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ttnnnnnunnxt JM*, n ? A HIGH ~ ?' " SOCIETY ? SENSAT19N BY EVERETT HOLBROOK. tt B_ COPYKIOBT. 1W<?, UY v'UAHI.Ktf W. UOOKC The- offices of The Globe are here, there and everywhere in a big build ing. Alice Phelps, who is supposed to be the prettiest glr' In the newspaper business, has a desk lu 408 on tbo fourth lloor. There she sat one morning writing abj et nonsense for the woman's page and cordially despising herself, but her face wore a smile of saintly beatitude, as It always does when she Is writing. She herself declares it to be rises sar dontcus, the smile imprinted by certain poisons upon the fuees of those that die of them. "Mr. Bunt's wauts to see you," sa'd the little typewriter girl from the tenth door. Morton Bangs was the city editor, a fierce creature who Inhabited a raised platform called Devil's Island, situated at the west end of the reportera' room. He had ouee been an amiable and rath er handsome man, but ten years on the whltlletree of the cur of Juggernaut, dtivlug the team with one hand and hanging on Just ahead of the wheelB with the other, had made his face and his mauuei-H us rugged us a crater on the moon. Miss Phelps approached Devil's Is land by the ustiul channels and gave good morning to Its grim commander. Mr. Bangs returned the salutation, which he wouldn't have doue for uuy body else lu the world. He put a newspaper clipping Into Miss Phelps' baud. "Here's that pipe dream that The Evening Star printed yesterday," saJd he. "1 waut you to llnd out what's back of It. This thing has thrown a scare Into every city editor In town. It may be a fake, but the chances are that there's a big story In It." Miss Phelps glanced at the clipping. She had seen the paragraph on the previous day, and she understood Mr. Hangs' feelings. This Is what bad scared him: "A. social sensation of the first mag nitude is Impending. An engagement between one of the richest young bachelors in the city and the most beautiful debutante of the season Is broken, and thereby hangs a tale of love and war. Two families among the most prominent In New York nro estranged by this event, and the result will be a struggle for social rupremacy the like of which has not been seen In many a day. "Moreover, this romance has ram ifications In the business world, for the fathers of the Interested parties havo been drawn into the quarrel, and Wall street will feel the shock before many days. One of these gentlemen is al ready begluning operations here, und the other Is hurrying home from j abroud, having been apprised of the facts by cable and foreseeing the re sult And the cause of all this Is the lufutuutiou of the young millionaire for tho daughter of a mechanic, a girl said to be very beautiful, and also very ludustrlous, as she earns her living by arduous daily toll." It Is very unusual for a New York puper to print anything llko that. The rule Is that news without names is no news at all. In Paris or London uucb hints In the [tress are common, but rarely does any jourttal of consequence lu America content Itself with a report so vague. "I've had live of the highest salaried chumps on the stuff huutiug for this thing," suld Bangs, "and they've all fallen dow. flat You've got to get it" "I don't believe I can," said Miss Phelps. "Yes, you can," replied Bangs, '?and I'll tell you why?first, because you're ?mart; second, because you're lucky, and, third, because you huve a pull with some millionaires. I refer purtlculaily to the Stafford Ogdens." Miss Phelps' face (lushed suddenly. "Don't ask mo to go to see Mrs. Staf ford Ogdcn on such an errand," said she. "Why not?" demanded Hangs. "You got chummy with her at Montauk Point among the sick soldiers last sum mer. You printed her name all over the first page of The Globe for a week and filled the supplement with her on Sunday. What does she expect? Didn't you find her sou Uaymond In the hospital tent and cover him with a blanket when the sea fog was whis tling through tho bullet hole in his shoulder blade?" "Y'oung Mr. Ogden," said Miss Phelps, "was shot In tho breast. He happened to be going up San Juan hill at the time and tho bullet was coming down." "Well, anyhow," said Bongs, "you covered him with a blanket, or was It a tablecloth? It doesn't matter. Go ask his mother If she knows what crazy millionaire it Is that want* to marry outsldo the Four Hundred. There's mighty llttlo golug on in the swell set that she doesn't see." "Can't somebody else go to see herr" pleaded Miss Phelps. "My young friend," retorted t\he city editor, "she won't see anybody else. In my opinion, she has the otory right In her noddle, and The Globe can't get left on It. The key of the street Is watting for mo if I get beaten on this, so remember that you're gambling for my job as well as your own." With this fearsomo announcement, which might or might not no Intended as a Joko, Mr. Bangs closed the inter view and turned to other tasks. Miss Phelps had a few moments of