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Tlllv DAI GHTIvR or THE MI LI, HAND. lie hadn't slept soundly, lie rarely slept soundly now. It wumi'i Iii? age, 8upuly, he wus only .">i" : arid it couldn't Im Ilia business affairs, tor all his in vestments wore bound und highly re munerativ , und his large Income was rapidly increasing. No, he must look for the pause elstwhero. 1'erhaps it would he well to consult a doctor. Me arose und lighting the gaa looked at his watch. It was half-past four, llo went to :i window that faced the east and raised the sash. The air euine in cool and fragrant, Low down hy the far away ridge streaks of pulo light wore showir.g. ''I'll see this sunrise," ?uid Amos llr.union. " l haven't seen one since I was a hoy." llo hastily dressed himself und hathed ins fare und hands. " I'll see it from the outside," he added, and softly creeping down the stairway found his hat, und opening the great door descended the stone steps thut led to the street. Art he faced the cast and moved bdbwly along the avenue he snulled the air and found it good, tie oven took i ll bis hut and let it cool Ins bead. " It cor tats ly siums to me that this is bettei h?in t088tng on that comfort less uia >," he muttered. " Won der why l never thought of it before ?" Tiio pale streaks in the east grew broader, a piuk Hush rose behind the wooded rest, the clouds became bvzy. Swiftly the lined deepened, spokes of light were Hong upward, Mnd then i umo tiie sun. Amos Brandon walked slowly on ward, eagerly watching those maglo changes. "On," ho said, " tliat's line ! It's worth the trouble. How many people know anything about It 'i Precious fpw. Look at the present audience. One restless, lonely, old man, and a nigbt watch in in or two. What a shame ! ' He came to a street Intersection un 1 paused und looked at his watch. "Quarter after .">," he muttered. " No, I'll not go home. 1 feel like a runaway boy. I'll stroll down to toe lake. I don't believe I've really seen the lake in a d< /.an years." 11 <> walked at u leisurely gait, breath ing in the toniey air and ever and anon turning his gase on the sun tintud clouds. His eyes were brighter und his step more elastic. He seemed to grow younger as he udvaneoi . Laboring men, swinging their dinner boxes, looked around us they pas?id him. His wus an unut-ual figure at thut curly hour. Once he heard u man repeat his name to his companions .mil they ull stared curiously ut him us they passed. ?s lie cunio within sight of the lake's blue ripples u girl came across tho uvenue und turned in on the sidewalk just ahead of him. She whs u girl of perhaps it. rather slender, with a clear olive complexion and thick, dark hair. She wus neatly dressed, save her shoes, k which were cingy und frayed, and in her* hand siih cai ried a hjekot whose contents we-e concealed beneath u white paper. A.mos Urandon quicken cd his steps it little. " You av'o an early riser,'' he said to tho girl. fVt the moment he was in terested in early risers. "Yes, Sir," said the girl, who showed no surprise at his abrupt remark. 1 have to rise early to carry my father's break fust to him. lie is a helper ut the mills over there." She pointed vo a lung row of dingy buildings not fur ahead. She spoke well und with u luck of constraint thut the old man admired. " Why doesn't your father come homo to bis breakfast?" he asked. " Ho goes to work ut midnight und quits at nuon," she unswered. " And how fur do you come ?" " About a mile and u half.' She guvo him a little nod und turned to cross a vucant field thut would suve her a few steps. Amos watched her for a moment us she sturdily stopped forward. "A good little woman, and her father shoeld be proud of hor. I hope he is." Ho sigbed softly us he plodded on. He enjoyed tho lake with tho dimply surface, and the awash of the little waves as they struck the piling, and i.e. blackc banner of smoke trailing after a far-away steamer. Hresently he turned and strolled over toward tho iron mills. Almost In a moment be came, upon the girl of the lunch basket. She was sitting on a low pile of bou.ds and closo beside sat a workingman bare armed and sinewy : a swarthy man with{small, black eyes und u short black beard. He was eating, with evident enjoyment, tho breakfast the girl had brought bitu. Amos Hran don paiiHed at tho picture. It pleased him. He nodded smilingly to tho girl, who nodded buck, and when the swar thy man looked up ho nodded to hlra, too. Amos leaned against a pile of] iu mber. " Your load will bo lighter on tho way back," he said to the girl. " Yes," she answered, " father al ways has a good appetite." The swarthy man looked up. Ho ? nodded gravely to Amos. "She good girl," be slowly said. ? " Come long way." r\" Yes," said Amos. " I'm sure she's a trbod girl." The swarthy man looked urounJ at tho object of his praise. There waH fondness In hla glanco. " Smart girl, too," ho said. "Teach er say smartest girl In English school." lie said this with some dlflloulty, but with evident gratification. "Oh, father," cried the child, with a swift little blush. Then the awarthy man'a rough voice grew Bolter. " She all I got," ho aaid. " I see,' said Amon Hrandon. " Mutter dead, brother dead, sister dead. Only Lena left.* Ilo turned u little and aoftly atrokid the girl'a hand. Something roao in the rich man's throat, and a mist a vam before his eyes. The swarthy man smilingly looked his child over from hat to shoca. When ho reached the shoca lie scowled. '?Baa shoes," ho said. ' Had ahoea I" The girl turned to Amos H'andon. " Father thinka I Bhou'd wear my best ahoeB," she explained. " He doesn't know bow fast this walk would wear them out." " Best shoes," echoed the swarthy | man; "yen, yes, nest shooa." He looked at Amos Brandon. Then te softly touched the girl's ahou'dor with a forefinger, and struck himself aharp i y on forearm and chest. "She what I work for," ho smiling ly said. " I must go," remarked Amos Bran don, hurrledl/. Ur ? iused and steppod forward. "I would .We to shako hands wlt.it you," ho . aid to tne swarthy man, who met the advancing Hogers with a worm grasp. Amrs nodded to the girl and strode away. There was a orosstown car waiting for the signal to start. He caught It I und 20 minutes late>- opened liiu frool I dour of l>ltj home. The housekeeper I met him in the hull. Uor anx'loua faco j cleared. 