their own homes -Het'y Green in the Woman's Home Companion. New Spring Colors. For the spring season the nev colors are more than usually lovely with the pastel shades far and awa; ahead. By these pastel shades r meant the soft, delicate effiects seen il miniatures or old tapestries of Empir, dames. The tints are so universall: light, however, that mnuch care shoul be exercised in their selection,as ligh goods make weak spots in figure o defects in dressmaking more appar ent. For taffet. waists and for whol gowns for - dressy wear the stron crushed strawberry tones will. b very smart. There are two very nei deep ones callel gonache and chrom that promise to be e'ceedingly popu lar. Don't mistake these for the Vam dyke or crushed raspberry shades, a they are too purplish to auit Madam la Mode; pinkish tones are the prope thing. Green will be a strong spring shahi but in either the clear, light paste tint called Detaille, or a pure emerali shade. Yellowish gkeens are quit passe. The very most desirable an, newest greens, however, are of a gra3 ish mignonette hue, very light, an are known as aquarelle, pastel an fresque. In the spring golden brown ii be in the .background, and onl one tint of it, the light golden shad called faryland, will be seen at ial This shade wili be used to a certai extent in silk and satin faced cloth. Corot is the name given a lavenda that is almost white that will be muc used for gowns of light weight, gloss cloth. The national and navy blues - tb woman's standby-will be relegate to obscurity, and any-ome wishing i e comme il faut will choose a fair I Ban uesejr -one .of tk ;hree lovely French s es nown - ~ Watteau, Murillo ane) Rembrandt. Lhis gives the eirect of 'a dainty. cioud ike blue shining throggh a grayish vhite mist. In the new lining silk, nd satins these shades are indescrib. bly lovely. Fasbions FadA and Fa'ncles. The combination of mink and er ine appears among the .novelties ix Ar neckwear. Very elaborate knickerbockers o: atin are worn by some women as a substitute for petticoats. Canary yellow, a delicate yet pro ounced tint, and bordeaux, a new shade of purple, are two of the new est offerings in colors for spring. The black satin open cloak with round hood and facings of white vel vet is numbered among the smartes evening wraps. The collar is of white The very smartest combination fo sreet wear at the present moment i a 'rown cloth skirt with pleats stitchee down. It is worn with a short jacke of sealskin and a toque of p..wde blue. Earrings have certainly returned At present only the screw variety ar exteus.vely worn. There are seen however, earrings with two stones. se one below the other, and fastened jus below the lobe of the ear. .Very fashionable hats are mad with crowns of th Tam-o'-Shante order. They are fashioned from fane: straw braid, taffeta, bias-tuckel vel vet, paillette-incrusted nets, felt in it many fancy varieties, as well as othe novelty nmaterials. A pretty bow for the hair is mad of white lace insertion with a scal loped irregular esige; and a little mnor than an inch wide. It is wired in th centre and arianged in two loop spreading each way from a close knc and bent in a waved effect. Broad balts of liberty satin an panne are zeatnres o1 :rany of th newest costumes. The~y are ce' tainl: most effective when worn under a Eton jncket, just the edge showing e the back. These be.ts are all cut o the bias in order to fit the figur closely. Panne is in full vogue now both fo wai ts and entire gowns, and it is- re ported that Worth of Paris is makin a gathered skirt of panne with a ban of fur around the hem for the onl trimming. The gathers begin o eithr side of the front breadth an continue around the back. White chiffon ties and white need wear of esery sort lead in popularit3 A very pretty scarf for out door wee is of white crepe de chine with a dee knotted white silk fringe on the endt Other scarfs are of white silk rib. o about four inches wide, also finishe tith the inevitable fringe. A he~ndsome gown of tan velvet he the over-dress outlined with a desig in cut cloth appli.1ue, stitched on wit gold thread, tihe design edged with tin gold braid. The body of tii overdress is covered with a small, a! ove pattern of the cut 'loth, each di sign set some distanee apart an stitched on with the gold thread. OUR APPLE IN EUROPE. .;REAT AUCTIONS ARE HELD IN LIV ERPOOL EVERY WEEK, American Apples at Home and Abroad Orchards of the West and Northwert I Prevent Old-faslioned Apple Fatnines Export Demands the Safety Valve. Since the west and northwest en tered extensively into apple-growing, the so-called "off years" in this crop no longer affect the markets as they did 15 or 20 years ago. One season of great scarcity then, with extremely high prices, would often be followed by a year of superaoundance, when the market would be glatted with apples, which wee difficult to dispose of at. any price. The thousands of acres of apple orchards in the great wet prevent an old-fashioned famine in apples, 4- the improved methods of exportrng the