rebellious augulsb, as .id often hap pened bcfon Investigation such an this wbleb ?be was asked to undertake wus like golug through purgatory tbo wrong way; it was the torture of ask ing questions leading to the inferno of writing the story. Sold and body dreaded the Interview with Mrs. Ogden. The incident at Moutauk had procured for the girl most pressing Invitations to the Ogden mansion, but she had never gone there, rightly appreciating ttie folly of euch acquaintances between persons WhOSO lives have nothing In common. It may have been discipline or a j sense of duty or Just plain ordinary I desperation that made her obey the 1 orders of her chief. The Ogden residence on West Fifty seventh street Is a groat, plain bouse without und a paluee within. Mrs. Og deu was not at home, but the reporter fell Into the hands of little Miss Ogden. uged 12, who received her with wild delight. They had met during the pre vious summer. The child dragged Miss Phelps into tbo music room and began to exhibit treasures innumerable. It was very interesting, but Father Time was fly ing while Mrs. Ogden delayed, und the two Jobs mentioned by Morton Hangs were hanging by a .single threud upon the b'ade of the old fellow's scythe. Suddenly a door opened, and in wulk cd Raymond Ogden. Smoking Jacket, Slippers, a languid air and the hour of the day combined to give an impres sion that the young man was still an invalid, but how changed bo was from the wounded soldier on the cot ut Mou tauk! Alice Phelps" faee flushed with pleas ure at the sight of him and then paled. The thought had rushed upon bor that this splendid fellow had boon shot straight through the body; that death had actually laid hands upon him and claimed him and had boon beaten la that claim by the margin of the thick ness of a sheet of paper, as she had heard a surgeon say. lie grooted her heartily, with tho crystal clear manner of the really well bred. "My mother fancies that 1 am 111," he continued. "She wouldn't let mo go out this morning because It was so cold. Bless her dear heart! Mothers always know what Is best for their boys." "That's not at all bad for you, Ray mond," said little Miss Ogden. "But I in wai.kku kaymond oookn. don't think mother could have known thut Miss I'helps was coming, becauBo I In that ease she surely wouldn't havt> gone out." Alice's heart smote her with an ac cusation of false pretenses. "I have como here on a miserable er rand," said she, and then she told him all about it. Tho young mun became earnest and serious at once. "Yon have no Idea who these people are?" he said. "Not tho shadow of a guess," ehe re plied. "I think they won't like It much If their names got Into the paper," said he. "They haven't dono anything to be ashamed of, so far as I know," she re plied. "If the young man in question has come to prefer another girl, he has dono right to break his engagement; he could do nothing else in honor." "True," said he, "and yet it must be pnlnful to see such stories uhout one In print. Kor my part, I should hate to bo tho person to tell such a thing." "You couldn't hate It worse than I do," said Alice, with tears in her eyes. "But what am I to do? I make my living by it." She smiled bitterly at.tho bitter jest. "That's true, too," eald he, "and bo I'm going to toll you tho story. I know every detail of It." "Don't you tell It If you don't fool at perfect liberty to do so," she protested. "I should have the right to Judge," he replied, "for I nm the man!" Alice aat up painfully erect in her chair like an Image of wood. It flashed acroBH her mind that persons who were suddenly stricken with paralysis must feel as she did. When her volition came back to her, she rose as stiffly as an automaton. "This Is too horrible," said she. "I will go bnck to the ofllcu and- and re sign. I am done With It all." Her volco sounded to her ob If it camo from Bomo ono behind her who was speaking over her head. . "Wait till you have heard the story." said he. t "But X cannot!" she cxclalni?&. "How ?ball I intrude In such 11 ease? TL>\> snail I hear these women's namesV 1 have no tight to hear them." "Let me again be the Judge," said he. "In the first place. I will relieve your mind by saying that the story baa been greatly exaggerated. That fuollsh par agraph was given to The Star by Tom Alnslee"? "Tho leader of cotillons?" "He leads cotillons sometimes," said Ogden, "but gossip Is his regular busi ness. He knows the society man on The Star and loads him tip regularly. He was over here to see me a few days ago, when I was playing sick, as I am today. We talked In my den for an hour or more. He got me to say that there was uothlug lu tho rumor thnt I am to marry Frances Carr. Why shouldn't I say that? Miss Carr and I were never engaged, though It Is an open secret that both families desired the match, and also? as I can tell you? thnt there was a little bitter feeling, foolish, of course, because among half a dozen women who Interested them HR PELL FORWARD, WITH IIIS face In HIS