By OPIE READ. (Copyright. 1801). by Oplo Read.] Broom berry wuh on his way down town, Intending to got off at the Van jUurcn ?truut Station. Just before reach ing tliat point an acquaintance sat down beside him ami began to tulk ubotit a murder that had been commit ted just a year before on tho North Side, Chicago. Being u city ball man, Brooniberry 's acquaintance know a great deal about the murder. Ho know old Kloptock. tho victim, and in an ex ceedingly discreet and sunken voiced manner ho intimated to Broomberry that he bad a pretty shrewd idea as to who committed the deed. By this time tho train had passed the Van Bureu street etatiou?was just pulling out, in fact?und Broomberry, determined not to miss an appointment, jumped off tho train. Ho looked at his watch it minute inter nnd found that in jumping olY ho had broken the crystal. He kept Iiis appointment and then stepped into a jeweler's to got a now crystal. "Where did you got it?" tho joweler asked when, after completing his work, he handed tho watch to Broomberry. "I got it from a friend of miua Why?" "Nothing. Only yon'vo got n rare watch, not in value, but us to number. About HO years ago a company of mon built a fuctory at a little town called ltomuoy, in Massachusetts, and bogan to manufacture watches; but, us somo sort of disaster befell tho concern, only three, watches were over completed, nnd this is one of them. " "You don't say sol" exclaimed Broomberry. "Well, well, und I should not have known of tho rarity of my property if I hadn't broken tho crystal in jumping oil u train this morning I Do you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to trace this watch back to the factory if I can, and I'm going to writo a description of tho hands through which it lias passed and make a book of it Won't that bo nn odd little volume, 'The History of tho Watch V I am much obliged to you, sir. You've given mo an idea, and, to a man who is so unfortunate us to bo compelled to make his living by thinking, an idea is al most a necessity. Ah, but pardon me for not uuswering your question I I got tho watoh from Henry Lucas; gave him $-15 for it about two mouths ago. If tho history should be interesting enough to print, I'll give you a copy of it Gooddnyl" Broomberry called on Henry Lucas. He found his friend absorbed in the work of "running up" figures in an immense book. ! "Ah, Broomberry! Sit downi" "No. I haven't tima Say, where did you got this watch? Only three of them mado and all that sort of thing. Just want to get tho history of it, you know." "I bought it from a fellow named Martin Kelly." "Where do you suppose I can find him?" "Ho works in tho postofllce." Broomberry went to tho postoffice. Ho had struck a new lino of wor' and wbb delighted Mr. Kelly was easily found. "I got it from Mark Hammonds," suhl he. "Tho deuce you did 1" Broomberry exclaimed. "Why, ho was tho cause of ,my breaking tho crystal this morning. 1 wan talking to him und pnusod my station nnd then hud to jump off. I'll go right down to tho city hall and see him." "Where did I get it?" Hammonds re plied in a cureless aort of a way. "Well, let mo see. I got it from J. H. McPoal, a big furnituro doaler on tho West Side." "All right. I'll go over there und see him." Tho great furniture dealer?a smooth, well fed, baldheadod man?was bnsy in his ."Slco when Broomberry entered. 'Well, sir, what can I do for you?" "I came to ask you about this," said Broomberry, taking odt tho watch. "Don't know anything about it, air. Qood day I" "Excuso mo," said Broomberry, "but my friond, Mark Hammonds of the city hall, told mo that ho got it from you." "Ahl Let mo see it. Yes, that's so," he added, when Broomberry had handed him the watch, and then, with an air of business, as though ho had been .rather lax with tho ethics of trade and must now, as a recovery of principle, mako a show of briskness, ho asked, "But what about it, sir?what about it?" "Nothing. Only I should like to know whero you got it." I "Yes, but I am very busy today*? ex ceedingly busy, sir. Can't yon call some other tlmo?" "Oh, of course I But it won't take a minute to tell me whoro you got it if ryou kuow." "Yes, yes, that's so. But I'm ex tremely busy. Let mo see. Wo took it in part paymont on n lot of furniture NilJ?from, lot mo?Stovons," ho called. Uiii man entered and said, "Yes, sir." ners uncoi't's tho name of that boarding ntod and thvian that couldn't, or rathor ..^ ..Kin t, pay for her fnrnltnre in money, and wo had to tnko a watch? 'What Is her name? Quick; I'm bnsy." "Mrs. Caddo. sir; 742 Limblll 'street" "Yes, that's correct Qood day, uirl" Broomberry hastened to tho boarding Ihonso of Mrs. Caddo. She would have Italkod an hour about the watch, or by it. either. 8ho would have told of the ^myriad of trials that ooino to tho wid owed keeper of a boarding bouso, and lab? did tell of a certain harness maker named 8am Haines, who had boarded with net, who was drunk nearly all the time, who votdtivoly refused indeed'in a mokt insulting manner to pay his board, but who..after being threatened by the law, and by a certain enormous policeman who know tho widow quite well, consonted to giv9 her his watob. This Mr. Sam Haines could be found tn Madison street, nonr Itoboy. Broomberry fonnd the harness maker drunk and communicative. Ho got the watch of a certain pawnbroker, and would neglect his work to go and show Broomberry tho place. "Oh, no I I can find it easily enough,'' ?aid tho visitor, taking down tho aosn her. "Bat you can't bud it as well ns if I wont with you," tho accommodating harness maker Insist od, "You bet I'll go with you. Bet your lifo on that. You're my friend. Hut your lifo ou that. " Broomberry hastened away und heard something that sounded like: "You go to hades, then. Bet your lifo on thutt" as ho went out. The pawnbroker remembered tho watch und, turning to his books, eaid that it had boon sold to him by one H. J. Miles, 420 Itocklandstreet Broomberry started out to look for the street and soon discovered that there was no Buch place. Ho returned to the