1 I "t;iad you havo returned, M?r Uran don,'' she said. " W ? were lic'ulunlng to worry a little over your uuuVual ab aenue." _'ZJi "Ocitforan earlv atroll, Mrs! Kmer hod," be said.i "Kindly havelbrcak fast ready in lialf an hour." lie stepped Into the llbrarjy and opened his desk. l?'or a mountit he sat in deep thought, Thun ho rikpldly Indited this letter : i " My Dear Mary : 1 Hod it i* tq die impossible to hold out any longor. I am growing old and 1 need you,ldear child. The door from which I turned you two long, lone, years airo is auen for you and yours. Without youvthe house is cold.and desolate. 1'or til)at have 1 beeni toiling all these ylare hut for you.- Come hack to lie, daughter, and a'l will bo. forgiven Ind forgotten. Tell your husband thiBa hearty band clasp awaits him. Sa\M> him that i confess that 1 sorely m judged bur. ?? " Write to roc, dear, as bood as yH receive this and tell me when i < <B peet you and Uoorge. Vour utTootloH at* father. "A.Mos Liu AN DON. "? 11 ; looked at tiie letter when he n.H finished it and shook his head. Tntff ho carefully read it through. Again lie showed his disapproval. After * moment or two he raised the shcqt and deliberately tore it to hits of j'lgged paper and tossed them into the ?vas to basket, " 1'shaw," he smilingly muttered, "that's too slow. I'll hurry down and telegraph Mary that I'm coming for them, and then I'll follow by the first train." The housekeeper stood in the door way. "Mrs. Kmers'in, ' he said, "I want you to put Mary's room into the nicest possible shape at once." The housekeepor started. "Is Miss Mary coming homo, sir?" she eagerly asked. '? Yes." said Amos D>-andon, " she's coming home." iottt;sKiur OFTIII', DOKUS. How they Provided Themselves with Modern Artillery to Kt-.i-.i |||i> In* VSVSiOII Which They Knew Was < loinl on Tite correspondent of a news agency, writing from Udrbai , speaks with ap parent knowledge Of the liner arma ment, and the way it was obtained, as follows : "The expenditure of the. Transvaal Government for artillery during the past four years is shown with startling bluntness in a document that has been brought here from Pretoria, and was issued some time before the opening of the war for the private information of the members of the Volk-raad. In 1804 the Doors gave their lirst oi\ier for a qut ntity of heavy gun?, ami then they expended ?100,000 with Krupp, of Germany, and about ?100,000 .vith an Au.-trian lirm for small arms The Krupp guns were delivered in 1805 and included two of what was then the largest pattern for a gun lu the world. These trans are 4S feet In length, weich 120tons, throw a shell weighing 2,2100 pounds and require 1101 pounds of powder for each discharge, one of these, enormous weapons has been dragged to the heights overlooking Ladysmlth, the labor necessary to ac complish this feat having been prodi gious. The other is on the fortifica tions defending Pretoria, where it awaits the approach of the British in their coming uttack on the Capital. Both are amply provided with am munition, which, in addition to the great steel and iron shells, consists of shrapnel, holding .'{,000 balls weighing three and one-balf ounces each. Its bore is 10.38 InohOl, ami all these attri butes have enabled this gun to make Lh'Iysmlth a most uncomfortable spot during the pa?t several weeks. In I89f) another ?10(1,000 was expended with Krupp, and a number of held guns of long range were obtained, as wen; also several mountain and bush guns, those being especially adapted to the hiliy country and the hot climate of the Traosvaul. "But it was in 1800 that the Biers contracted for the guns that have thus far in the wur done them the most effective service. It was at this time that they made their liret purchase of six cat non manufactured at (Jrousot and co satisfied were, the Boer ollioers with them that eighteen have been added to the Truusvaul armament since that date.. One of the many effective features of this gun U the clever arrangement of springs and brakes that lessens the recoil material ly and brings the gun back to its form er position within two seconds after its being discharged. This gives greater velocity to the projoctllo and lncroases the range. The velocity is a trifle under live miles; this remarkablo re sult is obtained from a charge of two pounds of powder and from a gun weighing only 3,400 pounds. Kight shots may bo tired each minute with out heating the motal and every gun goes into action provided svith 144 rounds of ammunition. There Is a st?( fiolOOt quantity ol ammuniti in for these particular guns to keep them in active sorvico for the next two years. ?' During 18!i7 118 and a portion of 1811!? the Doors continued to strengthen their artillery arm, and also to fortify many of the hills along the frontier, in this poi lod they bought 48 rapid iiro Schneider Canet 11 1-2 pounders that throw a shrapnel containing 234 bullets, live batteries of oight rapid tiro Maxims, which are being used against Mafcklng and Ladysmlth. The D icrs also provided themselves with four batteries of 12-pound quick-tiring Vlckers-Maxlm guns, with a range ex tending up to ."