BANDS. selves In the affair each fell to thinking that some other was plottln : against the mutch. "Now it happens that old Jack Carr anil my father are on opposite sides of the murket Just now ami that the pater had to hustle back from Europe because Carr was getting a little too aggressive. Tom Alnslee knew all this, and there's the story. Tho so ciety warfare is arrant nonsense. Society Is nothing but warfare any way." "There?there Is one more point," stammered Alice. "You mean the poor girl whom I love?" said he. "There's truth in that. I love her truly, and I'd marr er to morrow If she'd agree. Tom Alnslee saw her picture In my deu, and he made a shrewd guess; I told him noth ing. I will not tell you her name yet. You would not wish to print it." "I!" cried Alice. "Do you fancy I w'-'I print a line of this? I'd rather starve In the street." "Oh, Kay. ' cried little Miss Ogden. "tell her who the girl Is! I know! And I want her for my sister." "She Is, I am sure, a lovublc and worthy woman," said Alice. "I con gratulate you heartily If you have won her love." "I have not," said he, "and bow I am to do It Is a riddle. I almost never seo her. The picture I got from a literary magazine. It Is very good." "Oh, yes!" cried little Miss Ofden. "It looks Just like you! Craclous good ness! What have I said?" And she looked from one to the other of them Aghast. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? "Mr. Hangs," said Miss Phelps, re porting to her chief that afternoon, "I have got the story, but it really isn't worth printing. There Is no social war and no financial strife at least not on this account." "And who's the man?" "Raymond Ogden. There is no truth !n the story of the broken engagement, but he Is really CUgaged to the me chanic's daughter. She Is a girl of some cultivation, but not In any way his equal ? not beautiful nor good enough to be his wife." Morton Bangs looked Into Miss Phelps' face for a moment. Then bo fell forward heavily upon the desk, with his face hi his hands. Sin. Eclipse*). Au eclipse of the sun bus always been looked upon with awo by tho Ig norant, and In the tenth century there was a prevalent?nay, almost universal ?Idea thnt the end of the world was approaching when an eclipse occurred. Many charters begun with these words, "As the world Is now drawing to Its close," and It Is related that an army marching tinder the Emperor Otho I was so terrified by an ecllpso of tho sun, which It concolvod to announce this consummation, as to disperse has tily on all Bides. As this notion seems to have been founded on some confus ed theory of the millennium It died away when tho seasons proceeded to the eleventh century with their usual regularity. The theory of eclipses is ?aid to have been known to the Chi nese. 120 B. C. A WhPwt Pointer From Kansas. Kansas knows something?in fact, a good deal?about wheat, and here is a pointer from one successful grower; Neglecting to plow early, so that the soil will get thoroughly settled and compact, Is perhaps the cause of more I complete failures than almost any oth er. Sometimes it Is Impossible on ac count of lack of moisture to plow the ground soon after harvest Where this Is t>>" case I would rather drill the w*tut into unploved stubble If fairly free from weeds and Insects than plow late. Plowing can usually be finished by the 1st of August, giving one and a half to two and a hs'f months before; seeding. For the Horn Vly, To those who may not want to take the trouble to make the mixtures In use for the horn fly Professor P. J. Par rot recommends flsh oil, which can be ; purchased at any drug store. It also j has to be applied with a brush and at the rato of one-eighth to one-half a pint for each application. Hew* sad Woios. A great shortage of hay In the west and a generally light crop la the pre ysslllng report. THE STRICKEN CITY AND ITS NEEDS SHI AI l<>\ GKUWING WOHHK. I IidiihkmiIw of Destitute HuilorerH Who are Fron/.led and Dying?Not a Single, Church or School Building \V?k Lett Intact. Tho following ?tatoniont of condi tions at Galveston and appeal for aid wub issued by tho local relief commit tee on tho 11 th inst : " A conservative estimate of tho loaa of life la that it will roach 5,000 ; at least o,u00 families are aholtorleaa and wholly dealltute. Tho entlro remain dor of tho population is sutToring in greutor or less dogrco. Not a alnglo church, school or oharltablu institu tion, of which Galveston had so many, ia left intact. Not a building escaped datnago and half of tho wholo number woro ontirely obliterated. There is lmmodiato need of food, clothing and household goods of all kinds. If noarby cities will open asylums for women and ohildren tho situation will ho greatly relieved." Tho terrific oyeionu that produced such a distressing disustor in Galvos tgn and all through Texaa, was pre dicted by tho United Statos weather bureau to atrlko Galveston Friday night, and created much approhension, but tho night passed without the pre diction being vorltied. Tho