pawnshop. "The fellow that sold you this watch must have conio by it dishonestly," ho said to tho broker. "Very likcrly, sir. Wo have no menns of finding out. you know. All wo can do is to take the nume and address, or what wo suppose to bo Kueh. " "Yes, that's true, I suppose. But do you think you'd know tho man if you were to seo him againt" "Yes, I think so. " "Havo yon over seou him sinco ho sold you the watch v" "No. I think not." "1 have, ' said a hoy standing nt tho back end of tho place. "Good I But do you know whero ho can be found ?" "1 don't know whero bo stays, but I have seen him go up into a gambling house." "Well, now, if you will go with mo and point him out I Will pay you well for year trouble." Every day for four days tho boy went with Broombofry and stood near a nar row stairway on Clark street, and, just "I don't know ivhether I will vr not," the fellow growled. ns they wero about to lenvo tho plnco on the evening of tho fourth day, the hoy clutched Broomberry'a arm and said. "That's buncoing up now." "All right. Here." Ho gnvo the boy !?.r>. Broomberry went up into tho gam bling den. Be closely studied tho man that had been pointed out. Tho fellow lost his money und went down. Broom berry followed him. Ho went to a sort of hotel in Canal street, and Broom berry kept him in view. Ho went into the barroom and sat down at a table Broomberry approached him?indis creetly, too?and said: "Will yon plense pardon mo if I ask you n few questions?" "I don't know whethor I wiU or not," the follow growled, but Broom berry, taking nonotic'oof his ill hmnor, eat down. "I am about to write a little his tory," said he, "und think you may bo ablo to help mo out on it. I havo in my possession a watch which I have troood to you, and I should liko to knowwhere you"? Tho fellow jumped up, knocked Broomberry down and disappeared through a hock door. When the.histo rian got up nnd brushed himself, ho was told thnt a policcm.-ui had caught the follow?a singular outcome surely. Tho fellow wus brought back and then, together with Broomberry, .was token to a polico station, whero thojhls torian related his etory, and then "chore came a Bensotion. Tho watch had"/be longod to old Kloptock, nnd Broomberry had found tho murderer. They "Were 1'oorly Halved. In the train sot u queer old Quaker ess. She wore a silver gray dress, snowy collar and such a swoet gray hat. Sha was a big, handsonio woman, and nor large, Madonna foco beamed with'Jbe nevolenco and lovo. A ruby or n dia mond ornament would have marred'her beauty. Two smart commercial travel ers stepped into tho saniu carriage wfth tho old lady. After thoy hod discussed the spirit aud tobacco trade awhile they lookod around at tho Quakeress. Then thoy looked at each other, smiled, and one romorked In nn undertone, "Billy, I guess tho old lady Is inflated with Quaker yeast." Without lifting her oyes tho olddady remarked, eo low thnt tho passengers could not honr it, "If thy father nnd mother hud consumed more sweet Quaker ycust and Ichh bad beer and to ^acco, thee would havo been bettor raised and better bred." Then it was so still that you could hear tho engine pump.?Christian Advocate. The IlnnKcra of Mormonlaia. Any ono who over lived for any groat longth of time in Utah when it was a territory knows only too well that the gentiles found it to their interest not to criticiso too adversely the antocraoy of Brigbum Young. Dr. Robinson would not bo "counseled" to refrain from censure. Ono beautiful moonlight night a man como to his house und told him thnt a man hnd been kicked by a mnlo "down on tho Htato roud, " and that his leg was broken. IIo was suffering the greotest agony and needed tho services-of a surgeon. Would tho doctor not come to his relief? Mrs. Robinson pleaded with her husband not to go. Ho laughed at her fears, and wont. One blook from bis bouse ho was assassinated by a blow on tho head with some dull instrument and a shot from a pistol, nie murderer was nover apprehended.?Rath E>wwett in Arena. _ - A Me Nailed. The Dog?You'vo got to have a poll to got along nowadays Tho Horso?Nonsonsel J*ve had end all my life, and it haBn't done me say good.?Kanaaa City Independent SlIUAllON IN CHINA. A Largo Army Win bo Necessary to Suppress tho KioUj. A London dispatch to tho Now York TribUDO, dated June 25, says : "The British admlrallty being en meshed witli red tape docs not givo out dispatches as promptly as the navy department at Washington, hut it hus Confirmed the previous accounts of the repulse of the relief column which attempted to enter Tien Tsin on I Ye day. "Tho bulletin is short and depress ing. Tho foreign settlement at J'len Tsln was almost entirely destroyed and tho (Europeans wcro lighting bard. Ttiero is nothing about a relief column of Kussians and Americans being cut to pieces, hut tho ropulso was attondod with some loss Oaly one runner had entered Tuku from Tien Tsln in tivo days ami not a word had been received (rom tho relief columns which started for I'ckin two weeks ago nor from tho legations themselves. " Tho relief force may ho described a- a ohaln consisting mainly of missing links. Thoro in a mixed force of be tween 2,UU'J auu .*{.