> 000 yards. They have also four guns with a range of 12,000 yards. Two of tbeso arc said to be mounted on the hills at either side of the narrow pass that leads from Natal into the Transvaal, another Is overlooking Ladysmlth and the fourth protects Pretoria. " In all the Doors have between 220 and 2H0 hoavy guns and field pieces, ovory individual gun being of the latest design and with the latest improve ments, and the entire number superior in nearly every way to those possessed by the Drltlsh.'' -~^*BtftTMt ? f f H^mm? ?The mothor of ex-?enu'or IogaHa. of Kanaua. la In her one hundredth year. She la bright and lively, und in the heat of hoalth. Her homo la in Boston? CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signatur A Word lo (in1 UMiidldttW'M. I (ell you. this here Komi try would smile (lie brightest smile l?f we jest could ketch (he candidates an1 plow 'em all us\ liile ! I'fiey take yer time in talkie' in Bprh'.g time u'n' in lull . I winh that we could harness 'cm an' hoe ail plow 'cm all ' KeI* that's |ost reciprocity?ihoy take up u' I yer 11 lue A Invltt' of the law down in reason an' in rhyme: I'hey'ro siirnn' up (he country lo make the voters kIioUI ; An' -o. they orter grai' a hoe an' help tho voters out ! A feller's lime i- IUOH0V : he gives It, soon an late, To hear 'cm read their titled el'ur to man siims in the state : They make more in a minute than the fanners in a mile : Why don't they let us ketch 'ein, thee, tin' plow 'cm all while .' Thon jerk yer coats, you candidates! Don't stop to sun; an -hont : Yolj folttS that Wtinl a vote or two w hirl m an' work il out! That'- follerin' ihc seriplor- -the reg'lar golden rule; So, jerk yer coals, an'earn yer votes by plowiu' ot the mule ! r l.. Stan ton in Atlanta Constitution, III 1,1, ARP VISITvS CLINTON. V WKKCK li KIT HIM THE11K. II?' Hud ? IMeasant Time in The Thriving Town and Writes About What Ho Saw. Hard, hard in leed is the contest for freedom and the struggle 'or liberty. Here 1 urn at Clinton barricaded, ambus eatled, enfiladed and any other d ist rest ing thing, for there is a wreck seven ?ei es away and Ihey say it will take al< lav to remove it. And so I can't get tome tonight Oh '. the pity of it, for am tired and homesick. 1 am not aim and serene. I was at Laurens . .^t night and found good friends, who 0 ade the lingering hours pleasant, but alt) the time 1 was comforted with the thought that it was my last day away fr6m my numerous wife and children and grandchildren, 1 left the hotel at f) entlock this morning and walked at a live v gait down to the depot to take ?in. early train for (.'Union, where I vh:i to Intercept the Seaboard for At ianla und then for home. Hut the train for Clinton did not come an I nobody knew when it would come. I waited until half-past ~ o'clock?and time was lleoUng : went back up town, hired a livery st?hle man to drive me over to Clinton, by SJl.'W o'clock to catch the Seah >ard. The road was awful, but the borsi was a gond one and I knew bo could make ti e ten miles in two hours and I fe happy Oil the way. Wo did make ii and as 1 stepped on the plat form l feit proud that I had not waited on that ludated train. Hut, ob ! what i> (a . was there my eointry??.. n, when the ag nt told me the Seaboard was in a wr< < and could not g( *. here until late .'i the day and perhaps later. Well here I am?no garden to dig in ; no t hildrcn to frolic with and noth ing to do out ruminate. Yes, ruminate upon the trials and crosses and disap pointments of this ii''jflV:wy world and 1 Ii nd o ysel f hum i old song Old Mail siiadow?1 anil now the otherl self, for only for war nor iiy. And.i loveliest Clinton. \ friends w wouldent bere if I wj was bere t'! ovation, feast after town of hear anil tol were from \\ several mile] und the fullj body and turned out ill sec and hear] ducd by m to be one man who ll children arJ who, awayf lot his wif] walks the rl a teething I his 1 ittlo soil anil his legs] say you are | cnt take a r I woulelent A fond f ul|JH ?but docscnt wan^i &'<<'!' gives glad and is oven While In ' M Bof Mr. Hailey, iH Hn> a model gent whose maxim; whose sons olive plants ail never given a anxioty. Anil] grown Up and business, ho dred factory ci\ every day to mill and place,' gently unon them at the Bp has built for l\ ployed a prou Sunday school itj bis bosom a n creatures and again. This col spindles and 4m pered over sin] completed. Thej of HO por cent, u( are all invested city and Increas think of it. Herl facturcs only a Ur consequently onlj bales of cotton, enough cotton 1 comber and it cents per pound at fixed prices for] make this vein. 11 sold at ^ItHJntstTH ' yards to weigh a pH. for a loss Ir woigl^BV ;. '<:? la getting 2u cents ? | ? sffl ton that cost him 0 machinery does '>? ? EJ 51ggf - ,"'->! of that depends UP-^^^^^^^^^^^^^S management. Th^H f . \, jj grind that labor dM s& ?gBKP price If they uhOOSfS ? gf aaaurea mo that it iH ticablo to pay thcH gf|j llvlrvr, prices and |H fortadle cottages anHL !||| ^?B|B and all the noccaaarflj Bh? ^MWffBSB comforts of life andB 1.* ^B^p?aiiSj prollt for tho 8tockiBl"~- ^fi-r^ K | can't every town In GH' The traveler la InnlH of a smokestack overHj?B|j||l hsM Sgl I am iuat from tho ?J\^^^,^<fr j| Ej Laurent, only ten ml!BJ::p?:';:2*.^.V'; . ?9 have a mill there wIBLr^t ''%gll C?1's"? and 800 looms. Wtt^ ??-??''.,!-' flff| spins sod wsavss I | ?Sag jg grows then will the Smith inj truly in dependent. Hut the mi bt hi'uutifvi! feature of Clinton is the orphanage - the Thorn well orphanage?that in twenty-five years has developed from it little plain building with rooms for twenty or phans into :i lovely village of rook built, solid, handsome houses two stor ies 1 igh and in the bt st architectural design and where 200 of the fatherless or motherless child" n reside. No one would over suspect that this village was an orphanage that was built on faith and charity and for ail these years has been maintained in the suruo way. I vlsltod and inspected every tenement and was delighted. I toil you that these orpbausare notorphuus very long after they get here. They are put to work and to tchoo! and BOOH learn to do their share in maintaining i he Institution. They are put to print lug, carpentering, sho i making, paint ing, engineering, fanning, dairying, dress making, looking and everything else that helps to run a household and everything is methodized and goes on like clock work. A happier, brighter I looking Hock of children I never saw, They dress neatly and keep clean ami their rooms and bfds are models of ' cleanliness. The advanced boys and j glrla have to graduate in the seminary and then seine, of then lied a place ,i, ! the college that is near by. Most uf the I boys lind good places in the shops and I