conditions, however, wero ominous, tho danger aignal wua displayed on tho tlag atulf of the weather bureau, shipping was wuruod, etc. Tho southeustorn sky waa sombre, tho gulf boat high on the beach with that dismal thunderous roar that presaged trouble, while tho air hud the stillness that betokens a storm. From out of the north, in tho middle watches of tho night, the wind began to como in spiteful putT-i, in creasing in volume as the day dawned. By 10 o'clock Saturday morning it svua a'tnost a gale ; at noon it had increased In velocity, aud was driving the rain, whipping the pools and tearing things up iu a lively manner, yet no serious ap prehension was felt by resldcnta reiuoto from tho encroachments of tho gulf. Reside uls noar tho bench were aroused to tho danger that threatened their homca. Stupendous waves began to lend their waters far inland and tho people began a hasty exit to secure places in the city. Two gigantic forces wt.ro at work. Tho gulf drove tho wavea witii irresistible force high upon the beach and the gale from tho north east pitched the wuters against and over the wharvcp, choking the sewers and lluoulng the city from that quarter. The streets rapidly beg,in to Mil with water ; communication began to be dif ficult aud tho helpless people woro caught between two powerful elements, while tho winds howled and rapidly In creased in velocity. Railroad communication was cut oil" shortly after noon, tho track being washed out; wire facilities completely failed at 3 o'clock and Galveston was completly isolated from tho world. The wind momentarily increased in velocity while tho waters rapidly rose und tho night Jrow on with dreaded apprehension depicted In tho faco ol every one. Already hundreda and thou sands woro bravely struggling with their families against tho mad waves ;snd licrce winds for places of refuge. Tho public school buildings, court house, betel-, in fact any place that olfcred apparently a safe refuge Iron! the elements, becamo crowded to their utmost. Two minutes of II p. in., juat before tho aiiomomeicr blew away, It had reached the frightful velocity of 100 miles an hour. Buildings that hud hitherto stood, tumbled and crashed, carrying death and destruction to bun dle Jt of people, lt'jofs whistled through the air, windows woro driven In with a crash or shattered by Haying slate, telegraph, telephone and electric light poles, with their masses of wires, wero snapped elf like pipe stems and water communicatioua woro broken. What velocity the wind attained after tho anemometer blow olY, is purely a mat ter of speci lation. Tho lowest point touched by tho burometer In tho press correspondent's ofllco, which was tilled by frightened men and women, was 28 0-li; tills was ubout 7 UO p. m. It then bogan to rise very slowly, and by 10 p. m. had reached 28.01?, tho wind gradually subsiding and by midnight tho storm bad passed. Tho water, which bad reached a depth of 8 foot on t ho strand at 10 o'clock p. in., began to obb and ran out very rapidly and by 5 a. in. tho crown of the stroot wus free of water. Thus passed out one of the most frightful and destructive storms which over devastated tho coast of Texas. DEAD ARB BURIED IN THE SKA. A dispatch from Galveston datad Sept. 11th says : Tho good citizens of Galveston are straining every nervo to cloar the ground and secure from beneath tho debris tho bodies of human beings and animals and to get rid of tbem. It Is a task of great magnitude und Is attend ed with untold dltllculties. There is a shortage of horses to haul tho dead and there Is a siiortago of willing hands to perform tho gruesome work. Yester day morning It becamo apparent that It would bo impossible to bury tho dead even In tronohes, and arrangements wero made to take t hem to sea. Barges and tugs were quickly made ready for tho purpose, but it was dillicult to get mi n to do tho work. Tho city's Bremen worked hard In bringing bodies to tho wharf, but outside of thorn thero woro fow who holped. Tho work was In tho hands of Alderman* G. H. McMastor, Mr. M. 1*. Morrlsaoy, Gaptain Gbarles Clark, Josoph B. Hughes and others. These men pitched in, handling tho bodies themselves and urging tho fow men they could pick up to work. liev. Futhor Kirwln, who wont out to sum mon men for tho work, roportod that it was impossible to got any considerable number, and homrged that able-bodied men bo impressed. Soldiers and polico men woro soot out and ovory able-bud iod man found was marched to tho wharf front. Tho men wero worked in relays and wero liberally, but not too plentifully, supplied with stimulants to nerve thorn for their task. At night fall three bargo loads containing about 700 bodies had boon sent to uoa, where they wero sunk under wolghts. Dark ness compelled suspension of the work until morning. Toward night great diflloulty wus experienced In handling ttio bodies of negroes, whloh aro badly decomposed. Tho work today will bo still moro dlftloult. No effort was made after 0 o'clock yesterday