(IU0 men at Tuku In cluding a portion of tho Chinese regi ment from Wei Hal Wei. This column, with tho Russian and American con tingent of over 500 men, must cut its way through a superior Chinese force which is Bald to have, tit) guns, although this socms incredible. Tho foreigners at Tien Tsln arc clearly In a desperate state witli the garrison si rrouoded by a Chinese horde and with ammunition and supplies running short. " Some w hero boyoud Tien Tsln, cither on tho way to I'ckin or at tho city, is a mixed force of 2,300 men, with luadiquato supplies, ammunition and food. At- tho legations are probably from 150 to 200 Kuropouns, Japanese and Americans, refugees being added to tho working force and tho military and naval guards number about lot) men. livery link In this chain of relief is weak and detached and there is no accurate Information, Men who have lived In China assert that tho number of foreigners at Tien Tsln is largo sinco tho city lias a Chinese population of over 1,000,000 and a commerce of over $46 OOU.UUU. Tien Tsin is the chii f dis tributing center. There arc four for eign banks, a large number of Kuglish, Gorman, Ltuesian, Japanese ami Amer ican merchants and several groups of missionary stations. " The situation of the forolgners at Tien Tsin is regardod by former Brit ish officials in China as deplorable, and doubts arc expressed respecting tho ad adequacy of their relief force which is available at Tuku unless Kussia takes decisive measures, as Indicated last night in oHiehil communications from the foreign Ollloe at St. Petersburg for the invasion of tho Chinese territory by a really formidable army. Tho European and American ilects may ho working harmoniously under the lead ership of tho rear admiral at Taku, but the suppression of anarchy in China now requires the presence of a larger army loan any great power except Russia can put into tho Held without delay." The British cruiser Terrible has ar rived at Chefoo from Tuku with tho latest iiows which is as follows : "Eight hundred Sikhs and 2()U Welsh Push lets haveellectcd a junction with tho American, Corman and Et US? Ian forces which had been cut olt by I he Chinese about nino miles from Tien Tsln. It was proposed to deliver an assauit upon tho Chinese forces at Tien Tsin last night (Sunday night)." It is not clear what forces united. It would seem that one relieving force, cut oil', had bcon relieved by another. At any rate, it is apparently certain thut the ullies arrived in sullicicnt f tree at Tien Tosin Sunday to attack tho besieging Chinese. "Porcign ollicial opinion hero," says a disnatcn Irom Shanghai to tho Lon don Express, "inolloes to believe that tho worst has happened to tho lega tions at I'ekin and to Admiral Seymour as well. Even if the legations were saio on Juno 10, there is no guurantoo thut they arc sufo now. Tho situation, in fact, grows more and more gloomy. Tho entire ab-ence of reliable news from tho capital seems to justify tho worse construction which can bo put upon it. "Bad news comes from Nun King, where tho unrest is said to bo growing hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin Yih bus tolc grapbc.l the British authorities fbat tic I.as ordered the tivo Chinese, cruis ers which have, been lying oil the har bor here to proceed to Nan King." "(Jen. Mas' army," saya a corres pondent at Shan Hai Kwan, "consist* Ing of 4,000 men, loft a week ago for Fokin and lien. Sung Cbing's forces, numbering 2,500, loft for tho same piaeo on Juno If). "A careful estlmaloof tho number and armament of the. Chinese troops around I'ckin puts the total at 300,000 an I it is calculated thut these troops possess 227 centimetres CrousOt guns, 1? Krupp guns and 150 Maxims. "Their supply of ammunition fs practically Inexhaustible. It h s main ly been supplied by a C irinan linn at Curlowltz. I'Nilly three-fourths of tho Chinese forces are badly drilled, whol ly undisciplined and quite unfamiliar with modern weapons. A bulletin from Chefoo, Tuesday .) uno 2t>, suys : "Hoar Admiral KemplT (American) report-, i .v a Japanese torpedo boat, that the combined forees entered Tien Tsin on Saturday, .I uno 23, sustaining small loss. "They started on Sunday to tho re lief of tho force, which left Tien Tsin on June It), and which is holiovod to he surrounded near I'ekin. "According to Japanese, reports, Ad miral Seymour (Kngllsh) has been cap tured and tho ministers have left I'ekin, loft, guarded by Chinese sol diers. Their whereabouts Is un known." Tho Eliot Congregational Church, Lowell, Mass., realizes tho valno of advertising. Its hours of service, to gether with an invitation to all to at tend, are displayed in many of tho street cars entering tho city. BP?OIAL OCCASIONS. Side Trips from Charleston, 8. ('.,during Annual Meeting National Educational Association, July 11, 1000. The Southern Itailwny will sell side trip tickets from Charleston, S.O.. at rate of ene first olnss fare for the round trip to St. Augustine, Kla., I'cnsarolu, I'Mu., Mobile, Alu., New Orleans, La.. Meridian, Miss., Birmingham, Ala., Chattanooga, Tcnn., Bristol, Teiui., While Sulphur Springs, Va., Washington, I). C ., Norfolk, Va, and inter mediate points 'tickets will ho gold July 14,1000, With linal July '-'!?, l!HK), to holders of roturn portions of round trip tickets sold to Charleston, S. C, account Annual Meeting National Kducntional Association. Such return portions of round trip tickets to he deposited with Agent from whom side trip tickets are purbhased. Agontn will issiio receipts for tickets so deposited and upon prosoiitation of snid receipts will return to original purchasers the return portions of round trip tickets deposited. Kor detailed information Apply to any Agent of tho Southorn ltailway or its con coctions. IHK TKOI'HIjK IN ASHANTl'IN, ia\oH aro at tho Bottom oi' Ureat l'.ii alu ?- DltllouKlew, New York Sun. The little war whieh Croat Britalu has en its hands in West Africa is likely, according to the latest dis patches from tho gold coast, to give some trouble before 't is over. The Immediate cause of too dilllculty with the natives is incidental to tho transi tion through which they are passing from a condition in which taxes wero paid and trado v?as carried on in kind and with cowries to that of a nionoy using community. Tho taxes, since tho British administration has taken charge over the country, havo been rig orously exacted in money, especially tho obnoxious hut-money, which baa been the cause of nearly all tho risings against liritish authority in Africa. The prcsont Ashantee trouble has its origin in this cuuse, though tho guidon stool plays a pa^t in tue matter. Tho Ashantee contention appears to be tiiat taxes are only leviable by an occu pant of the Goldon Stool, but this is only another way of saying that they refuse to recognize tho authority of the British governor to demand or re ceive taxes. The plea of the absence of the Golden stool is simply