manufacturing establishments ami ! printing okilces all over the country. I Many of the girls become teachers and ! dressmakers and they never leave the | orphanage until a good place is oll'ered them. .Wither boys nor girls are. ever bound to anybody. They have an inde pendent manhood and womanhood ac quired before they leave the orphanage ] .uhi they never dishonor of meg race I It, Thoro are children hero from every ! Southern State and a few from the I North and there la one little waif from Cuba. He about ten years old and ' is as happy now a* bo was poor and mis , erable in Cuba. Ilia father und mother ' actually starved to death there during I the long trouble anil this hoy was lound i in a ditch sittirir by the corpse of his oeaii sister. A Clinton sohiier brought him here ami begged a place for him. I forgot to mention that the advanced scholars did all the wood work in the sever, i homes and i'? is beautifully \ done?.-tails, mantels, doors, windows. bedsteads, hat rat ks and wainscoting I is ail their a orK and is in up to date ? style. Their printing goes all over the country ami the girl- sell Urst-olass ! butter in the market. The orphanage tuns a farm and has a herd of Jersey : cattle and not only bUpplb s their own ! meat and vegt tables, hut always has , some to sell. There, are not I OSS than I mouths to feed, and they are well fed, and they show It in face and form and movomt oi! Lent thl? wonderful, ami it, is all done by a faith and truat equal to Mul lor'a. They tell mo bore tnat Dr. Ja ooba la In partnership with tin- Lord and that Mr, Bailey is the Lord's li .un cial agent. Certainly is it that these two work heartily together, and more *o since Mr. Balloy'a bod married Dr. Jacoba'a daughter. Well, Georgia has thirty seven or phans here and cares for them und 1 whs proud in know that Uartcrsville not only maintained un asylum, but had a share in the mile cottage that was buiu. by the Otterings of the. chil dren. There seems to bo no limit to ! the e> pinsion of this great work. The money ?mies in just as fast us the num ber of orphans increase nnd no fas'or, ?? l am the God of the fatherh " is visible and palpable In evcrythint? about this wonderful institution. I could write, a hook about it, but time and .-pace and place forbid, for 1 am 1 at last on the train and hound for home. , It saddens me to know that an engin- ' cor and IIreman were killed on the. on- i gino that wrecked the train a few miles from Clinton. On this little tour in South Carolina ! 1 have visltod good old Abbeville and ' New Ureenwood anil was made much of at both placer. My stay at Abbeville' was most delightful, for 1 was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Speed, where I I found live little children who behaved well und had bright, clean faces und ! sut on my knee and redo on my foot 1 und one wanted to know who pulled all my hair out und 1 told her that Mrs. Arp did it. At Greenwood 1 stopped at the tine now Oregon hotel, which Is tho bast I huve ever found, und u Georgian keeps it. He put mo in tho bridal chamber und when 1 expressed my surprise he Bald lie heard about our golden wed ding und expected me to bring my bride along. Mut I don't believe the printer will ever read th's. Mil.I, Ai;r. b*lti:i: l\i:u.\i. DELIVERY.? " 1 am very much concerned just at present," said Representative stokes, of South i Carolina, a few days, ago to the Wash log ton Post," In an elTort to extend the ; free delivery of mail along star routes. I I huvo hud one or two peculiar ex-| perlences while trying to promote this i brunch of postal service. An amend ment*for that kind of free delivery] was passed hy the last Congress, but through some error of tho committee clerks it whs given the same number as an amendment thut Senutor Tillmun hud adopted regarding st.tr routo con traolors. Mr. Tillman's amendment provided that contractors should livo lo the State where they contracted to leurry mails. There was very dcter Imincd Opposition to that in the House, lind I pleaded in vain to have the pinglc straightened out. So my amendment was lost, but at I'ost-i 111 se Department they pro Lised to try an experiment for mo In io Stute of Smith Carolina. They Ivertlsed for contracts, with and ithout provisions that con motors buld deliver the mall along their ptts, wherever the farmers would let boxes ami comply with certain pilutlcns. i j lite to my surprise und of tho ucpartmont ofllolals the [orence in cost for tho improved ;lco was only $(100 for the entire ft; felt very enthusiastic over the Hihi' and in thi aesalon rein H i i ii nil Mi it 1 offered in the H< 'on>. i' BB, providing for thin Im? HBVi n uli 'dm- route* Hn111:i;'i :i? - that l felt compllmontsd B ilayb ago, when I found identi H^&Ebe aamo hill, word for word, in g B"<> by n Pennsylvania Kopubli l>:^f,-H[lo had found a copy of my old BsSwjhlob ho very apparently re ift as a good thing, and reintro I 1 ml f?S H' "f ""' m0M* remarkable ex ||&^jHiif municipal ownorship in the 't?tea Ih ahown by the towri ro |p Hnburg, Ind. Incandescent x- ftl |f?J light i are furnlabod to reel Hftr l.r> ccntr a m )nth and to huai 38 Hjch for 20 cents a month for Hjand'.o power lights. Water %y1 ^UB? ft'BO Op?rat*d at an ann\ial BBf 1 l" each consumer and a |B| B and perfoet tolephooo ez *;^7K^ iB. maintained with a monthly IHK ri .NUT N1IAKY ISO IT .*. 