morning to placo tho bodies in morgues for identification, for it was iraporativo that tho doad should bo gotten to sea as soon as possible Many of tho bodies takon out aro un identified. They aro placed on tho barges as quickly as possiblo and lists aro made while tho bargos aro boing towed to sea. A large number of do*d animals wero hauled to tho bay and dumped in to bo carried to soa by tho tides. Ono hundred and twenty-tive men worked all day yesterday and last : night In uncovering the machinery of the- waterworks from tho debris. It is hoped that it will bo possiblo to turn ! on the water for awhile today, and It i is planucd to sot liro to the debris under I the direction of the chief ol tho Uro 1 depurlment and crcmute tho bodies j burled under it. I Mayor Jones has glvon very full I scope to Chief of Police Kotchum and t Mr. J. II. Hawley, chairman of tho committee on public safety, to swear I in citizens of good character as ollicers, I end has told them that able-bodied meu must bo made to work or got off the Island. The city, be said, was under martial law. Picket Hoes have boon established around the largo stores und guards placed on duty. Tho soldiers and police are instructed to shoot any one caught looting or attempting to loot. Tho jails uro full and summary moasurus are necessary. As tho work of collecting the bodies procoolsand as reports come in of details, it becomes apparent that the death list will run much higher than was at tirst suppos ed. Censorvatlvo estimates place tho number of dead In tho city at 0,1)00. Other points ou tho coust also sulTorod and reports arc that tho main land, Calvestou island and Holiviar penin? sula are bestrewn with dead. DESCRIPTION OF ILL-FATED CITY, Mr. D. U. Clarkson, of Calvestou, was on a visit to Indlanoplls when tho great disaster took place, and in speak ing of tho Hooded city, Its location und population, ho said: "Calveeton lu situutcd on an Island extending oast and west for twemy seveu miles and is seven miles in its greatest width north and south. No city could bo In greater danger with such a horriblo visitation as has now come to Galvoston. in no part of tho city with Its (iS.OOU population is it more than six feet above tho sea level. The fl*t condition not only points to tho desperation of tho situation of the peo ple at such times as this, but their danger muy bo considered emphasized when it is kuown that exactly whero tho city is built tho Island Is only one and one-quarter miles wldo. "On the bay, or north side of tho city, is the commercial section with wharves stretching along for nearly two miles, lined with sheds and lar?e storage houses. In that portion of Calvestou thero aro throe elevators; one of 1,600,000 bushels capacity, one of 1,000,000 and the third of 700,000. The island from tho uorth side is con nected with the main laud by railroad bridges and the longest wagon bridge in the world, tho latter nearly two miles in length. ''In 1872 the entire east end of the city was swept away by the tidal wave that followed a terrific storm that swept the Gulf Coast for three full days. Then the eastern land ou which build ings stood was literally torn away. It is on the south side of the city, begin ning within fifty yards of tho medium gulf tide, that tho wealthy resident portion lb located and which was the first part of Calvcston to bd stricken by tho full forco of tho rccont storm and Hood. All the eastern end of the city must certainly be wash >d away and in this quarter, between iiroadway and avenue I some of tho handsomest and most oxpcnslvo residences aro located. There was located tuoro one tome which aloue cost tho owner over $l,fj?0,* 00U. Mo.-t of the residences uro frame, but thero aro many of stone and brick. In the extreme eastern end of the city ?hero aro many of what aro called 'raised cottages.' T,.cy aro built on piling and stand from eight lr.?2 feet from tho ground as a precaution I against floods, it noing possible for tho water to sweep under them. "Tho only protection that has over been provided for the Gull bido of the city has been two stono breakwaters, but many times, with ordinary storms, coming hi from the Gulf, the hlgii tide water ha? been hulled over the low btone walls right to tho very doors of the residences. Prom Virginia Point, six miles from Galvoston, in ordinary conditions of tho atmosphere the city can bo plainly seen. If it is true that Galvoston can not now bo sojn from the Point, tho condition of the people In the city must be one of Indescribable horror." VVhon asked as to tho woulth of some of tho principal business quarters of Gaiveston, Mr. Clarkson salu: "Many millions of dollars uro invest ed in the wholesalo and retail business of (ho city. On Strand street uloue thero are tou blocks of business es tablishments that roprosent un in vested capital of $127,000,000. Market street is the heavy retail street, and thero in tho heart, of tho Hooded dis trict tho losses can not but reach uway Into tho millions. Tho fact, as