a subter fuge. Tho real point is that besides being partly unable and partly unwill ing to pay the taxes imposed by the British authorities the. Asbantces are still loyal to the old uatlvo dynasty, cruel though Its exercise of power war", anil they may have thought, after hearing of the British defeats in South Africa, that an opportunity presented itself for throwing oil the British rule. They havo also not forgotten tho causes that led to tho great war of 187:1-74, and its results. Tho trouble then arose out of the transfer by tho Dutch of their rights to Elmina and the surrounding territory, which they held under a lease from tho kiug of Ashantee, dating back to the last cen tury, to tho British in exchange for settlement of Aeheen in Sumatra, held by the British under similar conditions from the sultan of that country. Un der tho treaty of lease tho Dutch were plodgod, if ever they gave up the K.mina settlement on tho gold coast to band it hack to the king of Ashantoe, but those who made tho transfer to Kngland in 1S72 were either ignorant of the existence of this stipulation or disregarded it, and when the king pro tested against tne breach of tho agree ment he was referred to the British government. K .ceiving no satisfac tion from it he look the matter into his own hands, and with an army esti mated at 00,000 men marched into the. disputed territory to maintain hid right of access to tho sea. But small pox and ?he British Snider rille, aided by tin: defeotien of some of the tributa ry and allied tribes, ended Iiis power of resistance and a treaty of peaco was MLrned in 1874 which brought tho coun try virtually under British COOtrol. It was not, however, until I8JMI tiiat the British government linaliy accomplish ed its purpose of abolishing the semi indepenilcnee of the country and turn ing it into a crown colony. King Preinpeh, the last of tho Ashantee kings, is now a British political oris onor, but the emblem of sovereignty, the Goldon Stool, has not passetl to Iiis British successor, which gives tho as tute leader of tho present revolt against British rule tho justification for disputing tho legality of its acts. Some in tho Ashantees aro armed with mo .orn rillos, and they are said to havo several machine nuns. Their want of training, however, renders these last of doubtful value in their hands, and the Kreuch government through whoso territory arms and am munition wore being smuggled into Ashantee, has prohibited tne trade, in arms on their coast during tho contin uance of the troubles. The relieving force, which lias been sent up from the coast to raise tho siege of Kumassi, has i by last reports met with a check, | which wil! encourage those tribes that have hitherto belli aloof to join in against the British. It is, however, only a question of time ho?v soon tho rising will be put down, though tho rainy season, when military operations wiil be exceedingly dillicult, is at hand. A BuHloiOOt force of llaussas, tho best material for soldiers in West Africa, with a stiffening of blue jackets, and the West Indian troops will no doubt soon be on the ground and marching to the relief of tho besieged governor and garrison. The groat dlflloulty at present le the transport of supplies, hut this id being overcome by the em ployment of women carriers. Mean while, orders have gone out from Kng land to hurry on the prolongation of tho railway that now runs from So kondl on the coast to the gold mines at Karkwa to Kumassi, a total distance of III miles, and tho sum of $25,001) oer mile lias been provided to cover the cost of its construction. TUB OHAItliKSTON KX. POSITION. A Strong Board oi' Directors Select ed To Manatee The Undertaking, At a largely attend d meeting of stockholders held iu the German Artillery Ball, Charleston, Thursday night, Juno 21st, the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Imposi tion Company, was duly organized ac cording to law. Considerably more than a majority ol the stock subscribed was represented personally or by proxy. Tho met tiior was provided over by the Bon .los. W. Barnwoll, State Senator for Charleston County, and the proceedings were most harmoniou?. Tlio principal business of the evening was tho election of a board of nine di rectors. Tho following well known gentlemen wore unanimously chosen U) direct tho affairs of tho Exposition ! Col. W. Wagoner, Col. Wilio Jones, Mr. Francis K. Carey, Mr. .). C. Homii liill, Hon. John L?\ Kieken, Mr. Wm. II. Welch, Mr. J. L. Divld, Mr. Samuel Lapham and Col. C. S. Oudsdon. The hoard was given tho usual powers to lill vacancies, adopt by-laws and regu lations and elect tho necessary ofllccrd for the various bureaus and depart ments. Tho board of directors is regarded hy all as representative and include some of tho host and most progressive businodd men of tho State. dipt. Wagoner, tho senior member of the linn of l'\ W. Wagenor ?V Co., of Char lesion, is known in commercial cir cles all over this country. His ample means havo boon accumulated by hon est, active work. Ho Is largely inter ested in many industries and evor ready to ontor new holds whore enter prise prom'838 advancement. Capt. Wagoner has endorsed tho Exposition with a subscription of $10,000. Mr, Francis K. Carey, of Baltimore, Md., is president of tho Charleston Consolidated Gas, Eleetrie and Kail way Company, and is ono of the most successful young business men of tho South. Col. Wille Jones, of Columbia, Is well known throughout the Statu as a man of unlmpoachablo eharactor and splendid ability. Mr. J. C. Uomphlll is tho ablo and energetic editor of tho Charleston News and Courier. A man who never tires in his efforts to build up his na I tivo Stute. lion. John P. Kicken, of Plokon, Hughos A- Picken, is one of Charles ton's most substantial citizens. lie I has held many positions of trust and was for years, mayor of tho elty of Charleston. Ho Is u prominent mem ber of the Charleston bar. Mr. J. L. David, of J. L. David & i Uro., stands very high in the commer cial world, and is every whero regardeo: as a man of