fruit and the nu merous factories which make cheap jellies and preserves tend to distribute the abundant crops so well that un profitable prices do not rule in the markets in good seasons. These jelly factories in good sea sons buy apples on the trees, but in years like the present make their apple syrup je ly from the waste of the canning factories, writes G. E. W. in the Scientific American. There are 130 factor es in the country engaged n ca~ining this fruit and making cheap jellies and syrups. In the ag gregate they have an annual capacity o over 200,000,000 jarz of jelly alone. The ellies made from the apple waste are almost as gool and wholesome as those manufactured from the whole 3 apples. The cores and peelings and r small, inferior apples are groand up and the juice extracted from them. The juice or syrup becomes the foun I dation of the cheap 3ell.es, and not chemical compounds, as some supa 8 pose. The west has become such an im portant factor in the apple problem that it is estimated that these com paratively ne w orchards could supply alt the apparent needs of the markets if ha f the trees in the countr-y failed to -produce anything. At first th.e sudden flood of this fruit from Kan sas, Missouri, Nebraska, Michigan and other western states completely demoralized the eastern markets, r reaching a climax in 1893, when ap pLs in New England were offered on - the trees at 15 cents a barrel and hand-picked Baldwins delivered on the cars at 40 cents a barrel. The orcharde in the west were 30, 50 and 100 acres, and in order to prevent t growere from going into bankruptcy a great flood of the apples was rushed one--he exports of our ap ples haveco enormous proportions, and without t this demand the crop would prove a s financial failare every season. . I Liverpool is by far the greatest ditributing point for American apples E and as high as 10), 000 barrels ;ur I apples have been sold there i, ie I week, and at remunerat ve f s. Lon ton, Glasgow and Hull also re ceive immenie cargoes of American apples and absorb on an average fro n 20,000 to 30,000 barrels a week ~ during the seasons. S The apples are sold in Liverpool by? the auction system. A large room is provided for the buyers. and the auc tioneer. In the centre of this room j there is a portable p!atform or a freight: elevator where samples of the lots to' be disposed of are e dhibited. An < auctioneer who has a line to dispose of has 40 minntes at his disposal, and < if his goods are not all so d in taat< time he must temporarily stand aside i and make room for another salesman. Monday, Wednesday and Friday are: the auction days, and a single auc tioneer may dispose -of 10,000 to 15,00)0 barrels in a day. The apples are catalogued, and those brands which have a reputation for honesty and good packing fre quently sell without sampling. One barrel tro ii every lot of 20 is opened on the portable platform and the con tents dumped into baskets, and an o her barrel is simply oieaea on the fce end. From an examination of these two samples the buyer judges the lot of 20 and makes his purchase accordingly. Only tight barrels are deivere.l to him; slack barrels, where the apples rattle, are rejected. These latter sell separately, and usually Sfrom 50 to 75 cents a barrel less. When a purchaser's bid is accepted ehe can take his 20 barrels or as many more of the saie- brand as he desires' sat the sam'e p)rice. The apples are delivered to the purchaser direct from the steamer's dock, which saves the cost of double cartage. Ocean rates for apples, of course, vary, but they usually run from 40 to '6 cents per barrel. The charges in Liverpool for dockage, insurance, ad vertising, sampling, town dues and Sfor labor of handling amount to about esevenpence, English money, and the an tioneer's commissioni for selling is r5 per cent. The cost oZ getting the apples to the steamer on this side Svaries likewise according to the dis Itance they have to be shipped. Picking apples in the east costs Sfrom 12 to 2i) cents per barrel, accord Sing to the skill of the pie ;ers and the amont of apples to handle. Special pickers have in recent years entered the field to contract for whole or chards, and they do the work so much better that the loss to the farmer is reatly reduced. Carelessly picked Sand packed apples usually yisld but ittle profit to the producers. New apple barrels cost about 17 cents, which must be added to the '~cost of harvesting; and sorting, head - aid getting to railroad shipping Iipoints, about eight eurs more. Thus a arrel of apples costs the farmer from C to 46 cents before the transporta tion charges to the city arc made. Tiese latter cannot l-e estima ed, on dacout of the differences in the dis tance from thle markets. The cost of lelivering a barrel of apples from a. :own in .b'ansas to New York is verr nuch higher than the Hudson river nrowers have to pay when they senl heir fruit down by boat. Our yellow Newtown or Newtown ?ippin is probably the greatest favor te in England, and it often sells for three times as much