lndicat d by the dispatches, that wutor Is stand ing several feet doop In tho Tromont Hotel, furnishes startling ovidonco to mo that Calvestou has boen Indeed dovastated. Tho hotol Is In almost ex actly tho oenter of tho city. Two years ago Galvojtou did the heaviest ship ping business in cotton and grain of any Southern city. When I wus homo two shiploads of cattle woro leaving tho port on an avorago every week." RELIEF FOR TUB STRICH BN CITY. Prom all parts of tho United States and many portions in K.ngbtnd many thousands of dollars are pouring in for tho relief of Texas' destitute storm sutYorcrs. Train loads of provisions und clothing aro also hurrying towards Houston und Galvoston, and those of tho rofugeos who have arrived In Houston aro being mutlo as comfortable as possible. Estimates of tho uumber of dead still vary. Mayor Jones, of Gai veston, maintains his opinion thut the number will be no losr. than live thou sand. Property losses uro mounting higher as further details urrivo and some estlmutos for the eity of Gaiveston roach as high as twonty million dollars. Thero are 25,000 homeless people to bo taken euro of, and it Is a question whothor Gaiveston can or will bo rebuilt. Thero sooms to bo a dispo sition on tho part of the loading citi zens, however, to start resolutely whero tho stoi m loft otT und raiso a now city from tho ruins of tho old. Tho military aro patrolling tbo Btreots and looting has beon glvon a set-back. Several additional eases have boon reported whero vandals havo boen shot down witilo robbing tho doad, but troops are rapidly gaining control of tho lawless oloment. L. Ji Soaly, a young man of GalvoB ton, Texas, who is in La Junta, Colo., has received a telogram from tho mayor of Galvoston Informing him of tho death of twouty-ono of his rolatlvos, among whom aro his mother, two sistors and threo brothers. Hillroad men in Now York havo boon discussing with grout interest the possibility that Galvoston .nay bo re built on a dilTurent slto, loss liable, to onslaughts of tho Gulf of Mexico than the Hat sand Island whloh has twlco boon donuded by wind and wave. It was rumored that tho Southern Pad Ho oompany would head a movement to build the olty on a spot forty miles to the south-west of tho present location, at the mouth of tho Brazos. But rep rosontativos of tho railroad system which connected Galveston with the outside heforo tho occurrence of the present disaster say that hor residents will rebuild on tho same sand Island In splto of the terrible experience. They bolleve that Galveston, ruined ticun cially though her citizens havo been, will bo rebuilt by hor citizous without tho aid of outside capital. ???Mnmm~* ? * 4mm?? TUK V?TK KOK 8TATK OFFI0UR8. The Ollleial Returns of tho Second Primary Bleotton Hold Sept. 11. 1000. Tho total vote in the State of South Carolina in tho second primary as offi cially declared was 88,775 In tho raco for Governor, 88.398 for Lieutenant Governor and 88,434 for K illroad Com missioner. Tho result is as follows: Counties. McSweonoy. Iloyt. Abbovllle. 1,335 755 Aikon. 12,0:12 1,118 Andersen. . 1,408 1,080 Hamberg. 008 122 Barnwell. 1,105 708 Beaufort. 207 107 Borkeley.. 705 HO.i Charleiton.:t, I7i> 093 Cherokee. 771 804 Choslor. 745 522 Chesttrllold. 1,180 510 Colleton. 1,000 984 Clarendon. 1,058 400 Darlington. 1,212 913 Dorohester. 036 r.21 Kdgefield. 774 782 Fair field. ?isr? 089 Florence. 1,183 785 Georgetown. 330 271 Greenville. 2,473 3.070 Greenwood. 820 887 Hampton. 892 484 Sorry. 1.878 725 Kershaw. 1,007 750 Lancaster. 077 805 Laurons. 1,002 1,357 Lexington. 1,708 803 Murlou. 1,883 1,205 Marlboro. 1.007 717 Ne w berry. 1,214 014 Ooonoe. 1,344 1,200 Orangoburg. 1,302 1,331 Bickens. 1,300 995 Ulcbland. 1,738 900 Saluda. 1 217 577 Spartanburg. 2,797 3,005 Sumter. 1,175 1,099 Union. 1,205 828 Williamsburg. 1,194 7; York . 1,730 1,202 Total.51,303 87,412 LI RUTEN ANT GOVERNOR. Til I man. Sloan. Abbeville. 1,280 818 Alken .?. 2,205 959 Anderson. 2,213 1,218 Bamberg. 543 488 Barnwell. 1,304 504 Beaufort. 100 208 Borkeley. 838 222 Charleston. 1,552 2,300 Chorokee. 1,013 540 Chester. 840 111 Chestortichl. 1,130 002 Golleton. 1,300 782 Clarondon. 1.047 502 Darlington. 1,354 101 Dorchester. 001 554 Kdgefield. 970 581 Palrfiold. 820 568 Florence. 1,298 ti7l Georgetown. 318 282 Groenvillo. 3,047 1,893 Groonwood. 880 835 Ilump'.on. 845 523 Hurry. 1,513 1,085 Kershaw. 1,172 003 Lancaster. 1,081 791 Laurens. . "2^083 * 904 Lexington. 1,064 S*J?_ Marion. 2 239 Silf Marlboro. 873 840 Newberry. 1.394 730 O^ouco. 1 3L'0 1,215 Orangeburg. 1,354 1,300 Dickons. 1,311 1,053 Bichland. 1.100 1,547 Saluda. 1.358 494 Spartanburg. 3 210 2,011 Sumter. 1,202 1,075 Union. 1,548 483 Wllllamsburg. 1,179 753 York. 1,834 1,194 Total.53,000 34,798 RAILROAD CO M M ISSION RR. Kvar.s. VVharten. Abbeville. 003 1,410 A Ik on. 1,170 1,985 Anderson. 1.100 2,252 Bamberg. 814 210 Barnwell. 1,019 877 Beaufort. 185 177 Borkoloy. 718 350 Charleston. 1,083 2,145 Cherokee . 808 702 Choster. 723 528 Chosterliold. 