great enterprise anil ener gy. IJo is always at the front in any movo for tho general good. Mr. Samuel Lupham, member of the city council of Charleston, president of the Charleston lee Company, presi dent of tho Charte ton IJotol Company, and otherwise variously interested, "is one of tho most valuable members of tho board, Mr. Wm. 11. Welch, se nior member of tho arm of Weleh & Kason, and president of the Young Men's Business League is one of the loading men in all enterprises for the good of tho city and State, An Indefatigable worker, ho yives much of his time to the public service, and is an enthus'ust on tho subject of tho Exposition. Col. C. S. Qadsdun is president of tho Atluntie Coast Line of South Caro lina and prosidoF'1 of tho Churleston and Savannah It, R. Col. Gadtdeu is a conservative and conscientious work er and will o ?k well into the. matters brought liefere the board. Ho has for many years served on the board of alderman anil stand- very high in Charleston and South Carolina. THKIlt AUDI UN HAIIt. Famous Women WIiohc I,neks Were 11 Untidy Wed or UoltlOll line. Sparta11burg Herald. Wo are inclined to think that Charles J. Hay no has returned from! his engagements with lyooum bureaus ami lecturing tour managers to edi torial work on tho Augusta Kvcning Herald. No one else could write eo entertainingly of tho "uuhurn-huired girl." Bo makes a contribution to tho discussion in the newspapers, such as no one else could make. Ho shows that it was with a web of goldon tress es that Helen ensnared the heart of Paris, and lie proved that Magdalene wiped the feot of the Muster with huir that was biomo. Ttio Herald is like wise authority for the statement that Dante's Beatrice was a blonde : Tassu's j Armlde was inspired by the fair and j blonde Kloonoro d'lv.e one of the most : remarkable women of that epoch, and one with whom, of course, ho was des perately in love. Tho beautiful Cleon ice supplants all brunette rivals in tiie heart of her royal lover, when1 she ''veils her nearly tear.- in tho shining gold of her hah-." Venus, the god- j dess of beauty and love rises from the ' sea foam with dead gold locks. The i virtues Pattb, Hope and Charity, : havo blonde hair, and Aurora who. opens the eastern (rates to the day god, I has hair as yellow as the sunshine. '?? It was the golden hair of the beautiful I Djlla, mistress of Tlbullus, that he witched tho poet, and Catullus sang tho glories of Berenice's golden hair. The radiant ideals of Titian, Murillo and Raphael were as Eugene Suo do scribed Adrlenne do Cordovllle : "Her huir was of a reddish hue of thut pe culiar color seen in many of the most admirahlo female portraits. Piiryne, tho fair, when brought before her judges, suddenly throw Oil her peplum and dazzled tho lawmakers with her wondrous beauty, clad only in the ' waves of rippling hair. Men have not ; changed through the centuries. Beau- ', ty was tin n, as now, a woman's host: defense, und her pardon was granted in.-tuntly." Among the poets wo remember tho rod-haired Pyrrha of Horace, Kings ley's llypatia, Bulwor's Adeline do ; Montreal, Virgil's Venus, Homer's Agamode, Shakespeare's Portia, Mit ton's I've and Hatleck's Punny. Tho heroic women of history woro of the : rod-haired sisterhood -Isabella of Cas- 1 tile, Helen of Troy, Catharine I. of Russia, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth of > Knpland, Mary Stuart, Anno of Russia, ex Empress Iv.igcuic, Lucrotla Borgia, and Beatrice Cenci. WRATH Kit AND OltOP IlKPOItT. Weekly Bulletin of Hie Weather Bu reau for South Carolina. COLUMIUA, S. C, June 'id, 11)00. The week ending 8 a. in., Juno 25th, uvoraged about (I degrees per day cooler than usual, with minimum tempera tures ranging between 55 a,id 72, and maximum tomporaturos between 70 and Oil degrees. The lowest tempera tares prevailed during tho UrSt half of tho week. Tho average rainfall for the week was 2.85 inches, ranging from less than I Inch to ti inches. The heaviest rains occurred iu the west central ami in the Southeastern counties, where lands wore badly washed, ami crops on many bottom lands were 11 Hided anil destroy ed. Tho rains injured cotton, some corn, melons, and wheat in the shock? causing sprouting?over tho western and south ceiitrni counties, hut woro eitle r highly beneficial or not Inn uiful elsewhere, and they improved rice, to bacco, gardotsand pastures, and minor crops generally. Over a largo portion of tho State cultivation was Impracti cable, except on from one to three days, consequently lieldsarc becoming grassy and ali Hold crops stands in need of cul tivation. rhOSOOOnd t on- were at their worst in the western naif of tho State, while over the northeastern counties there has been no harmful excess of rainfall, and crops of ull kinds are very promising. Sunshine, v. us deficient over tho ent ire State. Corn is generally doing well, hut somo Is turning yellow and Is firing, while on bottom lands, in tho western portions, much was destroyed by Hood ing. Parly corn is laid by. There was general deterioration in tho condition of cotton in tho westorn counties and in the upper EJlsto val ley, where some has not been chopped to stands, and Holds are foul with grass and weeds, and win re tho crop has recoived very little cultivation. Else where cotton Is growing rapidly, und early cotti n is blooming. Lice arc still prevalent, and in places havo broken stands. Tho>'o la more or less com plaint of grassy Holds from all sections, and cotton is in urgent need of dry, hot weather to permit cultivation and for its normal development. Tobacco has improved. Cutting and curing is in progross, but Is not gen eral. Worms aro numerous in WL 1 lams burg County. Wheat that has not boon homed or thrushed is beginning to sprout in tho sliock. Thrashing makir.g ??low pro gress. Lato oats havo 1 oon harvested. Weathor unfavorable on aiolons. IP.co, swoot potatoes, gardens and minor oropa aro doing woll. Prult is rotting us It ripens. Peas continue to ho sown on stubble lands planted with corn. DKAI II OF COUNT Ml ItYVIKI * A