as any other apple. The variety was introduced in London by Benjamin Franklin in [758 and has been a prime - favorite ver since. The Baldwin is a good ipple for export, for its high color pleases the English, and it has good bipping qualities. More apples of :he Ben Davis variety are grown today :han any other becan ie in the west it loes be 'er than almost any other :ype of this frait. It is a good keeper tad shipper and sells. fairly well tbroad. In 'the east this variety does iot do as well as in the west. The Rhode Island greening, northern spy tud winesap are other great favorites it home and f.b -oad, and they are -aised in large quantities ia this coun try and Canada. DESERTER'S RICM FIND. How He Struck a- Vein of Silver That Made Ritm a Millionaire. Along in the '50s a Scotch sailor aamed Penny deserted from a man-of -ar on the west coast of South America and found his weyto the in terior of Bolivia, where he worked as a miner and did odd jobs for a living. [n the course of time he took up with n Indian woman, an- after i he had nursed him through a long and dan gerous illness he married her to show his gratitude. She reciprocated his confidence and affection by leading him to an ancient mine, which had been abandoned and partially filled at the time of the conquest in order to keep it from falling into the hands of the Spaniards. With the aid of his wife and a fellow countryman named Mackenzie, Penny cleaned' out the rubbish and struck a vein of silver that made him a millionaire. The mine is still operated and is one of the most profitable in.South America. After having developed the property and organized his affairs with Mac kenzie as his superintendent, some years later, Penny returned to Scot land and purchased the estate near Aberdeen upon-which his parents had lived as. laborers. His Indian wife cold neither read nor write, and could not speak..or understand a word of English, but was habitually ar rayed -in silks and satins and wor( jewels that were the wonder of all th4 country round. ' Penny :sp.ent hiD money like..a "Monte Cristo,'; and tho fame of.his philanthropy will nev forgotten by the people of- egion. He brought a -son kenzie to 'cotl an him, est scho0s. . Msidopted , nephew of the fiameoCraig, the on oV.'a village parson living near Lberdeeh. 'Penny insisted that-both houldedopt his name, and, as he had Lo chilaren of his own, and no pros >ect of any, promised - to make them tis heirs. Whn he died suddenly he left a ill bequeathing his mines and his nillions to his wife, and commending 6 her care and 'generosity his two dlopted sons, Craig and Mackenzie ?enny. Shortly after C aig renny started or Bolaria witli the widow, leaving ~facenzie, who was then about 18 ears old, in school. During the ~oyage, by some means, Craig in nced Mrs. Penny to marty him, and rhen they arriv.ed at Oruro he pro luced a marriage certificate, took ~harge of the property and dismissed he faithful Mackenzie, who ha-1 been iole managerspf the mine for many rears. Thetgis. Penny died under nysterious circuimstances. Although ier husband attempted to. .keep away loctors and priests, the old lady, :hrough a servant, managed to send rord to friends that she needed pro :setion, and before her-death declared hat she had been poisoned. The candal was hushed with money, and Penny lived like a lord on the protits f the mine, of which he claimed to be the sole owner, but after a time young. Mackeuzie learned what had transpired in Bolivia and started for Druro to protect his rights. Being a British' subject, he placed his claims in the hands of Thomas H. Anderson, United States minister to Bolivia, who was in c-harge of British interests, and the latter, with the aid of Dr. Alonzo, recently president of Bolivia, endeav, ered to arrange an amicable settle, nent of the controversy under which the two boys were to have equal shares in the mine. When Mr. Anderson rei turned to the United States at the end of his term of office he brought young Mackenzie Penny with him in order that he might complete his education in Washington, but after a time, when the boy returned to Bolivia,- Presidenii Alonzo organized a syndicate to buy out both the heirs for $500,000 each. He now controls the mines, and is pay ing the two heirs in installments, while both are dririking themselves to death at Antofagasta. -William E. Curtis,ir the Chicago Record. Dewey's Fawnily.