1.520 208 Colleton. 1,422 008 Clarondon. 977 580 Darllniitou. 1,390 700 Dorchester. 743 413 KJgolield. 487 1,072 Fair Hold . 538 847 Florence. 940 980 Gojrgotown. 401 194 Greenville. 1,881 3,010 Groonwood. 340 1,372 Hampton. 550 81 s Berry. 1,902 059 Kershaw. 1,235 599 Laucastor. 1,131 741 Lanrons. 121 2,032 Lexington. 1.197 1,317 Marion. 2 38! 1 735 Marlboro. 1.321 109 Nowborry. 583 1,513 Oconeo. 1,118 1,475 Orangoburg. I,4l0 1.310 Bickens. 958 1,405 Ulcbland. 1,014 1,073 Saluda. 759 1,034 Spartanburg. 1,919 3,934 Sumter. 1 237 1,030 Union. 890 1,133 Wllllamsburg. 1,12s 832 York. 1 052 1,203 Total.12,522 ?5 912 ?Tho prcsidont of tho Ohio Btver railroad refused to allow tho Bryan special car attached to one of his trains in West Virginia, and forced tho Bryan party to ride in tho regular passenger. It is said to be a hit of spite because of Bryan's speeches at tacking the trusts. It Ib declared that Democrats aro Incen-jcd and Bopubll cans dlsgustod at this petty revonge by a trust magnate, and that it will carry many votes to Bryan. ?Tho annual crop of mushrooms in Franco is valuod at $2.000,000 and there aro si vty wholesale firms In Furls doallng oxuluslvcly In thorn. In tho dopartmont of tho Selno, it appears, thore aro some 3,000 caves in which mushrooms aro grown, and about 300 persons aro omploycd In their cultu.ro. ?It is believed by vogotarluns that a purely vogetablo diet makes poople amiable, good naturod and gonorous, and that thoso who oat largoly of meat become quarrolsomo, selfish and moan. OASTOIIIA. Sau-? the _ sf ^8 K|Rd You Have Always Bouflit Delicious Hot Biscuit are made with Royal Baking Powder, and are the most appe tizing, healthful and nutritious of foods. Hot biseuit made with im pure and adulterated baking powder are neither appethdn ? nor wholesome. It all depends upon the ball ing powder. Take every care to have your biseuit made with Roya! baking powder, if you v/u::! i avoid iiidicestit>n. noYM hMcmo r 'won* CO . ? > V-*il 11 * rT . t / y v;;c; CHINESE I'OOItKOLKS. Their Harn I tigs Very Small and Their Industry Unremitting, A rich Chinaman wears silk, a poor one cotton. SIdco the proportion of rich to poor la about one to a thousand, it follows that too growth and manu facture of cotton are of prlmo neces sity. It Is thought cotton culturo was begUD In the Thirteenth century, the plant coining from India, where it has been known for 2,UUU years. In spite of her unequaled agriculture, China does not raise cotton for export?nor, in fact, enough for her own needs. In the growth and manufacture of it, us In everything else, tho aim is not, as in tho United Stutes, to savo hand labor, but to use as much of it as possible. There are no power gins for taking out the Beed. Instead, the Chinese use little hand gins very like those still to bo found in the homu siTirn r"g'onsof tho Appalachian chain. The gin Is n?lirimoro than u couple of small wooden rollei'S; made fast to uprights Stllxed to a bench." Th9V ore turned by a wooden crank, rovolvo one against tho other, and freo the cotton of soud by drawing tho lint through tho narrow space between. Tho lint is fed to them by hand, und it lakes a long and steady day's work to gin live pounds of lint?which means twenty pounds of cotton in tho seeu. Tho cotton is carded simultaneously with tl o ginning. A.second man stands ut the end of tho bench beating the clean seed with tho tou-kung, or earth bow, into big. Ilaity bats. These bats tho wemonspln in various ways. Some times they use tho old-fashioned spin ning wheel. Much of toner it Is some thing approximating tho ancient dis tal!. Tho spinner twirls it steadily, walking around and around as sho twirls, thus winding the lengthening thread Into very long hanks. If It is spun and run into broaches or iiullla, they often are reeled with a hand reel. Chlneso Industry, indeed, is as invete rate as Chlnoeo economy. Women usually work at such reeling while they stand at gossip In tho ailoyways hulweon thoir house. If there is no roel handy they will be stitching upon a shoo sole, always a salable article. Buro feet uro unknown in China. ICvcn a beggar wears shoes, though ho may have no other clothing than tho head bowl, which serves both as a hat and to hold out whon there is a chauco of aims. Nothing Is wasted in China, Fven grass and wheat roots are pulled up, washed, dried and u?ed for fuel. Scraps of papor and cloth are pasted together to mako the insoles of shoes. Hits of word are glued to build us oithor a board or a pust. Women spinners and slraw-plalturs earn two cents a day. The spinning, though. Is most com monly like the weaving of tho hand looms, only u part of unpaid honsohold labor. Machine made cloth und thread havo of lato como to boar heavily upon tho cotton workers, but ttiat fact is In a degree olYsot by tho growing Im porte of saw cotton. Still some of the light yellow hand-mudo fabric, known the world over as uankoon, from tho city tif export, Nanking, is shipped abroad. It is mauo from a peculiar