Diplomat Who Played ait lllipor taut Part iii Contemporary His tory, Atlanta <'ouslitUtioil. The death of Count MuravlelT, the Russian minister of foreign alluirs, has produced a d _p and vlsiblo elleet on international diplomats. They real ize that a dominant liguro in tho world's arena has heeu removed, and all evince an intense anxiety as to the individuality of his successor. Kassian diplomacy is beginning to be recognized as the most successful and aggressive extant. Tito play on tho part of Rubs la for international peace while she was pushing opera tions in China, and the politic stand which that government has assumed on every knotty probloui, lenda ground for the verification of Russia? own prediction that "she is the coming power in Asia." It is now conceded that MuravlelT was the leading spirit in all these matters, and that all those IIno schemes and smooth plays which are how seething to tho surface Origi nated in a brain remarkable for its quick and consistent shrewdness, it is evident, if all else be denied, that a mind of consummate ability is behind ail Russia's actions und competent judges are ready to believe that It has been that of tho strong-willed Muru vii IV rather than the sluggish czar. What wiil he the outcome of his death is as yet mere conjecture. If a BUOCOSSOr can be found who measures up to his standard the outward mani festations will perhaps he vague. Mut if an itu Hi uetit man is cho. ? -> or if it becomes apparent that MuravlelT was the power behind the throuo, then thoro will be changes and develop incuts of a radical and terrifying na turc. Tho other powers will cease to regard Russia as a stu.ubl ing-bloek in the path toward tho attainment of their selfish ends, anil we will see the partition of China, and other bloody Scheines pushed to a speedy comple tion. t appears also that the United Sta.es has lost a staunch friend in the Russian minister. What he has done for this country is told succinctly as follows by a contemporary, and may he a revelation to the average news paper reader : "When sentimental sympathy in bVaneo and Austria's ancient griev ance on account of our Mexican inter vention against Maximilian led to talk of a European concert against the Uni ted States in favor of Spain, a word from MuravlelTdlspellod these danger ous dreams. The eccentric proceed ings of Admiral von D.-.idcrichs at Ma nila, although undoubtedly In excess of bis instructions, had caused many Americans to doubt the sincerity of Germany's neutrality, and to look upon Great Britain as our only friend in Europe. Kiiglaud was prompt to seize her advantage, and the United States was never nearer than then to tumb ling Into the Anglo Amu rican alliance, pit. By MuravielVs instructions, Count Cassini hastened to assure our State department that Russia in no way resented our advance into Asiatic waters, and welcomed us as a neighbor in the Philippines. Franco, cautioned by her ally, became more discreet. Germany saw that her admiral's zeal had outrun his judgment, and sent him oil to liatavla to lire harmless salutes in honor of <'neon Wilhelmina's coro nation. England claimed the credit of saving the United States from a Euro pean war, but the decisive word which blasted the meddling project was spoken from St. Petersburg." It is reported, in addition, that there Is a possibility that the death of the Russian minister was duo to poison, applied witli criminal intent. If such be the ease, new and endless avenues of BpeClllutlon arc opened up, BUlliolont to caut-. European diplomats many .-I'.cples- nights and rouse anew popu lar interest in the developments of the nc xt for. weeks. ?i ? ? * n.i. -? TWO Oil 10 AT MJON. Hixainnl) s of the UniaHing Value of Character ami Knorgy. The editor of the Manufacturers' ReCord is in receipt of a private letter in which reference is made to two men whose, work for Southern upbuilding has attracted wide attention. The statements made in this letter as to the reason why these men have mic ceeded, namoly, that their success is founded on tho highest integrity and the broadest appeolatlon of tho broth erhood of humanity, may justify the publication of an extract as pointing a moral which may well be studied by the young men of this country. bYOiU this personal letter wo take the fol lowing : "The two most extraordinary men 1 have ever known are. Arthur K. Stil well, of Kansas City, Mo., and .lohn Skelton Williams, of Richmond, Va. There, are others who in tho course of a lifetime have accomplished more than cither of these young giants, but no two of whom I have any knowledge who have rolled such big stones up such steep hills at so early an age. " A great deal bar', naturally enough, been printed concerning them both, but the real mainspring of their power has not so far been disclosed. They are both very strong physically, with nerves of stei 1. They uro both quick to see situations and opportunities and discover the proportions of men and things. Both are imbued with un daunted courage and indomitable en ergy- Roth are capable of eighteen hours' bard work day after day, month after month, without showing any signs of Hugging. Ilnth aro tremendously in earnest and incapable of turning back once their hands arc laid to the plow. Both arc the mover, of men, prompters of thought, great persuaders and stub born resistors. But it is none of these qualities that constitute the main spring of the strength of either of thorn. They constitute two of tho finest types of Christian gentlemen to bo found among men, bowing to the lino of conviction, living up to their prin ciples, unswervabio a hairbreadth by any possible temptation. Thus it is the moral character of these two men more than anything else which has onablcd them to do the dlllloult things which have made them so notable. " I havo been struck by ono olhor characteristic which they have In com mon. Both aro men of largo human sympathies, BO large that It would bo a justifiable exaggeration to say that, groat strong men as they are, their hearts aro bigger than tholr brains and