'Iii*- Carolina National Dank Auiimr ly.'d i<> ItHog Sini AkuIomI i lie 'J'lu! Legislature passed the bill au thorizing tlio Carolina N ktlonul bank to bring suit against the Stute for tho , recovery of money placed to the credit of tl>.' Stute penitentiary on two notes endorsed by Neal us superintendent, the said notes having never boon paid. The Stute will lose nothing in the ' suit. If it he shown that tl.o b.?uk run hohl the Stute responsible, then the State may go hack on Noel's bondsmen. If the state is not accountable, then the bank and Neal mt'st have. It out 1 between them. The recent legislation further provides tout this suit will not uilcot the status of the orlmlual action already brought against Neal. The I joint resolution reads : Whereas the Carolina National bank I of Colombia, now hold-, one note of W. W. Ltussell for $000 dated Inly g. 18?? ' Km) one note of C. W. ittgsdalc lor >2 000 both payable to tin; order of W. A Meal, superintendent, and endorsed by W. A. Ncal, superintend! n?, and discounted by the said bank fin- the ac commodation of the Siate penitentiary, the proceeds thereof going to tho oredIt of the penitentiary in the said bank : anil whereas both of said notes are now past due and unpaid, and the makers thereof have failed and refused to pay tin: same on demaud, the. said bank claims that the State should pay the saio notes and refuud and return to it tiie proceeds thereof, placed by it to the credit of the penitentiary, with in totc6t thereon; and whereas, the. State : is unwilling to do -o unless its liability in the premises shall tirat be legally established; and whereas, no action can he hi Hiebt llgaiost the Statu without its authority; therefore. I Section I He It enacted by the Gen oral Assembly of tbe State of South i Carolina: That the said bank hr, and I It is hereby, authorized to bring und prosecute against the State, in the courts of the State, any action or ao ' lions, a- it may he advised, for the pur pose of testiug the liability of the Stale in the premises, and of establish ing the validity of the said claim against lh>' State. The leave In rein , granted to s ic the State is upon tho ox press condition that nothing herein i contained is to be. considered as estop ping the Stale, noon any action that it I may lie deemed proper to bring on the cir.-ial bond of Noal and his sureties up on the mutter in question; and upon tin' i further condition that if such action so allowed to he brought is not carried to ; Hnal judgment (should the said he ? against the .statt ) by six monti sb< fore 1 the. right of aotioil in the Slate on said Olllclal bond would be barred, then said aotion is discontinued, and any judg ment against the Stute render* d tnurc : on thereafter, is null and void und of none ell iCt. s c. 1 In case lite claim of the said I I),ink shall bo legally i&ta'dlslnd hy ; tinal judgment of the court? of tin ! State, as provided for in the preceding I section, then, and in that i vent, tin.' superintendent of tin: State peniten tiary, anil the board of directors there , of, shall nay the lull amount of the ( same us lixed by such linal judgment! i with legal interest thereon lo date of ? payment, together with the cost and disbursements of the action in which ! said linal judgment may he recovered, nuch payment to he mane out of the re : eeipts of the State penitentiary, or any other funds in their hands belonging ' to tin.' said penitentiary. KltUUKK I'KKWKHS GkltMAN ItULK to English.?A special l<> the New Viir^ Herald from Washington says: .v report is current in diplomatic eireie. m this city that Dr. Leyds had lor his side purpotc in going to tier many the establishment of aGartnan protectorate over the Boor republic. The Gerrian emperor, it i- believed, lias been approach od and askod to take charge of the Boer republic. The Huers, it is said, -eem to realize that their defeat at tue hands of England will be tiie ultimate result of the pres cut war. Ka'.her than submit to subjection by the British they will voluntarily come under the sovercit'nly of the Gorman empire, uuder certain stipulations, which will t>uarauice their local se!f i government, it is stated here, that Piosident Kruger, realizing tbst the libortlOS of his people are In danger ami that the continuance of the repub lic is threatened, prefers a German em peror rather than an English queen. The overture t<? the German emperor was made in the first place, it is re ported, with a view to t reating a rup ture between England and Germany. This was avoided, and it is understood that Emperor William declined to con aider the proposal, at least for the proscnt. According to the report Dr. Leyds, before leaving D irlln prepared a se cret treaty with Germany in which that , country was guaranteed certain rights. j Although the ,text of the treaty is not known, it is said to give the German omperor the greatest possible privi leges, amounting to almost ownership in the Transvaal u public. ?John W linger, of Atlanta, whom ? G-v. Gaudier has appointed as his per i soual representative at the LaEayette monument exercises in Paris, is the grandson of Francis Klnlooh linger, wln>, in company with another Ameri can somewhat older than himself, Dr. Krio Doiiman engaged in a desperate and partially successful attempt to re lease La Fay OttO from the Austrian prison at Oimulz. ?The fact that Porto itlco contains no large unoccupied areas lias led some observers to represent the entire island as tli ick I y populated. This is cot the case. While u large part of the avail able land has been at some time under cultivation there aro many di-triets in w hich not more than 10 per cert of it is now In uso, except for stock raising. ? A. Detroit clergyman advances the in)vi I proposition that "if Adam bad worked .'!<)(> days each year from the diiy lie was created to the present time., at a salary of $50 a day, ha would not have earned by tills time as much property its ;* owned by Rockefeller or Vunderhllt." Do You Need An Elcotrlo i>P'. I For iho past ten years, Dr. .1 . Newton : Hathaway who is recognized nr the great est of all our specialists, lias hjen ver'eci j lug an elect DO belt, suitable to use in Iiis practice, one which he could tirnis'n an a part of his system of treat men , and which lie could conscientiously guarantee He HO?V announces that he lias perfected such a belt, which he he'icves to he the mil) perfect belt made. It h light, handsome, of great power, and w ith new attachments, which makes it suitable for every ca6?. He In prepared to furnish thin belt to all patients who need it and who apply to him \ for treatment, at a merely nominal rhsrgo 1 Write to Dr. Hathaway to-day I aboutyourcns.e. i the bolt,; IHK .11 VK.NH.K KKl'OKM V IUI; V Xlio L'onitentlary Hoard of Ducetoru ar<- b'xpccteri t<> Heg In Ute Work Ni \ > M.iio Ii. Among the HCl s passed Hl the recent session of ihe Gi n< ral Assembly none is of more general interest tban that itv 'ding for the establishment of h j .niie reformatory for prisoners of tender ynrs sent to the Stale peniten tiary, l&ltorts have long heon made in this direction, but the question of the expense hus always iarred tiie way. The board of directors will at us next meeting proceed u idor Hie act to establish the reformatory, The cost of putting the bulldlnps in proper shape will hardly exceed $500. Hero is the AOl ! Section. 