- - General F. V. Greene,, when he ar rived in Manila with reipforcements, went on board the Olympia-to pay hit respects, to Admiral 'Dewey. After the two men had exchanged compliments, Dewey said: "Come into my cabin, general I want to show you my fam ily." In one cdrner of the cabin was a great pile of photographs, dozeni upoon dozens,and each was the pictar4 of a b::by boy. There were fat babiei and lean babies, pretty babies and ugly babies, sad~ babies and smilinf babies. "What in the world. are these?" asked General Greene, some what bewil lered. "Why," said'Dewey "it's just the family of my namesakes, There are Joneses, Smiths and Jen, kinses, bh:t every one's a Geor-g4 Dewey, and their parents want me tA now it,"-Argont'mt~ Story of a Man Who KnewWhen to Tel a %hite Lie. When Boggles reached home. the other evening he.was onr of sorts with himself and the world in general. Eve ything had gone wrong (as things someimes will) at the ofice that day, consequently Boggles was in-a fanit finding mood, and, .ke a stick of dvnatuite, ready to explode at the sightest prov.ocation. iiis first opportunity occurred at the dinner-table, and of :ourse he promptly improved it. Picking up. a warm biscuit from the plate before him, he bi oke it open, sniffed a couple of times' and began: "Chock-full of saleratus, as usual, ad heavy as a chunk of lead. It is one of the greatest wonders of the 1.".h century that some women that's right, blush if you want to, Hannah; - don't bla.ne you a bit for it-that some women, I repeat, can never learn how to make biscuits fit for human consamption. You .ought to see the bisenits my mother used to make; but.pshaw! there's no use tell ing you a oat her style of cooking. I've told you hundreds of times be fore, and it didn't do a .y good; not a particle. You're set on making bis cuits your own way, even if you have to throw them away afterward, or bribe a tramp to eat them. "ell,a trauip can take his chances on them if he wants to, but I'm not going to ruin my digestion by eating such soggy, saleratus-saturated bis cuits:s these. I'm h exactly, and I object to eating b that weigh a pound apiece. Under stand that, Mrs. Boggles?" "I think I do," said- Ars. Boggles, meekly; "but I forgot to-" "I'll bet you did; you're always for getting something," interrupted Boggles, sneeringly. "Forgot to put any shortening or milk in those bis cuits, I expect. 'Wonder you didn't forget the flour, too, and put in-noth ing but salt and baking soda. Say, Hannah, there's n6 use talkingyou've got to begin taking lessons in cooking the very minute motheri gets here; and, by the way, she wrote she as coming some time this- week, didn't she?" "Yes," answered Mrs. Boggles,witI II a mischievous twinkle in her eye "ani she arrived early thisforenoon. "This. forenoon?" echoed Bogglesi blankly,a horrible suspicion beginnig - to dawn upon his mind. did she make these biscuits?" "I believe she did," ansrere r Boggles, with one oftheI wet siflles. "I forgot toteftyou s. f a&'a down to dAinieri yo. dear? T bWfiev. hosely;-." tioned, .In a stage spe ever dare to breatleWrd said to- mother, I-il neer you in my life. And>ita about that new cloak a 7R wanted. I'll see tha you e money-for them assoonas.. tomorrow nightb Undaten.d Mrs. Boggles intimated thatiedid aua a moment later, Iwhen Boggli mother, who had 'tirede herself with6 the housework, and had been utiptafv9 - taking a nap, came into the d ning room and asked, "Howr do you iik~ my biscuits, Samuel? Did you knovw I made them without being told?" Boggles wiinked at his. wife, and thei unbushiugly answered: "Of course I did; knew it- the4 minute 11 aid my eyes on 'e~zm; and was just telling Hannah I'd giv.- - almost anything if she was a first-caws - cook like my mother, Wan't I Hannah?'" And with a brand-new cloak and bonnet in prospect, only-24 hour ardis tat, Mrs. Boggles wisely held ler peace.--Woman's Home Companion. -Jewelry of Filip'n' Women. "Not the least curious thing about the Phiippine' Islanders, or Filipinos, as they are called, is the curious jewelry they wear," said a young aol- - dier but re< ently retnriued from there, and he produced a finger ring-which ce: tainly seemed as odd a piece of jewelry as it would be possible to finc.h it was made of leather, and instead of a precious stone it was mounted with - the tooth of some animal. "Some of the native chiefs of the interior," hie continued, "ornament themselves with necklacei made of the knuckle-bones of the enemies they have killed in battle. Their women wear strings of the teeth of various - animals, both as ne'eklaces and b-ace lets. Ivory rings and bangles are also worn, and these ar-e made of slicing sections from some hollow tusk or horn. "For the fingers. leather i-ings like - this one are' the most common. Near the coast the natives are much more civilized, and wear jewelry of gold and silver, although these are of rather barbarous workmanship. The native women in all parts, however, wear a profusion of jewelry."-Nes' Ydrk Sun. When You Have a Conch. Now that the season of coughs and colds is on the advi-:e of a medical journal is useful. That is that con stnt coughing is precisely like sratching a wound; so long as it is. continued. .-the wound will not heat. Let a .person when attempting -fo - cough' take a long - breath until t warms and soothes every. airj. -g The benefit will soon be felt-and>s cotrol of the cough be mueih~r the second time. Keepine an Eve Unon Bimn. "~The great dan rer," said- the g av cit en,."'is that. we wilt drift jit - mer ial -form-of govern nent" - ls"answe ed .Afr. Me kton~ with igh; "H nr'iet a seems& woirfied7 a)out that -every time I a eat to th' .Atran."'-W~angnton 8tn