bodies put together, and that they havo Mowing in their veins more of " tho milk of human kindness" than of healthy red blood. To have, wonoitlier of them for your friond is hotter than to havo found a now ' hie brother.' " Tho Manufacturers' Record believes that euch a trlhut as this to moral th as tho reason for success jmti tlea tho publication of this strong oulogy; for It may loach a 103600 which thousand:', of young men just coming into tho field of human activities may m i.i,!? HOYIV8 OAKHKH. Tho Noted Confederate spy Haul ? Varied Lite. Wallace l'utnam Llood in tho Atlanta Constitution thus writes of tho death of Hello Hoyd : When 1 roatl ti e Constitution's tele graphic columns yesterday morning I was somewhat shocked to learn thut Hello Boyd was dead. In tho days of my boyhood 1 regarded this woman as a heroine who was entitled to a very high place in tho history of her country. Holle Hoyd was a Virginian of good family. She was an ardent Confeder ate sympathizer, und at the very be ginning of our civil wur sho went to work to aid the cause of lier friends. she carried dispatches und did the work of u spy until tiie federal au thorities found it necessary to hunt her down. The woman wua arrested time und again, but her ready wit and womanly fascinations made it easy for her to osoapo without Borious punish ment. Sho wua patriotic und utterly fearkss. frequently she took midnight rides in localities which were con sidered unsafe for the boldest men. More than once rude Federal soldiers arrested her ami searched her person for dispatohoH, but she generally dis appointed them. When oho could not destroy the documents sho carried she swallowed them. After she hud made herself famous n-< a Confederate spy she visited At lanta and was the recipient of many courtesies from our best people. At that time wo hud only one thc\ ter, the Athonean on Docatur street, opposite tho present Kimhall house. I saw hi r there ono night, escorted by the late Colonel John W. Duncan. Sim w as elegantly costumed* and wore diamonds, something unusual in those duys. Hero in Alluntu she made a fine im pression, hut after I? avlug here she hud many misfortunes. At one time she was imprisoned In Washington city und her guards treutod her wiih great brutality, finally sho was released, but on her way to Fin-ope on a block ade runner her vessel was captured by a federal cruiser. Miss Hoyd dis tinguished herself on the occasion by slapping the cheek of a F?deral lieu tenant, hut later on she reconsidered tho matter and married her captor. A few months later sho persuaded hor husband to resign, and in the course of a short time the civi! war was a thing of the past. Hello Doyd's career was then practi cally over. She was a woman without a country and her husband was ost'-a oi.-ed by his own people. Then she bi gan a hard struggle for existence, finding that she could not make a living by writing for newspapers, she OD to red the lecture field and during tho past thirty years sho has visited every city and town in this country. Conditions and opinions changed so rapidly that the poor woman lost ali of her friends. Kven here, in the heart of the Confederacy, she lectured to cold and unsympathetic audiences, and on more than one occasior her baggage was attached. Uer blue-coated husband died ami Bhe married again, hut the result did not improve her fortunes. The brave hearted woman had to light hor buttle alone, und now she is dead in u Wis consin town, far away from her old friends?far away from the Virginia hills and valleys where her beautiful girlhood was passed. Dead near the snow lino?this won derful woman of tho tropics ! Dead where both man and nature are cold and unsympathetic I Was tho Irony of fate over worse or more cruel ? Poor Helle Hoyd ? when our roal his torian comes to tho front she will have her rightful place. THE LAW AS TO TEACH 18118. Information of littereal Krom tho Su perintendent of Education. The following lias been sunt out to school trustees by the State- superin tendent of education : frequent inquiries at this olllco In dicate the need of more general infor mation upon the following matters : Trustees should not overlook the fact that the law forbids u contract with a teacher who does uOt hold a certificate to teach, issued within two years by the State hoard of education or by the board of education of the particular county in which the teacher is to bo omployod. Hy neglecting this law teachers and trustees have gotten themselves into awkward consequences. A porson teaching without a certificate with a view to standing tho examination and winning a Certificate, and then being able to draw tho accumulated salary, has been more than once disappointed in securing certificate and salary. The only safe course for teacher or trustees is to follow the. letter of the law, ami not to attempt to make a contract no less at that time tho teacher holds an up-to-date cert idea to of qualification, recorded and approved by the county superintendent of education, whose ap proval of every pay-warrant must be obtained before any money can ho drawn. A certificate expires In two years from the date of issue, liefere tho ex piration of this period the old cor till oato may be renewed hy the board thut granted it, only however, in case V c holder attended the summer sohool (if hold In tho county) or rendered to the State, hoard of control un acceptable excuse, for not having attended. If a certificate Is not renewed within tho two years, ita bolder is in no bettor position than one never having hold a certificate. A certificate may bo ob tained by successfully standing fill CX amlnatton, opportunity for which is of fered only tlirco times a yoi?r?the dates are third Friday in June, last week of tho summer school in tho county, third Friday in October. for some years there has been a regulation of tbe State board seeking to remove from trustees the temptation to let personal Interest Inlluonco tho selection of teachers. The Legislature itsolf, at its last session, enaotod a sim ilar but more