1. That the board of dlrec ? <)<?< and superintendent of tho S-.ikte penitentiary are hereby author// id und rt quired to set apart so tuuoli of the State farm in tho Cou >ty In I- x inglon a? may he necessary for euch reformatory! They shad als > provide suitable buildings and Blockade for tho safe-keeping ami comfort of persons Bontunced thereto. Secli'Mi. '2. The superintendent of the poniteollary Is authorized to use anj money on hand or that may accrue out of ihu prolits of the Statu p oit-uliary t) dolray the expenses iucurred in providing such buildings and stockade and other appurtenances to the Slate reformatory farm. Sou. '?> Ho shall also appoint, as war den or OVcraecr, a poison who, from praotlcal experience, possesses the ability and qualifications necessary to successfully carry ou the industries of ihe reloruiatory, ami to enforco and maintain proper discipline iboreln, and shall remove ihe same at will. I Salary of the warden shall be paid out of tho prolits oi the statt: penitentiary. See. I The hoard of directors and superinUndent of the penitentiary shall make rules and regulations for the uo.eminent of tho reformatory. See. *). The superintendent of the i penitentiary snail place In the refer* matury all inalu criminals under hi years nf ago who shall be legally sen lenced lo said reformatory on convic lion nf tiny criminal olToncu in any court having jurisdiction thereof and punishable by Imprisonment in the State penitentiary. IL; shall also re move nil such convicts now in the pen itentiary u? soon us existing circum stances will allow. The discipline to be observed in the said prison shall be reformatory, and the warden shall have power to ore such means o! re formation, consistent with the im provement of the inmates, as may bo prescribed by the board and superin tendent The superintendent, shall provide for the instruction of the in mates in morals as weil as useful la bor. The whito convicts shall to kept and employed separately from the col ored convicts. A Good Kentucky stouy.?At a bacquetnf the Univ rblty ot tho South ui which Bishop Gallor of Tennessee and tho bishop of Kentucky w< re both presont, the lortnor toltl tho following story upon bis Kentucky guest. ?? In an?: of tue backwoods towns of Kentucky, tbo pastor of tho liaptist church gave out ibis notico before u.e tier moo on Sunday morning : " 'I tun told, and have boon partially convinced,' be said, ' that it is my Christian djty to give the following notico, to*wit, that a man who styles himself the ' bishop of Kentucky ' is about to visit this town, ami will hold forth in the court bouse on Wednesday evening. ! desire to add, ho vcver, my brethren, that in the humble opinion i)l your pa;.tor the place, for members of this congregation on Wednesday night will he in this place listening to your own pastor, rather than listening to the words of that pompous prelate at the court houso.' "On tln?. following Thursday morn ing tho Baptist went out upon the street seeking for some of his congre gation who had not beeu at the Wednesday evening meeting. Tho llrstono he found was adeacon. " "Well, deacon,' he asked, 'were you to the court bouse last night ." '?'Yes,' said the deacon. "'I trust,' said the parson, with some Iron in his tone, 'you were edi liod by the words of the pompous pre late.' " N iw, looky here, parson,' saiil the deacon, 'that man ain't no pompous prelate, no such thing, lie's jur-t no common as then: is. What do you reckon be did- he preached in his I shirt sleeves.'" TWENTIETH "CKNTUItY NOYKI/IMKS. ?The talk about w?en the comury ends and when another begins is about past Jit thi? time. Hit it is worth noting that when the. new century begin?, January I, 1901, there will OOme with it some novelties. It will have twenty-four leap years, the freutest, number possible, February will have live Sundays three times? ?1020, 1948,1070. The earliest possible (lute on which Ivister can occur is March 12, Tin' last time It occurred mi that date was lsi- The latest that Kister can occur is April 25. It will occur but one, time in the coming cen tury on that date?1043. The middle dav of the century wnl be January 1, 1051, There will be ItSOeollpsos during the coming century. In 1032 there will bo seven eclipse. There w ill he eight solar eclipses visible in the United State??1018, 1023, 1025.1054, 1070, 1084, and 1004. fbore win be twelve tran sits of Mercury. There will he no transit of Venus until 2004 If thoiO is a child now living who will see ul' these occurrences lie will blessed with long years. Anyhow, it is safe to ullirm that no person who reads this I Item will see the solar ecllpSO Itl 1904. ? A Baptist and a Methodist minister wore by accident dining at the same house, says the t'dumhiuu. As they took their scats there was an embar rassed pause, the hostess not knowing how to ask one minister to *ay giace without offending the other. Tin small son quickly grasped the situation and. half rising in his chair, moved hb (Inger rapidly around the table re citing : " Boy meno miny mo, catch a nigger by the toe.'' He ended by point ing his linger at the Haptist minister and shouting : " You're it !" The re verend gentleman accepted the decis ion and said grace, but it lacked the usual solemnity. ? Dr. I). K. Pearsons, of Chicago, wiio has already given away two and a half millions of his fortune to colleges and charitable Institution, is propar-j In/ I in pose <>f tin r,iii?v: n i ii" i^|a| and a half in the same v, ?fl provision that he receive ran III 130,000 a year for hini^H during tho rein-kinder ulH j ?wHh Dr. MsW|8ona will K0 vfl few aBja ^ ^m^^BmW ADDRESS OF PROHIBITIONISTS. The Prohibition conference liulil in Columbia <'?i du' Uili of January, 11)00, adopted the follow i ug : Resolved, That .li>cl K. Bruuaon, .1. S. Motfutt, K l>. Sniitli, .1. A lloyl, K. II. Hyatt, w. C Thomson and Jore' miali Smith ))>' and hereby arc appointed I to prepare an address to the people of South Carolina, setting forth the work : and issues before us, and t?