yellow-staple cotton, hence not dyed. Tho samo yellow-staple cotton is grown and manufactured by Arcudians in Louisiana, but tho fobrio is so coarso that it dooB not compete with tho Chinese one. Five dollars a year will clothe a Chi nese husban 1 and wlfu somothlng moro than decently. Underwear Is unknown?so is fitting a garment. Tho only measures takon are from the hip to the ground, and from tho middle of the breast to tho finger tips. Fashions do not change Winter garments and bodding aro wadded with cotton. Onco a yoar thoy must bo ripped aoart and washed, padding and all. How neodful is economy inaybojudg od from a fow figures. Unskilled laborers rocoivo upon an average soven cents a day. Masons, carpenters and stono-cuttors, horo as olsewhoro tho aristocracy of laboi, got from twenty tivo to thirty cents a day. Works bogins at sunrise and koops up until dark. Strikes aro virtually iiuanown, and tho Chlneso laboror Is t ho happiest and most contontod In all the world. Now York Sun. ?It Is stated that moro stool is mod in the manufacture of pons than in tho manufacture of swords. A BOOM IN SHIRT WAISTS. M mi ill not urnra ?ro Preparing,for Kn ormous Outputs Next Year. New York Tribune. A decade ago llio shirt waist was practically unknown. Today millions of dollars are invested in factories which mukc nothing else, and the out put for the last season wus enormous. Manufacturers of shirt factory machin ery are already receiving big orders for fancy sewing machines, which will be needed to (ill next year's demands from the thousands of " shirt, waist mun" who will join the little band of pioneers who had the nervo to tako off their coats this summer. Importers and makers of shirtings announce an array of now designs and a rango of colors which promise weil for tho va riety of next season's goods. It was nbout eight years ago that tho manufacturers began to make shirt waists for women. Of course, women had been wearing them for sotno time before, but not in sullleient quantities to attract the attention of "apit,;!.-. Ow ing to the great comfory.;,,,! utility of the srUrt' waist tho growth of tho trade has been phendiuQfiP.r The demand for soft shirts for men has increased in re lative ratio. Tho industry has centered in this city, whero tboro aro many large factories. Oue tirm alone does a business in shirts amounting to moro than *2,ul)0,l>00a year. Another faotory receives from $tiUX),0UO to $7u0,000 an nually from the sale of silk shirt waists for women. Cincinnati Is another Bhirtmaking center, and Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, IJanvor, und San Francisco each has several factorlos. Shirt waists are now mudo of many kinds of material and for all seasons. Wool, silk, linen and cotton and various combinations of these fabrics, aro out and stitched into comfortable garmonts. Fach season has brought its Innovation, its "something new," a necossary thing of the trade, for it prevents, to a cor lain extent, tho wearing of the previous season's waist. Silk has become a pop ular fabric, and much of it Is made near this city. The largo output of the PatorsOD (N. .).) mills is almost ontiro ly turned over to shirtmakors. As yet American silk is not so tine as that made Is some other parts of the world, but the industry is comparatively now here, and tho near future will soo an improvement in standards. Tho severely plain, but expensive shirt walftt BOOme tO havo gone out for good. The reason Is that to the oye of the lay buyer the d. it'erence betwoon an expensive plain waist and the moder ate priced article is not apparent, and women tho world over like to exhibit cost marks in an indirect way. Pino linens and madras will havo tho call ncxtsoasou. Percales or printed goods will not bo used. Wulsts mado of theso materials are pretty when new, but aro bound to fade. In colors for next sou son a wide range will be provided, l.'.ght spring suggesting shadoB of green will be placed on tho market. Other colors which will be soon aro pink, red ox-blood, light and dark gray, and several shades of blue. Tan shades, which havo not been popular for some timo. aro to havo another run. An enormous quuntity of men's shirt waists will be made, for tho manufac turers believe that tho " shirt waist man " is to have his day. Thoy arocon tident that the run will last for two or throe seasons. I f good drossors take up the ldoa, ooatle-s men may bo " tho regular thing " In warm woathor. Opinion is divided us to whether tie) really good dressers will look wltt. favor on tho Innovation. Tho wab.ts will have ail the '..icy stitches and ploatlngfl now "?on in waists for wo men, and t'.fso adornments will boon tho back as well as tho front of the garment ?????mmm\ * * ? SS?? ? ?MlVnat did you smack dat chile fob ?" " I batter do It," answerod Aunt iannah. '* I kep' a tellln' 'im an' a-t Hin' '1m not to loso ills tompor, an' he top' a-doin' It till 1 dono got so mad I i attor whop Mm good." For Iiu.*. to a The Kind You \lm * Signature of ?2L^^^$fafc