stringent provision. This is now the law : '? No teacher shall be employed by a board of trustees of any school district who is related to a member of the board hy consanguinity or allinity within the second degree, without the written ap proval of the board of education of tho county, nor unless a majority of the parents or guardians of tho children attending the schoo for which fuch teacher is employed request such em ployment in writing." John J. McMaiian, State Sup't of Education. dears tho ' I* Kind Vou Havo Always Boutfi 1,1 HUNG Cll A TtieWl808t, Wiliest ami M able Oriental State Atlanta Constitution. Wiliest, wisest and most of oriental statesmen, yot right op to the standard of established by European go often abused but always (orj groat Chinaman, Li HungC been called from hid seoluslo doubtless he a leading spirit gotlatlons which will shortly fato of tho Mongolian enip rulers of that country havo n' ed to degrade him In times| tioual peace, but when stress stances hoded ill fortheempl rity they have boon willing i profit by the diplomacy of thl old man. ion! i Li is now eighty-one year but both Iiis mental and pliy ullies are in a romarkablo stat Bervatlon. He is of the purest blood, and sueii iias boon his pol tliat he has never been sntagocf the native party, the olotnout responsible for tho present discs'! has boon a leader ami advise! the government forces sineo tbl rebellion in 1851, when the mal individuality of the man was ti into such powerful relief. Solzil opportunity which his nrcstigd] ho advocated those, reforms win admired in the European eoul and which bo realized must,ho g| on the Chinese civilization Ibefoj ever-present specter of partition] bo laid at rest. To soino changes the government tookj and the people at first proposes jection because of their BUbllr in the great Chinaman. Hut a time came when be matters too swiftly, and the that his decline set in. He op) war with Japan on account of t equate condition of the army a and was hanisticd for his pains, peace negotiation- were oponoi was recalled and bis knowledge world and untiring shl'Owdness much to the empire which wouldl wise have been lost in a lOOtEi panic and demoralization. Wh new emperor came to the tbrol party attempted to push even mororl ical reforms than those favored by and iho hitter's services were more called in as mediator betwel the extremists on either side. foctivo were his counsels at thlt that the belief gained ground Hit] and the ompn ss dowager had he finally reconciled, but that reinar woman either fearing his powd popularity, made him viceroy to a] tant province, ClVoctlvcly remo him from the theater of activity. Now that the powers aro thumb tit the gates of the umpire and the court is tho scene of dissension intrigue a thousand times more diJ trous than open rebellion, Li II il Chang has once again been summ] ed to the capital. For what purposl not given out, but there is little doil that the Chinese government propol now to avail itself of the old mal Standing with tho foreign nations ai to invoke his tine suppleness in t. consideration of the intricate probier1 pressing for immediate settlement. Is very probable thai Li will bocooal the savior of his country and as sue! bis declining year. a', certain to b] marked by an overwhelming accessio| of power abroad and Inllucncoat homi IIAS THIRTY six OHIIdUlKN. Five Preachers and one so Mean luj Was Math' a Deacon. A Hanta Journal. " I ain't got nothin' hut chllluus,' jodge? :'>'' oh 'em: free daid?dal loabos ' me !l.'l suli : an' live ob dem's preach ers. I'so er proacber merselT : yassuh,/! de Kjv. .John Heard. I proaohos do J gospel 'cordin' i/. I boos hit. an' I aln'tl aebber had nobody poster me 'bout my ohilh'.ns bofo'. "Naw, sub, .i.-dge Landrom, i'so75 years i le, an' dls hero wife, oh mine, Anna, why, she ain't but .'M years ole. Naw, sub, but she -war out er warrant for mo, '8cusin* mo or faiiyuh to'sport free oh my chllluns. h'ust time one oh my wives eher done dat, an' Lawcy, Lawdy, man, i'so been married 'fodis. Yes I is. Dis 'oman ain't do mamy ob hut or few or my chllluus. "I married dat 'oman when sh wu/.n't hoi lb years Ole, an' wo ain't had no trubblo 'fo dis. Yassuh, .ledge Lan drom, dat'oman done tuck an'quit mo, an' now she is try in' tor heat mo outer my money. I'a wlllln' tor '-port do chillun an' took keor od 'em, but I ain't g wine tor gib her no money. Naw, suii : " Yer see, jcilge, 1 wu/. bornded on Kobwerry \">, an' what kin or man bornded oner day lack dat 'i pot? I wu/. 75 years old last Fobworry, sub, and dis hero 'oman ain't de nmmi oh but nine oi) my chllluns. 10 n ah my preaohln1 day.-, suh, when I got l>^^ 1 spounded do gospel and wiinn?/ nors an' dlslushoned do cnnsti#^ni oh do word ob do Lawd, I n? rxmfia al my life, .ledge. Landrein, sood notliln' lack dis. I'se or proaohor, suli sful livo oh my ohllluns is preachers, an/ 'pears to meter be purty lato In deal ay tor have ter git up in cote an"spllUn whut I does wi.l my ohllluns. " 1 WOUldor had six proafUOrs, sub, hut one oh my chiilun- is / moan do dobblo hisselT won't hah 'ly, Jod go ; so he's er deklll en or ohuroyan1 ho man ages ter git 'long pUl ty w '? Yassuh, I bho'Is had my trubbJ"i an' lor bo pestered an' humiliate I, lack I Is, sub, by dis here, 'oman is ?u/ amstnntlnbul, sub, ya-suh ! Dat's ??l It Is. Hear 1 is do father oh 110 ol/'uns f ole bed up in cote by dis lie/ oman for not 'gportln' free outer J> dat lot ! 1 101 you could /vo mo an do olo oman er few days f aplalnato dls horo trubblo me raolgh/1* 'ora up. Olmino tell Monday, yetf-ay V Tliank yor, Jodgo Land rem/mi so or powerful nloo man, .Tedgo/-lainls, Paralysis, blood pJdiing, Rheumatism, i latarru, and dis 0Ji peculiar to women, he is equally Jrwsnful. I>r. Hal hau ay's practice is /ire than double that of any other spec ist. (JaBoa pronounced holploes by othor tiyelcians readily yield to ins treatment, 'rile him today fully about your case to makcH no charge for COIlftiih dvicc, either ni his oftlCO or b} J. Newton Hathaway, M. II Iroad street, Atlanta,