> plan tor and ! perfect an organization ol the Prohlbl ', llouists for the coining campaign. I In accordance with the above, we sub. I mit the following address : j To Tin: I'KOI'liK OK Sot ill (JAHOI.INA : i The Prohlbltlor Isis of Ibo State arc I encouraged to mtiko nnolbor appeal I to tlif voters for a supreme effort aloug I the line for the abolition of the manu fact uro and Mile of Ihpior in South Oar olluu. For many years the men ami wo men of our State have toiled earnestly to clVcct legal prohibition of the liquor Irallle, sud gratifying progress was be ing made not only in Imnuh'ng llio li censed saloon from all territory without incorporated towns ami cities, but there was much being accomplished in the way of reducing the number of saloons here and there, and also in sect ling control of the smaller municipal tics through the ballot box or restrictive legislation. This pi ogress iu temperance reform in diiccd ait application to the regularly constituted authorities of the Democratic parly in control of tin; election machine ry Of the State for a separate box In which t<> vote for or agalttst I'rohibl i on, and this privilege was granted in Ibe primary election of I8U2, resulting in an overwhelming majority for the lo gal prohiblt'on of the liquor tratllc, und tdoug With Hit- result there was obtained a clear majority of members in the lower House, who passed a strict prohibitory ! measure in accordance with the verdict I of the people This measure was de fcatod, however, and in its stead was substituted the dispensary law for the regulation and control of the tralllc, an importation thai was recognized as con Hary tn tho wishes of the people and in direct conflict with their ascertained verdict. Thus the dispensary hegau its career as a gunplautor, and it has made seven years 01 ur.caiuty record, marked by bloody and disgraceful steps from the | beginning. The present condition >>r the liquor business can hardly bo said to bo satis factory to a sing'e intelligent person in the State. When the oisponsnry law was first adopted, thousands of on''' hon est people hoped for, anil expected much I from it. They were told that the re I strict!vo featttros of tbu law would be [ enforced by sober Slate oillcillls, who, not having any littanclal interest at stake would labor to reduce the con sumption of liquor and make the dispen sary system a stepping stone to prohibi tion The disp usury had been in ope ration but a short time before the greed of gold began to manifest itself among high olllcinls, and pressure was brought to bear upon dispensers to increase sales The annual salary paid a i ommou county dispensci would buy thirty bales of Cotton, and he was given to under stand that his dispensary must tie profit able to the State or It would ho closed and himself dismissed from the service. The sales increased at once and have in creased month by mouth > vot siuci ; so that today the State is selling marly as much Hquor as ever did the old bar rooms in their palmiest days. And how could it be otherwise': The appetite for drink is the same and every hindrance t<> the sale of liquor has boon swept away. The door Ol the disp n sary stands wide upon to serve ovcry one that will buy. No knowh ?Ige of the purchaser necessary, no lliqUiry as to the purpose foi which the liquor Is wanted, and no Signatur ? to any u quest. simply pay your money a:.d take yo ii . liqitor, as llltich as you can cany, if you. like. So indilTereul and demoralized havo become our State and county Olli i cials that although these violations of i law are known to all of them, they have neither the manliness nor moral courage : to try to bring the olVcuders to justice Tourist hotel privileges and beer shops have been, ami are still, conducted UU del the very nose of the Covomor of the State without a shadow of law. and no cll'ort made t<> prevent it. Dispenser alter dispenser h:is s'olen or lost the money of the State and not one ha? ever been punished or even prosecuted, ex cept in one or two instances Commis sions ami rebates and bribes ami thofts and murders have boon the natural products of this system of State liquor selling, and after years of such work, its managers still plead with us to "give it a fair tiial " Those wlii? manage it say the dispen sary paid last year * 1 '10,000 to the edn cation of the children <>i the state, hut they did not tell the startling fact that the dispensary had drawn from lite pen pie of the State at least twenty times as much and spout it in fnl salaries am! other expenses, purchases, Ac, of the liquor system. It may he sal 1 that i. addition t<> the $1.10,000, the counties ami towns received a small stun coli, and to this we reply : The expenses in ourrod by the counties and towns in tho trial, punishment and support of crlm mils, who have licen made such by the liquor sold them hy the Slate, wi 1 fur muro than balance the money received from the dispensary We state ii mod cs'ly when wc say the present system of liquor selling is robbing the people of the Stale of twenty dollars for every dollar paid to the State Treasurer for educational purposes. The State Board of Control is sending out of <>llt State each year at least one million dollars anil in exchange for it bringing into the Slate and distributing to our people live times tin: amount in poverty, writ hid ness, disease and death. Wc appeal to every nowspnpor in 'he State that has a sense < I' honesty and fairness to lose sight id' the few dollars that may come to it through those Who love liquor; to forego the imaginary pleasure of holding up the hands of those who cry. "personal liberty," when that .personal liberty Is violativ > ol the rights of others, ami to joi i with II in the effort to remove the accursed liquor trafllc from .on State Wc appeal to Ihe good women of the State, and when have the women of South Carolina ever failed in a good causeV You canned vote, it is true, but you can give expression In your opposi tion to tin: liquor ttallle hy wearing the badge and hy a thousand acts of your life, and it may he you? hand tha^^r|| drive the 11 o i A?&ft of tho monster tint is nowrH Ing your offsprlng^^ ^^^l\ Wc appeal l^mwl8 WjM this liquor sciliug and lh| i >r-elrliif is ;i ? ouo grout bu'tory of mil, maul eblclly by Ino Devil hiinsel', und is si lug the church of Christ, slay lug brothers all aiound you, und von si us watchmen ou tho walls ol /.lohi miut cry out with warning around you Arise as soldi r cross and silence forever this tlvo agency of the Devil, bight tbc tires of Prohibition hilltop in the Slat" ; '.el ill glidiug down the valleys and the bosom ?d every ttrcain heiling beams shall pcnetial nook and corner, c erv crack n e i a vs. ice in the homes and heart pie. "Then shall the earth increase ; (hall blesi and us ' IS, even our r.i. I . Bui nsi S. Mol a i l. i). Sm i i ii. ,* A llOYT, iivat r, ,11 i our yield own Ui (Miin'n W. c Thomson, .1 ich km i a ii Smith. riii> ein itiiiiui iviupi i'Hiu't! w ITH <? I' Noll, Ii < III (?llllll, Kddor Mountaiiict r ? I. t us over keep before us that ??<.present a prent truth which] world needs, it, is much to have c{ face to faoo with n prout truth, (. inure to become one with it und your lifo apart for it. i\ri? we convinced that tempern? work is God S work 't Thon let's ahead und do It, leaving r sulis Him. individual total abstinence the ilrst st'ep In the right dlrectll but total prohibition is tiiu polo star d our efforts. \. \ us not be turm il awijj from if lor waste on i* strength .ip'l more restrictive measures, dnilyiti with dispensaries, playing with ti. Voy guns of local option, iapij linbij a few yards around churches am school bouses or passion laivs as ti hour.- or days of sale. Such' prohibi tiou perishes with the using, or almos before the using. The unremitting wor k of our socle 1) should be to win over every woman who Is ni utrai in this war fi r the homo* When all our women b ..l he Ii.I out Of tin ir subterfuges und stop thinking Of only .-eil and 'bi longinifb" bi:t some thing of the great woi;>''- sin and pain, then will our work bioom .0:0 blossom ! L.'tusfaoa thl.?'duly as n greal rp< j portunlty fur grand, miu'I throbbing ;?. dort for i.uman.t \ . Wo must earnestly endeavor not lb I neglect linywbore tbd training of our Ch?dn n. A- uiothi rs, -irt. rs und I friends the child r?. u h ??:?..m- oti us ! that wo cannot cpnsch ntiously Ignore. Temperance education to bo most ef fective must bogiu >vitn ihe young, if w<5 begin with them b- fore their pre I jtullces and bad habit* aro formed, wo j will have the men and women ?f to I uiorrow. No victory we may gain will ! bo permanent until wo bave the boys and girls with us. Little seeds sown j in that best of soil the In arts of t? I*.i' dren will bring fort! a gnidoh bar i vest. t tt> icon Victoria received pbyslclul training for years because she was tp I bo a queen and the mother of kings. Oue declared that tbu fate of nations sometimes depends on the gout of a l'rime Minister, and the fate of our American institutions may bang on thej training our nexl I'resident received from Iiis mother. ?? The pebble in die streamlet scanij i las ebnngc 11 ho course <>i many a river, l'ti?- ilowdrop "ii tin- bnb\ plani lias warped the mighty oak fori vet" Wo should begin from the ;iilind train the heart arid conscience along with the intellect. !?* rst, midst and last wo should teach in 111 the diro ef fects of alcohol on the human system, mind, body, heart a nil soul, lp a in tho children t<> tho cant i of temper ance, is to save the world from Intem perance, ^o every t-lVort should i..; made to cducute thcin to work and light for tho i".*u jo. Some, one wrote "if wo Had a million pens every one should write, Tram the children to banish the drink IIj d. If wo had a million Uuigue-i, we would cry, Save the children from the curse, ol alcohol ' Mus. i: s. Ukhukut. O -angeburg, s. U , l-'?b. 2"2 I li'i WiiA'i i> lIOM^rV- Heoontly a Loip don mag a/.: no soiil out 1,000 inquiries on tin: question "what is homo"'" In selecting tho classes to respond to the question it was par',iculnr to see that every one wi?- represented. Tho peorost and tho richest wore given an equal opportunity to express their sentiment. <?it oi S00 replh > rooelvcd, seven gents w.aro selected us follows : l . 1 lom:; A WOI Id l>f -lr llO s I. Ill (III ?, a w orld of love shut In. ~ Homo ?The place where tho -until are groat and tho v.reat -u. i :;. Home Tho father's kingdom, the mother's world and the child's para* disc I Home "The place whero wo gruint bio most and are treated the hest. f>. Homo ?Tho centre of our affection, round which bur heart's host wishes lw inc. 0. II irhe -The place whoro tho stom achs get Ihn o square meals daily and our heal is a thousand. 7. lloni'. -Ti.c only place on earth whoro ti>c faults and failings ol hu manity arc hidden under the sweet, mantle of charity. ?According tu an Itaiiuu scientist, there i-, one thins,' in which women ? hove the decided advantugi of moo, if advantage u can ho called, und iimt is the d running ol Jreiuns. VVhother men are >? ?i Imuginui vii or whothor, to lafec a prosuio vi? w, tu v uul more und ship more soundly: or, arguing hy anology, s'ih-o linhut les seldom jdreum, their brains arc not In such good order as those of thu opposite sex, we are left to decide for oursolvt -. H u the fact remains, as Siguor de Snnotls says, that women can drPtfn the heads Oil nu n. Not only a'- tholr dreams more frequent, hul '.bore i-< al* ways moro si -v in tb?in, and?this is certainly not a eoiriinondablo foaturo-? they are bettor ronv inhered. Never theless, men can .-<? ire to tili- extOill that all Hu- _*^S??]